Current affairs questions appear in the General Knowledge section of the AISSEE (Sainik School) Class 6 paper and in the GK part of the RMS CET. These 10 original MCQs are built from the important national and international news of January 2026 — defence, science, environment, culture and awards — and are written in the simple style used for school entrance exams.
Quick facts: AISSEE 2027 will be held on Sunday, 31 January 2027. There is no negative marking, so attempt every question. Online applications are open until 2 December 2026 on exams.nta.nic.in/sainik-school-society.
Practice Questions
Q1. The Indian Army's newly raised Bhairav Battalions made their first appearance at the Army Day Parade on 15 January 2026 in which city?
(A) Pune
(B) Jaipur
(C) Lucknow
(D) New Delhi
Q2. Bhairav Battalions are designed to fill the gap between which two types of Army units?
(A) Para Special Forces and regular infantry
(B) Navy and Air Force
(C) Artillery and engineers
(D) NCC and Territorial Army
Q3. ICGS Samudra Pratap, commissioned in Goa in January 2026, is India's first indigenously designed ________.
(A) aircraft carrier
(B) submarine
(C) Pollution Control Vessel
(D) hospital ship
Q4. Which shipyard built ICGS Samudra Pratap?
(A) Cochin Shipyard
(B) Mazagon Dock
(C) Garden Reach Shipbuilders
(D) Goa Shipyard Limited
Q5. Which organisation unveiled the Long Range Anti-Ship Hypersonic Missile (LR-AShM) at the 77th Republic Day Parade?
(A) DRDO
(B) ISRO
(C) HAL
(D) BEL
Q6. A missile is called "hypersonic" when it travels faster than ________.
(A) the speed of light
(B) Mach 1
(C) Mach 5
(D) 100 km per hour
Q7. In MPATGM, a missile India flight-tested in January 2026, the letters "AT" stand for ________.
(A) Air Target
(B) Anti-Tank
(C) Automatic Tracking
(D) Army Transport
Q8. The new National IED Data Management System is located at the National Security Guard garrison in ________.
(A) Manesar, Haryana
(B) Dehradun, Uttarakhand
(C) Mhow, Madhya Pradesh
(D) Wellington, Tamil Nadu
Q9. The Oreshnik hypersonic missile, which was in the news in January 2026, belongs to which country?
(A) China
(B) USA
(C) North Korea
(D) Russia
Q10. The Vibrant Villages Programme, linked to security forces staying in border villages, was launched in which year?
(A) 2014
(B) 2019
(C) 2023
(D) 2025
Answer Key with Explanations
(B) Jaipur — The Army Day Parade 2026 was held in Jaipur, where the Bhairav Battalions debuted.
(A) Para Special Forces and regular infantry — They are fast, offensive units that bridge Para Special Forces and regular infantry.
(C) Pollution Control Vessel — Samudra Pratap is the Indian Coast Guard's first indigenously designed Pollution Control Vessel.
(D) Goa Shipyard Limited — It was built by Goa Shipyard Limited with more than 60% indigenous content.
(A) DRDO — DRDO displayed the LR-AShM for the first time on Kartavya Path.
(C) Mach 5 — Hypersonic means more than five times the speed of sound (Mach 5).
(B) Anti-Tank — MPATGM is the Man Portable Anti-Tank Guided Missile.
(A) Manesar, Haryana — NIDMS is housed at the NSG garrison in Manesar, Haryana.
(D) Russia — Oreshnik is a Russian intermediate-range hypersonic ballistic missile.
(C) 2023 — The Vibrant Villages Programme was launched in 2023 for villages along the northern border.
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