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 June 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 Navy commissioned three indigenous warships together in June 2026. Which of these was one of them?
(A) INS Dunagiri
(B) INS Viraat
(C) INS Vikramaditya
(D) INS Rajput
Q2. INS Sanshodhak is described as "the eye beneath the sea". Its main role is ________.
(A) carrying fighter jets
(B) surveying the sea floor and ocean
(C) refuelling ships
(D) launching satellites
Q3. INS Agray is a coastal ________.
(A) aircraft carrier
(B) hospital ship
(C) submarine-hunter (anti-submarine craft)
(D) tanker
Q4. The AN-32, an ageing IAF aircraft that crashed in Assam, is a ________ aircraft of Soviet origin.
(A) fighter
(B) helicopter
(C) spy balloon
(D) military transport
Q5. The Shangri-La Dialogue, Asia's top defence summit, is held every year in ________.
(A) Singapore
(B) Tokyo
(C) New Delhi
(D) Jakarta
Q6. Project Kusha is DRDO's programme to build India's own ________.
(A) aircraft carrier
(B) long-range air defence system
(C) space station
(D) tank
Q7. DRDO's Defence Research & Development Laboratory (DRDL), part of the Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Missile Complex, is in ________.
(A) Pune
(B) Bengaluru
(C) Hyderabad
(D) Chandigarh
Q8. The narrow "Siliguri Corridor", also called the Chicken's Neck, connects mainland India with ________.
(A) Andaman Islands
(B) Lakshadweep
(C) Ladakh
(D) the North-Eastern states
Q9. IAS officer Vivek Aggarwal became the first Indian Vice President of the FATF. The FATF works against ________.
(A) money laundering and terror funding
(B) air pollution
(C) doping in sports
(D) piracy of films
Q10. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) works under which Union Ministry?
(A) Ministry of Defence
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs
(C) Ministry of Health
(D) Ministry of Finance
Answer Key with Explanations
(A) INS Dunagiri — INS Dunagiri, INS Sanshodhak and INS Agray were commissioned together in a "tri-commissioning".
(B) surveying the sea floor and ocean — Sanshodhak is a survey vessel that maps the seabed and coastal waters.
(C) submarine-hunter (anti-submarine craft) — Agray is built to detect and hunt submarines in shallow coastal waters.
(D) military transport — The twin-engine turboprop AN-32 joined the IAF in 1984 to carry troops and cargo.
(A) Singapore — Defence ministers meet at the Shangri-La Hotel in Singapore.
(B) long-range air defence system — Kusha is an indigenous long-range air defence missile system.
(C) Hyderabad — DRDL is located in Hyderabad, Telangana.
(D) the North-Eastern states — This narrow strip in West Bengal links the Northeast with the rest of India.
(A) money laundering and terror funding — The Financial Action Task Force, based in Paris, fights money laundering and terrorist financing.
(B) Ministry of Home Affairs — The NCB is India's drug law enforcement agency under the Home Ministry.
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