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 May 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 maiden multilateral military exercise "Pragati 2026", with armies of 13 countries, was held at Umroi in which state?
(A) Assam
(B) Meghalaya
(C) Sikkim
(D) Arunachal Pradesh
Q2. Who was named as the next Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) of India in 2026?
(A) Lt. Gen. N. S. Raja Subramani
(B) Gen. Upendra Dwivedi
(C) Adm. Dinesh K. Tripathi
(D) Air Chief Marshal A. P. Singh
Q3. Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan was named as the next ________.
(A) Chief of the Army Staff
(B) Chief of the Air Staff
(C) Chief of the Naval Staff
(D) Director General of the Coast Guard
Q4. TARA, tested by DRDO and the IAF off the Odisha coast, is India's first ________.
(A) aircraft carrier
(B) space station
(C) nuclear submarine
(D) glide weapon system
Q5. DRDO's Research Centre Imarat (RCI), which developed TARA, is located in ________.
(A) Hyderabad
(B) Pune
(C) Bengaluru
(D) Chennai
Q6. NASM-SR, tested in a salvo from a helicopter, is a naval missile used against ________.
(A) satellites
(B) enemy ships
(C) tanks on land
(D) drones only
Q7. Major Abhilasha Barak won the UN Military Gender Advocate of the Year Award while serving with the UN force in which country?
(A) South Sudan
(B) Congo
(C) Lebanon
(D) Cyprus
Q8. The International Day of UN Peacekeepers is observed every year on ________.
(A) 26 January
(B) 1 May
(C) 15 August
(D) 29 May
Q9. An Indian War Memorial was inaugurated in Seoul to honour Indian units that served in which war?
(A) Korean War
(B) World War I
(C) Vietnam War
(D) Gulf War
Q10. The CBI launched an AI helpbot called "Abhay" to protect citizens from which fraud?
(A) Fake job offers only
(B) "Digital arrest" and fake CBI notices
(C) Lottery tickets
(D) Bank holiday scams
Answer Key with Explanations
(B) Meghalaya — Pragati 2026 was held at Umroi, Meghalaya, and focused on counter-insurgency operations.
(A) Lt. Gen. N. S. Raja Subramani — Lt. Gen. N. S. Raja Subramani was named to succeed General Anil Chauhan.
(C) Chief of the Naval Staff — He succeeds Admiral Dinesh Kumar Tripathi as Navy Chief.
(D) glide weapon system — TARA is a range-extension kit that turns unguided warheads into precision-guided glide weapons.
(A) Hyderabad — RCI is a DRDO missile laboratory in Hyderabad, Telangana.
(B) enemy ships — NASM-SR is the Naval Anti-Ship Missile – Short Range.
(C) Lebanon — She served with UNIFIL in Lebanon and is India's third winner of this award.
(D) 29 May — 29 May is the International Day of UN Peacekeepers.
(A) Korean War — It honours 60 Para Field Ambulance and the Custodian Force of India of the Korean War era.
(B) "Digital arrest" and fake CBI notices — The CBI clarified that "digital arrest" has no legal validity in India.
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