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 April 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 Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor (PFBR), which achieved first criticality in 2026, is located at ________.
(A) Tarapur
(B) Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu
(C) Kudankulam
(D) Narora
Q2. Who is called the architect of India's three-stage nuclear power programme?
(A) Dr. Homi J. Bhabha
(B) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
(C) Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
(D) Dr. C. V. Raman
Q3. The third stage of India's nuclear programme will mainly use which element found in large amounts in India?
(A) Gold
(B) Coal
(C) Thorium
(D) Iron
Q4. Shekha Jheel, declared a Ramsar site in April 2026, is near which city?
(A) Bhopal
(B) Udaipur
(C) Patna
(D) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh
Q5. Which camel, with two humps, is found in India only in Ladakh?
(A) Bactrian camel
(B) Dromedary camel
(C) Kharai camel
(D) Bikaneri camel
Q6. The Kharai camel of Kutch, Gujarat, is special because it can ________.
(A) fly short distances
(B) swim up to 3 km in the sea
(C) live without water for a year
(D) climb trees
Q7. NASA's Artemis II mission in 2026 was the first crewed mission to ________.
(A) land on Mars
(B) visit the Sun
(C) fly around the Moon since the Apollo era
(D) dock with the ISS
Q8. Which Indian mission landed near the Moon's south pole in 2023?
(A) Mangalyaan
(B) Aditya-L1
(C) Chandrayaan-2
(D) Chandrayaan-3
Q9. ISRO's YUVIKA programme is meant for ________.
(A) school students interested in space science
(B) retired scientists
(C) Air Force pilots
(D) farmers
Q10. The State of India's Bats Report says India has how many bat species?
(A) 35
(B) 135
(C) 535
(D) 1,135
Answer Key with Explanations
(B) Kalpakkam, Tamil Nadu — PFBR at Kalpakkam marks India's entry into stage two of its nuclear programme.
(A) Dr. Homi J. Bhabha — Dr. Homi Jehangir Bhabha planned the programme to use India's large thorium reserves.
(C) Thorium — India has huge thorium reserves, which will be turned into U-233 fuel for stage three.
(D) Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh — With Shekha Jheel, India's total Ramsar sites reached 99.
(A) Bactrian camel — The two-humped Bactrian camel lives in the cold desert of Ladakh.
(B) swim up to 3 km in the sea — Kharai camels graze in mangroves and can swim in the sea.
(C) fly around the Moon since the Apollo era — Four astronauts flew around the Moon on the Orion spacecraft and returned to Earth.
(D) Chandrayaan-3 — Chandrayaan-3 made India the first country to land near the lunar south pole.
(A) school students interested in space science — YUVIKA (Young Scientist Programme) follows a "catch them young" approach.
(B) 135 — India has 135 bat species, 16 of them found only in India.
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