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. Surha Taal, which became India's 100th Ramsar site, is in which state?
(A) Bihar
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Uttar Pradesh
(D) West Bengal
Q2. Surha Taal is an "oxbow lake". An oxbow lake is formed by ________.
(A) a meandering river changing its course
(B) a volcano
(C) a glacier melting
(D) an earthquake
Q3. Corals build their hard skeletons from ________.
(A) iron oxide
(B) silicon
(C) sodium chloride
(D) calcium carbonate
Q4. Arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi live together with plant roots. Plants give them carbon; in return the fungi give plants ________.
(A) water and nutrients like phosphorus
(B) sunlight
(C) oxygen only
(D) seeds
Q5. What is the state fruit of Tripura, celebrated at its Global Pineapple Festival?
(A) Kew pineapple
(B) Queen pineapple
(C) Mango
(D) Jackfruit
Q6. Two big earthquakes striking close together in time and place are called a ________.
(A) tsunami
(B) cyclone
(C) doublet
(D) avalanche
Q7. The Bharat Climate Observation Network station is coming up at Devasthal near ________.
(A) Shimla
(B) Darjeeling
(C) Ooty
(D) Nainital, Uttarakhand
Q8. An "Omega Block", which caused a deadly heatwave in Europe, is named after a letter of which alphabet?
(A) Greek
(B) Roman
(C) Hindi
(D) Arabic
Q9. A "bolide" is ________.
(A) a type of volcano
(B) a very bright meteor (fireball) that explodes in the sky
(C) a deep sea fish
(D) a kind of cloud
Q10. The natural reservoir of the Nipah virus, which recurred in Kerala, is ________.
(A) mosquitoes
(B) cows
(C) fruit bats
(D) snakes
Answer Key with Explanations
(C) Uttar Pradesh — Surha Taal (Jai Prakash Narayan Bird Sanctuary) in Ballia took UP's Ramsar total to 13.
(A) a meandering river changing its course — When a river bend is cut off, a U-shaped oxbow lake is left behind.
(D) calcium carbonate — Coral polyps deposit calcium carbonate (CaCO3) over centuries.
(A) water and nutrients like phosphorus — This give-and-take partnership is called symbiosis.
(B) Queen pineapple — The sweet Queen pineapple is Tripura's state fruit.
(C) doublet — Venezuela felt a magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 doublet only 39 seconds apart.
(D) Nainital, Uttarakhand — The high-altitude Kumaon site has clean air for climate monitoring.
(A) Greek — On weather maps the trapped high-pressure system looks like the Greek letter Ω.
(B) a very bright meteor (fireball) that explodes in the sky — A bolide is a fireball that bursts or breaks apart in the atmosphere.
(C) fruit bats — Fruit bats carry the Nipah virus; India's first outbreak was in Siliguri in 2001.
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