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 March 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. India submitted its first national report on the Nagoya Protocol. This protocol aims to stop ________.
(A) biopiracy and ensure fair sharing of benefits from biological resources
(B) nuclear tests
(C) ozone depletion
(D) whaling
Q2. Under its updated climate targets, India aims for what share of its electricity capacity from non-fossil sources by 2035?
(A) 30%
(B) 45%
(C) 60%
(D) 90%
Q3. By which year does India aim to reach Net Zero emissions?
(A) 2030
(B) 2047
(C) 2050
(D) 2070
Q4. The National Chambal Sanctuary, India's only tri-state riverine protected area, is famous for breeding which reptile?
(A) Gharial
(B) King cobra
(C) Saltwater crocodile
(D) Monitor lizard
Q5. According to India's 7th report to the Convention on Biological Diversity, how many tigers are in India?
(A) 1,411
(B) 2,226
(C) 3,682
(D) 5,000
Q6. The Low Temperature Thermal Desalination plant visited by the Earth Sciences Minister turns sea water into drinking water at ________.
(A) Port Blair
(B) Kavaratti, Lakshadweep
(C) Puducherry
(D) Daman
Q7. Helium, a gas in the news in 2026, gets its name from the Greek word "Helios", which means ________.
(A) Moon
(B) Water
(C) Light
(D) Sun
Q8. What is the atomic number of helium?
(A) 1
(B) 2
(C) 4
(D) 8
Q9. NASA's DART mission was the first to ________.
(A) land on Mars
(B) change the path of an asteroid by crashing into it
(C) photograph a black hole
(D) return Moon rocks
Q10. The ALMA radio telescope, which mapped gas at the centre of our Milky Way, is located in which desert?
(A) Atacama Desert, Chile
(B) Sahara Desert
(C) Thar Desert
(D) Gobi Desert
Answer Key with Explanations
(A) biopiracy and ensure fair sharing of benefits from biological resources — The Nagoya Protocol (2010) ensures communities benefit when their plants, animals or traditional knowledge are used.
(C) 60% — India's updated NDC targets 60% non-fossil installed capacity by 2035.
(D) 2070 — India's Net Zero target year is 2070.
(A) Gharial — The Chambal is a key breeding home of the critically endangered gharial.
(C) 3,682 — India's tiger count is 3,682, the largest wild tiger population in the world.
(B) Kavaratti, Lakshadweep — The LTTD plant at Kavaratti uses cold deep-sea water to make fresh water.
(D) Sun — Helium was first seen in the Sun's light during a solar eclipse in 1868; "Helios" means Sun.
(B) 2 — Helium has atomic number 2; it is the second lightest element after hydrogen.
(B) change the path of an asteroid by crashing into it — DART hit the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos in 2022 and changed its orbit.
(A) Atacama Desert, Chile — ALMA's 66 antennas stand in the Atacama Desert of Chile.
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