13 current affairs MCQs for 11 August 2026, framed UPSC-style from the day's reporting, each verified against its source and explained. Click a question to reveal the answer, or take the quiz interactively.
Answer: (a) 19
The 80th Independence Day ceremony at the Red Fort honoured 150 years since the composition of 'Vande Mataram' and celebrated youth contribution to a developed India by 2047; among the roughly 5,000 special guests were 19 Olympic medalists, alongside entrepreneurs, innovators and beneficiaries of government schemes.
Answer: (a) 95%
PM SVANidhi, launched for street vendors in June 2020, has enabled over 76.95 lakh vendors to access more than 1.15 crore guarantee-free loans worth over Rs. 18,475 crore; officials noted that for 95% of beneficiaries, this was their first-ever loan from a formal bank.
Answer: (a) Ministry of Earth Sciences
Dr. Tummala, a former Director of ESSO-INCOIS, Hyderabad, took charge as Secretary, Ministry of Earth Sciences, at a time when the ministry is expanding its Deep Ocean Mission and strengthening climate modelling and coastal early-warning infrastructure.
Answer: (a) Dubai
A Farmer Producer Organisation from Tripura shipped 1 metric tonne of mustard honey to Dubai with APEDA's support for market linkage, capacity building and quality assurance — the region's first mustard honey export, aimed at giving Northeast beekeepers access to better international prices.
Answer: (a) AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0
Under AMRUT and AMRUT 2.0, cities are mapped using very high-resolution satellite imagery and drone surveys to prepare GIS-based master plans; as of August 2026, 292 such master plans had been completed under AMRUT, with geo-databases from 343 cities uploaded to the PM Gati Shakti National Master Plan portal.
Answer: (a) Cryptocurrency regulation
Organised by the Department of Financial Services under the Ministry of Finance, the conference brings together roughly 125 leaders from public sector banks and institutions like NABARD, EXIM Bank and SIDBI to discuss deposit mobilisation, banking for youth, global capability centres and priority sector lending — cryptocurrency regulation is not part of its stated agenda.
Answer: (a) 88
With 9 new land ports and 2 new airports added — including Agartala and the Atari road crossing — India's e-Visa entry points rose to 88 (37 airports, 38 seaports and 13 land borders); the government noted that about 95% of e-Visa applications are processed within 72 hours.
Answer: (a) Real-time GDP growth estimation (GDP nowcasting)
Under the MoUs, the Institute of Data Engineering, Analytics and Science Foundation (IDEAS) will develop a desktop-based GDP nowcasting tool and a harmonised indicator framework linking health, nutrition and welfare-scheme data with National Sample Survey data, supporting evidence-based policymaking.
Answer: (a) Over 3.5 million
Held at the Dr. Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, the conference connected 80 design-promising handloom clusters to a structured design process; India's handloom sector, supported by 29 weaver service centres and 357 cluster development programmes, sustains the livelihoods of over 3.5 million people.
Answer: (a) OBC, EBC and DNT
PM-YASASVI provides pre-matric, post-matric and higher-education scholarships for Other Backward Classes (OBC), Economically Backward Classes (EBC) and De-notified, Nomadic and Semi-Nomadic Tribes (DNT) students; Maharashtra's review found delays from incomplete proposals and introduced SNA-Sparsh-linked fund monitoring as a corrective measure.
Answer: (a) Karnataka Chief Minister DK Shivakumar
The Karnataka Chief Minister inaugurated the 14th edition of India Nano, attended by Bharat Ratna Prof. C.N.R. Rao, Honorary Chairman of the state's Vision Group on Nanotechnology, with a call for greater investment in deep-tech and IP-driven research in Bengaluru.
Answer: (a) Seven
Section 5(1) of the Act caps the number of City Corporations that can be carved out of the former BBMP area at seven; the state government has so far notified five such corporations, replacing the single Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike with a multi-corporation structure under the apex Greater Bengaluru Authority.
Answer: (a) 100 feet
The KRS reservoir crossed the 100-ft mark on August 3, 2026, aided by heavy rainfall in Cauvery catchment areas including Kodagu, with inflow touching over 32,000 cusecs, bringing relief to farmers in the Cauvery basin who depend on the reservoir for irrigation.