13 current affairs MCQs for 14 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: (c) 6,000 metric tonnes
The Rs. 7,280 crore scheme, approved by the Cabinet in November 2025, will select five manufacturers to share the capacity (up to 1,200 tonnes each annually) for producing NdFeB magnets used in EVs, wind turbines and defence systems, reducing India's import dependence over a seven-year implementation period.
Answer: (a) A high-magnification binocular-style telescope
Manufactured at Ordnance Factory Dehradun, the 8x-magnification, 610-gram Garud telescope — adapted from optics used by the armed forces — was launched for uses including bird-watching, wildlife observation, and maritime and security operations.
Answer: (d) 280 GW
The report, part of a four-sector study covering chemicals, textiles, telecom equipment and solar PV manufacturing, also noted that India's textiles and apparel sector contributes about 2% to GDP and employs over 40 million people, the second-largest employer after agriculture.
Answer: (b) 22
Inaugurated by Law Minister Arjun Ram Meghwal, the revamped portal adds semantic and speech search, e-gazette integration and QR-enabled access, transforming India Code from a static document repository into an interactive digital legal gateway accessible in all 22 scheduled languages.
Answer: (b) 14446
The campaign has engaged over 11.8 crore youth and 8.4 crore women, supported by a network of 344 Integrated Rehabilitation Centres for Addicts (IRCAs) and 155 Addiction Treatment Facilities nationwide; the 14446 helpline has received over 4.6 lakh calls.
Answer: (c) AMTZ - Visakhapatnam
The eight clusters span Visakhapatnam (AMTZ), Bengaluru (BeST), Bhubaneswar (BCKIC), Delhi (DRIIV), Jodhpur (JCKIC), Punjab-IIT Ropar (PI-RAHI), Pune (PKC) and Hyderabad (RICH); the report, released under Chief Scientific Adviser Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, highlighted progress in AI-enabled agriculture and indigenous medical device components.
Answer: (d) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
With India's senior citizen population projected to grow from 100 million (2011) to 230 million by 2036, AVYAY works alongside schemes like the National Programme for Health Care of the Elderly (which has set up 17 regional geriatric centres) and Ayushman Bharat, which now covers seniors aged 70+ with Rs. 5 lakh health coverage.
Answer: (c) Mahatma Gandhi
Speaker Om Birla and Kenya's Dr. Moses Wetang'ula discussed deepening bilateral ties; Kenya has recognised persons of Indian origin as an indigenous community and endorsed India's candidacy for permanent UN Security Council membership, while India's Parliament Institute for Democracies (PRIDE) trains Kenyan legislators.
Answer: (b) Coronal Mass Ejections (CMEs)
The study found a clear relationship between magnetic reconnection rates and CME velocity — faster reconnection correlates with faster CME acceleration — improving early warning capability for these massive plasma eruptions that can disrupt satellites and power grids, and was published in the Astrophysical Journal.
Answer: (c) Jammu and Kashmir
Since 2022-23, 14 smart classrooms have been established in SC-majority villages of Kathua district — including the border villages of Chak Chabba and Chak Nathal — under the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment's PM-AJAY scheme, bringing interactive digital learning to communities that previously lacked such access.
Answer: (b) Bengaluru
Launched in November 2022 at the Bengaluru Tech Summit with the Indian Institute of Science as a key stakeholder, the Bengaluru Science and Technology (BeST) Cluster runs working teams on precision agriculture, urban transportation, quantum technologies and other themes, operating on a 'ground-up pyramid model' connecting industry, academia and government.
Answer: (a) Secure sandboxes using government datasets
Announced by IT-BT Minister Priyank Kharge at the NASSCOM Future Forge event in Bengaluru, the policy has the state government act as an early customer for startups solving problems in healthcare, mobility, water, tourism, agriculture and urban governance, paying only upon successful pilot completion.
Answer: (a) 30%
Karnataka, home to about 34% of India's GCC talent concentrated in Bengaluru, is also rolling out a Data Centre Policy and planning India's first public sector-led AI University on roughly 100 acres, aimed at building the digital infrastructure needed for AI-led innovation.