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1. Who became India’s first openly queer Member of Parliament in 2026?

  1. Arundhati Katju
  2. Mahua Moitra
  3. Menaka Guruswamy
  4. Brinda Karat
Answer: C) Menaka Guruswamy

2. Menaka Guruswamy played a key role in which landmark Supreme Court case?

  1. Ayodhya Land Dispute Case
  2. Section 377 Decriminalisation Case
  3. Aadhaar Case
  4. Triple Talaq Case
Answer: B) Section 377 Decriminalisation Case

3. World Homoeopathy Day commemorates the birth anniversary of:

  1. Samuel Hahnemann
  2. Hippocrates
  3. Charaka
  4. Louis Pasteur
Answer: A) Samuel Hahnemann

4. Which astronaut will become the first woman to travel around the Moon?

  1. Peggy Whitson
  2. Sunita Williams
  3. Christina Koch
  4. Jessica Meir
Answer: C) Christina Koch

5. Swami Vivekananda is best known for his historic speech at which event?

  1. United Nations Assembly
  2. Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1893)
  3. World Economic Forum
  4. Asian Summit
Answer: B) Parliament of Religions, Chicago (1893)

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6. Swami Vivekananda is associated with which philosophical tradition?

  1. Vedanta
  2. Buddhism
  3. Jainism
  4. Sikhism
Answer: A) Vedanta

7. Dr.B.R.Ambedkar served as the Chairman of which committee in the Constituent Assembly?

  1. Union Powers Committee
  2. Advisory Committee
  3. Fundamental Rights Committee
  4. Drafting Committee
Answer: D) Drafting Committee

8. Shaheed Veer Narayan Singh is associated with resistance against:

  1. Mughal Empire
  2. Portuguese rule
  3. British colonial rule
  4. French rule
Answer: C) British colonial rule

9. The 2026 Goldman Environmental Prize was unique because:

  1. It was awarded only to Asian countries
  2. It was the first all-women cohort
  3. It had no winners
  4. It was discontinued
Answer: B) It was the first all-women cohort

10. Khaleda Zia was the ____ of Bangladesh.

  1. First President
  2. First woman Prime Minister
  3. First female Foreign Minister
  4. First Chief Justice
Answer: A) First woman Prime Minister

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Last updated on April 23, 2026 by Priyanka Deshmukh

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