Geopolitics & World News (Questions 1-9)
Q1. On 19 February 2026, India participated as an “observer nation” in the inaugural meeting of which U.S. initiative focused on Gaza reconstruction?
A) Global Peace Forum
B) Board of Peace
C) Middle East Stabilisation Council
D) Gaza Reconstruction Alliance
Correct Answer: B.
Explanation: India was represented by Chargé d’affaires Namgya Khampa at the meeting held at the Donald J. Trump Institute of Peace. The Board includes 27 member nations; the U.S. pledged $10 billion and others $7 billion for reconstruction and an International Stabilization Force.
Q2. Which Indian leader addressed the Leaders’ Plenary of the AI Impact Summit 2026 on 19 February 2026 and unveiled the “MANAV Vision” for human-centric AI?
A) President Droupadi Murmu
B) External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar
C) Prime Minister Narendra Modi
D) IT Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw
Correct Answer: C.
Explanation: PM Modi emphasised “India sees future, not fear, in AI”, called for ethical, inclusive, sovereign AI under human control, and positioned AI as a “global common good”.
Q3. What does “MANAV” in PM Modi’s 19 February 2026 AI vision primarily stand for (in the context of human-centric governance)?
A) Machine-Augmented Neural AI Vision
B) Moral, Accountable, National, Accessible, Verifiable (human-first framework)
C) Multi-National AI Venture
D) Mandatory AI Neutrality Act
Correct Answer: B.
Explanation: MANAV (Sanskrit for “human”) encapsulates a doctrine stressing moral/ethical systems, accountable governance, national data sovereignty, inclusive access, and lawful innovation.
Q4. At the AI Impact Summit, Google announced a $15-billion investment package that includes new undersea cables linking India with which regions?
A) Europe and Africa
B) Middle East and Central Asia
C) East Asia and Australia
D) U.S. and the Southern Hemisphere
Correct Answer: D.
Q5. Which French President joined PM Modi and global tech leaders at the 19 February 2026 AI Impact Summit plenary?
A) Emmanuel Macron
B) François Hollande
C) Nicolas Sarkozy
D) Marine Le Pen
Correct Answer: A.
Q6. Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani announced what investment commitment at the AI Summit on/around 19 February 2026?
A) $10 billion in GPUs
B) ?10 lakh crore in AI infrastructure
C) 50,000 additional data centres
D) Sovereign AI cloud only
Correct Answer: B.
Q7. Adani Group’s AI-related announcement at the summit period involved a $100-billion commitment by 2035 for what?
A) Renewable-powered AI-ready data centres
B) Quantum computing research
C) Semiconductor fabrication
D) EV battery recycling
Correct Answer: A.
Q8. OpenAI signed a partnership with which Indian conglomerate for building data centres during the AI Summit week?
A) Reliance
B) Adani
C) Tata Group
D) Mahindra
Correct Answer: B.
Q9. India’s government announced plans to procure how many additional GPUs within six months as part of its AI push highlighted on 19 February 2026?
A) 10,000
B) 14,000
C) 1,00,000
D) 5,000
Correct Answer: B.
Indian Polity & Governance (Questions 10-15)
Q10. On 19 February 2026, the Election Commission of India asked how many States and Union Territories to prepare for the next phase of Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls expected from April?
A) 12 States + 3 UTs
B) All 28 States
C) 18 States + 4 UTs (total 22)
D) Only poll-bound States
Correct Answer: C.
Explanation: The SIR aims at comprehensive voter list cleaning; earlier phases completed in several States with significant deletions.
Q11. The Supreme Court scheduled the final hearing of over 250 petitions challenging the Citizenship (Amendment) Act, 2019 from which date in 2026?
A) 5 May 2026
B) 15 March 2026
C) 1 April 2026
D) 10 June 2026
Correct Answer: A.
Q12. The Supreme Court stayed a Madras High Court order that had found the functioning of the Tamil Nadu Waqf Board prima facie illegal due to non-nomination of non-Muslim members under which amended Act?
A) Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025
B) UMEED Act, 1995 (as amended)
C) Both A and B references in coverage
D) Muslim Personal Law Board Act
Correct Answer: A.
Q13. A CAG report tabled in the Assam Assembly on 19 February 2026 revealed how many vehicles with identical chassis and engine numbers registered across multiple Northeastern States?
A) 5,849
B) 15,849
C) 25,849
D) 1,584
Correct Answer: B.
Q14. The Gauhati High Court directed Assam departments to provide basic amenities to 566 evicted families (mostly Bengal-origin Muslims) living in a makeshift camp since June 2025 in which district?
A) Goalpara
B) Dhubri
C) Barpeta
D) Nagaon
Correct Answer: A.
Q15. Uttar Pradesh Congress leaders on 19 February 2026 demanded mass FIRs against Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma for alleged statements aimed at community division. This relates to which broader issue?
A) CAA implementation
B) NRC update
C) Border fencing
D) Communal and anti-Constitution remarks
Correct Answer: D.
Sports (Questions 16-19)
Q16. On 19 February 2026, which team qualified for its first-ever Ranji Trophy final after defeating Bengal by six wickets in the semi-final?
A) Karnataka
B) Jammu & Kashmir
C) Uttarakhand
D) Services
Correct Answer: B.
Explanation: J&K ended a 67-year wait; final vs Karnataka in Hubballi from 24 February 2026.
Q17. Karnataka qualified for the Ranji Trophy final on 19 February 2026 on the basis of what against Uttarakhand?
A) Outright win
B) Bowl-out
C) Super-over
D) First-innings lead
Correct Answer: D.
Q18. The 2025-26 Ranji Trophy final will be hosted in which venue instead of Bengaluru’s M Chinnaswamy Stadium?
A) Hubballi (KSCA Stadium)
B) Eden Gardens
C) Wankhede
D) M.A. Chidambaram
Correct Answer: A.
Q19. J&K’s historic Ranji run was led by veteran batsman Paras Dogra and coached by whom?
A) Rahul Dravid
B) Ajay Sharma
C) Sanjay Bangar
D) Wasim Jaffer
Correct Answer: B.
Education, Arts, Literature & Other Current Affairs (Questions 20-27)
Q20. OpenAI announced partnerships on/around the AI Summit with which premier medical institute for AI in medical education and clinical training?
A) AIIMS New Delhi
B) PGIMER Chandigarh
C) JIPMER
D) NIMHANS
Correct Answer: A.
Explanation: Part of a cohort including IIT Delhi, IIM Ahmedabad, etc., aiming to reach over 1,00,000 students/faculty/staff.
Q21. Galgotias University faced eviction from the AI Impact Summit after a professor claimed a Chinese-made robotic dog (Unitree Go2) as developed by the university’s Centre of Excellence. What was the dog named in the claim?
A) Spot
B) Atlas
C) Orion
D) Boston Dynamics
Correct Answer: C.
Explanation: The university later apologised, calling representatives “ill-informed”.
Q22. The Supreme Court on 19 February 2026 accepted filmmaker Neeraj Pandey’s undertaking to withdraw the title of his film originally named what?
A) Ghooskhor Pandit
B) Ghooskhor Pandat
C) Scam 1992
D) Article 370
Correct Answer: B.
Q23. Which global tech CEO (of OpenAI) identified India as a primary driver of future AI innovation during the summit period?
A) Jensen Huang (Nvidia)
B) Satya Nadella
C) Sundar Pichai
D) Sam Altman
Correct Answer: D.
Q24. Former U.K. Prince Andrew was arrested on 19 February 2026 by Thames Valley Police on suspicion of misconduct in public office linked to reports sent to which convicted individual in 2010?
A) Ghislaine Maxwell
B) Jeffrey Epstein
C) Harvey Weinstein
D) Bernie Madoff
Correct Answer: B.
Q25. A deadly gas leakage explosion in Karachi’s Old Soldier Bazar on 19 February 2026 (Sehri time) killed at least how many people, including many children?
A) 8
B) 16
C) 24
D) 32
Correct Answer: B.
Q26. At the AI Impact Summit, PM Modi interacted on the sidelines with the Prime Minister of which country?
A) France
B) Indonesia
C) Brazil
D) Netherlands
Correct Answer: D.
Q27. Which investment/tax measure was announced by the Indian government during the AI Summit week to attract foreign cloud service providers using Indian data centres?
A) Tax holiday until 2047
B) 100% FDI automatic route
C) Both A and enhanced electronics manufacturing push
D) Only subsidies
Correct Answer: A.
