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Current Affairs 11 September 2026 — Part 1
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11-september-2026 — Answer Key & Explanations (13 Questions)
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Q1.The Union Home Ministry's proposed Article 371(K) constitutional provision, discussed with the Leh Apex Body and Kargil Democratic Alliance on 9 September 2026, seeks special legislative powers for an elected body in which Union Territory?
- A.Jammu and Kashmir
- B.Ladakh✓ Correct Answer
- C.Puducherry
- D.Chandigarh
Explanation: Article 371(K) would give an elected UT-level body in Ladakh legislative powers over land, culture, language, forests, environment and natural resources; the MHA's proposal came after talks with Ladakh's Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA).
Q2.DILRMP 3.0, whose operational guidelines were launched with a ₹565.5 crore outlay for 2026-31, aims to build a GIS-based digital foundation for land records known as the:
- A.Land Stack✓ Correct Answer
- B.Bhu Setu
- C.Digital Bhoomi Grid
- D.National Cadastre Network
Explanation: DILRMP 3.0's core vision shifts from simple digitisation to a 'Land Stack' — a spatially enabled, API-based framework integrating Records of Rights, registration data and land-use information, alongside completing Bhu-Aadhaar (ULPIN) tagging of land parcels.
Q3.The QPR data-harmonisation portal, launched for all central ministries and inaugurated by Shaktikanta Das, falls under which ministry?
- A.Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation✓ Correct Answer
- B.Ministry of Electronics and IT
- C.Ministry of Finance
- D.NITI Aayog
Explanation: MoSPI's QPR Portal helps ministries identify, catalogue and standardise datasets to promote data-driven governance; it was inaugurated by Shaktikanta Das in his role as Principal Secretary-2 to the Prime Minister.
Q4.Under the Consumer Protection (E-Commerce) Amendment Rules, 2026, effective from 1 January 2027, platforms must disclose a product's lowest price over what preceding period as the 'prior price' alongside any discount?
- A.7 days
- B.15 days
- C.30 days✓ Correct Answer
- D.90 days
Explanation: The amended rules define 'prior price' as the lowest price at which a product was available in the 30 days before a discount was announced, part of a wider crackdown on fake discounts, dark patterns and search manipulation.
Q5.NIPL partnered with FOMO Pay to launch UPI QR acceptance in Singapore, with which venue as the first merchant partner?
- A.Marina Bay Sands
- B.Resorts World Sentosa✓ Correct Answer
- C.Singapore Zoo
- D.Gardens by the Bay
Explanation: Under the tie-up, Indian tourists can pay in rupees via UPI while Resorts World Sentosa, the first merchant partner, settles in Singapore dollars — Singapore is India's fifth-largest tourist source market.
Q6.ONGC's newly announced ₹2,000 crore Alternative Investment Fund for deeptech energy start-ups was set up in partnership with IIT Bombay and its incubator:
- A.SINE✓ Correct Answer
- B.CIIE
- C.FITT
- D.T-Hub
Explanation: The tripartite MoU brings ONGC, IIT Bombay and SINE (Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship) together under the MC²⁺ Foundation; the first phase funds up to 30 start-ups with up to ₹50 lakh each in convertible funding.
Q7.NIT Rourkela's 'CHAYANKAN' project, a three-year AI and geospatial initiative for tea plantation monitoring, is run in partnership with Tea Board India and which ISRO centre?
- A.National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC)✓ Correct Answer
- B.Space Applications Centre (SAC)
- C.Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre
- D.ISRO Telemetry Tracking and Command Network
Explanation: CHAYANKAN combines satellite imagery, UAV data and AI to monitor tea plantations, estimate yields and forecast pest/disease outbreaks, under a tripartite MoU between NIT Rourkela, ISRO's NRSC and Tea Board India.
Q8.India's first sector-wide CSR Framework for coal companies, addressing mining-linked displacement and pollution, was prepared by which body?
- A.Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA)✓ Correct Answer
- B.NITI Aayog
- C.Coal Controller's Organisation
- D.Ministry of Corporate Affairs directly
Explanation: The framework, launched by the Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited, was prepared by the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs (IICA) and applies to both public-sector entities like CIL/NLC India and private coal players.
Q9.Bihar's Industries Department signed an MoU at the AIM Congress 2026 in Dubai with the AIM Global Foundation to develop which kind of facility in the state?
- A.An integrated food processing park✓ Correct Answer
- B.A semiconductor fabrication unit
- C.A renewable energy park
- D.A textile special economic zone
Explanation: The MoU, signed in the presence of Bihar's Industries Minister Shreyasi Singh, aims to build an integrated agri-food and food processing cluster in Bihar drawing investment from the UAE and Gulf region.
Q10.According to MeitY data on the ChipIN Centre programme, which state leads India in chip tape-outs with 73, ahead of Tamil Nadu and Telangana?
- A.Maharashtra
- B.Karnataka✓ Correct Answer
- C.Uttar Pradesh
- D.Gujarat
Explanation: Karnataka leads with 81 organisations supported and 73 chip tape-outs, followed by Tamil Nadu (79 organisations, 33 tape-outs) and Telangana (42 organisations, 28 tape-outs), per MeitY's ChipIN Centre data.
Q11.Actress Rani Mukerji received the Raj Kapoor Special Contribution Award at the 62nd Maharashtra State Film Awards from which Chief Minister?
- A.Eknath Shinde
- B.Devendra Fadnavis✓ Correct Answer
- C.Uddhav Thackeray
- D.Ajit Pawar
Explanation: Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis presented the award at Ravindra Natya Mandir, Prabhadevi, recognising Rani Mukerji's long association with Mumbai's film industry.
Q12.At the 16th Sansad Ratna Awards 2026 in New Delhi, the new 'Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Puraskar' was conferred on which body?
- A.National Commission for Scheduled Castes✓ Correct Answer
- B.National Human Rights Commission
- C.National Commission for Women
- D.Election Commission of India
Explanation: Alongside honouring 12 MPs and 4 parliamentary committees, the 16th Sansad Ratna Awards introduced the 'Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Puraskar', awarded this year to the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC).
Q13.Odia writer Pratibha Ray, conferred the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in Bhubaneswar on 10 September 2026, is notable as:
- A.The first woman writer from Odisha to receive the Fellowship✓ Correct Answer
- B.The youngest-ever Fellowship recipient
- C.The first Sahitya Akademi Fellow from any Indian language
- D.A first-time literary award winner
Explanation: Pratibha Ray, a Padma Bhushan awardee and Jnanpith winner with over 50 works, became the first woman writer from Odisha to receive the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship, presented by Akademi president Madhav Kaushik.
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