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Current Affairs 22 August 2026 — Part 2
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22-august-2026 — Answer Key & Explanations (15 Questions)
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Q1.GJ 523b, characterised using NASA's TESS satellite, is classified as what type of exoplanet?
- A.A gas giant
- B.A rocky 'mega-Earth'✓ Correct Answer
- C.An ice giant
- D.A hot Jupiter
Explanation: Despite having about 23.5 times Earth's mass, GJ 523b's radius is only 2.55 times Earth's, making it exceptionally dense for a planet of its mass.
Q2.Which body released India's first national Soil Texture Map?
- A.Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) headquarters
- B.Ministry of Agriculture directly
- C.Survey of India
- D.National Bureau of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning (NBSS&LUP)✓ Correct Answer
Explanation: NBSS&LUP operates under ICAR; the map is intended to enhance precision agricultural planning across India.
Q3.Jindal Steel partnered with which IIT to launch a Centre of Excellence for advanced steel research?
- A.IIT Hyderabad✓ Correct Answer
- B.IIT Bombay
- C.IIT Kanpur
- D.IIT Kharagpur
Explanation: The Centre focuses on research into advanced steel solutions for India's infrastructure and construction sectors.
Q4.India and Japan signed a Memorandum on Maritime Security Cooperation during the visit of which Japanese minister?
- A.Foreign Minister
- B.Prime Minister
- C.Defence Minister Shinjiro Koizumi✓ Correct Answer
- D.Trade Minister
Explanation: The pact covers Maritime Domain Awareness, search-and-rescue and disaster-relief cooperation between the Indian Navy and Japan Maritime Self-Defence Force.
Q5.'FWD Supreme Lite', India's indigenous AI-piloted fighter jet concept, was unveiled by which Bengaluru-based startup?
- A.Skyroot Aerospace
- B.Flying Wedge Defence✓ Correct Answer
- C.Astrobase Space Technologies
- D.AkinAnalytics
Explanation: The concept offers roughly 30-hour endurance and a 3,000 km range, per the startup's claims.
Q6.Army Chief General Dhiraj Seth was conferred an honorary rank during his official visit to which country?
- A.Bhutan
- B.Bangladesh
- C.Sri Lanka
- D.Nepal✓ Correct Answer
Explanation: He received the honorary rank of General of the Nepal Army — a customary gesture exchanged between the two militaries' chiefs.
Q7.CMLRE's National Report on Deep-Sea and Distant-Water Fishery Resources covers India's EEZ of approximately what area?
- A.2.37 million sq km✓ Correct Answer
- B.1.37 million sq km
- C.3.37 million sq km
- D.0.87 million sq km
Explanation: CMLRE (Centre for Marine Living Resources & Ecology) functions under the Ministry of Earth Sciences; the report draws on nearly four decades of oceanographic research.
Q8.A newly discovered Himalayan plant species was named in honour of which mountaineer?
- A.Edmund Hillary
- B.Tenzing Norgay
- C.Nirmal Purja✓ Correct Answer
- D.Reinhold Messner
Explanation: Nirmal Purja is a Nepali mountaineer known for scaling all 14 of the world's 8,000m peaks in record time.
Q9.IMD's heavy-to-very-heavy rainfall warning for 22 August 2026 covered which of these states?
- A.Tamil Nadu
- B.Uttarakhand✓ Correct Answer
- C.Kerala
- D.Rajasthan
Explanation: The alert also covered Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Delhi and east Madhya Pradesh, with thunderstorm warnings for northeastern states.
Q10.At the BWF World Championships 2026 in New Delhi, Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty lost their men's doubles quarterfinal to which country's pair?
- A.Indonesia
- B.Malaysia
- C.Japan
- D.China✓ Correct Answer
Explanation: They lost 18-21, 9-21 to China's Liang Weikeng and Wang Chang; the 2026 BWF Worlds is being held in New Delhi.
Q11.Which Indian women's doubles pair staged a comeback win over China in the BWF World Championships 2026 quarterfinal?
- A.Treesa Jolly and Gayatri Gopichand✓ Correct Answer
- B.Ashwini Ponnappa and Tanisha Crasto
- C.PV Sindhu and Saina Nehwal
- D.Jwala Gutta and Ashwini Ponnappa
Explanation: They beat Jia Yifan and Zhang Shuxian 16-21, 21-15, 21-13 after losing the opening game, reaching the semifinals.
Q12.Neeraj Chopra won silver at the Lausanne Diamond League 2026, finishing behind which country's javelin thrower?
- A.Pakistan's Arshad Nadeem
- B.Germany's Julian Weber
- C.Sri Lanka's Rumesh Pathirage✓ Correct Answer
- D.Czech Republic's Jakub Vadlejch
Explanation: Pathirage, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, won gold with a throw of 89.75m against Chopra's 85.83m.
Q13.Former ISRO Chairman S. Somanath was appointed to the RBI Central Board alongside the reappointment of which industrialist?
- A.Ratan Tata
- B.Anand Mahindra✓ Correct Answer
- C.Mukesh Ambani
- D.Gautam Adani
Explanation: Both were appointed as part-time non-official directors for four-year terms effective 20 August 2026.
Q14.Two Mumbai-based Parsi physicians were nominated for Pakistan's Nishan-e-Imtiaz for maintaining confidentiality about whose illness before Partition?
- A.Liaquat Ali Khan
- B.Allama Iqbal
- C.Fatima Jinnah
- D.Muhammad Ali Jinnah✓ Correct Answer
Explanation: Nishan-e-Imtiaz ('Order of Excellence') is Pakistan's highest civilian award; Jinnah's terminal tuberculosis was kept secret before Partition in 1947.
Q15.Dr Eluri Sreedhar was appointed Honorary Advisor to which trade body?
- A.BRICS Chamber of Commerce and Industry (BRICS CCI)✓ Correct Answer
- B.Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce (FICCI)
- C.Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)
- D.ASSOCHAM
Explanation: BRICS CCI advises on economic collaboration initiatives among BRICS member nations.
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