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Current Affairs 9 September 2026 — Part 1
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9-september-2026 — Answer Key & Explanations (12 Questions)
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Q1.The National Steering Committee of which Centre scheme approved Strategic Investment Plans worth over ₹735 crore for Industrial Training Institute (ITI) clusters in Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Telangana in September 2026?
- A.PM-SETU✓ Correct Answer
- B.Skill India Mission
- C.PM Vishwakarma
- D.PMKVY
Explanation: PM-SETU is the Centre's scheme to modernise India's ITI ecosystem; its 5th National Steering Committee meeting cleared these ITI cluster investment plans, part of a wider push to align vocational training with industry needs.
Q2.NITI Aayog's 5th e-FAST India Summit, held in New Delhi, launched the PACT platform and which marketplace to connect e-truck manufacturers with logistics operators and financiers?
- A.Zero-Emission Truck (ZET) Marketplace✓ Correct Answer
- B.Green Mobility Exchange
- C.EV Freight Hub
- D.Clean Cargo Connect
Explanation: e-FAST stands for Electric Freight Accelerator for Sustainable Transport; alongside the ZET Marketplace, the summit launched PACT to aggregate clean-freight demand from shippers and logistics service providers.
Q3.Which bank became India's first Local Area Bank to be included in the Second Schedule of the RBI Act, 1934, gaining scheduled-bank status?
- A.Coastal Local Area Bank Limited✓ Correct Answer
- B.Capital Local Area Bank
- C.Krishna Bhima Samruddhi Local Area Bank
- D.Subhadra Local Area Bank
Explanation: Headquartered in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, Coastal Local Area Bank now has access to RBI liquidity and money-market facilities while retaining its LAB classification — a first for India's small local-area banking segment.
Q4.The International Finance Corporation's USD 1 billion long-term MSME credit facility for India is being channelled partly through which institution, which has already received USD 500 million of it?
- A.SIDBI✓ Correct Answer
- B.NABARD
- C.MUDRA Ltd
- D.EXIM Bank
Explanation: SIDBI (Small Industries Development Bank of India) is the implementing agency for this facility; the dollars are swapped into rupees via the RBI's special swap window, funding loans of up to seven years to manufacturing and services MSMEs.
Q5.The Asian Development Bank signed India's first Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) mandate with which state government to mobilise up to USD 1 billion in private investment for renewable-energy PPP projects?
- A.Madhya Pradesh✓ Correct Answer
- B.Rajasthan
- C.Gujarat
- D.Andhra Pradesh
Explanation: Signed on 7 September 2026 in Bhopal, the mandate will start with a pilot solar-plus-battery-storage project at Shajapur, aiming to structure bankable renewable-energy tenders for private investors.
Q6.The 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah (National Nutrition Month) was launched on 9 September 2026 at which city's Rudraksh International Cooperation and Convention Centre?
- A.Varanasi✓ Correct Answer
- B.Lucknow
- C.Prayagraj
- D.Kanpur
Explanation: Rashtriya Poshan Maah is observed every September under the POSHAN Abhiyaan to promote dietary diversity, hygiene and community participation in child and maternal nutrition.
Q7.NCSC Chairman Kishor Makwana was named to receive which award at the 16th Sansad Ratna Awards on 9 September 2026?
- A.Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Award 2026✓ Correct Answer
- B.Rajiv Gandhi Sadbhavana Award
- C.National Public Service Award
- D.Bharat Gaurav Samman
Explanation: The award, nominated by the Prime Point Foundation and the Sansad Ratna Awards jury, recognises Makwana's work for social justice and the rights of Scheduled Castes.
Q8.Dr Vinaya Prakash Singh was re-elected unopposed for a second term as Secretary-General of which organisation at its 14th Congress in Bangkok?
- A.Asian-Pacific Postal Union (APPU)✓ Correct Answer
- B.Universal Postal Union (UPU)
- C.SAARC Postal Council
- D.Asia-Pacific Telecommunity
Explanation: Singh, a 1988-batch Indian Postal Service officer, will serve a second four-year term (January 2027-December 2030) leading the APPU, which coordinates postal cooperation across the Asia-Pacific region.
Q9.Bhagwat Prasad Makwana was appointed Chairperson (until 31 March 2028) of which commission?
- A.National Commission for Safai Karamcharis (NCSK)✓ Correct Answer
- B.National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC)
- C.National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)
- D.National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
Explanation: Along with Makwana's appointment, Kaishab Bihari was named Vice-Chairperson and three new members were also appointed to the NCSK.
Q10.The 72nd National Film Awards on 22 September 2026 will, for the first time in its 70-plus-year history, be held outside Delhi at which venue?
- A.Statue of Unity, Gujarat✓ Correct Answer
- B.Sabarmati Riverfront, Ahmedabad
- C.Vigyan Bhawan annexe, Gujarat
- D.Gandhinagar Convention Centre
Explanation: President Droupadi Murmu will felicitate 92 winners at the Statue of Unity in Ekta Nagar, Narmada district, under a specially erected German aluminium structural dome.
Q11.Vice-President C.P. Radhakrishnan released the book 'Bhupen Hazarika: Hundred Years of a Wandering Songs' during a ceremony at which university, where he also laid the foundation stone for a ₹110 crore infrastructure upgrade?
- A.Gauhati University✓ Correct Answer
- B.Dibrugarh University
- C.Tezpur University
- D.Assam University
Explanation: The event also saw the release of the fifth edition of the Assamese lexicon 'Chandrakanta Abhidhan', marking Bhupen Hazarika's birth centenary.
Q12.St Joseph's University inaugurated its new B-Block campus at Kalena Agrahara on Bannerghatta Road in which city on 8 September 2026?
- A.Bengaluru✓ Correct Answer
- B.Chennai
- C.Mysuru
- D.Mangaluru
Explanation: The Jesuit-run university's new campus inauguration drew senior state officials, Catholic clergy and faculty members.
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