Daily Current Affairs Prelims Quiz 05-10-2026

1.With reference to the “FORTRESS America Initiative”, consider the following statements:

1. It seeks to enhance the energy self-sufficiency of major U.S. military installations.
2. It includes repatriation of critical supply chains involving rare earth elements, specialty metals and semiconductors.
3. Strengthening strategic reserves of fuel, munitions, blood and medicines is one of its objectives.
4. Resilience in space and spectrum is one of the five pillars of the initiative.
5. The initiative primarily focuses on reducing U.S. dependence on external vulnerabilities and foreign supply chains.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

2.With reference to the Rogun Hydropower Project, consider the following statements:

1. It is located in Uzbekistan on the Vakhsh River.
2. The project is being developed primarily to address Tajikistan’s domestic energy requirements.
3. The project is located in the Amu Darya river basin.
4. The Rogun Dam is among the major hydropower projects being developed in Central Asia.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

3.With reference to Buxa Tiger Reserve, consider the following statements:

1. Buxa Tiger Reserve is located in the Dooars region of West Bengal.
2. It was notified as a Tiger Reserve in 1983.
3. The reserve contains moist tropical forests and extends from the plains to elevations of around 1,750 metres.
4. Mahseer is among the aquatic species associated with the hill streams of the reserve.
5. Buxa forms part of a wider ecological landscape connecting Bhutan with West Bengal and Assam.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

4.With reference to TAPAS-1, recently in the news, consider the following statements:

1. TAPAS-1 is an indigenously designed thermal-imaging nanosatellite payload.
2. It is a 1.5-kg modular CubeSat developed by Satleo Labs.
3. It operates in a Sun-Synchronous Low Earth Orbit (LEO) at an altitude of about 500 km.
4. It uses thermal infrared radiation to monitor parameters such as urban heat, crop stress and wildfire hotspots.
5. Its applications are limited to civilian urban-planning purposes.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

5.With reference to India’s first Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) Social Bond, consider the following statements:

1. It was issued by NABKISAN Finance Limited, a subsidiary of NABARD.
2. The proceeds are intended to support water, sanitation and hygiene infrastructure in rural and underserved communities.
3. The bond has a five-year tenure and carries a coupon rate of 8.10%.
4. Water.org is associated with the initiative as a knowledge partner.
5. The bond was listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE).

Which of the statements given above are correct?