Introduction

Bank and government exam current affairs from 7-13 September 2026 covered a packed week of appointments, sport and diplomacy — from Giorgia Meloni's record as Italy's longest-serving Prime Minister to the UN's newly adopted "Correct the Map" resolution. This weekly current affairs Q&A is built specifically for exam preparation: quick, accurate revision instead of another long video to sit through. This roundup covers 25 exam-important questions from 7-13 September 2026, each followed by four options, the correct answer, and a short explanation with the key facts you need.

National Affairs & Government Schemes

Q1. Assam's Rangpur-Sivasagar historical group has been added to which UNESCO list?

  • a) World Heritage List
  • b) Intangible Cultural Heritage List
  • c) Tentative List of World Heritage Sites
  • d) Memory of the World Register

Answer: c) Tentative List of World Heritage Sites

The Rangpur-Sivasagar historical ensemble, linked to Assam's Ahom dynasty capital, has been added to UNESCO's Tentative List of World Heritage Sites, the preliminary watch-list before a formal nomination. Assam already has one confirmed UNESCO World Heritage Site from the same dynasty — Charaideo Moidam, the royal burial mounds that became India's 43rd World Heritage Site in 2024. The Ahom dynasty ruled the upper Brahmaputra region of Assam for nearly 600 years.

Q2. Which city topped the "more than 10 lakh population" category in the 5th Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026?

  • a) Indore
  • b) Jabalpur
  • c) Lucknow
  • d) Kanpur

Answer: c) Lucknow

Uttar Pradesh's capital Lucknow topped the over-10-lakh-population category of the 5th Swachh Vayu Sarvekshan 2026 with 198 points, pushing 2025's topper Indore to second place, followed by Jabalpur in third. The survey, released under the National Clean Air Programme by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, began in 2022-23 and this was its fifth edition. In the smaller population categories, Rourkela (3-10 lakh) and Kalinganagar (under 3 lakh) — both in Odisha — topped their respective brackets.

Defence

Q3. Exercise Veer Guardian 2026, held at Jodhpur Air Force Station, is a bilateral air combat exercise between India and which country?

  • a) France
  • b) Japan
  • c) Australia
  • d) South Korea

Answer: b) Japan

Veer Guardian 2026 is a bilateral air combat exercise between the Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self-Defense Force, running from 11 to 22 September 2026 at Jodhpur Air Force Station, Rajasthan. First held in Japan in 2023, the exercise aims to build coordination and share operational experience between the two air forces. It comes as India and Japan approach 75 years of diplomatic relations, dating back to 1952.

Q4. Exercise Samudra Laksamana, whose fourth edition began on 9 September 2026, is a naval exercise between India and which country?

  • a) Indonesia
  • b) Malaysia
  • c) Singapore
  • d) Vietnam

Answer: b) Malaysia

Exercise Samudra Laksamana is a bilateral naval exercise between the Indian Navy and the Royal Malaysian Navy, first launched in 2017, with the 2026 edition — its fourth — beginning on 9 September and hosted in Malaysia. Indian Navy ship INS Mysore has been deployed to Malaysia to take part in the exercise. The drill is aimed at strengthening interoperability and maritime cooperation between the two navies.

Appointments

Q5. Who has been appointed as the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

  • a) Admiral D.K. Joshi
  • b) Dr. Dinesh Sharma
  • c) Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal
  • d) C.P. Radhakrishnan

Answer: b) Dr. Dinesh Sharma

Dr. Dinesh Sharma, a senior BJP leader from Uttar Pradesh who served as the state's Deputy Chief Minister from 2017 to 2022 and is currently a Rajya Sabha MP, has been appointed the new Lieutenant Governor of Andaman and Nicobar Islands under Article 239 of the Constitution, which empowers the President to appoint administrators for Union Territories. He replaces Admiral (Retd.) D.K. Joshi, who had held the post since October 2017.

Q6. Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal, previously a judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court, has been appointed Chief Justice of which High Court?

  • a) Rajasthan High Court
  • b) Madhya Pradesh High Court
  • c) Punjab and Haryana High Court
  • d) Uttarakhand High Court

Answer: a) Rajasthan High Court

Justice Sanjay Kumar Agrawal has been appointed Chief Justice of the Rajasthan High Court in September 2026, on the recommendation of the Supreme Court collegium and under Article 217 of the Constitution, which governs the appointment of High Court judges by the President. He became an additional judge of the Chhattisgarh High Court in September 2013 and a permanent judge there in 2016, before this elevation.

International Affairs

Q7. Giorgia Meloni has set a record for the longest-serving Prime Minister of which country since the Second World War?

  • a) Spain
  • b) Italy
  • c) Greece
  • d) Portugal

Answer: b) Italy

Giorgia Meloni, leader of the Fratelli d'Italia (Brothers of Italy) party, has completed 1,413 consecutive days as Prime Minister of Italy, the longest tenure of any Italian PM since World War II ended in 1945. She became Italy's first woman Prime Minister on 22 October 2022, and her autobiography, titled "Io Sono Giorgia" ("I Am Giorgia"), was published a few years ago.

Q8. Ülle Madise has been elected as the new President of which country?

  • a) Latvia
  • b) Lithuania
  • c) Finland
  • d) Estonia

Answer: d) Estonia

Ülle Madise has been elected President of Estonia, becoming only the second woman to hold the post after Kersti Kaljulaid, who was president from 2016 to 2021. She will serve a five-year term, replacing outgoing President Alar Karis. Estonia is a Baltic country bordered by Latvia and Russia, with its capital at Tallinn and Kristen Michal as Prime Minister.

Q9. The Anak Krakatoa volcano, which recently erupted and drew global attention, is located in which country?

  • a) Philippines
  • b) Papua New Guinea
  • c) Indonesia
  • d) Japan

Answer: c) Indonesia

Anak Krakatoa ("Child of Krakatoa") sits in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, formed after the original Krakatoa volcano collapsed following its catastrophic 1883 eruption, which triggered a tsunami that killed more than 36,000 people. Its most recent eruption sent an ash and gas plume roughly 15 km into the air. A 2018 eruption of Anak Krakatoa had also triggered a tsunami that killed over 400 people.

Q10. The "Correct the Map" resolution, adopted by the UN General Assembly in September 2026, seeks to replace the Mercator projection with which map projection?

  • a) Robinson Projection
  • b) Equal Earth Projection
  • c) Winkel Tripel Projection
  • d) Gall-Peters Projection

Answer: b) Equal Earth Projection

The UN General Assembly adopted the "Correct the Map" resolution in September 2026, calling for world maps to use the Equal Earth projection instead of the long-used Mercator projection, which distorts the true size of countries near the equator — shrinking Africa and other equatorial regions while enlarging those near the poles. The resolution, sponsored by Togo and backed by the African Union, passed with 164 countries in favour, the United States voting against, and six countries absent; it is non-binding but does not alter political boundaries.

Q11. The 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held in which city in September 2026?

  • a) Manila
  • b) Jakarta
  • c) New Delhi
  • d) Hanoi

Answer: c) New Delhi

The 9th ASEAN-India Ministerial Meeting on Agriculture and Forestry was held in New Delhi on 9 September 2026, co-chaired by India's Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan and the Philippines' Agriculture Secretary, since the Philippines holds the ASEAN chairmanship in 2026. Discussions focused on food security, sustainable agriculture, agricultural innovation, and climate-resilient farming; the 10th edition is scheduled for 2028, with the venue yet to be decided.

Q12. The world's first artificial energy island is being built by which country in the North Sea?

  • a) Netherlands
  • b) Denmark
  • c) Belgium
  • d) Norway

Answer: c) Belgium

Belgium is building the world's first artificial energy island, Princess Elisabeth Island, in the North Sea roughly 45 km off the Belgian coast. The island will act as a hub to collect and consolidate electricity generated by offshore wind farms before transmitting it to Belgium and neighbouring countries. It is a key part of Belgium's offshore wind infrastructure strategy.

Sports

Q13. Who has become India's youngest chess player to be included in a FIDE rating list?

  • a) Divya Deshmukh
  • b) Elina Mishra
  • c) R. Vaishali
  • d) Savitha Shri

Answer: b) Elina Mishra

Elina Mishra from Odisha has become India's youngest chess player to feature on a FIDE rating list, earning a blitz rating of 1432 at the age of just 4 years, 6 months and 16 days. Her father is also an Indian chess Grandmaster.

Q14. The proposed first-ever Men's T20 International match between India and Japan has been named after which brand?

  • a) Honda Cup
  • b) Suzuki Cup
  • c) Toyota Cup
  • d) Sony Cup

Answer: b) Suzuki Cup

India and Japan will play their first-ever Men's T20 International cricket match, named the Suzuki Cup, on 22 September 2026 at the Sano International Cricket Ground in Japan. The one-off match is not an ICC-sanctioned bilateral series but a diplomatic fixture marking the approach of 75 years of India-Japan diplomatic relations, which began in 1952 and will complete 75 years in 2027.

Q15. Which Indian pair became the first Indian men's pair to win the Men's Doubles title at the China Masters?

  • a) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy
  • b) Kidambi Srikanth and Lakshya Sen
  • c) HS Prannoy and Sai Praneeth
  • d) B. Sumeeth Reddy and Manu Attri

Answer: a) Chirag Shetty and Satwiksairaj Rankireddy

Satwiksairaj Rankireddy and Chirag Shetty defeated a Chinese pair in the final to become the first Indian men's pair to win the Men's Doubles title at the China Masters 2026, a BWF World Tour Super 750 event held in Shenzhen, China from 1 to 6 September 2026. The pair, from Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra respectively, have previously held the World No. 1 ranking in men's doubles and received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna award in 2024 for 2023.

Q16. India finished at which position in the overall medal tally of the 2026 Pickleball World Cup?

  • a) 2nd
  • b) 3rd
  • c) 4th
  • d) 7th

Answer: c) 4th

India finished 4th in the overall medal tally of the 2026 Pickleball World Cup — the fourth edition of the tournament since it began in 2023 — held in Da Nang, Vietnam, improving from 7th place in 2025. India won 41 medals in total (7 gold, 17 silver and 17 bronze) from a squad of 48 players, out of 82 participating countries, while the USA topped the medal tally.

Awards, Recognition & Research

Q17. Miss World 2026, held for the first time in Vietnam, was won by a contestant from which country?

  • a) Thailand
  • b) Dominican Republic
  • c) Philippines
  • d) Mexico

Answer: b) Dominican Republic

The 73rd Miss World title was won by a contestant from the Dominican Republic, a Caribbean nation between North and South America, at a pageant held for the first time in Vietnam. She was crowned by the previous year's winner, Opal Suchata Chuangsri of Thailand, who had won the 72nd edition. [NAME PENDING VERIFICATION — spelling unclear from source, confirm before publishing]

Q18. The Kalinga Ratna Award was conferred on which former Chief Justice of India in September 2026?

  • a) Justice Dipak Misra
  • b) Justice Ranjan Gogoi
  • c) Justice U.U. Lalit
  • d) Justice N.V. Ramana

Answer: a) Justice Dipak Misra

The Kalinga Ratna Award, instituted in 2007 by the Sarala Sahitya Sansad and given each year to a distinguished person from Odisha, was conferred on former Chief Justice of India Dipak Misra in September 2026 at the 16th Sansad Ratna Awards function in New Delhi. Justice Misra served as India's 45th Chief Justice from 2017 to 2018; the previous year's award (for 2024) had gone to former Union Education Minister Dharmendra Pradhan.

Q19. The book "Bhupen Hazarika: 100 Years of a Wandering Song" was launched by whom in September 2026?

  • a) President Droupadi Murmu
  • b) Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan
  • c) Union Culture Minister
  • d) Assam Chief Minister

Answer: b) Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan

Vice President C.P. Radhakrishnan launched "Bhupen Hazarika: 100 Years of a Wandering Song" at Guwahati University in Assam, a compilation of essays by 31 scholars from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, the USA and the UK on the legendary Assamese musician and filmmaker. Born in 1926 in Sadiya, Assam, Hazarika is also the namesake of the Bhupen Hazarika Setu (Dhola-Sadiya Bridge), India's longest river bridge at 9.15 km, and was honoured with the Bharat Ratna in 2019 after earlier receiving the Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan.

Q20. Prof. S.R. Janakiraman, who passed away recently at the age of 98, was associated with which musical tradition?

  • a) Hindustani classical music
  • b) Carnatic music
  • c) Rabindra Sangeet
  • d) Sufi music

Answer: b) Carnatic music

Professor S.R. Janakiraman, a scholar of Carnatic music who dedicated over five decades to teaching music and musicology, passed away at the age of 98 in Chennai. He was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2011 for his contributions to Carnatic music and authored several books simplifying its ragas and principles.

Q21. Which Indian institute topped the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2026 among Indian institutions?

  • a) IIM Ahmedabad
  • b) IIM Bangalore
  • c) ISB Hyderabad
  • d) IIM Calcutta

Answer: b) IIM Bangalore

IIM Bangalore ranked as India's top institution in the Financial Times Masters in Management Ranking 2026, with a global rank of 21, though the ranking itself — which began in 2005 — was topped globally by the University of St. Gallen (Switzerland), followed by Nova School of Business and Economics (Portugal) and Shanghai Jiao Tong University (China). The Financial Times ranks institutions on factors such as post-graduation salary, salary growth and international mobility of graduates.

Q22. The Commonwealth Public Leadership Award was conferred on which Indian leader in September 2026?

  • a) Devendra Fadnavis
  • b) Eknath Shinde
  • c) Ajit Pawar
  • d) Uddhav Thackeray

Answer: b) Eknath Shinde

Eknath Shinde, Deputy Chief Minister of Maharashtra and founder of the Shiv Sena (Shinde faction), was conferred the Commonwealth Public Leadership Award at the House of Lords in the British Parliament in September 2026, recognising his contribution to public service delivery, infrastructure development and welfare initiatives as Deputy CM. Shinde had earlier served as Chief Minister of Maharashtra from 2022 to 2024.

Q23. The Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Puraskar 2026 was awarded to whom?

  • a) Kishore Makwana
  • b) Arjun Ram Meghwal
  • c) Virendra Kumar
  • d) Ramdas Athawale

Answer: a) Kishore Makwana

Kishore Makwana, Chairman of the National Commission for Scheduled Castes (NCSC), was awarded the Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam Jan Seva Puraskar 2026 at the 16th Sansad Ratna Awards event in New Delhi, in recognition of the Commission's work protecting the rights and welfare of Scheduled Castes. The NCSC is a constitutional body under Article 338 of the Constitution, separated from the combined SC/ST commission via the 89th Constitutional Amendment Act in 2003, and has functioned since 19 February 2004 with its headquarters in New Delhi.

Q24. "Aparajita," launched in September 2026, is the Hindi edition of which memoir?

  • a) "Indomitable" by Arundhati Bhattacharya
  • b) "Prepare for the Unknown" by Arundhati Bhattacharya
  • c) "My Life" by Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw
  • d) "Undaunted" by Kiran Bedi

Answer: a) "Indomitable" by Arundhati Bhattacharya

"Aparajita" is the Hindi edition of "Indomitable: A Working Woman's Notes on Life, Work and Leadership," the memoir of Arundhati Bhattacharya, the first woman Chairman of the State Bank of India (2013-2017), launched at the BSE Auditorium in Mumbai. Born in Kolkata, Bhattacharya was honoured with the Padma Shri in 2025 and has also authored another book, "Prepare for the Unknown."

Important Days

Q25. International Literacy Day is observed every year on which date?

  • a) 5 September
  • b) 8 September
  • c) 14 September
  • d) 21 September

Answer: b) 8 September

International Literacy Day is observed globally on 8 September each year to promote literacy and raise awareness about its importance, following UNESCO's recognition of the day in 1966; it was first observed on 8 September 1967. The theme for International Literacy Day 2026 is "Literacy for People, Planet and Prosperity."

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Conclusion & Summary

This week's current affairs reflected key diplomatic and sporting developments, from new judicial and gubernatorial appointments to India's medal-tally climb at the Pickleball World Cup and the historic UN vote to adopt the Equal Earth map projection. Bookmark this weekly current affairs page for quick revision before your bank or government exam, and check back every Sunday for the next roundup.