June 2026 Current Affairs in one-liner question-answer format. Important current affairs questions and answers for SSC, UPSC, Banking, Railway, Defence and other competitive exams.
Question (1) Who announced that he will step down as the Managing Director and CEO of Kotak Mahindra Bank upon completion of his term on December 31, 2026?
Answer: Ashok Vaswani.
Question (2) At which location did ISRO successfully conduct the eighth hot test of the 175-tonne Semi-Cryogenic Engine Power Head Test Article (PHTA)?
Answer: ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC) in Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu.
Question (3) At which airport did the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) successfully conduct India’s first GAGAN satellite-based landing system approach on a jet-engine aircraft?
Answer: Udaipur Airport.
Question (4) OpenAI appointed whom as the Managing Director for it’s India operations?
Answer: Prabhjeet Singh.
Question (5) How many Sukhoi Su-30MKI fighter jets have been equipped with BrahMos supersonic cruise missiles by the Indian Air Force as per the BrahMos Aerospace co-director Alexander Maksichev?
Answer: 40 Jets.
Question (6) Which country became the world’s leading ship recycling nation according to the UNCTAD report for 2025?
Answer: India.
Question (7) Which organisation partnered with Schoolnet India Limited to provide a USD 10 million financing package to scale up digital learning infrastructure in 30,000 government schools?
Answer: Asian Development Bank (ADB).
Question (8) Which state witnessed the discovery of a new lynx spider species named Hamataliwa mawlyngot in June 2026?
Answer: Meghalaya.
Question (9) Which bank signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Digital India BHASHINI Division (DIBD) to promote multilingual AI solutions for inclusive banking?
Answer: Punjab National Bank.
Question (10) Which New Zealand cricketer announced his retirement from all formats of international cricket on June 15, 2026?
Answer: Kane Williamson.
Question (11) What is the targeted share of electricity in global final energy demand by 2035 under the proposed “35×35” global electrification target?
Answer: 35%.
Question (12) Which Indian state exported the first consignment of GI-tagged Tezpur Litchi to Dubai with the facilitation of APEDA on 7 June 2026?
Answer: Assam.
Question (13) Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav and Delhi Chief Minister Rekha Gupta inaugurated how many Namo Oxygen Parks across Delhi on World Environment Day 2026?
Answer: 18 NAMO Oxygen Parks.
Question (14) Who has been appointed as the next Vice Chief of the Air Staff (VCAS) of the Indian Air Force, scheduled to assume office on July 1, 2026?
Answer: Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit.
Question (15) Which country became the 9th nation where Indian travellers can use UPI-enabled applications for seamless QR-code-based payments through a partnership between NPCI International and ACLEDA Bank?
Answer: Cambodia.
Question (16) Who has been appointed as India’s next Executive Director at the World Bank headquarters in Washington DC by the Government of India?
Answer: Neelkanth Mishra.
Question (17) Which city emerged as India’s second-busiest domestic airport hub in April 2026, surpassing Mumbai in domestic passenger volume?
Answer: Bengaluru.
Question (18) From which state was the month-long nationwide ‘Khet Bachao Abhiyan’ launched on June 1, 2026?
Answer: Madhya Pradesh.
Question (19) What was the growth rate of India’s industrial production in April 2026 as measured by the Index of Industrial Production (IIP)?
Answer: 4.9%.
Question (20) Which state is home to the SIRI Mathrushree Industrial Park inaugurated by Vice President C. P. Radhakrishnan in May 2026?
Answer: Karnataka.
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