Current Affairs 18 May 2026 | Latest GK Questions and Answers
18 May 2026 – Current Affairs Questions and Answers
1. In May 2026, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath laid the foundation stone of a new international cricket stadium in which city?
Answer: Gorakhpur
2. Which state government announced a financial incentive of ₹30,000 for the birth of a third child and ₹40,000 for a fourth child?
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
3. Which country recently returned the 11th-century Chola dynasty copper plates (Leiden Plates) to India?
Answer: Netherlands
4. Who recently took charge as the new Prime Minister of Iraq?
Answer: Ali Falih Kazim Al-Zaidi
5. Which Indian pair won the men's doubles title at the Karnataka Open ATP Challenger?
Answer: Niki Poonacha and Saketh Myneni
6. Tata Electronics partnered with which Dutch company to enable chip manufacturing at its upcoming semiconductor fab in Dholera, Gujarat?
Answer: ASML
7. Recently, under 'Operation Raze Pill', the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) seized a huge consignment of which synthetic drug for the first time in India?
Answer: Captagon
8. The recently discussed 'Committee on Empowerment of Women' was first constituted in which year?
Answer: 29 April 1997
9. Rottnest Island, recently in the news due to a shark attack, is located in which ocean?
Answer: Indian Ocean (Western Australia)
10. During which session of the United Nations Forum on Forests (UNFF) was the 'Global Forest Goals Report 2026' launched?
Answer: 21st Session
11. The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) recently discovered a new species named Eublepharis zuma in the outskirts of Kaimur Wildlife Sanctuary. In which state is this sanctuary located?
Answer: Bihar