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17 January 2026 Current Affairs | 1 Liners Question and Answers

ONE-LINERS CURRENT AFFAIRS and GK

Republic Day 2026:  

Q1. Who will be the chief guests at India’s 77th Republic Day celebrations?
Ans. Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen

Q2. What positions do Antonio Costa and Ursula von der Leyen hold?
Ans. President of the European Council and President of the European Commission respectively

Q3. What is the theme of the Republic Day Parade 2026?
Ans. 150 Years of Vande Mataram

Q4. Which ceremony will also be anchored around the theme of ‘Vande Mataram’?
Ans. Beating the Retreat ceremony

Q5. Along which path will the Republic Day Parade be held?
Ans. Kartavya Path

Q6. To end VIP culture, Republic Day Parade enclosures will be named after what?
Ans. Rivers of India

Q7. Enclosures at the Beating Retreat ceremony will be named after what?
Ans. Musical instruments

Q8. Which European participation will be seen for the first time in the Republic Day Parade?
Ans. A European naval contingent

Q9. Which new military units and technologies will be showcased for the first time?
Ans. Bhairav Battalion, Shaktibaan regiments, Drone Shakti, and universal rocket launcher

Q10. What special format of the Indian Army will be showcased in the parade?
Ans. Phased battle array format

Q11. What unique feature will accompany the phased battle array display?
Ans. Commentary explaining operational roles of formations and equipment

Q12. How many cultural artists will open the Republic Day celebrations?
Ans. 100 cultural artists

Q13. Which musical instruments will be used by cultural performers at the opening?
Ans. Indian martial musical instruments

Q14. Which marching contingent will march in ‘Uncha Kadam Taal’?
Ans. Bhairav contingent

Q15. Which high-altitude force will participate as a marching contingent?
Ans. Ladakh Scouts

Q16. Which animals will be part of the animal contingent in the parade?
Ans. Zanskar ponies, Bactrian camels, and dogs

Q17. How many marching contingents will participate in the parade?
Ans. 18 marching contingents

Q18. How many bands will take part in the Republic Day Parade?
Ans. 13 bands

Q19. Which aircraft and helicopters will be featured in the flypast?
Ans. Rafale, Su-30, P-8I, C-130, C-295, MiG-29, Apache, LCH, ALH, and Mi-17

Q20. How many States and departments will present tableaux on ‘Vande Mataram’?
Ans. Six States and departments

Q21. Whose paintings illustrating verses of ‘Vande Mataram’ will be displayed at Kartavya Path?
Ans. Tejendra Kumar Mitra

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Q1. Which country was the first to formally recognise the Republic of Somaliland as an independent state?
Ans. Israel (December 26, 2025)

Q2. Somaliland is located in the Horn of Africa, with its northern border on the strategic _____.
Ans. Gulf of Aden

Q3. What is the capital city of the self-proclaimed Republic of Somaliland?
Ans. Hargeisa

Q4. Somaliland’s location allows it to overlook which critical global maritime choke point?
Ans. Bab-el-Mandeb Strait

Q5. Somaliland’s modern origins trace back to which British colonial entity?
Ans. British Somaliland

Q6. In 1960, the newly independent Somaliland voluntarily merged with Italian Somaliland to form which country?
Ans. Somali Republic

Q7. The UN Security Council condemned drone attacks on its peacekeepers in which state of Sudan?
Ans. South Kordofan

Q8. South Kordofan is home to the Nuba people and Arab pastoralist tribes like the _____ and Hawazma.
Ans. Misseriya

Q9. During the celebration of which Jewish holiday did a terrorist attack occur at Bondi Beach, Australia?
Ans. Hanukkah

Q10. What type of beach is Bondi Beach in Sydney?
Ans. Crescent-shaped embayed beach

Q11. Jordan and India signed an agreement to twin the UNESCO Heritage site of Petra with which site in India?
Ans. Ellora Caves, Maharashtra

Q12. Petra, known as the “Rose Red City,” was the capital of which ancient kingdom?
Ans. Nabataean Kingdom

Q13. The architecture of Petra is described as a “melting pot,” blending Hellenistic, Roman, and native _____ styles.
Ans. Nabataean

Q14. What is the alternative name for the Sea of Japan in South Korea?
Ans. East Sea

Q15. The Sea of Japan is bordered by Japan to the east, Russia to the north, and which two countries to the west?
Ans. North Korea and South Korea

Q16. What is the nickname of the Ethiopian Highlands?
Ans. Roof of Africa

Q17. Which major tectonic feature bisects Ethiopia diagonally?
Ans. Great Rift Valley

Q18. What is the highest peak in Ethiopia?
Ans. Ras Dashen

Q19. The Danakil Depression is one of the _____, driest and lowest places on Earth.
Ans. Hottest

Q20. Which country is constructing the runway of the Lalmonirhat Airbase in Bangladesh?
Ans. China

Q21. Lalmonirhat Airbase is about 135 km from which strategic Indian territory known as the “Chicken’s Neck”?
Ans. Siliguri Corridor

Q22. China is building a base for 8 submarines in which coastal upazila of Bangladesh?
Ans. Pekua

Q23. Bangladesh’s first full-fledged submarine base, BNS Pekua, was earlier known as?
Ans. BNS Sheikh Hasina

Q24. Matarbari deep-sea port near Pekua is being financed by which country?
Ans. Japan

Q25. What mountain range in northwest Benin contains the country’s highest points?
Ans. Atakora Mountains

Q26. The region stretching across the Sahel and West Africa is known as the African _____.
Ans. Coup Belt

Q27. Auckland is built on a dormant but potentially active monogenetic _____ field.
Ans. Volcanic

Q28. Auckland has dual harbours—Waitematā Harbour and which harbour on the Tasman Sea?
Ans. Manukau Harbour

Q29. The Indian Navy’s “Triple Sentinel” maritime grid includes a detachment on which island?
Ans. Bitra Island

Q30. Despite its tiny land area, Bitra Island has the largest _____ in Lakshadweep.
Ans. Lagoon

Q31. Kanger Valley National Park is famous for karst limestone caves with developed _____.
Ans. Speleothems

Q32. Kanger Valley lies in an ecotone where teak forests overlap with sal forests.
Ans. Teak

Q33. Gandikota canyon, the “Grand Canyon of India,” is formed by which river?
Ans. Penna River

Q34. Gandikota rock formations are composed of reddish Gandikota _____.
Ans. Quartzite

Q35. Which Andhra Pradesh village, known as the “Khadi Capital of South India,” received a GI tag?
Ans. Ponduru

Q36. The Siliguri Corridor is wedged between Nepal, Bhutan, and which country?
Ans. Bangladesh

Q37. The strategic threat from the north comes from China’s dagger-shaped _____.
Ans. Chumbi Valley

Q38. Adichanallur was initially an industrial mining site for which metals?
Ans. Copper, iron, and gold

Q39. Pottery from Adichanallur contains inscriptions in which script?
Ans. Tamil-Brahmi (Tamizhi)

Q40. Which town is called the “Kashmir of Odisha”?
Ans. Daringbadi

Q41. Daringbadi is the only place in Odisha where _____ is recorded.
Ans. Snowfall

Q42. ISRO’s new SSLV launch complex in Tamil Nadu is at?
Ans. Kulasekarapattinam

Q43. Kulasekarapattinam provides a dogleg advantage for launches over which ocean?
Ans. Indian Ocean

Q44. Nahargarh Biological Park lies in which ancient mountain range?
Ans. Aravalli Range

Q45. Moreh in Manipur is the starting point of which international highway?
Ans. India–Myanmar–Thailand (IMT) Trilateral Highway

Q46. Which cross-border regime with Myanmar has India scrapped?
Ans. Free Movement Regime (FMR)

Q47. Which delta is the world’s largest contiguous mangrove forest and habitat of the Royal Bengal Tiger?
Ans. Sundarbans

Q48. The Nile Delta is an example of which type of delta?
Ans. Arcuate Delta

Q49. The Mekong Delta is home to which critically endangered fish?
Ans. Mekong Giant Catfish

Q50. Which Cambodian river reverses flow during Mekong flood pulses?
Ans. Tonle Sap River

Q51. The Indus Delta is classified as an _____ delta.
Ans. Arid

Q52. The India–Pakistan maritime boundary dispute in Sir Creek involves which principle?
Ans. Thalweg Principle

Q53. The Volga Delta is known for elongated ridges called _____.
Ans. Baer Knolls

Q54. The Lena Delta is a massive carbon vault of _____.
Ans. Dissolved Organic Carbon (DOC)

Q55. Which river is called the “Sorrow of China”?
Ans. Huang He (Yellow River)

Q56. The Danube Delta empties into which sea?
Ans. Black Sea

Q57. The Niger Delta separates the Bight of Benin from the Bight of _____.
Ans. Bonny

Q58. The Irrawaddy Delta is facing rapid _____ loss called Kanazo.
Ans. Mangrove

Q59. Which Taiwanese player defeated Lakshya Sen at India Open Super 750?
Ans. Lin Chun-Yi

Q60. Loh Kean Yew defeated which World No. 2 player at India Open 2025?
Ans. Kunlavut Vitidsarn

Q61. Who will An Se Young face again in the India Open 2025 semifinals?
Ans. Ratchanok Intanon

Q62. Justice Yashwant Varma faces inquiry after what was allegedly found at his residence?
Ans. Sacks of half-burnt currency

Q63. In which state did a single-tusked elephant kill over 20 people in January?
Ans. Jharkhand

Q64. These attacks occurred mainly in which district?
Ans. West Singhbhum

Q65. Which industry has impacted elephant habitats there?
Ans. Iron ore mining

Q66. Who became the first WPL player to take three 4+ wicket hauls?
Ans. Shreyanka Patil (RCB)

Q67. Who earlier took a five-wicket haul in the same WPL season?
Ans. Nandani Sharma

Q68. The “mother of all FTAs” refers to India’s deal with which entity?
Ans. European Union

Q69. India signed a trade pact with which four-country European bloc?
Ans. EFTA (Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Liechtenstein)

Source: TH