12 May CA — ca quiz Current Affairs

• Hemanta Biswa Sarma took oath as CM of Assam under Article 164(1) of the Indian Constitution.

• The current Governor of Assam is Lakshman Prasad Acharya.

• Assam's capital is Dispur; it has 14 Lok Sabha seats and 7 Rajya Sabha seats.

• Assam is famous for Kamakhya Devi Temple and the Bihu festival — which has three parts: Kati Bihu, Magh Bihu and Bohag Bihu.

• Sarvananda Sonowal, the former CM of Assam, is currently the Union Minister for Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.

• Bihar government merged the Vigilance Investigation Cadre (Nigrani Anveshan Sanvarg) with the State Police through a Home Department order on 5 May.

• The current Chief Minister of Bihar is Samrat Choudhary.

• The current Governor of Bihar is Syed Ata Hasnain.

• Bihar has 40 Lok Sabha seats and 16 Rajya Sabha seats.

• Bihar was India's first state where no polling station had more than 1200 voters and the first to conduct electronic voting.

• The total budget for Delhi's After Care Scheme is ₹3.5 crore.

• The scheme benefits youth who have spent minimum 3 years in a Child Care Institution (CCI) and have completed 18 years of age.

• Benefits include higher education, skill development, employment/internship assistance and monthly stipend.

• The scheme was launched on 10 May on the occasion of Mother's Day and covers beneficiaries up to age 21 or 23 years.

• Delhi's CM is Rekha Gupta; LG is Taran Jit Singh Sandhu; Delhi has 7 Lok Sabha, 3 Rajya Sabha and 70 Vidhan Sabha seats.

• Q. Manivannan represents the Edinburgh and Lothian East constituency in the Scottish Parliament.

• He arrived in Scotland on a student visa in 2021 and became the first person of Indian origin elected to the Scottish Parliament.

• He represents the Scottish Greens Party and is a non-binary transgender individual — one of the first two transgender MSPs.

• This was possible due to an SNP government law allowing non-UK citizens with valid residency permits to contest elections.

• MSP stands for Member of Scottish Parliament.

• India became the 6th country to successfully conduct nuclear tests on 11 May 1998 under Operation Shakti at Pokhran, Rajasthan.

• National Technology Day 2026 theme: 'Responsible Innovation for Inclusive Growth'.

• Other achievements on the same day: successful test flight of Hansa-3 NG aircraft and successful test of Trishul missile.

• This day was officially declared by then PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee in 1999 — it is observed annually since then.

• The day also celebrates India's achievements in science and technology including DRDO, ISRO and other institutions.

• The 5F vision in PM MITRA stands for: Farm to Fibre to Factory to Fashion to Foreign.

• India's first fully operational PM MITRA Park was inaugurated at Warangal, Telangana, spread over 1327 acres at a cost of ₹1695.54 crore.

• PM MITRA stands for PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel.

• The park uses Zero Liquid Discharge technology and expected total investment is ₹6000+ crore.

• Telangana CM is Revanth Reddy; Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh in 2014.

• Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan launched the 25th anniversary celebrations of PM Gram Sadak Yojana at Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh (at Bheru village).

• Under this, Madhya Pradesh received approval for 973 roads of 2117 km length at a total cost of approximately ₹1763 crore.

• Madhya Pradesh also won the award for 'Maximum road length completed' under the scheme.

• Madhya Pradesh CM is Mohan Yadav; Governor is Mangubhai Chhaganbhai Patel.

• Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the former CM of Madhya Pradesh, is now the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.

• India is hosting the Asian Weightlifting Championship 2026 after a gap of 44 years — it was first held in New Delhi during the 1982 Asian Games.

• The championship is being held at Gandhinagar, Gujarat from 11 to 17 May 2026 with 28+ countries and 172 athletes participating.

• Indian team leaders include Vidya Rani and Ajit Narayan.

• Gujarat CM is Bhupendra Patel; Gandhinagar is the capital of Gujarat.

• This is a significant event for India's weightlifting community and showcases India's sporting infrastructure.

• Abhimanyu Mishra of India remains the youngest-ever Grand Master at the age of 12 years, 4 months and 25 days.

• Faustino Oro of Argentina achieved the title at 12 years, 6 months and 26 days — making him the second-youngest.

• He is nicknamed the 'Chess Messi' and achieved this feat at the Sardinia World Chess Festival in Italy.

• The FIDE Viswanathan Anand World Chess Championship was held in Goa in 2025 — named after India's first-ever Grand Master.

• 14-year-old Arjun Saxena from Karnataka recently won the International Master (IM) title in chess in 2026.

• All three statements are correct.

• Statement 1 ✓ — India topped ODI rankings with 118 rating points (previously 119 in 2025).

• Statement 2 ✓ — New Zealand is ranked 2nd with 113 rating points in ODI.

• Statement 3 ✓ — India also tops the ICC T20I rankings.

• Full ODI rankings: 1st India → 2nd New Zealand → 3rd Australia → 4th South Africa.

• ICC — International Cricket Council — governs international cricket and releases annual team rankings. This ICC annual update was released on 11 May 2026.