10 Questions • 5 Minutes • Current Affairs Mock Test in Hindi and English
• RCB won the IPL 2026 title by defeating Gujarat Titans (GT) by 5 wickets in the final.
• This tournament was the 19th edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) and was organized by BCCI.
• The first-ever edition of IPL was played in the year 2008 and was won by Rajasthan Royals.
• The high-stakes final match was hosted at the Narendra Modi Stadium located in Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
• Star batsman Virat Kohli swept both the Player of the Match and Player of the Tournament honors.
• Vaibhav Suryavanshi won the Emerging Player award of the season playing for Rajasthan Royals.
• Fast bowler Kagiso Rabada clinched the Purple Cap in IPL 2026 by taking a total of 29 wickets.
• The Orange Cap for scoring the highest runs went to Vaibhav Suryavanshi who smashed 776 runs.
• Kagiso Rabada represents the South African national cricket team in international cricket.
• INS Sudarshini visited Antigua as part of the globally tracked training initiative named Lokayan Mission.
• This world tour voyage covers 13 different countries and marks strategic halts at 18 international ports.
• INS Sudarshini was constructed at the Goa Shipyard and is homeported at Kochi in Kerala.
• The extensive training cruise links the Atlantic and Indian Oceans to strengthen maritime diplomacy.
• India's 'Mahasagar' collective security doctrine primarily aims to counter Chinese naval expansion in the region.
• The ship was originally flagged off for its operational phases from the Konkan coast route.
• Cyprus officially expressed interest during its President Nikos Christodoulides' bilateral visit to India.
• Cyprus is situated in the Eastern Mediterranean Sea, and it gained independence from British rule in 1960.
• The official capital city of Cyprus is Nicosia and its currency is the Euro.
• BrahMos is a joint venture between India's DRDO and Russia's NPOM, named after the Brahmaputra and Moskva rivers.
• It operates on a 'Fire and Forget' principle and cruises at a high supersonic speed of 2.8 Mach.
• A state-of-the-art manufacturing and defense node for BrahMos has been recently established in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh.
• The high-tech SkyCast framework was launched at the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi by Minister Jitendra Singh.
• This micro-weather forecasting system helps prevent flight delays caused by localized fog or sudden weather anomalies.
• India has officially become the 19th country globally to implement this specific automated aviation system.
• SkyCast maps wind speed, air density, and fog boundaries up to a 3 km height zone to optimize real-time runway management.
• The system is contextually referred to as the 'Heart of Sky' due to its precision tracking metrics.
• It operates in synergy with Indian meteorological nodes to streamline all regional flight operations.
• Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar assumed office as the 48th Vice Chief of Naval Staff, replacing Vice Admiral Sanjay Bhalla.
• Vice Admiral Krishna Swaminathan has been appointed as the next Chief of Naval Staff.
• Indian Navy Day is celebrated annually on December 4 to commemorate the historical victory of Operation Trident.