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UPSC Weekly Quiz: 10 Current Affairs Questions for Prelims 2027
This article is a weekly news quiz for students in India who are getting ready for a big government exam called UPSC.
The quiz has ten questions about news from the first week of August 2026.
One question is about forest fires in the Himalayan mountains and new ideas to watch for fires all day and night using a special satellite.
Another question says that many cars in India do not have insurance, so the Supreme Court gave new rules about it.
India also did more organ transplants in one year than ever before — over 20,000 in 2025.
The quiz talks about two small cities called Ceuta and Melilla, where many people try to enter Europe from Africa.
It also mentions trade between India and China at a mountain pass called Shipki La, which traders stopped after a new tax was added.
Other topics include money for science research, a scheme that makes fuel from farm waste, floods in Kerala, and a reward for people who help accident victims.
Answering questions like these helps students learn about what is happening in India and around the world.
A parliamentary committee report on Himalayan forest fires recommends a geostationary satellite for round-the-clock monitoring, at least two NDRF regional response centres and a National pine-needle utilisation policy.
The Supreme Court directed technological integration of motor insurance after noting that nearly 56% of vehicles (16.54 crore) on Indian roads are uninsured.
India recorded over 20,000 organ transplants in 2025, the highest so far, and NOTTO launched a new web portal and mobile application, along with guidelines on swap transplants.
Ceuta and Melilla, Europe's only land frontier with Africa, have seen repeated migrant entry attempts, including around 60,000 people entering Ceuta from Morocco.
Indo-China border trade through Shipki La resumed after a six-year suspension, but traders suspended participation, arguing the IGST levy is incompatible with the traditional barter system.
- Who
- UPSC aspirants preparing for the Civil Services (Prelims) 2027 exam, and the newsmakers featured in the quiz, including the Supreme Court of India, a parliamentary standing committee chaired by BJP MP Medha Kulkarni, and NOTTO.
- What
- A weekly current affairs quiz of 10 questions covering Himalayan forest fires, third-party motor insurance, organ transplants, the Ceuta and Melilla migration route, Shipki La border trade, the RDI Fund, the GOBARdhan scheme, Kerala floods and the Good Samaritan reward scheme.
- Where
- India, with questions also covering Ceuta and Melilla on the Morocco border and the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope in Hawaii.
- When
- The quiz covers news from the week of August 02–08, 2026.
- Why
- To help candidates strengthen current affairs knowledge and conceptual clarity for UPSC CSE Prelims 2027.
Border Traders
Government Tax Regime
IGST levy on Indo-China border trade through Shipki La
Border Traders
Shipki La traders argue the Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) is incompatible with the traditional barter system, in which goods are exchanged without monetary consideration, and have suspended their participation in the trade.
Government Tax Regime
The trade was revived after a six-year suspension with IGST levied on goods imported from China; traders formally sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi's intervention through the Deputy Commissioner of Kinnaur to resolve the dispute.
Key facts
- Quiz period
- August 02 – August 08, 2026
- Number of questions
- 10
- Target exam
- UPSC CSE Prelims 2027
- Organ transplants in 2025
- Over 20,000 (highest so far)
- Uninsured vehicles in India
- Nearly 56%, or 16.54 crore vehicles
- GOBARdhan scheme outlay
- Rs 23,731 crore, implemented 2026-27 to 2035-36
- RDI Fund corpus
- Rs 1 lakh crore
- Good Samaritan reward
- Rs 25,000; 813 people awarded from 2021-22 to 2025-26
Sources
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