Current Affairs 6 September 2026: 20 Exam-Ready Facts and 15 MCQs
Current Affairs 6 September 2026: 20 Exam-Ready Facts and 15 MCQs
Teachers' Day weekend gave the news cycle two clean exam stories: President Droupadi Murmu handing out the National Teachers' Award 2026 at Vigyan Bhawan, and the Prime Minister taking the Delhi Metro to the Shri Ram College of Commerce centenary. Both happened on 5 September 2026, and both are the kind of one-line fact that turns up in SSC and BPSC GK sections a month later.
Below are 20 facts from the last 24 hours, each tagged with the exams it actually matters for, followed by four revision tables and 15 objective questions. Read the facts once, then attempt the questions without scrolling back. That gap between reading and recalling is where the marks are.
National
- 1. Prime Minister Narendra Modi attended the centenary celebrations of Shri Ram College of Commerce (SRCC), Delhi University, on 5 September 2026, and released a ₹100 commemorative coin. SRCC was founded in 1926. He travelled to the venue by Delhi Metro, and Union Education Minister Pralhad Joshi was present. A commemorative postage stamp for the college had been released in April 2026. Exam tag: SSC / Railway / All exams
- 2. SEMICON India 2026 will run from 17 to 19 September 2026 at Yashobhoomi (India International Convention and Expo Centre), New Delhi, with the theme "Transform Tomorrow: Silicon to Systems, Building the Ecosystem". The Prime Minister inaugurates it on 17 September. Over 500 exhibitors and delegates from 40-plus countries are expected. Exam tag: SSC / Banking / All exams
- 3. The India Book Market Report 2026-2030 was unveiled in New Delhi on 3 September 2026 by the Federation of Indian Publishers (FIP) with NielsenIQ BookData. It covers print and digital publishing, Indian-language markets and the copyright environment through 2030. Exam tag: SSC / Banking / All exams
- 4. A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice of India Surya Kant held that the Bar Council of India has no statutory power to discipline law students. BCI jurisdiction begins only at enrolment as an advocate; universities keep authority over student discipline. Exam tag: BPSC / JPSC / All exams
International
- 5. India's rescue effort in flood-hit Nepal continued, coordinated by the Ministry of External Affairs. By 1 September 2026, 163 Indian nationals had been evacuated, and a 19-member forensics team was working in Kathmandu. The disaster began on 26 August 2026 with a glacier collapse on Langtang Lirung, which sent a flood surge down the Trishuli river through Rasuwa, Nuwakot, Dhading, Gorkha and Chitwan. Rescue teams are still working the tunnels of the Upper Trishuli 3A hydropower project. The confirmed toll had crossed 1,000 by 1 September and keeps moving, so treat any single number as provisional (verify). Exam tag: All exams
- 6. At the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, English was added as an official language of the grouping alongside Russian and Chinese. Pakistan takes the SCO chair for 2026-27 and Lahore has been named SCO Tourism and Cultural Capital. The SCO has 10 full members and accounts for roughly a quarter of global GDP. Exam tag: BPSC / SSC / All exams
- 7. Belgian Prime Minister Bart De Wever visited India from 2 to 4 September 2026. Three government-level defence agreements and a Letter of Intent on defence cooperation were signed, along with an MoU between the CBI and the Belgian Federal Police on transnational crime. India will post its first-ever Defence Attaché in Brussels, and the two sides set a target of doubling bilateral trade in five years. Defence Minister Rajnath Singh held talks on 3 September with Theo Francken, Belgium's Minister of Defence and Foreign Trade, and the same day released the RAKSHA defence diplomacy document, a 10-year roadmap on four pillars: Strategic Partnerships, Capacity Building, Indigenous Exports and Maritime Security. Exam tag: Defence / SSC / All exams
Economy and Banking
- 8. India's real GDP grew 7.8% in Q1 of FY 2026-27 (April to June 2026), against a nominal growth of 10.3%, per the National Statistical Office under MoSPI. Manufacturing rose 9.2%, services 10% and agriculture 3.6%. Gross Fixed Capital Formation expanded 11.9%. The print beat the RBI's own 7% estimate for the quarter. Exam tag: Banking / SSC / BPSC
- 9. The repo rate stands at 5.25% with a neutral stance. At the June 2026 meeting the MPC, under Governor Sanjay Malhotra, cut its FY27 GDP forecast to 6.6% and raised the CPI inflation projection to 5.1%. Given the 7.8% Q1 print, expect the growth forecast to be revised upward at the next review. Exam tag: Banking / All exams
- 10. From 1 September 2026, SEBI's new nomination framework applies: every single-holder demat account and mutual fund folio must carry either a nomination or a signed opt-out. Up to three nominees can be named with defined percentages, and the witness requirement has been dropped. NPCI's UPI privacy masking norms took effect by 4 September 2026, so mobile numbers, UPI IDs and account numbers now show only the last four digits to the counterparty. The RBI's special FCNR(B) dollar-rupee swap window closed on 31 August 2026. Exam tag: Banking / IBPS / SBI / SSC CGL
Sports
- 11. In the Women's T20 Asia Cup 2026 at Dubai International Stadium on 5 September, India beat Pakistan by 7 wickets. Pakistan were bowled out for 55 in 8.5 overs, their lowest total in women's T20 Internationals. Shree Charani and Prema Rawat took three wickets each, Deepti Sharma two. In the same match Harmanpreet Kaur became the first captain to lead a side in 150 women's T20 Internationals; Pakistan's captain Fatima Sana top-scored with 21. Exam tag: All exams
- 12. At the Pickleball World Cup 2026 in Da Nang, Vietnam (4 to 6 September), India stayed unbeaten on day one of the team event, beating Antigua and Barbuda 6-0, Israel 6-0 and the Czech Republic 5-1. India sat fourth in the medal tally with 6 gold. Captain Harsh Mehta led the pro squad. Exam tag: All exams
- 13. The 20th Asian Games begin at Aichi-Nagoya, Japan on 19 September 2026. India's approved contingent is 768 members: 503 athletes and 246 officials, competing across 35 disciplines. Exam tag: All exams
Awards
- 14. President Droupadi Murmu conferred the National Teachers' Award 2026 on 48 school teachers (26 men, 22 women) at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi on 5 September 2026. The awardees came from 27 States, 7 Union Territories and 6 central government organisations. Sushma Tamang, a PGT Chemistry teacher at a PM SHRI school in Dikling, Sikkim, was among them. The same ceremony honoured 21 teachers from higher education institutions and polytechnics, six of them from IITs and five of them women, with IIT Roorkee, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, BITS Pilani, IISER Bhopal and AIIMS Mangalagiri represented. Exam tag: BTET / JTET / CTET / SSC / All exams
Science and Defence
- 15. ISRO's GSLV-F17, the 19th flight of the GSLV, placed EOS-05 into a sub-Geosynchronous Transfer Orbit from the Second Launch Pad at Satish Dhawan Space Centre, SHAR. EOS-05 is India's first imaging satellite in geosynchronous orbit. The launch was on 29 August 2026; the Prime Minister publicly congratulated the ISRO team on 4 September. Exam tag: SSC / Railway / All exams
- 16. BIRAC launched the BIO-NIVESH platform to channel private capital into biotechnology scale-ups, supporting the target of a ₹20 lakh crore bioeconomy by 2030. Exam tag: SSC / Banking / All exams
Bihar and Jharkhand Special
This is the section most aspirants skip and then lose marks on. BPSC, BSSC, Bihar Police, JSSC and JPSC all pull state GK from exactly this kind of news.
- 17. Bihar and Jharkhand signed the Sone river water-sharing agreement on 31 August 2026, ending a dispute running since Jharkhand's creation in 2000. Bihar gets 5.75 MAF and Jharkhand 2 MAF. It was signed by Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil, Bihar Chief Minister Samrat Choudhary and Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren, witnessed by Union Home Minister Amit Shah. The reference point is the Bansagar Agreement of 1973, which split 14.25 MAF of Sone water between Uttar Pradesh (1.25 MAF), Madhya Pradesh (5.25 MAF) and undivided Bihar (7.75 MAF). The new deal clears the way for the Indrapuri reservoir project in Rohtas district, which will serve irrigation in eight districts: Bhojpur, Buxar, Rohtas, Kaimur, Aurangabad, Patna, Gaya and Arwal. The Sone rises in Madhya Pradesh and joins the Ganga in Bihar. Exam tag: BPSC / BSSC / JSSC / JPSC / Bihar Police
- 18. BPSC TRE 4.0 is live with 32,388 teacher vacancies, with online applications opening on 1 September 2026. Exam dates circulating on coaching sites differ from one another, so confirm on bpsc.bihar.gov.in before you plan your revision calendar (verify). On the ground, Bihar's flood situation stayed serious: around 16 districts and close to 5 lakh people affected, with the Ganga at Gandhi Ghat, Patna at 50.34 metres. The state also cleared 100 new MBBS seats, 50 each for the new medical colleges at Chhapra and Samastipur. Exam tag: BPSC / BSSC / BTET / Bihar Police
- 19. Jharkhand will host the Johar Monsoon Rainfest 2026 at Morabadi, Ranchi from 8 to 10 September, organised by the Department of Tourism, Art, Culture, Sports and Youth Affairs. Exam tag: JSSC / JPSC / JTET
Important Days
- 20. Teachers' Day was observed on 5 September, the birth anniversary of Dr Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, born in 1888, India's second President and first Vice-President. International Literacy Day falls on 8 September, a UNESCO observance around which the UNESCO Literacy Prizes are awarded, and National Nutrition Week ran from 1 to 7 September. Exam tag: TET / SSC / All exams
Revision Tables
Who holds which post (in today's news)
Important days around this week
Sports results and events
Index and ranking
Today's 15 Objective Questions
Q1. On 5 September 2026, the Prime Minister released a commemorative coin of which denomination at the SRCC centenary?
(A) ₹50 (B) ₹75 (C) ₹100 (D) ₹125
Answer: (C) ₹100. SRCC was founded in 1926, and the centenary was marked with a ₹100 coin.
Q2. How many school teachers received the National Teachers' Award 2026?
(A) 45 (B) 48 (C) 50 (D) 75
Answer: (B) 48. Twenty-six men and 22 women, drawn from 27 States, 7 Union Territories and 6 central organisations.
Q3. SEMICON India 2026 will be held at Yashobhoomi, New Delhi on which dates?
(A) 10 to 12 September (B) 17 to 19 September (C) 24 to 26 September (D) 1 to 3 October
Answer: (B) 17 to 19 September 2026. Theme: Transform Tomorrow: Silicon to Systems, Building the Ecosystem.
Q4. The August 2026 Nepal flood disaster was triggered by a glacier collapse on which mountain?
(A) Annapurna (B) Manaslu (C) Langtang Lirung (D) Dhaulagiri
Answer: (C) Langtang Lirung. The surge travelled down the Trishuli river through Rasuwa and Nuwakot.
Q5. At the 26th SCO Summit in Bishkek, which language was added as an official language of the grouping?
(A) English (B) Persian (C) Hindi (D) Arabic
Answer: (A) English. It joins Russian and Chinese. Pakistan chairs the SCO for 2026-27.
Q6. India will post its first-ever Defence Attaché in which European capital, following the Belgian Prime Minister's visit?
(A) The Hague (B) Brussels (C) Vienna (D) Lisbon
Answer: (B) Brussels. Bart De Wever visited India from 2 to 4 September 2026.
Q7. India's real GDP growth in Q1 of FY 2026-27 was:
(A) 6.6% (B) 7.0% (C) 7.8% (D) 8.2%
Answer: (C) 7.8%. Nominal growth was 10.3%; manufacturing grew 9.2% and services 10%.
Q8. What is the current repo rate and the MPC's stance?
(A) 5.25% and neutral (B) 5.50% and accommodative (C) 6.00% and neutral (D) 5.25% and withdrawal of accommodation
Answer: (A) 5.25% and neutral. The June 2026 MPC cut the FY27 growth forecast to 6.6% and raised CPI projection to 5.1%.
Q9. Under SEBI's framework effective 1 September 2026, how many nominees can a single-holder demat account name?
(A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Five
Answer: (C) Three. Each nominee is assigned a defined percentage, and the witness requirement has been removed.
Q10. Pakistan's lowest total in women's T20 Internationals, recorded against India on 5 September 2026 in Dubai, was:
(A) 55 (B) 56 (C) 64 (D) 47
Answer: (A) 55. Scored in 8.5 overs. The earlier low was 56, also against India, in the 2024 T20 World Cup.
Q11. Which milestone did Harmanpreet Kaur reach in that match?
(A) 100th T20I as player (B) First captain to lead 150 women's T20Is (C) 3000 T20I runs (D) 50th T20I win as captain
Answer: (B) First captain to lead 150 women's T20Is. She has led India since 2016.
Q12. The Pickleball World Cup 2026 team event was held in which city?
(A) Hanoi (B) Da Nang (C) Bangkok (D) Kuala Lumpur
Answer: (B) Da Nang, Vietnam. India stayed unbeaten on day one and stood fourth with 6 gold.
Q13. Under the Sone river agreement signed on 31 August 2026, the allocation to Bihar and Jharkhand respectively is:
(A) 5.75 MAF and 2 MAF (B) 7.75 MAF and 2 MAF (C) 5.25 MAF and 1.25 MAF (D) 2 MAF and 5.75 MAF
Answer: (A) 5.75 MAF and 2 MAF. The 1973 Bansagar Agreement had given undivided Bihar 7.75 MAF out of 14.25 MAF.
Q14. The Indrapuri reservoir project, cleared by that agreement, is located in which Bihar district?
(A) Bhojpur (B) Rohtas (C) Aurangabad (D) Kaimur
Answer: (B) Rohtas. It will support irrigation across eight districts including Bhojpur, Buxar, Patna, Gaya and Arwal.
Q15. EOS-05, launched by GSLV-F17, is notable because it is India's first:
(A) Radar imaging satellite (B) Imaging satellite in geosynchronous orbit (C) Satellite with a foreign payload (D) Reusable earth observation satellite
Answer: (B) Imaging satellite in geosynchronous orbit. It was the 19th GSLV flight, from the Second Launch Pad at SDSC SHAR.
Answer key at a glance
1-C, 2-B, 3-B, 4-C, 5-A, 6-B, 7-C, 8-A, 9-C, 10-A, 11-B, 12-B, 13-A, 14-B, 15-B.
One honest caveat before you memorise this
Two items on this list are still moving. The Nepal casualty figure changes every few days as tunnel recovery continues, so learn the cause and the river, not the death toll. And the BPSC TRE 4.0 exam date is being reported differently by different coaching portals, so take the vacancy number as fixed and the date from the commission's own site.
If you got 12 or more right on the first attempt, your daily reading habit is working. Under 8 means you are reading current affairs but not revising it, which is the most common reason aspirants lose 6 to 8 marks in the GK section of SSC CGL and BPSC Prelims. Fix that with a weekly re-attempt of the same questions, not with more reading.
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