17 February 2026 Daily Current Affairs Quiz

1. It is located on the French Island of La Réunion in the western Indian Ocean.

2. It is an example of an active 'Shield Volcano'.

3. Since 2010, it has been listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site.

4. The volcano primarily produces acidic lava which is highly viscous.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. The exposome is defined as the measure of all exposures of an individual in a lifetime, from conception onward, and their relation to health.

2. It consists only of external factors like air quality and diet, while excluding internal factors such as individual metabolism.

3. Internal exposure assessment relies on fields like genomics, lipidomics, transcriptomics, and proteomics.

4. Exposomics utilizes 'Biomarkers' to determine exposure effects, disease progression, and susceptibility factors.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. Leiogalathea samudragiri was discovered near Lakshadweep during a research cruise under India’s 'Deep Ocean Mission'.

2. Squat lobsters are marine crustaceans that are more closely related to hermit crabs than to true lobsters.

3. 'Leiogalathea samudragiri' possesses broken or interrupted ridges running across the top of its shell.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. Osteoporosis is a disease in which bone mass decreases and changes in bone tissue structure increase the likelihood of fractures.

2. It is called a "silent disease" because it usually does not cause symptoms in its early stages.

3. This condition develops when the rate of new bone formation in the body is higher than the rate of old bone breakdown.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. It is a national AI literacy programme launched by the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) under the IndiaAI Mission.

2. The primary aim of this initiative is to empower at least 100 million (10 crore) citizens with foundational AI skills.

3. The course is available for free on platforms such as FutureSkills Prime and iGOT Karmayogi.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. The African Union (AU) was officially launched in 2002 in South Africa, replacing the Organization of African Unity (OAU).

2. For the year 2026, President Évariste Ndayishimiye of Burundi has been elected as the new Chairperson of the African Union.

3. The official theme for the 2026 African Union Summit is focused on 'Education and Technical Skills'.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. Known as the 'Ghost of the Forest', it was recently spotted in the Corbett Tiger Reserve of Uttarakhand.

2. This bird is strictly endemic to the Western Ghats and is not found in other parts of India.

3. It is classified as 'Endangered' under the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.

Which of the above statement(s) is/are correct?

1. In the Shirur Mutt case (1954), the Supreme Court established that what is "essential" must be decided based on the tenets of the religion itself.

2. In the Sabarimala case (2018), the court ruled that even "essential" practices cannot be protected if they violate 'Constitutional Morality' (equality, dignity, and liberty).

3. In the 2026 Thiruparankundram ruling, the Madras High Court stated that the administration can ban long-standing religious rituals solely based on the fear of potential communal tension.

4. Article 26 grants religious denominations the freedom to manage their own affairs, but this right is subject to public order, health, and morality.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. The system consists of four planets, including two 'Super-Earths' (rocky) and two 'mini-Neptunes' (gaseous).

2. This system challenges conventional planet formation models because its outermost (fourth) planet is rocky instead of gaseous.

3. The host star, LHS 1903, is a red dwarf with a mass approximately equal to that of the Sun.

Which of the above statements are correct?

1. It is India’s first and the world’s second underwater twin-tube road-cum-rail tunnel under the Brahmaputra River.

2. The project connects the North Bank (Gohpur) and South Bank (Numaligarh) in Assam, integrating National Highway 15 and National Highway 715.

3. The entire length of the tunnel under the riverbed is 33.7 km and it is being developed solely by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH).

4. The twin-tube design features a 2-lane road in each tube, with a provision for railway infrastructure in one of the tubes.

Which of the above statements are correct?