RRB JE Current Affairs 2026 | RRB JE Current Affairs | RRB JE CBT 1 Current Affairs | RRB JE CBT 1

Summary

This is a long exam-preparation session for RRB JE CBT-1, combining current affairs with general awareness and general studies. The instructor uses multiple-choice questions, invites students to answer in the comments, explains selected answers, and encourages students to revise the material and make notes. The session also includes a short break.

1. Government schemes and initiatives

The instructor reviews schemes by focusing on their purpose, beneficiaries, responsible ministries, launch dates, and notable figures or targets:

• Rural employment scheme: The instructor says it guarantees 125 days of work per rural household, mentions a minimum wage figure, and says work should be provided within 15 days of an application.
• Aarogya Setu 2.0: Presented as a digital-health initiative for personal health records, vaccination and medical information, and access to nearby healthcare and emergency services.
• PM Surya Sarovar Yojana: Described as supporting floating solar projects with energy storage and clean-energy development.
• PM Rahat: Presented as a cashless-treatment scheme for road-accident victims, with a stated treatment limit and coverage period. The instructor also explains the “golden hour” as the critical period immediately after an accident.
• One Nation One Subscription: Explained as providing researchers, teachers, and students with access to academic and international research publications.
• PM e-Drive: Described as encouraging electric-vehicle purchases and expanding charging infrastructure, with subsidies available until a stated deadline.
• Vibrant Villages Programme 2.0: Focuses on improving life in border villages through roads, water, electricity, connectivity, employment, and efforts to reduce migration.
• PM SVANidhi credit-card facility: The instructor says it is aimed at street vendors and that credit is meant for purchases from merchants rather than cash withdrawal.
• India Expansion platform: Presented as an AI-based source of agricultural guidance, including crop management, weather, and market-price information in multiple languages.
• Gyan Bharatam Mission: Explained as an effort to collect, preserve, survey, and digitize manuscripts from institutions such as universities, temples, monasteries, and museums.

2. Sports current affairs

The class quizzes students on results, medal tables, host locations, dates, mascots, and award recipients across a wide range of events, including:

• Asian and Commonwealth Games
• FIFA World Cup
• Winter Paralympics
• Wimbledon and other Grand Slam tournaments
• Formula One
• Chess Olympiad
• Badminton championships
• Women’s cricket tournaments
• Archery World Cup Finals

The instructor emphasizes remembering not only winners but also runners-up, medal counts, player awards, venues, slogans, and mascots.

3. Awards and honours

The instructor covers award-related questions, including recipients, categories, ceremonies, and award histories. Awards discussed include:

• Oscars
• Sahitya Akademi Awards
• Padma Awards
• Jnanpith Award
• Dadasaheb Phalke Award
• IIFA Awards
• Grammy Awards
• Ramon Magsaysay Award
• Pulitzer Prize
• BAFTA Film Awards

Students are encouraged to retain details such as the award year, recipient, associated work or film, and—in some cases—the venue or awarding institution.

4. Appointments and institutions

The session quizzes students on appointments and officeholders connected with bodies including:

• NITI Aayog
• The Ministry of Earth Sciences
• Border Security Force (BSF)
• National Investigation Agency (NIA)
• National Statistical Commission
• Prasar Bharati
• Chief of Defence Staff
• UN Tourism
• Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• UN High Commissioner for Refugees

The instructor often adds background about each body, such as its purpose, headquarters, formation date, term of office, or predecessor.

5. Military exercises

A substantial segment reviews bilateral and multinational exercises. The instructor names exercises involving India and countries such as the United States, Japan, Australia, South Korea, Singapore, Indonesia, France, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, and Mongolia. Milan is described as a large Indian Navy exercise involving numerous countries; other exercises are linked with their participating nations, locations, or service branches.

The exam takeaway is to match each exercise name with the country or countries involved and, where relevant, its location and purpose.

6. Environment, science, and technology

Topics include:

• Ramsar-site additions and locations
• Cheetah reintroduction and sanctuary updates
• Vulture conservation
• Marine-waste and ocean-protection campaigns
• Biodiversity governance projects
• ISRO’s Aditya-L1 mission, discussed in connection with solar activity and its effects on Earth’s magnetosphere
• DRDO solid-fuel ramjet technology, explained as drawing oxygen from the atmosphere during flight and being relevant to long-range air-to-air missiles
• ISRO rocket-engine testing, described as involving a liquid-oxygen/methane engine
• Research on climate-tolerant crops and chickpea development
• Research into a proposed green-hydrogen production method involving the self-assembly of organic molecules

The instructor stresses remembering what was developed or studied, which organization or research institute was involved, and where the work took place.

7. Indexes, reports, and GI tags

The class reviews India’s positions in several international rankings, including the Henley Passport Index, Corruption Perceptions Index, World Happiness Report, World Press Freedom Index, Global Peace Index, Global Gender Gap Report, Sustainable Development Report, SIPRI arms-transfer data, and Global Firepower rankings.

The instructor also discusses GI-tagged products and asks students to connect each product with its state or region.

8. Static general knowledge and exam concepts

After current affairs, the class shifts to cultural GK, polity, geography, and history.

• Culture: The instructor matches dances and folk traditions with states or regions, including Bihu, Lavani, Chhau, Rouf, Pandavani, Sattriya, Yakshagana, Hornbill-related celebrations, Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, and Mohiniyattam.
• Indian Constitution: The session reviews constitutional parts, articles, amendments, and institutional roles. Key topics include:
  • Fundamental Rights: Part III, Articles 12–35
  • Directive Principles of State Policy: Part IV, Articles 36–51
  • Fundamental Duties: Article 51A
  • The Seventh Schedule and its Union, State, and Concurrent Lists
  • The 42nd Amendment and the words “socialist” and “secular” in the Preamble
  • Presidential provisions, including election, impeachment, pardoning power, and ordinances
  • The Pro-tem Speaker’s role
  • Question Hour and government accountability
  • Collective responsibility of the Council of Ministers
  • The Governor’s appointment
  • Legislative Council provisions
  • The Election Commission, Finance Commission, and Inter-State Council
• Geography: Topics include black and laterite soils and their crops, major rivers, earthquake measurement, Jog Falls, the Palk Strait, Mumbai Harbour, Jamshedpur’s steel industry, tea-growing conditions, continents, and mountain passes.
• History: The instructor discusses Indus Valley Civilization sites and artifacts, Rig Vedic institutions such as the Sabha, Samiti, and Vidatha, and factors behind Magadha’s rise, including iron resources, elephants, rulers, and strategic location.

9. Study approach encouraged

The instructor’s repeated guidance is to:

• Answer questions actively rather than only watch the lecture.
• Record important dates, names, places, rankings, and figures in notes.
• Revise the full session, including both current affairs and static GK.
• Learn associations—such as exercise and country, dance and state, scheme and ministry, or award and recipient—rather than isolated names.
• Treat the material as exam practice and use the class PDF or study materials for revision.

Accuracy note: The subtitles are heavily auto-generated, and some names, dates, figures, and event details appear garbled or inconsistent. This summary reflects the topics and claims presented in the subtitles; specific current-affairs facts should be checked against reliable, up-to-date sources before being memorized.

Speakers and sources featured

• Speaker: The instructor presenting the class for MD Technical Classes. No other identifiable speaker is clearly featured.
• Students/commenters mentioned by name: Saurabh, Akanksha, Rinki, Shailesh, Bihari Babu, Rakhi Patel, Sapna, Sangeeta, Sahil, and others addressed collectively.
• Institutions and information sources mentioned in the lecture: Government ministries and agencies; ISRO; DRDO; NITI Aayog; BSF; NIA; the Election Commission of India; the Finance Commission; Prasar Bharati; and organizations associated with the rankings and awards discussed. These are mentioned during the teaching; the subtitles do not establish that they were consulted as direct citations.