Ladakh Current Affairs Questions and Answers

Practice questions

On which date are the municipal elections for Leh and Kargil in Ladakh scheduled?
1. 26 October 2026
2. 30 November 2026
3. 14 November 2026
4. 21 November 2026
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Answer: D. 21 November 2026 — Ladakh's Chief Election Officer announced the municipal polls for Leh and Kargil for 21 November 2026.
Sankoo, announced as a new district in October 2026, is part of which Union Territory?
1. Jammu and Kashmir
2. Ladakh
3. Chandigarh
4. Puducherry
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Answer: B. Ladakh — Sankoo was carved out of Kargil to become the eighth district of Ladakh.
According to the SPAI estimate, which has the most snow leopards in India?
1. Uttarakhand
2. Himachal Pradesh
3. Sikkim
4. Ladakh
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Answer: D. Ladakh — Ladakh has 477 of India's 718 snow leopards.
The amended LAHDC law creates how many hill council constituencies in Ladakh?
1. 52
2. 80
3. 100
4. 120
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Answer: C. 100 — The number rose from 52 to 100 across eight districts.
How many places were added to the Survey of India map of Ladakh in October 2026?
1. 18
2. 38
3. 28
4. 48
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Answer: C. 28 — Twenty-eight features were added, including 10 peaks, two passes and areas like Gogra and Kuksel.
Which Ladakh hill council was dissolved on 21-22 October 2026 after district reorganisation?
1. LAHDC Leh
2. LAHDC Kargil
3. LAHDC Nubra
4. LAHDC Drass
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Answer: B. LAHDC Kargil — The Kargil council ceased after its leaders resigned and Drass, Zanskar and Sankoo were carved out of Kargil.
The Ladakh Pashmina Conclave in October 2026 released a postal stamp on which product?
1. GI-tagged Ladakh Pashmina
2. Sea buckthorn
3. Apricot
4. Yak cheese
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Answer: A. GI-tagged Ladakh Pashmina — The Lieutenant Governor released the stamp and said Ladakh wants to double its pashmina goats to 4 lakh.
Ladakh's first medical college is to begin operating from which academic year?
1. 2026-27
2. 2029-30
3. 2028-29
4. 2027-28
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Answer: D. 2027-28 — The Union Health Ministry approved phased recruitment against 103 sanctioned regular posts from 2027-28.
Ladakh's panchayat polls, the first since 2018, are fixed for which date?
1. 21 October 2026
2. 5 December 2026
3. 21 November 2026
4. 10 January 2027
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Answer: C. 21 November 2026 — Polling is on 21 November, with the process ending by 30 November 2026.
Who said that the UT of Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India after China's objection over naming 28 places?
1. Mao Ning
2. Randhir Jaiswal
3. S. Jaishankar
4. Vikram Misri
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Answer: B. Randhir Jaiswal — MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal replied; Mao Ning was the Chinese spokesperson.

How many tehsils does Ladakh have after five new tehsils were announced alongside Sankoo district?
1. 37
2. 32
3. 27
4. 42
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Answer: A. 37 — The new tehsils are Aryan Valley, Sodh, Phey, Thasgam and Himya, bringing the total to 37.
India's first Petroglyph Conservation Park, opened in October 2026, is at which place?
1. Hanle
2. Hemis, Leh
3. Kargil town
4. Sindhu Ghat, Leh
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Answer: D. Sindhu Ghat, Leh — It protects prehistoric rock art at Sindhu Ghat, Leh, and was among the projects dedicated on 15 October.
Who chaired the first meeting of the Ladakh Advisory Council in Leh?
1. Kavinder Gupta
2. Manoj Sinha
3. Vinai Kumar Saxena
4. Brigadier B. D. Mishra
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Answer: C. Vinai Kumar Saxena — Lieutenant Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena chaired it; the council has an initial one-year tenure.
What was flown from Leh Airport as its first air consignment in October 2026?
1. Apricots
2. Liliums
3. Saffron
4. Pashmina
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Answer: B. Liliums — 15,000 A-grade liliums grown in Ladakh were flagged off to promote commercial floriculture.
The Home Ministry's proposed special provision for Ladakh would be added under which Article?
1. Article 370
2. Article 35A
3. Article 244
4. Article 371
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Answer: D. Article 371 — A new Chapter K under Article 371 (Part XXI) is proposed for Ladakh.
Who became the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi after Vinai Kumar Saxena moved to Ladakh?
1. Anil Baijal
2. Najeeb Jung
3. Taranjit Singh Sandhu
4. Syed Ata Hasnain
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Answer: C. Taranjit Singh Sandhu — Former diplomat Taranjit Singh Sandhu took over as Delhi's Lieutenant Governor.

One-liner questions: fill in the blank

The Union Home Ministry proposed a new "_____" under Article 371 (Part XXI of the Constitution) to give Ladakh its own governance model.
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Answer: Chapter K
Pakistan and China activated a _____ in September 2026, with its first meeting in Islamabad; it rests on their 2013 border management agreement, and India rejected it, saying Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh are integral parts of India.
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Answer: joint border commission
The Centre and the _____ administration added 28 places to the Survey of India map of Ladakh, including 10 peaks such as Kanishka Peak and Zorawar Peak, passes, glaciers and areas like Gogra and Kuksel.
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Answer: Ladakh
Ladakh LG _____ notified the LAHDC (Amendment) Regulation 2026, effective 19 October, to give hill councils to all eight districts. Cabinet approved it on 14 October and the President promulgated it on 16 October.
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Answer: Vinai Kumar Saxena
The Union Health Ministry approved the start of _____ from the academic year 2027-28, with phased recruitment against 103 sanctioned regular posts.
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Answer: Ladakh's first medical college at Leh
Ladakh's Chief Election Officer announced municipal elections for _____ and Kargil on 21 November 2026, the same day as the already scheduled panchayat polls.
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Answer: Leh
At the two-day _____ in Leh, the Textiles Ministry and the Ladakh industries department signed an MoU, a postal stamp on GI-tagged Ladakh Pashmina was released, and a goal of 4 lakh pashmina goats in three years was set.
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Answer: Ladakh Pashmina Conclave
Lieutenant Governor _____ declared Ladakh India's first 100% organic Union Territory; the sale and use of chemical and synthetic fertilisers had been banned across the UT in July 2026.
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Answer: Vinai Kumar Saxena
_____ was moved from Delhi and made the Lieutenant Governor of Ladakh; he later launched the Indus River Green Corridor at Spituk, Leh.
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Answer: Vinai Kumar Saxena
Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena launched the _____ at Spituk, Leh, planting about 1,000 oleaster and sea-buckthorn saplings on the river bank and 1,000 cherry-blossom and apricot saplings in Leh, to expand forest cover in two years.
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Answer: Indus River Green Corridor
India marked _____ on 26 July 2026, the 27th anniversary of its 1999 victory in the Kargil War. The Army operation that cleared the intruders from the heights was called Operation Vijay.
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Answer: Kargil Vijay Diwas
Defence Minister Rajnath Singh flagged off _____, an all-girls NCC high-altitude trek of about 250 km from Spiti Valley to Changthang over the 5,578 m Parang La pass.
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Answer: 'Aparajita - Parang La 2026'
India treats _____ as part of Ladakh while China calls it part of Xinjiang; the same dispute explains India's objection to CPEC, since a part of it passes through Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.
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Answer: Aksai Chin
DRDO flew an indigenous _____ from Agra to 21 km and held 20 km for over 30 minutes. It also made the first live jump test of an advanced high-altitude parachute in Ladakh.
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Answer: High Altitude Platform (HAPS)
The first air consignment of _____ grown in Ladakh was flagged off from Leh Airport by Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena, to boost commercial floriculture and rural livelihoods.
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Answer: 15,000 A-grade lilium flowers
Lieutenant Governor V. K. Saxena chaired the first meeting of the _____ in Leh, which has an initial one-year tenure, and stressed urgent glacier protection and Project Him Sarovar.
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Answer: Ladakh Advisory Council
China objected to India naming 28 places in _____, calling it illegal; the External Affairs Ministry replied that Ladakh is an integral and inalienable part of India.
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Answer: Ladakh
PM Modi virtually inaugurated projects worth about _____ in Ladakh, including the new terminal at Kushok Bakula Rimpochee Airport, Leh and the 298 km Nimmu-Padum-Darcha road.
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Answer: Rs 3,350 crore
Among the Ladakh projects opened by the PM on 15 October were India's first _____ at Sindhu Ghat, Leh, the 9 MW Hanu small hydro project and Project Him Sarovar covering 40 water bodies in 40 villages.
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Answer: Petroglyph Conservation Park
Ladakh got its _____, carved out of Kargil. Lt Governor Vinai Kumar Saxena announced it, with four tehsils including Sankoo and Taisuru.
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Answer: 8th district, Sankoo
With Sankoo made the 8th district, _____ also announced five new tehsils, Aryan Valley, Sodh, Phey, Thasgam and Himya, taking its total to 37 tehsils.
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Answer: Ladakh
CJI _____ inaugurated the Ladakh Bench of the J&K and Ladakh High Court at Melongthang, Leh, on 18 October; work started on 21 October. Chief Justice is Pushpendra Singh Bhati.
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Answer: Surya Kant
The amended LAHDC law creates _____ (up from 52): Leh 22, Kargil 21, Sankoo 13, Changthang 10, Nubra 9, Sham 9, Zanskar 9 and Drass 7.
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Answer: 100 constituencies
_____ was observed on 21 October to honour police killed on duty. It recalls the 10 personnel killed at Hot Springs, Ladakh, in 1959. 154 personnel were commemorated this year.
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Answer: Police Commemoration Day
Polling for _____, the first since November 2018, is fixed for 21 November 2026, with notification on 26 October and the whole process to finish by 30 November.
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Answer: Ladakh's panchayat elections
A _____ power project is planned to give Ladakh its second link to the national grid, according to a report of 23 October 2026.
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Answer: Rs 31,427 crore
The Jammu Bench of the _____ held a circuit sitting in Leh at the ADR Centre, Melongthang, and heard over 30 Ladakh cases; such sittings are held at least twice a year.
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Answer: Central Administrative Tribunal

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