September 26 — This Day in History

 Question 1 — ₹1,000

In which American city was the historic first-ever nationally televised U.S. presidential debate held between John F. Kennedy and Richard Nixon on September 26, 1960?

A) New York

B) Washington, D.C.

C) Chicago

D) Boston

Correct Answer: C) Chicago

Explanation: On September 26, 1960, Democrat John F. Kennedy and Republican Richard M. Nixon faced off in Chicago in the first nationally televised presidential debate in U.S. history.

Question 2 — ₹2,000

Which major city was occupied by British forces on September 26, 1777, during the American Revolutionary War?

A) Boston

B) Philadelphia

C) Charleston

D) New York

Correct Answer: B) Philadelphia

Explanation: British troops marched into and occupied Philadelphia on September 26, 1777, following their victory over George Washington's forces at the Battle of Brandywine.

Question 3 — ₹5,000

In 1990, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) introduced which new film rating to officially replace the older 'X' rating for adult films?

A) R

B) PG-13

C) NC-17

D) M

Correct Answer: C) NC-17

Explanation: On September 26, 1990, the MPAA introduced the "NC-17" (No Children Under 17 Admitted) classification to replace the commercially stigmatised 'X' rating.

Question 4 — ₹10,000

On September 26, 2022, NASA’s DART mission made history by intentionally slamming into an asteroid to alter its motion. What does the acronym DART stand for?

A) Deep Asteroid Reconnaissance Technology

B) Direct Asteroid Re-entry Test

C) Double Asteroid Redirection Test

D) Dynamic Asteroid Redirection Tracker

Correct Answer: C) Double Asteroid Redirection Test

Explanation: NASA's DART (Double Asteroid Redirection Test) spacecraft successfully collided with the asteroid Dimorphos on September 26, 2022, marking humanity's first planetary defence demonstration.

Question 5 — ₹20,000

On September 26, 2020, President Donald Trump nominated which federal judge to the U.S. Supreme Court to succeed the late Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg?

A) Brett Kavanaugh

B) Neil Gorsuch

C) Amy Coney Barrett

D) Ketanji Brown Jackson

Correct Answer: C) Amy Coney Barrett

Explanation: Amy Coney Barrett was officially nominated by President Donald Trump on September 26, 2020, and was confirmed as an Associate Justice the following month.

Question 6 — ₹40,000

In September 2024, which deadly Category 4 hurricane made landfall in Florida’s Big Bend region before causing widespread flooding across North Carolina and Tennessee?

A) Hurricane Ian

B) Hurricane Helene

C) Hurricane Milton

D) Hurricane Idalia

Correct Answer: B) Hurricane Helene

Explanation: Hurricane Helene struck Florida's Big Bend region as a Category 4 storm on September 26, 2024, resulting in catastrophic inland flooding and over $78 billion in damages.

Question 7 — ₹80,000

In September 1986, William H. Rehnquist was sworn in as the 16th Chief Justice of the United States. Which conservative jurist took his oath on the same day as the 103rd Associate Justice?

A) Clarence Thomas

B) Anthony Kennedy

C) Antonin Scalia

D) Sandra Day O'Connor

Correct Answer: C) Antonin Scalia

Explanation: On September 26, 1986, William H. Rehnquist took office as the 16th Chief Justice of the U.S., while Antonin Scalia was sworn in as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court.

Question 8 — ₹1,60,000

In 2000, violent demonstrations by thousands of anti-globalisation protesters disrupted the joint annual meetings of the IMF and the World Bank held in which European capital?

A) Vienna

B) Prague

C) Geneva

D) Warsaw

Correct Answer: B) Prague

Explanation: On September 26, 2000, extensive street clashes erupted in Prague, Czech Republic, as thousands of anti-globalisation activists converged to blockade the annual summit of the IMF and World Bank.

Question 9 — ₹3,20,000

In 1991, an ambitious closed-system ecological research project began in Oracle, Arizona, sealing eight researchers inside an airtight three-acre structure. What was this facility called?

A) Eden Project

B) Biosphere 2

C) Bios-3

D) Mars Desert Habitat

Correct Answer: B) Biosphere 2

Explanation: On September 26, 1991, four men and four women were sealed inside the Biosphere 2 enclosure in Arizona to study survivability in a closed ecological system, exiting exactly two years later on September 26, 1993.

Question 10 — ₹50,00,000

On September 26, 1954, one of history's deadliest maritime disasters occurred when the Japanese commercial train ferry Toya Maru capsized during Typhoon Marie in which body of water?

A) Tsushima Strait

B) Tsugaru Strait

C) Korea Strait

D) Bungo Channel

Correct Answer: B) Tsugaru Strait

Explanation: The Japanese passenger ferry Toya Maru sank in the Tsugaru Strait between Hokkaido and Honshu during Typhoon Marie on September 26, 1954, claiming more than 1,150 lives.