Current Affairs MCQs with Answers — October 2026 (Set 10)

The correct answer is Nepal. On 22 October 2026, the Fund’s Board set aside USD 20 million for Nepal after the 26 August 2026 flash floods in the Bhotekoshi-Trishuli region. It was the Fund’s first allocation to any country since it was created in 2022 and operationalised in 2023, and the decision was taken at the Board’s first-ever extraordinary meeting.

A seven-judge bench in Sita Soren v Union of India (4 March 2024) unanimously overruled P.V. Narasimha Rao v State (1998). Bribery is not protected by Articles 105(2) and 194(2).

The 91st Amendment omitted Paragraph 3, the one-third split exception. Only a merger backed by two-thirds of the legislature party now escapes disqualification.

The Tummidihetti barrage is proposed on the Pranahita, the Godavari’s largest tributary, near the Telangana–Maharashtra border. Telangana wants a higher reservoir level; Maharashtra worries about submergence.

Both Evrysdi and Natsmart contain risdiplam, a drug for spinal muscular atrophy. Kerala decided in July 2026 to buy the cheaper generic. Evrysdi costs about Rs 5.2 lakh a bottle. Natsmart was launched at Rs 15,900.

A bioequivalence study compares how fast and how much of the drug reaches the blood. Natco argues that a plain oral solution with the same ingredient and concentration can skip it.

The bench found a credible challenge to Roche’s patent. It also weighed the need for an affordable drug. So it refused to stop Natco. It did not grant a compulsory licence, which is a Government grant.

CERT-In flagged the DTrack malware on 4 September 2019. NPCIL first denied it, then confirmed it.

The files came from a Reliance Infrastructure server, which won the 2018 contract for common facilities at Units 3 and 4. NPCIL said they covered only conventional balance-of-plant systems.

NCIIPC was set up under section 70A in January 2014 and works under NTRO. CERT-In handles incident response under section 70B.

Murlikant Petkar won the 50 m freestyle at Heidelberg in 1972. It was India’s first Paralympic gold.

F stands for a field event. T stands for a track event. The number 46 shows an arm impairment in a standing class.

India won 29 medals at Paris 2024: 7 gold, 9 silver and 13 bronze. Tokyo 2020 gave 19 and Rio 2016 gave 4.

The 2026 Asian Para Games were held in Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, from 18 to 24 October. India won 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze.

Deepa Malik won silver in the F53 shot put at Rio 2016. She was the first Indian woman Paralympic medallist.

Article 2.2 links implementation to equity and CBDR-RC, in the light of different national circumstances. This is the legal base for India’s fairness argument.

The Glasgow Climate Pact says ‘phase-down of unabated coal power’. India argued developing countries need room for growth and energy access.

A just transition protects workers and communities in coal districts such as those in Jharkhand, Odisha and Chhattisgarh.

India won 114 medals: 30 gold, 35 silver and 49 bronze. That beat the 111 won at Hangzhou in 2023.

Sheetal Devi and Toman Kumar won the compound mixed team gold. Bhavina Patel and Shubham Wadhwa made history in para table tennis instead.

They won it in para table tennis at Aichi-Nagoya 2026. It was India’s first mixed doubles medal at the Games.

Section 15 of BNSS lets the state government appoint Special Executive Magistrates for particular areas or functions. Section 14 covers Executive Magistrates in general.

An SEM works on prevention. Trials and sentences belong to Judicial Magistrates and courts. Bonds and urgent orders are preventive powers.

Article 50 asks the State to separate the judiciary from the executive in public services. It is a Directive Principle and is not enforceable in court.

Google Spain v. AEPD (2014) held that search engines must delist outdated personal data on request. GDPR Article 17 later wrote the idea into law.