Practice 25 current affairs MCQs from October 2026. Each answer links to the Article that explains the topic.
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Q1. Andhra Pradesh accepted a Dedicated Commission’s report in October 2026 on Backward Classes quotas in local bodies. What limit applies to SC, ST and BC quotas together?
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Answer: B
The answer is 50%. The triple test requires the combined SC, ST and BC quota in any local body to stay within the 50% ceiling.
Related topics: Andhra Pradesh
Q2. In October 2026, the Madhya Pradesh High Court struck down a 2019 law that raised the OBC quota from 14% to 27%. On what main ground did it do so?
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Answer: B
The answer is that the State had not shown exceptional circumstances to cross the 50% ceiling. The Court found OBCs adequately represented in jobs and education.
Related topics: Revisiting the 50% Cap on Reservation
Q3. In October 2026, the Supreme Court refused to restore Andhra Pradesh’s 34% Backward Classes quota in local bodies. On what ground was the quota struck down?
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Answer: C
The answer is that the State gave no specific empirical data to justify crossing the 50% ceiling. The Court said a unified family survey was not enough.
Related topics: The Supreme Court
Q4. In October 2026, the Election Commission limited bulk filing of Form 7 during the Special Intensive Revision. What is Form 7 used for?
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Answer: D
Form 7 is used to object to a name or seek its deletion from the electoral roll. The Commission capped it at 10 per voter during claims and objections.
Related topics: The Election Commission and Electoral Reforms
Q5. Which sector contributed the largest share of the access and benefit sharing receipts of the National Biodiversity Authority in April–September 2026?
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Answer: C
The answer is the agri-seed sector, with ₹7.16 crore of the ₹9.68 crore received. ABS payments are made by users of biological resources under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002.
Related topics: National Biodiversity Authority
Q6. In October 2026, the GST Council recommended raising the monetary threshold for prosecution under GST. To what amount would the threshold rise?
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Answer: B
The answer is ₹5 crore, up from ₹1 crore. The 57th Council also recommended omitting section 69 of the CGST Act, which gives officers the power of arrest.
Related topics: GST Council and Rate Rationalisation
Q7. In October 2026, the RBI’s Monetary Policy Committee raised the repo rate by 25 basis points. What is the repo rate after this decision?
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Answer: D
The answer is 5.50%. The MPC voted unanimously for the hike and changed its stance to calibrated tightening. The SDF rate is 5.25% and the MSF rate and Bank Rate are 5.75%.
Related topics: Money Market Instruments in India
Q8. In October 2026, Air Marshal Ashutosh Dixit was named the next Chief of the Air Staff. Which post was he holding when he was appointed?
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Answer: D
The answer is Vice Chief of the Air Staff. He earlier served as Chief of Integrated Defence Staff and as AOC-in-C, Central Air Command. He takes over as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff on 31 October 2026.
Related topics: India’s Defence Organisational Structure
Q9. The SME Growth Fund approved by the Union Cabinet in October 2026 will support small and medium enterprises mainly through which route?
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Answer: A
The answer is direct equity through an Alternative Investment Fund. The Centre will commit ₹10,000 crore to this AIF. Most of the money will go to small and medium manufacturing firms.
Related topics: MSMEs and Industrial Policy
Q10. In October 2026, the Union Cabinet approved a new apex body to prepare a long-term master plan covering all modes of transport. What is this body called?
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Answer: C
The answer is the Integrated Transport & Logistics Authority (ITLA). It will prepare a National Transport Master Plan with a horizon of ten years or more. It will also appraise Central projects of ₹500 crore or more.
Related topics: The National Logistics Policy
Q11. The 2026 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded for optogenetics. The key protein, channelrhodopsin, was first found in which organism?
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Answer: C
The answer is a single-celled alga, Chlamydomonas. Hegemann and Nagel found channelrhodopsin in it. The protein opens an ion channel when blue light falls on it.
Related topics: The Nobel Prize: History, Categories, Selection and Indian Laureates
Q12. In September 2026, India and Japan launched an Operational Manual for their Joint Crediting Mechanism. Under which provision of the Paris Agreement does this cooperation fall?
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Answer: A
The answer is Article 6.2. It lets countries cooperate bilaterally and transfer emission reductions. The India-Japan Memorandum of Cooperation on the JCM was signed on 7 August 2025.
Related topics: The Paris Agreement (2015)
Q13. In October 2026, the Centre notified 375 permissible works under the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025. Which category of works was included in the rural works list for the first time?
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Answer: B
The answer is disaster preparedness and extreme-weather works. This new category has 38 works, such as flood shelters, embankments and forest-fire lines. Water Security has the most works, at 128.
Related topics: MGNREGA and the Viksit Bharat–G RAM G Act
Q14. In October 2026, the foundation was laid for a pilot to build 177 rural houses using 3D concrete printing. In which state is this pilot?
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Answer: B
The answer is Andhra Pradesh. The pilot is at Burripalem and Obulnayudupalem in Guntur district. It costs ₹14 crore.
Related topics: Andhra Pradesh
Q15. India’s National Supercomputing Mission had deployed 40 supercomputers by September 2026. Which two bodies jointly steer this Mission?
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Answer: D
The answer is DST and MeitY. They jointly steer the Mission, launched in April 2015. C-DAC Pune and IISc Bengaluru implement it.
Related topics: Biotechnology
Q16. In October 2026, a methanol cargo sailed from Dibrugarh to Dhaka. Which National Waterway did its route use inside India?
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Answer: C
The answer is National Waterway-2. NW-2 is the Brahmaputra, from the Bangladesh border to Sadiya in Assam. The cargo then followed the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route to Pangaon Port, Dhaka.
Related topics: Inland Waterways of India: Problems and Prospects
Q17. From where was the 23rd instalment of PM-KISAN released on 20 June 2026?
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Answer: C
The 23rd PM-KISAN instalment, about ₹18,880 crore for over 9.44 crore farmers, was released at Tarakeswar in Hooghly district, West Bengal.
Related topics: PM-KISAN
Q18. Bharat Coal Gasification & Chemicals Limited (BCGCL) is a joint venture between which two companies?
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Answer: B
BCGCL is a joint venture of Coal India Limited (51%) and BHEL (49%). Its Coal-to-Ammonium Nitrate project at Lakhanpur, Odisha, had its foundation stone laid on 20 June 2026.
Related topics: Coal Sector in India: From Nationalisation to the Coal Exchange
Q19. Under which law did the Health Ministry ban 16 Fixed Dose Combination (FDC) medicines in June 2026?
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Answer: A
The 16 FDCs were banned under Section 26A of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. This section lets the Centre prohibit drugs that are unsafe or lack therapeutic justification.
Related topics: Fixed-Dose Combinations: How India Regulates Medicines
Q20. Exercise Khaan Quest, in which the Indian Army took part in June 2026, is hosted by which country?
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Answer: B
Khaan Quest is a multinational peacekeeping exercise hosted by Mongolia. The 2026 edition was held at Five Hills Training Area near Ulaanbaatar from 20 June to 3 July.
Related topics: India and the Central Asian Republics: A Deepening Partnership
Q21. Which ministry developed the Green Hydrogen Certification Portal of India, launched in June 2026?
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Answer: D
The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) developed the portal. It handles certification under the Green Hydrogen Certification Scheme of India.
Related topics: The National Green Hydrogen Mission
Q22. The India-Japan Joint Crediting Mechanism, whose rules were adopted in June 2026, works under which provision of the Paris Agreement?
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Answer: B
The Joint Crediting Mechanism works under Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement. Article 6.2 covers bilateral cooperative approaches for trading carbon credits.
Related topics: The Paris Agreement (2015)
Q23. Which country conferred the ‘Order of the White Double Cross, First Class’ on PM Narendra Modi in June 2026?
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Answer: C
Slovakia’s President Peter Pellegrini conferred its highest state honour, the Order of the White Double Cross, First Class, on PM Modi on 15 June 2026.
Related topics: Narendra Modi
Q24. Which DRDO laboratory is the nodal lab for the Long Range Land Attack Cruise Missile (LRLACM)?
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Answer: B
The Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE), Bengaluru, is the nodal laboratory for the LRLACM. It was flight-tested from Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Island on 15 June 2026.
Related topics: Missile Technology Programmes
Q25. India won four gold medals, its best-ever result, at the 58th International Chemistry Olympiad in July 2026. Which city hosted it?
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Answer: A
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, hosted the 58th IChO. Vilnius, Lithuania, hosted the 37th Biology Olympiad the same month.
Related topics: India at International Science Olympiads
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