Current Affairs October 2026 — MCQs with Answers (Set 5)

The answer is Samarkand, Uzbekistan. The 46th Chess Olympiad ended there on 27 September 2026. Uzbekistan won the Open section. India took Open silver and Women’s bronze. Why the others fail: Budapest hosted the 45th Olympiad in 2024. Chennai area hosted the 44th in 2022. Batumi hosted the 2025 Women’s World Cup. Memory hook: 46th, Samarkand.

Myanmar is not a member. India, Sri Lanka, Maldives, Mauritius, Bangladesh and Seychelles make up the Colombo Security Conclave.

Mandar is a clay-bodied folk drum from Jharkhand. The GI Registry in Chennai granted its tag in September 2026.

RoDTEP replaced MEIS in 2021. It refunds taxes and duties built into exported products that are not refunded any other way.

Under the jumpstart approach, captive-laid eggs are placed in wild nests, where incubating females accept them. It produced six chicks in Rajasthan and two in Gujarat.

The answer is China. India won the final 1-0. The gold also gave the team a direct place at the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics.

The answer is BISAG-N and IIT Gandhinagar. QNu Labs ran the trial with them on 27-28 September 2026, keeping the error rate below 5%. DRDO and IIT Delhi ran an earlier free-space quantum test in 2025.

The answer is Odisha. The Pali centre will be at the Central University of Odisha. Pali was one of five languages given classical status on 3 October 2024.

The answer is Valmiki Tiger Reserve in Bihar. Its terrain is similar to Buxa’s. T138 was released on 2 October 2026, and two to three more tigers are likely to follow.

Reform Express plans 52 reforms in 52 weeks, one each week. With eight new reforms on 14 July 2026, 17 were done.

NIPU-2026 replaces the New Investment Policy (NIP)-2012. NIP-2012 ended in October 2019 and led to six new plants.

MPMS follows the PLI scheme for mobile phones, which ended on 31 March 2026. MPMS has ₹62,500 crore for 2026-27 to 2030-31.

The Cabinet approved Semicon 2.0 with ₹1,27,500 crore on 15 July 2026. ₹76,000 crore was the outlay of Semicon 1.0.

The Act gives statutory status to NADA. NADA runs testing, investigations and anti-doping education in India.

Puga Valley is in Ladakh. ONGC Energy Centre completed the GT-02 and GT-03 wells there, marked on 17 July 2026.

PM Modi flagged off the train at Jind, Haryana, on 17 July 2026. It runs on the 89 km Jind–Gohana–Sonipat section.

Vikram-1 was built by Skyroot Aerospace of Hyderabad. It flew Mission Aagaman from Sriharikota on 18 July 2026.

The project is at Khavda Solar Park in Gujarat. NTPC Renewable Energy awarded it to Bondada Engineering.

The Bill raises judges other than the CJI from 33 to 37. With the CJI, the total becomes 38.

Article 44 is a Directive Principle on a uniform civil code. Madhya Pradesh passed its UCC Bill in July 2026.

The Gas Turbine Research Establishment (GTRE) in Bengaluru developed the engine. Azad Engineering of Hyderabad delivered it.

Malvan is a coastal town in Maharashtra, linked to Shivaji’s naval heritage. INS Malvan is the second Mahe-class anti-submarine shallow water craft.

One of three MoUs set up a Chair of Indian Studies at the University of Bucharest. The others covered science and technology, and sports.

Bhargavastra is an indigenous vehicle-mounted counter-swarm drone system. Solar Defence and Aerospace Ltd built it in Nagpur.

BHAVYA Rasayan will build three chemical parks with an outlay of ₹3,030 crore. States are chosen through a challenge process.