Current Affairs October 2026 — MCQs with Answers (Set 7)

Agni-4 was fired from the Integrated Test Range, Chandipur in Odisha. The Strategic Forces Command conducted the test.

The Swadeshi Movement began on 7 August 1905 in Calcutta. It promoted Indian-made goods, including handloom cloth.

The Jojari joins the Luni in Rajasthan. The Luni flows into the Rann of Kutch.

The Standing Committee on Commerce, chaired by Dola Sen, presented the report. It urged an early India-US trade deal.

The DGCA is India’s civil aviation regulator. It granted the approval, letting Sarla design aircraft to certified standards.

Puducherry Police received the President’s Colours on 9 August 2026. Union Home Minister Amit Shah presented the honour. President Droupadi Murmu had approved it in May. The other choices name distinct Union Territories.

Review President’s Colours: military and police honour.

The Ministry of Culture runs Har Ghar Tiranga. The 2026 edition ran from 9 to 17 August.

India became independent in 1947. So 15 August 2026 was the 80th Independence Day. Vande Mataram was sung from the Red Fort for the first time.

The Home Ministry added 11 ports, raising the total from 77 to 88. These are 37 airports, 38 seaports and 13 land ports.

BOT stands for Build, Operate and Transfer. The private firm builds and runs the road, then transfers it back to the government.

WPI data is released by the Office of the Economic Adviser, DPIIT, under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry.

Correct: Article 194. It deals with the powers, privileges and immunities of State Legislatures and their members. Article 105 is the matching Article for Parliament.

The Bill bars States from taxing mineral rights and mineral-bearing land, except as the Centre allows. It passed both Houses and became Act No. 20 of 2026 on 17 August 2026. Minor minerals stay under State control.

Amolops ammachi was found in the Jampui Hills of Tripura. It is named after Kerala social worker Padmini Varkey.

NCDC is a statutory body set up in 1963 under the NCDC Act, 1962. It works under the Ministry of Cooperation.

17 of 36 States and UTs had already notified cancer. The court directed the other 19 to do so.

One billion pieces each of ₹10 and ₹20 polymer notes were approved for field trials.

UPI is run by the National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI), set up by the RBI and banks.

All such FDCs must now warn that they must not be used in children below four years of age.

By a 2:1 majority, the Court kept the practice rule but cut it from three years to one.

The 1978 case is Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board v. A. Rajappa. A seven-judge Bench decided it on 21 February 1978. It gave industry a wide meaning through the triple test. A nine-judge Bench reconsidered it on 20 August 2026 in separate opinions. The CJI’s opinion is confined to the 1947 Act. Justice Narasimha said the Code must be read on its own text. Cases pending under the 1947 Act stay on the 1978 test.

Rajnath Singh and Japan’s Shinjiro Koizumi signed the MoA in New Delhi on 20 August 2026.

Bhitardari lies in the Singhbhum Craton of eastern India, spanning parts of Jharkhand and Odisha.

The National Statistics Office under MoSPI releases quarterly GDP data. Q1 FY27 growth was 7.8%.

INS Nipun is the second Nistar-class Diving Support Vessel. It supports deep-sea diving and submarine rescue.