Madhya Pradesh Current Affairs Questions and Answers

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Which of these is a PM MITRA textile park location mentioned in Madhya Pradesh's chemicals and textiles push in October 2026?
1. Dhar
2. Rewa
3. Satna
4. Katni
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Answer: A. Dhar — Madhya Pradesh's PM MITRA textile park is in Dhar district, alongside petrochemical projects at Bina, Ashta, Nagda and Dewas.
ISRO's IMAT-05 parachute airdrop test is for which mission?
1. Chandrayaan-4
2. Gaganyaan
3. Aditya-L1
4. NISAR
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Answer: B. Gaganyaan — IMAT-05 was the fifth Integrated Main Parachute Airdrop Test for Gaganyaan, at ADRDE, Sheopur.
In the Gwalior telecom manufacturing zone, what share of the special purpose vehicle is held by the Madhya Pradesh Government?
1. 49%
2. 26%
3. 51%
4. 75%
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Answer: C. 51% — The SPV is 51% owned by Madhya Pradesh and 49% by the Department of Telecommunications.
Which tiger reserve, also known as Nauradehi, became Madhya Pradesh's third cheetah habitat in October 2026?
1. Satpura
2. Panna
3. Veerangana Durgavati
4. Bandhavgarh
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Answer: C. Veerangana Durgavati — Cheetahs Vyom and Neera were released at Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve, the state's largest, on 7 October.
The Madhya Pradesh Bhavantar Yojana of October 2026 gives price support to farmers of which crop?
1. Wheat
2. Gram
3. Maize
4. Soybean
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Answer: D. Soybean — Soybean farmers receive the difference between MSP and sale price by DBT for kharif 2026.
What was the initial capital of the Jabalpur-Indore Economic Corridor Development Company approved by the MP Cabinet?
1. ₹100 crore
2. ₹500 crore
3. ₹1,000 crore
4. ₹50 crore
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Answer: A. ₹100 crore — The wholly state-owned company has ₹100 crore of initial paid-up capital.
From which year will Madhya Pradesh hold two MPPSC exams every year, as announced at the CM Youth Conclave 2026?
1. 2026
2. 2027
3. 2028
4. 2029
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Answer: B. 2027 — CM Mohan Yadav also announced that 2027 will be observed as Youth Year.
Which four reservoirs are in Madhya Pradesh's ₹7,430 crore cage culture fisheries plan?
1. Gandhi Sagar, Tawa, Barna and Kolar
2. Indira Sagar, Bargi, Bansagar and Barna
3. Bhopal Lake, Bargi, Tawa and Rihand
4. Omkareshwar, Halali, Kolar and Sanjay
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Answer: B. Indira Sagar, Bargi, Bansagar and Barna — Indira Sagar, Bargi, Bansagar and Barna are the four reservoirs named for modern cage culture.
About how much investment did proposals total at the MP Semiconductor Summit 2026 held in Indore?
1. ₹5,800 crore
2. ₹2,000 crore
3. ₹12,000 crore
4. ₹1,100 crore
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Answer: A. ₹5,800 crore — Meetings with more than 12 companies produced proposals of about ₹5,800 crore and over 10,000 expected jobs.
The seventh Madhya Pradesh Travel Mart (MPTM) was held in October 2026 in which city?
1. Indore
2. Gwalior
3. Bhopal
4. Jabalpur
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Answer: C. Bhopal — The mart ran from 7 to 10 October 2026 in Bhopal and was inaugurated by CM Mohan Yadav.
The Ranjitgarh Development Authority Bill, 2026 of Punjab is about eco-tourism around which dams?
1. Ranjit Sagar and Shahpur Kandi
2. Bhakra and Pong
3. Harike and Ropar
4. Nangal and Kishau
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Answer: A. Ranjit Sagar and Shahpur Kandi — The authority will plan sustainable development around the Ranjit Sagar and Shahpur Kandi dam areas; the CM is its chairperson.
Where is the IAF's Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment, where Sqn Ldr Bhawana Kanth completed the Fighter Combat Leader course?
1. Jodhpur
2. Hyderabad
3. Bareilly
4. Gwalior
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Answer: D. Gwalior — TACDE at Gwalior is called the IAF's 'Top Gun' school.

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At the _____ in Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh CM Mohan Yadav announced two MPPSC exams every year from 2027, 2027 as Youth Year, and a rise in the research scholarship from ₹16,000 to ₹25,000 a month.
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Answer: CM Youth Conclave 2026
Madhya Pradesh is developing a plug-and-play _____ on about 170 acres at Gwalior, with proposals above ₹5,500 crore. A state-DoT company (51% MP, 49% DoT) will run it, and the Centre gives ₹493 crore.
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Answer: telecom manufacturing zone
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet approved the _____ (kharif 2026): farmers register on the e-Uparjan portal by 17 October and receive the gap between MSP and sale price by DBT for sales from 22 October to 15 January 2027.
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Answer: Bhavantar Yojana for soybean
CM Mohan Yadav announced a roughly _____ linking Jabalpur, Bhopal and Indore. By March 2028 it aims for 10,000 acres of industrial land, ₹1 lakh crore investment and over 3 lakh jobs.
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Answer: 600 km industrial corridor
Beyond _____, Madhya Pradesh is building a chemicals cluster: a PM MITRA textile park in Dhar, gas processing and green hydrogen at Vijaypur, a GAIL petrochemical project at Ashta (Sehore), chemicals at Nagda and a new petrochemical project at Dewas.
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Answer: Bina
CM Mohan Yadav opened the _____ at Indore on 23 October. Proposals of about ₹5,800 crore and over 10,000 jobs came from 12+ firms, such as Una Ecosystems and Spintronics AI Semiconductors.
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Answer: MP Semiconductor Summit
Madhya Pradesh will give _____ under its Integrated Fisheries Policy 2026, announced at the National Fisheries Conference in Bhopal, where investment proposals of about ₹40,000 crore were reported.
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Answer: industry status to fisheries
The _____ was launched at Amlaha (Sehore), Madhya Pradesh. It aims to end dependence on pulse imports and make India an exporter, with 1,000 dal mills, mostly in Madhya Pradesh.
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Answer: Pulses Self-Reliance Mission
India's first private-sector _____ will come up in Sirmour tehsil, Rewa (Madhya Pradesh), with an investment of about ₹28,000 crore by Tata Energy.
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Answer: nuclear power plant
_____, launched by a northeast handloom body, combines the Eri (Ahimsa) silk weave of north-east India with Madhya Pradesh's Chanderi style, supporting the Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat idea.
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Answer: Padma Dori
_____ won GI tags for Mandu's Khurasani Imli, Seoni's Jumbo Sitaphal and Burhanpur's banana, and Tripura for a traditional musical instrument.
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Answer: Madhya Pradesh
The Department of Telecommunications and Madhya Pradesh signed an MoU for India's first _____ at Gwalior, a plug-and-play cluster of about 350 acres for phones, fibre and 5G/6G equipment.
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Answer: Telecom Manufacturing Zone
Squadron Leader _____ became the first woman to complete the Fighter Combat Leader course at the IAF's Tactics and Air Combat Development Establishment (the 'Top Gun' school) at Gwalior.
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Answer: Bhawana Kanth
India added five sites to its _____: four in Madhya Pradesh (Bagh Caves, Chambal Valley temples, Udaigiri Caves, Ginnorgarh Fort) and the India-South Africa "Sites of Satyagraha". The list now has 78 entries.
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Answer: UNESCO Tentative List
Four cheetah cubs were born to cheetah KGP12 at _____, Madhya Pradesh, taking India's cheetah count to 56 as Project Cheetah completed four years.
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Answer: Kuno National Park
Sunil Gavaskar released the book _____ by Kiran Waikar and Sunil Dudhale in Indore.
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Answer: "Sanjay Jagdale: Rag-Rag Mein Cricket"
The _____ plans to reattach the long-lost head of the headless Vishnu idol at the Javari Temple, Khajuraho (Chhatarpur, Madhya Pradesh).
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Answer: Archaeological Survey of India (ASI)
_____ temples were built by the Chandela dynasty around 950-1050 CE in the Nagara style and are a UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1986.
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Answer: Khajuraho
The _____ (Maikal range, Mandla and Balaghat districts) became a national park in 1955 and was among the first 9 Project Tiger reserves in 1973. Its hard-ground Barasingha is the state animal of Madhya Pradesh.
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Answer: Kanha Tiger Reserve
At _____, MP CM Dr Mohan Yadav pitched Bina (Sagar) as a petrochemical hub, with a downstream unit of about Rs 50,000 crore. The MP Global Investors Summit is planned for 2027.
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Answer: India Chem 2026
Local women, called _____, are reporting tiger movement and spreading safety awareness around Kanha Tiger Reserve; about 20 women joined in the first phase.
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Answer: Bagh Didis
New cattle breeds recognised: _____ (Karnataka) and Mahakaushali (Madhya Pradesh).
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Answer: Koppal
A Madhya Pradesh delegation took part in _____ with Karnataka under Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. The School of Planning and Architecture, Bhopal is the state's nodal institute, and Central University of Karnataka hosted the group.
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Answer: Yuva Sangam Phase VII
_____ (also called Nauradehi, about 2,339 sq km in Sagar, Damoh and Narsinghpur) is Madhya Pradesh's largest tiger reserve. Cheetahs Vyom and Neera were released there from Kuno on 7 October.
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Answer: Veerangana Durgavati Tiger Reserve
The seventh _____ was held in Bhopal from 7 to 10 October 2026 and inaugurated by CM Mohan Yadav. It drew over 100 foreign delegates from 34+ countries, and Letters of Award worth ₹252 crore were issued.
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Answer: Madhya Pradesh Travel Mart (MPTM)
The _____ and IIFM, Bhopal held a three-day regional training for zookeepers of Central India. The Central Zoo Authority is a statutory body set up in 1992 under the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.
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Answer: Central Zoo Authority
Inox Air Products proposed a _____ semiconductor-grade silane gas plant at Guna, Madhya Pradesh, described as India's first. It would give 320+ jobs, with production planned from April 2029.
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Answer: ₹1,260 crore
Ipca Laboratories proposed about _____ to expand drug manufacturing in Madhya Pradesh: roughly ₹1,000 crore at Dewas (1,000 jobs) and ₹80 crore at Vikram Udyogpuri, Ujjain (500 jobs).
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Answer: ₹1,080 crore
CM Mohan Yadav released the 41st instalment of the Ladli Behna Yojana_____Umaria, sending over ₹1,834 crore to about 1.25 crore women. The monthly aid has been ₹1,500 since November 2025.
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Answer: at Guruwahi village,
The _____ is set for 28 October at Brilliant Convention Centre, Indore. Urban Challenge Fund projects worth ₹2,753.10 crore and preparations for Simhastha 2028 in Ujjain are on its agenda.
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Answer: MP Urban Conclave 2026
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet created the state-owned Jabalpur-Indore Economic Corridor Development Company Ltd_____₹100 crore initial capital to plan land and infrastructure for industrial, food-processing, logistics and IT parks.
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Answer: with
The MP Cabinet approved _____ for student transport to 94 Sandipani schools, raising the yearly transport rate per student from ₹10,000 to ₹21,000, with a 5% annual increase.
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Answer: ₹241.88 crore
The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet cleared _____ for the National Ayush Mission and ₹3,535 crore for Ayush colleges and hospitals, as part of about ₹27,050 crore of proposals approved on 15 October.
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Answer: ₹1,697.62 crore
The _____ was announced for 23-24 October at Indore. The state's Semiconductor Policy 2025 reportedly offers a 25% subsidy and electricity at ₹2 per unit for 10 years.
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Answer: Madhya Pradesh Semiconductor Summit 2026
At _____, CM Mohan Yadav opened projects worth ₹22.34 crore at Maa Chamunda Dham and announced a project to conserve peacocks. He said works worth about ₹25,000 crore for Simhastha 2028 are under way.
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Answer: Ujjain
At Ravindra Bhawan, Bhopal, CM Mohan Yadav gave _____ to School Education Department candidates and announced 400 new school buildings, including 200 Sandipani Vidyalaya buildings for tribal areas.
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Answer: 954 compassionate appointment letters
At the state Police Commemoration Day parade in Bhopal, CM Mohan Yadav said aid for martyred police families will be split _____. Nine Madhya Pradesh personnel died on duty this year.
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Answer: 50% to the spouse and 50% to the parents
Bhopal sculptor _____ won a National Award of the Lalit Kala Akademi for her ceramic work 'Tangible Dreams', and Ravindra Roy won the Grand Prize at the Third Print Biennale India 2026.
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Answer: Nidhi Chopra
The DARPG's 22nd national e-governance webinar showcased _____, an AI surveillance system with 450+ cameras at Mahakaleshwar, Ujjain, and the Panchayat Advancement Index, both Gold winners at the National Awards for e-Governance 2026.
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Answer: TRINETRA
The Fisheries Secretary _____ launched the development phase of the National Plan of Action (NPOA) for small-scale inland fisheries at a workshop in Bhopal, with FAO and BOBP-IGO.
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Answer: Abhilaksh Likhi

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