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Which narrow waterway, key for world oil trade, came under threat during the Iran conflict?
1. Strait of Malacca
2. Strait of Hormuz
3. Bab-el-Mandeb
4. Suez Canal
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Answer: B. Strait of Hormuz — Tension rose near the Strait of Hormuz, through which a large share of the world's oil moves.
In which city was India's first rare earth magnet pilot plant set up?
1. Bengaluru
2. Chennai
3. Hyderabad
4. Pune
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Answer: C. Hyderabad — The plant at ARCI, Hyderabad, will make Nd-Fe-B magnets and reduce dependence on China.
In which Rajasthan city was the International Type-1 Diabetes Summit 2026 held?
1. Jaipur
2. Udaipur
3. Jodhpur
4. Kota
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Answer: C. Jodhpur — The summit was held in Jodhpur from 30 July to 1 August 2026.
Who formed the committees of the 16th Rajasthan Assembly for 2026-27 on 9 April 2026?
1. Vasudev Devnani
2. Prem Chand Bairwa
3. Diya Kumari
4. Bhajan Lal Sharma
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Answer: A. Vasudev Devnani — Speaker Vasudev Devnani named chairs and members, and chairs the Rules Committee himself.
Harry Brook scored a record men's ODI double century against which team?
1. India
2. Pakistan
3. Sri Lanka
4. New Zealand
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Answer: C. Sri Lanka — Brook scored 202 off 116 balls against Sri Lanka at Rawalpindi, the fastest men's ODI double century.
What is the weight of EOS-05, the heaviest payload flown on a GSLV?
1. 2,367 kg
2. 1,850 kg
3. 2,950 kg
4. 3,400 kg
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Answer: A. 2,367 kg — At 2,367 kg it is the heaviest payload carried by a GSLV so far.
Under the Nasha Mukt J&K Abhiyan, for how many days was the campaign planned?
1. 50
2. 100
3. 75
4. 365
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Answer: B. 100 — It was the Nasha Mukt J&K 100 Days Abhiyan, reviewed in Srinagar on 22 October 2026.
The first national call of the ₹2,000 crore BIRAC-RDI Fund supports which type of research?
1. Only agriculture
2. Deep-tech, AI and biotechnology
3. Space tourism
4. Handloom crafts
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Answer: B. Deep-tech, AI and biotechnology — The fund gives long-term low-interest capital to deep-tech, AI and biotech.
What is the total cost of the five Doppler weather radars planned in Uttar Pradesh?
1. ₹12.45 crore
2. ₹32.10 crore
3. ₹22.45 crore
4. ₹50 crore
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Answer: C. ₹22.45 crore — The ₹22.45 crore project covers Azamgarh, Lucknow, Jhansi, Aligarh and Varanasi.
In which year was R&AW established?
1. 1968
2. 1962
3. 1971
4. 1975
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Answer: A. 1968 — R&AW was formed on 21 September 1968.

J&K Bank's MoU with the J&K government raised the accident cover for government employees to what amount?
1. Rs 10 lakh
2. Rs 25 lakh
3. Rs 1 crore
4. Rs 5 crore
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Answer: C. Rs 1 crore — The accident cover for J&K government employees was raised to Rs 1 crore under the MoU.
The Haryana Cabinet raised the income limit for the Deendayal Lado Lakshmi Yojana to:
1. Rs 1.20 lakh
2. Rs 1.50 lakh
3. Rs 2.50 lakh
4. Rs 1.80 lakh
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Answer: D. Rs 1.80 lakh — The limit is now Rs 1.80 lakh a year (Rs 3 lakh for three special categories), with new rules from 1 November 2026.
The Abel Prize 2026 was won by which mathematician?
1. Terence Tao
2. Peter Scholze
3. Gerd Faltings
4. Andrew Wiles
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Answer: C. Gerd Faltings — Germany's Gerd Faltings won it for arithmetic geometry; Mordell's conjecture is now Faltings's theorem.
Project Freya is an alliance to build what for Europe?
1. Joint space station
2. Joint air-defence shield
3. Common currency
4. Cyber court
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Answer: B. Joint air-defence shield — Ukraine and nine Western European countries announced it as a defence against Russian ballistic missiles.
How much is the Asian Development Bank result-based loan for Karnataka Public Schools?
1. Rs 2,000 crore
2. Rs 500 crore
3. Rs 1,200 crore
4. Rs 3,500 crore
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Answer: A. Rs 2,000 crore — It covers about 500 KPS schools and aims at 500 new KPS facilities by 2030.
Who scored 175 runs off 80 balls in the ICC Under-19 World Cup 2026 final?
1. Vaibhav Suryavanshi
2. Yashasvi Jaiswal
3. Shubman Gill
4. Sarfaraz Khan
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Answer: A. Vaibhav Suryavanshi — India beat England by 100 runs at Harare Sports Club.
Which commission sent a notice to Rajasthan over maternal deaths in government hospitals?
1. NCW
2. NCPCR
3. NITI Aayog
4. NHRC
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Answer: D. NHRC — The National Human Rights Commission asked for a detailed report.
Which airport in Tamil Nadu was given international status by the Union Cabinet?
1. Madurai
2. Salem
3. Tuticorin
4. Vellore
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Answer: A. Madurai — Madurai airport, which already had flights to Colombo, Dubai and Abu Dhabi, became an international airport.
RELOS, brought into force in April 2026, is a logistics agreement between India and which country?
1. Russia
2. Japan
3. Australia
4. France
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Answer: A. Russia — The Reciprocal Exchange of Logistics Agreement with Russia gives mutual access to military bases.
Where was the 46th Chess Olympiad held in September 2026?
1. Samarkand, Uzbekistan
2. Budapest, Hungary
3. Chennai, India
4. Baku, Azerbaijan
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Answer: A. Samarkand, Uzbekistan — The Olympiad was held in Samarkand. India won silver in the Open section and bronze in the Women's section.

One-liner questions: fill in the blank

President _____ appointed Governors in six States: Rajendra Arlekar (Tamil Nadu), Om Prakash Mathur (Keralam), Braj Mohan Ram (Odisha), Sudha Yadav (Karnataka), Dhal Singh Bisen (Uttarakhand) and Dushyant Gautam (Sikkim).
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Answer: Droupadi Murmu
_____, widow of former Japanese PM Shinzo Abe, inaugurated the Shinzo Abe Memorial Corridor at the Rudraksh Convention Centre in Varanasi with CM Yogi Adityanath. The year 2027 marks 75 years of India-Japan ties.
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Answer: Akie Abe
The Bihar Cabinet approved buying about _____ near Darbhanga International Airport for a logistics park and cargo hub, at a compensation of roughly Rs 225.91 crore. In all, 23 agenda items were cleared.
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Answer: 50 acres
The Haridwar Cabinet also approved the Uttarakhand Flood Plain Zoning Rules, 2026_____Fire and Emergency Services Bill, 2026 and the Second Jan Vishwas (Amendment) Bill, 2026 for the Assembly.
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Answer: , the
_____ in Maharashtra topped NITI Aayog's overall Delta Ranking of the Aspirational Districts Programme for April to June 2026, ahead of Baramulla in Jammu and Kashmir, and also ranked first in agriculture and water resources.
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Answer: Gadchiroli
President Droupadi Murmu appointed _____, a former Haryana MP, as Governor of Karnataka on 12 October 2026. She is the second woman Governor of the state after V. S. Ramadevi (1999-2002) and succeeds Thaawarchand Gehlot.
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Answer: Dr Sudha Yadav
The Karnataka High Court struck down Sections 3 and 4 of the _____, which raised SC quota from 15% to 17% and ST quota from 3% to 7%. Total reservation reached 56%, above the 50% ceiling of Indra Sawhney (1992).
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Answer: 2022 SC/ST reservation Act
At its 48th meeting the Odisha Cabinet cleared the _____ worth Rs 450 crore (2026-27 to 2028-29) to skill about 4.20 lakh young people, with digital and overseas-job training.
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Answer: Dakshyata Vikas Yojana
CM Dhami approved about _____ of works, including Rs 61.42 crore for 18 infrastructure projects for the Kumbh Mela 2027 at Haridwar, funded through the Centre's infrastructure grant.
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Answer: Rs 81 crore
The Centre approved the _____ project (Rs 65 crore) to speed up property rights under PM-UDAY in Delhi's unauthorised colonies, using GIS mapping and PM-UDAY cells in all 13 districts.
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Answer: DRISHTI
The Union Cabinet approved the sale of a _____ to a subsidiary of Canada's Fairfax Financial for about Rs 52,878 crore. The stake includes 30.48% of the Government and 30.24% of LIC.
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Answer: 60.72% stake in IDBI Bank
India ranked _____ in the Global Hunger Index 2026 with a score of 24.1, in the "serious" category. Somalia had the highest score (47.0).
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Answer: 100th out of 122 countries
Chhattisgarh approved moving _____ from Barnawapara (Baloda Bazar) to Gomarda Wildlife Sanctuary (Sarangarh-Bilaigarh), where the species vanished over five decades ago. Barnawapara's herd began with 77 animals in 2017-18.
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Answer: 50 blackbucks
CM Sukhu inaugurated Himachal's first _____, a 2 MW plant with 1 MWh storage at Rongtong near Kaza (Spiti, about 3,600 m), built for Rs 4.42 crore to yield about 36 lakh units a year.
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Answer: solar plant with battery storage
Gujarat won three national urban housing awards, including the _____ and the highest 96% completion of beneficiary-led houses, taking its total to 17 national urban housing awards.
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Answer: most reforms under PMAY-U 2.0
Under the _____, IT firms can get incentives up to Rs 10 crore (Rs 12 crore for women-led units), capability centres up to Rs 50 crore, and large hospitals up to Rs 100 crore. Invest Delhi is the single point of contact.
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Answer: Delhi Industrial Policy 2026
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
Chief Minister _____ inaugurated the Rs 140.95 crore Mega Leather, Footwear and Accessories Cluster at Mahwal, Muzaffarpur. An MoU was signed with the Footwear Design and Development Institute (FDDI).
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Answer: Samrat Choudhary
Asiatic lions have returned to _____ after about 144 years, with an estimated 17 lions (six adults and 11 cubs). Barda lies in Porbandar and Devbhumi Dwarka districts, was notified in 1979, and covers 192.31 sq km.
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Answer: Barda Wildlife Sanctuary
Chief Minister Vijay laid the foundation of the _____ at Sholinganallur. The Rs 3,108.55 crore project, with Asian Development Bank help, links nine water sources through 91.2 km of pipelines.
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Answer: Chennai ring main
The _____ set in over Tamil Nadu about five days before its normal date of 20 October. The southwest monsoon had ended with a 20% rainfall deficit in the state.
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Answer: northeast monsoon
At _____, Bhubaneswar, Odisha gave Rs 5.61 crore to India's gold-winning Asian Games men's and women's hockey teams, plus Rs 20 lakh each to Odisha's Amit Rohidas, Shilanand Lakra and Sunelita Toppo.
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Answer: Kalinga Stadium
The _____ of the Indian Army won a gold medal at Exercise Cambrian Patrol 2026 in Wales, UK, a British Army patrol competition begun in 1959 with over 100 teams.
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Answer: Assam Regiment
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
At a press conference in Chandigarh marking two years of his third term, CM Saini said _____ election pledges are complete; the government gave 46,500 government jobs in two years.
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Answer: 76 of 217
The Karnataka Cabinet gave administrative approval to an international-standard _____ at Immavu Industrial Area, Nanjangud taluk, Mysuru district, at an estimated cost of Rs 729.43 crore under the PPP model.
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Answer: Film City
_____, a former three-time BJP MP from Palamu, was sworn in as Governor of Odisha at Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, with Chief Justice Harish Tandon giving the oath. He succeeds Hari Babu Kambhampati.
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Answer: Braj Mohan Ram
Chief Minister Satheesan opened the 800-metre _____ across Vembanad Lake, linking Alappuzha and Kottayam, and announced that Aroor will become a blue economy hub under Mission Samudra.
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Answer: Makkekadavu-Nere Kadavu bridge
The nine-day _____ floral festival of Telangana ended with Saddula Bathukamma on 18 October 2026, with women immersing flower stacks at Tank Bund, Hyderabad.
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Answer: Bathukamma
Ladakh LG _____ notified the LAHDC (Amendment) Regulation 2026, effective 19 October, to give hill councils to all eight districts. Cabinet approved it on 14 October and the President promulgated it on 16 October.
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Answer: Vinai Kumar Saxena
CM Bhagwant Mann launched two new canned products of _____ brand, chickpeas and red kidney beans in brine, at SIAL Paris 2026 to push Punjab's agri-food exports.
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Answer: MARKFED's SOHNA
Telangana formed a _____ on drought and El Nino on 19 October 2026, chaired by Deputy CM Bhatti Vikramarka. Drought-like conditions exist in 315 mandals after a 17% monsoon deficit.
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Answer: Cabinet Sub-Committee
Srinagar master artisan _____ won the National Award 2025 from the Ministry of Textiles in the hand-knotted carpet category; he is the only awardee from J&K.
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Answer: Rafiq Ahmed Sofi
The India-New Zealand FTA, in force from 20 October 2026, is reported as India's _____. India and NZ also signed a Memorandum of Cooperation on electronic exchange of origin data, by CBIC Chairman Vivek Chaturvedi and NZ Customs chief Christine Stevenson.
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Answer: 17th free trade agreement
_____, Rajasthan, is the Indian destination among 25 places on six continents in National Geographic's "Best of the World 2027" list, announced on 20 October.
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Answer: Jaipur
Rail reached _____ in Kanker district for the first time since Independence when CM Sai opened the Tadoki-Rowghat section, completing the 95 km, ₹1,628 crore Dallirajhara-Rowghat line.
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Answer: Rowghat
_____ was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet as the next Chairman of ONGC. He takes charge on or after 7 December 2026, succeeding Arun Kumar Singh, whose extension ends on 6 December.
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Answer: Sunil Kumar
The first _____ runs from 21 October to 1 November at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Hockey Stadium, Raipur; Union MoS Raksha Khadse inaugurated it and its tagline is "Chalo Re Sangi, Hockey Khelbo".
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Answer: Chhattisgarh Hockey League
The week-long _____ began on 21 October at Dhalpur Maidan with the Rath Yatra of Lord Raghunath; Governor Kavinder Gupta inaugurated it, and it runs till 27 October.
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Answer: International Kullu Dussehra
Maharashtra launched its first _____ at Nashik, with the UN World Food Programme, to give PDS foodgrains round the clock. Two more are planned, at Nagpur and Thane.
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Answer: Annapurti Grain ATM

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