Quiz – 22 October 2026 (Part 2: Q 39–75)

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Quiz – 22 October 2026 (Part 2: Q 39–75) – 37 questions, subject: Current Affairs. Every question has the correct answer with a one-line explanation; tap "Show Answer". Free practice for TNPSC, UPSC, SSC, Bank and RRB exams – Shanmugam IAS Academy, Coimbatore.

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1.  
Which maritime exercise is held jointly by the navies of Singapore, India and Thailand?

Correct Answer: A [SITMEX]

Explanation:

SITMEX (since 2019). JIMEX – Japan; AUSINDEX – Australia; SLINEX – Sri Lanka.

2.  
Apart from English, Malay and Mandarin, which Indian language is an official language of Singapore?

Correct Answer: B [Tamil]

Explanation:

Tamil – one of Singapore's four official languages. Malay is the national language.

3.  
Which launch vehicle will ISRO use to launch the NavIC satellite NVS-03 on 30 Oct 2026?

Correct Answer: B [GSLV Mk II]

Explanation:

GSLV Mk II – with an indigenous cryogenic upper stage. NVS-03 is NavIC's 12th satellite.

4.  
Which ISRO centre developed the indigenous Rubidium atomic clock used in the NVS satellites?

Correct Answer: A [SAC, Ahmedabad]

Explanation:

Space Applications Centre (SAC), Ahmedabad. The first indigenous atomic clock flew on NVS-01 (2023).

5.  
The 'Galileo' satellite navigation system belongs to which of the following?

Correct Answer: B [European Union]

Explanation:

European Union. GLONASS – Russia; BeiDou – China; QZSS – Japan; GPS – USA.

6.  
Which frequency band was newly added in the NVS series for interoperability with other global systems?

Correct Answer: D [L1 band]

Explanation:

L1 – the band used by GPS and others; eases NavIC use in phones. First-generation IRNSS used only L5 and S.

7.  
Where is the ISRO Propulsion Complex (IPRC), where ISRO's cryogenic engines are tested, located?

Correct Answer: C [Mahendragiri, Tamil Nadu]

Explanation:

Mahendragiri (Tirunelveli district). Thumba – India's first rocket launch site (1963); Challakere is in Chitradurga district, Karnataka.

8.  
Shamonda virus, which infected a human for the first time in France, is mainly spread by

Correct Answer: C [Culicoides biting midges]

Explanation:

Culicoides midges spread the virus by biting livestock. Sandflies transmit kala-azar.

9.  
Shamonda and Schmallenberg viruses both belong to which genus?

Correct Answer: B [Orthobunyavirus]

Explanation:

Both are Simbu-group orthobunyaviruses. Nipah is a Henipavirus, rabies a Lyssavirus, dengue a Flavivirus.

10.  
Which of the following is NOT a zoonotic disease?

Correct Answer: D [Typhoid]

Explanation:

Typhoid (Salmonella Typhi) spreads human to human through contaminated food and water. Kyasanur Forest Disease spreads via monkeys and ticks in Karnataka.

11.  
Which livestock disease, mainly affecting sheep, is spread by Culicoides midges?

Correct Answer: B [Bluetongue]

Explanation:

Bluetongue is a viral disease named after the bluish tongue it causes. Culicoides imicola was the commonest midge found at Tamil Nadu sheep farms.

12.  
Which was the first State in India to enact a Public Health Act (1939)?

Correct Answer: C [Tamil Nadu]

Explanation:

The Tamil Nadu Public Health Act, 1939. The State's Directorate of Public Health and Preventive Medicine dates from 1923.

13.  
Which body is hosting the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 in Ahmedabad?

Correct Answer: A [Amateur Kabaddi Fed. of India]

Explanation:

AKFI is the host; 23–31 Oct at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex. The IOA has proposed kabaddi for the 2030 Commonwealth Games.

14.  
Kabaddi is the state game of which of the following States?

Correct Answer: A [Tamil Nadu]

Explanation:

Kabaddi is Tamil Nadu's state game, 'Sadugudu' in Tamil. Andhra Pradesh also has kabaddi ('Chedugudu') as its state sport.

15.  
At which city's Asian Games was kabaddi first included as a medal sport?

Correct Answer: B [Beijing]

Explanation:

The 1990 Beijing Asian Games; India won gold. Women's kabaddi was added at Guangzhou 2010.

16.  
Ahmedabad hosts the 2030 centenary Commonwealth Games. Where were the first Games (British Empire Games, 1930) held?

Correct Answer: C [Hamilton (Canada)]

Explanation:

1930 – Hamilton, Canada. India earlier hosted the Commonwealth Games at New Delhi in 2010.

17.  
Ahmedabad city is situated on the banks of which river?

Correct Answer: B [Sabarmati]

Explanation:

Gandhi's Sabarmati Ashram stands on its bank; the Dandi March (1930) started from there.

18.  
Karnal, where 'Khet Bachao Abhiyan – Rabi 2026' was launched, is home to which ICAR institute?

Correct Answer: C [National Dairy Research Inst.]

Explanation:

NDRI is at Karnal. IARI – New Delhi (Pusa); National Rice Research Institute – Cuttack; IVRI – Izatnagar (UP).

19.  
Which of the following is a Rabi crop?

Correct Answer: C [Mustard]

Explanation:

Rabi crops are sown Oct–Dec and harvested Apr–Jun: wheat, mustard, gram. Paddy, cotton and jute are kharif crops.

20.  
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) was set up on the recommendation of which body?

Correct Answer: D [Royal Commission on Agriculture]

Explanation:

Following the Royal Commission on Agriculture (1926–28, chaired by Linlithgow), it began in 1929 as the 'Imperial' Council; HQ New Delhi.

21.  
The 'Soil Health Card' scheme, giving soil-test-based fertiliser advice, was launched at

Correct Answer: D [Suratgarh (Rajasthan)]

Explanation:

Launched at Suratgarh in Feb 2015 to curb fertiliser overuse. Anand is home to Amul and the National Dairy Development Board.

22.  
In Tamil Nadu, the long-duration paddy season sown in August and relying on the north-east monsoon is

Correct Answer: A [Samba]

Explanation:

Samba is Tamil Nadu's main paddy season. Kuruvai is the short-duration season sown in June–July; Navarai is sown in Dec–Jan.

23.  
Which UN body warned in Oct 2026 that El Niño was 'off the monitoring charts' of the past four decades?

Correct Answer: B [WMO]

Explanation:

World Meteorological Organization (WMO) – Secretary-General Celeste Saulo; HQ Geneva. The same day the UN released $50 million from CERF.

24.  
During an 'El Niño' event, the sea surface of which region becomes abnormally warm?

Correct Answer: A [Central–eastern equat. Pacific]

Explanation:

The central–eastern equatorial Pacific (up to the Peru coast). 'El Niño' = Spanish for 'the Christ child' – named by Peruvian fishermen as it appears around Christmas.

25.  
What does the 'Southern Oscillation' in ENSO refer to?

Correct Answer: D [Pacific air-pressure see-saw]

Explanation:

A see-saw in air pressure between the eastern and western tropical Pacific (Tahiti–Darwin). It was identified by IMD Director General Sir Gilbert Walker.

26.  
Indian Ocean Dipole: 1. A west–east SST difference in the Indian Ocean. 2. It can modify El Niño's impact on the monsoon. Correct?

Correct Answer: D [Both 1 and 2]

Explanation:

Both correct. A positive IOD (warmer western Indian Ocean) can aid the southwest monsoon even in an El Niño year. (UPSC 2017 tested a wrong statement linking IOD to the eastern Pacific.)

27.  
In El Niño years, the northeast monsoon over Tamil Nadu generally tends to be:

Correct Answer: C [Normal or above normal]

Explanation:

Normal or above normal – a tendency, the reverse of the weakened southwest monsoon. The 2015 Chennai floods came in a strong El Niño year.

28.  
Who is the Polish Prime Minister who paid an official visit to India on 21–23 Oct 2026?

Correct Answer: A [Donald Tusk]

Explanation:

Donald Tusk – his first India visit as PM since 2010. Karol Nawrocki is Poland's President; Sikorski is Deputy PM and Foreign Minister.

29.  
Which mechanism did India and Poland agree to set up in Oct 2026 for co-development and co-production?

Correct Answer: D [Defence Industry Dialogue]

Explanation:

The Defence Industry Dialogue. The 8th Joint Working Group on Defence met in Warsaw in Sept 2026.

30.  
Revered in Poland as the 'Good Maharaja' for sheltering Polish children in WWII, he ruled which princely state?

Correct Answer: D [Nawanagar]

Explanation:

Nawanagar (Jamnagar, Gujarat) – Jam Saheb Digvijaysinhji; the Balachadi camp (1942) is now a Sainik School. Warsaw has a 'Good Maharaja Square'.

31.  
Poland's capital Warsaw stands on the banks of which river?

Correct Answer: B [Vistula]

Explanation:

The Vistula – Poland's longest river, flowing into the Baltic Sea. Poland's currency is the złoty.

32.  
Tamil Nadu's Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant has been built in cooperation with which country?

Correct Answer: D [Russia]

Explanation:

Russia – VVER pressurised water reactors; Tirunelveli district; India's largest nuclear power plant. Jaitapur (Maharashtra) is planned with France.

33.  
International Snow Leopard Day (23 Oct) marks which declaration adopted by 12 range countries in 2013?

Correct Answer: A [Bishkek Declaration]

Explanation:

The Bishkek Declaration (Kyrgyzstan) – GSLEP was launched the same day. The UN General Assembly officially proclaimed the day in Dec 2024.

34.  
What is the current IUCN Red List status of the snow leopard (Panthera uncia)?

Correct Answer: D [Vulnerable]

Explanation:

Vulnerable – moved from 'Endangered' in 2017. In India it is in Schedule I of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972.

35.  
Hemis National Park, called the 'snow leopard capital of the world', is located in:

Correct Answer: A [Ladakh]

Explanation:

Ladakh – home to the most snow leopards in India (477); in 2021 it declared the snow leopard its UT animal and the black-necked crane its bird.

36.  
Which institution was the national coordinator of the Snow Leopard Population Assessment in India (SPAI)?

Correct Answer: C [Wildlife Institute of India]

Explanation:

Wildlife Institute of India (WII), Dehradun – under the Union Environment Ministry. India's Project Snow Leopard began in 2009.

37.  
Which national park was created mainly to protect the Nilgiri tahr, Tamil Nadu's State animal?

Correct Answer: B [Mukurthi]

Explanation:

Mukurthi National Park (Nilgiris). 'Project Nilgiri Tahr' was launched on 12 Oct 2023; 7 Oct is Nilgiri Tahr Day (Dr E.R.C. Davidar's birthday).

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