Quiz – 25 October 2026 (Part 3: Q 95–140)

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Quiz – 25 October 2026 (Part 3: Q 95–140) – 46 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 Chennai player became India's first woman International Master (IM) and first WGM?

Correct Answer: C [S. Vijayalakshmi]

Explanation:

S. Vijayalakshmi (2001). Koneru Humpy (Andhra Pradesh) became India's first woman Grandmaster in 2002.

2.  
In which sport did India win the most medals at the 2026 Aichi–Nagoya Asian Para Games?

Correct Answer: D [Para-athletics]

Explanation:

Para-athletics – 65 medals (22 gold). Para-swimming rose from 1 medal to 11.

3.  
Which country topped the medal table at the 2026 Asian Para Games?

Correct Answer: A [China]

Explanation:

China (400+ medals); Japan 2nd, Uzbekistan 3rd; India 4th – its best-ever finish.

4.  
Which two-time Paralympic champion was elected President of the Paralympic Committee of India in March 2024?

Correct Answer: C [Devendra Jhajharia]

Explanation:

Devendra Jhajharia – javelin gold at Athens 2004 and Rio 2016. The PCI was founded in 1992 and is based in New Delhi.

5.  
Deepa Malik, the first Indian woman to win a Paralympic medal, won silver at Rio 2016 in which event?

Correct Answer: D [Shot put]

Explanation:

Shot put (F53 class). She later served as PCI president; Khel Ratna 2019.

6.  
In Tamil Nadu, the Department for the Welfare of Differently Abled Persons is held directly by whom?

Correct Answer: C [Chief Minister]

Explanation:

The Chief Minister – the separate department was created in 1992 and renamed in 2010. At the national level, the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016 applies.

7.  
In October 2026, Pankaj Advani won his 29th world title at which event?

Correct Answer: B [WBL World Billiards]

Explanation:

He beat Robert Hall 1906–1206 in the WBL World Billiards final in England. Next he plays the IBSF World Snooker Championship at Indore in November.

8.  
At which Tamil Nadu hill station were the first rules of snooker finalised in 1882?

Correct Answer: D [Udhagamandalam (Ooty)]

Explanation:

British Army officer Neville Chamberlain finalised snooker's rules at Ooty. The game had grown among army officers at Jabalpur in the 1870s.

9.  
Which is India's highest sports honour, received by Advani in 2006?

Correct Answer: B [Khel Ratna]

Explanation:

The Khel Ratna is the country's highest sports award; since 2021 it is named the 'Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna'. Advani also holds the Arjuna (2004), Padma Shri (2009) and Padma Bhushan (2018).

10.  
In snooker, which colour ball carries the highest value (7 points)?

Correct Answer: A [Black]

Explanation:

Black 7, pink 6, blue 5, yellow 2; snooker uses 22 balls. English billiards uses only three balls.

11.  
Who became the first Indian world champion in any sport by winning the World Amateur Billiards title in 1958?

Correct Answer: A [Wilson Jones]

Explanation:

Pune-born Wilson Jones won the title at Kolkata. Chennai's Viswanathan Anand is India's first chess Grandmaster.

12.  
Which Kerala department decided in October 2026 to carry out statewide 'child vulnerability mapping'?

Correct Answer: B [Women & Child Development]

Explanation:

The decision followed a meeting convened by Minister Bindhu Krishna. The Local Self-Government, Health and Police departments will assist.

13.  
The child helpline 1098 functions under which Central Government scheme?

Correct Answer: C [Mission Vatsalya]

Explanation:

Mission Vatsalya is the umbrella child-protection scheme of the Ministry of Women and Child Development; 1098 is integrated with emergency number 112 (ERSS). Mission Shakti is for women's safety and empowerment.

14.  
The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) is a statutory body set up under which Act?

Correct Answer: A [CPCR Act, 2005]

Explanation:

NCPCR was set up on 5 March 2007 under the Ministry of Women and Child Development. It also monitors implementation of the POCSO and RTE Acts.

15.  
Which Article of the Constitution directs the State to let children develop in a healthy manner and protect them from exploitation?

Correct Answer: C [Article 39(f)]

Explanation:

Article 39(f) is a Directive Principle (Part IV). Article 24 bars employing children below 14 in factories (Fundamental Right).

16.  
Which scheme did Tamil Nadu launch in 2022 to identify and treat malnourished children?

Correct Answer: A [Oottachathai Uruthi Sei]

Explanation:

Phase I was launched on 21 May 2022 in the Nilgiris district; Phase II (Nov 2024) covers malnourished infants up to six months and their mothers. Anganwadi workers identify the children.

17.  
In October 2026, which element did the US Department of Energy add to its Critical Material List, citing chipmaking?

Correct Answer: B [Helium]

Explanation:

Helium was added under the Energy Act of 2020. Helium is a Group-18 noble gas with atomic number 2.

18.  
At which place in India did Janssen first observe helium's yellow spectral line during the 1868 solar eclipse?

Correct Answer: D [Guntur]

Explanation:

18 Aug 1868 – Guntur (AP). Lockyer called it a new element; William Ramsay isolated it on Earth in 1895. Kodaikanal Solar Observatory began in 1899.

19.  
Why is liquid helium used in MRI scanners?

Correct Answer: A [To cool superconducting magnets]

Explanation:

Helium has the lowest boiling point of all elements, so it keeps superconducting magnets extremely cold. It is also used in 'heliox' for deep-sea diving.

20.  
KABIL, set up to acquire critical mineral assets abroad, comes under which Union Ministry?

Correct Answer: B [Ministry of Mines]

Explanation:

KABIL is a NALCO–HCL–MECL joint venture exploring lithium in Argentina. The Ministry of Mines listed 30 critical minerals in 2023.

21.  
Where in Tamil Nadu is the IREL plant that separates monazite and ilmenite from beach sand located?

Correct Answer: A [Manavalakurichi]

Explanation:

Manavalakurichi is in Kanyakumari district; IREL is under the Department of Atomic Energy. Chavara and Aluva are in Kerala; Chhatrapur (OSCOM) is in Odisha.

22.  
The 'Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought' is awarded by which body?

Correct Answer: C [European Parliament]

Explanation:

The European Parliament has given it since 1988; the 2026 prize went to the ICC and its officials. Prize money is €50,000.

23.  
The International Criminal Court (ICC) was established under which treaty?

Correct Answer: A [Rome Statute]

Explanation:

The Rome Statute was adopted in 1998 and came into force in 2002; India is not a party. The ICC tries individuals for genocide, war crimes and similar crimes.

24.  
Which is the principal judicial organ of the United Nations?

Correct Answer: B [International Court of Justice]

Explanation:

The ICJ was set up under the UN Charter (1945); it settles disputes between States; 15 judges. The ICC is not a UN organ; both sit in The Hague.

25.  
Who shared the first Sakharov Prize (1988) with Anatoly Marchenko?

Correct Answer: C [Nelson Mandela]

Explanation:

Mandela later won the 1993 Nobel Peace Prize. Malala won the Sakharov Prize in 2013 and the Nobel in 2014.

26.  
The Tamil Nadu State Human Rights Commission was set up under which Act?

Correct Answer: B [Protection of Human Rights Act]

Explanation:

Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 – Section 21 provides for State Human Rights Commissions. The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) was also set up under this Act in 1993.

27.  
Painter Jogen Chowdhury, who died on 25 Oct 2026, was for 15 years the curator of the art collection of which institution?

Correct Answer: C [Rashtrapati Bhavan]

Explanation:

Curator of the Rashtrapati Bhavan art collection from 1972; in 2014 he returned as its first artist-in-residence.

28.  
The 'Kalidas Samman', received by Jogen Chowdhury in 2001, is conferred by which State Government?

Correct Answer: D [Madhya Pradesh]

Explanation:

Kalidas Samman – Government of Madhya Pradesh; for music, theatre, dance and plastic arts. West Bengal's top honour 'Banga Bibhushan' – he received it in 2012.

29.  
Kala Bhavana at Santiniketan, where Jogen Chowdhury taught, is part of which university?

Correct Answer: B [Visva-Bharati University]

Explanation:

Tagore started Kala Bhavana in 1919; Visva-Bharati is a central university. The Prime Minister is its 'Acharya' (Chancellor).

30.  
Which body functions as India's National Academy of Fine Arts?

Correct Answer: A [Lalit Kala Akademi]

Explanation:

Lalit Kala Akademi – 5 Aug 1954; HQ Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi. Sangeet Natak Akademi – music, dance, drama; Sahitya Akademi – literature.

31.  
Who founded the 'Cholamandal Artists' Village' (1966) at Injambakkam, Chennai?

Correct Answer: C [K.C.S. Paniker]

Explanation:

K.C.S. Paniker, former principal of the Madras School of Arts, founded it with his students; the 'Madras Art Movement' brought modernism to South Indian art.

32.  
Along with Stockholm University, which body jointly awards the 'Oskar Klein Medal' received by Ashoke Sen?

Correct Answer: D [Nobel Committee for Physics]

Explanation:

The Nobel Committee for Physics of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. The same Academy selects the Physics and Chemistry Nobel Prizes.

33.  
Ashoke Sen is world-renowned for his research in which field?

Correct Answer: C [String theory]

Explanation:

String theory – S-duality, black hole entropy, string field theory. He won the Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics for it in 2012.

34.  
In the 'Rashtriya Vigyan Puraskar', the name of Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar is attached to which category?

Correct Answer: D [Vigyan Yuva]

Explanation:

'Vigyan Yuva–Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar' – for young scientists up to 45 years. Ashoke Sen won the old S.S. Bhatnagar Prize in 1994.

35.  
India's National Science Day (28 February) commemorates the discovery of the?

Correct Answer: B [Raman effect]

Explanation:

28 Feb 1928 – the Raman effect, on the scattering of light, was discovered; it won the 1930 Nobel. C.V. Raman was born at Thiruvanaikaval, Tiruchirappalli.

36.  
The 'Chandrasekhar limit', named after 1983 Nobel laureate S. Chandrasekhar, is the maximum mass of a?

Correct Answer: C [White dwarf]

Explanation:

A white dwarf cannot be stable above about 1.4 solar masses – it collapses into a neutron star or black hole. Chandrasekhar studied at Presidency College, Madras.

37.  
'International Artist's Day', observed on 25 October, coincides with the birth anniversary of which painter?

Correct Answer: B [Pablo Picasso]

Explanation:

Picasso was born on 25 Oct 1881 in Málaga, Spain. Canadian artist Chris MacClure started the day in 2004.

38.  
Which art movement did Picasso develop together with Georges Braque?

Correct Answer: A [Cubism]

Explanation:

Cubism shows objects as geometric shapes from several viewpoints. Impressionism – Claude Monet; Fauvism – Henri Matisse.

39.  
Picasso's painting 'Guernica' (1937) depicts which event?

Correct Answer: B [Spanish Civil War bombing]

Explanation:

In 1937 Germany's Condor Legion bombed the Basque town of Guernica. The painting is now in the Reina Sofía Museum, Madrid.

40.  
Kilimanoor, the birthplace of painter Raja Ravi Varma, was in which princely State?

Correct Answer: A [Travancore]

Explanation:

Travancore (present-day Kerala). He painted Indian mythological scenes in the European oil technique and spread them through his printing press.

41.  
'Thanjavur painting', with gold foil and inlaid glass beads, flourished under the patronage of which rulers?

Correct Answer: C [Marathas of Thanjavur]

Explanation:

It flourished under the Maratha rulers of Thanjavur, drawing on Nayak and Vijayanagara traditions. It holds a GI tag.

42.  
Which organisations lead the 'Global Alliance to Eliminate Lead Paint', which drives the International Lead Poisoning Prevention Week?

Correct Answer: D [WHO and UNEP]

Explanation:

WHO (HQ Geneva) and UNEP (HQ Nairobi). The 2026 week's theme: 'From Detection to Prevention'.

43.  
The chemical symbol of lead, 'Pb', is derived from which Latin word?

Correct Answer: D [Plumbum]

Explanation:

Plumbum = lead (atomic number 82). Ferrum – iron (Fe), Argentum – silver (Ag), Stannum – tin (Sn).

44.  
India's 2016 Rules limiting lead in paints to 90 ppm were notified under which Act?

Correct Answer: A [Environment (Protection) Act]

Explanation:

Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 – an 'umbrella' law enacted after the Bhopal gas tragedy. The Rules came into force in Nov 2017.

45.  
Lead poisoning causes anaemia mainly because it blocks the synthesis of?

Correct Answer: C [Haem (of haemoglobin)]

Explanation:

Lead inhibits the enzymes of haem synthesis, causing anaemia. In children it harms brain development and lowers IQ – no safe level (WHO).

46.  
What was the main purpose of adding 'tetraethyl lead' (TEL) to petrol?

Correct Answer: A [To prevent engine knocking]

Explanation:

TEL is an anti-knock agent. India switched to unleaded petrol in 2000; Algeria was the last country to stop, in 2021.

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