English Current Affairs Quiz 2026: Test Your Knowledge with Important Questions | 6 October 2026
Daily Current Affairs Quiz – October 6, 2026
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Question 1
HAL Koraput Division was established in which year?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 1964
Question 2
HAL Koraput Division is located in which state?
✅ Correct Answer: D — Odisha
Question 3
The 2,000th aero-engine milestone is associated with which capability of HAL?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Engine manufacturing and overhaul
Question 4
The Shakti engine is used in which helicopter?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Dhruv Advanced Light Helicopter
Question 5
The Shakti engine is also used in which HAL helicopter?
✅ Correct Answer: C — HAL Prachand Light Combat Helicopter
Question 6
Which engine is used in the Su-30MKI fighter aircraft?
✅ Correct Answer: D — AL-31FP
Question 7
The AL-31FP engine is associated with which aircraft?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Su-30MKI
Question 8
Mountain Guardian 2026 is the \_\_\_\_\_\_ edition of the India-UAE joint military exercise.
✅ Correct Answer: C — Third
Question 9
Where is Mountain Guardian 2026 being conducted?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Foreign Training Node, Chaubatia, Uttarakhand
Question 10
How many personnel from India are participating in Mountain Guardian 2026?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 46
Question 11
How many personnel from the UAE are participating in Mountain Guardian 2026?
✅ Correct Answer: B — 46
Question 12
Mountain Guardian 2026 is a joint military exercise between India and which country?
✅ Correct Answer: D — United Arab Emirates (UAE)
Question 13
Which of the following is another India-UAE military exercise conducted in desert conditions?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Desert Cyclone
Question 14
National Waterway-2 (NW-2) runs along which river?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Brahmaputra River
Question 15
National Waterway-2 is located in which state?
✅ Correct Answer: D — Assam
Question 16
What does the Indo-Bangladesh Protocol Route primarily support?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Cargo movement between Indian and Bangladeshi inland ports
Question 17
Bogibeel is well known for which bridge?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Bogibeel Bridge
Question 18
The Bogibeel Bridge connects which two banks of the Brahmaputra River?
✅ Correct Answer: B — North and South banks
Question 19
Methanol is classified as a basic \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_.
✅ Correct Answer: D — Petrochemical
Question 20
Methanol is mainly used in which field?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Industrial and chemical manufacturing
Question 21
What does Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement provide a framework for?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Voluntary cooperation between countries on emission reductions
Question 22
Which mechanism is used by Japan for low-carbon project cooperation with partner countries?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM)
Question 23
Carbon credits under such mechanisms are linked to what?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Measured and verified emission reductions
Question 24
What is the main purpose of national registries in carbon-credit mechanisms?
✅ Correct Answer: C — To record credits and reduce the risk of double counting
Question 25
Which country uses the Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) with partner countries?
✅ Correct Answer: D — Japan
Question 26
What is a federal excise tax?
✅ Correct Answer: C — A tax levied by the U.S. government on specific goods and services
Question 27
Federal excise tax in the United States can be imposed on which type of fuel?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Fuel used on highways
Question 28
Off-road diesel is commonly used in which sectors?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Agriculture, construction, and industrial machinery
Question 29
When were the U.S. midterm elections scheduled to be held in 2026?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 3 November 2026
Question 30
How much diesel and crude oil did G7 countries agree to release from emergency reserves?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 100 million barrels
Question 31
From where did the G7 countries agree to release the oil and diesel?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Emergency reserves
Question 32
What is e-Sanjeevani?
✅ Correct Answer: C — India’s national telemedicine platform
Question 33
Under which system does e-Sanjeevani operate?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Public health system
Question 34
What is the current name used for many primary healthcare facilities in India?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Ayushman Arogya Mandir
Question 35
What is Emergency Response Support System (ERSS)-112?
✅ Correct Answer: C — India’s integrated emergency helpline system
Question 36
Which of the following AIIMS institutes introduced patient-to-doctor teleconsultations for selected specialities?
✅ Correct Answer: C — AIIMS Jodhpur, AIIMS Jammu and AIIMS Patna
Question 37
The teleconsultations introduced by these AIIMS institutes are of which type?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Patient-to-doctor
Question 38
SEBI was established in which year?
✅ Correct Answer: B — 1988
Question 39
Under which Act did SEBI become a statutory regulator?
✅ Correct Answer: C — SEBI Act, 1992
Question 40
What is World Investor Week?
✅ Correct Answer: A — A global investor education initiative
Question 41
In which month is World Investor Week observed?
✅ Correct Answer: C — October
Question 42
Which are the major stock exchanges of India?
✅ Correct Answer: A — BSE and NSE
Question 43
Which is a leading commodity exchange in India?
✅ Correct Answer: C — MCX
Question 44
Which are India’s two depositories for holding securities in dematerialised form?
✅ Correct Answer: B — CDSL and NSDL
Question 45
Harmanpreet Kaur made her India captaincy debut in which format?
✅ Correct Answer: C — T20
Question 46
In which year did Harmanpreet Kaur make her India captaincy debut in a T20 match?
✅ Correct Answer: B — 2012
Question 47
When did Harmanpreet Kaur become India’s full-time ODI captain?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 2022
Question 48
Who retired before Harmanpreet Kaur became India’s full-time ODI captain?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Mithali Raj
Question 49
Under Harmanpreet Kaur’s captaincy, India won its maiden Women’s ODI World Cup in which year?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 2025
Question 50
In which month did India win its maiden Women’s ODI World Cup under Harmanpreet Kaur’s captaincy?
✅ Correct Answer: D — November
Question 51
By 2026, India had won consecutive Asian Games gold medals in which format of women’s cricket?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Women’s T20 cricket
Question 52
What does MICE stand for?
✅ Correct Answer: A — Meetings, Incentives, Conferences, and Exhibitions
Question 53
MICE tourism is a recognised branch of which type of tourism?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Business tourism
Question 54
Which Indian state became the first to launch a dedicated MICE incentive portal?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Odisha
Question 55
What is the Odisha Travel Bazaar?
✅ Correct Answer: B — A tourism industry event
Question 56
In which state is the Odisha Travel Bazaar held?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Odisha
Question 57
How long did Jeffrey Archer spend on the Sunday Times bestseller lists?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 14 years and five months
Question 58
How long did Jeffrey Archer spend on The New York Times bestseller lists?
✅ Correct Answer: C — Over five years
Question 59
Which of the following is one of Jeffrey Archer’s best-known novels?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Kane and Abel
Question 60
How many years does the narrative of *Kane and Abel* span?
✅ Correct Answer: C — 60 years
Question 61
Which publisher confirmed Jeffrey Archer’s death and the release schedule of his final novel?
✅ Correct Answer: B — HarperCollins
Question 62
What does GPU stand for?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Graphics Processing Unit
Question 63
GPUs are widely used in which of the following?
✅ Correct Answer: A — Parallel computing and AI workloads
Question 64
Which method is commonly used in data centres to manage heat in high-density computing systems?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Liquid cooling
Question 65
What is MW (megawatt) a unit of?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Power
Question 66
One megawatt (MW) is equal to how many watts?
✅ Correct Answer: D — 1,000,000 watts
Question 67
Which Indian city is a major technology hub and a location for AI infrastructure projects?
✅ Correct Answer: B — Hyderabad
Question 68
What is El Niño?
✅ Correct Answer: A — Periodic warming of the central and eastern equatorial Pacific Ocean
Question 69
What is Trigger-1?
✅ Correct Answer: B — A drought assessment criterion used in Maharashtra’s drought monitoring framework
Question 70
What is a Taluka?
✅ Correct Answer: B — An administrative unit below the district level
Question 71
Why is reservoir buffer stock maintained?
✅ Correct Answer: C — For emergency water supply during shortages
