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In October 2026, Rajasthan declared 80 tehsils in 14 districts drought-affected. Which district had the highest number of such tehsils?
Answer: (3) Jodhpur
Explanation
Jodhpur had the most, 12 tehsils, followed by Jalore and Barmer with 10 each; the declaration is valid for six months.
In October 2026, the Rajasthan government raised the monthly honorarium of ASHA Sahyoginis by 10 per cent. What is the new amount?
Answer: (1) Rs 5,455
Explanation
The honorarium went up from Rs 4,959 to Rs 5,455 a month, payable from 1 October 2026.
In October 2026, RRECL approved the country's first ceramic-storage based concentrated solar power pilot (320 kW) at Bhadla. Which company will set it up?
Answer: (2) NTPC
Explanation
NTPC is setting up the pilot with RRECL, using ceramic thermal storage technology from the US firm 247Solar to make power after sunset.
In October 2026, Jaipur Discom issued an RFP for the country's first distribution-transformer-level sodium-ion battery storage pilot. With which organisation is it partnering?
Answer: (4) Global Energy Alliance for People and Planet
Explanation
The 250 kW/250 kWh pilot is with GEAPP at K.L. Saini Stadium, Jaipur; the India Smart Grid Forum co-organised the Distribution Utility Meet where it was announced.
According to Rajasthan government data released in October 2026, what was women's share of the employment days generated in the state in 2026-27 under VB-G RAM G?
Answer: (3) 72.69%
Explanation
Women had 72.69% of work-days in Rajasthan against the national average of 62.25%, over 10 percentage points higher.
At the 15th meeting of the Narmada Control Authority's Review Committee in October 2026, the Rajasthan CM said which irrigation method has been made mandatory across the whole command area of the Narmada Canal Project?
Answer: (1) Sprinkler irrigation
Explanation
Sprinkler irrigation is mandatory across the Narmada Canal command area in Jalore and Barmer, which has 2.46 lakh hectares of arable command area.
In October 2026, the Railway Minister said the PM has approved the Northern Bullet Train Corridor. It will link Delhi with which city?
Answer: (4) Guwahati via Siliguri
Explanation
The about 1,500 km corridor runs from Delhi via Lucknow, Varanasi, Patna and Siliguri to Guwahati.
The Simhastha Kumbh Mela at Nashik-Trimbakeshwar began on 31 October 2026 at the moment Jupiter entered which zodiac sign?
Answer: (2) Leo (Simha)
Explanation
'Simhastha' means Jupiter in Leo (Simha); President Murmu hoisted the main flag at Ramkund in Nashik.
Who chairs the National Social Security Board for unorganised, gig and platform workers notified in October 2026?
Answer: (1) Union Minister for Labour and Employment
Explanation
The Board is chaired by the Union Labour and Employment Minister and includes states, aggregators, employers and workers' bodies.
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) plenary that ended in Paris on 31 October 2026 was the first under the presidency of which country?
Answer: (3) United Kingdom
Explanation
It was the first plenary under the UK presidency of Giles Thomson; Bulgaria, Côte d'Ivoire, DR Congo and Monaco were removed from the grey list.
What was the theme of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum held in New Delhi in October 2026?
Answer: (2) Fostering Parliaments for People-Centric Development
Explanation
The Forum, chaired by Om Birla on 26-27 October 2026, had the theme 'Fostering Parliaments for People-Centric Development'; its presidency then passed to China.
The navigation satellite NVS-03, launched by GSLV-F18 in October 2026, adds which frequency band to NavIC's existing L5 and S bands?
Answer: (1) L1 band
Explanation
NVS-03, the third second-generation NavIC satellite, introduces the L1 band and carries an indigenous atomic clock; it was the 20th GSLV flight.
The 17th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the UN Convention on Biological Diversity, which ended on 31 October 2026, was held in which city?
Answer: (4) Yerevan
Explanation
COP17 was held in Yerevan, Armenia, and adopted the 'Yerevan Pathway' after the first review of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.
Who took charge as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on 31 October 2026?
Answer: (4) Ashutosh Dixit
Explanation
Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit, earlier the Vice Chief of the Air Staff, succeeded Air Chief Marshal A P (Amar Preet) Singh, who retired.
India topped the medal table with 14 medals at the 46th International Tammer Boxing Tournament, which ended on 1 November 2026. In which country was it held?
Answer: (2) Finland
Explanation
It was held in Tampere, Finland; Rajasthan's Arundhati Chaudhary won gold in the women's 70 kg.