Banking Current Affairs Quiz: 29 September 2026

The correct answer is 81.1 per cent. The Periodic Labour Force Survey of 2025 puts the country's overall literacy rate at that level, and this is the headline figure quoted for India's literacy today. Option A, 74.04 per cent, is wrong because that was the literacy rate recorded in the 2011 Census, an older measurement and not the survey result. Option B, 77.4 per cent, is wrong because that is only the rural literacy rate for people aged seven years and above in the same survey, not the figure for the whole country. Option D, 89 per cent, is wrong because that is the urban literacy rate for the age group of seven years and above, again a part of the picture rather than the national average. Candidates should keep the three apart: 81.1 per cent for the nation, 89 per cent urban and 77.4 per cent rural.

The correct answer is the Indian Forest and Wood Certification Scheme, shortened to IFWCS. The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change handed over the first certificates under this scheme in New Delhi, and the certificate itself carries the name PRAMAAN. The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change launched the scheme in December 2023, and the award of these certificates marks its move from a policy framework to implementation in the field. Option A is wrong because the national policy on agroforestry is a separate policy document and does not issue this certificate. Option C is wrong because the Green India Mission works on increasing forest cover and ecosystem services, not on certifying timber. Option D is wrong because compensatory afforestation deals with land and funds used to make up for diverted forest, and has nothing to do with certification of wood.

The correct answer is Shanghai, in China, which hosted the 48th edition of the WorldSkills Competition from 23 to 26 September 2026. The contest drew more than 1,400 young competitors from about 68 countries and regions who competed across 64 skills, and India took part with its largest contingent so far. Option A is wrong because Lyon in France hosted an earlier edition and not this one. Option C is wrong because Kazan in Russia also hosted a previous edition of the competition. Option D is wrong because New Delhi did not host the event; NIFT New Delhi only served as the training centre where the Indian competitor in Fashion Technology prepared for four months before travelling. Learn the edition number along with the host city, since the pairing is a common question.

The correct answer is 2 to 31 October 2026. Special Campaign 6.0 is undertaken across the Government of India in two stages, and this is the window for the implementation phase. Option A is wrong because those dates belong to the preparatory phase, during which offices mobilise staff, list pending references, mark out sites for cleanliness drives and plan the disposal of scrap and electronic waste. Options C and D are wrong because the campaign is neither a November nor a January exercise in this edition. The drive rests on two themes, cleanliness and the reduction of pendency, and this year it also carries a distinct emphasis on gathering, separating and disposing of electronic waste. Learn both phases together, since a question may ask for either one.

The correct answer is ten. The States and Union Territories that declared full literacy in that period are Ladakh, Mizoram, Goa, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Sikkim, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir, which comes to ten in all. Option A, five, is wrong because it counts only half the list. Option B, eight, is wrong for the same reason and leaves out two of the ten names. Option D, fourteen, is wrong because no such number of States or Union Territories has crossed the mark; the declaration rests on reaching 95 per cent literacy, which is the level the Department of School Education and Literacy treats as full literacy, and only ten have reported it so far. Remembering the list matters because questions often ask which State is not among them.

The correct answer is the Andhra Pradesh Forest Development Corporation, which was certified for its plantations spread over 33,000 hectares after a field and management audit. Option A is wrong because the Odisha Bamboo Development Agency is the agency a farmer was associated with; the second certificate went to that farmer, Govind Mohapatra, and not to the agency for an area of plantation. Option C is wrong because the Indian Institute of Forest Management at Bhopal is the operating agency of the scheme and organised the event, so it awards rather than receives. Option D is wrong because the Quality Council of India is the parent body of the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies, which accredits the certification bodies that carry out audits. Keep the roles separate: one recipient corporation, one recipient farmer, one operating institute and one accreditation chain.

The correct answer is tenth. India entered the competition with its largest-ever contingent, 70 competitors across 63 skills, and came away in tenth position with 6 silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence. Options A and B are wrong because India did not finish as high as fifth or eighth in this edition, and option D is wrong because the country placed better than thirteenth. The medal count is worth remembering separately from the rank: six silvers and twenty Medals for Excellence. Of those, students of the National Institute of Fashion Technology contributed two silver medals and one Medal for Excellence, won in Digital Interactive Media Design, Retail Sales and Fashion Technology respectively. Questions frequently pair the rank with the size of the contingent.

The correct answer is the collection, segregation and disposal of e-waste. The campaign has always worked on cleanliness and the clearing of pending matters, and in this edition the government has laid special stress on handling electronic waste effectively. Options A, C and D name measures that offices may well take, but none of them is the fresh emphasis announced for this campaign. The government has also directed attention to field and outstation offices that provide services to the public, besides Ministries and Departments, their attached and subordinate offices, autonomous bodies and public sector undertakings. The Ministry of Tourism accordingly listed the identification of measures for collecting and segregating electronic waste among its preparatory activities, along with space management and record management.

The correct answer is 1,037.90 crore rupees. ULLAS, also known as the Nav Bharat Saaksharta Karyakram or the New India Literacy Programme, aims to cover 5 crore learners over 2022-27, and that outlay is the sum sanctioned for the period. Options B and D simply alter the digits of the true figure and have no basis, and option C is a round number that is not the sanctioned amount either. The scheme is centrally sponsored, is aligned with the National Education Policy and works for adults of 15 years and above who missed formal schooling. It counts about 4.03 crore registered learners and more than 52.20 lakh volunteers, while over 3.3 crore learners have appeared for the Foundational Literacy and Numeracy Assessment Test. Learn the outlay together with the learner target, since both are asked.

The correct answer is the National Working Plan Code 2023. Forest management under PRAMAAN is assessed against the Indian Forest Management Standard, and that standard is part of this Code, so certification is anchored in audited forest management rather than in a voluntary self-declaration by the producer. The audit is done independently by certification bodies accredited by the National Accreditation Board for Certification Bodies under the Quality Council of India, and the accreditation design is benchmarked against international certification frameworks so that buyers and regulators at home and abroad accept the certificate. Option B is wrong because the Indian Forest Act is the older law governing forests and forest produce. Option C is wrong because the national forest policy sets broad goals rather than audit standards. Option D is wrong because no survey manual supplies this standard.

The correct answer is Retail Sales, in which Saniya Joshi of NIFT Panchkula won a silver medal. Option B is wrong because Fashion Technology was the skill of Vidhi Niravkumar Suthar, a Fashion Design graduate of NIFT Gandhinagar, who received a Medal for Excellence rather than a silver. Option C is wrong because Visual Merchandising was the skill in which Anuja Ajay Vare of NIFT Bengaluru represented India, and no medal came from that category. Option D is wrong because the silver in Digital Interactive Media Design was won by Kovid Ajay Gangrade of NIFT Mumbai. Retail Sales and Digital Interactive Media Design were among the newer and emerging skill categories highlighted at Shanghai, reflecting the growing place of digital platforms and customer experience in the fashion trade.

The correct answer is 92,749 square feet, the space the Ministry of Tourism reported as freed during the previous edition of the campaign. The other options only shuffle the digits of that figure and have no basis in the Ministry's account. The same edition brought in 12.69 lakh rupees through the disposal of scrap. On the paperwork side, 4,700 physical files were weeded out and 1,100 electronic files were closed, while 413 Swachhata Campaign programmes were conducted in different parts of the country. These numbers matter because the Ministry has said it wants to build on them in the sixth edition and tighten cleanliness, record management and the clearing of pendency further. Candidates should learn the space figure along with the scrap earnings.

The correct answer is Samagra Shiksha. The National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy, shortened to NIPUN Bharat, was begun in July 2021 under the aegis of Samagra Shiksha and works on the foundational stage covering children of 3 to 8 years, with the goal of universal foundational literacy and numeracy by 2026-27 so that every child gains the basic skills by Grade 2. Option A is wrong because PM POSHAN is the scheme that serves one hot cooked meal to school students and is about nutrition, not reading and numeracy. Option C is wrong because PM e-VIDYA brings together digital, online and on-air learning. Option D is wrong because PM SHRI is the scheme to develop exemplar schools. Samagra Shiksha itself subsumed Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan and Teacher Education.

The correct answer is the Union Environment Minister, Bhupender Yadav, who holds the portfolio of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and presented the certificates in New Delhi. He described the certificate as a tool that helps Indian producers, exporters and forest-based enterprises meet the due-diligence and deforestation-free timber sourcing rules now applied by major overseas markets, and also called it a livelihood mission for tribal and rural communities, smallholder farmers, women's self-help groups and gatherers of non-timber forest produce. Option A is wrong because the Prime Minister did not present the certificates, although the Minister invoked the call of 'Vocal for Local and Act Global'. Option C is wrong because the scheme belongs to the environment ministry, not agriculture. Option D is wrong because no forest service officer handed them over; senior officers only attended the function.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Textiles, which announced the achievement of the National Institute of Fashion Technology at the competition and which NIFT thanked along with its students, experts, trainers and officials. Option A is wrong because the education ministry looks after school and higher education in general and not this institute. Option C is wrong because, although the competition is about skills, NIFT is not placed under the skill development ministry. Option D is wrong because commerce and industry is not the parent ministry either. For the institute the contest offers exposure to global occupational standards, emerging technologies and industry expectations, and what it learns there is folded back into its own training methods, which is why the institute treats the outing as more than a medal count.

The correct answer is 413. The Ministry of Tourism held that many Swachhata Campaign programmes across the country during the fifth edition of the Special Campaign, and the other three options are simply nearby numbers with no basis. Alongside the programmes the Ministry recorded 92,749 square feet of space freed and earnings of 12.69 lakh rupees from the disposal of scrap, while 4,700 physical files were weeded out and 1,100 electronic files closed. These results form the base on which the Ministry is planning Special Campaign 6.0, whose implementation phase runs from 2 to 31 October 2026 after a preparatory phase from 15 to 30 September 2026. The preparatory meeting for the Ministry was convened on 16 September 2026.