IBPS Current Affairs Quiz: 10 October 2026

The correct answer is Kolkata. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs convened the second of its regional review conferences on the Forest Rights Act in the West Bengal capital, and officers of the Tribal Welfare, Revenue and Forest Departments of eight States took part, along with district Collectors from places where claims have piled up. Option A, Bengaluru, is the trap here, because the first conference of the same series was indeed held in that city for the southern States a month earlier; the second one moved east. Option B, Bhubaneswar, is wrong even though Odisha was one of the eight States under review and was praised for its work on habitat rights, since the State was a participant and not the host. Option D, Ranchi, is wrong in the same way: Jharkhand attended but did not host. For the examination, tie the pair together, Kolkata for the eastern and central States and Bengaluru for the southern ones.

The correct answer is Milton Dick, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, who was declared elected after a secret ballot in the IPU Governing Council on the closing day of the Assembly. Option A, Harivansh, is wrong: he is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha and led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to Arusha, and he was one of the three Indian members who cast India's votes in the election, not a candidate for the post. Option C, Mussa Azzan Zungu, is wrong because he is the Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania and served as President of this particular Assembly, the sitting he formally declared closed; presiding over one Assembly in the host country is a different thing from heading the organisation. Option D, Sasmit Patra, is wrong as well; he is a Rajya Sabha member of the delegation and his role was to hand the newly elected President a letter of congratulation from the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

The correct answer is Ahmedabad, where the Games are being held at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex on 12 October 2026. The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is organising them together with the Government of Gujarat, which is the clue that fixes the host state and therefore the city. Option A, New Delhi, is wrong even though most national sporting announcements are made from the capital; the Games themselves are not being held there. Option C, Bhopal, is wrong, and it is a tempting choice because Madhya Pradesh is strongly associated with Mallakhamb, one of the three disciplines India will show. Option D, Pune, is wrong for a similar reason: Maharashtra too has a deep Mallakhamb tradition, but the venue is in Gujarat. Aspirants should remember the pairing of the complex and the city — Veer Savarkar Sports Complex, Ahmedabad — along with the fact that the event comes under India's BRICS Chairship.

The correct answer is Jharkhand. Deoghar lies in the Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand, and the Vice-President described the convocation as a celebration of that region's aspirations, speaking of what the institute means for tribal and rural communities around it. Option A, Bihar, is wrong, though it is an understandable error: Deoghar was part of undivided Bihar before Jharkhand was carved out, and the two states share the Santhal Pargana cultural region along their border. Option C, Odisha, is wrong; Odisha has its own All India Institute of Medical Sciences at Bhubaneswar. Option D, West Bengal, is wrong as well; its institute of this family is at Kalyani. A further confirmation inside the event itself is the list of those present, which included the Governor of Jharkhand, Santosh Kumar Gangwar, and the state's Minister for Health and Medical Education, Dr. Irfan Ansari.

The correct answer is Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat. The 94th edition of the ride, held in Varanasi, was built around this theme, which joins the weekly fitness drive to the effort to keep young people away from substance abuse and sets both in the frame of a developed India. Option A, Fit Youth Fit India, is wrong; it echoes the name of the wider Fit India movement but is not the theme announced for this edition. Option C, Cycle for Clean Air, is wrong, and although cycling does reduce vehicular pollution, air quality was not the theme here. Option D, Khelo India Badho India, is wrong; Khelo India is a separate scheme of the same ministry for sporting talent, and the ride is held at Khelo India State Centres of Excellence and Khelo India Centres among other places, which is probably what makes the option tempting. The theme is the detail most often asked about such campaigns, so it should be learnt word for word along with the edition number.

The correct answer is 205. India maintains 205 lighthouses along a coastline that stretches beyond 11,000 km, and these towers are looked after by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways. Their first duty remains the safe passage of vessels, and every one of them now runs on solar power. Option A, 155, is lower than the real count and does not match the figure placed on record. Option C, 255, and option D, 305, are both higher than the actual number and would wrongly suggest a far larger network than the one India operates. Candidates should pair this count with two other numbers from the same account: 75 lighthouses have already been developed as tourism destinations and 25 more have been proposed for such development, so the tourism network is a subset of the 205 and not a separate set of towers.

The correct answer is 1,000 km. Under the National Quantum Mission the country set an eight-year target of covering 2,000 kilometres of quantum-secure communication, and the 1,000-kilometre milestone was reached in three years, which is well ahead of the pace that target implied. Option D, 2,000 km, is the target for the full eight-year period and not the distance achieved so far, which makes it the sharpest distractor in this set. Options A and C name distances that do not appear in the account at all. Quantum communication matters for both security and strategy, and the Minister used the milestone to argue that India must build domestic strength in frontier technologies rather than import them. Candidates should store the pair of numbers together, 1,000 kilometres achieved against a 2,000-kilometre target, because questions on the mission usually turn on telling the two apart.

The correct answer is the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs. NCCSR 2026 was organised by IICA, specifically by its School of Business Environment, under the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, and was held at The Ashok in New Delhi on 6 and 7 October 2026. Its Director General and CEO, Shri Gyaneshwar Kumar Singh, and Prof. Garima Dadhich, who heads the School of Business Environment, both addressed the conference, and the institute also prepared the sector-specific CSR frameworks for the Ministry of Coal and Coal India Limited that the panels discussed. Options A, C and D name the Indian Institute of Public Administration, the National Institute of Financial Management and the Institute of Company Secretaries of India, all real bodies working in public administration, finance and corporate practice, but none of them hosted this conference. Candidates should pair IICA with the Ministry of Corporate Affairs when a CSR question appears.

The correct answer is over ₹13,000 crore. The announcement states that the projects taken up together at Chennai in Tamil Nadu carry a combined value of more than ₹13,000 crore, and that they cover metro rail, national highways, railways, ports, petroleum and education. Option A names ₹3,700 crore, which is only the figure for the national highway projects in the State and not the whole package, so it understates the outlay badly. Option B gives ₹8,500 crore, a figure that does not belong to any part of this announcement at all. Option D raises the sum to ₹21,000 crore, which is well above what the package is worth. Within the total, the metro stretch alone accounts for about ₹4,900 crore, the highway works about ₹3,700 crore, the rail works more than ₹750 crore and the lube oil base stocks plant nearly ₹1,620 crore, which shows how the larger figure is made up.

The correct answer is Cyprus and Greece. The Ministry of Defence has said that the Defence Secretary, Rajesh Kumar Singh, will undertake an official visit to these two countries from 12 to 15 October 2026, with the Cyprus leg falling on 12 and 13 October and Greece forming the second half of the tour. In Cyprus he is to meet counterparts in the Cypriot Ministry of Defence and call on the leadership, while in Greece he will interact with the senior defence and military leadership. Options B, C and D each pair one correct country with one that does not appear in the announcement, or name countries that are not part of it at all. Candidates should note that both countries on the itinerary are members of the European Union, which is what links the visit to the India-EU Security and Defence Partnership.

The correct answer is 2006. The full name of the law is the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, and the year that goes with it is 2006. It is the statute under which individual forest rights, Community Forest Resource Rights and habitat rights of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups are recognised, and it is the law the Kolkata conference examined State by State. Options A, C and D are years attached to other laws that aspirants often mix up with this one, and none of them belongs to the forest rights statute. A useful memory aid is that the recognition of these rights is always paired with the figure in option B, while the Ministry advisories discussed at the conference, on writing rights into revenue and forest records and on habitat rights, are much more recent. Keep the full title of the Act and its year together, because papers set the question both ways.

The correct answer is Arusha, Tanzania. The Assembly was held there from 5 to 9 October 2026, and the outcome document it adopted on its final day is accordingly named the Arusha Communiqué. Option A, Nairobi in Kenya, is wrong; Nairobi hosts several United Nations offices and is therefore a plausible-looking choice, but it was not the venue. Option B, Addis Ababa in Ethiopia, is wrong; it is the seat of the African Union and again a tempting distractor for an East African meeting. Option D, Kampala in Uganda, is wrong and had no part in this Assembly. A useful habit for aspirants is to link the city to the document: when a communiqué or declaration carries a place name, that place is almost always the host city, so Arusha Communiqué points straight to Arusha. The Assembly was closed by Mussa Azzan Zungu, Speaker of the National Assembly of the host country.

The correct answer is Mallakhamb, Yogasana and Kalaripayattu, the three disciplines India will present. Mallakhamb is a gymnastic form performed on a wooden pole or a hanging rope, Yogasana has been shaped into a competitive sport in India in recent years, and Kalaripayattu is a martial art associated with Kerala. Option A is wrong because Sambo and Gorodki are the Russian entries and Wushu is a Chinese one, Gorodki being brought by Belarus as well. Option C is wrong because Capoeira comes from Brazil while Tinku and Rayuela are among the practices listed for Bolivia. Option D is wrong because Asyk Atu and Togyzkumalak belong to Kazakhstan and Al Tabbah is the entry of the United Arab Emirates. Matching a traditional game to its country is a favourite pattern in examinations, so it is worth memorising at least the Indian, Russian, Chinese and Brazilian entries.

The correct answer is 132 of 173. The Vice-President pointed to this with satisfaction, saying that it showed the country moving from the empowerment of women towards development led by women, and that it showed how education allows women to realise their potential. Option A keeps the right total but halves the number of women, which would make the batch almost evenly divided and would remove the very point the Vice-President was making. Option C keeps the right number of women but inflates the size of the batch, which would reduce their share to little more than half. Option D changes both figures and matches nothing at the ceremony. In examinations a pair of figures like this is usually tested as a ratio, so it helps to hold the fact in the form of a sentence: women were a clear majority, 132 out of a batch of 173 doctors, nurses and health professionals.

The correct answer is Varanasi. The ride went from Namo Ghat to the Diksha Mandap of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, and both of those landmarks are in Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh; the start was at 6 in the morning. Option A, Prayagraj, is wrong; it too is a riverside city of Uttar Pradesh with well-known ghats and so is a reasonable-looking guess, but it was not the host. Option C, Haridwar, is wrong; its ghats lie on the Ganga in Uttarakhand, and no part of this edition was held there. Option D, Patna, is wrong as well. The surest way to hold the answer is through the two named places: Namo Ghat and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, a Sanskrit university long associated with Varanasi, both point to the same city. Candidates should also note that the ride is held on the same day in every state and union territory, so the host city refers to the main event led by the minister.

The correct answer is Lothal, Gujarat. The Lighthouse Museum of 77 metres forms part of the National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal, an archaeological site tied to ancient seaborne trade, and it is estimated at ₹266.11 crore. The complex will also hold a 5D dome theatre, a Coastal States Pavilion, a Museotel, an eco resort and a Maritime Research Institute developed with the Indian Maritime University. Option A is wrong, though it is the closest distractor: Mahabalipuram supplies the design inspiration for the Lothal museum and has its own lighthouse museum, but the 77-metre tower is not there. Option C is wrong because Visakhapatnam is getting a separate new lighthouse museum, with 3,156 square metres of land earmarked at its old lighthouse area. Option D is wrong because Fort Aguada in Goa is known for the light-and-sound projection show and for hosting the first Indian Lighthouse Festival in 2023.

The correct answer is US$300 billion. The bioeconomy has grown from roughly US$10 billion in 2014 to about US$196 billion, crossing the US$195 billion mark, and the ambition stated is to take it to US$300 billion by 2030. Option B, US$196 billion, is the present size rather than the target, and is therefore the most tempting wrong answer: a candidate who remembers only one figure will often pick the one just read. Option A understates the current size, so it cannot be a forward target. Option D names a round number that has not been set for this decade. The Minister tied the growth to an expanding biotechnology start-up ecosystem, presenting life sciences and advanced research as a source of new enterprises, domestic capability and economic value rather than only of published papers.

The correct answer is Satish Chandra Dubey, Minister of State for Coal and Mines. He inaugurated the conference, delivered the keynote address and released the Comprehensive CSR Framework for Indian Coal Companies, a document meant to give the coal sector a structured and need-based direction for its CSR spending. He said that economic progress acquires its fullest meaning when its benefits appear as stronger communities, wider opportunity and more resilient regions. Option A is wrong because Ajit Seth delivered the valedictory address on the second day and released the Compendium of CSR Best Practices 2025. Option B is wrong because Pallavi Jain Govil gave the inaugural address and released the India CSR Factbook 2024-25. Option D is wrong because the Director General of IICA delivered the welcome address. All four figures appear in the same event, so the task is to match each name to the right act.

The correct answer is Phase II of Chennai Metro, with a double-decker structure of 3.7 km. The stretch from Poonamallee to Vadapalani is part of the second phase of the Chennai Metro Rail Project, it was built at a cost of about ₹4,900 crore, and its distinguishing feature is a double-decker structure running 3.7 km, along with advanced signalling meant to support driverless operations. The corridor is expected to cut daily travel time and improve the link between the fast-growing western suburbs of the city and the centre. Option A wrongly places the stretch in the first phase and invents an underground tunnel. Option C assigns it to a suburban rail system, which is not what the announcement describes. Option D moves it to a third phase and adds a floating station, a feature nowhere mentioned. Only option B matches both the phase and the structure.

The correct answer is maritime security and defence industrial cooperation. The announcement states that these two subjects will remain prominent themes in the discussions with both countries. Maritime security matters because Cyprus and Greece sit on the shipping routes of the eastern Mediterranean, and the ministry says the Cyprus engagement is expected to deepen bilateral work particularly in the maritime domain. Defence industrial cooperation covers joint work in making and supplying military equipment, an area India has been opening to foreign partners. Option A shifts the subject to space cooperation, which the announcement does not mention. Option C names law-enforcement subjects that belong to a different kind of agreement. Option D lists tourism and education, which are not what a Defence Secretary's visit is built around. The two correct themes should be remembered as a pair.

The correct answer is about 25 lakh. The Joint Secretary of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs gave the national position as on 31 August 2026, and that is the number of titles handed over to forest dwellers so far. Option D, about 54 lakh, is the number of claims received in all, which is the figure candidates most often swap with the titles figure. Option A, about 11 lakh, is the number of claims still waiting for a decision at one stage or another, concentrated in a few districts of Madhya Pradesh, Odisha and Assam. Option B, about 18 lakh, is the number of claims that have been rejected, and the conference asked States to look at those rejections again under the Act and its Rules. Learn the four numbers as one set, claims received, titles given, claims pending and claims rejected, because a question can be set on any one of them.

The correct answer is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Harivansh, who led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation at Arusha and was one of the three members who cast India's votes for the IPU presidency. Option A, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, is wrong, though the Speaker is connected with the event in another way: the letter of congratulation presented to the newly elected President came from the Lok Sabha Speaker, carried by the Rajya Sabha member Sasmit Patra. Option C, the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha, is wrong and is simply a confusion of the two Houses and their presiding officers. Option D, the Minister of External Affairs, is wrong on a point of principle worth remembering: the Inter-Parliamentary Union is a forum of national parliaments rather than of governments, so a country is represented there by a parliamentary delegation of members of its legislature and not by its foreign ministry. The other two Indian votes were cast by the Lok Sabha members Anurag Singh Thakur and Kamaljeet Sehrawat.

The correct answer is option A. The Games have deliberately been designed as a non-competitive platform: the purpose is to demonstrate traditional and indigenous sporting practices, to document them, and to let practitioners from different countries exchange knowledge, with emphasis on the cultural meaning of each game. Option B is wrong because no medals at all are part of this format, whether in team events or individual ones. Option C is wrong; no age restriction of that kind has been laid down, and the delegations are made up of practitioners of the traditional forms rather than of an age-group squad. Option D is wrong on an important point: delegations are coming from BRICS member countries and from partner countries alike, which is why the list of participants includes Belarus, Bolivia, Kazakhstan and the United Arab Emirates besides the founding members. Bilateral meetings with the visiting delegations are also planned on the sidelines.

The correct answer is 846. Speaking about the expansion of medical education and health infrastructure, the Vice-President said the country had 387 medical colleges before 2014 and now has 846, and he presented institutions such as AIIMS Deoghar as proof of development that is balanced and inclusive. Options A, B and D — 648, 706 and 912 — are all plausible-looking figures of the same order but none of them is the one cited. The safest way to remember the fact is as a pair with its base year: 387 before 2014, and 846 now. Candidates should also link the figure to the wider claim the Vice-President made with it, namely that quality health care and higher education must reach every state, district and village if the goal of a Viksit Bharat by 2047 is to be achieved.

The correct answer is Parul Chaudhary, who won two bronze medals at the Asian Games, one in the women's 3000m steeplechase and the other in the 5000m. Option A, Prachi Chaudhary, is wrong, and the similarity of the two names is exactly what such a question tests: she won a single bronze, in the women's 400m. Option C, Jay Kumar, is wrong because he won two medals of different colours rather than two bronzes, a silver in the mixed 4x400m relay and a bronze in the men's 4x400m relay. Option D, Raj Kumar Pal, is wrong because his medal was a gold, won as a member of the hockey team, and it was the only gold among the athletes taking part in the ride. A clean way to remember the group is by colour: one gold in hockey, one silver and one bronze in the relays, two bronzes on the track in distance events and one bronze in the sprint.