Railway Current Affairs Quiz: 11 October 2026

The correct answer is 3,548. Indian Railways notified that many graduate-level posts in the Non-Technical Popular Categories through the Centralised Employment Notification issued by the Railway Recruitment Boards, covering four categories of posts across commercial services, train operations, accounts and administration. Option A is wrong because 2,750 is the number of posts in a single category, that of Goods Train Manager, which is the largest block within the total rather than the total itself. Options C and D are wrong because no such totals were notified; they are placed as plausible larger figures to test recall. The remaining posts in the notification are 371 for Senior Clerk Cum Typist, 300 for Junior Accounts Assistant Cum Typist and 127 for Chief Commercial Cum Ticket Supervisor, and these four numbers add up to the notified total.

The correct answer is Rs 11,440 crore. The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses was sanctioned with this allocation for the six years from 2025-26 to 2030-31, and the money pays for seed kits, certified seed, cluster-based cultivation in 489 districts and a thousand dal mills. Option A, Rs 7,047 crore, is wrong because that figure is the Minimum Support Price amount released directly to farmers by NCCF, not the Mission outlay. Option C, Rs 14,217 crore, is wrong because that is the MSP value paid out in Rabi 2026-27 procurement, again a purchase figure rather than the scheme allocation. Option D, Rs 6,431 crore, is wrong for the same reason: it is the worth of pulses bought in Kharif 2025-26. Only option B names the sanctioned outlay of the Mission itself, which is the figure asked for in the question.

The correct answer is about 7.8 kg. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized that much foreign-origin gold, valued at more than Rs 11.50 crore, in intelligence-led operations run on 8 and 9 October 2026 in the eastern region, and six persons were arrested. The total is made up of two actions: 50 gold bars of roughly 6.8 kg taken from a vehicle stopped at Dankuni Toll Plaza, and close to 1 kg taken from train passengers at two stations in West Bengal. Options A, C and D are wrong because no such quantity was reported in this set of operations; they are the kind of round figures a paper setter places beside the real one to test whether a candidate has memorised the actual seizure. Keep the pair of numbers together: about 7.8 kg of gold and a value above Rs 11.50 crore.

The correct answer is 5.753 kg. The Mangalore Regional Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted an Indian national travelling by train from Delhi to Bengaluru and recovered three packets of a white crystalline substance of that weight, suspected to be methamphetamine, from the passenger’s trolley bag. The accused was arrested and later remanded to judicial custody by the competent court set up under the narcotics law. Options A, B and D are wrong because no such weight was reported in this case; they are placed beside the real figure to see whether the candidate has noted the exact quantity. The weight matters in law as well, because the notified commercial quantity for methamphetamine is only 50 grams, and a seizure of this size therefore falls in the gravest category of offence.

The correct answer is INS Trishul. The Ministry of Defence stated that the guided missile stealth frigate INS Trishul had reached Plymouth in the United Kingdom, where it is scheduled to exercise with the Royal Navy in KONKAN-26. The frigate is therefore the Indian unit named for this deployment, and it is the ship that will be opened to visitors during the harbour stage of the exercise at Plymouth. Option A, INS Tabar, is wrong because no such ship figures in this deployment; the only Indian warship identified for KONKAN-26 is INS Trishul. Option C, INS Teg, is wrong for the same reason, as the announcement names a single frigate and that frigate is Trishul. Option D, INS Talwar, is also wrong: although the name is close to that of the ship actually deployed, the vessel sent to the United Kingdom for this edition of the exercise is INS Trishul and no other.

The correct answer is Varanasi. The 94th edition of the weekly cycling drive was held in Varanasi, where the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports led the ride. The morning opened at Namo Ghat with a meditation session and ended with a rally of about 5.5 km that ran from Namo Ghat to Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, both of which are in the city. Option A, Lucknow, is wrong because the venue named for this edition is Varanasi and not the state capital. Option B, Prayagraj, is wrong for the same reason, as no part of the programme was held there. Option D, Kanpur, is wrong as well: the ghats and the Sanskrit university mentioned as the start and the finish of the rally are landmarks of Varanasi, which is where the minister addressed the cyclists and the pledge against drug use was taken.

The correct answer is Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat. Yuva Sangam is the youth exchange carried out under that programme, and its seventh phase is being implemented by the Department of Higher Education in the Ministry of Education with the aim of strengthening national integration and building contact between young people from different regions. Participants come from twenty paired States and Union Territories and are shown the cultural traditions, educational institutions, innovation ecosystems and development work of the state they are matched with. Option B is wrong because that scheme funds higher education in the states rather than organising youth exchanges. Option C is wrong because the abhiyan named there connects institutions with village development work and is a separate initiative. Option D is wrong because that programme is aimed at bringing foreign students to Indian institutions, which is not what Yuva Sangam does.

The correct answer is Russia. INDRA is the bilateral exercise between India and Russia, and in this edition the Indian Navy works with the Russian Federation Navy. The Indian warship Sahyadri has arrived at Vladivostok, a port on the Russian Far East coast, for the drill. Option A, Japan, is wrong because the India-Japan naval exercise is a separate series and Japan has no role in this deployment; the release names only the Russian Federation Navy as the partner. Option C, Indonesia, is wrong for the same reason, and India-Indonesia naval activity is conducted under its own arrangements rather than under the INDRA name. Option D, Oman, is also wrong, since no West Asian navy is involved here and the host port named for the exercise is Vladivostok in Russia, not an Omani port. Candidates should link the exercise name directly to the partner country, as questions on exercises are usually set in that match-the-pair form.

The correct answer is Chennai. The Prime Minister addressed a public function in Chennai, where completed works were opened and foundation stones laid for new ones, the whole set valued at thirteen thousand crore rupees, and where a further stretch of the Chennai Metro was dedicated to the public. Option A, Coimbatore, is wrong because no event of this kind was held there; the metro stretch belongs to the Chennai network. Option C, Madurai, is wrong for the same reason, as the city finds no mention in the address. Option D, Tiruchirappalli, is also wrong, since the venue named throughout the address is Chennai and the projects relate to that city and to Tamil Nadu more widely. The Prime Minister also visited the Brain Research Centre at IIT Madras on the same day, which again places the programme in Chennai rather than in any other city of the state.

The correct answer is Keylong, Himachal Pradesh. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has said that the centre will come up at Keylong in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, and that the Union Health Minister will lay its foundation stone there. The district was chosen because it is a high-altitude, tribal and strategically significant border area, which makes it suitable for long-running field studies on mountain populations. Option A, Leh in Ladakh, is wrong because, although it is also a high-altitude town, the centre announced is not located there. Option C, Tawang in Arunachal Pradesh, is wrong for the same reason and does not appear in the announcement. Option D, Munsiyari in Uttarakhand, is wrong as well, since no site in that state has been named. Candidates should tie the centre to Lahaul and Spiti in Himachal Pradesh.

The correct answer is Jayaprakash Narayan. The Prime Minister Office tribute issued on his birth anniversary refers to him throughout as Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, and in short as Loknayak JP, the word meaning leader of the people. The tribute says his appeal travelled across generations and that he persuaded people to see public life as a means of national renewal. Option B, Ram Manohar Lohia, is wrong because, although he too belonged to the socialist stream of Indian politics, the title in question and the anniversary being marked here are not his. Option C, Acharya Narendra Deva, is wrong for the same reason. Option D, Morarji Desai, is wrong because he is remembered in other terms and is not the leader named in this tribute. Candidates should attach the title Loknayak firmly to Jayaprakash Narayan, since it is asked in exactly this form.

The correct answer is Goods Train Manager, with 2,750 of the notified posts, which is by far the biggest block in this recruitment. Option A is wrong because Senior Clerk Cum Typist accounts for 371 posts, the second largest share but much smaller. Option B is wrong because Junior Accounts Assistant Cum Typist has 300 posts. Option C is wrong because Chief Commercial Cum Ticket Supervisor has only 127 posts, the smallest share, even though it carries the highest pay among the four at Pay Level 6. Candidates should learn the order of the four categories by number of posts, since the vacancy break-up is a favourite question: Goods Train Manager, then Senior Clerk Cum Typist, then Junior Accounts Assistant Cum Typist, and finally Chief Commercial Cum Ticket Supervisor.

The correct answer is 350 lakh tonnes. The Mission sets this as the production goal for 2030-31, to be reached with yield of 1,130 kg per hectare and a sown area taken up to 310 lakh hectares. Option A is wrong because 274.09 lakh tonnes is the output already achieved in 2025-26 on the third advance estimates, a starting point and not the target. Option B is wrong because 286.46 lakh hectares is the area under pulses in 2025-26, a measure of land and not of tonnage. Option D confuses the two measures as well: 310 lakh hectares is the area targeted for 2030-31, not the quantity of pulses to be harvested. Candidates should keep the three numbers separate, since paper setters often swap the area target and the production target.

The correct answer is Dankuni Toll Plaza. A four-wheeler carrying four persons was stopped there as it travelled from Banpur, near the Bangladesh border, towards Kolkata. The search produced 50 gold bars weighing around 6.8 kg and worth nearly Rs 10 crore, some of them bearing foreign markings, and none of the occupants could produce documents showing lawful possession. The head of the smuggling syndicate active in the Banpur border area was among the four arrested. Options A, B and D name other places in West Bengal and were not the site of this interception, so they are incorrect. For the examination, remember the chain of places in this case: Banpur as the point of origin near the border, Dankuni Toll Plaza as the point of interception, and Kolkata as the intended destination of the consignment.

The correct answer is the Mangalore Regional Unit. Acting on intelligence, officers of that unit stopped a passenger travelling by train from Delhi to Bengaluru and recovered 5.753 kg of suspected methamphetamine from the trolley bag being carried. Option B is wrong because the Kolkata unit of the agency figured in a separate action of the same period, which dealt with foreign-origin gold smuggled from across the Bangladesh border, not with narcotics. Options C and D name other regional units of the agency that were not involved in this particular case. For the examination, pair the facts carefully: the Mangalore Regional Unit with the crystal meth seizure on the Delhi to Bengaluru train route, and the seizure being made under the narcotics law of 1985.

The correct answer is the United Kingdom. KONKAN is described as the yearly bilateral maritime exercise between India and the United Kingdom, held with the Royal Navy, and the current edition is being conducted in the waters off Plymouth on the British coast in a harbour phase and a sea phase. The exercise has grown in scale and in complexity over the past two decades and is treated as a cornerstone of cooperation between the two fleets, sitting within the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that the two countries set out in the India-UK Vision 2035 document. Option A, France, is wrong because the partner navy for KONKAN is the Royal Navy and not the French Navy. Option B, Australia, is wrong because no Australian participation is part of this exercise. Option D, the United States of America, is wrong as well: the announcement names only the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom as the participating foreign navy.

The correct answer is Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat. The edition in Varanasi was built around that theme, which links physical fitness to the wider campaign for a drug-free generation. In keeping with it, the minister and the participants took the Nasha Mukt Bharat pledge before the ride, and the cycle rally carried the same message through the streets of the city. Option B is wrong because the campaign invoked at this event was the one against substance abuse, not the cleanliness mission. Option C is wrong because Khelo India is a separate sports development programme and was not the theme announced for this edition. Option D is wrong because the organisers framed the morning around rejecting narcotics and adopting healthy habits rather than around air quality, even though cycling itself is a clean form of transport.

The correct answer is West Bengal. The delegation from Uttarakhand, for which Hemvati Nandan Bahuguna Garhwal University is the nodal institute, travelled to West Bengal and is being hosted there by IIT Kharagpur. The group was welcomed at the start of the tour, called on the Governor of the host state, and went on to see riverside landmarks in Kolkata as part of its cultural itinerary. Option A, Odisha, is wrong because that state is not the one paired with Uttarakhand in this phase of the exchange. Option C, Assam, is wrong for the same reason, as the host institute named for the visit lies in West Bengal. Option D, Tamil Nadu, is also wrong: the delegates’ programme was built around the traditions, institutions and landmarks of West Bengal and not of a southern state.

The correct answer is Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions. The Ministry of Defence says the participation of INS Sahyadri in the exercise is in keeping with this vision of the Government of India, which frames security and growth as goals to be pursued together across maritime regions rather than separately. Option A is wrong because the expansion offered there turns the word into a shipping corridor scheme, and no such reading appears in the announcement. Option C is wrong because it introduces an alliance of harbours, whereas the vision named in the release is about mutual and holistic advancement and does not describe any alliance. Option D is wrong because it mixes in agriculture and rural reform, subjects that have nothing to do with the naval deployment or with the vision cited by the Ministry. Full forms of this kind are frequently asked, so the exact expansion is worth memorising.

The correct answer is VOC Port, Thoothukudi. The Prime Minister said the Union Government has recently decided to build this port into a world-class mega container and green energy hub with an investment of about seventeen thousand crore rupees, and that once the work is finished even ultra-large container vessels will be able to reach it, helping Tamil Nadu become a global hub of industry and transport. Option A, Ennore Port, is wrong because it is not the port named in the decision described. Option B, Karaikal Port, is wrong for the same reason and does not appear in the address at all. Option D, Chennai Port, is wrong because the only Chennai facility mentioned for modernisation is the Chennai Fishing Harbour, taken up for fishermen, and not the commercial port. Candidates should link the mega container and green energy hub plan specifically with Thoothukudi.

The correct answer is the Indian Council of Medical Research. The centre is being established by the ICMR under the Department of Health Research in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, and the announcement describes it as the first dedicated centre of the ICMR for high-altitude medicine and public health research. Option A is wrong because the Defence Research and Development Organisation is a defence research agency and is not the body setting up this centre, although the Armed Forces Medical Services are named as a collaborating institution. Option B is wrong because the All India Institute of Medical Sciences is a medical institute and does not figure as the promoter of the centre. Option D is wrong because the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research works under a different department and has no role in this project. Note the parent department as well, since that pairing is often tested.

The correct answer is Nanaji Deshmukh. The Prime Minister paid homage to him on his birth anniversary, which falls on the same date as that of Loknayak Jayaprakash Narayan, and described him as an outstanding nation-builder who showed in thought and in action that genuine change starts at the grassroots. The tribute says his life brought political conviction together with constructive social work and that he devoted himself to rural development and to community participation, with a vision of a strong and self-reliant India. Option A, Vinoba Bhave, is wrong because, though associated with rural causes, he is not the leader remembered in this tribute. Option C, Jagjivan Ram, is wrong because his anniversary and his fields of work are different. Option D is wrong for the same reason, as no such name appears here.

The correct answer is Rs 35,400 a month, which is the initial basic pay for Chief Commercial Cum Ticket Supervisor at Pay Level 6 under the Seventh Central Pay Commission. Option B is wrong because Rs 29,200 a month at Pay Level 5 is the initial basic pay of the other three posts in this notification, namely Goods Train Manager, Junior Accounts Assistant Cum Typist and Senior Clerk Cum Typist. Options A and D are wrong because those entry pay figures belong to other levels of the pay matrix and were not notified for these posts. Allowances and service conditions apply as per the relevant rules. For the examination, link the post with the level and the pay: Level 6 with Rs 35,400 for the supervisor post, and Level 5 with Rs 29,200 for the rest.

The correct answer is NCCF and NAFED, that is the National Cooperative Consumers’ Federation of India Limited and the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited. Under the Mission they may buy the whole quantity of Tur, Masur and Urad offered by willing and registered farmers for four years, from 2025-26 to 2028-29, which gives growers an assured market at the Minimum Support Price. Option A is wrong because the Food Corporation of India and the Central Warehousing Corporation are not named as the procuring agencies for this Mission. Option C is wrong because NABARD is a development bank for agriculture and rural credit rather than a buyer of pulses. Option D is wrong because APEDA deals with export promotion of farm produce. Only option B names the two cooperative federations placed in charge of assured purchase.

The correct answer is Tripura. DRI teams intercepted passengers coming off trains at Malda Town railway station and New Jalpaiguri railway station and seized about 1 kg of foreign-origin gold worth nearly Rs 1.5 crore, held in the form of bangles and bars. The investigation showed that this gold had been made from metal smuggled across the India-Bangladesh border in Tripura, and the two passengers were arrested after they could not show proof of lawful purchase. Options B, C and D name other north-eastern States that also lie along India’s eastern frontier, but the case traced the consignment to the Tripura stretch of the border. The wider point of the operations was that road and rail corridors linking the North-East with large markets such as Kolkata are being used to move smuggled gold.