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Railway Current Affairs Quiz: 23 October 2026

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  • 21 minutes
  • Difficulty: Medium
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This Railway current affairs quiz puts 21 multiple-choice questions to you from 7 stories published on 23 October 2026 that matter for the Railway general awareness section. The questions are the same verified MCQs that accompany GK24's articles, chosen here for their relevance to Railway, and every one carries a full explanation of the correct option and of why the other options are wrong. Attempt the quiz within the timer, review the explanations at the end, and read the stories behind the questions on their articles or the day's edition page. Bookmark it for a quick revision before the exam.

Questions in this quiz

21 questions with answers and explanations

Q3.DefenceMedium

What is the theme of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2026 to be held by the Indian Navy?

  1. A.Maritime Security and Blue Economy
  2. B.Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
  3. C.Collaborative Approaches to Ocean Governance
  4. D.Powering the Global South
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Correct answer: B. Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

The Indian Navy will hold the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue in New Delhi from 3 to 5 November 2026 on this theme, with the National Maritime Foundation as the principal organiser, and experts from 18 countries of the region taking part.

Q4.Reports & IndicesEasy

Which body conducts the Periodic Labour Force Survey in India?

  1. A.The Reserve Bank of India
  2. B.The National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation
  3. C.NITI Aayog
  4. D.The Ministry of Labour and Employment
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Correct answer: B. The National Statistics Office under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

That office has been conducting the Periodic Labour Force Survey since 2017, and the survey has steadily widened to meet the demand for labour market statistics that arrive sooner and can be broken down further.

Q7.NationalMedium

Special Campaign 6 in central ministries is being conducted under the aegis of which department?

  1. A.Department of Expenditure
  2. B.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
  3. C.Department of Personnel and Training
  4. D.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
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Correct answer: B. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances

It is the nodal department for Special Campaign 6, fixing targets activity by activity and collecting what each ministry achieves, and the photographs taken before and after each cleanliness drive are uploaded to its portal.

Q10.DefenceHard

At which summit did Prime Minister Narendra Modi announce the Indo-Pacific Oceans Initiative?

  1. A.The 14th East Asia Summit in Bangkok
  2. B.The 14th G20 Summit in Osaka
  3. C.The 13th East Asia Summit in Singapore
  4. D.The 15th East Asia Summit in Hanoi
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Correct answer: A. The 14th East Asia Summit in Bangkok

The initiative sets out seven interconnected maritime lines of thrust, and successive editions of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue have taken up selected dimensions of those lines of thrust.

Q11.Reports & IndicesMedium

From which month will the modified sampling design and schedule of the Periodic Labour Force Survey take effect?

  1. A.January 2025
  2. B.January 2026
  3. C.January 2027
  4. D.April 2027
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Correct answer: C. January 2027

The modified sampling design, the changed estimation procedure and the revised schedule all take effect from that month, when fresh samples for the two-year period 2027-2028, known as Panel 6, will be drawn from an updated sampling frame.

Q12.Science & TechnologyMedium

C-DOT, which signed the agreement for the new Centre of Excellence, works under which ministry?

  1. A.Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
  2. B.Ministry of Communications
  3. C.Ministry of Education
  4. D.Ministry of Science and Technology
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Communications

The Centre for Development of Telematics, or C-DOT, is the research and development centre of the Department of Telecommunications, which is a department of the Ministry of Communications, and it is in that capacity that it signed the agreement for a Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU), Varanasi.

Q14.NationalEasy

What is the period of Special Campaign 6?

  1. A.1 to 15 October 2026
  2. B.2 to 31 October 2026
  3. C.15 October to 15 November 2026
  4. D.2 to 31 December 2026
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Correct answer: B. 2 to 31 October 2026

The drive is conducted through that month under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, and it is meant both to speed up the disposal of pending matters and to improve cleanliness in government offices.

Q16.Awards & HonoursMedium

The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the event with which organisation?

  1. A.Indian Council of Agricultural Research
  2. B.World Food Prize Foundation
  3. C.Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, USA
  4. D.Department of Agricultural Research and Education
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Correct answer: C. Council for Agricultural Science and Technology, USA

The National Academy of Agricultural Sciences signed a Memorandum of Understanding with CAST at the 2026 Norman E Borlaug International Dialogue, and the agreement is meant to open new avenues of cooperation in agricultural research, in capacity development and in the exchange of knowledge, strengthening institutional links and creating room…

Q17.DefenceMedium

How many countries will send experts to the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2026, and how many thematic sessions does it have?

  1. A.12 countries and three sessions
  2. B.18 countries and five sessions
  3. C.25 countries and seven sessions
  4. D.18 countries and seven sessions
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Correct answer: B. 18 countries and five sessions

Maritime practitioners, scientists, academicians, policymakers and experts from 18 countries across the Indo-Pacific will contribute to the dialogue, and the conference has five professional thematic sessions spread over its three days.

Q18.Reports & IndicesHard

Under the revised design, how many Second Stage Strata will there be and how many households will be canvassed in each First Stage Unit?

  1. A.Four rural and five urban strata, with 14 households per First Stage Unit
  2. B.Five rural and four urban strata, with 12 households per First Stage Unit
  3. C.Three rural and three urban strata, with 16 households per First Stage Unit
  4. D.Four rural and four urban strata, with 15 households per First Stage Unit
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Correct answer: A. Four rural and five urban strata, with 14 households per First Stage Unit

A new Second Stage Stratum based on digital platform work is being introduced because experience showed that the earlier arrangement did not capture an adequate number of such workers, while the rest of the stratum structure and composition is retained.

Q19.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which of the following was NOT named as a research area of the new C-DOT Centre of Excellence?

  1. A.Very large-scale MIMO systems
  2. B.Post-quantum communication
  3. C.Deep-sea mining equipment
  4. D.AI-native communication networks
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Correct answer: C. Deep-sea mining equipment

The Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU), Varanasi has been given a brief in communication technology: wireless communications, quantum technologies, cybersecurity and communication systems driven by artificial intelligence, with advanced research in 5G Advanced and 6G technologies, very large-scale Multiple-Input Multiple-Output systems, sensing merged with communication, AI-native networks and devices…

Q20.NationalMedium

Which campaign did Swami Chinmayananda begin to take the Upanishads and Vedanta to ordinary people?

  1. A.Gita Gyana Yagna
  2. B.Satyarth Prakash Abhiyan
  3. C.Vedanta Padyatra
  4. D.Dharma Jagaran Yatra
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Correct answer: A. Gita Gyana Yagna

Swami Chinmayananda launched it so that the Upanishads, Vedanta and the scriptures would reach people in ordinary life rather than remain with a few scholars, and the Prime Minister described this effort as an important chapter in India's cultural and spiritual revival.

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