RRB Group D Weekly Current Affairs Quiz: 12–18 October 2026

The Ministry of Coal placed the stock at domestic coal-based power plants at 18.205 MT on 10 October 2026, which is why the ministry could say that the level has not fallen below 18 MT at any time since 29 September 2026, when the reading was 18.932 MT.

Union Minister for Communications and DoNER, Jyotiraditya M. Scindia, took up ten projects of about this value in Mizoram on 12 October 2026 in the presence of Chief Minister Pu Lalduhoma.

The Ministry of Railways reported that loading in September 2026 reached 135.35 million tonnes, which was 6.14 per cent higher than the same month a year earlier.

Under the memorandum of understanding signed with the National Sports Development Fund and the Sports Authority of India, Indian Oil Corporation will provide this amount over a period of two years from its corporate social responsibility funds.

The Union Cabinet cleared a Productivity Linked Bonus equal to 78 days' wages for railway employees, and this is the figure every other number in the decision hangs on: the total sanctioned amount, the per-employee ceiling and the count of employees covered are all tied to the same 78 days.

India met Iran in the women kabaddi final of the Asian Games and finished ahead 37-34 in a contest that remained close until the final raids, a result that let India keep the continental title it already held.

The correct answer is Shri Bhupender Yadav, the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, who met start-ups and innovation companies working on air pollution mitigation and himself put a set of problem statements covering nine key areas before them.

He spoke at the programme held at a college in Kutiyana, in his own district, and called on young people to take the lead in nation-building and in the march towards a developed India.

The Ministry of Mines reported that this many Cleanliness Target Units were given a makeover under the campaign, and that the work drew 10,723 participants.

The district in Uttarakhand has been notified as a Cold Water Fisheries Cluster under the scheme, and the Secretary of the Department of Fisheries reviewed its progress on the spot at Munsyari.

The Namo Bharat regional rapid rail corridor runs from Delhi to Meerut through Ghaziabad and measures 82 km end to end.

Loading for the power sector averaged 469 rakes a day over the first ten days of October 2026, and it is this heavier movement that lifted daily coal supply and slowed the drawdown of stock.

The Mizoram Ginger Mission of this size is meant to draw nearly 20,000 farming households into a single value chain that covers cultivation, processing, branding, connectivity and access to national and international markets.

The correct answer is food grain, whose loading grew 25 per cent during September 2026, the steepest rise among the commodity groups listed by the Ministry of Railways.

Indian boxers finished the Asian Games 2026 with six medals in total, three of them gold and the other three bronze, and this showing is the reason the new partnership is described as coming at an important time for the sport.

That is the amount the Union Cabinet approved for paying a bonus of 78 days' wages to railway employees, and it is spread across 11,40,770 employees.

The correct answer is Pushpa Rana, who led the side as captain while Neeta Moreshwar Dadwe served as head coach of the gold-winning team.

The interaction of 17 October 2026 between the Union Environment Minister and start-ups was one of a series of stakeholder engagements carried out under that campaign theme, which places a share of the responsibility for clean air on every citizen.

The Minister said that efforts were under way, under the guidance of the Prime Minister, to develop one lakh young leaders across the country, and he placed the MY Bharat portal at the centre of that effort as the route through which the young can find openings for participation, career…

The correct answer is Shri G. Kishan Reddy, the Union Minister for Coal and Mines, who joined the drive at the market in Chanakyapuri in the national capital along with the Secretary of the ministry and senior officials.

That is the outlay of the state's own trout scheme, under which Uttarakhand plans 1,500 raceways, 100 mini hatcheries and 600 cold-storage facilities by 2028-29.

On that day the Prime Minister dedicated the full Delhi-Ghaziabad-Meerut corridor to the nation, and Meerut Metro was handed over at the same time.

Coal actually delivered to the power sector averaged 2.49 MT a day in October 2026 while the plan for the month provided for 2.37 MT a day, so supply ran ahead of the programme and bettered it on nine of the first ten days.

The Bairabi-Sairang railway line of that length was called a historic milestone that placed Mizoram on the railway map of the country and changed the state’s access to major economic centres.

Indian Railways raised its domestic coal supply to power stations during September 2026, moving an average of 443 coal rakes every day.

The National Sports Development Fund was established by the Government of India in 1998 under this Act, and its purpose is to mobilise resources from individuals and corporate organisations for the development of sport in the country.

The bonus was approved on the strength of the railways' performance in 2025-26, and the government cited a record freight loading of 1,670 million tonnes for that year together with a passenger count of nearly 7.41 billion.

The correct answer is Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, the host of the Asian Games at which the Indian women kabaddi team took the gold medal by beating Iran in the final.

Shri Bhupender Yadav presented a set of specific problem statements covering nine key areas of air pollution management and discussed with the innovators how their technologies could be adapted, scaled and deployed on the ground against each of them.

The five pledges, together called Panch Pran, were articulated by the Prime Minister from the ramparts of the Red Fort, and the Minister recalled them at this programme: the resolve to build a developed India, freedom from the colonial mindset, pride in the heritage of the country, unity and solidarity…