SSC CHSL Current Affairs Quiz: 8 October 2026

The correct answer is the National Small Industries Corporation. The National SC-ST Hub was launched on 18 October 2016 and is implemented through NSIC, which also runs the Single Point Registration Scheme that gives registered micro and small enterprises free tender sets and exemption from Earnest Money Deposit. Option A, the Small Industries Development Bank of India, is the development finance institution for the small enterprise sector and lends to it, but it is not the implementing agency named for this scheme. Option C, the Khadi and Village Industries Commission, promotes khadi and village industries and runs separate employment programmes. Option D, the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation, works on credit for Scheduled Caste beneficiaries under a different ministry. For the examination, pair the scheme with the MSME Ministry as its parent and NSIC as its implementing arm.

The correct answer is Hindi and Marathi. The condolence message on the veteran actor's passing described his contribution to Hindi and Marathi cinema as immense, and it is this pairing that identifies his body of work. Option B, Hindi and Bengali, option C, Marathi and Tamil, and option D, Hindi and Telugu, each keep one correct industry or none, and are placed here because questions on film personalities commonly swap one language for another. Aspirants should remember that the actor was counted among the few who carried an unmistakable presence on screen, bringing versatility and creativity to every role and creating characters expected to be remembered for generations. He was admired away from the screen as well, for frank and forthright views that he never hesitated to express. The condolence from the Prime Minister was issued on 8 October 2026.

The correct answer is Joint Squad for Health. The Union Health Minister launched the JOSH Teams at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi, and the squads are to work at district and block level under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, carrying information on prevention, testing and treatment into households. Option B, Youth Squad for Hygiene, is wrong; the squads are indeed youth-led, but hygiene is only one of the healthy behaviours volunteers promote and does not form part of the name. Option C, Joint Outreach for Social Health, is wrong because the expansion uses Squad rather than Outreach, even though community outreach is exactly what the teams do. Option D, Junior Officers for Social Health, is wrong; a Class-I officer leads each team at the block or ward level, so the name does not refer to junior officers. The word squad is the clue, since each unit joins volunteers and cadets in one group.

The correct answer is Rs 4,013.42 crore, procured in 2025-26 from 12,524 micro and small enterprises. The figure matters because it marks a rise of nearly 39 times over the Rs 99.37 crore recorded in 2015-16, which is option A and therefore the starting point rather than the latest number. Option B, Rs 356.10 crore, is the amount disbursed under the Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme since 2016 and up to March 2026, which supported 3,160 enterprises in 233 districts across 27 States and Union Territories, so it belongs to a single component and not to procurement. Option C is a near miss designed to catch a half-remembered figure. Candidates should also recall the policy behind the growth: 25 per cent of annual purchases of Central Ministries, Departments and CPSEs must come from MSEs, with 4 per cent earmarked for SC/ST-owned units.

The correct answer is Nana Patekar. The Prime Minister's Office issued a condolence message on 8 October 2026 on the passing of the veteran actor, whose work in Hindi and Marathi cinema was called immense. The tribute said few actors possessed the intensity, individuality and unmistakable presence that he had, that he brought remarkable versatility and creativity to every role, and that his passing leaves a deep void; condolences were extended to his family, friends and countless admirers. The other options name actors who have worked in Hindi or Marathi cinema and are placed here as plausible distractors for a candidate who recalls only that a veteran of these two industries had died. For revision, link the name with the date, 8 October 2026, and with the two industries, Hindi and Marathi.

The correct answer is five MY Bharat volunteers and five NCC cadets led by a Class-I officer. The design is deliberate: MY Bharat gives the platform for youth participation, the National Cadet Corps supplies discipline and reach, and a designated Class-I officer at the block or ward level provides official backing for the team's work. Option A is wrong because the teams are not made only of MY Bharat volunteers, and a doctor is not named as the leader. Option C is wrong, since ASHA workers and the National Service Scheme are not the two streams named for these squads, although health workers and volunteers of many kinds support the wider campaign. Option D is wrong on both counts, as the split is equal between the two streams and a district magistrate is not designated as the team leader. Note too that the Ministry of Defence is a partner precisely because NCC cadets are involved.

The correct answer is 4 per cent. Central Ministries, Departments and Central Public Sector Enterprises are required to procure 25 per cent of their annual purchases from micro and small enterprises, and within that requirement 4 per cent of total procurement is earmarked for enterprises owned by Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe entrepreneurs. Option D, 25 per cent, is the wider MSE obligation and is the commonest trap in this question, so the two numbers must be kept apart. Options A and C, 2 per cent and 10 per cent, do not appear in the policy as described. This mandate is the reason the Single Point Registration Scheme matters, since registration with NSIC brings free tender sets and exemption from Earnest Money Deposit, and it explains the sharp rise in procurement from SC/ST-owned units to Rs 4,013.42 crore in 2025-26.

The correct answer is a long career as a film producer abroad, which finds no place in the tribute. What the tribute did single out is covered by the other three options. It said that few actors possessed the intensity, individuality and unmistakable presence that the veteran actor had, which is option A. It said that he brought remarkable versatility and creativity to every role and gave audiences characters that will be remembered for generations, which is option B. And it said that he was equally admired for his frank and forthright views and never hesitated to express what he believed in, which is option C. The tribute further described his contribution to Hindi and Marathi cinema as immense and said his passing leaves a deep void, with condolences going to his family, friends and admirers.

The correct answer is 21 per cent. Quoting the latest World Health Organization report, the Union Health Minister said tuberculosis incidence in India has come down by twenty-one per cent, which is well ahead of the global decline. Option A, twelve per cent, is wrong as the answer to this question, but it is worth remembering separately because that is the figure for the global decline over the same period, and the pairing of the two numbers is the most likely question in an examination. Option B, eighteen per cent, is wrong and is simply a plausible value between the two real ones. Option D, thirty-two per cent, overstates the achievement and is wrong. The companion figures to hold in mind are treatment coverage, which has risen to ninety-two per cent in India against seventy-eight per cent worldwide, and the goal of elimination by the year 2030 that India hopes to reach early.

The correct answer is 25 per cent, capped at Rs 25 lakh, offered under the Special Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme. The subsidy applies to new and existing SC/ST-owned micro and small enterprises investing in plant, machinery and equipment through institutional credit, and it covers both manufacturing and service units without restriction by product or sector. The remaining options invent rates and ceilings that the scheme does not carry. Aspirants should also remember the scheme's record, namely support to 3,160 enterprises amounting to Rs 356.10 crore since 2016 and up to March 2026, with coverage extended to 233 districts across 27 States and Union Territories. Other components work as reimbursements instead, at 80 per cent capped at Rs 1 lakh for loan processing fees, bank guarantee charges and testing fees, and at 90 per cent or Rs 1 lakh for management training at the top 50 NIRF institutes.

The correct answer is 67,933 Panchayats across 697 districts. District-level TB Mukt Panchayats were felicitated at the event, and the Health Minister described the achievement as a measure of what community participation and local leadership can do, crediting health workers, elected representatives, Panchayati Raj institutions and volunteers for the result. Options A, C and D are wrong because each alters either the number of Panchayats or the number of districts, and the two parts of this fact are usually asked together. A related number to keep separate is the total count of districts in the country that joined the national launch virtually, which is higher than the number of districts with TB Mukt Panchayats. Candidates should also note that this recognition sits within the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, the campaign under which the JOSH Teams themselves were launched.