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SSC Current Affairs Quiz: 25 October 2026

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This SSC current affairs quiz puts 25 multiple-choice questions to you from 15 stories published on 25 October 2026 that matter for the SSC general awareness section. The questions are the same verified MCQs that accompany GK24's articles, chosen here for their relevance to SSC, 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

25 questions with answers and explanations

Q4.Government SchemesEasy

Which department runs Special Campaign 6 across Union ministries and public sector undertakings?

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

The purpose of the campaign is to settle the habit of cleanliness in government offices and to bring down the stock of pending matters, and offices are scored on space management, scrap disposal, record management, best practices, improvement of premises, environment-friendly working and citizen-centric steps.

Q6.Summits & ConferencesEasy

What is the overarching theme of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum hosted by India?

  1. A.Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centric Development
  2. B.Parliaments for a Greener Planet
  3. C.One Earth, One Family, One Future
  4. D.Reforming Multilateralism for a Just World
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Correct answer: A. Strengthening Parliaments for People-Centric Development

That is the theme under which the forum, hosted by the Parliament of India at the Parliament House Complex in New Delhi, will deliberate on 26 and 27 October 2026.

Q7.NationalEasy

Which authority imposed penalties on e-commerce entities for misleading walkie-talkie advertisements?

  1. A.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
  2. B.Bureau of Indian Standards
  3. C.Central Consumer Protection Authority
  4. D.Competition Commission of India
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Correct answer: C. Central Consumer Protection Authority

It is the body set up under the Consumer Protection Act, 2019 to act against misleading advertisements and unfair trade practices, and it is headed by a Chief Commissioner, at present Nidhi Khare, sitting with Commissioner Anupam Mishra.

Q8.Banking & FinanceEasy

Which two Reserve Bank of India facilities were inaugurated at Bhubaneswar on 25 October 2026?

  1. A.A currency printing press and a note sorting centre
  2. B.A data centre and a cyber security training institute
  3. C.A regional office and a banking ombudsman office
  4. D.A coin museum and a financial literacy centre
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Correct answer: B. A data centre and a cyber security training institute

The Prime Minister inaugurated exactly these two units of the Reserve Bank of India at Bhubaneswar, the capital of Odisha, and called the occasion an important one for the state and for the country.

Q10.Science & TechnologyEasy

Which institute hosted Hack the Fork, described as India's first hackathon on Artificial Intelligence and food technology?

  1. A.NIFTEM-Kundli
  2. B.CFTRI Mysuru
  3. C.IIFPT Thanjavur
  4. D.NDRI Karnal
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Correct answer: A. NIFTEM-Kundli

The National Institute of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management at Kundli, which works under the Ministry of Food Processing Industries, hosted Hack the Fork on its campus, and the event has been described as India's first hackathon to bring Artificial Intelligence and food technology together.

Q11.Government SchemesEasy

Which ministry organises the Shilp Samagam Mela being held at Khanapara in Guwahati?

  1. A.Ministry of Textiles
  2. B.Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
  3. C.Ministry of Tribal Affairs
  4. D.Ministry of Rural Development
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment

The Shilp Samagam Mela is its initiative to give marketing support to artisans and beneficiaries associated with its three national corporations, the National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation, the National Safai Karamcharis Finance and Development Corporation and the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation.

Q12.InternationalEasy

Which port, visited by Piyush Goyal, is Europe's largest and a gateway for Indian goods to the European market?

  1. A.Port of Hamburg
  2. B.Port of Antwerp
  3. C.Port of Rotterdam
  4. D.Port of Le Havre
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Correct answer: C. Port of Rotterdam

The Union Minister of Commerce and Industry toured it with its Chief Executive Officer, Boudewijn Siemons, on the first day of his visit to the Netherlands, and the port is described as the largest in Europe, a gateway for Indian goods entering the European market and a key hub for…

Q13.EconomyEasy

What was the turnover of India's khadi and village industries sector in the 2025-26 financial year, as stated by KVIC?

  1. A.More than Rs 1.34 lakh crore
  2. B.More than Rs 1.87 lakh crore
  3. C.More than Rs 2.04 lakh crore
  4. D.More than Rs 2.51 lakh crore
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Correct answer: B. More than Rs 1.87 lakh crore

The Khadi and Village Industries Commission said the sector's turnover crossed that mark in the 2025-26 financial year, and that the same year it gave work to more than 2.04 crore people.

Q14.Summits & ConferencesEasy

India's urban population is projected to rise from about 50 crore at present to how many by 2050?

  1. A.65 crore
  2. B.75 crore
  3. C.85 crore
  4. D.95 crore
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Correct answer: C. 85 crore

Addressing the closing session of the 2nd National Urban Conclave, Rajiv Gauba, Member of NITI Aayog, said that nearly half of all Indians are expected to be living in urban areas by 2050, and that the urban population would therefore climb from roughly 50 crore at present to 85 crore.

Q16.EnvironmentMedium

Which two wetlands were added to the Ramsar list in October 2026 as the newest Indian sites?

  1. A.Surha Tal and Glaw Lake
  2. B.Sukhna Wetland and Sauj Jheel
  3. C.Chilika Lake and Keoladeo National Park
  4. D.Kolleru Lake and Deepor Beel
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Correct answer: B. Sukhna Wetland and Sauj Jheel

Sukhna Wetland lies in Chandigarh and is a rain-fed reservoir created in 1958 at the foot of the Shivalik hills; it shelters threatened species such as the Pallas's fish eagle, the common pochard and the black pond turtle, and migratory birds of the Central Asian Flyway winter there.

Q19.Government SchemesMedium

What is the stated focus of Special Campaign 6 this year?

  1. A.Conservation of water in government buildings
  2. B.Collection, segregation and disposal of e-waste
  3. C.Making every office paperless
  4. D.Removal of single-use plastic from canteens
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Correct answer: B. Collection, segregation and disposal of e-waste

This edition of the campaign places a dedicated emphasis on handling institutional electronic waste in an environment-friendly way, and the work is done in keeping with the E-Waste Management Rules, 2022.

Q20.NationalMedium

Operation Trident searched 38 locations spread across which three States?

  1. A.Assam, Meghalaya and Mizoram
  2. B.Nagaland, Manipur and Tripura
  3. C.Assam, Mizoram and Manipur
  4. D.Mizoram, Tripura and Nagaland
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Correct answer: C. Assam, Mizoram and Manipur

The teams moved on city hubs and border stretches in these three States: Aizawl and Champhai in Mizoram, the Indo-Myanmar border trading town of Zokhawthar, operative bases at Churachandpur in Manipur, and the Cachar transit corridor in Assam.

Q21.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Who led the Russian parliamentary delegation that met the Lok Sabha Speaker ahead of the BRICS Parliamentary Forum?

  1. A.Sergey Lavrov, Foreign Minister
  2. B.Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma
  3. C.Valentina Matviyenko, Chairperson of the Federation Council
  4. D.Mikhail Mishustin, Prime Minister
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Correct answer: B. Vyacheslav Volodin, Chairman of the State Duma

He led the delegation in a bilateral meeting with Speaker Om Birla before the forum, where the two sides discussed cooperation at global fora, joint efforts against terrorism, and closer links between the two legislatures.

Q22.NationalMedium

Under which law were the penalties for misleading walkie-talkie advertisements imposed?

  1. A.Consumer Protection Act, 1986
  2. B.Consumer Protection Act, 2019
  3. C.Legal Metrology Act, 2009
  4. D.Information Technology Act, 2000
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Correct answer: B. Consumer Protection Act, 2019

The order against M/s Hogar Technologies and Innovations LLP, which carried a penalty of one lakh rupees, was passed under this Act, as were the earlier orders in the same matter against e-commerce platforms and sellers.

Q25.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which industry's problems were the Hack the Fork teams asked to solve using Artificial Intelligence?

  1. A.Cold chain logistics
  2. B.Alternative protein industry
  3. C.Sugar industry
  4. D.Marine fisheries
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Correct answer: B. Alternative protein industry

The challenge was built around harnessing Artificial Intelligence to advance that industry, and the areas opened to the teams included plant-based food innovation, fermentation technologies and food systems more broadly, along with nutritional optimisation, food safety, sustainable food production and the reduction of food waste.

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