SSC GD Constable Current Affairs Quiz: October 2026

Every other option is a real figure from the same Shivir attached to the wrong service, which is exactly how such a question is set.

Ankush won the gold medal in the men's 80 kg boxing event at the Asian Games with an emphatic victory in the final, and the weight division is the detail that decides this question.

The bronze medal was won in that weight category after a fiercely contested bout, and the result was described as bringing India back on to the podium in the event after six decades.

Antim Panghal finished second in the women's 53 kg freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games, and the Prime Minister congratulated her on that silver medal, calling it exemplary.

The jump was executed at 16,000 feet above mean sea level, the canopy was deployed at 15,500 feet and the landing was made at the drop zone itself, which lies at 13,700 feet.

That is the implementation period announced by the government for the sixth edition of the special campaign, under which departments clear pendency, manage records and dispose of electronic waste.

On 21 October 1959 an Indian police patrol was ambushed there by heavily armed Chinese troops and ten policemen were killed.

He won the men's long jump T47 gold medal at the Asian Para Games 2026 with what was described as an outstanding jump, and the Prime Minister noted that the title arrived on his debut in the event, which made it even more special.

Speaking at the Vijayadashami festival in Ludhiana on 20 October 2026, the Union Home Minister said the resolve taken that day was to free the whole of Punjab from the drug trade by that date and to make the state drug-free, and he described it as the greatest tribute possible…

The day recalls the action at the Hot Springs post in the remote and inhospitable terrain of Ladakh on 21 October 1959, when ten personnel of the Central Reserve Police Force were killed while resisting an attack by Chinese troops.

The Ministry of Home Affairs announces this medal on 31 October every year, and that date is observed as the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Speaking after flagging off the Run for Unity in New Delhi on Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, the Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation, Amit Shah, said a target has been set to free the country from drugs completely by that date, and that the creation of a drug-free India is…

A senior official of this ministry gave out the attendance and service figures for the Shivir and named the states whose municipal corporations organised health camps, namely Meghalaya, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Telangana, Kerala and Bihar.

The Prime Minister used exactly this framing, which marks the medal as the closing result of the country's boxing effort at these Games, and he separately called the boxer's passion and dedication noteworthy.

The congratulatory message put the achievement precisely in those terms, noting that six decades later India was back among the medallists in the men's 97 kg freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games.

The event named in the Prime Minister's congratulatory message is the women's 53 kg freestyle wrestling competition, so that is the style in which the silver medal was won.

The jump was made from that altitude above mean sea level, after which the parachute was deployed at 15,500 feet and the landing was undertaken at the Nyoma drop zone.

The figure came from the disposal of electronic waste together with non-electronic scrap, and it sits alongside a set of other targets fixed in the preparatory phase: the review of 18,741 electronic files and 7,773 physical files, cleanliness and space-clearing work at 156 sites, the release of 46,486 square feet…

The National Police Memorial at Chanakyapuri in New Delhi was dedicated to the nation by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Police Commemoration Day that year, in recognition of the sacrifices of police personnel and their role in preserving national security and integrity.

The Prime Minister said winning a gold medal on his debut in the men's long jump T47 made the achievement even more special, and he described Nishad Kumar's versatility, determination and sporting excellence as truly inspiring.

The effigy burnt by Amit Shah at Ludhiana on 20 October 2026 was described as the symbolic Ravana of chitta, which let the festival’s central idea, the victory of good over evil, carry a message about the drug trade in Punjab.

Hot Springs lies in the remote, high-altitude and inhospitable stretch of Ladakh, and it was there on 21 October 1959 that ten men of the Central Reserve Police Force laid down their lives against an attack by Chinese troops.

The Ministry of Home Affairs conferred the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak for the year 2026 on 490 personnel drawn from the police forces of various states and Union Territories, from the Central Armed Police Forces and from the Central Police Organisations.

In his address at the Run for Unity the Home Minister said that when India became independent the world believed the country would fall apart, and that Sardar Patel did in just that many days what many thought impossible, joining numerous princely states and royal estates into one chain and…

The Shivir was conducted in hybrid mode, anchored from the national capital and held physically at participating locations, and more than 3,800 urban local bodies, rural local bodies and line departments took part in it.

The official account records that the boxer took the gold with an emphatic victory in the final, which indicates a commanding performance rather than a result that could have gone either way.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi congratulated the wrestler on the bronze won after a fiercely contested bout, said the achievement adds a new chapter to the country's wrestling journey and wished him continued success in the time to come.

The Prime Minister congratulated Antim Panghal on winning the silver medal in the women's 53 kg freestyle wrestling event at the Asian Games, describing her performance as exemplary and wonderful.

The system has been designed and developed by the Aerial Delivery Research and Development Establishment at Agra and manufactured at the Kanpur factory; it is inspected by DGAQA and certified by CEMILAC, RCMA Kanpur.

The department marked Swachh Bharat Diwas on that day with an e-waste disposal drive led by the Secretary at its headquarters in the CGO Complex in Delhi, where officers were urged to identify and dispose of obsolete items and unserviceable material both at work and at home.

The Union Home Minister flags off a motorcycle rally on this theme at the National Police Memorial, with about 90 riders drawn from the police of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Haryana, Chandigarh and Delhi, from the Central Armed Police Forces such as the CRPF…

In para athletics every result carries a class written as a letter followed by a number: the letter T covers running and jumping events, so sprints, middle-distance races and the long jump in which Nishad Kumar won his gold medal are all written with a T, and the number names…

The correct answer is that he asked people to report the drug trade on the Narcotics Control Bureau’s toll-free helpline, saying that the government would act on the information the public provided.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the National Police Memorial in that year, dedicating it to police personnel from every part of the country who died in the line of duty.

The medal was brought into existence by a notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, dated 1 February 2024, and the same ministry announces the recipients and publishes the list on its website.

Amit Shah, who holds the Home Affairs portfolio along with the Ministry of Cooperation, flagged off the Run for Unity in New Delhi on the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and also administered the Unity Pledge to citizens on the occasion.

The Union Home Minister said the Ministry of Home Affairs has decided to wage a joint fight against drugs through the remaining part of 2026 and the years 2027, 2028 and 2029, so that the country is rid of the problem by the end of 2029.

The medal is given on five specified grounds: excellence in operations, outstanding service in investigation, exceptional performance, intelligence service marked by daring and determination, and meritorious work by serving government scientists in the field of forensic science.