SSC MTS Current Affairs Quiz: October 2026

It runs this government-wide drive, in which ministries and their attached, subordinate and autonomous bodies clean their premises, weed out old files and clear pending references.

The Indian women's team in squash finished third in its event at the Games and so took the bronze medal, a result the Prime Minister described as a richly deserved place on the podium while congratulating the players for a spirited effort and for the resolve they showed.

The revised framework of the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways ties the validity of an exempted FASTag to the percentage of disability on record, and the higher slab of 70 to 100 per cent carries a validity of five years.

The app carries this name together with the National Scholarship Portal and belongs to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, serving beneficiaries of the Pre-Matric and Post-Matric Scholarships for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes.

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.

The two shot together in the recurve mixed team event at the Asian Games and finished with the silver medal, which is India's first in that event at these Games, and the Prime Minister congratulated both by name.

The campaign opened on that date with the taking of the Swachhata pledge and ran as a fortnight-long drive that ended on 2 October 2026, the day observed as Swachh Bharat Diwas.

Lovlina Borgohain won the gold medal in the women's 75 kg boxing event at the Asian Games, and the weight division is the single detail most likely to be tested, because several Indian boxers compete in neighbouring classes.

The men's quadrant event belongs to the sepaktakraw programme at the Asian Games, and the bronze won by the Indian men's quadrant team is India's first medal in that event at the Games, which is why the win was called a landmark moment for Indian sepaktakraw.

She won the country's first gold medal in the Women's Individual Golf event at the Asian Games, and the Prime Minister congratulated her the same day, describing the achievement as one for the history books and praising the superb finish that produced it.

The wrestler won the gold medal in that weight category, and it was recorded as the first time India has won an Asian Games gold in this event, which is precisely what makes the category worth memorising along with the name.

This was the theme under which the fortnight-long campaign ran at the All India Institute of Ayurveda from 17 September to 2 October 2026, and it ties participation in cleanliness to the larger goals of a clean and a developed India.

The correct answer is Nitin Gadkari, the Union Minister for Road Transport and Highways, who inaugurated the conclave at Tent City 2 near the Statue of Unity at Ekta Nagar in the Narmada district of Gujarat.

At the Safai Mitra Suraksha Evam Samman Shivir held on 29 September 2026, the Secretary of the department felicitated 110 Safai Mitras in recognition of their contribution to cleanliness and hygiene at the department, an exercise meant to underline the dignity of sanitation work.

World Post Day is observed on this date and it opens National Postal Week, which the Department of Posts is celebrating from 9 to 15 October 2026.

The campaign seeks to strengthen cleanliness in government offices, improve efficiency, ensure that pending matters are disposed of in time and promote better management of official resources.

The Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution said more than two lakh quintals of buffer onion had been disposed of so far, moved by eight Kanda Express rail consignments and four hundred and sixty-seven trucks, and that additional rail rakes were being planned so larger quantities could reach…

At the regional review of Jal Jeevan Mission 2.0, the Secretary of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation said that rural drinking water access has been transformed, with more than 15.96 crore rural households now holding tap water connections.

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.

The Central Silk Board’s Silkworm Seed Production Centre there received a newly constructed grainage building and cold storage facility, inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Textiles under the North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme.

The National Medical Library, which functions under the Directorate General of Health Services in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, organised the one-day conference on this theme in New Delhi, drawing attention to the place of digital knowledge resources in healthcare delivery, medical education and evidence-based clinical practice.

Tele-MANAS, which stands for Tele Mental Health Assistance and Networking Across States, offers free and confidential counselling on this number at any hour of the day, in several languages, without the caller having to reach a hospital.

The Madhya Pradesh unit of the Central Bureau of Narcotics ran two operations in the week to 11 October 2026, and the quantities recovered in them add up to this figure.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship reopened the registration window for the IndiaSkills Competition 2026-27 up to this date, after many requests from institutions and from young people who had not been able to apply earlier.

That is what the abbreviation stands for in BHARAT TULIP, the programme the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment runs through the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation to broaden the market reach of traditional artisans.

The two workshops, one on cyber security and secure digital disposal and the other on e-waste management awareness, were organised by the Ministry of Textiles under this campaign on 15 October 2026, and more than 85 officials attended, among them all the Nodal Officers of the ministry.

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.

Under the first pillar of the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign, the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and its organisations transformed 9,845 cleanliness target units, and 99,548 people took part in that effort.

MY Bharat held that many programmes on 17 October 2026, spread over 36 states and union territories, in the fifth week of the 100 Weeks Campaign under the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat Abhiyan.

She won the women's 1500m T12/13 title at the Asian Para Games 2026, and she did it on her first appearance at the Games while also running a personal best over the distance.

Bhavina Patel took bronze in that class at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and the medal was described as another milestone in a career that has produced several.

Prachi Pandey took bronze there on 20 October 2026 and became the first Indian ever to win a medal in that class at the Asian Para Games, which is why the Prime Minister described it as a historic first for Indian para table tennis and a pathbreaking achievement.

Both stood on the podium in the same Men’s Javelin Throw F53/54 event on 20 October 2026, Pradeep Kumar taking the silver and Ayush Verma the bronze, and each of them recorded a personal best.

He won the gold medal in the Men’s Discus Throw F43/F44/F62/F64 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and the Prime Minister described the throw as excellent and the victory as a celebration of the way Indian para sport is growing.

Preeti Pal finished second in the Women’s 200m T35 sprint at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and the Prime Minister described her as a fine example of perseverance and dedication while hoping she would carry the momentum into her remaining events.

The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment announced that the eight-day Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 would begin in Guwahati, the capital of Assam, running until Wednesday, 28 October, with the venue at Farm Gate in Khanapara and visiting hours from 11 in the morning to 9 at night.

The Indian Council of Agricultural Research is running the month-long campaign along with its 114 institutes, Regional Centres, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes and Krishi Vigyan Kendras, which makes the drive national in reach.

Dilip Gavit won the gold medal in the men's 100 metres run in the T47 classification at the Asian Para Games 2026, and the timing he produced in that final was described as brilliant.

She won bronze in the Women's Singles SU5 event, a bronze medal for the second consecutive edition of the Games, and then won a second bronze in the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 event alongside Pramod Bhagat, which gave her two medals on the same day.

Kapil Kumar finished second in that race and collected the silver medal, and the Prime Minister noted his stamina, dedication and determination in earning a place on the podium.

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.

The pair won the silver in that archery event, and it was described as India's first medal of any colour in the event at the Asian Para Games, which is what made the result historic.

Mona Agarwal won the gold in this shooting event at the Asian Para Games, and her winning performance stood as a new world record as well as a new Asian Para Games record.

Gram Seva evam Parampragat Khel Diwas, meaning village service and traditional sports day, was held as the sixth week of this campaign by MY Bharat NSS under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, and it deliberately took the campaign out of educational institutions and into rural communities.

The fair is its marketing-support initiative for artisans and beneficiaries tied to 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.

Ministries run Special Campaign 6 under its guidance, and it has set up the web portal on which each ministry uploads progress so that the drive can be monitored centrally.

The Ministry of Textiles reported that the Textile Committee earned this amount by undertaking extensive scrap disposal during Special Campaign 6.0.

The special souvenir sheet carrying two commemorative postage stamps on breast cancer awareness, together with a set of picture postcards, was released there by Director General Postal Services Manisha Sinha in the presence of Punya Salila Srivastava, Secretary of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, with senior officials of…

The Ministry of Ayush promoted Yoga for Unity on National Unity Day 2026 and folded the effort into Yoga 365, its initiative that asks citizens to practise yoga on every day of the year instead of on a single occasion.

The campaign is built in two parts. The first is a preparatory phase, which ran from the sixteenth to the thirtieth of September 2026, and in which each participating ministry fixed the cleaning and disposal targets it would meet.