This State Exams current affairs quiz puts 20 multiple-choice questions to you from 6 stories published on 24 October 2026 that matter for the State Exams general awareness section. The questions are the same verified MCQs that accompany GK24's articles, chosen here for their relevance to State Exams, 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.
20 questions with answers and explanations
In October 2026, how many captive-bred male Great Indian Bustards were released into the wild at Desert National Park?
In October 2026 four male Great Indian Bustards were set free inside Desert National Park, close to Sam village in the Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →How many Farmer IDs have been created under the Digital Agriculture Mission, as announced in October 2026?
The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare announced that the creation of 11 crore Farmer IDs, each a unique digital identity for a cultivator, had been completed by the night of 23 October, five months before the deadline of 31 March 2027.
Read the full explanation →How many days of wage employment does the VB-G RAM G Act guarantee in a financial year?
The VB-G RAM G Act provides a statutory guarantee of 125 days of wage employment in every financial year to each rural household whose adult members volunteer for unskilled manual work.
Read the full explanation →Which edition of the All India Conference of GRP Chiefs concluded in New Delhi in October 2026?
The 8th All India Conference of Government Railway Police Chiefs, convened by the Railway Protection Force, concluded in New Delhi on 23 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which Union Minister concluded a two-day official visit to Germany with engagements in Berlin in October 2026?
The correct answer is Piyush Goyal, the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry, who completed a two-day official visit to Germany with a series of engagements in Berlin on 23 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →The Shram Samvad campaign of the Ministry of Labour and Employment is covering how many districts?
Shram Samvad is a 90-day outreach initiative through which the Ministry of Labour and Employment is undertaking district-level engagement across 316 districts in all 36 States and Union Territories, with special attention to industrial clusters.
Read the full explanation →Whose annual progress report for 2016-17 recorded a 75 per cent decline in the Great Indian Bustard population over the previous 30 years?
Its annual progress report for 2016-17 recorded that the population of the Great Indian Bustard had fallen by three quarters over the thirty years before that report, a decline driven by the loss of its grassland habitat and by pressures created by people, and made harder to reverse by the…
Read the full explanation →What was the original deadline for completing the Farmer ID target, which was met five months early?
That was the date fixed for the completion of the Farmer ID registry, and the work was closed by the night of 23 October, which is five months earlier.
Read the full explanation →VB-G RAM G, in force since 1 July 2026, has replaced which earlier rural employment programme?
The Viksit Bharat - Guarantee for Rozgar and Ajeevika Mission (Gramin) took its place when the VB-G RAM G Act, 2025 came into force on 1 July 2026, and the changeover was described as seamless and free of disruption, with the supporting digital systems live from the start.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Director General of the Railway Protection Force who presided over the conference?
The correct answer is Sonali Mishra, Director General of the Railway Protection Force, who presided over the high-level conference and closed it by stressing the need for intelligence-led policing to strengthen railway security.
Read the full explanation →Mr Levin Holle, whom the Commerce Minister met at the German Federal Chancellery, holds which position?
Mr Levin Holle holds that position at the German Federal Chancellery, where the bilateral meeting took place, and the discussion covered economic cooperation and the strengthening of economic and investment ties between India and Germany.
Read the full explanation →Which of the four Labour Codes was enacted in 2019, with the other three dating from 2020?
The correct answer is the Code on Wages, which belongs to 2019.
Read the full explanation →How much did National CAMPA approve in December 2024 for the five-year Conservation Action Plan covering the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican?
National CAMPA cleared this amount in December 2024 for a five-year Conservation Action Plan that covers both the Great Indian Bustard and the Lesser Florican.
Read the full explanation →The Farmer ID is created under which mission of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers’ Welfare?
The Farmer ID is issued under this mission, which the Union Cabinet approved on 2 September 2024 and which is building a Digital Public Infrastructure, or DPI, for the farm sector.
Read the full explanation →How many types of permissible works does the Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan framework identify?
The Viksit Gram Panchayat Plan framework identifies 318 types of permissible works, spread across the four thematic areas of water security, core rural infrastructure, livelihood-related infrastructure and the mitigation of extreme weather events.
Read the full explanation →The women-led initiative Pink Patrol: Eyes in the Sky, SHAKTI on the Ground was showcased by which zone of Indian Railways?
Its Pink Patrol initiative, with the tagline Eyes in the Sky, SHAKTI on the Ground, is a women-led model that combines drone-assisted surveillance with rapid-response teams working under the SHAKTI framework.
Read the full explanation →Mr Holger Peters, whom Piyush Goyal met in Berlin, is the Chief Executive Officer of which company?
Mr Holger Peters is the Chief Executive Officer of Skoda Auto and at the same time the Chief Financial Officer of Volkswagen AG, and he met the Commerce Minister in Berlin.
Read the full explanation →In which city is the two-day state-level Shram Samvad programme on Labour Codes being held?
The correct answer is Lucknow, the capital of Uttar Pradesh, where the Ministry of Labour and Employment is holding the two-day state-level capacity-building and awareness programme on Labour Codes, labour welfare and social protection in collaboration with the Government of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Under the Jumpstart Approach, an egg from the Sam conservation-breeding centre was carried to which place in Gujarat and put in the nest of a wild female bustard?
Only three female Great Indian Bustards were left in the wild in Kutch and no male survived there to fertilise an egg, so a viable egg from the conservation-breeding centre at Sam in Rajasthan was moved 770 km to Naliya in a portable incubator, a journey lasting more than 19…
Read the full explanation →What was the interim allocation released to States and Union Territories under VB-G RAM G for the financial year?
That amount was allotted to the States and Union Territories as the interim allocation for the financial year, and out of it a mother sanction of Rs 25,880 crore was issued as the first instalment.
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