CTET Current Affairs Quiz: 31 October 2026

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, called National Unity Day in English, is kept on this date every year to honour the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, whose birth anniversary falls on it, and in 2026 the observance coincided with his 151st birth anniversary.

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.

Om Birla, who holds that office, attended the Shatabdi Samaroh organised by the Gayatri Parivar in New Delhi, paid tribute to Acharya Shriram Sharma and Mata Bhagwati Devi, and released the commemorative postage stamp brought out in her honour.

The Ministry of Education pushed the closing date for NMMSS applications for the academic year 2026-27 to this day so that eligible students get more time on the National Scholarship Portal and the officers concerned can finish their checks on schedule.

Vidyanjali is its initiative for strengthening government and government-aided schools through organised community and private sector participation, and it runs on a digital platform that connects a school with volunteers, organisations and CSR partners.

The President paid floral tributes to Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel on his 151st birth anniversary at Rashtrapati Bhavan on 31 October 2026, so that is the number attached to this year's observance.

The ministry promoted the message of Yoga for Unity on National Unity Day, which falls on the 151st birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and spoke of the part yoga plays in national integration, social harmony and collective well being.

The Lok Sabha Speaker said that the campaign for the awakening of women begun in that year under the leadership of Mata Bhagwati Devi was a far sighted effort which inspired women to recognise their own capability and to take an active part in the building of society.

A student picked under the scheme and studying in a state government school, a government-aided school or a school run by a local self government is paid this sum each year, and the money reaches the student's own bank account through Direct Benefit Transfer, so no middle office handles it.

These two make up the corporate social responsibility side of Vidyanjali and allow an organisation to take up a requirement a school has itself identified and to contribute towards that school's development.

J. P. Nadda, the Union Minister for Health and Family Welfare, administered the pledge to officers and officials of both the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers at a ceremony held at Kartavya Bhawan-1 in New Delhi.

As Secretary in the Ministry of Ayush he said that yoga offers a simple and accessible means of improving physical and mental well being while building a sense of connection among individuals and communities, and that the Yoga 365 initiative encourages practice through the year so that preventive healthcare becomes…

The Lok Sabha Speaker said that the Acharya spread the light of spiritual consciousness across the country through Akhand Jyoti and inspired people with the ideals of building the individual, the family, society and the nation, and that his inspiring resolve became a guiding principle for people in India and…

The scheme is aimed at able students from economically weaker homes, so the income of the applicant's parents must not cross this limit.

The correct answer is Mizoram, which spoke on the part played by community participation in the working of Vidyanjali at the National CSR Meet held in Gurugram, Haryana, on 31 October 2026.

Applications for the scheme are filed on the National Scholarship Portal, usually shortened to NSP, which has been open to student applications since 1 June 2026 for this academic year, and a student must first finish the One-Time Registration, or OTR, on the portal before the scholarship form can be…