Daily Current Affairs Quiz- 26/10/2026: Topics Covered

26 October Context: J&K Accession Day (Commemorating Maharaja Hari Singh signing the Instrument of Accession in 1947).

Uttar Pradesh Exclusives: Gorakhpur ODOP (Terracotta), the newly notified Ranipur Tiger Reserve (UP’s 4th tiger reserve in Chitrakoot), the Maharishi Valmiki International Airport in Ayodhya, and Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula’s masterpiece, the Bada Imambara (Lucknow).

Polity: Article 21A (Right to Free and Compulsory Education added via the 86th Amendment) and the 73rd Amendment Act (Mandating 33% minimum reservation for women in Panchayats).

Economy & Banking: The paradox of the Giffen Good (a staple good that violates the law of demand), and the RBI’s Cash Reserve Ratio (CRR) monetary tool.

Environment: The Global Stocktake (GST) mechanism under the Paris Agreement (concluded at COP28), and the International Solar Alliance (ISA) headquartered in Gurugram.

Science & Tech: NASA’s Voyager 1 crossing the heliopause into interstellar space, and the defining characteristics of next-generation Solid-State Batteries for EVs.

Defence & IR: Exercise AJEYA WARRIOR (India-UK), the Indian Navy’s Project-75I (Acquiring AIP-equipped submarines), the INTERPOL General Secretariat based in Lyon (France), and the highly strategic Bosphorus Strait linking the Black Sea and Sea of Marmara.

Sports, Awards & Govt Schemes: The 2026 Asian Games to be hosted by Aichi-Nagoya (Japan), the prestigious Raman Magsaysay Award presented annually in Manila, and the Blue Revolution-focused PM Matsya Sampada Yojana.