Daily Current Affairs Quiz: 09 October 2026
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1. Under the RBI’s plan announced for Account Aggregators, interoperability is to be enabled among which category of entities?
A. Payments Banks
B. Small Finance Banks
C. NBFC Account Aggregators (NBFC-AAs)
D. Asset Reconstruction Companies
E. Credit Information Companies
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Explanation: The RBI plans to make Non-Banking Financial Company Account Aggregators interoperable, so that a customer can see information on all of their financial assets through one platform instead of logging in to several aggregators. The step is meant to widen access to financial information and make financial services more convenient.
2. By what date is the RBI’s account aggregator interoperability framework expected to be implemented?
A. 31 March 2026
B. 30 June 2026
C. 30 September 2026
D. 31 December 2026
E. 31 March 2027
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Explanation: The target date for putting the interoperability framework in place is 31 December 2026. Once it is live, customers will not need to juggle multiple aggregators to get a consolidated view of their deposits, investments and other financial assets.
3. MoSPI’s Strategy for Environmental Economic Accounts 2026–2030 is based on which international framework?
A. UN System of National Accounts 2008
B. UN System of Environmental-Economic Accounting (SEEA)
C. OECD Green Growth Indicators
D. World Bank Changing Wealth of Nations framework
E. IMF Climate Change Indicators Dashboard
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Explanation: The strategy follows the United Nations SEEA, which links environmental data with economic information. Its priority areas include forests, water, land, soil, minerals, carbon stocks, biodiversity, pollination services and environment-related economic activity, and the accounts will help measure progress on the Sustainable Development Goals.
4. Which body released the Strategy for Environmental Economic Accounts 2026–2030?
A. Economic Statistics Division of the NSO
B. Social Statistics Division of the NSO under MoSPI
C. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
D. NITI Aayog
E. Central Pollution Control Board
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Explanation: The document was issued by the Social Statistics Division of the National Statistics Office, which works under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation. Stronger environmental accounts let policymakers see how natural resources such as forests, water and soil interact with economic activity.
5. The FTA Utilisation Cell, set up to help Indian businesses use the benefits of Free Trade Agreements, has been established by:
A. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
B. Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
C. Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance
D. Export-Import Bank of India
E. Ministry of External Affairs
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Explanation: The Department of Commerce created the cell to help exporters understand and claim FTA benefits such as preferential market access and tariff concessions. It will work with Export Promotion Councils, industry associations and state governments to spot export opportunities, since better use of FTAs can lift India’s exports.
6. The G20 Trade Ministers’ Meeting attended by Piyush Goyal from 30 September to 1 October 2026 was held in which US city?
A. Washington DC
B. New York
C. Milwaukee
D. Chicago
E. Houston
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Explanation: The meeting was held in Milwaukee. Talks covered food security, excess production capacity, forced labour in supply chains and WTO reform. Members agreed on a statement against using food as an instrument of economic or political pressure, while India pressed for food security and the interests of farmers.
7. Ladakh has launched India’s first high-altitude snow leopard safari. About how many of India’s estimated 718 snow leopards does Ladakh host?
A. 218
B. 312
C. 389
D. 477
E. 541
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Explanation: Ladakh is reported to have 477 snow leopards, roughly two-thirds of the national estimate of 718. The safari begins with six vehicles on routes at Rumbak, Shang and Uley, and relies on trained local guides and approved routes to limit disturbance to wildlife, curb illegal off-roading and create ecotourism jobs.
8. Hical Technologies signed an MoU with Safran Aerosystems to explore a joint venture for manufacturing which items for Rafale aircraft?
A. Engines and turbine blades
B. Landing gear assemblies
C. Fluid systems, fuel systems and related assemblies
D. Radar and avionics suites
E. Ejection seats
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Explanation: The proposed venture will make complex fluid systems, fuel systems and related assemblies for the Rafale. Hical’s aerospace facility at Devanahalli near Bengaluru, Karnataka, is expected to anchor the work, which supports domestic aerospace manufacturing, technology development and the Make in India push.
9. India’s latest leprosy figures showed how many new cases against a projected 65,000?
A. 58,240
B. 72,410
C. 84,600
D. 91,783
E. 1,04,500
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Explanation: India recorded 91,783 new leprosy cases, about 41.2% above the projection. Child cases stood at 3,832 against a target of 2,000, the Grade 2 Disability rate was 1.34 per million against a goal of 1, and only 148 districts achieved interrupted transmission compared with a target of 300.
10. In the context of TB elimination, what does JOSH stand for?
A. Joint Outreach for Sustainable Health
B. Jan Outreach for Screening and Health
C. Joint Squad for Health
D. Juvenile Organisation for Social Health
E. Jan Sahbhagita for Health
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Explanation: JOSH means Joint Squad for Health, launched by the Union Health Ministry under the TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan. NCC cadets and MY Bharat volunteers will carry out household-level outreach in 55 districts across 11 States and UTs to find people with TB who have been missed and link them to testing and treatment.
11. Anne Carson, winner of the 2026 Nobel Prize in Literature, is a national of which country?
A. United Kingdom
B. Australia
C. Canada
D. Ireland
E. New Zealand
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Explanation: Carson is a Canadian poet, classicist, essayist and translator, born in Toronto in 1950. She is the second Canadian Literature laureate after Alice Munro (2013) and the 19th woman to receive the prize. Her well-known works include Autobiography of Red, Eros the Bittersweet and Nox.
12. Henri Boris Kagan and Kenso Soai won the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for work in which field?
A. Optogenetics
B. Neutrino detection at IceCube
C. Asymmetric organic synthesis, nonlinear effects and autocatalysis
D. Metal-organic frameworks
E. Protein structure prediction
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Explanation: The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences honoured the French and Japanese chemists for advancing the selective production of molecular mirror images, which matters greatly in drug development. They share 12 million Swedish kronor. Optogenetics and IceCube neutrino detection were the themes of the 2026 Medicine and Physics prizes.
13. Mahesh Kakde, who won the 2026 Ramanujan Prize for Mathematics, is a professor at which institution?
A. IIT Bombay
B. TIFR, Mumbai
C. IISc, Bengaluru
D. ISI, Kolkata
E. Chennai Mathematical Institute
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Explanation: Kakde of the Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru, was recognised for research in algebraic number theory and is the fifth Indian to win the prize. Awarded every year since 2005 to mathematicians under 45 from developing countries, it is presented jointly by ICTP, the International Mathematical Union and India’s DST.
14. SAREX-2026, the multinational search and rescue exercise, was inaugurated off which port?
A. Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
B. Kochi, Kerala
C. Paradip, Odisha
D. Chennai, Tamil Nadu
E. Mumbai, Maharashtra
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Explanation: The Raksha Rajya Mantri opened SAREX-2026 off Paradip, alongside the 24th National Maritime Search and Rescue Board meeting. The biennial exercise, led by the Indian Coast Guard, simulates aircraft ditching, sinking ships and mass casualty evacuations to test readiness and interoperability.
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