Current Affairs Free Quiz for October 05, 2026

Q1. The Ministry of Power recently announced the new Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE-III) rules for passenger cars, which will run from April 2027 to March 2032. By about what percentage do these new rules aim to improve car fuel efficiency over the 5-year period?

Q2. The National Rural Infrastructure Development Agency (NRIDA) recently signed an agreement with a top management institute to conduct a 4-year study on how rural roads built under PMGSY-IV and PM-JANMAN improve people’s lives. Which institute did they partner with?

Q3. To help startups and small businesses discover new medicines, the Department of Pharmaceuticals launched a ‘New Discovery Track’ under the PRIP Scheme. Up to how much financial support can a single project get under this new track?

Q4. Which government office recently teamed up with the Digital India BHASHINI Division to launch ‘CAG-BHASHINI Anuvaad’, an AI tool designed to easily translate official audit reports into multiple Indian languages?

Q5. Which bank recently became only the second Public Sector Bank (after the State Bank of India) to get official approval from PFRDA to act as a Sponsor of a Pension Fund?

Q6. In its Monthly Economic Review, the Ministry of Finance predicted that India’s economy (real GDP) will grow at a strong pace in the second quarter (July–September) of the 2026-27 financial year. What is the projected growth rate for this quarter?

Q7. According to the latest Times Higher Education (THE) World University Rankings 2027, the University of Oxford ranked 1st in the world. Which institute ranked as the number one higher education institution in India?

Q8. Who has been appointed as the new Managing Director (MD) and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of HDFC Bank—becoming the very first external candidate to lead the bank—after replacing Sashidhar Jagdishan?

Q9. Indian defence startup ‘Flying Wedge Defence & Aerospace’ (FWDA) recently partnered with the company ‘Keydef’ to manufacture its AI-powered drones, Kaal Bhairava and YAMA, for global markets. In which European country will these drones be made?

Q10. SpaceX recently launched 130 satellites and payloads into space aboard its Falcon 9 rocket. This mission included a special prototype satellite called ‘Project Suncatcher’ to test how Artificial Intelligence (AI) chips work in space. Which tech giant owns Project Suncatcher?