UPSC Daily Current Affairs Quiz – 11 October 2026

• Resolution 66/170
• Resolution 55/2
• Resolution 70/1
• Resolution 48/104

Correct Answer: Resolution 66/170

On 19 December 2011, the United Nations General Assembly adopted Resolution 66/170, declaring 11 October as the International Day of the Girl Child. The first observance took place in 2012. The day promotes girls' rights, empowerment, education and gender equality while highlighting challenges such as child marriage, discrimination and gender-based violence.

• Bhoodan Movement
• Total Revolution (Sampoorna Kranti)
• Swadeshi Movement
• Antyodaya Movement

Correct Answer: Total Revolution (Sampoorna Kranti)

Jayaprakash Narayan called for Total Revolution (Sampoorna Kranti) at Gandhi Maidan in Patna on 5 June 1974. The movement emerged against corruption, inflation, unemployment and political misgovernance. His concept of Total Revolution encompassed seven dimensions: political, economic, social, cultural, educational, ideological or intellectual, and spiritual transformation. The movement became a major force in Indian politics during the period preceding the Emergency of 1975.

• Deendayal Research Institute
• Sabarmati Ashram Preservation Trust
• Bharatiya Agro Industries Foundation
• Sulabh International Social Service Organisation

Correct Answer: Deendayal Research Institute

Nanaji Deshmukh established the Deendayal Research Institute (DRI) in 1968 to promote rural development based on self-reliance and Integral Humanism. He pioneered the Chitrakoot Model of rural development, emphasizing education, healthcare, sustainable agriculture, employment and community participation. He also established Chitrakoot Gramodaya Vishwavidyalaya, regarded as India's first rural university. He was posthumously awarded the Bharat Ratna in 2019.

• Providing direct subsidies for micro-irrigation equipment
• Issuing Record of Rights and Property Cards for inhabited rural areas
• Mapping agricultural fields exclusively for crop insurance
• Constructing digital connectivity centres in every Gram Panchayat

Correct Answer: Issuing Record of Rights and Property Cards for inhabited rural areas

SVAMITVA is a Central Sector Scheme launched as a pilot in April 2020 and implemented nationwide from April 2021. It uses drone surveys to map inhabited rural areas, known as Abadi areas, and facilitates the issuance of Record of Rights and Property Cards to property owners. The scheme aims to reduce property disputes, improve rural land records, support village planning and enable property owners to use their assets for accessing institutional credit. The Survey of India serves as a technology partner.

• 52
• 64
• 75
• 108

Correct Answer: 75

India officially recognizes 75 Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group communities residing across 18 States and one Union Territory. PM-JANMAN was launched in November 2023 to improve their socio-economic conditions through 11 critical interventions implemented by nine Central Ministries. Major focus areas include housing, drinking water, sanitation, education, healthcare, nutrition, road connectivity, electricity, telecommunications and livelihood opportunities. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs is the nodal ministry for the mission.

• National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa
• National Institute of Oceanography, Goa
• Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune
• Centre for Marine Living Resources and Ecology, Kochi

Correct Answer: National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research, Goa

The National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), headquartered in Goa, was established on 25 May 1998 as an autonomous research institution under the Ministry of Earth Sciences. It serves as the nodal agency for implementing India's Antarctic Programme and maintains India's operational Antarctic research stations, Maitri and Bharati. NCPOR also coordinates scientific research in the Arctic, Southern Ocean and Himalayan regions. India's Arctic research station is named Himadri and is located in Svalbard, Norway.

• Anaerobic digestion producing only biomethane
• Pyrolysis producing biochar, bio-oil and syngas
• Microbial fermentation converting crop residues into ethanol
• Mechanical compression producing biomass briquettes

Correct Answer: Pyrolysis producing biochar, bio-oil and syngas

BioTRIG is a community-level biomass pyrolysis concept examined in research published in 2024. Pyrolysis involves heating organic waste such as agricultural residues in an oxygen-free environment, producing biochar, bio-oil and syngas. Biochar can improve soil fertility and support long-term carbon storage, while bio-oil and syngas can be used as energy sources. Researchers studied its potential for reducing indoor air pollution, improving energy access and lowering greenhouse gas emissions in rural India. It is a research-based technological approach rather than a nationwide government scheme.

• United Nations Office at Geneva, Switzerland
• OECD Headquarters, Paris, France
• International Court of Justice, The Hague, Netherlands
• Bank for International Settlements, Basel, Switzerland

Correct Answer: OECD Headquarters, Paris, France

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) was established in 1989 by the G7 countries to develop international standards against money laundering. Its mandate subsequently expanded to cover terrorist financing and proliferation financing. The FATF Secretariat is located at the headquarters of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in Paris, France. FATF is an independent intergovernmental body, and its standards are widely used to assess countries' anti-money-laundering and counter-terrorist-financing frameworks.

• Grid-connected solar power projects
• Public mass rapid transit systems
• Nuclear power generation and fossil fuel extraction
• Afforestation and biodiversity conservation projects

Correct Answer: Nuclear power generation and fossil fuel extraction

India's Sovereign Green Bonds Framework was issued by the Ministry of Finance in November 2022 to raise funds for eligible environmentally sustainable public-sector projects. Eligible areas include renewable energy, energy efficiency, clean transportation, climate adaptation, sustainable water management and biodiversity conservation. Excluded activities include nuclear power generation, fossil fuel extraction and production, direct waste incineration, landfill projects and hydropower plants larger than 25 MW. The Reserve Bank of India conducts Sovereign Green Bond issuances on behalf of the Government of India.

• Cartagena Protocol
• Nagoya Protocol
• Minamata Convention
• Ramsar Convention

Correct Answer: Nagoya Protocol

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization was adopted on 29 October 2010 at the tenth Conference of the Parties (COP10) to the Convention on Biological Diversity in Nagoya, Japan. It entered into force on 12 October 2014. The Protocol establishes a framework for access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing, including provisions concerning traditional knowledge associated with genetic resources. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, adopted in 2000, addresses the safe handling, transfer and use of living modified organisms.