CURRENT AFFAIRS MCQs – 24 September 2026
Competitive Exams 2026
A) ASEAN
B) OIC
C) SAARC
D) NATO
2. Who met US Secretary of State Marco Rubio in New York?
A) Rajnath Singh
B) S. Jaishankar
C) Piyush Goyal
D) Amit Shah
3. Which country is reportedly ready to sign an $8 billion submarine deal with India?
A) France
B) Germany
C) Japan
D) Russia
4. Who is the Prime Minister of Canada mentioned in today’s TOI report about a possible December visit by PM Modi?
A) Justin Trudeau
B) Mark Carney
C) Pierre Poilievre
D) Jagmeet Singh
5. Which city’s residential society received an AMC notice over alleged illegal tree felling?
A) Surat
B) Vadodara
C) Ahmedabad
D) Rajkot
6. How many trees were reportedly felled in the Ahmedabad society case?
A) Two
B) Three
C) Four
D) Five
7. At what price did NSE shares list, according to TOI’s business coverage?
A) ₹1,650
B) ₹1,700
C) ₹1,785
D) ₹1,800
8. What was the issue price of the NSE IPO?
A) ₹1,585
B) ₹1,700
C) ₹1,785
D) ₹1,850
9. By how many times was the NSE IPO subscribed?
A) 3.71 times
B) 4.25 times
C) 5.71 times
D) 7.15 times
10. Which benchmark index was reported to have fallen below 23,300?
A) Sensex
B) Nifty 50
C) Bank Nifty
D) Nifty IT
11. Which institution’s deputy governor was quoted regarding inflation staying within the band?
A) SEBI
B) RBI
C) SBI
D) NABARD
12. Which organisations and ratings agencies raised their India growth projections?
A) ADB, OECD, S&P and Fitch
B) IMF, WTO, WHO and UNESCO
C) World Bank, WTO, ILO and WHO
D) UNDP, FAO, IMF and UNESCO
13. What growth rate did ADB and S&P project for India?
A) 6.0%
B) 6.6%
C) 7.0%
D) 7.5%
14. What growth rate did OECD project for India?
A) 6.3%
B) 6.9%
C) 7.0%
D) 7.1%
15. Which Chinese leader arrived in the US for a three-day state visit?
A) Li Qiang
B) Xi Jinping
C) Wang Yi
D) Zhao Leji
16. Who welcomed Xi Jinping at Joint Base Andrews?
A) Joe Biden
B) Donald Trump
C) Kamala Harris
D) Mike Pence
17. What was a notable feature of Xi Jinping’s welcome ceremony?
A) 50-foot red carpet
B) 75-foot red carpet
C) 100-foot red carpet
D) 150-foot red carpet
18. How many US Navy sailors were reported by TOI as having attempted suicide during the USS Abraham Lincoln strike group’s Iran deployment?
A) Six
B) Eight
C) Ten
D) Twelve
19. Which country agreed to gradually hand over Turkish military camps in northern Iraq to the Iraqi federal government?
A) Iran
B) Turkey
C) Syria
D) Jordan
20. Which international organisation is currently holding its General Assembly session?
A) NATO
B) United Nations
C) ASEAN
D) African Union
21. Where are the 2026 Asian Games being held?
A) Beijing
B) Aichi-Nagoya
C) Seoul
D) Jakarta
22. Who won silver for India in women’s wushu sanda 60kg?
A) Lovlina Borgohain
B) Naorem Roshibina Devi
C) Mirabai Chanu
D) Nikhat Zareen
23. Which Chinese athlete defeated Roshibina Devi in the final?
A) Zhang Xiaoyu
B) Li Qian
C) Wu Yanan
D) Sun Yingsha
24. In which event did Satnam Singh and Salman Khan win bronze?
A) Men's double sculls
B) Men's single sculls
C) Lightweight double sculls
D) Quadruple sculls
25. What time did Satnam Singh and Salman Khan record in the men's double sculls final?
A) 6:03.25
B) 6:10.15
C) 6:13.25
D) 6:23.15
26. What was India’s medal tally after the two medals added on September 24?
A) 12
B) 13
C) 14
D) 15
27. How many gold medals did India have in that tally?
A) 1
B) 2
C) 3
D) 4
28. Which sport had provided India’s only gold medal so far at the 2026 Asian Games?
A) Shooting
B) Cricket
C) Wrestling
D) Athletics
29. According to a TOI report, what did better-managed solar farms support in greater numbers?
A) Fish
B) Birds
C) Reptiles
D) Large mammals
30. Which advanced fighter jet is at the centre of a Pentagon investigation after parts reportedly ended up in Hong Kong?
A) F-16
B) F-22
C) F-35
D) F-18
Thank You
