ADRE Practice Test : Current Affairs : October 2026
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Q1. Who won the Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2026 ? ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻ¯ā§ā§ą āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Mahesh Kakde / āĻŽāĻšā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ã (B) Manjul Bhargava / āĻŽāĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§ąã (C) Akshay Venkatesh / āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻļã (D) C. R. Rao / āĻāĻŋ. āĻā§°. ā§°āĻžāĻ
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Q2. Who received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ? ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨ā§° ā§°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai / āĻšā§āĻ¨ā§°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ. āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻã (B) Omar Yaghi and Susumu Kitagawa / āĻāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻžã (C) David Baker and Demis Hassabis / āĻĄā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻĄā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻã (D) Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless / āĻā§ā§°āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻ'āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āĻ
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Q3. Indian Air Force Day is celebrated annually on which date ? āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāĻ¸ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ ?
(A) October 2 / ā§¨ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°ã (B) October 8 / ā§Ž āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°ã (C) October 15 / ā§§ā§Ģ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°ã (D) November 8 / ā§Ž āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°
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Q4. Who won the China Open men's singles title in Beijing ? āĻŦā§āĻāĻāĻŋāĻāĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ ’āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻˇā§° āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Carlos Alcaraz / āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžā§°āĻžāĻã (B) Novak Djokovic / āĻ¨’āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ’āĻāĻŋāĻã (C) Jannik Sinner / āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžā§°ã (D) Alexander Zverev / āĻāĻ˛ā§āĻāĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻāĻā§ā§°ā§āĻ
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Q5. Who won the men's singles title at the Japan Open in Tokyo ? āĻāĻāĻŋāĻ ’āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻāĻžāĻĒāĻžāĻ¨ āĻ ’āĻĒā§āĻ¨ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻˇā§° āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¤āĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Novak Djokovic / āĻ¨’āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ’āĻāĻŋāĻã (B) Jannik Sinner / āĻāĻžāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻžā§°ã (C) Carlos Alcaraz / āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻ˛ā§āĻ āĻāĻ˛āĻāĻžā§°āĻžāĻã (D) Daniil Medvedev / āĻĄā§āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ˛ āĻŽā§āĻĻāĻā§āĻĻā§āĻ
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Q6. Who is the author of the book Arguments with Gandhi, released in October 2026 ? ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻšāĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžāĻļāĻŋāĻ¤ Arguments with Gandhi āĻā§ā§°āĻ¨ā§āĻĨāĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻ˛ā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻ¨ ?
(A) Ramachandra Guha / ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻšã (B) Shashi Tharoor / āĻļāĻļā§ āĻĨāĻžā§°ā§ā§°ã (C) Irfan Habib / āĻā§°āĻĢāĻžāĻ¨ āĻšāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻŦã (D) William Dalrymple / āĻāĻāĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻŽ āĻĄā§āĻ˛ā§°āĻŋāĻŽā§āĻĒāĻ˛
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Q7. Who has been appointed as India Women's White-Ball Captain by the BCCI ? BCCI-āĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāĻ˛āĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĻ āĻĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻ āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻ āĻ§āĻŋāĻ¨āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§ ?
(A) Harmanpreet Kaur / āĻšā§°āĻŽāĻ¨āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻ¤ āĻā§ā§°ã (B) Smriti Mandhana / āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨āĻžã (C) Jemimah Rodrigues / āĻā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻŽāĻž ā§°āĻĄā§ā§°āĻŋāĻāĻã (D) Shafali Verma / āĻļā§āĻŦā§āĻĢāĻžāĻ˛ā§ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽāĻž
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Q8. SAREX-2026 was conducted by the Indian Coast Guard off which coast ? āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ā§°āĻā§āĻˇā§ āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻŧā§ SAREX-2026 āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ā§° āĻāĻā§°āĻ¤ āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻˇā§āĻ āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Mumbai Coast / āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ã (B) Chennai Coast / āĻā§āĻ¨ā§āĻ¨āĻžāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ã (C) Paradip Coast / āĻĒāĻžā§°āĻžāĻĻā§āĻŦā§āĻĒ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛ã (D) Kochi Coast / āĻā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻā§āĻ˛
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Solve 1st → Verify → Compare → Explain. Never guess or blindly follow the given answers. Accuracy first!
Q1. Who won the Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians 2026 ? ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨ā§° āĻ¯ā§ā§ą āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤āĻā§āĻāĻ¸āĻāĻ˛ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Mahesh Kakde / āĻŽāĻšā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§ã (B) Manjul Bhargava / āĻŽāĻā§āĻā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§ąã (C) Akshay Venkatesh / āĻ āĻā§āĻˇāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻāĻā§āĻļã (D) C. R. Rao / āĻāĻŋ. āĻā§°. ā§°āĻžāĻ
Ans: (a) Mahesh Kakde / āĻŽāĻšā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§
Explanation: Indian mathematician Mahesh Kakde won the 2026 Ramanujan Prize for Young Mathematicians from Developing Countries for his contributions to algebraic number theory. (āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤āĻā§āĻ āĻŽāĻšā§āĻļ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĄāĻŧā§āĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻāĻŖāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻ¸āĻāĻā§āĻ¯āĻž āĻ¤āĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻ˛ā§ āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧā§ā§ąāĻž āĻ ā§ąāĻĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨ā§° ā§°āĻžāĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Q2. Who received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry ? ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨ā§° ā§°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āĻ¨ā§ āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ˛ ?
(A) Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai / āĻšā§āĻ¨ā§°āĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋ. āĻāĻžāĻāĻžāĻ¨ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨āĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻã (B) Omar Yaghi and Susumu Kitagawa / āĻāĻŽā§° āĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻāĻžā§ąāĻžã (C) David Baker and Demis Hassabis / āĻĄā§āĻāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°ā§ āĻĄā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻã (D) Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless / āĻā§ā§°āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻ'āĻāĻŋ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§ā§°ā§ āĻļā§āĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻĒāĻ˛ā§āĻ
Ans: (A) Henri B. Kagan and Kenso Soai.
Explanation: They received the 2026 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for their discoveries concerning non-linear effects and autocatalysis in asymmetric organic synthesis. (āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¤ āĻā§ā§ą āĻ¸āĻāĻļā§āĻ˛ā§āĻˇāĻŖāĻ¤ āĻ¨āĻ¨-āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻāĻžā§ą āĻā§°ā§ āĻ¸ā§āĻŦ-āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°ā§āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻā§ąāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ¤ā§āĻāĻāĻ˛ā§āĻā§ ā§¨ā§Ļā§¨ā§Ŧ āĻāĻ¨ā§° ā§°āĻ¸āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧāĻ¨ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻ¨ā§° āĻ¨ā§āĻŦā§āĻ˛ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻ˛āĻžāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤)
Q3. Indian Air Force Day is celebrated annually on which date ? āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāĻ¸ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āĻ¨ āĻ¤āĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧ ?
(A) October 2 / ā§¨ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°ã (B) October 8 / ā§Ž āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°ã (C) October 15 / ā§§ā§Ģ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°ã (D) November 8 / ā§Ž āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°
Ans: (B) October 8 / ā§Ž āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°
Explanation: Indian Air Force Day is celebrated every year on 8 October to commemorate the establishment of the Indian Air Force in 1932. (ā§§ā§¯ā§Šā§¨ āĻāĻ¨āĻ¤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ āĻž āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¤ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻ¤āĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§ ā§Ž āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§°āĻ¤ āĻāĻžā§°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻ¸ā§āĻ¨āĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāĻ¸ āĻĒāĻžāĻ˛āĻ¨ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧāĨ¤)