Current Affairs : November 2026
Q1. Where is India hosting the first-ever Joint Maritime Security Exercise of BIMSTEC from 30 October to 3 November 2026 ? (⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ ā§Šā§Ļ āĻ āĻā§āĻā§āĻŦā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž ā§Š āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°āϞ⧠BIMSTEC-ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽāĻā§ āϝā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āϏāĻžāĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āύāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻĒāϤā§āϤāĻž āĻ āύā§āĻļā§āϞāύ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻ'āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻā§ ?)
(a) Kochi (āĻā§āĻāĻŋ) (b) Visakhapatnam (āĻŦāĻŋāĻļāĻžāĻāĻžāĻĒāĻā§āĻāύāĻŽ) (c) Sri Vijaya Puram (āĻļā§ā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽ) (d) Mumbai (āĻŽā§āĻŽā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Sri Vijaya Puram (āĻļā§ā§°ā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŽ)
Q2. Who won the women's singles title at the 2026 Hylo Open Super 500 in Saarbrücken, Germany ? (āĻāĻžā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§ā§° āĻāĻžā§°āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āĻā§āύāϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ Hylo Open Super 500 āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāϤ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻžā§° āĻāĻāĻ āĻļāĻžāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
(a) P. V. Sindhu (āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻāĻŋ. āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧā§) (b) Saina Nehwal (āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻž āύā§āĻšā§ąāĻžāϞ) (c) Lakshya Sen (āϞāĻā§āώā§āϝ āϏā§āύ) (d) An Se-young (āĻāύ āĻā§-āϝāĻŧāĻ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: October 2026 (a) P. V. Sindhu (āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻāĻŋ. āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧā§)
Q3. Which launch vehicle was used by ISRO to launch the NVS-03 navigation satellite ? (NVS-03 āύā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāύ āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦāϞ⧠ISRO-āĻ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻā§āĻā§āώā§āĻĒāĻŖ āϝāĻžāύ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
(a) PSLV-C58 (āĻĒāĻŋ.āĻāĻ.āĻāϞ.āĻāĻŋ.-āĻāĻŋā§Ģā§Ž) (b) GSLV-F18 (āĻāĻŋ.āĻāĻ.āĻāϞ.āĻāĻŋ.-āĻāĻĢā§§ā§Ž) (c) LVM3-M4 (āĻāϞ.āĻāĻŋ.āĻāĻŽā§Š-āĻāĻŽā§Ē) (d) SSLV-D3 (āĻāĻ.āĻāĻ.āĻāϞ.āĻāĻŋ.-āĻĄāĻŋā§Š)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) GSLV-F18 (āĻāĻŋ.āĻāĻ.āĻāϞ.āĻāĻŋ.-āĻāĻĢā§§ā§Ž)
Q4. Who among the following have been nominated to the Organising Board of the 2030 Commonwealth Games ? (⧍ā§Ļā§Šā§Ļ āĻāύ⧰ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ā§ąā§āϞāĻĨ āĻā§āĻŽāĻā§° āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻāϞ⧠āϤāϞ⧰ āĻā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻāύāĻ āĻŽāύā§āύā§āϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?)
(a) P. V. Sindhu and Sourav Ganguly (āĻĒāĻŋ. āĻāĻŋ. āϏāĻŋāύā§āϧ⧠āĻā§°ā§ āϏā§ā§°āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§āϞā§) (b) Saina Nehwal and Rahul Dravid (āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻž āύā§āĻšā§ąāĻžāϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āϞ āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ) (c) Mary Kom and Kapil Dev (āĻŽā§ā§°ā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻā§°ā§ āĻāĻĒāĻŋāϞ āĻĻā§ā§ą) (d) Sania Mirza and Virender Sehwag (āĻāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻŽāĻŋā§°ā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°ā§ āĻŦā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻā§āĻšā§ąāĻžāĻ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Saina Nehwal and Rahul Dravid (āĻāĻžāĻāύāĻž āύā§āĻšā§ąāĻžāϞ āĻā§°ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻšā§āϞ āĻĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĄāĻŧ)
Q5. Where was the 19th session of the India-BLEU Joint Economic Commission held ?(āĻāĻžā§°āϤ-BLEU āϝā§āĻā§āϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ ā§°ā§āĻĨāύā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāϝāĻŧā§āĻā§° ⧧⧝āϤāĻŽ āĻ āϧāĻŋā§ąā§āĻļāύ āĻ'āϤ āĻ āύā§āώā§āĻ āĻŋāϤ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
(a) Brussels (āĻŦā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϞāĻ) (b) Paris (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ) (c) Luxembourg (āϞāĻžāĻā§āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻ) (d) Geneva (āĻā§āύā§āĻāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Luxembourg (āϞāĻžāĻā§āϏā§āĻŽāĻŦāĻžā§°ā§āĻ)
Q6. Which programme of India has been recognized as a 'World Restoration Flagship' by UNEP ? (UNEP-āĻ āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏā§āĻā§āĻ 'World Restoration Flagship' āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?)
(a) Project Tiger (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻžāĻāĻāĻžā§°) (b) Namami Gange Programme (āύāĻŽāĻžāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏā§āĻā§) (c) Project Elephant (āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāϞāĻŋāĻĢā§āĻŖā§āĻ) (d) Ganges River Dolphin Recovery Programme (āĻāĻāĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļāĻŋāĻšā§ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏā§āĻā§)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Ganges River Dolphin Recovery Programme (āĻāĻāĻāĻž āύāĻĻā§ā§° āĻļāĻŋāĻšā§ āĻĒā§āύ⧰ā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻžā§° āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏā§āĻā§)
Note: UNEP-ā§° Nature's Comeback āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŦā§āĻĻāύāϤ āĻāĻ āĻāĻžā§°ā§āϝāϏā§āĻā§āĻ World Restoration Flagship āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§āĨ¤
Q7. Which tourist destination in Jharkhand has received the 'Silver Banyan Award' ? (āĻāĻžā§°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§° āĻā§āύāĻā§ āĻĒā§°ā§āϝāĻāύāϏā§āĻĨāϞā§āϝāĻŧā§ 'Silver Banyan Award' āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?)
(a) Deoghar (āĻĻā§āĻāĻā§°) (b) Patratu (āĻĒāϤā§ā§°āĻžāϤā§) (c) Netarhat (āύā§āϤ⧰āĻšāĻžāĻ) (d) Betia National Park (āĻŦā§āϤāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻŧ āĻāĻĻā§āϝāĻžāύ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Patratu (āĻĒāϤā§ā§°āĻžāϤā§)
Q8. Who has been appointed as the President-Elect of the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) ? (Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI)-ā§° āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āϏāĻāĻžāĻĒāϤāĻŋ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?)
(a) Vijay Sankar (āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻāĻā§°) (b) Sanjiv Puri (āϏāĻā§āĻā§ā§ą āĻĒā§ā§°ā§) (c) Harsha Vardhan Agarwal (āĻšā§°ā§āώ āĻŦā§°ā§āϧāύ āĻāĻā§°ā§ąāĻžāϞāĻž) (d) Anant Goenka (āĻ āύāύā§āϤ āĻā§ā§ąā§āĻāĻāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) Vijay Sankar (āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻļāĻāĻā§°)
Q9. Who won the Ironman 70.3 Goa 2026 ? (Ironman 70.3 Goa 2026 āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāϤ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻŦāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ? )
(a) Neeraj Chopra (āύāĻŋā§°āĻ āĻā§āĻĒā§ā§°āĻž) (b) Biten Singh (āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āύ āϏāĻŋāĻ) (c) Bajrang Punia (āĻŦāĻā§°āĻ āĻĒā§āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž) (d) Avinash Sable (āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻļ āĻāĻžāĻŦāϞā§)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Biten Singh (āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§āύ āϏāĻŋāĻ)
Q10. Which state was carved out of Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000 ? (⧍ā§Ļā§Ļā§Ļ āĻāύ⧰ ā§§ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°āϤ āĻŽāϧā§āϝāĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻā§āĻļā§° āĻĒā§°āĻž āĻā§āύāĻāύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻāĻ āύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?)
(a) Chhattisgarh (āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻļāĻāĻĄāĻŧ) (b) Jharkhand (āĻāĻžā§°āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ) (c) Uttarakhand (āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰āĻžāĻāĻŖā§āĻĄ) (d) Telangana (āϤā§āϞā§āĻāĻāĻžāύāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) Chhattisgarh (āĻāϤā§āϤā§āĻļāĻāĻĄāĻŧ)
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Q1. Who was selected for the 34th Ezhuthachan Award in November 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ ā§Šā§ĒāϤāĻŽ āĻāĻā§āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻžāύ āĻŦāĻāĻāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Paul Zakaria (b) M. Mukundan (c) Sachidanandan (d) Methil Radhakrishnan
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Methil Radhakrishnan
Q2. Who won the 5th prestigious Rohini Nayyar Prize for Rural Development ? āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻāύā§āύāϝāĻŧāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻĒāĻā§āĻāĻŽ āϏāύā§āĻŽāĻžāύā§āϝāĻŧ ā§°ā§āĻšāĻŋāĻŖā§ āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžā§° āĻŦāĻāĻāĻž āĻā§āύ⧠āϞāĻžāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
(a) Vimal Patel (b) Sandeep Mishra (c) Prashant Chaudhary (d) Alok Sharma
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Prashant Chaudhary
Q3. Who has been appointed as the 55th Director General of the Geological Survey of India (GSI) ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻā§āϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§āĻĒ (GSI)-ā§° ā§Ģā§ĢāϤāĻŽ āϏāĻā§āĻāĻžāϞāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύ āĻšāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻĒā§ āĻāĻžāĻ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻšā§āĻā§ ?
(a) Dinesh V. Ganvir (b) Rajesh Kumar (c) Ashutosh Sharma (d) Sanjay Malhotra
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (a) Dinesh V. Ganvir
Q4. Which country has dedicated Sacred Buddhist Stupa No. 76 to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi ? āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āύ⧰ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻĻā§ā§° āύāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§ąāĻŋāϤā§ā§° āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧ āϏā§āϤā§āĻĒ āύāĻ ā§ā§Ŧ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļā§ āĻā§āϏ⧰ā§āĻāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§ ?
(a) Nepal (āύā§āĻĒāĻžāϞ) (b) Sri Lanka (āĻļā§ā§°ā§āϞāĻāĻāĻž) (c) Bhutan (āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ) (d) Myanmar (āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύāĻŽāĻžā§°)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Bhutan (āĻā§āĻāĻžāύ)
Q5. The Northern Bullet Train Corridor approved by PM Narendra Modi will connect Delhi to which city via Siliguri ? āĻĒā§ā§°āϧāĻžāύāĻŽāύā§āϤā§ā§°ā§ āύ⧰ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§ āĻ āύā§āĻŽā§āĻĻāύ āĻāύā§ā§ąāĻž āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰ āĻŦā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§ā§°ā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻĄā§°ā§ āĻļāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŋā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻšā§°ā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻŦ ?
(a) Patna (āĻĒāĻžāĻāύāĻž) (b) Guwahati (āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§) (c) Kolkata (āĻāϞāĻāĻžāϤāĻž) (d) Agartala (āĻāĻā§°āϤāϞāĻž)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) Guwahati (āĻā§ā§ąāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻā§)
Q6. India won both the men's and women's titles at the inaugural Commonwealth Kabaddi Championship 2026 held in which city ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĨāĻŽ āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ā§ąā§āϞāĻĨ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĄā§ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻĒāϤ āĻāĻžā§°āϤā§āϝāĻŧ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ āĻā§°ā§ āĻŽāĻšāĻŋāϞāĻž āĻĻā§āϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻž āĻĻāϞ⧠āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻāĻšā§°āϤ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻ ā§°ā§āĻāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) New Delhi (āύāϤā§āύ āĻĻāĻŋāϞā§āϞā§) (b) Jaipur (āĻāϝāĻŧāĻĒā§ā§°) (c) Ahmedabad (āĻāĻšāĻŽā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ) (d) Chandigarh (āĻāĻŖā§āĻĄā§āĻāĻĄāĻŧ)
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (c) Ahmedabad (āĻāĻšāĻŽā§āĻĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ)
Q7. Who became the youngest-ever World Champion in Formula One history in November 2026 ? ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āĻāύ⧰ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° āĻŽāĻžāĻšāϤ āĻĢā§°ā§āĻŽā§āϞāĻž ā§ąāĻžāύ⧰ āĻāϤāĻŋāĻšāĻžāϏāϤ āĻāĻāĻžāĻāϤāĻā§ āĻāĻŽ āĻŦāϝāĻŧāϏ⧰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦ āĻā§āĻŽā§āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧāύ āĻā§āύ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Max Verstappen (b) George Russell (c) Lando Norris (d) Kimi Antonelli
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Kimi Antonelli
Q8. Lakshya Sen won the Men's Singles title on 1 November 2026 at which tournament ? ā§§ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§° ⧍ā§Ļ⧍ā§Ŧ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āϞāĻā§āώāĻž āϏā§āύ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāϝā§āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāϤ āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ⧰ āĻāĻŋāĻāĻāϞāĻ āĻāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻĒ āĻāϝāĻŧ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) All England Open (b) Swiss Open (c) India Open (d) Hylo Open
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Hylo Open
Q9. In which country did the Mayon volcano recently erupt ? āĻļā§āĻšāϤā§āϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāϝāĻŧāύ āĻāĻā§āύā§āϝāĻŧāĻāĻŋā§°āĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻāύ āĻĻā§āĻļāϤ āĻāĻĻā§āĻā§ā§°āĻŖ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ?
(a) Indonesia (b) Chile (c) Australia (d) Philippines
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (d) Philippines (āĻĢāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻĒāĻžāĻāύāĻ)
Q10. Kerala Piravi or Kerala Day is celebrated every year on which date ? āĻā§ā§°āĻžāϞāĻž āĻĒāĻŋā§°āĻžāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻž āĻā§ā§°āĻžāϞāĻž āĻĻāĻŋā§ąāϏ āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻā§°ā§ āĻā§āύ āϤāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ ?
(a) 30 October (b) 1 November (c) 2 November (d) 1 December
Ans / āĻāϤā§āϤ⧰: (b) 1 November (ā§§ āĻ¨ā§ąā§āĻŽā§āĻŦā§°)
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