00:00Hello viewers, myself is Pramindan Singh from Current Fair Studio.
00:04Today is 17th October 2026, let us have a look at daily current fairs by way of MCQs.
00:12So let us start.
00:14First thought of the day, a small progress each day leads to big results over time.
00:21The first question before us is, in the wake of the ITA, fake medical college case, what
00:28action did the Supreme Court direct the UGC to take?
00:31The options before us are, option A, shut down private technical institutes, option B, publish
00:40public advisories against fake universities, option C, halt all medical admissions, and
00:47option D, freeze all central university funding, and the correct answer is, option B, publish
00:56public advisories against fake universities.
01:00Question 2.
01:02Which infrastructure did Russia reportedly continue to strike despite President Trump announcing
01:09an energy ceasefire?
01:11The options before us are, option A, airports, option B, power infrastructure, option C, schools,
01:18and option D, railways.
01:19And the correct answer is, option B, power infrastructure.
01:25Question 3.
01:27Kumara Kohn, 2026, inaugurated in October 2026 at the All India Institute of Ayurveda, AIIA,
01:36in New Delhi, is an international conference dedicated to which specialized branch of Ayurveda?
01:42The options before us are, option A, Ayurveda, cardiology, option B, Ayurveda pediatrics, option
01:50C, Ayurveda ophthalmology, and option D, Ayurveda oncology.
01:54The correct answer is, option B, Ayurveda pediatrics.
02:00Question 4.
02:02High-performance AI servers containing advanced semiconductor chips from which TechGantt were
02:08reportedly smuggled into China in violation of US export controls.
02:13The options before us are, option A, Intel, option B, AMD, option C, Nvidia, and option D,
02:20Qualcomm.
02:21And the correct answer is, option C, Nvidia.
02:27Question 5.
02:28The Nisar mission, designed to map global land and ice surfaces using dual-frequency radar,
02:36is a joint collaboration between ISRO and which space agency?
02:40The options before us are, option A, CNES France, option B, NASA USA, option C, ZAXA Japan,
02:50and option D, DLR Germany.
02:53And the correct answer is, option B, NASA USA.
02:58Question 6.
02:59In the strategic disinvestment of IDBI Bank, the Government of India and LSE have approved
03:05the sale of a combined 60.72% stake to which financial group?
03:11The options before us are, option A, HDFC Bank, option B, Fairfax Financial Holdings, option
03:17C, State Bank of India, option D, Kortak Mindra Bank.
03:22And the correct answer is, option B, Fairfax Financial Holdings.
03:27Question 7.
03:29Which climate phenomenon may influence global weather during October-December due to unusually
03:36high sea surface temperatures?
03:38The options before us are, option A, La Nina, option B, El Nino, option C, Polar Vortex,
03:45and option D, Indian Ocean Dipole.
03:48And the correct answer is, option B, El Nino.
03:53Question 8.
03:54In October, five major redeveloped railway stations in Tamil Nadu were inaugurated by Prime Minister
04:00Narendra Modi, under which National Modernization Mission Initiative, Modernization Initiative.
04:07The options before us are, option A, PM Gati Shakti, option B, Amrit Barth Station Scheme,
04:15and option C, Barth Rail Mission, and option D, Vande Barth Scheme.
04:19And the correct answer is, option B, Amrit Barth Station Scheme.
04:27Question 9.
04:28Who was appointed Secretary of the Panel formed by Maharashtra Government to investigate alleged
04:33irregularities in the Maharashtra Public Service Commission, MPSC?
04:37The options before us are, option A, Vivek Bhiman Barth, option B, Rohit Pabar, option C, Tukaram Munde, option D,
04:47Sivendra Rajai Bosle.
04:49And the correct answer is, option C, Tukaram Munde.
04:54Question 10.
04:55Question 10.
04:55In October, 2026, which iconic protest site in central New Delhi was denotified by Delhi Police
05:01following recommendations from a Union of Humanity Committee.
05:05The options before us are, option A, Indiagate, option B, Jantar Mantar, option C, Rajabath, and option D, Redford.
05:12And the correct answer is, option B, Jantar Mantar.
05:17Thanks for your watching.
