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Daily GK 19 October 2026: Free Quiz · 2026-10-19 · 10 questions
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Explanation: Lothal in Gujarat has the famous dockyard. The Great Bath and the bronze dancing girl come from Mohenjodaro, and the ploughed field from Kalibangan.
Source: NCERT Class 12 Themes in Indian History I, Ch. 1; Lucent's General KnowledgeQuestion 2 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: Shipki La, through which the Sutlej enters India, is in Himachal Pradesh. Nathu La is in Sikkim, Bomdi La in Arunachal Pradesh and Lipulekh in Uttarakhand.
Source: NCERT Class 11 India: Physical Environment; NCERT Class 10 Contemporary India II; Lucent's General KnowledgeQuestion 3 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: The Rumi Darwaza was built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula in 1784, along with the Bara Imambara. The Chhota Imambara is Muhammad Ali Shah's, and Jhansi Fort was built by Bir Singh Deo of Orchha.
Source: Lucent's Uttar Pradesh General Knowledge; up.gov.in; UP Tourism (uptourism.gov.in)Question 4 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: Bhagat Singh and Batukeshwar Dutt threw harmless bombs in the Assembly to protest the Public Safety Bill and the Trade Disputes Bill, and courted arrest. The Rowlatt Act (1919) and Vernacular Press Act (1878) belong to earlier periods.
Source: Bipan Chandra, India's Struggle for Independence; NCERT Class 8 Our Pasts III; Lucent's General KnowledgeQuestion 5 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: Sumit Antil defended his F64 Paralympic javelin title in Paris with a record 70.59 m and broke the world record with 73.29 m at the Hangzhou Asian Para Games. Statement 3 is wrong: Praveen Kumar won T64 high jump gold in Paris with a 2.08 m Asian record.
Source: Asian Paralympic Committee (asianparalympic.org): Aichi-Nagoya 2026 Asian Para Games Preview: Para Athletics MenQuestion 6 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh represents India at the 25th SCO CHG meeting in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, on 19-20 October 2026. The previous CHG meeting was held in Moscow on 18 November 2025, where EAM Dr S. Jaishankar represented India, so all three statements are correct.
Source: Press Information Bureau (pib.gov.in): Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh to represent India at SCO Council of Heads of Government Meeting in TajikistanQuestion 7 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: Orissa High Court Chief Justice Harish Tandon administered the oath at Lok Bhavan, Bhubaneswar, and Ram is a former three-time MP from Palamu, Jharkhand. Statement 2 is wrong: he succeeds Dr Hari Babu Kambhampati.
Source: Akashvani News (newsonair.gov.in): Braj Mohan Ram takes oath as Odisha Governor at Lok Bhavan in BhubaneswarQuestion 8 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: Japan's space agency will send the spacecraft on its H3 rocket in the world's first Phobos sample-return mission. Statement 3 is wrong: the mission is expected to take about five years.
Source: Akashvani News (newsonair.gov.in): दुनिया का पहला फोबोस सैंपल वापसी मिशन शुरू करने जा रहा है जापानQuestion 9 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: Matata clocked 58:52, one second faster than Amedework Walelegn's 2020 record, and Ethiopia's Wudinesh Alemu won the women's race in 1:06:35. Selah Businei was second among women, and Ankita Dhyani won the Indian elite women's title.
Source: Akashvani News (newsonair.gov.in): Kenya’s Charles Matata breaks course record to win men’s elite race at Vedanta Delhi Half MarathonQuestion 10 / 10 · Daily GK
Explanation: PIB describes INS Sudarshini as the Navy's three-masted sail training ship; she departed Salalah, Oman, after her 14-17 October visit, with Lokayan-2026 in its tenth month. Muscat and Duqm are other Omani ports not visited in this call.
Source: Press Information Bureau (pib.gov.in): LOKAYAN 2026 – INDIAN NAVAL SHIP SUDARSHINI DEPARTS SALALAH, OMANUnlock all 30 Daily GK questions for ₹49/month.
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