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Explanation: Lord Ripon (Viceroy 1880–84) issued the Resolution on Local Self-Government of 1882, which provided for local boards with a majority of elected non-official members. Lord Mayo's 1870 resolution on financial decentralisation came earlier, but Ripon is called the father of local self-government. Curzon is linked with the partition of Bengal (1905) and Lytton with the Vernacular Press Act (1878).

Explanation: Sindhu beat Denmark's Line Højmark Kjærsfeldt 21-12, 21-14 in 39 minutes in the Hylo Open Super 500 final at Saarbrücken, Germany, her second title of the season. She became the first Indian woman to win the Hylo Open women's singles. Lakshya Sen won the men's singles, beating Jonatan Christie.

Explanation: Sonbhadra, in the south-eastern corner of Uttar Pradesh, touches Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar. Chandauli touches only Bihar, and Mirzapur and Lalitpur touch only Madhya Pradesh.

Explanation: Eight of the 14 internationally recognised 8,000-m peaks are in Nepal. At the international mountaineering federation's meeting in Kathmandu, Nepal proposed recognition for six more peaks (Yalung Kang, Yalung Kang West, Kanchenjunga South, Kanchenjunga Central, Lhotse Middle and Lhotse Shar). If approved, 14 of 20 recognised peaks would be in Nepal.

Explanation: Volunteers erected 108 stupas, each 15 m tall and 108 m apart, along an 11.7 km stretch of the Aie (Mau) River in Gelephu Mindfulness City, near the border with Assam. The project was conceived by King Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck. Union Minister Kiren Rijiju represented India; Stupa No. 76 is dedicated to PM Narendra Modi.

Explanation: New Zealand won the fifth T20I at Seddon Park, Hamilton, by 7 wickets, scoring 195 for 3 in reply to India's 191 for 8. India still took the series 3-2: they won the first three matches, and New Zealand won the fourth (Auckland) and the fifth.

Explanation: Kanchenjunga (8,586 m), the world's third highest peak, lies on the border of Sikkim (India) and Nepal, not Bhutan. Nanda Devi (7,816 m) in Uttarakhand is the highest peak that lies entirely within India.

Explanation: Ironman 70.3 has a 2 km swim, 90 km of cycling and a 21 km run, so the 90 km leg is cycling. Biten Singh won in 4:24:29, beating the 2025 record (4:25:47) of Uzbekistan's Konstantin Belousov. The sixth edition, on Miramar beach, had over 2,000 athletes from more than 30 countries.

Explanation: Article 239A, inserted by the 14th Amendment (1962), empowers Parliament to create a legislature and council of ministers for Puducherry; this was done by the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963. Article 239AA, inserted by the 69th Amendment Act, 1991, provides Delhi's Legislative Assembly. Ladakh, formed under the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, is a Union Territory without a legislature.

Explanation: INS Trishul called at Souda Bay, Greece, on 31 October 2026 during its deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, not the Black Sea. The crew was to interact with the Hellenic Navy and get familiar with Naval Support Activity Souda Bay and the NATO Maritime Interdiction Operational Training Centre (NMIOTC), and to pay homage at the Souda Bay War Cemetery.