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Daily Current Affairs MCQ: 20 October 2026

Today's 10 questions on Kolkata stampede and crowd law, CISF restructuring, ISPS Code, FSSAI perishable food advisory, Article 47, ethanol tender, voter rolls, Parliament sessions. Each one starts from the news and tests the fact behind it.

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📅 Published: 20 October 2026 · Topics: Kolkata stampede and crowd law, CISF restructuring, ISPS Code, FSSAI perishable food advisory, Article 47, ethanol tender, voter rolls, Parliament sessions

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1Disaster Management

📰 In news: A stampede at a Durga Puja pandal in north Kolkata on 17 October killed 19 people.

Under the Disaster Management Act, 2005, who is the chairperson of the National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA)?

Answer: (b) Prime Minister. Section 3 of the Act makes the Prime Minister the ex officio chairperson of the NDMA. State Disaster Management Authorities are chaired by the Chief Minister and District Authorities by the Collector or District Magistrate. The NDMA's 2014 guide on managing crowds at mass gatherings lays down crowd safety rules for organisers.

📖 Read in simple words: Stampede law and crowd management in India →

2Polity

📰 In news: Organisers of the Kolkata pandal were booked under the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita after the stampede.

Section 106 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (causing death by negligence) corresponds to which section of the Indian Penal Code, 1860?

Answer: (b) Section 304A. Section 106(1) BNS punishes causing death by a rash or negligent act not amounting to culpable homicide with up to five years' imprisonment and fine. Section 302 IPC was murder (now BNS 103), 304B was dowry death (now BNS 80) and 299 defined culpable homicide (now BNS 100). The Kolkata FIR invokes BNS Section 105 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder).

📖 Read in simple words: Stampede law and crowd management in India →

3Internal Security

📰 In news: The CISF will move to sector-specific commands for power, coal, steel and ports from 1 November 2026.

Which one of the following is NOT a Central Armed Police Force under the Ministry of Home Affairs?

Answer: (d) Indian Coast Guard. The Coast Guard is an armed force of the Union under the Ministry of Defence (Coast Guard Act, 1978). The CAPFs under the MHA are the CRPF, BSF, CISF, ITBP, SSB and Assam Rifles. The CISF was created by the CISF Act, 1968.

📖 Read in simple words: CISF restructuring into sector commands →

4Internal Security

📰 In news: Two new CISF port sectors will cover about 250 ports, as the force is the security organisation for seaports under the ISPS Code.

The International Ship and Port Facility Security (ISPS) Code was adopted under the aegis of which body?

Answer: (a) International Maritime Organization. The IMO adopted the ISPS Code in 2002 as an amendment to the SOLAS Convention (Chapter XI-2), and it came into force on 1 July 2004 after the 9/11 attacks. The Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways designated the CISF as the Recognised Security Organisation for Indian seaports.

📖 Read in simple words: CISF restructuring into sector commands →

5Governance

📰 In news: FSSAI's advisory of 15 October asks businesses to keep khoa, paneer, meat and fish in a cold, clean and traceable supply chain.

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) functions under which Union Ministry?

Answer: (c) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. FSSAI is a statutory body under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, which consolidated older laws such as the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act, 1954. Each State has a Commissioner of Food Safety who enforces the Act.

📖 Read in simple words: FSSAI rules for perishable food →

6Polity

📰 In news: The FSSAI advisory is part of the State's duty to protect public health through safe food.

Which Article of the Constitution says that the State shall regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties?

Answer: (c) Article 47. It is a Directive Principle in Part IV and also asks the State to endeavour to prohibit intoxicating drinks and harmful drugs except for medicinal purposes. Courts have also read the right to safe food into Article 21.

📖 Read in simple words: Article 47: Nutrition and public health →

7Economy

📰 In news: Oil marketing companies floated a tender on 16 October for about 11 billion litres of ethanol for the 2026-27 supply year.

The ethanol supply year (ESY) used for India's Ethanol Blended Petrol programme runs during which period?

Answer: (c) November to October. The 2026-27 ESY runs from 1 November 2026 to 31 October 2027. The National Policy on Biofuels, 2018 was amended in 2022 to bring the 20% blending (E20) target forward to ESY 2025-26.

📖 Read in simple words: Ethanol blending policy and the sugar ban →

8Economy

📰 In news: The 2026-27 ethanol tender sets sugar diversion for ethanol at zero because of a weak monsoon and record sugar prices.

Ethanol from which one of the following feedstocks is still allowed in the oil companies' 2026-27 tender?

Answer: (d) C-heavy molasses. The tender bars ethanol from sugarcane juice, sugar syrup and B-heavy molasses, all of which divert sugar. It allows maize, damaged or broken rice, surplus FCI rice and C-heavy (final) molasses, which is left after most sugar has been extracted.

📖 Read in simple words: Ethanol blending policy and the sugar ban →

9Polity

📰 In news: Delhi's poll officials say about 80% of 33.12 lakh flagged voter cases have been resolved; the final roll is due on 4 December.

The voting age in India was reduced from 21 years to 18 years by which Constitutional Amendment?

Answer: (a) 61st Amendment. The Constitution (Sixty-first Amendment) Act, 1988 amended Article 326, which provides for elections on the basis of adult suffrage. Electoral rolls are prepared under the Representation of the People Act, 1950; a voter left out can apply for inclusion using Form 6.

📖 Read in simple words: Special Summary Revision of voter list explained →

10Polity

📰 In news: An editorial in The Hindu (19 October) called for an overhaul of how Parliament functions, including more sitting days.

Which Article of the Constitution provides that six months shall not intervene between the last sitting of Parliament in one session and its first sitting in the next session?

Answer: (b) Article 85. Article 85(1) lets the President summon each House, with a gap of less than six months between sessions; the Constitution sets no minimum number of sitting days. Article 79 constitutes Parliament, Article 108 deals with joint sittings and Article 118 with rules of procedure.

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