Today's 10 questions on G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta and US G20 presidency, Quad members, African Union in the G20, CHOGM 2026, Karnataka validation act struck down, Article 141, Public Service Commissions (Article 320), rape case and compromise, Section 528 BNSS, Gian Singh case, Form 7 and bulk deletions in UP SIR, Sardar Patel and Rashtriya Ekta Diwas. Each one starts from the news and tests the fact behind it.
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📰 In news: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio hosted the G20 Foreign Ministers' Meeting in Atlanta on 30-31 October 2026.
Answer: (d) United States. The order of recent presidencies is India (2023), Brazil (2024), South Africa (2025), United States (2026) and the United Kingdom (2027). The 2026 leaders' summit is due in Miami on 14-15 December.
📖 Read in simple words: G20 and Quad foreign ministers in Atlanta →📰 In news: Jaishankar met his counterparts from the US, Japan and Australia for a Quad Foreign Ministers' Meeting on the sidelines of the G20 meeting in Atlanta.
Answer: (c) Indonesia. The Quad has four members: India, the United States, Japan and Australia. It first met in 2007, was revived in 2017 and has held leaders' summits since 2021.
📖 Read in simple words: G20 and Quad foreign ministers in Atlanta →📰 In news: The G20 meeting in Atlanta brought together 19 countries, the European Union and the African Union.
Answer: (b) New Delhi, 2023, under India's G20 presidency. The EU was already a member; the AU's entry made the G20 more representative of the Global South.
📖 Read in simple words: G20 and Quad foreign ministers in Atlanta →📰 In news: After Atlanta, Jaishankar travels to lead India's delegation at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) on 1-4 November 2026.
Answer: (b) Antigua and Barbuda, in St John's. Samoa hosted CHOGM in 2024 and Rwanda in 2022. The Commonwealth has 56 member countries.
📖 Read in simple words: International Relations hub →📰 In news: On 29 October 2026 the Supreme Court struck down Karnataka's 2022 law validating 362 KPSC 2011 appointments, holding that a legislature cannot annul a final judgment.
Answer: (b) Article 141. Article 136 is special leave to appeal, Article 142 lets the Court do complete justice, and Article 144 requires all authorities to act in aid of the Supreme Court.
📖 Read in simple words: Validation act cannot nullify a judgment: KPSC 2011 case →📰 In news: The struck-down law concerned officers selected through the Karnataka Public Service Commission's 2011 recruitment, which a CID inquiry found was tainted.
Answer: (c) Article 320, which sets out the functions of Public Service Commissions. Article 315 creates the commissions, Article 316 deals with appointment of members, and Article 323 with their annual reports.
📖 Read in simple words: Validation act cannot nullify a judgment: KPSC 2011 case →📰 In news: The Supreme Court held that a rape case cannot be quashed solely because the accused and the victim settled, setting aside a Madhya Pradesh High Court order (Gopal Lodhi v State of MP).
Answer: (c) Section 528. Section 359 BNSS deals with compounding of offences (earlier Section 320 CrPC). Section 482 BNSS now deals with anticipatory bail (earlier Section 438 CrPC).
📖 Read in simple words: Rape case cannot be quashed on compromise →📰 In news: The October 2026 ruling builds on earlier Supreme Court decisions limiting quashing of serious offences on the basis of settlement.
Answer: (a) Gian Singh (2012). Lalita Kumari made FIR registration mandatory for cognisable offences, Arnesh Kumar set limits on arrests in offences punishable up to 7 years, and D.K. Basu laid down arrest and custody safeguards.
📖 Read in simple words: Rape case cannot be quashed on compromise →📰 In news: On 30 October 2026 the Supreme Court asked the Election Commission to act against bulk filing of Form 7 applications for deleting voters during the Uttar Pradesh SIR.
Answer: (b). Form 6 is for new electors, Form 6A for overseas electors, Form 7 for objection or deletion, and Form 8 for shifting or correction. Bulk Form 7 filings can be misused to remove genuine voters.
📖 Read in simple words: Delhi SIR and Form 6: Supreme Court on deleted voters →📰 In news: 31 October 2026 is Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel; PM Modi pays tribute at the Statue of Unity.
Answer: (c). Patel also chaired the Provincial Constitution Committee. The Drafting Committee was chaired by B.R. Ambedkar, the Union Powers Committee by Jawaharlal Nehru and the Steering Committee by Rajendra Prasad.
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