This is the current affairs 3 october 2026. Here are questions and answers of daily current affairs for better preparation of competitive exams for government jobs.
1. In which country did two new islands emerge in the sea following the eruption of the ‘Anak Krakatoa’ volcano, which lasted for 25 consecutive hours?
a. India
b. Malaysia
c. Indonesia
d. Japan
Answer: c. Indonesia (This incident occurred in the last week of September)
– Name of the volcano: Anak Krakatoa (Son of Krakatoa)
– Anak Krakatoa means “Child of Krakatoa”
– Location: Indonesia (Sunda Strait located between the islands of Java and Sumatra)
– It is a volcanic island located in the Sunda Strait between Java and Sumatra.
– It was formed in 1883 after the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano, which was one of the most devastating volcanic events.
– The September 2026 volcanic eruption increased the land area of Anak Krakatoa volcano by approximately 32.8 hectares or about 0.2 square kilometers, due to lava flows and volcanic materials.
Two islands were formed
– Due to continuous eruptions at the Anak Krakatoa volcano, two new small islands have formed in the Sunda Strait.
– These two new landforms emerged above the sea surface due to lava, ash and rocks (pyroclastic material) deposited after the 25-hour continuous volcanic eruption that occurred in early September 2026.
– This was confirmed through Sentinel satellite imagery on September 23.
Two separate islands
– After the eruption at Anak Krakatoa, the two islands emerged in different directions:
– First island: It was formed approximately 760 meters northwest of the main crater.
– Second island: It was formed approximately 495 meters southeast of the main crater.
– Note – Such new islands formed due to volcanic activity are not always permanent. Due to sea waves, tides and erosion, they may change shape over time or may even disappear.
Why do islands form some distance away from the volcano?
– When a volcano erupts underwater or near the coast, large amounts of hot lava, ash, rocks and tephra are thrown into the air.
– Instead of falling directly over the volcano, these materials are carried by strong winds and sea waves and get deposited in the water 500 to 800 meters away.
– When this debris continuously accumulates at the same place, it gradually rises above the sea surface and takes the form of a separate island.
– Magma from a volcano does not always emerge only from the main central crater. Sometimes, due to excessive pressure, cracks develop in the rocks beneath the main mountain, and magma begins to emerge from the side or from the sea floor.
Most active volcanoes are in Indonesia
– There are 1,500 active volcanoes in the world.
– Among these, the highest number, 130 active volcanoes, are in Indonesia.
– Seven volcanoes have been continuously erupting for the last two years. These are – Krakatau, Merapi, Lewotolok, Karangetang, Semeru, Ibu and Dukono.
Ring of Fire
– This country is located on the Pacific Ring of Fire.
– The highest amount of geographical and geological activity occurs in this region.
– In the area where Indonesia is located, the Eurasian tectonic plate is moving southward.
– The Indian-Australian tectonic plate is moving northward. The Philippine plate is moving westward.
– Due to collisions or movements among these three plates, volcanoes continue to erupt.
Indonesia
– Capital: Jakarta
– Proposed new capital: Nusantara
– President: Prabowo Subianto
– Population: 280 million
– Currency: Indonesian Rupiah (IDR)
– Neighboring countries: Malaysia, Papua New Guinea and East Timor.
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2. Who became the youngest Woman Grandmaster (WGM) Indian-origin British chess player?
a. Bodhana Sivanandan
b. Koneru Humpy
c. Elena Mishra
d. Divya Deshmukh
Answer: a. Bodhana Sivanandan
– 11-year-old Bodhana Sivanandan became the youngest WGM at the 46th Chess Olympiad.
– This Olympiad was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, from September 15 to 27, 2026.
– Bodhana played all 11 rounds on the first board for England and finished the tournament with 8 points.
– Along with this, Bodhana also achieved her second International Master (IM) norm.
– In August 2026, she had created a record by becoming Britain’s youngest female champion at the British Chess Championship.
– Before Bodhana, the record for becoming the youngest WGM was held by 12-year-old Russian Grandmaster Katerina Lagno.
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3. Which country won the ‘Nona Gaprindashvili’ Trophy for the third time at the 2026 FIDE Chess Olympiad?
a. Uzbekistan
b. India
c. Britain
d. Germany
Answer: b. India
– The Chess Olympiad was held in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.
– In addition, India’s Open team won the Silver Medal, while the Women’s team won the Bronze Medal in chess.
– Indian players also won 6 individual medals in the tournament.
Nona Gaprindashvili Trophy
– It is a prestigious trophy awarded at the FIDE Chess Olympiad.
– It is awarded to a country based on combined performance in both the men’s and women’s categories.
– The trophy is named after Georgia’s legendary chess player Nona Gaprindashvili.
– She was the World Champion from 1962 to 1978.
– In 1978, she achieved the “Open” Grandmaster (GM) title in the main men’s category (Open category).
– She was the first female player in history to achieve this.
India had won the trophy earlier as well
– The Indian team won this trophy at the Chess Olympiads held in Chennai in 2022 and Budapest (Hungary) in 2024.
– The International Chess Federation (FIDE) introduced these biennial Excellence Awards for the first time.
– Players who performed exceptionally in the Olympiads from 2024 to 2026 were honored.
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4. Who was named the Best Chess Player (Male) at the FIDE Excellence Awards 2026?
a. D Gukesh
b. Fabiano Caruana
c. Javokhir Sindarov
d. Hikaru
Answer: c. Javokhir Sindarov (Uzbekistani player)
– Javokhir Sindarov is a chess player from Uzbekistan.
– Sindarov achieved the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2018 at the age of just 12 years, 10 months and 8 days.
– He became the second-youngest player to achieve this feat.
– He won the Uzbekistan National Chess Championship title twice, in 2019 and 2021.
– He won the Chess World Cup in 2025.
– Gold in the Chess Olympiads (2022 and 2026).
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5. Which Indian was named the Best Chess Player (Female) at the FIDE Excellence Awards 2026?
a. Divya Deshmukh
b. Koneru Humpy
c. Harika Dronavalli
d. Vaishali Rameshbabu
Answer: a. Divya Deshmukh (Indian)
– Divya Deshmukh is a resident of Nagpur in the Maharashtra state of India.
– She won the Women’s World Cup title in 2025.
– She became the first Indian woman and the youngest player to achieve this feat.
– She also achieved the Grandmaster (GM) title in 2025.
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6. Who became the second Indian male athlete to complete a hat-trick of medals by winning the bronze medal in the men’s 5000m race at the 2026 Asian Games?
a. Jadumani Singh
b. Sarvesh Kushare
c. Rohit Yadav
d. Gulveer Singh
Answer: d. Gulveer Singh
– Gulveer Singh completed the men’s 5000m race on September 29, 2026, with a time of 13 minutes 32.75 seconds.
– Gulveer had earlier won Silver Medals in the men’s 1500m and 10000m events.
– He is the second athlete to win three medals in three different track events at the Asian Games.
– Before him, Indian athlete Levy Pinto achieved this feat in 1951.
– Pinto won Gold Medals in the 100m and 200m events.
– While he won Silver in the 4x100m relay.
– Gulveer won a Bronze Medal in the men’s 5000m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games 2026.
– He became the first Indian to win a medal at the Commonwealth Games.
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7. Who became the first Indian woman to win a gold medal in the women’s trap event at the 2026 Asian Games?
a. Ashima Ahlawat
b. Manisha Kaur
c. Neeru Dhanda
d. Esha Singh
Answer: c. Neeru Dhanda
– India has won its fifth Gold Medal at the Asian Games.
– Haryana’s 26-year-old shooter Neeru Dhanda hit 28 out of 30 targets in the final held on September 29, 2026.
– She won the Gold Medal for India.
– With a score of 28, she also set a new Asian record.
– No Indian female trap or skeet shooter had previously won an individual medal at the Asian Games.
– In men’s trap, Randhir Singh won an individual Gold for India in 1978.
– In 2010, Ronjan Sodhi won the Gold Medal in men’s double trap.
– Now Neeru has won Gold in women’s trap.
– Earlier, Neeru had helped India win a Silver Medal in the team event.
– Ashima Ahlawat and Manisha Keer were also part of the team.
– Ashima and Manisha could not qualify for the final.
– Therefore, Neeru’s Gold in the individual event became even more special for India.
– This is India’s 5th Gold in the Asian Games 2026.
– It is the first Gold in the individual event.
– Shooters have won India’s second Gold.
– The first Gold came in the mixed event of pistol shooting.
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8. Who broke P.T. Usha’s 42-year-old national record and won a bronze medal for the country in the women’s 400m hurdles at the 2026 Asian Games?
a. Prachi Chaudhary
b. Vithya Ramraj
c. Kiran Pahal
d. Salwa Eid Naser
Answer: b. Vithya Ramraj
– Vithya Ramraj completed the 400m hurdles in 54.75 seconds.
– Former Indian athlete P.T. Usha had clocked 55.42 seconds in the same event at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
– Thus, Vithya broke P.T. Usha’s record.
– This record had remained India’s national record in the women’s 400m hurdles for more than four decades.
– Vithya had broken this record of 55.42 seconds while winning a Bronze Medal at the Hangzhou 2023 Asian Games.
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9. International Day of Non-Violence is celebrated on the birth anniversary of which great man?
a. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
b. Nelson Mandela
c. Mahatma Gandhi
d. Albert Einstein
Answer: c. Mahatma Gandhi (2 October)
– This day was declared by the United Nations in 2007.
– The birth anniversary of Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi is celebrated on October 2.
– He was born on October 2, 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat.
– He died on January 30, 1948, when Nathuram Godse, the first terrorist of independent India, shot him.
– His memorial is at Rajghat in Delhi.
– Mahatma Gandhi is an icon not only for the people of India but for people around the world.
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10. How many awards did the Lalit Kala Akademi announce for the 65th National Exhibition of Art in September 2026?
a. 20
b. 18
c. 10
d. 25
Answer: a. 20
– The 65th National Exhibition of Art (NEA) was held on September 27, 2026, at the Lalit Kala Gallery, Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi.
– Around six thousand artworks were received from more than two thousand artists from 27 states and Union Territories.
Artist Artwork Medium
– Chandra Shekhar Sai My Entire World-I Sculpture
– Gopal Chandra Naskar The Tune of The Srimad Bhagavad Gita Painting
– Kishore Kumar Narkhadiwala Paryavaran Painting
– Mrinal De Hopeless Settlement Painting
– Nidhi Chopra Tangible Dreams Sculpture
– Nimai Singh Sarungbam Mudra-I Sculpture
– Pankaj Kumar Sharma Haloed Traveler-II Drawing
– Pooja Rajput Prakriti Shoshan Sculpture
– Praveen Kumar Where The Walls Remember Painting
– Pritam Madhukar Deuskar Of Time and The City Printmaking
– Rajendra Prasad Sujata With Buddha Painting
– Ramesh Vitthal Thorat Untitled-II Painting
– Raviram Ramakrishnan Fisherwoman Sculpture
– Sanjay Kumar When Memories Come Back-7 Painting
– Sanjay Kumar Sahni Youth Painting
– Sanjeeb Kumar Gogoi Aakar Nirankar-II Painting
– Santa Deb Attraction of Simplicity Sculpture
– Siddharth Shahjirao Shingade Trees Painting
– Usharanjan Mondal Wheel of A Crowded City Other Medium
– Vijendra Sharma Life 2025 Painting
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11. Who represented India at the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) National Coordinators’ meeting held in Pakistan (September 2026)?
a. S. Jaishankar
b. Alok Dimri
c. Vikram Misri
d. Sanjay Verma
Answer: b. Alok Dimri
– The three-day SCO meeting was held in Islamabad, Pakistan, on September 28, 2026.
– About one and a half years after Operation Sindoor, India sent a senior official to Pakistan to participate in the SCO meeting.
– Alok Dimri is India’s SCO Coordinator and Additional Secretary in the Ministry of External Affairs.
– Pakistan assumed the chairmanship of the SCO on September 1, 2026. It will host the 2027 SCO Summit.
About SCO
– SCO is a regional permanent intergovernmental international organization.
– It represents approximately 25 percent of global GDP and more than 15 percent of international trade.
– It is a Eurasian political, economic, international security and defense organization established by China and Russia.
– It is an expansion of the Shanghai Five, which was formed in 1996 among the People’s Republic of China, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Russia and Tajikistan.
– On June 15, 2001, the SCO was established as an international organization in Shanghai, and Uzbekistan was included as the sixth member.
– The SCO Charter was signed at the St. Petersburg Summit in June 2002 and came into effect on September 19, 2003.
– It has emerged as an influential economic and security bloc and one of the largest inter-regional international organizations.
– Currently, the SCO has 10 member countries.
– Member countries: China, Russia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, India, Pakistan, Iran, Belarus (India and Pakistan became full members in 2017, Iran joined in 2023 and Belarus joined in 2024)
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