Banking GK Questions 2026

The maiden ASEAN-India Defence Think Tank Forum was convened at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi, where Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressed delegates from India and all eleven ASEAN member states across a two-day programme.

The WPI Food Index is a composite built from food articles within the Primary Articles major group and manufactured food products within the Manufactured Products group, and it carries a weight of 24.99 per cent in the index.

Every index figure in the release, for the Wholesale Price Index as well as for the Output Producer Price Index and the trial Input Producer Price Index, is stated on the 2022-23 base year.

The same group had risen 22.93 per cent in August 2026, so the pressure in this basket also widened over the month.

Wholesale price inflation for September 2026 was measured at 11.39 per cent on a year-on-year basis, a clear step up from the previous month.

Bringing these units on to the Udyam registration portal places them inside the formal MSME policy system, so they can reach the credit, training and market support the government offers.

The scheme funds the development of machines, technologies and products, conducts skill training and promotional work, pushes sales in domestic as well as overseas markets, creates awareness through publicity and trade fairs, gives financial help to lift sales, takes exporters to international exhibitions and compiles the sector’s statistics.

The correct answer is ₹6,614.40 crore, the value of coir and coir product exports in FY 2025-26.

India stands first in the world both in making coir and in selling it abroad, and about two-thirds of global coir output comes from Indian units.

The Rashtriya Gokul Mission was launched to conserve and develop indigenous cattle and buffalo breeds scientifically, and it matters most to the small farmers and landless labourers who keep most of these animals.

The Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) was set up in 2016 by NITI Aayog as the Government of India's flagship programme to promote innovation and entrepreneurship.

The Mysore peta is the turban of the Mysore court, worn by the Wadiyar rulers and now presented as a mark of honour to distinguished guests in Karnataka; the everyday dress of men in the state is the panche or lungi with a shirt, and women wear the Ilkal saree…

The rignai is the lower wrap woven on a loin loom by the tribal women of Tripura, and the risa is the narrower cloth worn over the upper body, a girl receiving her first risa in the Risa Sormani ceremony; the rikutu is the larger wrap used as a shawl.

The puanchei is the festive wrap of Mizo women, woven in bands of black, red, white and green, and it is the dress worn for the Cheraw or bamboo dance and at the Chapchar Kut festival, usually with the kawrchei blouse.

The jainsem is the dress of Khasi women, made of several pieces of cloth fastened at the shoulders so that it falls in a loose cylinder, and the dhara is the length of cloth draped over it; Garo women of the same state wear the dakmanda, and Jaintia women the…

The nauvari saree takes its name from the nine vars or yards of cloth it uses, and it is draped without a petticoat, the pleats passed between the legs in the kasta or sakachcha style that allows free movement.

Mundum Neriyathum is the oldest surviving form of dress of Keralite women: the mundu is the lower garment and the neriyathu the upper cloth, both usually in off-white cotton with a kara, the golden or coloured border.

Pano Bhaju is the traditional attire of Hindu women of Goa, the pano being the draped cloth and the bhaju the blouse worn with it, usually completed with ornaments at the neck and the hair.

The pheran is a long, loose woollen gown reaching below the knees, worn by both men and women in the Kashmir valley through the cold months, often with a kangri, the earthen firepot, held beneath it.

The phanek is the wrap-around lower garment of Manipuri women, woven in horizontal stripes, and the innaphi is the light shawl worn over it.