IBPS GK Questions 2026

The Secretary of the Department of Financial Services urged banks to take part wholeheartedly in the saturation drive running between those two dates and to give greater thrust to serving the weaker sections of society and meeting their banking needs.

The correct answer is the Secretary, Department of Financial Services, Sanjay Lohiya, who took the review in New Delhi with the heads of all public sector banks and the Executive Directors of major private sector banks, assisted by senior officers of his department.

The correct answer is the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF), which signed a Letter of Intent with the Department of Science and Technology.

The formal foundation of India-Switzerland cooperation in science and technology was laid by the Inter-Governmental Agreement signed in that year, and President Parmelin recalled it while describing how steadily the partnership has grown since.

Guy Parmelin held bilateral talks with Dr Jitendra Singh, the Union Minister of State for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, on taking the science and technology partnership into a longer-term phase.

President Guy Parmelin announced this further allocation during his bilateral meeting with Dr Jitendra Singh in New Delhi and said Switzerland expects a corresponding commitment from India so that the joint research framework can be consolidated.

The pathway laid out for the Viksit Bharat Challenge runs in a fixed order: the Viksit Bharat Quiz first, then the Viksit Bharat Essay Challenge, then the District PPT Championship, then the State or Union Territory dialogue, and the National VBYLD at the end.

The dialogue is a flagship youth engagement initiative of that ministry and is carried out through Mera Yuva Bharat, whose portal hosts the quiz, the essay submissions and the mapping of states to regional themes.

Shortlisted participants have to submit an essay of this length on the MY Bharat portal, on the theme designated for their region, and the window runs till 15 October 2026.

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports reported this many attempts in the Viksit Bharat Quiz, the first stage of selection for the Viksit Bharat Young Leaders Dialogue 2027.

The order says real-time streaming of the video feeds has to be made available to their servers, and it also directs these same agencies to develop portals and other necessary infrastructure to receive the streams.

The Commission had already prescribed a standard list of approved fuels for various applications in the National Capital Region, including industrial use, but its Flying Squads, during incognito inspections of industries across the region, reported multiple instances of unapproved fuels being burnt.

The standard operating procedure in the order says cameras must be placed so as to capture all fuel storage areas and all fuel charging points, and where a gas-based fuel is used, the gauge or meter of the gas must be in view as well.

The Commission's order requires industrial units in the National Capital Region to put in the additional Pan-Tilt-Zoom cameras by that date, following the standard operating procedure it has laid down.

The Department of Posts named two digital platforms, the Dak Sewa App and the Dak Mitra App, as the means by which postal services are being made simpler to reach and to use.

The day draws attention to the contribution of the Department of Posts in widening access to financial services through its very large network, reaching citizens across varied geographies and socio-economic backgrounds.

The theme announced for World Post Day this year is 'World Post Day: One Postal Network, Infinite Possibilities', and it frames the week-long observance by the Department of Posts.

World Post Day is observed on this date and it opens National Postal Week, which the Department of Posts is celebrating from 9 to 15 October 2026.

HAL's Koraput Division sits in that state, and Odisha Chief Minister Mohan Charan Majhi attended the delivery event.

The Defence Minister said aerospace self-reliance must extend to an indigenous aero-engine capability, especially for the AMCA, and pointed to a proposed investment of around Rs 5,000 crore, indigenisation of raw materials together with Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited and the setting up of India's first home-built high-thrust engine testing facility.