IBPS GK Questions 2026

For the stretch from 1 January to 29 October 2026 the average concentration of fine particulate matter, PM2.5, in Delhi's air worked out to 69 micrograms per cubic metre, the lowest of the years compared.

In the ten months from January to October 2026 the capital counted 220 days whose daily average stayed below 200 on the index, which is the band described as 'Good to Moderate'.

The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change put Delhi's monthly average Air Quality Index for October 2026 at 166, the lowest average the capital has recorded for the month of October in the past eight years.

With the latest round of programmes added in, a total of 158 Yuva Samvads have been conducted across 28 states and union territories, engaging roughly 32,000 young people and 158 Youth Icons.

The nationwide Know Your Vote campaign, which began on 26 October 2026 and runs until 5 November 2026, is meant to reach 500 universities, colleges and institutions across the country.

It organised 62 editions of the Know Your Vote Samvad on 31 October 2026 in colleges and educational institutions across 16 states and union territories, and over 11,000 young people attended.

The state-wise statement issued with the release shows Uttar Pradesh drawing the largest amount out of the Rs 1,09,019 crore distributed among all 28 states on 31 October 2026.

The release of Rs 1,09,019 crore made on 31 October 2026 was described as the second additional instalment of tax devolution in the running financial year, which means one such extra transfer had already gone out earlier in the same year.

On 31 October 2026 the Union Finance Ministry passed this sum to the state governments as an additional instalment of tax devolution, that is, a transfer made over and above the share of central taxes the states already receive every month.

The correct answer is Taranjit Singh Sandhu, Lieutenant Governor of Delhi, who attended the programme at Uprashtrapati Bhavan along with other invited guests.

Recalling the position in 1947, the Vice-President said Partition had left the country in uncertainty and that this many princely states had to be brought into the Indian Union, a task Sardar Patel completed through determination, persuasion, administrative ability and statesmanship.

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, or National Unity Day, falls on 31 October because that is the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and in 2026 the country marked his 151st. Options A, B and D give nearby numbers, and the one most likely to tempt a reader is the round 150th…

Her account carried the life, the ideals and the contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the audience gathered at Uprashtrapati Bhavan, and the Vice-President thanked her and her team at the close for bringing that legacy nearer through the tradition of katha.

NeVA is described as the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and it carries the paperless working of State Legislatures, which makes legislative business quicker and cuts the use of paper.

The ministry reviewed 200 electronic files during the campaign and closed 117 of them.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs took part in the campaign through this window and wound up its participation at the end of the month, announcing what had been done.

It steers the campaign across ministries and departments, with the aim of making Swachhata a settled part of office life and of raising administrative efficiency through orderly record management, the clearing of pending matters on time and better use of office space.

The correct answer is the Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, where the committee met under the chairmanship of the Union MSME Minister.

The Secretary of the ministry, Bharat Khera, informed the Hindi Advisory Committee that the ministry had been honoured with this award for its outstanding work in Hindi in 2025-26.

The correct answer is the National Small Industries Corporation, usually written as NSIC, which brings out the magazine Udyam Prabha.