CDS GK Questions 2026

It is very cold, chemically inert and cheap, which makes it the standard coolant for preserving cells and tissues. Liquid nitrogen boils at about −196 °C. At such low temperatures the chemical and enzyme activity inside cells almost stops, so tissues can be kept unchanged for years.

Christopher Nolan's film on the father of the atomic bomb was named Best Picture at the 96th Academy Awards in March 2024.

The Earth is slightly flattened at the poles, and the poles themselves are points, not lines. Because the Earth is an oblate spheroid, a degree of latitude is a little shorter at the equator, about 110.6 km, than near the poles, about 111.7 km.

Both statements describe how nucleases are used as tools of recombinant DNA technology. Nucleases are enzymes that break the phosphodiester bonds of DNA.

Sea trainees of the squadron went to this academy and met their Sri Lankan counterparts, and cadets of the academy later came aboard the Indian ships to see the training facilities the squadron carries.

The visit of the First Training Squadron to Colombo and its exchanges with the Sri Lanka Navy were placed within this Indian vision for the neighbourhood, which covers regional maritime cooperation and capacity building.

These three ships form the First Training Squadron, shortened to 1TS, which carries sea trainees of the Indian Navy and sailed from Colombo on 29 October 2026 at the end of its port call.

Tritium is the only radioactive isotope of hydrogen; its nucleus is unstable and decays by giving out beta particles. Hydrogen has three natural isotopes, all with one proton but different numbers of neutrons.

The National Mission on Edible Oils - Oil Palm (NMEO-OP), approved in August 2021, gives special focus to these two areas because their high rainfall and humid climate suit oil palm.

RCEP is a free trade agreement built around ASEAN and its FTA partners, and India chose to stay out of it.

Assembly language replaces the binary machine codes of a processor with short symbols called mnemonics, such as MOV, ADD and JMP.

Sorting wastes into categories and disposing of each in the proper way reduces pollution, so it helps solve environmental problems rather than cause them.

The Sukhoi-30 MKI is not made by DRDO; it was designed by Russia's Sukhoi bureau and is built in India under licence by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) at Nashik.

The order of setting up is Sarkaria Commission (1983), Eleventh Finance Commission (1998), Second Administrative Reforms Commission (2005) and Punchhi Commission (2007).

The peacock is a bird and the camel is a mammal, and these are the only two groups of animals that are warm-blooded.

Penicillin stops bacteria from building their peptidoglycan cell wall, so the weakened cells burst and die. Penicillin binds to and blocks the transpeptidase enzymes, also called penicillin-binding proteins, that cross-link the peptidoglycan chains of the wall.

Russian athletes competed at the Tokyo 2020 Games, held in 2021, under the name ROC because Russia was barred from competing under its own name and flag.

Ghepang Ghat (Ghepan Gath) is a glacial lake in the Lahaul and Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh, high in the Chandra river basin.

The Union Government created a separate Ministry of Cooperation on 6 July 2021 to strengthen the cooperative movement under the vision "Sahkar Se Samriddhi" (prosperity through cooperation).

The Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship in Guwahati was set up in 1993, not 1999, while its stated aim is indeed training, research and consultancy for small and micro enterprises.