Defence GK Questions 2026

Ordinary plastics are non-biodegradable, so bacteria and fungi cannot break them down in any useful length of time. Most plastics, such as polyethylene, polypropylene and PVC, are long synthetic polymers made from petroleum.

The pardoning power is exactly the power by which the sovereign, acting through the President, can set aside or soften the result of its own courts' judgment, so saying it is never exercised against the judicial mandate is wrong.

Statements 1, 2 and 3 are true, while statement 4 is false because the Arya Samaj grew far larger than the Brahmo Samaj.

The Public Accounts Committee has 22 members: 15 elected by the Lok Sabha and 7 by the Rajya Sabha.

Ajeya Warrior is the joint company-level exercise of the Indian Army and the British Army, held once every two years, alternately in India and the United Kingdom.

A refrigerator moves heat from a cold space to a warmer room, which never happens on its own, and the second law explains what it takes to make it happen.

That law only restrained child marriage by punishing those who performed it; the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 goes further, making such a marriage voidable at the option of the contracting party who was a child, providing for Child Marriage Prohibition Officers and injunctions, and keeping the legal age…

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 came into force on 30 January 1990. It defines a long list of specific atrocities, provides for Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors, requires relief and rehabilitation for victims, and bars anticipatory bail for the offences it creates.

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 originally allowed twelve weeks of paid leave.

In 1997 the Supreme Court, hearing this petition, framed the Vishaka guidelines, the first binding statement of an employer's duty to prevent and redress sexual harassment at the workplace.

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 allows the Juvenile Justice Board to conduct a preliminary assessment of a child who has completed sixteen years and is alleged to have committed a heinous offence, that is one punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more.

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is a special, gender-neutral law that protects every person below eighteen years of age from sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.

Article 24 states that no child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or be engaged in any other hazardous employment.

The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A, making free and compulsory education for every child of six to fourteen years a fundamental right.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides that a child above six years who has not been admitted to any school, or could not complete elementary education, shall be admitted to a class appropriate to his or her age, with special training to help the…

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 is arranged in seven chapters, and Chapter IV is titled 'Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers'.

The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act belongs to 2010, so 1 pairs with (c). The Equal Remuneration Act, which forbids unequal pay for men and women for the same work, was passed in 1976, so 2 pairs with (d).

The National Food Security Act was passed by Parliament and notified in 2013, not 2015, so D is the incorrect statement and therefore the answer the question asks for.

During the First Anglo-Burmese War the 47th Regiment of Native Infantry at Barrackpore was ordered to Burma. The sepoys objected because crossing the sea meant loss of caste, and because no allowance had been granted for the carriage of their baggage as service custom required.

The poligars were military chiefs of the Tirunelveli and Madurai region who held land in return for keeping troops.