Defence GK Questions 2026

Sulphur vapour turns straight into solid sulphur on the cooler rocks without first becoming a liquid, and a direct change from gas to solid is called deposition.

Almost all the world's ammonia is made by combining nitrogen and hydrogen directly in this process. In the Haber-Bosch process, nitrogen from the air and hydrogen, usually obtained from natural gas, are made to react in the ratio 1 to 3.

All three statements follow from how the Coriolis force turns winds around low and high pressure. A cyclone is a low-pressure centre into which winds blow, and an anticyclone is a high-pressure centre from which winds blow out.

Nitrogen has five electrons in its outer shell and needs three more to complete an octet, so its valency is 3.

Condensation depends on how much air there is, how much moisture it holds and how cold it becomes, so all three factors count.

Breaking lead nitrate into lead oxide, nitrogen dioxide and oxygen needs a steady supply of heat, so the reaction absorbs energy and is endothermic.

Extratropical cyclones form outside the tropics and cover wide areas, but they travel from west to east, not east to west.

All three statements correctly describe slash-and-burn farming in India. Slash-and-burn is a form of primitive subsistence farming: farmers clear a patch of forest by cutting and burning the vegetation, grow food crops on it with simple tools, and mainly feed their own families.

Rajesh Kumar Singh, Defence Secretary, Secretary of the Department of Defence Research and Development and Chairman of the DRDO, was the chief guest and took part virtually, while Vice Admiral B Sivakumar, Chief of Materiel of the Indian Navy, and Dr R Balamuralikrishnan, Director General for Naval Systems and Materials…

In the stage that follows the Setting to Work Phase-2 activity, the AIP Energy Module will be energised for power production and tested rigorously against the Indian Navy's protocols.

A conventional diesel-electric boat has to come near the surface to run its diesel engines and recharge batteries, because those engines need air, and that is when it is most easily spotted.

The Setting to Work Phase-2 activity of this module was inaugurated on 24 October 2026 at the AM Naik Heavy Engineering Complex of Larsen and Toubro at Hazira in Gujarat, and the system rests on hydrogen and fuel cell technology.

Sleeping sickness, or African trypanosomiasis, is caused by the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma brucei, which is spread by the bite of the tsetse fly.

The Panchatantra teaches practical wisdom (niti) through animal fables, each story showing the right and wrong way to act. The Sanskrit collection is credited to Vishnu Sharma, who, according to its frame story, composed it to educate the dull sons of King Amarashakti in statecraft and worldly sense.

Bal Gangadhar Tilak started Kesari in Marathi in 1881 from Pune, together with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Vishnushastri Chiplunkar. Alongside Kesari, the same group brought out Mahratta, its English counterpart.

Soap is sold by many firms under different brands that buyers see as close but not perfect substitutes, which is the mark of monopolistic competition.

The Latin words habeas corpus mean "you may have the body", and the writ orders a person who has detained someone to produce that person before the court.

At about 6 to 7 metres in an adult, the small intestine is by far the longest part of the alimentary canal.

Higher interest on deposits encourages people to save rather than spend, which pulls money out of circulation and cools demand.

There is no Sustainable Development Goal by that name; employment comes under Goal 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth, and Goal 10 is Reduced Inequalities.