NDA GK Questions 2026

The Act of 1861 enlarged the Governor General's Executive Council for law-making by adding extra members, and it was the Governor General who nominated them.

Deep-sea divers breathe a mixture of oxygen and helium because helium does not dissolve much in blood under high pressure.

Besides the nucleus, these are the only organelles of a plant cell that carry their own DNA. Mitochondria and chloroplasts have small circular DNA molecules and their own 70S ribosomes, so they can make some of their own proteins and divide on their own.

Taxes were a source of revenue for running the state, not a means of claiming exalted status. Ancient Indian kings used several devices to raise their standing.

Democracy rests on the consent of the people and their equal political rights, while accountability runs from the rulers to the ruled, not the other way round.

A body sinks when its weight is greater than the buoyant force of the water it displaces, which happens when it is denser than water.

At uniform speed the net force is zero, so the upward force must equal the skydiver's weight. Weight is mass times the acceleration due to gravity: 60 kg × 9.8 m/s² = 588 N, acting downward.

With no external force on the system, its centre of mass cannot start moving. The throw is an internal force: X pushes the tool forward and the tool pushes X backward with an equal and opposite force (Newton's third law).

The three word motto, faster, higher, stronger, was coined by Father Henri Didon and taken up by Pierre de Coubertin for the modern games; in 2021 the International Olympic Committee added the fourth word so that the motto now reads faster, higher, stronger, together, to stress solidarity along with individual…

The ILO was set up in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles, became the first specialised agency of the United Nations in 1946, has its headquarters at Geneva and works on a tripartite basis with governments, employers and workers.

The phrase, for the good of the many and the happiness of the many, comes from Buddhist usage and fits a broadcaster that reaches almost the whole population in many languages; All India Radio took its present name in 1936 and Akashvani was adopted in 1957.

Its motto, meaning the true, the auspicious and the beautiful, is the line that accompanied its familiar logo for decades.

The DRDO was formed in 1958 and works under the Ministry of Defence, developing missiles, radars, armoured vehicles, torpedoes and other defence systems, and its crest carries this Sanskrit line about science being the root of strength.

The service was raised in 1978 and works under the Ministry of Defence, guarding the maritime zones, enforcing fisheries and anti smuggling law and running search and rescue at sea, so the plain promise of Vayam Rakshamah, we protect, is apt.

The line comes from the Mahabharata and appears on the emblem of the Court, which shows the wheel of dharma with the lions of the Ashoka capital.

Sam No Varunah is a Sanskrit prayer from the Taittiriya Upanishad that Varuna, the lord of the waters, be auspicious unto us, which is the natural choice for a sea service, and it is written on the naval crest under the anchor.

The phrase is drawn from the eleventh chapter of the Bhagavad Gita, where the cosmic form touches the sky, and it suits an air arm exactly; it appears on the Air Force crest below the Himalayan eagle.

The line declares that truth alone triumphs, and it was chosen as the motto of the Republic and inscribed in the Devanagari script on the abacus of the State Emblem of India.

Lord Cornwallis fought the Third Anglo-Mysore War of 1790 to 1792 against Tipu Sultan and closed it with the Treaty of Srirangapatnam; he had no connection with the Third Anglo-Maratha War, which was fought in 1817 and 1818, long after his time, and which ended with the Treaty of Mandsaur…

The Simla Agreement was signed on 2 July 1972 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and President Zulfikar Ali Bhutto after the war of 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh.