The closing day of the Dryland Congress 2026 coincided with which observance?
- A.World Food Day
- B.World Soil Day
- C.United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
- D.World Day to Combat Desertification
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Explanation
The correct answer is the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation. The final day of the Congress opened with a commemoration ceremony for this day. Messages were read from the Secretary-General of the United Nations, from the Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization and from Ms Dima Al-Khatib, Director of the United Nations Office for South-South Cooperation. The session that followed, convened with CGIAR, was on advancing South-South and triangular cooperation. The theme of the Congress itself was Transforming Dryland Agriculture with South-South Cooperation, so the observance and the theme fit together. Option A is wrong because World Food Day falls in October. Option B is wrong because World Soil Day falls in December. Option D is wrong because the day against desertification falls in June. Only the South-South Cooperation day is named in this release.
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Practice Questions
Which declaration was adopted at the closing plenary of the Dryland Congress 2026?
- A.The New Delhi Declaration on Food Security
- B.The Delhi Declaration on Drylands
- C.The Global South Charter on Agriculture
- D.The Bharat Declaration on Arid Farming
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The three-day Congress ended in New Delhi and its closing plenary endorsed this document, which is written in short as 3D. Participating governments, institutions, partners and delegates backed it.
Read the full explanation →How many nominations did the first edition of the ISSCA Global Awards receive, and from how many countries?
- A.120 nominations from 24 countries
- B.170 nominations from 34 countries
- C.210 nominations from 44 countries
- D.150 nominations from 30 countries
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The ISSCA Global Awards are an annual flagship initiative that recognises proven agricultural innovations from institutions across the Global South, chosen for their potential to be scaled up and adapted across countries.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Minister of State for Coal and Mines who spoke at the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers in Goa?
- A.Keshav Chandra
- B.Satish Chandra Dubey
- C.G. Kishan Reddy
- D.Pralhad Joshi
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At the conference he stressed that States must make collective efforts to speed up mining initiatives and help the country become self-reliant in minerals.
Read the full explanation →At the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers, Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy called for faster mineral exploration mainly in view of the growing demand for which category of minerals?
- A.Fuel minerals such as coal
- B.Minor minerals
- C.Critical minerals
- D.Atomic minerals
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Speaking at the conference in Goa, Union Minister of Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy said the Centre and the States must work together to expedite mineral exploration, particularly because demand for critical minerals is growing.
Read the full explanation →Where was the 4th Conference of Mining Ministers, which concluded in November 2026, held?
- A.Bhubaneswar
- B.Goa
- C.Hyderabad
- D.Ranchi
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The Ministry of Mines reported on 6 November 2026 that the two-day 4th Conference of Mining Ministers had concluded in Goa, where Union Coal and Mines Minister G. Kishan Reddy urged the Centre and the States to work together to speed up mineral exploration.
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