Which Ghanaian institution signed the agricultural research MoU with ICAR in October 2026?

The correct answer is five years. The understanding between the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Crops Research Institute of Ghana provides a framework of this duration for joint agricultural research, exchange of science and technology, capacity building, and the application and commercialisation of agricultural technologies. Options A, C and D state other periods and do not match the term announced. Several related details are worth fixing in memory alongside the duration. The first phase of work concentrates on vegetable crop research, with tomato research and development singled out, and India is to support the scaling up of proven technologies and the introduction of high-yielding tomato lines so that Ghana can strengthen domestic production. Cooperation then extends to processing and value addition for cassava, yam and other tuber crops, and to post-harvest management covering cold storage, refrigerated transportation, sorting, grading and processing technologies. The partnership is framed as part of South-South and India-Africa cooperation.

The correct answer is a Joint Working Group of the two institutes. It will be made up of representatives of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research and the Crops Research Institute, will review the progress of cooperation and will guide implementation, meeting periodically in New Delhi and in Accra. Option B is wrong because no continental organisation was given this role in the arrangement. Option C is wrong as well: no panel of a United Nations agency was named in the oversight mechanism described. Option D is wrong because, although the external affairs ministers of India and Ghana graced the signing ceremony, the ministry was not made the monitoring body for the work programme. The understanding also provides for exchange of scientists and technologists, germplasm and breeding materials, scientific information, methodologies and technical knowledge, and for institutional linkages between relevant research institutes and centres of the two countries so that scientific cooperation continues beyond single projects.

The correct answer is a workshop attended by N. K. Premachandran, a member of the Lok Sabha. He took part in the workshop on strengthening the parliamentary response to terrorism, where the IPU reference framework was introduced, and also in a separate workshop on critical minerals for shared prosperity and the strengthening of parliamentary oversight over them. Option B is wrong because the IPU Committee on Health dealt with health questions and a field visit, which Dr Sanjay Jaiswal joined. Option C is wrong because the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights handled the draft resolution on inclusive social development and disability rights, with Anurag Singh Thakur and Dr Sasmit Patra taking part. Option D is wrong because the cultural programme hosted by the Indian High Commission was an evening engagement followed by a meeting with the Indian diaspora, not a policy workshop.

The correct answer is Arusha, Tanzania. The Rajya Sabha Secretariat records that the Indian Parliamentary Delegation continued its participation in the 153rd IPU Assembly at Arusha in Tanzania, and that the second day of the Assembly was 6 October 2026. In the evening of that day the Indian High Commission organised a cultural programme for the delegation, after which the members met the Indian diaspora. Option A, Nairobi in Kenya, is wrong because no Kenyan venue is mentioned in the account of the Assembly. Option C, Geneva in Switzerland, is a plausible distractor since the IPU keeps its headquarters there, but the Assembly described in this note was not held in Geneva. Option D, Kampala in Uganda, is wrong for the same reason as Nairobi: the only African venue named is Arusha, where the committees, workshops and panel discussions reported all took place.

The correct answer is Harivansh, Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. He heads the delegation and, on the floor of the Assembly, used the Right of Reply to answer uncalled-for remarks made by Pakistan on Kashmir, stating that Kashmir is an integral and inalienable part of India and that Pakistan has no locus standi in India's internal affairs. Option A is wrong because Anurag Singh Thakur took part in the Standing Committee on Democracy and Human Rights and in the debate on the draft resolution concerning people living with disabilities, but as a member rather than leader. Option B is wrong because Dr Sasmit Patra joined a panel discussion on parliaments and military artificial intelligence and contributed to drafting that resolution. Option D is wrong because Dr Sanjay Jaiswal attended the IPU Committee on Health and a field visit with that committee.