Railway GK Questions 2026

Postgraduate seats have risen by 177 per cent, from about 31,000 earlier to more than 86,000 now.

The Vice-President said the number of medical colleges in the country has more than doubled, rising to 846 at present.

Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan addressed its 40th anniversary, called the Ruby Jubilee, in Vijayawada in Andhra Pradesh, released a souvenir on the university's forty-year journey and asked its researchers to aim for global recognition in medical science.

A quarterly declaration of movable and immovable property is not part of the Integrity Pledge; the pledge is a statement of personal commitment, not a disclosure requirement.

The correct answer is J. P. Nadda, the Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, who read out the Integrity Pledge to senior officers at Kartavya Bhawan-1 in New Delhi.

The week is deliberately placed around his birthday, which falls on 31 October, and that is why this year's observance runs from 26 October to 1 November 2026 rather than on fixed calendar dates.

The theme set for the week is 'Satyanishtha se Samriddhi', which the government renders in English as Probity for Prosperity, and it treats honesty, integrity and openness as the pillars that hold up good governance and public trust in institutions.

Sclerenchyma cells are dead at maturity, with thick walls hardened by lignin. Sclerenchyma is the tissue that makes plants hard and stiff.

For a straight wire, the right-hand thumb rule links the current to the circular field lines around it. Hold the wire in the right hand with the thumb along the current; the curled fingers then show the direction of the magnetic field lines, which form concentric circles around the wire.

Sound needs a material medium to travel, and in air its particles vibrate back and forth along the direction the wave moves.

In a metal, the outer electrons of the atoms are not tied to any one atom and drift through the lattice when a voltage is applied, carrying the current.

A compound microscope magnifies more when both its lenses have short focal lengths. In a compound microscope the objective forms a real, enlarged image, and the eyepiece magnifies it further like a simple magnifier.

Cinnabar is mercury sulphide, HgS, the chief ore from which mercury is obtained. Cinnabar is a bright red mineral.

Smt. Nidhi Khare, Secretary in the Department of Consumer Affairs, described 'One Nation, One Time' as this project, whose aim is to make accurate, reliable and traceable Indian Standard Time available throughout the country.

The programme in New Delhi began with an international seminar on that theme, and the first session of the committee followed it.

CIML is the committee of the OIML, and the meeting in New Delhi brings together delegates, officials and technical experts from member countries to take forward cooperation on measurement standards, protection of consumers and fair trade.

India is hosting the 61st Meeting of the International Committee of Legal Metrology at New Delhi, and the sittings run from 26 to 28 October 2026.

The ship's visit to the Italian port of Civitavecchia came during its continuing operational deployment to that sea, and the Passage Exercise with the Italian Naval Ship Carlo Margottini was held in the same waters shortly before the ship entered harbour.

The Indian Naval Ship Trishul conducted a Passage Exercise with this Italian Naval Ship just before it entered harbour at Civitavecchia.

Civitavecchia is an Italian port, and the Indian Naval Ship Trishul arrived there in the course of its ongoing operational deployment to the Mediterranean Sea.