Railway GK Questions 2026

The programme was launched for assistance to poor households as a way of discharging the responsibility the Central Government carries under Article 41 of the Constitution, which sits among the Directive Principles of State Policy and speaks of public assistance in old age, sickness and disablement.

The approved structure of the disability pension has two slabs by age. A beneficiary in the 0-79 years group receives Rs 375 a month, while a beneficiary who has turned 80 years or more receives Rs 625 a month, so option C matches the higher age slab asked about here.

When the Union Cabinet approved carrying the programme forward for five years, it renamed the umbrella scheme itself to Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana, so option B is the one to mark.

Syngamy is the fusion of a male and a female gamete, and since each gamete is haploid, their union gives a diploid zygote.

Humans have a single functional insulin gene, INS, on the short arm of chromosome 11, and both chains of insulin come from it.

One nanometre is 10⁻⁹ metre, and since one metre is 100 (10²) centimetres, it equals 10⁻⁷ centimetre. The prefix nano means one billionth.

Saturated open-chain hydrocarbons are the alkanes, and every alkane fits the formula CₙH₂ₙ₊₂. In a saturated hydrocarbon every carbon atom is joined to others only by single bonds, so each carbon holds the largest possible number of hydrogen atoms.

Elephantiasis, or lymphatic filariasis, is an endemic disease: it stays steadily present in certain regions and develops slowly over years, rather than breaking out suddenly in a large number of people.

The spring constant is force divided by extension, so its SI unit is newton per metre. Hooke's law says that, within the elastic limit, the restoring force of a spring is proportional to how far it is stretched or compressed: F = −kx.

Mission Indradhanush was launched in December 2014 to bring every child under two years and every pregnant woman under full immunisation against vaccine-preventable diseases.

The wave travels at 1,200 m/s, so 2,400 m takes 2 seconds. The speed of any wave is the product of its frequency and wavelength: v = fλ.

Saubhagya, the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, was launched to give an electricity connection to every household in the country.

All three are fungi that feed saprophytically: they release enzymes onto dead organic matter, digest it outside their bodies and then absorb the dissolved food.

The inner lining of the mouth and the oesophagus is made of squamous epithelium, so an injury to that lining damages this tissue.

Both are stored forms of glucose, but plants store it as starch and animals as glycogen. Starch and glycogen are polysaccharides, long chains of glucose units.

Genetic modification is used in plants, animals and microbes alike, so this statement is false. A genetically modified organism is one whose DNA has been changed, usually by taking a useful gene from one organism and putting it into another.

The chloride ion has 18 electrons, while the magnesium ion has only 10, so the two are not isoelectronic. Isoelectronic species have the same number of electrons.

Walls are whitewashed with a solution of slaked lime, calcium hydroxide, which is an inorganic compound; quicklime itself is not applied, and the shiny layer comes from Ca(OH)₂, not CaO.

Magnesium ribbon burns in air with a dazzling white flame, giving off heat and light and leaving a white powder of magnesium oxide.

Amuktamalyada was written in Telugu by Krishnadevaraya, the greatest ruler of the Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagara. Krishnadevaraya ruled from 1509 to 1529.