Railway GK Questions 2026

The exosphere, the outermost layer of the atmosphere, is made up mostly of the two lightest gases, hydrogen and helium.

Crude petroleum is a mixture of hydrocarbons with different boiling points, and fractional distillation separates them. In a refinery, crude oil is heated to about 400 °C and its vapour enters a tall fractionating column that is hot at the bottom and cooler towards the top.

The Quaternary, the latest period of the Cenozoic era, is divided into the Pleistocene and the Holocene epochs. The Quaternary began about 2.58 million years ago.

Of all the sunlight that falls on their leaves, green plants fix only about one per cent as chemical energy in food.

Diagnostic laboratories spin blood samples in a centrifuge to separate the plasma or serum from the blood cells. In centrifugation a sample is rotated at high speed, so the denser particles are pushed to the bottom of the tube and the lighter liquid stays on top.

One pascal is defined as a force of one newton acting on an area of one square metre. Pressure is force per unit area, and its SI unit, named after the French scientist Blaise Pascal, is the pascal (Pa): 1 Pa = 1 N/m².

A floating body is stable only when its metacentre lies above its centre of gravity. When a floating body tilts slightly, its centre of buoyancy, the centre of the displaced liquid, shifts to one side.

In his address he said Indian agriculture must move beyond a narrowly production centric approach and take up a broader agri food system and value chain perspective, stressing market research, market intelligence, the alignment of production with market demand and improved farmer profitability.

Students of agriculture and allied sciences in that number, representing that many states, are taking part in the tenth National Convention of Agrivision-2026, alongside eminent speakers, scientists, senior officers of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, agricultural entrepreneurs and farmers.

The National Convention of Agrivision-2026 being held on 13 and 14 October at the ICAR-NASC Complex at Pusa in New Delhi is the tenth national convention of Agrivision, and for that reason it is described as a significant milestone for the organisation.

That was the haul with which India finished tenth globally at WorldSkills Shanghai, an improvement on the thirteenth position at WorldSkills Lyon in 2024.

IndiaSkills 2026-27 is organised under the aegis of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship with NSDC as the implementation partner, and the competition covers 63 industry relevant skill categories spanning manufacturing, engineering, construction, digital technologies, the creative industries and services.

The Indian contingent secured the tenth position globally at WorldSkills Shanghai, winning six silver medals and 20 Medallions for Excellence.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship reopened the registration window for the IndiaSkills Competition 2026-27 up to this date, after many requests from institutions and from young people who had not been able to apply earlier.

Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports Dr Mansukh Mandaviya said that under this scheme, which the Union Cabinet approved, the government is deepening its collaboration with corporate partners, and that CSR backed partnerships of this kind will help build a truly national sports ecosystem.

The National Sports Development Fund was established by the Government of India in 1998 under this Act, and its purpose is to mobilise resources from individuals and corporate organisations for the development of sport in the country.

Indian boxers finished the Asian Games 2026 with six medals in total, three of them gold and the other three bronze, and this showing is the reason the new partnership is described as coming at an important time for the sport.

Under the memorandum of understanding signed with the National Sports Development Fund and the Sports Authority of India, Indian Oil Corporation will provide this amount over a period of two years from its corporate social responsibility funds.

In that year the Government of India renamed the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme as the National TB Elimination Programme, a change that reflects the aim of ending the disease in India ahead of the global target year of 2030.

Under the intensified TB Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan, that many Gram Panchayats have been awarded TB free certification, and the same drive has taken cumulative screenings past 28.1 crore, provided TB Preventive Treatment to over 20 lakh people and added 5.7 lakh new Nikshay Mitras.