Railway GK Questions 2026

The workshop was organised jointly by the department, which sits in the Ministry of Communications, and the Union, and was inaugurated by Jyotiraditya M. Scindia at India Mobile Congress 2026 in New Delhi.

The roundtable on implementing standards of the International Telecommunication Union against fraudulent communications was held on the sidelines of that Congress, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi formally inaugurated on 8 October 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi.

The Digital Intelligence Platform is the intelligence-sharing layer of India’s approach and links more than 1,600 organisations, among them telecom operators, banks and law-enforcement agencies.

Dr Chandra Sekhar Pemmasani cited this figure for losses suffered by Indians in 2024 to organised, cross-border fraud, which includes impersonation, digital arrest scams, voice cloning generated by artificial intelligence and deepfakes.

ASTR is described as the artificial-intelligence based tool of C-DOT and forms one layer of India’s defence against fraudulent communications; it has helped disconnect over 82 lakh fraudulent mobile connections.

The correct answer is Dr Lata Wankhede, a Member of the Lok Sabha, who attended the meeting of the Standing Committee on Sustainable Development and joined the panel discussion on artificial intelligence and the future of work.

The emergency item, titled "Urgent parliamentary action to address climate-related disasters and strengthen resilience in the Himalayan region and other vulnerable regions", was proposed by Nepal and adopted on the third day of the Assembly.

The 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union was held in Arusha in the United Republic of Tanzania, and the election of the new President took place there on the closing day.

He was declared elected President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union on 9 October 2026, the last day of the 153rd Assembly held in Arusha, United Republic of Tanzania.

He attended the interaction along with senior officials of the Government of India.

The correct answer is 70 competitors in 63 skills, described as the largest contingent India has ever sent to the competition.

India’s tally at the 48th WorldSkills Competition was 6 silver medals along with 20 Medals for Excellence, which together placed the country 10th.

Team India secured the tenth position at the 48th WorldSkills Competition, WorldSkills Shanghai 2026, taking 6 silver medals and 20 Medals for Excellence.

The committee flags this shortage and notes that recruitment of manpower was among the main recommendations of the High-Level Committee of Experts chaired by Dr K. Radhakrishnan.

The committee notes that most entrance tests run by the National Testing Agency are already held on computers and that NEET-UG is the outlier still relying on pen and paper, so it recommends moving that test to computer-based testing as well.

The committee records that the National Testing Agency conducts examinations in which roughly 1.2 crore students sit every year, which is why it describes the agency as the gateway to the higher education system.

He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha and heads the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, which placed the 382nd report on "Reforms and Strengthening of the National Testing Agency" before the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 9 October 2026.

Emphasising Jan Bhagidari, the Prime Minister said an Anganwadi Centre should not function as an isolated institution but should instead become a centre of community participation.

At the valedictory session the Prime Minister observed that national movements such as Vocal for Local and One District One Product, known by the short form ODOP, should be promoted for the empowerment of women.

Speaking at the valedictory session, the Prime Minister said states could carry the summit model further by holding similar Chintan Shivirs at the district level as well as at the Nagar Palika and Mahanagar Palika levels, so that collaborative decision-making reaches well below the state secretariat.