Railway GK Questions 2026

The valley sits more than fourteen thousand feet above sea level and has long been known for its hot springs and underground heat reserves, which is why it is counted among the most promising geothermal sites in India.

Winners and runners-up of the hackathon held on this theme were honoured at the same ceremony at Raipur, and their entries applied artificial intelligence to problems of operational efficiency, mine safety and environmental sustainability in the coal sector.

The correct answer is Singareni Collieries Company Limited, which took the First Prize among underground mines.

At the Annual Star Rating Awards Ceremony held at Raipur in Chhattisgarh, fifty coal mines were given Five-Star Ratings for the assessment year.

The Man and the Biosphere Programme was launched that year to promote scientific approaches to improving the relationship between people and their environment, and biosphere reserves work under its framework as living laboratories for testing sustainable development practices.

According to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, India has 18 notified biosphere reserves and 13 of them belong to UNESCO’s World Network of Biosphere Reserves, which gives the country the highest number of internationally recognised reserves in South Asia.

The day is observed annually on this date and was proclaimed by UNESCO to highlight how biosphere reserves conserve biodiversity while supporting sustainable development and the livelihoods of people living inside them.

Dr M. L. Jat proposed expanding the traditional four-part vision of food, feed, fodder and fuel by placing farmers at the centre, stressing that research and extension must translate into higher farm profitability and improved livelihoods rather than remaining confined to laboratories.

Dr M. L. Jat, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, congratulated the maize research community on production reaching about 55 million tonnes with sizeable productivity gains over the past decade, and then set out the next goal…

The first edition of the conference began at the JD Convention Centre in that city and runs from 2 to 4 November, drawing scientists, policymakers, agricultural institutions and industry to discuss maize research, productivity and value chain development.

The programme was held at Guwahati and the Government of Assam presented its CM FLIGHT Scheme along with its vision for a Global Skill Center, setting out the state's effort to connect its workforce with emerging opportunities.

Letters of Intent for two Industrial Training Institute clusters were signed at the Guwahati programme, the Jorhat cluster supported by Numaligarh Refinery Limited and the Tinsukia cluster by Oil India Limited, both under the PM-SETU scheme.

The Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship used this expansion while describing the Guwahati programme, where a dedicated session was held on how the scheme can strengthen the skilling ecosystem of the North-Eastern Region through an industry-led remaking of Industrial Training Institutes.

At the climate summit of 2021 India pledged to reach 500 GW of non-fossil power capacity by 2030, and the Prime Minister said about 300 GW of that has already been built, placing India among the top three countries in solar power.

The Prime Minister said it was a happy coincidence that this assembly was taking place inside the summit, and that delegates of the fourth conference on green hydrogen were also in the hall, which widened the scope of the year's event.

The Prime Minister inaugurated the Bharat Renewable Energy Summit and Expo in Delhi, where Union Ministers Pralhad Joshi and Shripad Naik joined him along with industry leaders, investors and startup founders from India and other countries.

The correct answer is Rs 1,352.26 crore, which represented a growth of 76.3% over the corresponding period of the previous year.

Enhanced coordination with the Railways and focused monitoring of rake placement and loading drove the improvement, and rake loading to the power sector alone grew by 40.8%.

The correct answer is 5.93 MT against 3.60 MT, a growth of 64.87% and the highest among the major subsidiaries of Coal India, with the company also reaching 108.60% of its monthly production target.

Western Coalfields Limited is a subsidiary of Coal India under the Ministry of Coal, and it was the only subsidiary to exceed its targets on coal production, offtake and overburden removal during April to October 2026, achieving 102.47%, 108.82% and 104.56% of those targets respectively.