RRB NTPC GK Questions 2026

The clusters programme of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser was conceived in 2020 after that council recommended it, and it brings academia, research institutions, industry, startups and government together to tackle regional challenges through science, technology and innovation.

Representatives of all eight Science and Technology Clusters joined the deliberations, and each of them made a presentation on its work over the two days.

Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, who holds that post, chaired the meet on 9 and 10 October 2026 at Panjab University in Chandigarh, and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser runs the whole clusters programme.

The meeting gave them an account of the state's heritage, its traditions and their cultural significance, and was presented as deepening their understanding of India's diversity.

The correct answer is the Central University of Karnataka, which led the Telangana delegation on this exchange.

The correct answer is Ek Bharat Shreshtha Bharat, the initiative under which the Department of Higher Education of the Ministry of Education runs Yuva Sangam to strengthen cultural and emotional bonds among young Indians.

The minister said substance abuse threatens young people's potential, the well-being of families and national progress, and asked young citizens to spread awareness, encourage positive choices and mobilise their communities towards a drug-free society.

The correct answer is Dr. Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister for Youth Affairs and Sports, who addressed the convention and asked young people to become ambassadors of a developed India.

The choice of venue matters because the same campus houses IIT (BHU), where the students felicitated for clearing the engineering entrance had won admission.

India's record on access and benefit-sharing was set out as the country prepared to take part.

The framework also works with the National Biodiversity Strategy and Action Plan for the period ending in the next decade.

The correct answer is Rs 2.02 crore, the sum the Authority released among twenty-seven states and three union territories as their share of contributions paid by seed companies.

Construction of the Next Generation Offshore Patrol Vessels is being carried out at these two yards at the same time, and the ships are both designed and built in India.

Ships of this class are named from India's rich heritage, and this vessel's name was chosen in that spirit.

The correct answer is Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata, where Shreyas, carrying the yard number 3040, was launched.

Attri, Member (Technical), CAQM, under whose chairmanship the high-level team visited the two hotspot districts and held the review meeting.

As part of its monitoring mechanism the Commission has deployed Flying Squads in eighteen districts of Punjab for the period running from the first of October to the last day of November in the same year.

The high-level CAQM team visited these two districts during the paddy harvesting season because both have been identified as hotspots for paddy stubble burning, and the review meeting with Deputy Commissioners was held at Amritsar.

The correct answer is Dr. Sebastian Bosse, who opened the inaugural session of the second meeting in his capacity as Chair of GI-AI4FS.

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre, which works under the Department of Telecommunications in the Ministry of Communications, hosted the meeting jointly with ICAR of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare.