SSC GK Questions 2026

The Joint Trade Committee is the standing bilateral mechanism through which India and Brunei Darussalam review trade and economic cooperation, and this round was convened to take stock of commercial ties and identify ways of strengthening them.

Both were conducted by the National Sample Survey and both cover January to December 2025, and the inclusion of their highlights gives readers a view of the unincorporated enterprise sector and of trends in the labour market.

Through the continued publication of this journal the academy encourages research in official statistics, promotes wider application of statistical data and methodological innovation, and strengthens the analytical foundation of evidence-based policymaking.

It was brought out by the National Statistical Systems Training Academy, which works under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

That is the cumulative number of students selected under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme up to 2025-26, a figure the Department of Science and Technology reported at the felicitation ceremony.

The scheme is a flagship initiative of the Department of Science and Technology, carried out with the National Innovation Foundation-India, an autonomous body under the department.

The Union Minister of State for Science and Technology felicitated 62 young innovators at the twelfth edition of the National Level Exhibition and Project Competition, held under the INSPIRE-MANAK scheme in New Delhi.

While describing how the institutes have grown into engines of innovation and enterprise, the Defence Minister said the IIT ecosystem has supported over 6,000 start-ups, produced 56 unicorns and generated nearly 5,000 patents.

The Defence Minister said the proposal to set up a National Military Drone Technology Hub at IIT Kanpur, in collaboration with the Ministry of Defence, has made significant progress and that its approval process is nearing completion.

The campaign was launched by the Defence Minister in New Delhi and is the largest fundraising effort ever undertaken by any Indian Institute of Technology.

The Telecommunication Engineering Centre is the national standardisation body for the telecommunications sector and works under the Department of Telecommunications in the Ministry of Communications.

These three grades of fine silver bullion and coins were brought within the scope of the standard after the gazette notification of Amendment No. 1 to IS 2112:2025, which deals with silver and silver alloys, jewellery and artefacts, their fineness and their marking.

This was the theme announced for the national celebration held in New Delhi, and it shaped the day's announcements: the Bureau of Indian Standards released standards on clean energy mobility, including one for electric vehicle charging cables and another for pedal assisted bicycles, and the Union Minister for Consumer Affairs…

Besides being a renowned classical dancer and author, she served as an officer of that service, and this detail is the kind of cross-link a paper setter likes, because it ties a book release to the services list.

While speaking on the spread of cancer care, the Vice-President said that over 700 District Clinics and 500 Day Care Cancer Centres have been established, and that 19 State Cancer Institutes and 20 Tertiary Care Cancer Centres have been approved for operationalisation.

The Vice-President released her inspirational memoir at Uprashtrapathi Bhavan and spoke of it as an account of passion, hard work and resilience, and of her journey through cancer.

Implementation has deliberately been made phased, and the first phase covers larger societies that cross this threshold in the relevant financial parameters, so that smaller institutions have extra time to strengthen their internal systems and processes before the enhanced reporting reaches them.

That amendment gave the Central Government the power to prescribe auditing and accounting standards for these societies, and the new audit reporting order has been formulated in pursuance of the provision.

MSCARO stands for the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Auditor’s Report) Order, and the version mandated now creates a uniform, structured and risk-based framework in which auditors report on financial, administrative, governance and statutory compliance parameters through a standard format with clear Yes or No answers and remarks.

The portal is fully operational and open for public access, stakeholder submissions and data interaction, which is why options A, B and D, each of which narrows the list, are wrong.