SSC GK Questions 2026

A FASTag is a sticker on the windscreen that a reader at the toll plaza identifies by radio, so the toll is deducted from a linked account and the vehicle need not stop; the system is called National Electronic Toll Collection and is run by the National Payments Corporation of…

The system, run by the National Payments Corporation of India, lets a customer withdraw cash, deposit money or check a balance at a banking correspondent's micro ATM by giving the Aadhaar number, the name of the bank and a biometric authentication, without a card or a cheque.

Real Time Gross Settlement is meant for large value payments, which are settled one transaction at a time as they are received rather than in batches, and the system sets a floor of two lakh rupees with no upper limit.

The amount of a debit card payment leaves the account at once, which is the essential difference from a credit card, where the bank pays first from a limit it has granted and bills the holder later with an interest free period.

Such an operator is authorised under the Payment and Settlement Systems Act of 2007, the machine carries the operator's own brand instead of a bank's, cards of every bank work on it, and the cash is supplied through a sponsor bank.

The machine does the work of a teller at the counter, giving cash, accepting deposits, printing statements and taking requests, and it works at any hour without a member of the staff.

RuPay was launched as an Indian card network so that domestic card payments would be settled within the country instead of through foreign networks, and its cards are issued by banks for savings accounts and under government schemes.

UPI was launched in 2016 and allows a payment from one bank account to another through a mobile application, using a virtual payment address instead of the account number and a UPI PIN for authentication.

YONO, which stands for You Only Need One, was launched by the State Bank of India as a single application for banking, investment, insurance and online shopping, and it also allows cash withdrawal at the bank's machines without a card.

The Bharat Interface for Money application was released in December 2016 by the National Payments Corporation of India so that payments over the Unified Payments Interface, launched earlier that year, could be made from any smartphone with a bank account linked to it.

It is the second of the three Yudh Seva medals instituted in 1980, below the Sarvottam Yudh Seva Medal and above the Yudh Seva Medal.

The two lists are announced on 26 January and on 15 August, and the medals are presented later at investiture ceremonies by the President, who is the Supreme Commander of the armed forces.

The series has three grades, the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and the Jeevan Raksha Padak, and it is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs and open to civilians, including children.

The Sena Medal, the Nao Sena Medal and the Vayu Sena Medal were instituted in 1960 for individual acts of gallantry or exceptional devotion to duty, one for each service, and the word Nao in the name marks the Navy just as Vayu marks the Air Force.

He was awarded the Param Vir Chakra posthumously for the action at Badgam in Kashmir in November 1947, during the first conflict after independence, and the medal itself was instituted on 26 January 1950 with effect from 15 August 1947.

It is the highest peacetime gallantry award and is given for the most conspicuous bravery or self-sacrifice away from the field of battle, to members of the armed forces and to civilians alike.

The three grades of the series are worded exactly this way and questions are set on the wording alone: the most exceptional order for the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, an exceptional order for the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and a high order for the Vishisht Seva Medal.

The three medals were instituted in 1980 and follow the same three steps as the Vishisht Seva medals, but the word Yudh in the name shows that they belong to wartime service rather than peacetime service.

The medal was instituted in that year in three classes, and in 1967 the classes were given the separate names Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and Vishisht Seva Medal.

It is given for distinguished service of the most exceptional order, and the word Param marks the top step of every Indian series of decorations.