State Exams GK Questions 2026

Both statements reverse the two approaches: empirical knowledge aims to be value-free, while normative knowledge is value-loaded. The empirical approach studies politics as it is.

An atomic clock keeps time by locking onto the fixed frequency of radiation that makes atoms such as cesium-133 or rubidium jump between two energy levels.

Lithium is so light that it floats on kerosene or paraffin oil, so it is kept coated in petroleum jelly or paraffin wax, or under an inert gas, instead of under oil.

A Van de Graaff generator is an electrostatic machine that builds up a very large static charge on a hollow metal sphere, raising it to millions of volts.

Jordan grew out of the British Mandate after the First World War, but it is not landlocked because it touches the Gulf of Aqaba.

Starlight is bent again and again by layers of air of changing density, so its path and brightness keep shifting and the star seems to twinkle.

The focal length is 10 cm, and an object between F and C of a concave mirror gives a real image beyond C, in front of the mirror.

X-rays are electromagnetic waves made of photons, which carry no electric charge, so electric and magnetic fields cannot bend them.

The Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes is a joint committee whose Chairperson is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from among its members.

For the Northeast the population needed to justify a bank branch has been brought down to 2,000 on a cluster basis, which is lower than the norm of 3,000 that applies across the country, and the relaxation exists because habitations in the region are smaller and more scattered.

That is the national credit-deposit ratio quoted at the conclave, and among the Northeastern states Manipur and Assam stand at or above it while Mizoram and several others fall short.

The minister said that out of the 9,479 villages identified for coverage in the Northeast, 6,905 now have either a bank branch or an India Post Payments Bank point, which comes to roughly 73 per cent.

The third edition of the conclave was held there, and Dr Sukanta Majumdar, Union Minister of State for Development of North Eastern Region and for Education, addressed it on 13 October 2026, asking banks to widen their reach and lend more readily in the region.

The TDB works under the Department of Science and Technology and it is the body that signed the agreement with ideaForge Technology Limited of Mumbai for support under the Research Development and Innovation Fund.

YETI is designed for an operating altitude of up to 6,500 metres above mean sea level, which is what allows it to be considered for high-altitude work in the mountains, and its weather-resistant build is also meant for deserts and marine conditions.

YETI is designed to lift payloads of up to 200 kg, and by a neat coincidence the same figure is its targeted range in kilometres, which makes the pair easy to remember together.

That is the support the Technology Development Board has agreed to extend to ideaForge Technology Limited under the Research Development and Innovation Fund, and it comes in the form of debt financing.

Across the Indian Navy's tenure, the activities of CTF 154 added up to more than 7,800 hours of training, with personnel from 39 countries taking part.

India's association with the Combined Maritime Forces came in two steps: it first joined as an Associate Partner in 2022 and then took up full membership in 2023.

The Combined Maritime Forces is a partnership of 47 nations, and CTF 154 is the one task force within it that is given over wholly to training, running professional courses and capacity building so that member navies can work with one another at sea.