State Exams GK Questions 2026

The ceremony at which the Indian Navy gave up command of Combined Task Force 154 was held at Manama in Bahrain on 14 October 2026, and it closed the first spell in which India headed a task force of the Combined Maritime Forces.

Only the Supreme Court and the High Courts are courts of record under the Constitution; subordinate courts are not. Article 129 declares the Supreme Court a court of record, and Article 215 does the same for every High Court.

The American historian described the Indian Constitution as a "seamless web" of three closely linked strands.

He founded the Sikkim Praja Mandal in 1945 to oppose the feudal landlord system and the absolute rule of the Chogyal.

The territories of the amara-nayakas were not hereditary; the Vijayanagara kings transferred them from one place to another from time to time.

The day marks the Pokhran nuclear tests of 11 May 1998. On 11 May 1998 India carried out the Shakti series of nuclear tests at Pokhran in Rajasthan, under Operation Shakti; two more tests followed on 13 May.

The scheme period stretches from FY2026-27 to FY2031-32, and the per-acre assistance supports internal roads, power supply, water networks, drainage, common effluent treatment, value-added infrastructure and technology-enabled administration, with up to a quarter of approved funding available for external road, rail and last-mile logistics connectivity.

India’s manufacturing sector at present contributes roughly 16 to 17 per cent of GDP and employs more than 27 million workers, and the National Manufacturing Mission sets the goal of lifting that contribution to a quarter of the economy by 2035.

BHAVYA proposes a nationwide rollout of 100 plug-and-play industrial parks, and in the first phase up to 50 of them are to be selected through challenge mode across two selection rounds, judged on project readiness, land availability and industrial potential.

That is the outlay with which BHAVYA was notified on 10 April 2026 after Cabinet approval in March 2026, and it funds the development of 100 plug-and-play industrial parks with assistance of up to Rs 1 crore per acre.

The Raksha Mantri made the announcement there on 31 October 2025, on the sidelines of the 12th ADMM-Plus, and the forum held in New Delhi is the follow-through on that commitment.

Speaking at the forum, the Raksha Mantri noted that this year has been designated the ASEAN-India Year of Maritime Cooperation and treated it as a chance to convert shared interest into practical steps: better sharing of maritime information, closer work between navies and coast guards, and the ability to respond…

At the forum the Defence Minister placed MAHASAGAR alongside SAGAR, which expands to Security and Growth for All in the Region, and said both, together with the Act East policy, argue for open and multipolar cooperation channelled through ASEAN-led mechanisms that sit at the centre of India’s Indo-Pacific vision.

The maiden ASEAN-India Defence Think Tank Forum was convened at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi, where Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressed delegates from India and all eleven ASEAN member states across a two-day programme.

The WPI Food Index is a composite built from food articles within the Primary Articles major group and manufactured food products within the Manufactured Products group, and it carries a weight of 24.99 per cent in the index.

Every index figure in the release, for the Wholesale Price Index as well as for the Output Producer Price Index and the trial Input Producer Price Index, is stated on the 2022-23 base year.

The same group had risen 22.93 per cent in August 2026, so the pressure in this basket also widened over the month.

Wholesale price inflation for September 2026 was measured at 11.39 per cent on a year-on-year basis, a clear step up from the previous month.

Bringing these units on to the Udyam registration portal places them inside the formal MSME policy system, so they can reach the credit, training and market support the government offers.

The scheme funds the development of machines, technologies and products, conducts skill training and promotional work, pushes sales in domestic as well as overseas markets, creates awareness through publicity and trade fairs, gives financial help to lift sales, takes exporters to international exhibitions and compiles the sector’s statistics.