State Exams GK Questions 2026

The release states plainly that while some States and Union Territories do put together estimates of Gross Fixed Capital Formation and Government Final Consumption Expenditure, no State or Union Territory is compiling PFCE at present.

The National Statistics Office has prepared the draft guideline for compiling Gross State Domestic Product estimates from the expenditure side with 2022-23 as the base year, and the whole framework is described as working under the revised base year arrangement.

The committee flags this shortage and notes that recruitment of manpower was among the main recommendations of the High-Level Committee of Experts chaired by Dr K. Radhakrishnan.

The committee notes that most entrance tests run by the National Testing Agency are already held on computers and that NEET-UG is the outlier still relying on pen and paper, so it recommends moving that test to computer-based testing as well.

The committee records that the National Testing Agency conducts examinations in which roughly 1.2 crore students sit every year, which is why it describes the agency as the gateway to the higher education system.

He is a Member of Parliament in the Rajya Sabha and heads the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Education, Women, Children, Youth and Sports, which placed the 382nd report on "Reforms and Strengthening of the National Testing Agency" before the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha on 9 October 2026.

Emphasising Jan Bhagidari, the Prime Minister said an Anganwadi Centre should not function as an isolated institution but should instead become a centre of community participation.

At the valedictory session the Prime Minister observed that national movements such as Vocal for Local and One District One Product, known by the short form ODOP, should be promoted for the empowerment of women.

Speaking at the valedictory session, the Prime Minister said states could carry the summit model further by holding similar Chintan Shivirs at the district level as well as at the Nagar Palika and Mahanagar Palika levels, so that collaborative decision-making reaches well below the state secretariat.

The two-day National Departmental Summit on Women and Child Development was held at Sushma Swaraj Bhawan in New Delhi, and the Prime Minister chaired its valedictory session there.

The correct answer is the Pledge for Welfare of Senior Citizens, which Shri Sudhansh Pant, Secretary of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, administered to the trainees after the inaugural session.

The programme was opened at the Education Hub at Kevdi in Diu, which is part of this Union Territory, and the Collector of Diu, Shri Rahul Dev Boora, welcomed the dignitaries and participants at the inaugural session.

Its Senior Citizen Division is conducting the sessions through Course Coordinator Ms. Asha Sharma and Junior Consultant Ms. Ritu Dandriyal.

The Software Technology Parks of India is taking part in the congress with 14 startups incubated by it, so that their founders can place their products and solutions before visitors, investors and other industry participants.

Digital India BHASHINI is demonstrating at the pavilion how artificial intelligence and language technology can carry digital content and government services into Indian languages.

The 10th edition of the India Mobile Congress is being held under this theme from 7 to 10 October 2026 at Yashobhoomi in New Delhi, and it was formally inaugurated by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 8 October 2026.

The correct answer is more than Rs 274 crore, recommended in 9,085 cases over the 33 years since the Commission was established.

The conference follows the Foundation Day function and has two technical sessions, one on the protection and restoration of water bodies and one on protecting drinking water sources so that access is safe and sustainable for all.

The correct answer is Chief Justice of India, Justice Surya Kant, who will address the function as chief guest.

The Commission was set up on 12 October 1993, so its Foundation Day falls on that date every year, and the 33rd edition will be held at Vigyan Bhawan in New Delhi in 2026.