State Exams GK Questions 2026

The medal was called historic precisely because India had gone without a podium finish in the men's high jump at the Asian Games for five decades, and that wait was brought to a close by this jump.

The announcement records that Sarvesh Kushare won a silver medal in the men's high jump at the Asian Games, which means he finished as the runner-up in the final.

Sarvesh Kushare finished second in the men's high jump at the Asian Games and took the silver medal, a result that closed an Indian medal wait of five decades in that event.

Both are tiny algae grown in tanks and sold as protein rich food supplements, and both have been studied as food for astronauts.

The Kudankulam Nuclear Power Station stands on the coast of the Gulf of Mannar in the Tirunelveli district of Tamil Nadu.

Vaishnavism recognises the dashavatara, the ten incarnations that Vishnu is said to take whenever order in the world breaks down.

Sericulture is the rearing of silkworms to produce raw silk. Mulberry or other host plants are grown, the worms are fed on the leaves until they spin cocoons, and the cocoons are then boiled and reeled into thread.

The first Vande Bharat Express was flagged off on 15 February 2019 on the New Delhi to Varanasi route. It was built at the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and was known as Train 18 while under development.

The English East India Company opened its first factory in Bengal at Hugli in 1651, after Mughal permission to trade in the province in return for a yearly payment.

The Tehri Dam stands on the Bhagirathi in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, just below the point where the Bhilangana joins the river.

The tenth and last human Guru of the Sikhs founded the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib on Baisakhi day in 1699.

The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was passed in 1969 and came into force on 1 June 1970. It followed the report of the Dutt Committee on industrial licensing, which found that economic power had gathered in a few business houses.

Article 234 of the Constitution says that appointments of persons other than district judges to the judicial service of a state are made by the Governor, following rules framed after consulting the State Public Service Commission and the High Court of that state.

The fusion of a male gamete with a female gamete is called fertilisation, and the single cell it produces is the zygote.

The correct answer is 20 to 25 participants, a cap the zoo keeps so that each walk stays a close and useful learning exercise rather than a crowd.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the ministry that handles wildlife and biodiversity matters and under which the National Zoological Park works.

The correct answer is 47 species, with sightings of more than seven hundred and fifty individual birds during the walk.

The zoo has planned a week of walks and competitions in that window, among them a tree walk, a birds walk, a butterfly and dragonfly walk, a spider and insect walk, a reptile, amphibian and molluscs walk, a keeper's talk with enclosure enrichment, and contests in clay modelling, poster making…

Abhay Singh finished second in the men's singles draw, and the Prime Minister noted that the medal reflected years of hard work along with his skill and determination.

Harita Bhadra reached the podium in the women's 200m at her very first Asian Games, racing with confidence and determination according to the Prime Minister's message.