Teaching GK Questions 2026

President Droupadi Murmu handed over the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the artists selected for the 65th National Exhibition of Art at a ceremony in New Delhi, and at the same function she felicitated the Grand Prize winners and the Honourable Mentions of the third Print Biennale India.

Under Article 243F, the minimum age to become a member of a Panchayat is 21 years, not 25. Part IX of the Constitution, added by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992 and in force from 24 April 1993, lays down the framework of Panchayati Raj.

That law only restrained child marriage by punishing those who performed it; the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 goes further, making such a marriage voidable at the option of the contracting party who was a child, providing for Child Marriage Prohibition Officers and injunctions, and keeping the legal age…

The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 came into force on 30 January 1990. It defines a long list of specific atrocities, provides for Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors, requires relief and rehabilitation for victims, and bars anticipatory bail for the offences it creates.

The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 originally allowed twelve weeks of paid leave.

In 1997 the Supreme Court, hearing this petition, framed the Vishaka guidelines, the first binding statement of an employer's duty to prevent and redress sexual harassment at the workplace.

The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 allows the Juvenile Justice Board to conduct a preliminary assessment of a child who has completed sixteen years and is alleged to have committed a heinous offence, that is one punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more.

The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is a special, gender-neutral law that protects every person below eighteen years of age from sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.

Article 24 states that no child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or be engaged in any other hazardous employment.

The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A, making free and compulsory education for every child of six to fourteen years a fundamental right.

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides that a child above six years who has not been admitted to any school, or could not complete elementary education, shall be admitted to a class appropriate to his or her age, with special training to help the…

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 is arranged in seven chapters, and Chapter IV is titled 'Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers'.

The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act belongs to 2010, so 1 pairs with (c). The Equal Remuneration Act, which forbids unequal pay for men and women for the same work, was passed in 1976, so 2 pairs with (d).

The National Food Security Act was passed by Parliament and notified in 2013, not 2015, so D is the incorrect statement and therefore the answer the question asks for.

SWAYAM is India's national platform of free online courses. SWAYAM stands for Study Webs of Active-Learning for Young Aspiring Minds.

The nationwide drive opened on 20 October 2026 and continues to 8 November 2026, a window chosen so that it covers the days before the festival, when firecrackers are bought, as well as the days after it, when air quality usually stays poor.

Citizens have been asked to celebrate a clean and green Diwali in line with this mission, whose approach is to change everyday habits rather than wait for large interventions, and the pledge items follow from it directly: no firecrackers, earthen diyas and energy-efficient lights, no single-use plastic, waste segregated at…

The campaign is nationwide, but the cities covered under the National Clean Air Programme, numbering 130, have been singled out for special attention, because that is where the burden on air quality is heaviest and where a cracker-free festival makes the greatest difference.

The campaign was launched by this centre of WWF-India, working with the support of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and it runs from 20 October to 8 November 2026.

His research is directed at sustainable answers to environmental problems, with plastic waste and pollution at its centre, and the ministry has presented his case as an illustration of how timely financial support helps a scholar from a disadvantaged background stay in research.