UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

For this 15-day reporting window the Commission recorded 124 inspections in all, made up of six visits to construction and demolition sites, 54 in the industrial sector and 64 relating to diesel generator sets.

This is the statutory body that reviewed enforcement action, inspection findings and compliance across the National Capital Region at the 141st meeting of its Enforcement Task Force.

Ayurveda places the menopausal phase and the complaints that accompany it, such as irregular menstruation, hot flushes, disturbed sleep, mood changes and joint pain, under this heading, and treats the stage as a natural transformation rather than a disease.

It is the Ayurvedic research council through which the Ministry of Ayush pursues a better understanding of menopausal health, covering physical health, emotional well-being and quality of life.

World Menopause Day is marked on this date every year, and the Ministry of Ayush issued its statement on the eve of the day to press for awareness, preventive care and research on the health of women during menopause.

Women made up that share of everyone who took part in the week, and the ministry treats the figure as a sign of how strongly young women have joined the campaign.

This is the theme the ministry has set for the second month of the campaign, and it treats bodily fitness, mental strength, discipline and self-confidence as the building blocks of a society free of addiction.

That is the number of people the fifth week of the campaign reached, spread over 183 educational institutions, NSS units and adopted villages in different parts of the country.

On that day the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, working through MY Bharat and the National Service Scheme, held Yoga evam Aatm-Suraksha Diwas, or Yoga and Self-Defence Day, at locations across the country, and that nationwide observance is what opened the second month of the Nasha Mukt Yuva for…

These were listed among the chief themes of the campaign, along with improving soil health, climate-resilient agriculture and the promotion of oilseeds and pulses.

The correct answer is Dr M. L. Jat, the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, who attended the virtual review meeting.

The correct answer is 4,150 teams, the figure set in the plan placed before the meeting for the Krishi Vigyan Kendras and the Agricultural Technology Management Agency taken together.

The correct answer is 22 October to 30 November 2026, the window announced for the campaign in the review meeting chaired by the Union Agriculture Minister.

The correct answer is Codex standards, the international food standards against which the proposed limit for Imidacloprid in tea was framed.

The comparison was offered to show that Indian agriculture applies these chemicals sparingly, and that Indian use is also below the levels reported from Colombia, Brazil and the United States of America.

The correct answer is the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India, the regulator under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare that sets food standards and notified this draft amendment to the regulations on contaminants, toxins and residues.

The correct answer is 20 ppm, that is 20 milligrams per kilogram, which the draft proposes as the Maximum Residue Limit for Acetamiprid in tea.

The meeting brought together stakeholders from government ministries and departments, operational agencies, research and academic institutions, non-governmental organisations, civil society and the private sector, spread across several states of the country.

The introductory talk of the technical session, given by Dr Rupa Kumar Kolli, formerly Chief of the Climate Applications and Services Division at the World Meteorological Organization, set out why the country needs such a system to carry climate information to the people who must act on it.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Earth Sciences, under which the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology works and which was named as the parent body in the announcement of the consultation.