UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

Speaking at the 72nd Annual General Body Meeting, the minister traced the institute's journey from its establishment in that year, recalling the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and the role of the civil services in nation building.

The institute's membership has reached that figure, and the minister pointed out that the membership framework has been broadened so that younger professionals and recent graduates can join.

The correct answer is the Vice President of India, Shri C. P. Radhakrishnan, who holds the office of President of the Indian Institute of Public Administration and was present when the 72nd Annual General Body Meeting was addressed.

The exemption is an import measure and has nothing to do with the price assured to farmers, although the government has said it remains conscious of farmers' interests while taking such steps.

The exemption in force was available until the end of October, and the amendment carries it to the end of December, which adds exactly two months to the window.

Customs duty is a tax, so changes to it are notified by the revenue side of the Finance Ministry, in this case through a customs notification dated the end of October.

The exemption from customs duty on cotton brought into the country now runs up to the end of December.

The correct answer is BIMSTEC: Prosperous, Resilient and Open, the theme of the 6th BIMSTEC Summit, whose outcomes the exercise is designed to carry forward in practice.

It is India's first integrated tri-service command, which means the Army, the Navy and the Air Force operate there under a single commander instead of separate service chains.

The exercise brings together the seven BIMSTEC member states, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand, and the Maldives is not among them.

BIMSTEC is the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, and its first maritime security exercise is aimed at security, stability and prosperity in that bay.

The decorations listed for Air Chief Marshal Ashutosh Dixit are the Vayu Sena Medal, the Vishisht Seva Medal, the Ati Vishisht Seva Medal and the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, which is why options A, B and C are all awards he holds and therefore wrong answers to a question asking…

He held that tri-service appointment during Operation Sindoor.

The new Chief of the Air Staff has flown for more than 3,300 hours across a wide spread of aircraft, among them the Mirage-2000, a number of MiG variants, the Jaguar and several transport types.

He took charge as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on 31 October 2026, moving up from the post of Vice Chief of the Air Staff.

The right to form associations or unions is part of Article 19, and Article 19 rights belong only to citizens of India.

It is not correct, because the President causes the Commission's reports to be laid before each House of Parliament, not only before the Lok Sabha.

Statement 3 is the only incorrect one, because laws on the delimitation of constituencies are made by Parliament, not by the Election Commission.

Methane is not one of the pollutants used to calculate India's National Air Quality Index. The National Air Quality Index was launched in 2014 under the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan and is run by the Central Pollution Control Board.

Each extra unit of a good gives a consumer less additional satisfaction than the unit before it, so marginal utility falls as consumption rises.