UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

A bear expects prices to slide and therefore sells, hoping to buy the same security back cheaper, which is why a falling market is called a bear market.

Social capital means the networks, shared norms and trust that let people in a society work together, so it is measured by relationships rather than by things or numbers of people.

Ajanta and Lepakshi both carry painting on their walls and ceilings, while Sanchi does not, so the first two alone fit.

Only the first statement holds, so the other combinations fall away. India follows single citizenship and a single domicile, which means a person is a citizen of India alone and not separately of a state, unlike the United States where a citizen also belongs to a state.

Neither of these belongs to the six orthodox systems, so this is the pair that stands outside. The six systems, called the Shad Darshanas, are Samkhya, Yoga, Nyaya, Vaisheshika, Mimamsa and Vedanta, and all six accept the authority of the Vedas.

Vidyasagar served as the secretary of the Hindu Female School, and the school was renamed after John Elliot Drinkwater Bethune, who had founded it in Calcutta in 1849.

Statements 1 and 3 hold while statement 2 does not, so this pairing is the right one. The Agreement on Trade-Related Investment Measures is one of the World Trade Organization agreements that came out of the Uruguay Round in 1995.

A parliamentary system rests on the executive answering to the legislature, so the council of ministers stays in office only while it keeps the confidence of the House.

Every one of the three descriptions gets a detail wrong, so the fourth option is the only one left.

Mahendravarman I came first, Gopala next, then Bhoja and finally Parantaka I, which is exactly this order. Mahendravarman I ruled the Pallavas of Kanchi in the early seventh century and is remembered for the rock-cut temples at Mandagapattu and for his play Mattavilasa Prahasana.

Upholding and protecting the sovereignty, unity and integrity of India is listed as a duty of every citizen, so the provision sits among the Fundamental Duties and not in any other part.

All four of these countries sit in the G20, so this is the only group in which no name falls outside the forum.

The Tenth Schedule carries the anti-defection provisions, so a legislator who deserts the party on whose ticket he or she was elected can be disqualified under it.

Mehrgarh, on the Bolan river in the Kachi plain of Baluchistan, is the earliest known farming village in the Indian subcontinent, occupied from about 7000 BCE.

When the British left in 1947, India had, besides the provinces under direct British rule, about 565 princely states whose rulers had accepted British paramountcy.

Fly ash is the fine, powdery residue that rises with the flue gases when pulverised coal is burnt to raise steam in a coal-fired power station.

The correct answer is Monika Juma, named as the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, met by the minister to discuss cooperation against narcotics and organised crime and stronger legal and judicial partnerships.

The correct answer is the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, the three laws the minister described as built around technology, faster justice, forensic investigation and digital-first procedures.

The correct answer is Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, where the Congress is being held and where the Indian minister also met the UAE Justice Minister on the sidelines.

The announcement notes that with the valley complete, the drive has now reached the northern, western, eastern and central regions of the country, so the next stop continues a mapped spread rather than a random choice.