UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

Expanding exports, drawing in investment and gaining easier access to markets abroad were all described as contributions towards that goal for Uttar Pradesh.

Greater Noida also figures in the speech for another reason worth remembering, the expansion of a large robotics manufacturing facility there, which the Minister offered as an illustration of modern industrial growth in the state.

The state's annual exports stand at roughly Rs 2 lakh crore at present, and the stated goal is to take that figure to Rs 5 lakh crore by 2030, which means more than doubling the value of goods sold abroad.

The purpose is twofold: the armed forces get their missiles delivered on time, and DRDO is freed to concentrate on research and development while industry takes up the production load.

The comparison the Minister drew is the part worth memorising: the same allocation stood at around Rs 2.53 lakh crore in 2013-14, which makes option A a real figure but from the wrong year, and therefore the most attractive distractor in the set.

After the earlier goal of Rs 30,000 crore in annual defence exports was met in the previous year, the government fixed a higher goal of Rs 50,000 crore to be reached by 2029.

Supplies went to more than 100 countries, which is why the Defence Minister described the country as moving from being an importer to a trusted global supplier.

India works 12 major ports and 217 non-major ports, so the total covers both categories together.

Claims up to that level are met from the pool's accumulated reserves together with its reinsurance recoveries, and the government's guarantee is activated only once those reserves have been completely used up.

The correct answer is the General Insurance Corporation of India, better known as GIC Re, which has taken charge as Pool Manager and Administrator and handles the pool's day-to-day running, its performance reporting and its operational systems.

This is the total value of risk the pool is able to write, and it makes the pool the first domestic maritime insurance arrangement of that size in India.

The Constitution (First Amendment) Act was passed in 1951, a little over a year after the Constitution came into force.

Gross National Product minus depreciation gives Net National Product. Depreciation is the wear and tear of machinery, buildings and other capital goods during the year.

Dantidurga founded the Rashtrakuta kingdom in the Deccan in about 753 CE. Dantidurga was a feudatory of the Chalukyas of Badami and overthrew the Chalukya ruler Kirtivarman II to set up independent rule, with Manyakheta, today's Malkhed in Karnataka, becoming the capital.

The product method adds up the value of goods and services produced by all firms in the economy. National income can be measured in three ways, and all three should give the same figure.

The craftspersons of Bidar were famous for inlay work in copper and silver, and the craft took the name Bidri from the town.

Maize is the crop grown both as food and as fodder, needing 21°C to 27°C and old alluvial soil. Maize is a kharif crop sown with the onset of the monsoon, though in Bihar and a few other states it is also raised in the rabi season.

Iron and steel is indeed a heavy industry, but not because of light raw materials. Industries are classified by the weight of the material they handle.

He was a Jaina in his early life and served as a minister in a Chalukya court in the twelfth century.

The Wang Chhu flows through western Bhutan and joins the Brahmaputra system in India. The Wang Chhu rises in the Himalayas of Tibet, passes Thimphu and Paro in Bhutan, and enters West Bengal, where it is known as the Raidak.