UPSC GK Questions 2026

The correct answer is Shri C. Rajagopalachari, a recipient of the Bharat Ratna and the first Governor General of independent India, who delivered the very first lecture of the series.

Akashvani has organised the annual Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Lecture from that year onwards, in memory of independent India’s first Deputy Prime Minister, who also held the Information and Broadcasting portfolio and is remembered as the architect of national integration and as the Iron Man of India.

The correct answer is Shri Shivraj Singh Chouhan, the Union Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and of Rural Development, who is to deliver the sixty seventh lecture in the series at the Rang Bhawan Auditorium of Akashvani in New Delhi.

The correct answer is Shri T. K. Anil Kumar, who spoke at the summit as Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy and laid out its four priorities, calling for a seamless transition from school education into higher education, skilling and employment so that learners can make informed…

Of the four priorities set out at the summit by the Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy, the third is the recognition of skills across education systems, and the instrument named for it is the National Credit Framework.

The Central Board of Secondary Education, in association with the Sahodaya School Complexes of Delhi and the National Capital Region, is holding the fourth National Summit on Facilitating School-to-Work Transition in New Delhi across two days, the twenty sixth and twenty seventh of October 2026.

SIDM is an industry body for defence manufacturers, which is why it fits an event meant to connect military users with the firms that would actually build or refurbish the platforms.

The correct answer is Chandimandir Military Station, which is the headquarters station of Western Command and the chosen venue for the two-day seminar in December 2026.

The seminar carries exactly this theme, and the phrase itself captures the idea behind the whole exercise, namely that equipment already held by the Army should be reworked into advanced and future-ready combat systems rather than simply replaced.

Within the ADMM-Plus construct India is co-chairing the Experts Working Group on Counter-Terrorism jointly with Malaysia for the cycle that runs from 2024 to 2027.

India entered the ASEAN framework as a dialogue partner in that year, and the relationship has since widened into the defence domain through the ADMM-Plus mechanism.

The thirteenth edition of the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting-Plus is being held at Cebu in the Philippines, which also holds the chair of the forum for the current year, and the Indian delegation to it is being led by Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh.

The cover under the initiative extends to three kinds of cargo, namely Full Container Load, Less than Container Load and refrigerated or reefer containers, and consignments of energy are specifically kept outside it.

Component II of the initiative is designed to push exporters towards taking cover from the Export Credit Guarantee Corporation of India for their coming shipments to the notified regions, and the inducement it offers is risk coverage at the level of ninety five per cent.

The Department of Commerce has carried forward the timelines of Component II of RELIEF, the time-bound intervention that sits under the Export Promotion Mission, up to the close of March 2027, and the change was notified through Notification No. 37/2026-27 issued on 30 September 2026.

The programme is meant to carry the propulsion technology from Technology Readiness Level six, where a system has been proved in a relevant environment, up to Technology Readiness Level nine, where it is flight proven and ready for wider operational use, through further development, validation and deployment work.

The system is described as a green propulsion solution that uses a hydrogen peroxide based propellant with additives, supported by an integrated engine and catalyst assembly that includes an ultra-high-temperature ceramic catalyst meant to survive demanding conditions.

The Technology Development Board, which functions under the Department of Science and Technology, signed an agreement with Manastu Space Technologies Private Limited of Navi Mumbai for financial support of Rs 116 crore drawn from the Research Development and Innovation Fund, and this money is being routed as Optionally Convertible Debt.

Shri Om Birla is the Lok Sabha Speaker, and it was in that capacity that he wrote on the Forum's role in strengthening parliamentary dialogue and cooperation among BRICS member and partner countries, with the agenda of institutional resilience, AI governance, South-South cooperation and sustainability guided by the four pillars…

The subjects before the Forum are institutional resilience, AI governance, South-South cooperation and sustainability, and all four are guided by the four pillars of India's BRICS Chairship.