UPSC GK Questions 2026

India has three operational PCPIRs: Dahej in Gujarat, Visakhapatnam-Kakinada in Andhra Pradesh and Paradeep in Odisha. Haldia is not among them, so option D is the exception.

The Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojana Rasayan scheme, approved in July 2026, carries that total outlay, of which Rs 3,000 crore is earmarked for common infrastructure and basic utilities and Rs 30 crore for administrative expenditure.

India is the sixth-largest producer of chemicals in the world, and separately the fourth-largest in Asia, which is why option B is a tempting but wrong choice: fourth is India's Asian rank, not its global one.

The clusters listed under Pillar II of Horizon Europe in the announcement are health; digital technologies, industry and space; climate, energy and mobility; and food and the bioeconomy.

According to the announcement, an exploration of the possible association was launched after the India-EU Summit held on that date, which the Ministry of Science and Technology calls historic.

The Ministry of Science and Technology announced that India and the European Union had successfully completed negotiations for India's association with Horizon Europe, which the release describes as the EU's flagship research and innovation programme.

Under the Memorandum of Agreement, the IAF's Software Development Institute, IIT Madras and the IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation will jointly design and develop such a system, working on advanced algorithms for communication systems and networking.

He signed the Memorandum of Agreement with the Indian Air Force's Software Development Institute for developing an indigenous digital secure communication system for airborne use.

The SDI of the Indian Air Force signed a Memorandum of Agreement with IIT Madras and the IITM Pravartak Technologies Foundation for the joint design and development of an indigenous digital secure communication system for airborne applications; its Commandant, Air Vice Marshal Sarabjit Singh, signed the document.

The Ministry of Defence stated that Amini, the anti-submarine warfare shallow water craft built by GRSE Kolkata and delivered on 5 November 2026, has more than 80 per cent indigenous content.

The ship is named after Amini Island in the Union Territory of Lakshadweep. The name also brings back the earlier INS Amini, a Petya III class anti-submarine warfare corvette that was decommissioned in 2002, keeping alive the naval custom of passing on distinguished names.

Amini is one of the Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft that GRSE designed and built in India, following the classification rules of the Indian Register of Shipping, and it was handed over to the Indian Navy on 5 November 2026.

The exercise focused on improving interoperability and mutual understanding in planning and conducting combined HADR operations, with particular emphasis on joint amphibious operations, in which forces move from ships to the shore.

The Ministry of Defence described Tiger Triumph 2026 as the fifth edition of the bilateral tri-service HADR exercise between India and the United States.

Tiger Triumph is a bilateral tri-service Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise between India and the US.

Exercise Rahat Mitra, the first bilateral tri-services HADR exercise between India and Myanmar, is centred on this theme, which captures its two aims: humanitarian help in disasters and closer defence ties between the neighbours.

The inaugural India-Myanmar tri-services HADR exercise 'Rahat Mitra' opened at Chennai on 5 November 2026 and was scheduled for 5 and 6 November.

India and Myanmar commenced their maiden bilateral tri-services Humanitarian Assistance and Disaster Relief exercise, named 'Rahat Mitra', at Chennai on 5 November 2026, with the drill running to 6 November.

The ships listed for the maiden BIMSTEC Maritime Security Exercise were INS Taragiri, INS Karmuk and INS Saryu from the Indian Navy, UMS King Aung Zeya from the Myanmar Navy and SLNS Gajabahu from the Sri Lanka Navy; the aircraft carrier INS Vikrant was not among them.

The exercise was conducted under the aegis of the ANC, which is India's only operational command that combines all the services under one Commander-in-Chief, at present Vice Admiral Vineet McCarty.