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UPSC GK Questions 2026

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UPSC GK Questions with Answers

Q7804.NationalEasy

What is the full form of JOSH, the teams deployed in the TB awareness campaign?

  1. A.Joint Outreach for State Health
  2. B.Joint Squad for Health
  3. C.Youth Organisation for Social Health
  4. D.Jan Outreach and Screening for Health
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Correct answer: B. Joint Squad for Health

The nationwide campaign organised on 13 October 2026 placed JOSH teams in 11 states and 55 districts on a pilot basis, and every team has MY Bharat volunteers, cadets of the National Cadet Corps and a designated Class-I officer.

Q7805.Government SchemesHard

Through which interface was the PM GatiShakti Public platform opened to private entities and the general public?

  1. A.National Geospatial Portal
  2. B.Unified Geospatial Interface
  3. C.Open Data Gateway
  4. D.Bharat Map Interface
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Correct answer: B. Unified Geospatial Interface

The PM GatiShakti Public platform was launched through this interface in September 2025 and extends selected data analytics capabilities to private entities and to the general public, which marked the accessibility phase of the master plan.

Q7806.Government SchemesEasy

Which authority has the Union Cabinet approved to strengthen long term transport and logistics planning?

  1. A.National Logistics Board
  2. B.Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority
  3. C.Multimodal Connectivity Commission
  4. D.Bharat Transport Regulatory Authority
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Correct answer: B. Integrated Transport and Logistics Authority

The government has decided to set it up so that the full potential of PM GatiShakti can be used for integrated long term transport planning, and the Union Cabinet has approved it.

Q7808.Government SchemesMedium

How many data layers are integrated on the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan platform?

  1. A.More than 800
  2. B.More than 1,200
  3. C.More than 1,800
  4. D.More than 2,500
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Correct answer: C. More than 1,800

As the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years, the government stated that the platform integrates more than 1,800 data layers covering 58 Central Ministries and Departments and all 36 States and Union Territories, along with more than 65 software modules and tools and over 100 mobile and web…

Q7812.InternationalEasy

Which document was adopted at the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers Meeting held in New Delhi?

  1. A.Bangkok Vision
  2. B.Delhi Declaration
  3. C.Bay of Bengal Charter
  4. D.Jamnagar Protocol
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Correct answer: B. Delhi Declaration

The first meeting of BIMSTEC Home Ministers, hosted by India in New Delhi and chaired by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, adopted this declaration, which lays down the principles behind security cooperation in the grouping.

Q7813.Science & TechnologyHard

Under which project, along with the Indore institute's own trials, is a yield of 15 to 20 quintals per hectare reported as achievable for soybean?

  1. A.National Food Security Mission
  2. B.All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean
  3. C.Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
  4. D.National Mission on Edible Oils
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Correct answer: B. All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean

Research and trials carried out across the country by the ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute and under this coordinated project indicate that a yield of 15 to 20 quintals per hectare can be reached by adopting improved varieties together with appropriate production technologies, and that favourable conditions may lift output to…

Q7814.Science & TechnologyHard

Who is the Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of ICAR who commented on the soybean yield data?

  1. A.Dr M. L. Jat
  2. B.Dr Himanshu Pathak
  3. C.Dr Trilochan Mohapatra
  4. D.Dr Abhilaksh Likhi
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Correct answer: A. Dr M. L. Jat

He holds both posts, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and it was he who welcomed the early figures from the two varieties.

Q7815.Science & TechnologyMedium

What is the present average soybean productivity in India?

  1. A.About 5 to 6 quintals per hectare
  2. B.About 10 to 11 quintals per hectare
  3. C.About 18 to 19 quintals per hectare
  4. D.About 30 to 32 quintals per hectare
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Correct answer: B. About 10 to 11 quintals per hectare

This is the figure for the country's average soybean productivity at present, and it is the benchmark against which the new reading of roughly 20 quintals per hectare from NRC 268 and NRC 270 is being judged.

Q7816.Science & TechnologyEasy

Which institute developed the improved soybean varieties NRC 268 and NRC 270?

  1. A.ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
  2. B.ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute, Indore
  3. C.ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  4. D.ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad
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Correct answer: B. ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute, Indore

Both varieties were bred at this institute, which functions under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and it was the institute that organised the Soybean Harvest Day on 9 October 2026 at which their yield potential was assessed.

Q7818.EnvironmentMedium

Which organisation acts as the national regulatory authority for the annual inspection of grossly polluting industries?

  1. A.National Mission for Clean Ganga
  2. B.Central Pollution Control Board
  3. C.Central Ground Water Board
  4. D.National Green Tribunal
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Correct answer: B. Central Pollution Control Board

The annual inspection mechanism for grossly polluting industries in the Ganga basin began in 2017 with the support of the Central Pollution Control Board, described in the review as the national regulatory authority for this work.

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