Static general knowledge is the larger part of every UPSC general studies paper. The notices name the same areas again and again: the history of India and the national movement, Indian and world geography, polity and the Constitution, the economy and social development, and general science with environment and ecology. The balance shifts from exam to exam. NDA puts about half of its General Knowledge part on Physics, Chemistry and General Science. CSE favours polity, modern history, environment and the economy. CAPF adds security and human rights, and CDS spreads its questions across polity, history, geography, the economy and school science.
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Since which year has the IBSAMAR exercise been conducted once every two years?
IBSAMAR has been held once in two years since that year, under the India-Brazil-South Africa framework, and has become a settled platform for joint training and for sharing operational practices among the three navies.
Read the full explanation →In which country is the ninth edition of the IBSAMAR naval exercise being held?
INS Tarkash, a frontline guided missile stealth frigate of the Indian Navy, has been sent on an overseas deployment to South Africa to join the ninth edition of the India-Brazil-South Africa Maritime Exercise.
Read the full explanation →At what stage of technology maturity can enterprises receive support from the RDI Fund?
Eligible Technology Enterprises working at that level or higher can receive capital channelled by the Second Level Fund Managers, which means the fund steps in once an idea has moved past paper and early concept work and has been validated in a laboratory setting.
Read the full explanation →Which body houses the Independent Business Unit that manages the Research, Development and Innovation Fund?
The fund is run by an Independent Business Unit housed within that foundation, and the foundation's Executive Council is one of the stages a fund manager's proposal must clear before it reaches the Empowered Group of Secretaries.
Read the full explanation →How many Second Level Fund Managers were announced in the first cohort of the Research, Development and Innovation Fund?
The Empowered Group of Secretaries approved the cohort at its meeting on 8 October 2026, and the nineteen are made up of two kinds of institution: 14 Alternative Investment Funds and 5 Focused Research Organisations.
Read the full explanation →Which technology was named as a way the Keylong centre will try to improve healthcare in remote areas?
These are practical choices for the Himalayan belt, where settlements can be cut off for months and a short distance on a map can take hours to travel.
Read the full explanation →Which two bodies are the main partners in setting up the high-altitude research centre at Keylong?
AIIMS Bilaspur is the third institution involved, and its role is to study the health impact of high-altitude conditions on patients who come to the region.
Read the full explanation →In which state is the ICMR Centre for High Altitude Medicine and Public Health Research being set up?
The Union Health Minister performed the Bhumi Pujan and laid the foundation stone there, and a former Chief Minister of the state as well as the Member of Parliament from Mandi spoke at the ceremony.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following did the Union Sports Minister propose for cooperation among BRICS nations on traditional sports?
The repository would record each sport's history, cultural significance, rules, equipment and field-of-play requirements, so that the knowledge survives even as sport modernises.
Read the full explanation →Which of these traditional sports was demonstrated by India at the BRICS games in Ahmedabad?
The correct answer is Mallakhamb, which India demonstrated along with Yogasana and Kalaripayattu.
Read the full explanation →Where were the BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Demonstration Games 2026 held?
The correct answer is Ahmedabad in Gujarat, where the games were staged at the Veer Savarkar Sports Complex in the Naranpura area on 12 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Who is India's BRICS Sherpa for 2026, present at the festival's opening ceremony?
The correct answer is Sudhakar Dalela, Secretary (Economic Relations) in the Ministry of External Affairs, who serves as India's BRICS Sherpa for 2026 and attended the inaugural ceremony.
Read the full explanation →Which institution is the nodal agency for the BRICS Theatre Festival 2026?
Its Abhimanch and Sammukh auditoriums are among the venues, along with Kamani Auditorium, LTG Auditorium and Meghdoot Theatre, and its Director, Chittaranjan Tripathy, designed and directed the opening play Samudra Manthan.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of the BRICS Theatre Festival 2026 held in New Delhi?
The correct answer is Shared Stories, Shared Futures, the theme under which the three-day festival opened at the National School of Drama in New Delhi and runs from 12 to 14 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation collects the price data used to compile India's Consumer Price Index?
Its field staff visit selected markets and villages on a weekly roster, covering 1,407 urban markets, including online markets, and 1,465 villages spread across all states and union territories; the response rate in September 2026 was 100 per cent in both the rural and the urban sample.
Read the full explanation →Which item recorded the highest rate of inflation at the all-India combined level in September 2026?
The correct answer is onion, which topped the list of key items by inflation rate for the month, with prices roughly doubling over the year.
Read the full explanation →What was India's retail inflation rate based on the Consumer Price Index in September 2026?
The correct answer is 5.54 per cent, the provisional year-on-year rate for September 2026 measured against September 2025 at the all-India combined level.
Read the full explanation →The Khet Bachao Abhiyan, announced at the PMDDKY anniversary event, is aimed mainly at which objective?
The campaign is to be organised across all states from 22 October to 30 November 2026, and the minister asked state governments and the authorities concerned to take part actively so that it reaches farmers.
Read the full explanation →How many districts does the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana cover?
The scheme was designed for one hundred districts selected on three measures: low agricultural productivity, low cropping intensity and limited disbursement of agricultural credit.
Read the full explanation →Which district was ranked the best-performing district under the PM Dhan-Dhaanya Krishi Yojana?
The correct answer is Gaya in Bihar, which secured first position among the best-performing districts when the scheme completed its first year.
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