UPSC GK Questions 2026

He took over as the 29th Chief of the Air Staff of the Indian Air Force on 1 November 2026, marking the start of his tenure with a wreath-laying at the National War Memorial and a ceremonial Guard of Honour at Air Force Station New Delhi.

The correct answer is 4 November 2026, a Wednesday, when the two-day conference concludes with the valedictory session.

The correct answer is K. C. Venugopal, Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament, who will deliver the welcome address at the inaugural session.

The wording matters because each of the other options touches the same subject without being the announced theme, and a theme question is marked on the exact phrase.

The correct answer is Thiruvananthapuram, the capital of Keralam, where the Lok Sabha Speaker will inaugurate the conference on Tuesday, 3 November 2026.

The correct answer is 1 November 2026, the day Haryana marks its formation, which is why the diamond jubilee celebration was held then.

This was the specific gain the President welcomed, and she added that with the Centre and the State working together the ratio should in time reach parity.

The President described it as a highly significant initiative for the empowerment of women.

Hirak Jayanti means diamond jubilee, and a diamond jubilee marks sixty years, which is the clue a candidate can use even without recalling the news.

The correct answer is Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck, the King of Bhutan, who thought of the project, guided its execution and led the ceremony.

The King, the Prime Minister of Bhutan and the visiting Indian minister offered prayers at this stupa, and Kiren Rijiju conveyed the Indian Prime Minister's gratitude for the gesture.

Three measurements are reported together and a question usually tests whether they have been kept apart. Each stupa rises 15 metres; the stupas are set 108 metres away from one another; and the whole line runs 11.7 kilometres along the Aie river.

The stupas stand along an 11.7 kilometre stretch beside the Aie river, which is also called the Mau.

The correct answer is Near Field Communication (NFC), the feature of a compatible smartphone that reads the chip inside the electronic passport.

These have been made across 39 domestic airports where the service is already running for domestic airlines.

Only these two carriers' selected international services are covered while the trial lasts, and the traveller must also be an Indian national holding an electronic passport.

The airports taking part are Delhi, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Cochin, Mumbai, Chennai and Amritsar, and the trials there run from November to December 2026.

Bharat RE 2026 carries that legacy forward and widens it into a larger platform for engagement with the world across the whole clean energy sector, rather than replacing it with something unconnected.

The States and Union Territories putting their renewable energy strengths, investment openings and manufacturing capability on display are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Delhi, Gujarat, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

Three gatherings share the same dates and venue: Bharat RE 2026 itself, the 9th Session of the International Solar Alliance Assembly, and the 4th International Conference on Green Hydrogen.