UPSC GK Questions 2026

Recalling the position in 1947, the Vice-President said Partition had left the country in uncertainty and that this many princely states had to be brought into the Indian Union, a task Sardar Patel completed through determination, persuasion, administrative ability and statesmanship.

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, or National Unity Day, falls on 31 October because that is the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, and in 2026 the country marked his 151st. Options A, B and D give nearby numbers, and the one most likely to tempt a reader is the round 150th…

Her account carried the life, the ideals and the contribution of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to the audience gathered at Uprashtrapati Bhavan, and the Vice-President thanked her and her team at the close for bringing that legacy nearer through the tradition of katha.

NeVA is described as the flagship initiative of the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and it carries the paperless working of State Legislatures, which makes legislative business quicker and cuts the use of paper.

The ministry reviewed 200 electronic files during the campaign and closed 117 of them.

The Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs took part in the campaign through this window and wound up its participation at the end of the month, announcing what had been done.

It steers the campaign across ministries and departments, with the aim of making Swachhata a settled part of office life and of raising administrative efficiency through orderly record management, the clearing of pending matters on time and better use of office space.

The correct answer is the Dr Ambedkar International Centre, New Delhi, where the committee met under the chairmanship of the Union MSME Minister.

The Secretary of the ministry, Bharat Khera, informed the Hindi Advisory Committee that the ministry had been honoured with this award for its outstanding work in Hindi in 2025-26.

The correct answer is the National Small Industries Corporation, usually written as NSIC, which brings out the magazine Udyam Prabha.

The correct answer is Jitan Ram Manjhi, the Union Minister for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises, who presided over the committee's meeting at the Dr Ambedkar International Centre in New Delhi.

Apart from running KFC and Pizza Hut franchise outlets across India, Devyani International Limited holds the exclusive Indian franchise for Costa Coffee, and along with it for New York Fries and Sanook Kitchen.

The Commission's clearance notes that the acquirer, MIH Payments Holdings B.V., is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Prosus N.V., and that the acquirer itself carries on no business activity beyond holding investments in portfolio companies which have business activities in India.

Both companies operate franchise outlets of these two brands in India, and that overlap is the reason a merger between them is a matter for competition review rather than a routine corporate step.

The Competition Commission of India approved the merger of Sapphire Foods India Limited with and into Devyani International Limited, along with certain related transactions placed before it as one proposed combination.

Applications for the scheme are filed on the National Scholarship Portal, usually shortened to NSP, which has been open to student applications since 1 June 2026 for this academic year, and a student must first finish the One-Time Registration, or OTR, on the portal before the scholarship form can be…

The scheme is aimed at able students from economically weaker homes, so the income of the applicant's parents must not cross this limit.

A student picked under the scheme and studying in a state government school, a government-aided school or a school run by a local self government is paid this sum each year, and the money reaches the student's own bank account through Direct Benefit Transfer, so no middle office handles it.

The Ministry of Education pushed the closing date for NMMSS applications for the academic year 2026-27 to this day so that eligible students get more time on the National Scholarship Portal and the officers concerned can finish their checks on schedule.

The poll produced feedback on operational gaps, citizen behaviour, service delivery difficulties and the openings for improvement, which is exactly the material planners need if solutions are to work on the ground.