UPSC GK Questions 2026

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, called National Unity Day in English, is kept on this date every year to honour the legacy of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, whose birth anniversary falls on it, and in 2026 the observance coincided with his 151st birth anniversary.

The congratulations were addressed to the scientists and engineers of ISRO, the organisation that carried out the launch of GSLV-F18 with NVS-03 and that builds and operates the satellites of the NavIC constellation.

The mission was described as an important step towards strengthening NavIC, which is India's indigenous satellite navigation system, and NVS-03 was said to carry enhanced capabilities that will support navigation services for citizens.

The mission in the news was the successful flight of GSLV-F18, which carried the NVS-03 navigation satellite, and the Prime Minister congratulated the scientists and engineers of ISRO on it.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Rural Development, which administers the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana and cleared the Mizoram proposal under its fourth phase.

The 45 road works approved for Mizoram, totalling 509.54 km, are intended to provide all-weather road connectivity to 48 habitations that have not had such a link before.

That is the total estimated cost of the 45 road works, covering 509.54 km, cleared for Mizoram under PMGSY-IV in Batch-1 of the financial year 2026-27.

The Ministry of Rural Development has approved 45 road works for Mizoram in Batch-1 of the financial year 2026-27 under the fourth phase of the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana.

PM-SYM is a voluntary and contributory pension scheme for unorganised workers aged between 18 and 40 years whose monthly income does not exceed Rs 15,000, and it assures a minimum pension of Rs 3,000 a month once the worker turns 60.

It has been revised from the existing National Social Assistance Programme in October 2026 and will continue from 2026-27 to 2030-31.

The ceiling had last been revised in September 2014, when it was moved from Rs 6,500 to Rs 15,000 a month, and the approval granted in September 2026 took it to Rs 25,000.

Social protection coverage in India has moved up from 19% in 2015 to 68.4% in 2026, and this widening has brought more than one billion people inside the social protection framework.

The medal is given on five specified grounds: excellence in operations, outstanding service in investigation, exceptional performance, intelligence service marked by daring and determination, and meritorious work by serving government scientists in the field of forensic science.

The medal was brought into existence by a notification of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India, dated 1 February 2024, and the same ministry announces the recipients and publishes the list on its website.

The Ministry of Home Affairs conferred the Kendriya Grihmantri Dakshata Padak for the year 2026 on 490 personnel drawn from the police forces of various states and Union Territories, from the Central Armed Police Forces and from the Central Police Organisations.

The Ministry of Home Affairs announces this medal on 31 October every year, and that date is observed as the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

Tatra is not a missile at all: it is a make of heavy all-terrain trucks from the Czech Republic, used by the Indian Army to carry launchers, radars and other heavy loads.

"Brexit" joins "Britain" and "exit" and means the United Kingdom's departure from the European Union. In a referendum on 23 June 2016, about 52% of voters chose to leave the EU.

Till July 2018 Tendulkar was not yet in the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame; he was inducted a year later, in July 2019.

The weightlifter from Mizoram won India's first ever gold medal at the Youth Olympic Games, in the boys' 62 kg event at Buenos Aires in October 2018.