UPSC GK Questions 2026

The Ministry of Defence named these two ships as India's participants in the second ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise at Subic Bay, and described their presence as a mark of the Indian Navy's continuing commitment to maritime partnerships with ASEAN.

This is the theme under which the second ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise is being conducted, and it frames the stated aim of the drill, which is to build mutual understanding, cooperation and interoperability between the Indian Navy and ASEAN maritime forces.

The second edition of the ASEAN-India Maritime Exercise began at Subic Bay on 28 September 2026, and the opening ceremony there was graced by Harsh Kumar Jain, India's Ambassador to the Philippines, as Guest of Honour.

The correct answer is Junaid Bhat, who was neutralised at Dachigam on 3 December 2024, the first of the four commanders of this group to be accounted for.

With Musa gone, the entire group of four senior commanders of the outfit who had been operating in the union territory since 2022 has been neutralised.

The correct answer is Operation Sheruwali, a long-sustained operation that began in May 2026 and of which this encounter was a part.

The encounter took place at Gurwatkalan, which falls in the area of the Khansahib police station in Budgam district.

He said that audit findings and reports ought to reach citizens in languages they understand, and pointed to the part technology can play in carrying audit information into local and regional languages.

BHASHINI supports that many Indian text languages.

The correct answer is the 74th Hindi Diwas and Hindi Pakhwada 2026, whose closing ceremony at the CAG Office in New Delhi was the occasion for the launch.

The tool was built by BHASHINI as a customised language artificial intelligence solution for the audit institution, with care given to consistent terminology, translation that keeps context, and the quality of what comes out.

These five industry groups together accounted for more than 45 per cent of the country's manufacturing value added during the year, which shows how concentrated factory output remains in a handful of heavy and consumer-facing industries.

The correct answer is Tamil Nadu, with 41,221 establishments, the largest count of any state in this round.

Gross value added rose from Rs 2,458.3 thousand crore to Rs 2,694.2 thousand crore, which works out to that rate of growth.

The survey for the year ending March 2025 counted that many registered manufacturing establishments, and the sector grew by 2.64 per cent on this measure.

That is the number of Adaptive Traffic Control System installations the project will put in place.

It will provide technical support as Project Management Consultant, which covers technical scrutiny, monitoring, validation and acceptance both while the system is being installed and later during operation and maintenance.

The project takes in that many identified traffic corridors of the capital.

The correct answer is Rs 1,789.52 crore, the estimated cost inclusive of taxes for the project the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs cleared for implementation by Delhi Police.

The scheme is described as an aid to reaching that target, since new renewable capacity is of little use unless the power it makes can be carried to load centres.