UPSC GK Questions 2026

It purchases non-timber forest produce at the pre-determined Minimum Support Price whatever the ruling market price may be, working through a network of state implementing agencies that includes tribal development cooperatives and forest development corporations.

Minimum Support Price stands notified for that many kinds of minor forest produce under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission, which is what allows a tribal collector to be paid a pre-fixed rate even when traders in the local market offer less.

As of March 2026 that many Van Dhan Vikas Kendras had been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Janjatiya Vikas Mission, and 12.48 lakh tribal members have been linked to them.

The correct answer is Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, where the scholar now works as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology, teaching, carrying out research and mentoring students.

Besides this amount, the support carried house rent allowance and contingency assistance, and the three together met academic expenses, the requirements of fieldwork and other costs tied to research.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, which runs the fellowship and brought out this account of how it works.

The kit described was made up of protective overalls, gloves, safety boots, a face mask and a safety helmet, so options A, B and D are all wrong answers to a question asking what was left out.

The correct answer is from Rs 8,000 to Rs 12,000, which works out to a rise of fifty per cent.

The scheme carries that expansion and is run by the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment with the aim of making sanitation work safer, more dignified and more secure in income terms.

Five students from India took part in this year's edition of the olympiad, held in Vietnam, and four of them returned with gold medals while the fifth won a silver medal, a result the Prime Minister called a matter of pride for the whole country.

The Prime Minister recalled four great Indian astronomers of the past, namely Aryabhata, Varahamihira, Bhaskaracharya and Nilakantha Somayaji, which makes options A, B and C wrong choices for a question asking who was left out.

The facility opened at Mysuru in Karnataka is described as the first of its kind in the country to use an LED dome, and the Prime Minister said that watching a show inside that dome was a wonderful experience in itself.

Besides a trophy and a scroll, the awarded district or organisation receives an incentive of twenty lakh rupees, and that amount has to be put into implementing a project or programme, or into bridging resource gaps in any area of public welfare.

Districts that contain aspirational blocks take part in this category, and it covers five hundred and thirteen such blocks spread across three hundred and thirty one districts of the country.

The scheme for this round recognises the contribution of civil servants through sixteen awards spread over three categories, with five awards for the holistic development of districts, five for the Aspirational Blocks Programme and six for innovations by central ministries, States, Union Territories and districts.

The pairing scheme is described as a flagship peer learning programme of that mission and as the first mentorship effort of its kind in urban waste management.

The tenth edition of the survey covered that many urban local bodies, judging each on 176 sub indicators arranged in ten sections.

The correct answer is Ahmedabad and Sanand, both in Gujarat, which took the first rank among the paired cities.

Speaking at the opening of the fair, the Commerce and Industry Minister said the country had posted its highest ever monthly export total in October, made up of roughly 50 billion dollars of merchandise and about 40 billion dollars of services.

The Hall of Inspiration was described as a major attraction of this edition, and it puts 600 startups and their innovations before visitors.