MCQs 2026

The Gaganyaan programme aims to demonstrate India's capability to launch human spaceflight missions by sending Indian astronauts to space.

The Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) is India's premier defence research and development agency, responsible for developing a wide range of defence technologies, including ballistic missiles.

India's nuclear triad consists of land-based ballistic missiles (like Agni-V), submarine-launched ballistic missiles, and nuclear-powered submarines capable of launching ballistic missiles. Air-launched cruise missiles are not typically considered part of the triad.

The Agni-V is a surface-to-surface, intercontinental ballistic missile with a range of over 5,000 km, capable of carrying a nuclear warhead.

The PMI is based on five major indicators: new orders, output, employment, suppliers' delivery times, and stocks of purchases. Stock market indices are not part of this calculation.

The Manufacturing Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) for India is compiled and released by S&P Global based on surveys of purchasing executives.

A PMI reading above 50 indicates an expansion in manufacturing activity compared to the previous month, while below 50 indicates contraction.

The RBI is mandated to maintain retail inflation at 4% with a tolerance band of +/- 2% under the flexible inflation targeting framework.

By maintaining a high repo rate, the RBI makes borrowing costlier, which reduces money supply in the economy, thereby curbing demand-pull inflation.

The Monetary Policy Committee (MPC) is a statutory body under the RBI Act, 1934, responsible for fixing the benchmark interest rate (repo rate) in India.