हालिया प्रगति एवं भारतीय योगदान MCQ — 259 अभ्यास प्रश्न उत्तर सहित

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Satwik-Chirag became the first Indian men's doubles pair to win a medal at the BWF World Tour Finals, clinching bronze after losing in the semi-finals to Chinese pair Liang Wei Keng and Wang Chang (10-21, 21-17, 21-13) in Hangzhou. This is India's second-ever BWF World Tour Finals medal — PV Sindhu won gold in women's singles in 2018, making option A incorrect. They settled for bronze (not gold), making option C incorrect. They reached the knockouts by topping Group B, but previous appearances in the tournament make option D incorrect.

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The article explains Western Disturbances are extratropical storms originating from the Mediterranean that act as a natural water reservoir for the Himalayan region.

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Kurseong in Darjeeling district recorded 393 mm of rainfall in the October 4–5, 2025 event that killed over 20 people. The Geological Survey of India (GSI) had issued an orange warning hours before the disaster, though the scale of the event overwhelmed response capacity.

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DRI announced on 24 January 2026 that under 'Operation Sahyadri Checkmate', a mobile mephedrone manufacturing lab operating under the guise of a poultry farm in Karad tehsil of Satara district, Maharashtra, was dismantled. The operation seized 21.91 kg MD and 71.5 kg raw material worth ₹55 crore, with five arrests.

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Shri Dharmendra Pradhan, Union Minister of Education, addressed the concluding special session of the Bharat Innovates Deep-Tech Pre-Summit on March 22, 2026 at IIT Bombay and chaired the roundtable with about 175 investors and industry leaders. The event was organised by the Ministry of Education Innovation Cell in partnership with IIT Bombay as a precursor to Bharat Innovates 2026 global showcase in France.