General Knowledge Questions for 8th January 2026

1. Which country has been surpassed by India to become the largest producer of rice?
   Answer: China
2. Where has it been made mandatory to place QR codes on road signs in PWD?
   Answer: New Delhi
3. Who will be the chief guests at India's 77th Republic Day ceremony on 26th January 2026?
   Answer: Ursula von der Leyen and Antonio Costa
4. Where is the second edition of the Khelo India Beach Youth Games being held?
   Answer: Diu (Ghoghla Beach)
5. Which Indian athlete has started their own athlete management firm to manage young players?
   Answer: Neeraj Chopra
6. What is India's new ranking in the Global Passport Index 2026?
   Answer: 78th (an improvement of 2 ranks from the previous year)
7. Which digital payment security feature has been made mandatory by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI)?
   Answer: Biometric Authentication 2.0
8. Which state government has announced the launch of an Assured Pension Scheme?
   Answer: Tamil Nadu
9. Who was appointed as the interim president of Venezuela after the arrest of Nicolás Maduro?
   Answer: Delcy Rodríguez
10. Which city, planned after independence, was the first to be designed in a grid pattern by Le-Corbusier?
    Answer: Chandigarh
11. In the Vijayanagar style, this Nandi (bull) statue, carved from a single piece of stone, is located where?
    Answer: Lepakshi