Navinmat General Knowledge Questions and Answers

Date: 19 January 2026

1. Question: What GDP growth rate has the World Bank projected for India in 2026?
   Answer: 7.2 percent
2. Question: Which state has been declared the Ginger Capital of India?
   Answer: Mizoram
3. Question: Which space agency carried out the emergency return of a sick astronaut from the International Space Station to Earth?
   Answer: NASA
4. Question: Who handed over her Nobel Peace Prize medal to Donald Trump?
   Answer: Venezuela’s Maria Corina Machado
5. Question: Who has been appointed as the new Director General of the National Investigation Agency (NIA)?
   Answer: Rakesh Agrawal
6. Question: Who has been appointed as the new Director General of ITBP?
   Answer: Shatrugjit Singh Kapur
7. Question: President Trump of the United States declared himself the Acting President of which country?
   Answer: Venezuela
8. Question: In January 2026, which country announced its withdrawal from 7 United Nations agencies and international organizations?
   Answer: Israel
9. Question: Which alliance secured a clear majority in the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) elections?
   Answer: Mahayuti (BJP–Shiv Sena Shinde faction)
10. Question: Which joint military-civil fusion exercise was conducted by the Indian Army under the Southern Command in January 2026?
    Answer: “Sanjha Shakti”