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Droupadi Murmu is the 15th President of India (September 2026 reference). Five-year term, electoral college, Article 52. Not live news.

Narendra Modi is Prime Minister in a third term after the 2024 Lok Sabha election (September 2026 notes). Article 75, real executive. GKSchools.

C. P. Radhakrishnan is Vice-President of India from September 2025 (notes: September 2026). Ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha. Article 63.

Adopted 26 November 1949, enforced 26 January 1950. Dr B.R. Ambedkar chaired the Drafting Committee. Six fundamental rights after the 44th Amendment. GKSchools.

Lok Sabha has 543 elected seats. Two nominated Anglo-Indian seats were removed by the 104th Amendment. Rajya Sabha is 245 (233+12). GKSchools.

Goods and Services Tax began on 1 July 2017 after the 101st Amendment. The GST Council (Article 279A) sets the framework. Slabs change — check gst.gov.in.

Supreme Court under Article 124. CJI Justice Surya Kant from 24 November 2025 (September 2026 notes). First CJI H.J. Kania. Not case news.

Sanjay Malhotra is RBI Governor from 11 December 2024 (September 2026 notes). RBI founded 1935, nationalised 1949, Mumbai. No repo-rate guess.

Indian Rupee (INR). ₹ symbol adopted 2010. RBI issues notes except the one-rupee note and coins, which the Government of India issues. GKSchools.

India has 28 states and 8 union territories. Telangana (2 June 2014) is the newest state. J&K and Ladakh became UTs on 31 October 2019.

National animal tiger, bird peacock, flower lotus, tree banyan, anthem Jana Gana Mana, song Vande Mataram, flag Tiranga. Classroom list. GKSchools.

Tiranga: saffron, white, green, 24-spoke Ashoka Chakra, ratio 2:3. Pingali Venkayya design. Adopted 22 July 1947. Flag Code — not live news.

Classroom answer: the Ganga is the longest river in India. The Brahmaputra can be longer overall, but most of that course is outside India. GKSchools.

Ganga is India’s national river and the classroom “longest in India”. Bhagirathi from Gaumukh; named Ganga at Devprayag. Mouth: Bay of Bengal.

Classroom answer: Kangchenjunga is the highest peak in India. Everest stands on the Nepal–China border, not “highest in India”. GKSchools.

Young fold mountains: Himadri, Himachal, Shiwalik. Kangchenjunga is India’s highest classroom peak. Source of Ganga, Yamuna, Brahmaputra, Indus.

Land neighbours: Pakistan, Afghanistan (Wakhan), China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh, Myanmar. Sea: Sri Lanka, Maldives. GKSchools.

Tropic of Cancer (23½°N) crosses eight Indian states: Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura, Mizoram.

Jim Corbett is India’s first national park (1936, Hailey). Kaziranga — rhino; Sundarbans — tiger/mangrove; Gir — lion. 100+ parks; verify MoEFCC.

Aryabhata 1975, Chandrayaan-1 2008, Mangalyaan 2013, Chandrayaan-3 landing 23 August 2023, Aditya-L1. No invented 2026 launch dates.

Census 2011 literacy: 74.04%. Last completed official census. Next census was delayed — no fake 2026 literacy number. GKSchools.

Census 2011: about 1.21 billion people. Last completed official census; the next was delayed. No invented 2026 census total. GKSchools.

Hindi in Devanagari is the official language of the Union; English is the associate official language. Eighth Schedule: 22 languages — not 23. GKSchools.

India has one zone: IST, UTC+5:30. No daylight saving. Reference meridian 82.5°E near Mirzapur / Prayagraj. GKSchools.