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CDS GK Questions 2026

Static GK carries most of the 100 marks of the CDS General Knowledge paper. Of the 120 questions in the CDS (II) 2026 paper, about 20 were on Indian Polity, about 20 on the History of India, about 15 on Geography and the environment, about 10 on the Indian Economy and about 37 on Physics, Chemistry and Biology, which makes CDS the most science-heavy General Knowledge paper among the major recruitment exams. Polity questions test writs, the NHRC, electoral systems, disqualification of legislators, GST and delimitation. History runs from the Upanishads and the Shunga dynasty to Vijayanagara, temple architecture, the Sylhet referendum and the SNDP Yogam. Geography asks about the atmosphere, earthquakes and tsunamis, Ramsar sites, mangroves and World Heritage sites. Science stays at school level but expects reasoning: a lens problem, a magnetic field direction, molarity versus molality, what cooking soda is, how enzymes act. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for CDS, written as short facts and tables so that a topic can be revised in one sitting. Read a topic, then solve its previous-year questions and quiz on this site to check what stayed with you.

CDS GK Questions with Answers

Q2282.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · DSSSB Special Educator 2014 (TGT)_Set AEasy

According to the Right to Education Act, admission of children to a particular class has been proposed to be on the basis of

  1. A.The ability of the child
  2. B.Age of the child
  3. C.Socio-economic status of the child
  4. D.Education of the parents
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Correct answer: B. Age of the child

The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides that a child above six years who has not been admitted to any school, or could not complete elementary education, shall be admitted to a class appropriate to his or her age, with special training to help the…

Q2284.Indian PolityAsked in: Rajasthan · Shift 3Hard

Match the following Acts in List I with their year of enactment in List II.
List I: 1. Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2. Equal Remuneration Act, 3. The Minimum Wages Act, 4. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
List II: (a) 1948, (b) 1970, (c) 2010, (d) 1976

  1. A.1 - d, 2 - b, 3 - a, 4 - c
  2. B.1 - b, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - c
  3. C.1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b
  4. D.1 - c, 2 - a, 3 - d, 4 - b
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Correct answer: C. 1 - c, 2 - d, 3 - a, 4 - b

The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act belongs to 2010, so 1 pairs with (c). The Equal Remuneration Act, which forbids unequal pay for men and women for the same work, was passed in 1976, so 2 pairs with (d).

Q2285.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 23 Oct 2019, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following statements regarding the National Food Security Act is incorrect?

  1. A.Act was applicable to the whole of India
  2. B.This act is also known as Right to Food Act.
  3. C.The Act provided that the domestic woman of the age of 18 years or above shall be the head of the household for the purpose of issuing the ration card.
  4. D.This act was implemented in the year 2015
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Correct answer: D. This act was implemented in the year 2015

The National Food Security Act was passed by Parliament and notified in 2013, not 2015, so D is the incorrect statement and therefore the answer the question asks for.

Q2286.Indian HistoryMedium

The Barrackpore Mutiny of 1824 broke out because the sepoys of the 47th Native Infantry refused to

  1. A.Wear a leather cockade on the turban
  2. B.Use the new Enfield cartridge
  3. C.March to Burma across the sea
  4. D.Serve under Indian officers
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Correct answer: C. March to Burma across the sea

During the First Anglo-Burmese War the 47th Regiment of Native Infantry at Barrackpore was ordered to Burma. The sepoys objected because crossing the sea meant loss of caste, and because no allowance had been granted for the carriage of their baggage as service custom required.

Q2288.Indian HistoryMedium

The Wahabi movement in India was shaped mainly by

  1. A.Syed Ahmad Barelvi
  2. B.Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
  3. C.Dudu Mian
  4. D.Titu Mir
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Correct answer: A. Syed Ahmad Barelvi

The correct answer is A, Syed Ahmad Barelvi of Rae Bareli, who drew on the teachings of Shah Waliullah and organised the movement known in India as the Wahabi or Tariqah-i-Muhammadiya movement, with Patna as its Indian centre.

Q2290.Indian HistoryHard

The Khasi uprising of 1829-33 was led by U Tirot Sing against which British project?

  1. A.A railway line from Calcutta to Dacca
  2. B.A road from the Brahmaputra valley to Sylhet
  3. C.A canal through the Khasi hills
  4. D.A tea plantation in Cachar
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Correct answer: B. A road from the Brahmaputra valley to Sylhet

The Company wanted a road joining the Brahmaputra valley with Sylhet through Khasi territory, and brought in outside labour and troops to build it.

Q2291.Indian HistoryHard

The Kundara Proclamation of 1809, calling the people to rise against the British resident, was issued by

  1. A.Velu Thampi Dalawa
  2. B.Veerapandya Kattabomman
  3. C.Haji Shariatullah
  4. D.Syed Ahmad Barelvi
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Correct answer: A. Velu Thampi Dalawa

The subsidiary treaty with the Company had placed a crushing payment on Travancore and given its resident wide powers; Velu Thampi issued the Kundara Proclamation in 1809 asking the people of the state to take up arms.

Q2292.Indian HistoryMedium

Which queen led the rebellion at Kittur against the East India Company in 1824?

  1. A.Rani Chennamma
  2. B.Rani Avantibai
  3. C.Rani Durgavati
  4. D.Rani Velu Nachiyar
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Correct answer: A. Rani Chennamma

When the Company refused to recognise her adopted son as heir and moved to annex the state, she took up arms in 1824, defeated the first British force sent against her and was captured in the second attack; her commander Sangolli Rayanna continued the struggle.

Q2295.Indian HistoryMedium

The Paika Rebellion of 1817 in Odisha was led by

  1. A.Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar
  2. B.Buddho Bhagat
  3. C.Durjan Singh
  4. D.Gomdhar Konwar
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Correct answer: A. Bakshi Jagabandhu Bidyadhar

The paikas were a hereditary militia who held rent-free jagir land for their military service; the Company took that land, raised the revenue demand and abolished the cowrie currency, forcing payment in silver.

Q2299.Indian PolityHard

Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the visit of a forensic expert to the scene of crime to collect evidence is compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of:

  1. A.Three years or more
  2. B.Five years or more
  3. C.Seven years or more
  4. D.Ten years or more
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Correct answer: C. Seven years or more

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita makes forensic investigation compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more: a forensic expert must visit the scene of crime, collect the forensic evidence and record the process on a mobile phone or another electronic device.

Q2300.Indian PolityEasy

The registration of a first information report at any police station, irrespective of the area in which the offence was committed, is known as:

  1. A.Zero FIR
  2. B.Cross FIR
  3. C.Open FIR
  4. D.General diary entry
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Correct answer: A. Zero FIR

A Zero FIR is registered without a regular serial number at any police station when information about a cognizable offence is given there, and it is then transferred to the police station having jurisdiction over the place of the offence, where it gets a regular number.