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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

Q2501.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKHard

Who among the following stated that 'A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society' ?

  1. A.Vinoba Bhave
  2. B.Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar
  3. C.Rammanohar Lohia
  4. D.Jayaprakash Narayan
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Correct answer: B. Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar

The words 'ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt' are Ambedkar's own description of how the caste order works.

Q2503.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKHard

With reference to the Revolt of 1857, consider the following statements: 1. Shah Mal mobilised the people of Baraut region of Uttar Pradesh and captured the bungalow of an Englishman and converted it into a "hall of justice". 2. Gonoo was a Kol leader of the Singhbhum region of Chotanagpur. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Both men were local leaders of 1857, one among the peasants of western Uttar Pradesh and the other among the tribals of Chotanagpur.

Q2507.Indian PolityHard

The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, whose final order of 2022 fixed ninety assembly seats, was headed by:

  1. A.Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai
  2. B.Justice Kurian Joseph
  3. C.Justice R. C. Lahoti
  4. D.Justice Deepak Verma
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Correct answer: A. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai

A retired judge of the Supreme Court, she chaired the Delimitation Commission set up in March 2020 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which gave its final order in May 2022.

Q2508.Indian PolityHard

Which provisions of the Constitution of India applied to the State of Jammu and Kashmir directly, without the concurrence of the State government, while Article 370 was in force?

  1. A.Articles 1 and 370
  2. B.Articles 1 and 3
  3. C.Articles 370 and 371
  4. D.Articles 1, 3 and 370
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Correct answer: A. Articles 1 and 370

Article 370(1)(c) said that Article 1, which declares India a Union of States and lists its territory in the First Schedule, and Article 370 itself applied to the State; everything else could reach it only through a presidential order made with the concurrence of the State government.

Q2509.Indian PolityMedium

Under Article 370(3), the President could declare that the article shall cease to be operative only on the recommendation of:

  1. A.Both Houses of Parliament
  2. B.The Governor of the State
  3. C.The Constituent Assembly of the State
  4. D.The Supreme Court of India
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Correct answer: C. The Constituent Assembly of the State

The proviso to Article 370(3) said that the President could issue a public notification ending the article only on the recommendation of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.

Q2511.Indian PolityEasy

Of the two Union Territories created by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which one was given no legislative assembly?

  1. A.Jammu and Kashmir
  2. B.Ladakh
  3. C.Both of them
  4. D.Neither of them
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Correct answer: B. Ladakh

The Act created the Union Territory of Ladakh without a legislature, administered by a Lieutenant Governor, and carved it out with the two districts of Leh and Kargil; its first Lieutenant Governor was Radha Krishna Mathur.

Q2512.Indian PolityEasy

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 came into effect on its appointed day, which was:

  1. A.5 August 2019
  2. B.9 August 2019
  3. C.31 October 2019
  4. D.26 January 2020
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Correct answer: C. 31 October 2019

The Act named an appointed day on which the State of Jammu and Kashmir would cease to exist and the two Union Territories would come into being, and the Union notified that day as 31 October 2019, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is observed as National Unity…

Q2514.Indian PolityEasy

The Instrument of Accession of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on:

  1. A.15 August 1947
  2. B.26 October 1947
  3. C.27 October 1948
  4. D.26 January 1950
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Correct answer: B. 26 October 1947

Tribal raiders backed by Pakistan entered the Kashmir valley in the third week of October 1947, and Maharaja Hari Singh of the Dogra dynasty signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947; Governor-General Lord Mountbatten accepted it the next day, after which Indian troops were airlifted to Srinagar.

Q2516.Indian PolityHard

Which judgment of the Supreme Court upheld the validity of the reservation for the economically weaker sections?

  1. A.M. Nagaraj v. Union of India
  2. B.Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India
  3. C.Jarnail Singh v. Lachhmi Narain Gupta
  4. D.Ashoka Kumar Thakur v. Union of India
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Correct answer: B. Janhit Abhiyan v. Union of India

A bench of five judges decided it in 2022 and upheld the Constitution (One Hundred and Third Amendment) Act, 2019, which provides up to ten per cent reservation for the economically weaker sections, by a majority of three to two.

Q2517.Indian PolityMedium

Reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in the House of the People is provided by which Article?

  1. A.Article 325
  2. B.Article 330
  3. C.Article 332
  4. D.Article 334
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Correct answer: B. Article 330

It reserves seats in the House of the People, that is the Lok Sabha, for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes, the number being in proportion to their population; there is no reservation of seats for the Other Backward Classes in Parliament.

Q2518.Indian PolityMedium

Under which Article may the President appoint a commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes?

  1. A.Article 338
  2. B.Article 340
  3. C.Article 341
  4. D.Article 342
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Correct answer: B. Article 340

It empowers the President to appoint a commission to investigate the conditions of socially and educationally backward classes, the difficulties they face and the steps that should be taken to remove them, and both the Kalelkar Commission of 1953 and the Mandal Commission of 1979 were appointed under it.

Q2520.Indian PolityMedium

The National Commission for Backward Classes was given constitutional status under which Article?

  1. A.Article 338
  2. B.Article 338A
  3. C.Article 338B
  4. D.Article 339
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Correct answer: C. Article 338B

The Constitution (One Hundred and Second Amendment) Act, 2018 inserted Article 338B, which makes the National Commission for Backward Classes a constitutional body with the duty to investigate and monitor the safeguards provided to the socially and educationally backward classes; the same amendment added Article 342A for the central list…