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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

Q401.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Consider the following events : 1. Muslim League Resolution for Pakistan 2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 3. Dandi March 4. Second Round Table Conference Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events (earliest to latest) ?

  1. A.2, 3, 1, 4
  2. B.3, 2, 4, 1
  3. C.3, 4, 2, 1
  4. D.2, 3, 4, 1
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Correct answer: B. 3, 2, 4, 1

The Dandi March came first in 1930, then the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the Second Round Table Conference in 1931, and the Lahore Resolution for Pakistan in 1940.

Q403.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKHard

Which among the following Acts were repealed by Article 395 of the Constitution of India? 1. The Government of India Act, 1935 2. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 3. The Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949 4. The Government of India Act, 1919 Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.1 and 3 only
  3. C.1,2 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2, 3 and 4
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Correct answer: A. 1 and 2 only

Article 395 repeals the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with the laws that amended or supplemented the 1935 Act.

Q404.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKHard

Consider the following statements about the Second Five-Year Plan : 1. It was drafted under the leadership of K. N. Raj. 2. It proposed that industries like electricity, railways, steel, machineries and communication could be developed in the public sector. 3. The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture very difficult. 4. The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture really easy. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.1 and 2
  3. C.2 and 3
  4. D.3 and 4
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Correct answer: C. 2 and 3

The Second Plan put heavy and basic industries in the public sector, and its planners found it hard to balance industry with agriculture; but it was drafted under P. C. Mahalanobis, not K. N. Raj.

Q406.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements with regard to Antrix Corporation Limited is correct?

  1. A.It is a commercial arm of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
  2. B.It is under the administrative control of the Department of Space.
  3. C.It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  4. D.It is a commercial arm of the Department of Science and Technology.
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Correct answer: B. It is under the administrative control of the Department of Space.

Antrix is the commercial arm of ISRO, and ISRO works under the Department of Space. Antrix Corporation Limited was set up in Bengaluru in September 1992 as a government company wholly owned by the Government of India.

Q407.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKMedium

Which of the following statements relating to the historic Objectives Resolution, which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly, is/are correct? 1. The Objectives Resolution inspired the shaping of the Constitution through all its subsequent stages. 2. It was not just a resolution, but a declaration, a firm resolve and a pledge. 3. It provided the underlying philosophy of our Constitution. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.1 only
  3. C.1,2 and 3
  4. D.2 and 3 only
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Correct answer: C. 1,2 and 3

All three statements are correct: the Objectives Resolution guided every later stage of constitution-making and set out the philosophy the Constitution rests on.

Q408.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Which one of the following functions is not carried out by smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

  1. A.Transport of materials
  2. B.Synthesis of lipid
  3. C.Synthesis of protein
  4. D.Synthesis of steroid hormone
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Correct answer: C. Synthesis of protein

Proteins are made on ribosomes, and the smooth endoplasmic reticulum has no ribosomes on its surface. The endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membrane tubes and sacs in the cytoplasm.

Q416.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKEasy

Which one of the following is NOT true of mitotic cell division ?

  1. A.The nuclei of the two daughter cells in mitosis have same number of chromosomes
  2. B.Replacement of cell and tissue repairing is possible through mitosis
  3. C.Asexual reproduction in eukaryotes is done by mitosis
  4. D.The cells become haploid as a result of mitosis
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Correct answer: D. The cells become haploid as a result of mitosis

Mitosis keeps the chromosome number unchanged, so it never makes cells haploid; that is the work of meiosis. In mitosis one parent cell divides once and gives two daughter cells that are genetically identical to it.

Q417.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2019, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements regarding Cholera is correct?

  1. A.Cholera is a disease that causes loss of memory
  2. B.Cholera is a disease of muscles due to consumption of alcohol
  3. C.Cholera is a disease due to consumption of contaminated food or water
  4. D.Cholera is a genetic disease
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Correct answer: C. Cholera is a disease due to consumption of contaminated food or water

It is caused by the bacterium Vibrio cholerae, which spreads through food and water polluted with human faeces. The bacterium was identified by Robert Koch in 1883.

Q418.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATMedium

Which one of the following statements regarding King Krishnadevaraya is NOT correct ?

  1. A.He was a great scholar of Telugu and Sanskrit
  2. B.Foreign travellers Paes and Nuniz visited his court
  3. C.Barbosa praised him for the great justice and equity prevailing in his empire
  4. D.He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit
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Correct answer: D. He wrote his magnum opus Amuktamalyada in Sanskrit

Amuktamalyada is a Telugu work, not a Sanskrit one, so this statement is wrong. Krishnadevaraya (ruled 1509–1529) was the greatest king of the Tuluva dynasty of Vijayanagara.

Q419.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2017, GATMedium

Which one of the following is a chemical change?

  1. A.Cutting of hair
  2. B.Graying of hair naturally
  3. C.Swelling of resin in water
  4. D.Cutting of fruit
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Correct answer: B. Graying of hair naturally

Hair turns grey because the chemical make-up of the hair changes as the body stops producing the pigment melanin, so new substances form and the change cannot be reversed.