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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

Q4581.Indian PolityMedium

Which of the following is not a ground of disqualification under the Tenth Schedule of the Constitution?

  1. A.A member voluntarily giving up membership of the party on whose ticket the member was elected
  2. B.A member voting in the House against the direction of the party without prior permission
  3. C.An independent member joining a political party after being elected to the House
  4. D.A member who, on being elected Speaker of the House, gives up membership of the party
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Correct answer: D. A member who, on being elected Speaker of the House, gives up membership of the party

Paragraph 5 of the Tenth Schedule expressly exempts a person who, on being elected Speaker or Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha or of a Legislative Assembly, or Chairman or Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha or of a Legislative Council, gives up membership of the party, and the exemption…

Q4582.Indian PolityHard

Which group of Articles was amended by the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985 along with the insertion of the Tenth Schedule?

  1. A.Articles 101, 102, 190 and 191
  2. B.Articles 102, 103, 191 and 192
  3. C.Articles 100, 101, 189 and 190
  4. D.Articles 105, 106, 194 and 195
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Correct answer: A. Articles 101, 102, 190 and 191

Articles 101 and 102 deal with the vacation of seats and the disqualifications for membership of Parliament, and Articles 190 and 191 do the same for the State Legislatures.

Q4583.Indian PolityMedium

The Ninety-first Amendment Act, 2003 limited the total number of ministers in the Council of Ministers to what share of the total strength of the House?

  1. A.Ten per cent
  2. B.Twelve per cent
  3. C.Fifteen per cent
  4. D.Twenty per cent
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Correct answer: C. Fifteen per cent

Article 75(1A) says that the total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha, and Article 164(1A) lays down the same ceiling for a state with reference to the Legislative Assembly, with a floor of…

Q4584.Indian PolityHard

Which Article, inserted by the Ninety-first Amendment, 2003, bars a member disqualified for defection from holding any remunerative political post?

  1. A.Article 361A
  2. B.Article 361B
  3. C.Article 371J
  4. D.Article 350B
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Correct answer: B. Article 361B

It provides that a member of either House of Parliament or of a State Legislature who is disqualified on the ground of defection is also disqualified from holding any remunerative political post, from the date of disqualification until the date on which the term of office would expire or until…

Q4585.Indian PolityMedium

Under the Tenth Schedule, a nominated member of a House may join a political party without attracting disqualification within what period of taking the seat?

  1. A.Three months
  2. B.Six months
  3. C.One year
  4. D.A nominated member may never join a party
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Correct answer: B. Six months

Paragraph 2(3) provides that a nominated member who joins a political party after the expiry of six months from the date on which the member takes the seat is disqualified.

Q4586.Indian PolityMedium

A member who votes against the direction of the party in the House escapes disqualification if the party condones the act within how many days?

  1. A.Seven days
  2. B.Fifteen days
  3. C.Thirty days
  4. D.Three months
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Correct answer: B. Fifteen days

Paragraph 2(1)(b) of the Tenth Schedule disqualifies a member who votes or abstains from voting contrary to any direction issued by the party, but the proviso saves the member in two situations: where prior permission was obtained, and where the party condones the act within fifteen days from the date…

Q4588.Indian PolityEasy

Who decides the question whether a member of a House has become subject to disqualification under the Tenth Schedule?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Election Commission of India
  3. C.The Chairman or the Speaker of the House concerned
  4. D.The Supreme Court of India
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Correct answer: C. The Chairman or the Speaker of the House concerned

Paragraph 6 of the Tenth Schedule gives that power to the presiding officer, and where the question is about the presiding officer, it is decided by a member of the House elected for the purpose.

Q4590.Indian PolityMedium

Under Paragraph 4 of the Tenth Schedule, a merger of a legislature party is protected from disqualification only if it is agreed to by what proportion of its members?

  1. A.One-third
  2. B.One-half
  3. C.Two-thirds
  4. D.Three-fourths
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Correct answer: C. Two-thirds

Paragraph 4 says that where the original political party of a member merges with another party, the member is not disqualified if not less than two-thirds of the members of the legislature party concerned have agreed to the merger.

Q4592.Indian PolityEasy

The anti-defection law is contained in which Schedule of the Constitution of India?

  1. A.Ninth Schedule
  2. B.Tenth Schedule
  3. C.Eleventh Schedule
  4. D.Twelfth Schedule
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Correct answer: B. Tenth Schedule

The Tenth Schedule was added by the Constitution (Fifty-second Amendment) Act, 1985, and it lays down the grounds on which a member of Parliament or of a State Legislature is disqualified for defection, the exemption for a merger, the exemption for the presiding officers and the authority who decides the…

Q4593.Indian HistoryHard

Under what assumed name did Subhas Chandra Bose leave his Calcutta house in January 1941 to escape from British surveillance?

  1. A.Mohammad Ziauddin
  2. B.Abdul Rahman
  3. C.Orlando Mazzotta
  4. D.Rahmat Khan
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Correct answer: A. Mohammad Ziauddin

On the night of 16 and 17 January 1941 Bose left the Elgin Road house in Calcutta, where he was under house arrest, dressed as a Pathan insurance agent of that name, and travelled by way of Gomoh in Bihar and Peshawar to Kabul, and from there through Moscow to…

Q4594.Indian HistoryEasy

The trials of Indian National Army officers Shah Nawaz Khan, Prem Kumar Sahgal and Gurbaksh Singh Dhillon in 1945 and 1946 were held at which place?

  1. A.The Red Fort, Delhi
  2. B.Fort William, Calcutta
  3. C.The Cellular Jail, Port Blair
  4. D.Mumbai High Court
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Correct answer: A. The Red Fort, Delhi

The court martial of the three officers, a Muslim, a Hindu and a Sikh, opened at the Red Fort in November 1945, and the Congress set up an INA Defence Committee whose counsel included Bhulabhai Desai, Tej Bahadur Sapru, Asaf Ali, Kailash Nath Katju and Jawaharlal Nehru.

Q4595.Indian HistoryEasy

Which territory was handed over to the Provisional Government of Free India in December 1943 and renamed Shaheed and Swaraj?

  1. A.Lakshadweep
  2. B.The Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  3. C.Singapore
  4. D.Manipur
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Correct answer: B. The Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Japanese, who had occupied the islands in 1942, transferred them in name to the Azad Hind Government in December 1943, and Bose renamed them Shaheed and Swaraj, meaning the martyr and self-rule.