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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

Q4801.Indian PolityMedium

The calling attention motion, by which a member calls the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance, has been in use in the Indian Parliament since

  1. A.1950
  2. B.1954
  3. C.1962
  4. D.1971
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Correct answer: B. 1954

The calling attention motion is an Indian innovation in parliamentary procedure and has been in use since 1954. A member calls the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance and the minister makes a statement on it, after which members may seek clarifications.

Q4802.Indian PolityMedium

Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of a censure motion as against a no-confidence motion?

  1. A.It can be moved only in the Rajya Sabha
  2. B.It must state the reasons on which it is based
  3. C.It needs the support of one hundred members
  4. D.If it is passed the Council of Ministers must resign
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Correct answer: B. It must state the reasons on which it is based

A censure motion has to set out the specific charge against the minister or ministers it names, whereas a no-confidence motion need state no ground whatever.

Q4803.Indian PolityMedium

Who moved the first no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha after independence?

  1. A.Acharya J. B. Kripalani
  2. B.Ram Manohar Lohia
  3. C.Atal Bihari Vajpayee
  4. D.C. Rajagopalachari
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Correct answer: A. Acharya J. B. Kripalani

The first no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha after independence was moved in August 1963 by Acharya J. B. Kripalani against the government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, in the atmosphere that followed the war of 1962, and the motion was defeated.

Q4805.Indian PolityHard

The discussion on an admitted adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha must last for not less than

  1. A.one hour
  2. B.two hours
  3. C.two hours and thirty minutes
  4. D.three hours
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Correct answer: C. two hours and thirty minutes

The rules provide that once the Speaker admits an adjournment motion, the House must give it not less than two hours and thirty minutes of discussion, so that a matter grave enough to set aside the listed business is actually examined.

Q4806.Indian PolityEasy

An adjournment motion in Parliament can be moved in which House?

  1. A.The Lok Sabha only
  2. B.The Rajya Sabha only
  3. C.Either House
  4. D.A joint sitting of both Houses
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Correct answer: A. The Lok Sabha only

The adjournment motion is admitted in the Lok Sabha alone, because it carries an element of censure against the government and only the Lok Sabha can censure the Council of Ministers under the collective responsibility laid down in Article 75.

Q4808.Indian PolityMedium

Which statement about a starred question in the Lok Sabha is correct?

  1. A.It is answered in writing and no supplementary questions are allowed
  2. B.It is answered orally and supplementary questions are allowed
  3. C.It is answered only by a private member
  4. D.It requires the support of fifty members before it can be admitted
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Correct answer: B. It is answered orally and supplementary questions are allowed

A starred question is distinguished by an asterisk, is answered on the floor of the House by the minister, and because the answer is oral, members may follow it with supplementary questions.

Q4810.Indian PolityEasy

Question Hour in the Indian Parliament is normally held during which part of a sitting?

  1. A.The last hour of the sitting
  2. B.The first hour of the sitting
  3. C.The hour immediately after the lunch recess
  4. D.The hour before the House is adjourned for the day
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Correct answer: B. The first hour of the sitting

Question Hour is the first hour of every sitting of each House, normally from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, and it is set out in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business.

Q4811.Indian HistoryHard

The Pagri Sambhal Jatta movement of 1907 in Punjab was a protest against

  1. A.the Punjab Land Colonisation Act and the canal water rates
  2. B.the recruitment of peasants for the army
  3. C.the permanent settlement of land revenue
  4. D.the indigo contracts of European planters
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Correct answer: A. the Punjab Land Colonisation Act and the canal water rates

In 1907 the peasants of the Punjab canal colonies agitated against the restrictive terms of the Punjab Land Colonisation Act of 1906 and against increases in the water rate and the land revenue.

Q4812.Indian HistoryMedium

The Rampa rebellion of 1922 to 1924 in the agency tracts of Andhra was led by

  1. A.Alluri Sitarama Raju
  2. B.Tomma Sora
  3. C.Haipou Jadonang
  4. D.Madari Pasi
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Correct answer: A. Alluri Sitarama Raju

The Rampa or Manyam rebellion of 1922 to 1924 was led by Alluri Sitarama Raju, who organised the Koya and other hill people of the Godavari agency against the forest laws that stopped their shifting cultivation and against the forced labour exacted for road building.

Q4813.Indian HistoryMedium

The Tebhaga movement of 1946 in Bengal was a demand by sharecroppers for

  1. A.ownership of the land they tilled
  2. B.two-thirds of the produce instead of one-half
  3. C.the abolition of forced labour
  4. D.a reduction of the land revenue to one-third
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Correct answer: B. two-thirds of the produce instead of one-half

Tebhaga means three shares. The bargadars or sharecroppers of Bengal, organised by the Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1946, demanded that the crop be divided so that the cultivator who supplied the labour and the seed kept two of the three shares, leaving one for the jotedar; the Floud Commission…

Q4816.Indian HistoryHard

The Chotanagpur Tenancy Act of 1908 was passed after which movement?

  1. A.The Santhal Hool
  2. B.The Kol uprising
  3. C.The Munda Ulgulan
  4. D.The Tana Bhagat movement
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Correct answer: C. The Munda Ulgulan

The rising led by Birsa Munda from 1899 to 1900 compelled the government to pass the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act in 1908, which recognised the khuntkatti right by which a Munda family held the land its ancestors had cleared and prohibited beth begari, the practice of forced unpaid labour.

Q4818.Indian HistoryEasy

The Santhal Hool of 1855 to 1856 was led by

  1. A.Birsa Munda and Jatra Bhagat
  2. B.Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu
  3. C.Chakra Bisoi and Tomma Sora
  4. D.Tirot Singh and Gomdhar Konwar
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Correct answer: B. Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu

The Santhal Hool, the largest tribal rising before 1857, was led by the brothers Sidhu and Kanhu Murmu, with Chand and Bhairav beside them, in the Damin-i-Koh tract of the Rajmahal hills.

Q4819.Indian HistoryHard

Which Act was passed as a direct consequence of the Deccan Riots?

  1. A.The Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885
  2. B.The Deccan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1879
  3. C.The Champaran Agrarian Act, 1918
  4. D.The Chotanagpur Tenancy Act, 1908
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Correct answer: B. The Deccan Agriculturists' Relief Act, 1879

After the riots of 1875 the government enquired into peasant indebtedness in the Deccan and passed this Act, which restricted the moneylender's power to have a debtor's land sold in execution of a decree and gave the courts power to look behind the bond.