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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

Q5101.Indian PolityMedium

Who is the highest law officer of a state government and under which article is the office created?

  1. A.Advocate General, under Article 165
  2. B.Solicitor General, under Article 76
  3. C.Attorney General, under Article 165
  4. D.Public Prosecutor, under Article 148
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Correct answer: A. Advocate General, under Article 165

The Governor appoints a person qualified to be a judge of a High Court as Advocate General of the state, to advise the state government on legal matters and to perform the legal duties the Governor assigns; he holds office during the pleasure of the Governor and may speak in…

Q5102.Indian PolityMedium

Which statement about the Attorney General of India in Parliament is correct?

  1. A.He can speak and vote in both Houses
  2. B.He can speak in both Houses but cannot vote
  3. C.He can attend only the Rajya Sabha
  4. D.He has no right to enter either House
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Correct answer: B. He can speak in both Houses but cannot vote

Article 88 gives the Attorney General the right to speak in and otherwise take part in the proceedings of both Houses of Parliament, in any joint sitting and in any committee of which he is named a member, and Article 105 extends the privileges and immunities of a member to…

Q5103.Indian PolityEasy

Which article of the Constitution deals with the Attorney General of India?

  1. A.Article 72
  2. B.Article 76
  3. C.Article 78
  4. D.Article 88
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Correct answer: B. Article 76

It provides for the appointment of the Attorney General for India by the President from among persons qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court, states his duty to advise the Government of India on legal matters, and says he holds office during the pleasure of the President…

Q5104.Indian PolityMedium

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is described as the friend, philosopher and guide of which parliamentary committee?

  1. A.Estimates Committee
  2. B.Committee on Public Undertakings
  3. C.Public Accounts Committee
  4. D.Business Advisory Committee
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Correct answer: C. Public Accounts Committee

That committee examines the appropriation and finance accounts of the Union along with the audit reports of the CAG, and since its entire work begins from those reports and his officers assist it in understanding them, he is called its friend, philosopher and guide.

Q5105.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following is true of the Comptroller and Auditor General after he leaves office?

  1. A.He may be appointed to any office under the Union but not under a state
  2. B.He is not eligible for any further office under the Union or any state government
  3. C.He is automatically appointed a judge of the Supreme Court
  4. D.He becomes an ex officio member of the Public Accounts Committee
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Correct answer: B. He is not eligible for any further office under the Union or any state government

Article 148(4) provides that the Comptroller and Auditor General shall not be eligible for further office either under the Government of India or under the government of any state after he has ceased to hold his office.

Q5106.Indian PolityMedium

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India can be removed from office in the same manner as

  1. A.a judge of the Supreme Court
  2. B.a member of the Union Public Service Commission
  3. C.the Attorney General of India
  4. D.a Governor of a state
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Correct answer: A. a judge of the Supreme Court

Article 148(1) says the CAG shall be removed from office only in like manner and on the like grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court, which means an address by each House of Parliament supported by a majority of the total membership and by two thirds of the members…

Q5107.Indian PolityMedium

The Comptroller and Auditor General of India holds office for a term of

  1. A.five years or till the age of 62, whichever is earlier
  2. B.six years or till the age of 65, whichever is earlier
  3. C.six years only, irrespective of age
  4. D.till the age of 70
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Correct answer: B. six years or till the age of 65, whichever is earlier

Under the Comptroller and Auditor General (Duties, Powers and Conditions of Service) Act of 1971, made under Article 149, he holds office for six years from the date he enters upon it or till he attains the age of sixty five years, whichever is earlier.

Q5109.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 11 Nov 2019, Shift 3Easy

The reports of the CAG of India relating to the accounts of a state shall be submitted to the ______.

  1. A.Governor of the state
  2. B.Chief Minister of the state
  3. C.Finance Minister of the state
  4. D.Chief Economic Advisor of the state
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Correct answer: A. Governor of the state

Article 151(2) says the reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General relating to the accounts of a state shall be submitted to the Governor, who shall cause them to be laid before the legislature of the state.

Q5110.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 15 Oct 2018, Shift 3Easy

The office of the Comptroller and Auditor General in the Indian Constitution has been borrowed from which country?

  1. A.Britain
  2. B.Ireland
  3. C.Canada
  4. D.Australia
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Correct answer: A. Britain

The framers took the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General, along with parliamentary government, the rule of law, single citizenship and the writs, from the British Constitution, where an officer of the same name audits public spending for Parliament.

Q5111.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 2 Dec 2020, Shift 2Medium

What is the required qualification to be appointed as Attorney General of India?

  1. A.Member of Legislative Assembly
  2. B.President of the Council of States
  3. C.High Court Judge
  4. D.Supreme Court Judge
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Correct answer: D. Supreme Court Judge

Article 76 requires the Attorney General to be a person qualified to be appointed a judge of the Supreme Court, which is why the paper puts the answer as Supreme Court Judge.

Q5112.Indian PolityAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPPSC Civil Service 2016 Official PaperMedium

Who among the following holds his or her office during the pleasure of the President?

  1. A.Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  2. B.Chief Election Commissioner
  3. C.Speaker of Lok Sabha
  4. D.Attorney General of India
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Correct answer: D. Attorney General of India

Article 76 says he is appointed by the President and holds office during the pleasure of the President, and the Constitution prescribes neither a fixed term nor any procedure for his removal.

Q5113.Indian HistoryEasy

In which language was the Buddhist canon, the Tripitaka, composed?

  1. A.Sanskrit
  2. B.Pali
  3. C.Ardhamagadhi Prakrit
  4. D.Tamil
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Correct answer: B. Pali

The correct answer is B, Pali, the popular speech in which the Buddha is believed to have preached and in which the three baskets of the canon were put together, the Vinaya Pitaka on monastic discipline, the Sutta Pitaka on his discourses and the Abhidhamma Pitaka on philosophy.

Q5114.Indian HistoryHard

The first epigraphic mention of the practice of sati is found in which inscription?

  1. A.Eran inscription
  2. B.Mandasor inscription
  3. C.Besnagar pillar inscription
  4. D.Hathigumpha inscription
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Correct answer: A. Eran inscription

The record from Eran in present day Madhya Pradesh, of the time of Bhanugupta at the beginning of the sixth century, says that after a chief named Goparaja fell in battle his wife followed him on the funeral pyre, and this is the earliest epigraphic reference to the custom.

Q5115.Indian HistoryMedium

The Rummindei pillar inscription of Ashoka is connected with which place?

  1. A.Bodh Gaya, the place of enlightenment
  2. B.Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha
  3. C.Sarnath, the place of the first sermon
  4. D.Kushinagar, the place of the great decease
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Correct answer: B. Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha

The pillar stands at Rummindei in the Nepal terai, records that the king came in person in the twentieth year of his reign to worship at the spot where the Buddha was born, had a stone wall and a pillar set up, and reduced the tax of the village to…

Q5116.Indian HistoryMedium

Which edict of Ashoka records his remorse after the Kalinga war?

  1. A.The first major rock edict
  2. B.The seventh pillar edict
  3. C.The thirteenth major rock edict
  4. D.The Rummindei pillar inscription
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Correct answer: C. The thirteenth major rock edict

It gives the number of people killed, who died and who were carried away from Kalinga, says the king felt sorrow and remorse, and announces that he would seek conquest through dhamma rather than through war; it also names the Hellenistic kings to whom he sent envoys.

Q5118.Indian HistoryMedium

The repair of the Sudarshana lake is recorded in which inscription?

  1. A.Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman I
  2. B.Bhitari pillar inscription of Skandagupta
  3. C.Sohgaura copper plate
  4. D.Uttaramerur inscription
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Correct answer: A. Junagadh rock inscription of Rudradaman I

The Junagadh rock inscription of the Shaka ruler Rudradaman I says that the Sudarshana lake, first built in the Mauryan period and improved under Ashoka, burst in a storm and was rebuilt at the ruler own cost without a levy on his subjects.