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.
At which venue is Exercise KAZIND-2026 being conducted?
The Indian Armed Forces contingent departed on 28 September 2026 for Oskemen in Kazakhstan, where the ninth edition of KAZIND is being conducted till 11 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which edition of the India-Kazakhstan joint military exercise KAZIND is being held in 2026?
The Ministry of Defence described KAZIND-2026 as the ninth edition of the joint military exercise between the two countries, conducted at Oskemen in Kazakhstan from 28 September to 11 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Exercise KAZIND-2026 is a joint military exercise between India and which country?
KAZIND takes its name from the two partners, Kazakhstan and India, and the ninth edition of the exercise is being held at Oskemen in Kazakhstan from 28 September to 11 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to travel into space?
An Indian Air Force pilot, Rakesh Sharma flew to the Soviet space station Salyut 7 aboard a Soyuz spacecraft in April 1984 as part of a joint mission and spent about a week in orbit, carrying out experiments in biology and remote sensing.
Read the full explanation →Which spacecraft, launched in 1977, is the most distant human-made object from the earth?
Launched by NASA in 1977, Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter and Saturn, then continued outward and has since crossed into interstellar space, making it the farthest human-made object from the earth.
Read the full explanation →Which country's spacecraft made the first ever landing on the far side of the Moon?
The Chinese mission Chang'e 4 landed on the far side of the Moon in January 2019, the first spacecraft ever to do so, and released the rover Yutu-2.
Read the full explanation →JAXA is the space agency of which country?
JAXA stands for the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, formed in 2003 by merging three earlier Japanese space bodies, with its headquarters at Tokyo.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the European Space Agency is located in which city?
The European Space Agency was founded in 1975 by a group of European countries that decided to pool their space work, and its headquarters is in Paris.
Read the full explanation →The Chandrayaan-3 lander touched down near the south pole of the Moon in which year?
Chandrayaan-3 was launched on 14 July 2023 on an LVM3 rocket, and its lander Vikram touched down near the lunar south pole on 23 August 2023, releasing the rover Pragyan.
Read the full explanation →India's Mars Orbiter Mission, also called Mangalyaan, entered the orbit of Mars in which year?
The Mars Orbiter Mission was launched on 5 November 2013 by a PSLV rocket and was placed in orbit around Mars on 24 September 2014.
Read the full explanation →What was the name of the first Indian satellite, launched in 1975?
India's first satellite was named after the ancient astronomer and mathematician Aryabhata and was launched on 19 April 1975 from a Soviet site, since India did not yet have a launch vehicle of its own.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first human being to travel into space?
The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin circled the earth once aboard Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961 and became the first human being in space, a flight that lasted about one hour and forty eight minutes.
Read the full explanation →Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite of the earth, was launched in 1957 by which country?
Sputnik 1 was launched on 4 October 1957 and became the first artificial satellite to circle the earth, sending out a simple radio signal that stations across the world could hear.
Read the full explanation →The Indian Space Research Organisation was formed in which year?
ISRO was formed on 15 August 1969, taking over the space work that had been carried on since 1962 by the Indian National Committee for Space Research.
Read the full explanation →What is the expansion of NASA?
NASA is the civilian space agency of the United States, established in 1958 after the launch of Sputnik, with its headquarters at Washington DC.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Second Anglo-Mysore war fought between the Kingdom of Mysore and the British East India Company?
The Second Anglo-Mysore War ran from 1780 to 1784. It began when the English took Mahe, a French port inside Haidar Ali's territory, and he answered by attacking the Carnatic.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following set of countries participated in the Malabar Naval Exercise 2020?
Malabar 2020 was held in two phases in November 2020, the first in the Bay of Bengal off Visakhapatnam and the second in the Arabian Sea, and Australia joined India, Japan and the United States in it.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a multi-barrel rocket system developed by DRDO?
Pinaka is the multi-barrel rocket launcher built for the Indian Army by DRDO's Armament Research and Development Establishment, Pune, and named after the bow of Lord Shiva.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following pairs is correctly matched as regards to the borrowing of constitutional provisions from its original source?
The makers of the Constitution took the scheme of a federation with a strong centre from Canada, and with it the rule that subjects not listed in any of the three lists stay with the Union; Article 248 and entry 97 of the Union List carry that rule.
Read the full explanation →Under which Article of the Constitution of India, the Governor can reserve a Bill for the consideration of the President?
When a bill passed by a state legislature is presented to the Governor, Article 200 gives four courses: give assent, withhold assent, return the bill for reconsideration if it is not a money bill, or reserve it for the consideration of the President.
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