Bagram Air Base is located in
- A.Turkey
- B.Pakistan
- C.Afghanistan
- D.Israel
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Bagram Air Base lies in Parwan province of Afghanistan, about 60 km north of the capital Kabul.
Read the full explanation →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.
Bagram Air Base is located in
Bagram Air Base lies in Parwan province of Afghanistan, about 60 km north of the capital Kabul.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following usurped power in Kanyakubja after the death of Harshavardhana ?
When Harshavardhana died around 647 CE without an heir, his minister Arunashva, also called Arjuna, seized the throne of Kanyakubja (Kannauj).
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements for a firm's equilibrium in Perfect Competition is not correct ?
This statement is not correct, because at the equilibrium of a competitive firm marginal cost must be rising. A firm in perfect competition is a price taker, so the price it gets equals its marginal revenue.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements about an adjournment motion in the Parliament of India is not correct ?
The statement is not correct, because an adjournment motion can be moved only on a matter that primarily concerns the Union Government, not one within a State Government's jurisdiction.
Read the full explanation →The linear momentum of a particle is conserved if:
Linear momentum stays constant only when no net external force acts. Linear momentum is the product of mass and velocity, p = mv.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements is not correct?
This statement is not correct, because conjunction happens at every new moon, about once a month, and has nothing to do with the Earth's closest point to the Sun.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following about sugar industry of Peninsular India is not correct?
This statement is not correct, because the peninsular sugar mills are concentrated mainly in Maharashtra and Karnataka, in the west and the interior of the plateau.
Read the full explanation →The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2016 was given to
The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was shared by David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz, three British-born physicists working in the United States.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following classes of animals has/have three-chambered heart?
Amphibians and most reptiles have a heart with three chambers: two atria and one ventricle. In frogs and toads, oxygen-rich blood from the lungs and oxygen-poor blood from the body both reach the single ventricle, so some mixing takes place.
Read the full explanation →Very small insoluble particles in a liquid may be separated from it by using
Centrifugation separates very fine insoluble particles that are too small to settle on their own. The mixture is spun at high speed in a centrifuge.
Read the full explanation →Hilsa is the national fish of
The hilsa, called ilish in Bengali, is the national fish of Bangladesh. It is a fish of the herring family that lives in the sea and swims up rivers to breed, a habit called anadromous migration.
Read the full explanation →Pearls are harvested from
Pearls are harvested from pearl oysters, which are bivalve molluscs. When a foreign particle, such as a grain of sand or a parasite, gets inside the shell, the oyster's mantle covers it layer after layer with nacre, the shiny material also called mother of pearl.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following laws of electromagnetism does not give the direction of magnetic field ?
Faraday's law is a law of magnitude, not a direction rule. It states that the emf induced in a circuit is proportional to the rate at which the magnetic flux through it changes.
Read the full explanation →Avani Lekhara became the first Indian woman to win two Paralympics medals at the Tokyo Paralympics 2020. Which one of the following was her discipline ?
Avani Lekhara is a para shooter from Jaipur, Rajasthan, who competes in the SH1 rifle class.
Read the full explanation →To study which one of the following was a spacecraft launched that would be farthest from the Sun and would run exclusively on solar power ?
NASA's Lucy mission, launched in October 2021, is the solar-powered spacecraft that travels farthest from the Sun to study the Trojan asteroids.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. Visakhapatnam Port is a land-locked harbour.
2. Deendayal Port is a tidal port.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Both statements describe the two ports correctly. Visakhapatnam in Andhra Pradesh is India's deepest land-locked and protected port on the east coast.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following descriptions with regard to Parliamentary Privilege for Members of the Parliament of India is/are correct ?
1. The Speaker is empowered to refer suo moto any question of privilege for investigation
2. A question of privilege is accorded priority over other items in the List of Business
3. The privilege extends to freedom from preventive arrest or detention
Select the answer using the code given below :
Statements 1 and 2 describe the Lok Sabha's privilege procedure correctly, while statement 3 overstates the freedom from arrest. Under the Rules of Procedure of the Lok Sabha, the Speaker may refer any question of privilege to the Committee of Privileges on his own, without a motion from a member.
Read the full explanation →'Maitree' is a Joint Military Exercise between India and :
Maitree is the joint military exercise of the Indian Army and the Royal Thai Army. It began in 2006 and is held in India and Thailand by turns.
Read the full explanation →The Sylhet Referendum was held in ?
The Sylhet Referendum was held in early July 1947, just before Partition, to decide whether Sylhet district of Assam would stay with India or join East Bengal, which was going to Pakistan.
Read the full explanation →How many vessels do India's public agencies plan to acquire in the coming years, as stated at the Seoul meeting?
Speaking about demand within the country, Sarbananda Sonowal said the domestic market is booming and that public agencies are looking to acquire more than four hundred vessels in the years ahead.
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