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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

Q801.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Which of the following statements about 'fission' is correct? 1. It is related with the creation of new individuals by means of cell division in unicellular organism. 2. It is related with the transformation of heavier nuclei into smaller nuclei. 3. It is related with the creation of a heavier nuclei by means of combining two higher nuclei. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.1 and 2 only
  4. D.1 and 3 only
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 2 only

The word fission is used in two sciences: in biology for splitting of a single-celled organism, and in physics for splitting of a heavy nucleus.

Q803.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKMedium

Which among the following is not the strength or chief benefit of Bicameralism?

  1. A.Second chambers check the first chambers and prevent majoritarian rule.
  2. B.It checks the powers of the executive.
  3. C.The second chambers can act as a constitutional safeguard.
  4. D.It often acts as a check on democratic rule, particularly when their members are non-elected or indirectly elected.
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Correct answer: D. It often acts as a check on democratic rule, particularly when their members are non-elected or indirectly elected.

Acting as a check on democratic rule, especially when members are nominated or indirectly elected, is a criticism of second chambers, not one of their benefits.

Q804.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKHard

Consider the following statements : 1. An additional spending by the Government of ₹ X is likely to have less impact on income than an additional transfer of ₹ X to households. 2. An additional spending by the Government of ₹ X is likely to have less impact on income if it is not accompanied by an expansion in money supply. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

Government spending adds to income more than an equal transfer, and its effect is smaller when money supply is not expanded alongside it.

Q806.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Consider the following social movements : 1. Chipko Movement 2. Bardoli Satyagraha 3. Satyashodhak Samaj Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting with the earliest) of the launch of the above social movements ?

  1. A.2, 1, 3
  2. B.3, 1, 2
  3. C.3, 2, 1
  4. D.1, 2, 3
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Correct answer: C. 3, 2, 1

The Satyashodhak Samaj came first in 1873, the Bardoli Satyagraha followed in 1928 and the Chipko Movement began in 1973.

Q809.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Which of the following are the core functions of the United Nations multidimensional peacekeeping operations? 1. Stabilization 2. Peace consolidation 3. To extend support to a losing State in a war Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1, 2 and 3
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1 and 2 only
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Correct answer: D. 1 and 2 only

Multidimensional peacekeeping aims to stabilise a country after conflict and to consolidate the peace, while staying impartial between the parties.

Q810.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKEasy

Which one of the following statements about the properties of neutrons is not correct?

  1. A.Neutron mass is almost equal to proton mass.
  2. B.Neutrons possess zero charge.
  3. C.Neutrons are located inside the atomic nuclei.
  4. D.Neutrons revolve around the atomic nuclei.
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Correct answer: D. Neutrons revolve around the atomic nuclei.

Neutrons sit inside the nucleus with protons; it is the electrons that move around the nucleus. The neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932, and he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1935.

Q811.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

We are given three copper wires of different lengths and different areas of cross-section. Which one of the following would have highest resistivity?

  1. A.Copper wire of 50 cm length and 1 mm diameter
  2. B.Copper wire of 25 cm length and 0.5 mm diameter
  3. C.Copper wire of 10 cm length and 2.0 mm diameter
  4. D.All the wires would have same resistivity
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Correct answer: D. All the wires would have same resistivity

Resistivity is a property of the material and its temperature, not of the wire's shape, so every copper wire has the same resistivity.

Q813.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

Which one of the following central features is not associated with Capitalist Economy?

  1. A.There is generalised commodity production - it has market value.
  2. B.Productive wealth is held predominantly in private hands.
  3. C.Economic life is organised according to market principles.
  4. D.Economic organisation is based on planning, a supposedly rational process of resource allocation.
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Correct answer: D. Economic organisation is based on planning, a supposedly rational process of resource allocation.

Allocation of resources through central planning is the mark of a socialist or command economy, not a capitalist one. In a capitalist economy, the means of production such as land, factories and capital are owned mainly by private individuals and firms.

Q814.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following was primarily associated with 'Dadni' system?

  1. A.Textile production
  2. B.Warfare
  3. C.Payment to officials
  4. D.Revenue collection
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Correct answer: A. Textile production

Under the dadni system, European companies gave cash advances to weavers through middlemen to secure cloth for export. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the English, Dutch and French companies bought huge quantities of cotton and silk cloth in Bengal and other regions.

Q815.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Angular velocity for all locations on the Earth's surface is the same while linear velocity varies. 2. Linear velocity is maximum at the equator and minimum at the poles. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Every point on the Earth turns through 360 degrees in the same time, but points nearer the equator travel a longer circle and so move faster.

Q817.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKEasy

The 'Durand Line' is a border demarcation that separates which of the following countries ?

  1. A.Afghanistan and Iran
  2. B.Afghanistan and Pakistan
  3. C.India and Pakistan
  4. D.Afghanistan and China
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Correct answer: B. Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Durand Line is the roughly 2,640 km boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was fixed in 1893 by an agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan, to mark the limits of their spheres of influence.