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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

Q881.Static GKAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATMedium

Which of the following statements about the non-permanent members of the Security Council of the United Nations is/are correct?

1. Their total number is now 10, but was originally only 6.

2. They are elected for a term of two years only.

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

The UN Security Council began with 6 non-permanent members and has had 10 since 1965, each elected for a two-year term.

Q882.Indian EconomyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATHard

Consider the following statements:

I. The Second Five-Year Plan sought to promote development which would establish socialistic pattern of society in India.

II. Between 1966 and 1969, three Annual Plans were formulated.

III. The Ninth Five-Year Plan could not take off at its stipulated time in the 60th year of India's Independence.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

Statements I and II are true, but the Ninth Plan began in 1997, the fiftieth year of Independence, not the sixtieth.

Q883.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

Sentosa island, which was in news recently, is located in

  1. A.Singapore
  2. B.China
  3. C.Australia
  4. D.Sri Lanka
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Correct answer: A. Singapore

Sentosa is a small resort island just off the southern coast of the main island of Singapore. Sentosa lies across a narrow channel from Singapore's main island and is linked to it by a causeway, a cable car and a monorail.

Q885.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2023, GATMedium

Consider the following statements about a river: This river originates in the Hindu Kush mountain range and flows into Hamoun wetlands after covering a long stretch of about 1,100 km. There has been serious conflicts between two neighbouring nations regarding the sharing of water from this river. Identify the river from the following:

  1. A.Mekong
  2. B.Tarim
  3. C.Indus
  4. D.Helmand
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Correct answer: D. Helmand

The Helmand rises in the Hindu Kush west of Kabul, crosses southern Afghanistan and ends in the Hamoun wetlands on the Afghanistan-Iran border.

Q888.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2024, GATEasy

Consider the following statements regarding River Brahmaputra:

1. It rises in Tibet, near Lake Mansarovar.

2. It takes a "U" turn near Namcha Barwa and enters India through a gorge.

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: C. Both 1 and 2

The Brahmaputra rises in Tibet close to Lake Mansarovar and, after a hairpin turn around Namcha Barwa, cuts a deep gorge into Arunachal Pradesh.

Q889.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATHard

Which of the following statements with regard to the famous 'silk routes' are correct?

1. Silk routes refer to East-bound European silk cargoes along these routes.

2. There were several silk routes, over land and by sea, joining together vast regions of Asia with Europe and northern Africa.

3. They are known to have existed since before the Christian Era and thrived almost till the fifteenth century.

4. Besides silk, Chinese pottery, textiles and spices from India and South-east Asia travelled the same route.

Select the answer using the code given below:

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

Statement 1 is wrong: the name "silk routes" comes from the West-bound cargoes of Chinese silk, not East-bound European silk.

Q890.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATHard

Who among the following social reformer started a society for the encouragement of widow remarriage in 1866 in Maharashtra?

  1. A.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  2. B.Jyotirao Phule
  3. C.Vishnushastri Pandit
  4. D.Pandita Ramabai
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Correct answer: C. Vishnushastri Pandit

Vishnushastri Pandit led the society formed in Maharashtra to encourage the remarriage of widows, the Vidhava Vivahottejak Mandal. In nineteenth-century Maharashtra, widow remarriage was one of the main causes of social reformers.

Q892.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATMedium

At which of the following was the American Declaration of Independence adopted on 4 July, 1776?

  1. A.Washington Conference
  2. B.San Francisco Conference
  3. C.Second Continental Congress
  4. D.First Continental Congress
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Correct answer: C. Second Continental Congress

Meeting at Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776. The Second Continental Congress met from May 1775, after fighting had begun at Lexington and Concord.

Q893.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATEasy

Consider the following statements concerning the American War of Independence:

1. The Americans raised the slogan, "No taxation without representation".

2. The American merchants resorted to the boycott of the British products.

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

The colonists protested with the slogan "No taxation without representation" and backed it with a boycott of British goods.

Q894.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATHard

Consider the following statements with regard to the types of land listed in the Amarakosha.

I. Devamatrika refers to land watered by rain.

II. Aprahata refers to fallow land.

III. Pankila refers to highly fertile land.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

Devamatrika is land watered by rain and aprahata is fallow land, but pankila means muddy land, not highly fertile land.

Q896.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

Consider the following statements with regard to bead production in Harappan towns:

I. The materials used to make beads included carnelian, quartz and steatite.

II. The beads were cylindrical, barrel-shaped and disc-shaped.

III. Specialized stone drills were used for making holes through the beads.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

All three statements describe Harappan bead making correctly: the stones used, the shapes made and the drills used to bore them.

Q897.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

Match List I with List II:

List I (Event): I. Passing of the Age of Consent Bill; II. Establishment of the Arya Samaj; III. Death of Dayanand Saraswati; IV. Foundation of the Nagari Pracharini Sabha

List II (Year): A. 1893; B. 1883; C. 1875; D. 1891

Select the answer using the code given below:

  1. A.I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A
  2. B.I-C, II-D, III-A, IV-B
  3. C.I-D, II-C, III-A, IV-B
  4. D.I-C, II-D, III-B, IV-A
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Correct answer: A. I-D, II-C, III-B, IV-A

The Age of Consent Bill was passed in 1891, the Arya Samaj was founded in 1875, Dayanand Saraswati died in 1883 and the Nagari Pracharini Sabha was set up in 1893.

Q898.DefenceMedium

How does the joint training in Exercise Garuda Shakti conclude?

  1. A.With a ceremonial parade and exchange of trophies
  2. B.With a validation exercise simulating realistic operational scenarios
  3. C.With a written tactical examination for both contingents
  4. D.With a joint humanitarian relief demonstration for civilians
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Correct answer: B. With a validation exercise simulating realistic operational scenarios

The joint training culminates in this final phase, which is designed to put the two contingents into lifelike operational situations and to assess the endurance, coordination and combat readiness they have built up during the drill.