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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

Q104.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. A.The rank of Second Lieutenant has been abolished.
  2. B.The Chief of Army Staff carries the rank of Field Marshal.
  3. C.All officers posted to Andaman and Nicobar Islands wear the ranks of the Indian Navy.
  4. D.The rank of Major General is higher than the rank of Lieutenant General.
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Correct answer: A. The rank of Second Lieutenant has been abolished.

The Indian Army no longer has the rank of Second Lieutenant; an officer is now commissioned directly as a Lieutenant.

Q108.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements about the All India Services is correct?

  1. A.The All India Services may be created by an Act of the Parliament.
  2. B.The endorsement of the Rajya Sabha is not essential for the creation of the All India Services.
  3. C.The rules of recruitment to the All India Services are determined by the UPSC.
  4. D.The conditions of service to the All India Services may be altered by the UPSC.
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Correct answer: A. The All India Services may be created by an Act of the Parliament.

Under Article 312, Parliament may by law create new All India Services common to the Union and the States.

Q109.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKHard

Which one of the following is correct?

  1. A.Infantry Regiment is also known as the Mechanized Infantry Regiment.
  2. B.Corps of Electrical and Mechanical Engineers is subsumed in the Corps of Engineers.
  3. C.Army Medical Corps and Army Dental Corps are two divisions of the Army Service Corps.
  4. D.Army has its own Corps of Air Defence.
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Correct answer: D. Army has its own Corps of Air Defence.

The Indian Army has its own Corps of Army Air Defence, which guards troops and key places against enemy aircraft, drones and missiles.

Q110.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements is correct in relation to the Indian Air Force?

  1. A.It has bases in many friendly countries.
  2. B.It does not carry out joint exercises with any country.
  3. C.It has a separate Maintenance Command.
  4. D.No officer has ever been elevated to the rank of Marshal of the Indian Air Force.
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Correct answer: C. It has a separate Maintenance Command.

The Indian Air Force has a separate Maintenance Command, with its headquarters at Nagpur, which looks after the repair, overhaul and supply of aircraft and equipment.

Q112.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Jammu and Kashmir Rifles is

  1. A.an infantry regiment of the Indian Army
  2. B.a battalion of the Rashtriya Rifles
  3. C.the name of the Armed Police of the State of Jammu and Kashmir
  4. D.a paramilitary force under the Ministry of Home Affairs
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Correct answer: A. an infantry regiment of the Indian Army

The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (JAK RIF) is a regular infantry regiment with its Regimental Centre at Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh.

Q116.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKEasy

Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Prize for his contribution to

  1. A.Monetary Economics
  2. B.Welfare Economics
  3. C.Environmental Economics
  4. D.Development Economics
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Correct answer: B. Welfare Economics

Amartya Sen received the 1998 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences "for his contributions to welfare economics". Sen worked on social choice theory, on how to measure poverty and inequality, and on the causes of famine.

Q117.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKEasy

Which one of the following statements regarding Uniform Civil Code as provided under Article 44 of the Constitution of India is not correct?

  1. A.It is a Fundamental Right of every Indian citizen.
  2. B.The State shall endeavour to secure it for citizens throughout the territory of India.
  3. C.It is not enforceable by any Court.
  4. D.It is not enforceable by a Court yet the Constitution requires that as a principle it should be fundamental in the governance of our country.
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Correct answer: A. It is a Fundamental Right of every Indian citizen.

The Uniform Civil Code is not a Fundamental Right. Article 44 sits in Part IV of the Constitution, among the Directive Principles of State Policy.

Q118.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKEasy

In the context of elections in India, which one of the following is the correct full form of VVPAT?

  1. A.Voter Verifiable Poll Audit Trail
  2. B.Voter Verifying Paper Audit Trail
  3. C.Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail
  4. D.Voter Verifiable Paper Account Trail
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Correct answer: C. Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail

VVPAT is a printer attached to the EVM that lets the voter see, on paper, that the vote went to the chosen candidate.

Q119.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements regarding the Human Rights Council is not correct?

  1. A.It is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of all members of the UN.
  2. B.It is responsible for the promotion and protection of all human rights around the globe.
  3. C.It replaced the former United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
  4. D.It is made up of 47 UN Member States which are elected by the UN General Assembly.
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Correct answer: A. It is an inter-governmental body within the United Nations system made up of all members of the UN.

The Human Rights Council is an inter-governmental body of the UN, but it is not made up of all UN members: it has only 47 member states.

Q120.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKHard

Which politician in British India had opposed to a Pakistan that would mean "Muslim Raj here and Hindu Raj elsewhere"?

  1. A.Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
  2. B.Sikandar Hayat Khan
  3. C.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
  4. D.Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
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Correct answer: B. Sikandar Hayat Khan

As Premier of Punjab, he told the Punjab Legislative Assembly in March 1941 that he did not want freedom so that there could be "Muslim Raj here and Hindu Raj elsewhere", and that if this was what Pakistan meant he would have nothing to do with it.