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.
Which one among the following is NOT a major oil field located in Gujarat?
Moran is an oil field in the Upper Assam valley, in Dibrugarh district of Assam, so it is not in Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following type of medicines is used for treating indigestion?
Indigestion and heartburn are usually caused by too much acid in the stomach, and an antacid is a mild base that neutralises this extra hydrochloric acid.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following valves guards the opening between the right ventricle and the pulmonary artery?
The opening of the pulmonary artery from the right ventricle is guarded by the pulmonary semilunar valve, which stops blood from flowing back into the ventricle when it relaxes.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following plant groups is characterized by having a haploid plant body?
In bryophytes the main, independent plant body is the haploid gametophyte, while the diploid sporophyte stays attached to it and depends on it for food.
Read the full explanation →Marriage, divorce, adoption, wills and succession find a place in which list of the Seventh Schedule?
Entry 5 of List III of the Seventh Schedule covers marriage and divorce, infants and minors, adoption, wills, intestacy and succession, joint family and partition, and all matters in respect of which parties in judicial proceedings were immediately before the commencement of the Constitution subject to their personal law.
Read the full explanation →Which state became the first in independent India to enact a Uniform Civil Code for its residents?
The Uttarakhand Assembly passed a Uniform Civil Code Bill in February 2024, the Bill received the President's assent, and the law was brought into force in January 2025, making Uttarakhand the first state of independent India to legislate a common code on marriage, divorce, live-in relationships and succession for its…
Read the full explanation →Which secular law already allows any two Indian citizens to marry without changing their religion, and is therefore called a voluntary uniform civil code?
It provides a civil form of marriage open to all Indian citizens irrespective of religion, with registration before a marriage officer after a notice period, and succession in such marriages is governed by the Indian Succession Act rather than any religious law.
Read the full explanation →In which case did the Supreme Court observe that Article 44 of the Constitution had remained a dead letter?
Ahmed Khan v. Shah Bano Begum. In this 1985 judgment the Supreme Court allowed a divorced Muslim woman maintenance under Section 125 of the Criminal Procedure Code, a secular provision open to women of every faith, and the Court remarked that Article 44 had remained a dead letter.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian state has had a common civil code applying to all its residents since the Portuguese period?
The Portuguese Civil Code of 1867 was extended to Goa and continued in force after its liberation in 1961, so Goans of every religion are governed by largely the same rules on marriage, divorce and succession, with only a few community-specific usages surviving.
Read the full explanation →Article 44 of the Constitution of India falls under which Part?
Part IV of the Constitution contains the Directive Principles of State Policy in Articles 36 to 51, and Article 44 on the uniform civil code is one of them.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Articles deals with the improvement of public health under the Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution?
Article 47 directs the State to regard the raising of the level of nutrition and the standard of living of its people and the improvement of public health as among its primary duties, and it adds that the State shall endeavour to bring about the prohibition of intoxicating drinks and…
Read the full explanation →Under the Indian Constitution, concentration of wealth is the violation of
Article 39(c), a directive in Part IV, requires the State to direct its policy towards ensuring that the operation of the economic system does not result in the concentration of wealth and means of production to the common detriment, and Article 39(b) asks that the ownership and control of material…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the Directive Principle of State?
Article 40, a Directive Principle in Part IV, asks the State to organise village panchayats and to give them the powers and authority needed to function as units of self-government; it is the parent provision behind the Seventy-third Constitutional Amendment.
Read the full explanation →The ideal of 'Welfare State' in the Indian Constitution is enshrined in its
Part IV of the Constitution, Articles 36 to 51, sets out the goals of a welfare state: Article 38 asks the State to promote the welfare of the people and to reduce inequalities of income, status and opportunity, Article 39 directs the distribution of material resources for the common good…
Read the full explanation →The Uniform Civil Code is mentioned in which Article of the Constitution of India?
Article 44 of the Constitution, placed in Part IV among the Directive Principles of State Policy, says that the State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India.
Read the full explanation →In economics, if a diagram has a line passing through the origin and has 45° angle with either axis and it is asserted that along the line X = Y, what is tacitly assumed?
A line through the origin at 45° to each axis joins all the points where the distance along the horizontal axis equals the distance along the vertical axis.
Read the full explanation →The socialist idea of Sapta Kranti (Seven Revolutions) was proposed by
Ram Manohar Lohia, the socialist thinker and leader, put forward the idea of Sapta Kranti, or seven revolutions, as the programme of Indian socialism.
Read the full explanation →Ozone layer, which absorbs the ultra-violet radiation, is found in which one of the following layers of the atmosphere?
The ozone layer lies in the stratosphere, mostly between about 15 and 35 km above the earth, and it absorbs most of the sun's harmful ultraviolet radiation.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is not a political method of the moderates in the National Movement ?
The Moderates, who led the Indian National Congress from 1885 to about 1905, did not seek to overthrow British rule; they believed in its basic fairness and wanted reforms within it.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements with regard to the Preamble to the Constitution of India is/are correct ? 1. Equality of status and equality of opportunity find mention in the Preamble. 2. The expression 'unity and integrity of the Nation' was not there in the Preamble since the beginning. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Both statements about the Preamble are true. Statement 1 is correct because the Preamble resolves to secure to all citizens "EQUALITY of status and of opportunity", alongside justice (social, economic and political), liberty (of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship) and fraternity.
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