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Defence GK Questions 2026

Static GK carries most of the General Knowledge marks in the defence exams, and science carries the largest share of it. In NDA & NA, Physics, Chemistry and General Science are about half of the 400 marks of Part B, and History, the freedom movement and Geography are about 20% each, as per the notice. In the CDS (II) 2026 General Knowledge paper, GK24 counted about 37 science questions, about 20 each on Polity and History, about 15 on Geography and environment and about 10 on the Economy; this count is guidance, not an official break-up. The Army's Agniveer CEE gives 15 of its 50 General Duty questions to General Knowledge and 15 to General Science, which covers cells, the human body, plants and animals and common epidemics. Its GK list names history, culture and geography of India and its neighbours, the Constitution, inventions and discoveries, books and authors, and the Indian Armed Forces. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes and GK questions tagged for NDA, CDS and Agniveer, in English and Hindi: General Science, Indian History, Art and Culture, Indian Polity, Geography, Indian Economy and Static GK. Read one topic at a sitting, then solve its questions and the previous-year questions of your exam to see what stayed with you.

Defence GK Questions with Answers

Q181.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Which of the following statements relating to the powers of the President of India is/are correct? 1. The executive power of the Union shall be vested in the President. 2. The executive power shall be exercised by the President only through officers subordinate to him. 3. The supreme command of the defence forces of the Union shall be vested in the President. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Article 53 vests the executive power of the Union and the supreme command of the defence forces in the President, but it does not say the power is used only through subordinate officers.

Q183.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKEasy

The audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India relating to the accounts of the Union shall be submitted to

  1. A.the President
  2. B.the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  3. C.the Prime Minister
  4. D.the Vice President
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Correct answer: A. the President

Article 151(1) says the CAG's reports relating to the accounts of the Union are submitted to the President, who causes them to be laid before each House of Parliament.

Q184.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

According to the Classical Theory of Employment, deviations from the state of full employment are

  1. A.purely temporary in nature.
  2. B.permanent in nature
  3. C.imaginary situations
  4. D.normal situations
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Correct answer: A. purely temporary in nature.

Classical economists held that the economy always tends back to full employment, so any unemployment is short-lived. The classical theory rests on Say's Law, that supply creates its own demand, so there can be no general overproduction.

Q189.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKEasy

Who among the following was the founder of Phoenix Settlement?

  1. A.Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.B. R. Ambedkar
  3. C.Rabindranath Tagore
  4. D.Swami Vivekananda
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Correct answer: A. Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi founded the Phoenix Settlement near Durban, South Africa, in 1904. Gandhi set up the settlement after reading John Ruskin's Unto This Last, which convinced him that the life of labour, of the tiller and the craftsman, is the life worth living.

Q190.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Who among the following shall cause the accounts of the Autonomous District and Regional Council Funds to be audited?

  1. A.The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  2. B.The Chartered Accountant empanelled by the Government of India
  3. C.The State Government Auditors
  4. D.Any Chartered Accountant
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Correct answer: A. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India

The Sixth Schedule says the accounts of the District and Regional Councils are audited in the manner the CAG thinks fit.

Q191.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

The Andaman group of islands and the Nicobar group of islands are separated by which one of the following latitudes?

  1. A.8° N latitude
  2. B.10° N latitude
  3. C.12° N latitude
  4. D.13° N latitude
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Correct answer: B. 10° N latitude

The Ten Degree Channel, which runs along this latitude, separates the Andaman group from the Nicobar group. The Ten Degree Channel lies between Little Andaman in the north and Car Nicobar in the south, and it is about 150 km wide.

Q193.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKEasy

The National Commission for Women was created by

  1. A.an amendment in the Constitution of India
  2. B.a decision of the Union Cabinet
  3. C.an Act passed by the Parliament
  4. D.an order of the President of India
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Correct answer: C. an Act passed by the Parliament

The National Commission for Women is a statutory body set up under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. Parliament passed the Act in 1990, and the Commission was constituted in January 1992.

Q194.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

Consider the following statement : "A sound body means one which bends itself to the spirit and is always a ready instrument at its service." The above statement is attributed to

  1. A.Sardar Patel
  2. B.Winston Churchill
  3. C.Mahatma Gandhi
  4. D.Baden-Powell
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Correct answer: C. Mahatma Gandhi

The line comes from Gandhi's writings on health, where he treats the body as a servant of the spirit. Gandhi wrote widely on diet, fasting, nature cure and self-control, most famously in his little book on health.

Q195.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Which one of the following regarding the tenure of the elected members of the Autonomous District Council is correct?

  1. A.Five years from the date of election
  2. B.Five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the Council after the election
  3. C.Six years from the date of administration of Oath
  4. D.Six years from the date of election
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Correct answer: B. Five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the Council after the election

The Sixth Schedule fixes the term in exactly these words. Autonomous District Councils are set up under the Sixth Schedule for the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

Q198.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Find the correct arrangement of the following urban agglomerations in descending order as per their population size according to Census 2011.

  1. A.Delhi-Mumbai-Kolkata-Chennai
  2. B.Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai
  3. C.Mumbai-Kolkata-Delhi-Chennai
  4. D.Kolkata-Chennai-Mumbai-Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai

In Census 2011, Greater Mumbai was the most populous urban agglomeration of India, followed by Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Census 2011 counted about 18.4 million people in the Greater Mumbai urban agglomeration, about 16.3 million in Delhi, about 14.1 million in Kolkata and about 8.7 million in Chennai.

Q199.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Alexander Kerensky was

  1. A.the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution
  2. B.a close confidant of Lenin, with whose help the Czar was dethroned
  3. C.the head of the Czar's army
  4. D.an advisor of Joseph Stalin
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Correct answer: A. the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Alexander Kerensky led that government until the Bolsheviks overthrew it in October 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 ended the rule of Tsar Nicholas II, a Provisional Government took power.

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