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.
Rakshasa type of marriage is
The Rakshasa form, one of the eight forms of marriage described in the Dharmashastras, meant taking a bride away by force, often after defeating her relatives.
Read the full explanation →The fact that the planets move around the Sun, not in circles but in ellipses, was first demonstrated by
In 1609 Kepler showed that the planets move around the Sun in elliptical orbits, with the Sun at one focus of the ellipse.
Read the full explanation →A Money Bill passed by the Lok Sabha can be held up by the Rajya Sabha for how many weeks?
Under Article 109, the Rajya Sabha must return a Money Bill within 14 days, so it can hold the bill up for only about two weeks.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) of India for 2017-2031:
1. This is the Third National Wildlife Action Plan.
2. The NWAP is unique as this is the first time India has recognized the concerns relating to climate change impact on wildlife.
3. The NWAP has ten components.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The plan for 2017-2031 is India's third National Wildlife Action Plan and the first to deal with the impact of climate change on wildlife, but it has five components, not ten.
Read the full explanation →Tea growing in India in the 19th century was made possible by
The Scottish botanist secretly took tea plants, seeds and skilled tea workers out of China for the East India Company, which made large-scale tea growing in India possible.
Read the full explanation →Atmospheric conditions are well-governed by humidity. Which one among the following may best define humidity?
Humidity is the amount of water vapour present in the air. Air holds water as invisible vapour, and the amount it can hold rises with temperature.
Read the full explanation →The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the
Silappadikaram was written by Ilango Adigal, a prince who became a Jaina monk, and Jaina ideas run through its story.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the author of the book, A Comparison between Women and Men?
She wrote Stri Purush Tulana, A Comparison between Women and Men, in Marathi in 1882. Tarabai Shinde was born in Buldhana in Berar and was associated with Jyotirao Phule's Satyashodhak Samaj.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following criteria got the highest weight for determination of shares of States in the formula given by the 14th Finance Commission?
In the 14th Finance Commission's formula for sharing central taxes among the States, income distance carried a weight of 50 percent, the highest of all the criteria.
Read the full explanation →The Economic historian, who has used the data collected by Buchanan-Hamilton to support the thesis of deindustrialization in the 19th century India, is
Bagchi used Francis Buchanan-Hamilton's survey figures for Gangetic Bihar to argue that India went through deindustrialization in the 19th century.
Read the full explanation →The Headquarters of the International Tropical Timber Organization is located at
The International Tropical Timber Organization (ITTO) has its headquarters at Yokohama in Japan. ITTO is an intergovernmental body set up under the International Tropical Timber Agreement of 1983 and working since 1986.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following was the earlier name of Tokyo?
Tokyo was called Edo until 1868, when it was renamed Tokyo, which means eastern capital.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about the social base of the Arya Samaj in British India is/are correct?
1. It was located mainly in Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh.
2. It mainly comprised the trading castes.
3. It was much more limited than that of the Brahmo Samaj.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The Arya Samaj drew its strength mainly from Punjab and western Uttar Pradesh and from the trading castes, and its social base was wider, not narrower, than that of the Brahmo Samaj.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following became a part of China in 1997 following the principle of 'one country, two systems'?
Britain handed Hong Kong back to China on 1 July 1997, and it became a Special Administrative Region under the principle of one country, two systems.
Read the full explanation →The College of Fort William was established by which one of the following Governor-Generals?
Lord Wellesley founded the College of Fort William at Calcutta in 1800 to train young British civil servants of the East India Company.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following may be the true characteristic of cyclones?
Temperate cyclones are carried from west to east by the westerlies, while tropical cyclones generally move from east to west with the trade winds.
Read the full explanation →The 'four great needs' of the people as identified by the Guomindang were
These were the four great needs of the people that the Guomindang set out to meet, following the ideas of Sun Yat-sen.
Read the full explanation →In the elections to the provincial legislatures in 1937 in British India
1. only about 10 to 12 percent of the population had the right to vote
2. the untouchables had no right to vote
3. the Congress won an absolute majority in five out of eleven provinces
4. the Muslim League won more than 80 percent of the seats reserved for Muslims
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Voting in 1937 was limited by property and education, and the Congress won an absolute majority in five provinces, while statements 2 and 4 are false.
Read the full explanation →Under which one of the following Amendment Acts was Sikkim admitted into the Union of India?
The Constitution (Thirty-sixth Amendment) Act, 1975 made Sikkim a full State of the Indian Union. Sikkim had been an Indian protectorate since 1950.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following river valleys of India is under the influence of intensive gully erosion?
The Chambal valley is the best-known Indian example of land destroyed by intensive gully erosion, which has carved it into deep ravines.
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