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.
Who among the following was not a Jain Acharya ?
Khema was a Buddhist nun, not a Jain teacher; the other three are well-known Jain acharyas. Khema was a queen of King Bimbisara of Magadha who became a disciple of the Buddha and joined the order of nuns.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following inputs is required in less quantity in case of non-farming activities ?
Farming needs large areas of land, while most non-farm work, such as a shop, a dairy, transport or small manufacturing, can be carried out on very little land.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following do not influence the ocean currents ?
The pull of the Sun and Moon raises the tides, the regular rise and fall of the sea, but it is not counted among the forces that drive ocean currents.
Read the full explanation →In grasses, intercalary meristem is usually located at
In grasses the intercalary meristem lies at the base of the leaf blades and internodes, between tissues that are already mature.
Read the full explanation →Water goes up through xylem vessels in tall trees. The process in plants and properties of water that help in upward movement are :
Evaporation from the leaves pulls a continuous column of water up the xylem, and cohesion and adhesion keep that column from breaking.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is related to global dimming?
Global dimming is the drop in sunlight reaching the ground, and the cooling that follows, caused by particles in the air.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following stated that 'A just society is that society in which ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt is dissolved into the creation of a compassionate society' ?
The words 'ascending sense of reverence and descending sense of contempt' are Ambedkar's own description of how the caste order works.
Read the full explanation →In the Rig Veda Samhita, use of the terms ishukrit and isukara referred to the maker of :
In Sanskrit 'ishu' means arrow, and 'krit' and 'kara' mean one who makes, so both words name the arrow maker.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the Revolt of 1857, consider the following statements: 1. Shah Mal mobilised the people of Baraut region of Uttar Pradesh and captured the bungalow of an Englishman and converted it into a "hall of justice". 2. Gonoo was a Kol leader of the Singhbhum region of Chotanagpur. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Both men were local leaders of 1857, one among the peasants of western Uttar Pradesh and the other among the tribals of Chotanagpur.
Read the full explanation →The financial instruments that generate proceeds for investment in environmentally sustainable and climate-suitable projects are called as :
A green bond is a debt instrument whose money can be spent only on projects that help the environment or the climate.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following constitute a food chain ?
It is the only set in which each organism eats the one before it, so energy passes along a single feeding line.
Read the full explanation →The Supreme Court of India upheld the abrogation of Article 370 in a judgment delivered in:
A Constitution Bench of five judges headed by Chief Justice D. Y. Chandrachud decided In Re: Article 370 of the Constitution on 11 December 2023.
Read the full explanation →The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, whose final order of 2022 fixed ninety assembly seats, was headed by:
A retired judge of the Supreme Court, she chaired the Delimitation Commission set up in March 2020 for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, which gave its final order in May 2022.
Read the full explanation →Which provisions of the Constitution of India applied to the State of Jammu and Kashmir directly, without the concurrence of the State government, while Article 370 was in force?
Article 370(1)(c) said that Article 1, which declares India a Union of States and lists its territory in the First Schedule, and Article 370 itself applied to the State; everything else could reach it only through a presidential order made with the concurrence of the State government.
Read the full explanation →Under Article 370(3), the President could declare that the article shall cease to be operative only on the recommendation of:
The proviso to Article 370(3) said that the President could issue a public notification ending the article only on the recommendation of the Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir.
Read the full explanation →The Constitution of Jammu and Kashmir, framed by the State own Constituent Assembly, came into force on:
The Constituent Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir adopted the State Constitution on 17 November 1956 and it came into force on 26 January 1957, the day the Assembly dissolved itself.
Read the full explanation →Of the two Union Territories created by the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which one was given no legislative assembly?
The Act created the Union Territory of Ladakh without a legislature, administered by a Lieutenant Governor, and carved it out with the two districts of Leh and Kargil; its first Lieutenant Governor was Radha Krishna Mathur.
Read the full explanation →The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 came into effect on its appointed day, which was:
The Act named an appointed day on which the State of Jammu and Kashmir would cease to exist and the two Union Territories would come into being, and the Union notified that day as 31 October 2019, the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel, which is observed as National Unity…
Read the full explanation →Which article, inserted by a presidential order of 1954, empowered the Jammu and Kashmir legislature to define the permanent residents of the State and give them special rights?
The Constitution (Application to Jammu and Kashmir) Order, 1954, issued by the President under Article 370(1)(d), added Article 35A at the end of Part III.
Read the full explanation →The Instrument of Accession of the princely state of Jammu and Kashmir was signed by Maharaja Hari Singh on:
Tribal raiders backed by Pakistan entered the Kashmir valley in the third week of October 1947, and Maharaja Hari Singh of the Dogra dynasty signed the Instrument of Accession on 26 October 1947; Governor-General Lord Mountbatten accepted it the next day, after which Indian troops were airlifted to Srinagar.
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