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.
The speed of the wind is measured by
An anemometer measures how fast the wind is blowing; its name comes from the Greek word anemos, meaning wind.
Read the full explanation →Using the code given below identify the type of farming on the basis of given characteristics : 1. The produce is consumed entirely or mainly by the family who work the land or tend the livestock. 2. If a small surplus is produced, it may be sold or bartered. 3. It is generally small scale and labour intensive with little or no technological input. Code :
All three features describe farming done mainly to feed the farmer's own family, with only a small surplus for sale or barter.
Read the full explanation →Which Hindustani classical Raag is sung as an invitation to rain?
Malhar is the raga of the monsoon, sung to welcome and call the rains. Hindustani music links many ragas with a season or a time of day.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following inscriptions refers to a confederacy of Tamil States?
It records that Kharavela of Kalinga broke up a confederacy of Tamil states that had been a threat to his kingdom for 113 years.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about the Colonial economy is NOT correct ?
Under colonial rule laissez-faire meant that the state left the economy open to British goods and capital; it did nothing to promote Indian capitalism and in practice left Indian enterprise unprotected.
Read the full explanation →Brilliance of diamond is due to
Light that enters a cut diamond is reflected again and again inside it before it escapes, which makes the stone sparkle.
Read the full explanation →In order to find out the absolute location of a place on the map, which of the following will be required?
The exact, absolute position of any point on Earth is fixed only where its line of latitude crosses its line of longitude.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the busiest sea route and links two industrially developed regions of the world ?
It joins north-eastern North America with Western Europe, two of the most industrialised regions on Earth, and carries the heaviest traffic of any ocean route.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements about the Department of Defence (DoD) is not correct?
Restructuring military commands for the best use of resources, including joint and theatre commands, is a task of the Department of Military Affairs, not of the Department of Defence.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following about Kodumanal is correct?
Kodumanal is an excavated Sangam-age settlement in Erode district, on the northern bank of the Noyyal river, a tributary of the Kaveri.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following dynasties ruled under the suzerainty of Kingdom of Vijayanagar ?
These four dynasties ruled the Vijayanagara empire one after another. Harihara I and Bukka I of the Sangama dynasty founded Vijayanagara in 1336 on the banks of the Tungabhadra.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is NOT an electromagnetic wave ?
Sound is a mechanical wave that needs a medium to travel, while the other three are electromagnetic waves. Sound travels as a longitudinal wave of compressions and rarefactions in air, water or solids, which is why it cannot pass through a vacuum.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is the equivalent rank of 'Wing Commander' of Indian Air Force in Indian Army ?
A Wing Commander of the Indian Air Force holds the same rank as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Army and a Commander in the Navy.
Read the full explanation →What is the depression at the top of a volcano following a volcanic eruption called?
A crater is the bowl-shaped depression at the top of a volcano, around the opening through which lava, gas and ash come out.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements about 'Drumlin' is correct ?
A drumlin is a smooth, oval hill shaped by a moving glacier out of glacial till, so it is a landform of glacial deposition.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following does not find mention in the works of the astronomers of ancient India?
Uranus cannot normally be picked out by the naked eye and was discovered only in 1781, so ancient Indian astronomers never wrote about it.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about the English Education Act of 1835 is NOT correct ?
The 1835 resolution did the opposite: it stopped fresh stipends to students of Oriental institutions and stopped spending on printing Oriental texts.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is NOT true for an electromagnetic wave ?
Electromagnetic waves are transverse, not longitudinal, so this statement is false. In an electromagnetic wave the electric field and the magnetic field oscillate at right angles to each other and both at right angles to the direction in which the wave travels.
Read the full explanation →Operation Sadbhavna is an initiative of
Operation Sadbhavna is the Indian Army's goodwill and civic action programme for people in remote and disturbed areas. The Army began it in the late 1990s in Jammu and Kashmir and later took it to Ladakh and parts of the North-East.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is a pull factor for migration?
A pull factor is something attractive at the destination that draws people towards it, and better pay is the classic example.
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