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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

Q5142.Indian PolityHard

Article 244A, inserted by the Twenty-second Amendment Act of 1969, empowers Parliament to create an autonomous State within which State?

  1. A.Nagaland
  2. B.Assam
  3. C.Manipur
  4. D.Tripura
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Correct answer: B. Assam

Article 244A, added by the Twenty-second Amendment Act of 1969, allows Parliament by law to form an autonomous State within Assam comprising all or any of the tribal areas specified in the Sixth Schedule, and to give it a legislature or a council of ministers, or both, with powers it…

Q5143.Indian PolityHard

Grants-in-aid from the Union to a State for promoting the welfare of Scheduled Tribes and for raising the level of administration of Scheduled Areas are provided under which Article?

  1. A.Article 270
  2. B.Article 275(1)
  3. C.Article 280
  4. D.Article 282
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Correct answer: B. Article 275(1)

Its proviso directs that sums be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India as grants-in-aid to States for schemes of development approved by the Union for promoting the welfare of Scheduled Tribes and for raising the level of administration of Scheduled Areas, and it names Assam specially for the administration…

Q5144.Indian PolityEasy

The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, known as PESA, was enacted in which year?

  1. A.1992
  2. B.1993
  3. C.1996
  4. D.2006
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Correct answer: C. 1996

Because Part IX of the Constitution does not extend of its own force to Scheduled Areas, Parliament enacted PESA in December 1996 on the recommendations of the Bhuria Committee, and made the Gram Sabha the pivot of village government in those areas, with powers over minor forest produce, minor water…

Q5146.Indian PolityMedium

Under the Fifth Schedule, the Tribes Advisory Council of a State consists of not more than how many members?

  1. A.15
  2. B.20
  3. C.25
  4. D.30
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Correct answer: B. 20

Paragraph 4 of the Fifth Schedule requires every State with Scheduled Areas, and if the President so directs a State with Scheduled Tribes but no Scheduled Areas, to set up a Tribes Advisory Council of not more than twenty members, of whom roughly three-fourths must be representatives of Scheduled Tribes…

Q5147.Indian PolityEasy

Who has the power to declare an area as a Scheduled Area under the Fifth Schedule?

  1. A.The Governor of the State
  2. B.The President of India
  3. C.Parliament by a simple majority
  4. D.The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
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Correct answer: B. The President of India

Paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule says that the President may by order declare an area to be a Scheduled Area, and may increase or decrease its area, alter its boundaries, rescind the declaration or make a fresh order after consulting the Governor of the State concerned.

Q5148.Indian PolityEasy

The administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in States other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram is governed by which Article of the Constitution?

  1. A.Article 243
  2. B.Article 244(1)
  3. C.Article 245
  4. D.Article 246
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Correct answer: B. Article 244(1)

It states that the provisions of the Fifth Schedule shall apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any State other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, while Article 244(2) applies the Sixth Schedule to the tribal areas of those four States.

Q5150.Indian PolityAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 4 Jan 2020, Shift 2Medium

How many states with Fifth Schedule Areas are covered under the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996?

  1. A.7
  2. B.9
  3. C.10
  4. D.13
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Correct answer: C. 10

PESA applies to the Scheduled Areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan, and these ten States must bring their Panchayati Raj laws in line with it.

Q5151.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2019Medium

Under which Schedule of the Constitution of India can the transfer of tribal land to private parties for mining be declared null and void?

  1. A.Third Schedule
  2. B.Fifth Schedule
  3. C.Ninth Schedule
  4. D.Twelfth Schedule
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Correct answer: B. Fifth Schedule

Regulations made by the Governor under paragraph 5(2) of the Fifth Schedule can prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of Scheduled Tribes, and a transfer made in breach of such a regulation is void.

Q5152.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2022, 5 JuneMedium

If a particular area is brought under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which one of the following statements best reflects the consequence of it?

  1. A.This would prevent the transfer of land of tribal people to non-tribal people.
  2. B.This would create a local self-governing body in that area.
  3. C.This would convert that area into a Union Territory.
  4. D.The State having such areas would be declared a Special Category State.
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Correct answer: A. This would prevent the transfer of land of tribal people to non-tribal people.

Paragraph 5(2) of the Fifth Schedule allows the Governor of a State to make regulations for the peace and good government of a Scheduled Area, and expressly permits regulations that prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of Scheduled Tribes.

Q5154.General ScienceMedium

Cardiac muscle of the human heart is

  1. A.striated and voluntary
  2. B.striated and involuntary
  3. C.non-striated and voluntary
  4. D.non-striated and involuntary
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Correct answer: B. striated and involuntary

Cardiac muscle shows the cross stripes of skeletal muscle under the microscope, but it is not under the control of the will and it beats rhythmically on its own, driven by the pacemaker of the heart; its cells are branched and joined end to end by intercalated discs, which let…

Q5155.General ScienceMedium

Which pair of proteins slides over each other during the contraction of a skeletal muscle?

  1. A.Actin and myosin
  2. B.Collagen and keratin
  3. C.Albumin and globulin
  4. D.Insulin and glucagon
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Correct answer: A. Actin and myosin

In the sliding filament theory of contraction, a nerve impulse causes calcium to be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum; the calcium exposes binding sites on the thin actin filaments, the heads of the thick myosin filaments attach to them and swivel, using energy from ATP, and the actin is pulled…

Q5156.General ScienceEasy

Tendons in the human body connect

  1. A.bone to bone
  2. B.muscle to bone
  3. C.muscle to muscle
  4. D.nerve to muscle
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Correct answer: B. muscle to bone

A tendon is a cord of white fibrous connective tissue, with very little elasticity, that transmits the pull of a contracting muscle to the bone it moves; the Achilles tendon at the heel is the best known example.

Q5157.General ScienceEasy

The joint found at the shoulder and the hip, which allows movement in all directions, is a

  1. A.hinge joint
  2. B.ball and socket joint
  3. C.pivot joint
  4. D.gliding joint
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Correct answer: B. ball and socket joint

The rounded head of the humerus sits in the socket of the shoulder blade and the head of the femur sits in the socket of the hip bone, which lets the limb move forwards, backwards, sideways and in rotation; these are synovial joints with a fluid-filled cavity.

Q5158.General ScienceEasy

How many pairs of ribs are there in the human body?

  1. A.10 pairs
  2. B.11 pairs
  3. C.12 pairs
  4. D.14 pairs
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Correct answer: C. 12 pairs

All of them are attached behind to the thoracic vertebrae. In front, the first seven pairs join the sternum directly and are called true or vertebrosternal ribs; the next three pairs join the seventh rib through cartilage and are called false or vertebrochondral ribs; and the last two pairs have…

Q5160.General ScienceEasy

Which is the smallest bone in the human body?

  1. A.Stapes
  2. B.Malleus
  3. C.Patella
  4. D.Hyoid
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Correct answer: A. Stapes

It is the innermost of the three ear ossicles of the middle ear and is shaped like a stirrup; it passes vibrations from the incus to the oval window of the inner ear and is the smallest bone of the body.

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