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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

Q762.Static GKAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2024, GATMedium

Which one among the following Joint Military Exercises was NOT conducted between India and USA ?

  1. A.Yudhabhyas
  2. B.Vajra Prahar
  3. C.Malabar
  4. D.Varuna
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Correct answer: D. Varuna

Varuna is the naval exercise between India and France, not between India and the USA. India and France began their bilateral naval exercises in 1983, and the series was named Varuna in 2001; it has since been held regularly in the Indian Ocean and off the French coast.

Q763.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2025, GATMedium

Which one of the following is NOT a basic property of electric charge ?

  1. A.Charges can be added
  2. B.Charge is conserved
  3. C.Charge on a body is always an integral multiple of an electron or a proton charge
  4. D.Charges can be created and destroyed in an isolated system
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Correct answer: D. Charges can be created and destroyed in an isolated system

This goes against the conservation of charge: the total charge of an isolated system always stays the same. Electric charge has three basic properties.

Q765.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATHard

Consider the following statements :

I. The Constitution of India mentions that the Speaker has the power to adjourn both the Houses sine die.

II. On prorogation, it is only the Speaker who can summon the Houses.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.I only
  2. B.II only
  3. C.Both I and II
  4. D.Neither I nor II
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Correct answer: D. Neither I nor II

The Constitution gives the Speaker no power to adjourn both Houses sine die, and the power to summon and prorogue the Houses belongs to the President.

Q766.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

Consider the following statements related to national integration :

I. The expression of regional issues is not a part of democratic politics.

II. Nation-building is an ongoing process.

III. Regional imbalance is associated with India's development experience.

IV. Regions together form the nation.

Which of the statements given above are correct ?

  1. A.II, III and IV
  2. B.I, II and IV
  3. C.III and IV only
  4. D.II and III only
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Correct answer: A. II, III and IV

Statement I is wrong: raising regional issues and aspirations is a normal and legitimate part of democratic politics, not something outside it.

Q767.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?

  1. A.All proteins are enzymes
  2. B.Mostly enzymes are proteins
  3. C.All fats are energy rich compounds
  4. D.Glucose is a common carbohydrate
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Correct answer: A. All proteins are enzymes

This statement is false: enzymes are mostly proteins, but most proteins are not enzymes. Proteins do many jobs in the body.

Q768.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATMedium

Which member of the Constituent Assembly proposed the resolution that the National Flag of India be a "horizontal tricolour of saffron, white and dark green in equal proportion", with a wheel in navy blue at the centre?

  1. A.Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. B.B. R. Ambedkar
  3. C.Rajendra Prasad
  4. D.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
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Correct answer: A. Jawaharlal Nehru

Nehru moved the resolution on the National Flag in the Constituent Assembly on 22 July 1947, and the Assembly adopted it the same day.

Q769.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

The word 'socialist' was inserted into the Preamble to the Constitution of India through which one of the following Amendment Acts?

  1. A.41st Amendment Act
  2. B.42nd Amendment Act
  3. C.43rd Amendment Act
  4. D.44th Amendment Act
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Correct answer: B. 42nd Amendment Act

The Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 added the words 'socialist' and 'secular' to the Preamble, along with 'integrity'. The 42nd Amendment was passed during the Emergency, under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, and is often called a 'mini-Constitution' because it changed so many provisions.

Q771.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATHard

Which one of the following statements is not true about Ijarah system ?

  1. A.It was a system of revenue farming.
  2. B.It encouraged the role of middlemen.
  3. C.Under this system, land revenue was fixed for the peasant.
  4. D.The ijaradar paid a fixed amount to the State treasury.
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Correct answer: C. Under this system, land revenue was fixed for the peasant.

Under ijarah only the ijaradar's payment to the state was fixed; what he collected from the peasant was not, so the peasant faced rising and arbitrary demands.

Q773.Static GKAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

The Headquarters of South-Eastern Railway is located at

  1. A.Bilaspur.
  2. B.Secunderabad.
  3. C.Kolkata.
  4. D.Bhubaneswar.
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Correct answer: C. Kolkata.

The South Eastern Railway zone has its headquarters at Garden Reach in Kolkata. South Eastern Railway was formed in 1955 from the old Bengal Nagpur Railway, whose head office at Garden Reach it inherited.

Q774.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATEasy

Nuclear energy is generated by

  1. A.nuclear fission and its expression was proposed by Einstein.
  2. B.nuclear fission and its expression was proposed by Rutherford.
  3. C.nuclear fusion and its expression was proposed by Bohr.
  4. D.nuclear fusion and its expression was proposed by Heisenberg.
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Correct answer: A. nuclear fission and its expression was proposed by Einstein.

Nuclear power plants produce energy by splitting heavy nuclei, and the energy released is given by Einstein's relation E = mc².

Q775.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATEasy

Consider the following statements :

1. Rocks do not remain in their original form for long and undergo transformation.

2. Transformation of rocks is caused by weathering, erosion and metamorphic action.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Rocks are constantly changed from one form to another, and the agents of that change are weathering, erosion and metamorphism, which together make up the rock cycle.

Q776.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2023, GATEasy

The Treaty of Yandabo was concluded as part of which one of the following wars ?

  1. A.First Anglo-Burmese War
  2. B.Second Anglo-Burmese War
  3. C.Anglo-Kuki War
  4. D.Anglo-Maratha War
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Correct answer: A. First Anglo-Burmese War

The Treaty of Yandabo, signed on 24 February 1826, ended the First Anglo-Burmese War of 1824 to 1826. The war broke out when Burmese expansion into Manipur, Assam and the Cachar region brought Burma into conflict with the East India Company; Lord Amherst was Governor-General.

Q777.Important Days & DatesAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATEasy

Which of the following statements is/are correct ?

1. In India, 12th March is celebrated as the National Youth Day.

2. National Youth Day is celebrated to commemorate the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

National Youth Day is observed on 12 January, not 12 March, and it marks the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

Q780.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

With reference to the Panchsheel, which of the following is/are correct ?

I. Mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty

II. Mutual non-interference

III. Collective security against non-aggression

IV. Peaceful co-existence

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.I only
  2. B.I, II and III
  3. C.II, III and IV
  4. D.I, II and IV
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Correct answer: D. I, II and IV

Mutual respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty, mutual non-interference and peaceful co-existence are all Panchsheel principles; collective security is not one of them.

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