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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

Q8042.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 18 Aug 2019Medium

Aluminium, Iron, Copper and Zinc are extracted from

  1. A.Bauxite, Magnetite, Malachite and Calamine respectively
  2. B.Magnetite, Bauxite, Malachite and Calamine respectively
  3. C.Calamine, Malachite, Magnetite and Bauxite respectively
  4. D.Malachite, Magnetite, Bauxite and Calamine respectively
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Correct answer: A. Bauxite, Magnetite, Malachite and Calamine respectively

Each metal here is paired with one of its best-known ores. Bauxite is hydrated aluminium oxide; alumina is refined from it and then broken down by electrolysis in the Hall-Héroult process.

Q8047.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 18 Aug 2019Easy

Zero price elasticity of demand means

  1. A.whatever the change in price, there is absolutely no change in demand
  2. B.for a small change in price, there is a small change in demand
  3. C.for a small change in price, there is a large change in demand
  4. D.for a large change in price, there is a small change in demand
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Correct answer: A. whatever the change in price, there is absolutely no change in demand

Elasticity measures how strongly the quantity demanded reacts to price, and zero means no reaction at all. Price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price.

Q8049.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 8 Aug 2021Medium

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer using the code given below the Lists :

List-I (Tributary)

A. Sutlej

B. Kosi

C. Teesta

D. Chambal

List-II (River)

1. Yamuna

2. Brahmaputra

3. Ganga

4. Indus

Code :

  1. A.A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
  2. B.A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
  3. C.A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
  4. D.A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
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Correct answer: C. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

The Sutlej feeds the Indus, the Kosi the Ganga, the Teesta the Brahmaputra and the Chambal the Yamuna.

Q8051.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 18 Aug 2019Medium

Which one of the following is the correct order of Himalayan ranges from North to South?

  1. A.Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Siwalik
  2. B.Ladakh, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Karakoram, Siwalik
  3. C.Pir Panjal, Zaskar, Karakoram, Ladakh, Siwalik
  4. D.Siwalik, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Ladakh, Karakoram
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Correct answer: A. Karakoram, Ladakh, Zaskar, Pir Panjal, Siwalik

Across Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, the ranges step down from the lofty north to the low foothills in the south.

Q8052.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 18 Aug 2019Medium

Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the positions in the Bay of Bengal from North to South?

  1. A.Gulf of Mannar – Palk Strait – Palk Bay
  2. B.Palk Strait – Gulf of Mannar – Palk Bay
  3. C.Palk Strait – Palk Bay – Gulf of Mannar
  4. D.Palk Bay – Palk Strait – Gulf of Mannar
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Correct answer: C. Palk Strait – Palk Bay – Gulf of Mannar

Moving south between Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka, you pass the strait first, then the bay, then the gulf. The Palk Strait is the northern channel that links the Bay of Bengal with Palk Bay, between Point Calimere in Tamil Nadu and the Jaffna peninsula of Sri Lanka.

Q8053.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 8 Aug 2021Medium

Which one of the following pairs of Deccan Sultanates and their respective regions is not correctly matched?

  1. A.Nizam Shahis : Bijapur
  2. B.Barid Shahis : Bidar
  3. C.Qutb Shahis : Golkonda
  4. D.Imad Shahis : Berar
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Correct answer: A. Nizam Shahis : Bijapur

The Nizam Shahis ruled from Ahmadnagar; Bijapur belonged to the Adil Shahis. The Bahmani Sultanate, founded in 1347 by Alauddin Hasan Bahman Shah, broke up in the late 15th and early 16th centuries into five Deccan Sultanates: Ahmadnagar, Bijapur, Golconda, Bidar and Berar.

Q8054.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 18 Aug 2019Medium

Consider the following events :

1. Foundation of the Ramakrishna Mission

2. Foundation of the Arya Samaj

3. Foundation of the Brahmo Samaj

4. Foundation of the Paramhans Mandali

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the above?

  1. A.1, 2, 3, 4
  2. B.2, 3, 4, 1
  3. C.3, 4, 1, 2
  4. D.3, 4, 2, 1
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Correct answer: D. 3, 4, 2, 1

The four dates run 1828, 1849, 1875 and 1897. Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Brahmo Sabha in Calcutta in 1828, which later came to be called the Brahmo Samaj.

Q8056.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 18 Aug 2019Medium

The Sufi work Kashf-ul-Mahjub was written by

  1. A.Abu'l Hasan al Hujwiri
  2. B.Moinuddin Chishti
  3. C.Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya
  4. D.Amir Khusrau
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Correct answer: A. Abu'l Hasan al Hujwiri

He wrote Kashf-ul-Mahjub in Lahore in the 11th century, and it is the oldest Persian treatise on Sufism. Al Hujwiri came from Ghazni in Afghanistan and settled in Lahore.

Q8057.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 3 Aug 2025Hard

Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :

List-I (Act of the British Parliament)

A. The Pitt's India Act, 1784

B. The Charter Act, 1813

C. The Charter Act, 1833

D. The Charter Act, 1853

List-II (Key Provision)

1. Enlargement of the Governor-General's Legislative Council

2. Discrimination against Indians removed in matters of employment and higher service

3. Board set up by the Crown to control affairs of India

4. Termination of monopoly of East India Company over Indian trade

Code :

  1. A.A-1, B-4, C-2, D-3
  2. B.A-1, B-2, C-4, D-3
  3. C.A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1
  4. D.A-3, B-2, C-4, D-1
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Correct answer: C. A-3, B-4, C-2, D-1

Taken in order, each Act adds one step in the Crown's control over the Company. Pitt's India Act, 1784 created the Board of Control to oversee the Company's civil, military and revenue affairs.

Q8058.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 3 Aug 2025Hard

Consider the following statements regarding the Government of India Act, 1919 :

1. It divided the subjects of administration into two categories—central and provincial.

2. The central subjects were divided into 'reserved' and 'transferred' subjects.

3. Provincial Governments were granted the power to make their own budgets and levy taxes.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 3 only

The Act split subjects between the Centre and the provinces, but the reserved and transferred split applied only to provincial subjects.

Q8059.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 8 Aug 2021Medium

The Electoral College for electing the President of India does not include which of the following?

1. All elected members of the Rajya Sabha

2. All elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of States

3. All members of the Legislative Councils of States

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 and 2
  2. B.2 and 3
  3. C.3 only
  4. D.2 only
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Correct answer: C. 3 only

Members of the State Legislative Councils have no vote in the presidential election. Under Article 54, the President is chosen by an electoral college of the elected members of both Houses of Parliament and the elected members of the Legislative Assemblies of the States.

Q8060.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 18 Aug 2019Medium

Which one of the following statements about the Attorney-General of India is NOT correct?

  1. A.He shall have the right to speak in the Houses of Parliament
  2. B.He shall have a right of audience in all Courts in the territory of India in the performance of his official duties
  3. C.He must have the same qualifications as are required to be a Judge of the Supreme Court
  4. D.He is a whole-time counsel for the Government
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Correct answer: D. He is a whole-time counsel for the Government

The Attorney-General is not a full-time government servant and may keep a private practice. He is appointed by the President under Article 76 and holds office during the pleasure of the President, with no term fixed by the Constitution.

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