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.
Which one of the following is the only riverine major port in India?
Kolkata is the only major port of India built on a river, the Hooghly, about 200 km upstream from the sea.
Read the full explanation →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 :
The Sutlej feeds the Indus, the Kosi the Ganga, the Teesta the Brahmaputra and the Chambal the Yamuna.
Read the full explanation →In the course of a river, in time, which one of the following features is formed when the old meander is closed off by deposition?
When a river cuts across the narrow neck of a loop and silt seals both ends, the old loop is left behind as a curved lake.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the correct order of Himalayan ranges from North to South?
Across Ladakh and Jammu and Kashmir, the ranges step down from the lofty north to the low foothills in the south.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the correct sequence of the positions in the Bay of Bengal from North to South?
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.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following pairs of Deccan Sultanates and their respective regions is not correctly matched?
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.
Read the full explanation →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?
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.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was NOT associated with the Kakori Conspiracy Case?
Surya Sen led the Chittagong Armoury Raid of 1930 in Bengal and had no part in the Kakori case.
Read the full explanation →The Sufi work Kashf-ul-Mahjub was written by
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.
Read the full explanation →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 :
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.
Read the full explanation →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?
The Act split subjects between the Centre and the provinces, but the reserved and transferred split applied only to provincial subjects.
Read the full explanation →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.
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.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about the Attorney-General of India is NOT correct?
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.
Read the full explanation →"To cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom" is a provision of which one of the following of the Constitution of India?
These words form clause (b) of Article 51A, the list of duties every citizen owes the nation.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about the powers and duties of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India :
1. He audits and reports on all expenditures from the Consolidated Fund of India.
2. He controls the issue and receipt of money from the Consolidated Fund of India.
3. He audits and reports on the expenditure of all bodies substantially financed from the Union or State revenues.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
The CAG of India is an auditor who checks spending after it happens; he has no say over money leaving the treasury.
Read the full explanation →From amongst the following, identify the correct option that captures the changes made in Article 74(1) of the Constitution of India through the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976.
The 42nd Amendment made that advice binding on the President. Before 1976, Article 74(1) only said there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at its head to aid and advise the President.
Read the full explanation →Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :
List-I (Name of the Committee)
A. Balwantrai Mehta Committee
B. Ashok Mehta Committee
C. G. V. K. Rao Committee
D. L. M. Singhvi Committee
List-II (Key Recommendation)
1. Constitutional status for Panchayati Raj
2. Creation of post of District Development Commissioner
3. Creation of Zilla Parishad and Mandal Panchayat
4. Creation of Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayat
Code :
Each committee is remembered for one clear idea, and the code joins them in the order 1957, 1977, 1985 and 1986.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the context in which the term 'qubit' is mentioned?
A qubit, short for quantum bit, is the basic unit of information in a quantum computer.
Read the full explanation →In a pressure cooker, the temperature at which the food is cooked depends mainly upon which of the following?
1. Area of the hole in the lid
2. Temperature of the flame
3. Weight of the lid
The cooking temperature is set by the pressure inside the cooker, and that pressure is fixed by the weight sitting on the vent and the area of the hole under it.
Read the full explanation →Water can dissolve more substances than any other liquid because
Water is called the universal solvent because its molecule is polar: the oxygen end carries a partial negative charge and the two hydrogen ends carry partial positive charges.
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