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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

Q863.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Which of the following are the core functions of the United Nations multidimensional peacekeeping operations? 1. Stabilization 2. Peace consolidation 3. To extend support to a losing State in a war Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Multidimensional peacekeeping aims to stabilise a country after conflict and to consolidate the peace, while staying impartial between the parties.

Q864.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKEasy

Which one of the following statements about the properties of neutrons is not correct?

  1. A.Neutron mass is almost equal to proton mass.
  2. B.Neutrons possess zero charge.
  3. C.Neutrons are located inside the atomic nuclei.
  4. D.Neutrons revolve around the atomic nuclei.
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Correct answer: D. Neutrons revolve around the atomic nuclei.

Neutrons sit inside the nucleus with protons; it is the electrons that move around the nucleus. The neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932, and he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1935.

Q865.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

We are given three copper wires of different lengths and different areas of cross-section. Which one of the following would have highest resistivity?

  1. A.Copper wire of 50 cm length and 1 mm diameter
  2. B.Copper wire of 25 cm length and 0.5 mm diameter
  3. C.Copper wire of 10 cm length and 2.0 mm diameter
  4. D.All the wires would have same resistivity
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Correct answer: D. All the wires would have same resistivity

Resistivity is a property of the material and its temperature, not of the wire's shape, so every copper wire has the same resistivity.

Q867.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

Which one of the following central features is not associated with Capitalist Economy?

  1. A.There is generalised commodity production - it has market value.
  2. B.Productive wealth is held predominantly in private hands.
  3. C.Economic life is organised according to market principles.
  4. D.Economic organisation is based on planning, a supposedly rational process of resource allocation.
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Correct answer: D. Economic organisation is based on planning, a supposedly rational process of resource allocation.

Allocation of resources through central planning is the mark of a socialist or command economy, not a capitalist one. In a capitalist economy, the means of production such as land, factories and capital are owned mainly by private individuals and firms.

Q868.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following was primarily associated with 'Dadni' system?

  1. A.Textile production
  2. B.Warfare
  3. C.Payment to officials
  4. D.Revenue collection
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Correct answer: A. Textile production

Under the dadni system, European companies gave cash advances to weavers through middlemen to secure cloth for export. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the English, Dutch and French companies bought huge quantities of cotton and silk cloth in Bengal and other regions.

Q869.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Angular velocity for all locations on the Earth's surface is the same while linear velocity varies. 2. Linear velocity is maximum at the equator and minimum at the poles. Select the correct 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: C. Both 1 and 2

Every point on the Earth turns through 360 degrees in the same time, but points nearer the equator travel a longer circle and so move faster.

Q871.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKEasy

The 'Durand Line' is a border demarcation that separates which of the following countries ?

  1. A.Afghanistan and Iran
  2. B.Afghanistan and Pakistan
  3. C.India and Pakistan
  4. D.Afghanistan and China
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Correct answer: B. Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Durand Line is the roughly 2,640 km boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was fixed in 1893 by an agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan, to mark the limits of their spheres of influence.

Q876.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Khasi language is included in

  1. A.Munda branch of Austro-Asiatic sub-family
  2. B.Mon-Khmer branch of Austro-Asiatic sub-family
  3. C.North Assam branch of Sino-Tibetan family
  4. D.Assam-Myanmari branch of Sino-Tibetan family
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Correct answer: B. Mon-Khmer branch of Austro-Asiatic sub-family

Khasi, spoken mainly in Meghalaya, belongs to the Mon-Khmer group of the Austric (Austro-Asiatic) languages, along with its close relatives Pnar and War.

Q877.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKMedium

Which one of the following Articles was defended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on the plea that it would be used as a 'matter of last resort'?

  1. A.Article 352
  2. B.Article 359
  3. C.Article 356
  4. D.Article 368
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Correct answer: C. Article 356

Defending President's Rule in the Constituent Assembly, Ambedkar said he hoped such Articles would never be called into operation and would remain a 'dead letter', used only as a last resort.

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