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NDA GK Questions 2026

Static general knowledge makes up about 90% of Part B of the NDA General Ability Test, about 360 of its 400 marks. The NDA & NA (II) 2026 notice divides it into five sections: Physics (about 25%), Chemistry (about 15%), General Science (about 10%), History, Freedom Movement etc. (about 20%) and Geography (about 20%). Half of Part B is science. Physics covers matter, motion, gravitation, heat, sound, light, magnetism, electricity and the working of everyday devices such as the siphon, pressure cooker, periscope and safety fuse. Chemistry covers changes of matter, elements and compounds, common gases, acids, bases and salts, carbon, fertilizers and the materials used to make soap, glass, cement and gunpowder. General Science covers cells, the human body, diseases, diet, the solar system and eminent scientists. Section D spans Indian history and culture, the freedom movement, the Constitution, Five Year Plans, Panchayati Raj and world history from the Renaissance to the Russian Revolution. Geography covers the Earth, rocks, oceans, the atmosphere and climate, and India's resources, industries, ports and trade. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for NDA, in English and Hindi, written as short facts and tables. Read a topic, then solve its quiz and previous-year questions on this site.

NDA GK Questions with Answers

Q2241.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKEasy

Which of the following countries were the founding members of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), established in 1985 ? 1. India 2. Nepal 3. Maldives 4. Afghanistan Select the answer using the codes given below :

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

India, Nepal and the Maldives signed the SAARC Charter in 1985, while Afghanistan joined only in 2007. SAARC was set up at the Dhaka summit on 8 December 1985 by seven South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

Q2244.SportsMedium

Pranav Soorma won gold at the Asian Para Games 2026 with a throw that set which record?

  1. A.A Games Record
  2. B.A new Asian Record
  3. C.A world record
  4. D.A national record
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Correct answer: B. A new Asian Record

Pranav Soorma won the Men’s Discus Throw F51/52/53 gold at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and the Prime Minister described the achievement as historic precisely because the winning throw went past the best mark previously recorded in the continent in that class.

Q2246.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2025, GATMedium

Which of the following is/are the applied forces in mechanical weathering process? 1. Gravitational force 2. Expansion force 3. Force due to water pressure Select the answer using the code given below :

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

Mechanical (physical) weathering breaks rocks without changing their chemistry, and all three forces drive it. Gravitational forces act as overburden pressure, load and shearing stress on rocks.

Q2249.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GATMedium

Consider the following historical events : 1. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 2. Second Round Table Conference 3. Peasant Movement in Bardoli 4. Peasant Movement in Kheda Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting from the earliest) of the above events?

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

The order is Kheda (1918), Bardoli (1928), the Gandhi–Irwin Pact (March 1931) and the Second Round Table Conference (September–December 1931).

Q2250.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2025, GATEasy

Which of the following Acts established the Board of Control to guide and control the work of the Court of Directors and the Government of India ?

  1. A.Regulating Act of 1773
  2. B.Pitt's India Act of 1784
  3. C.Charter Act of 1793
  4. D.Charter Act of 1813
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Correct answer: B. Pitt's India Act of 1784

It created a Board of Control in Britain to supervise the civil, military and revenue affairs of the East India Company, while the Court of Directors kept its commercial work.

Q2251.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2020, GATMedium

Which one among the following American newsmagazines was highly sceptical of Gandhiji's Dandi march initially but within a week completely changed its opinion and saluted him as a Saint and Statesman ?

  1. A.Saturday Evening Post
  2. B.Readers Digest
  3. C.Time
  4. D.Life
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Correct answer: C. Time

When the Salt March began in March 1930, Time magazine mocked Gandhi's thin frame and doubted that the march would reach Dandi; within a week, struck by the crowds and the response, it was hailing him as a saint and a statesman.

Q2255.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATMedium

How is carbon black obtained ?

  1. A.By heating wood at high temperature in absence of air
  2. B.By heating coal at high temperature in absence of air
  3. C.By burning hydrocarbons in a limited supply of air
  4. D.By heating coal at high temperature in presence of air
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Correct answer: C. By burning hydrocarbons in a limited supply of air

When natural gas or heavy oil burns with too little air, the carbon cannot all turn into carbon dioxide and separates as a very fine black soot, which is collected as carbon black.

Q2258.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATMedium

Which one of the following reactions does not result in the evolution of hydrogen gas ?

  1. A.Reaction of zinc metal with dilute sulphuric acid solution
  2. B.Mixing water to Plaster of Paris
  3. C.Heating zinc metal with sodium hydroxide solution
  4. D.Reaction of potassium metal with water
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Correct answer: B. Mixing water to Plaster of Paris

Here water only combines with calcium sulphate hemihydrate to form gypsum; no gas is given off and the paste simply sets hard.

Q2259.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. A.Most carbon compounds are good conductors of electricity.
  2. B.Bonding in organic compounds is covalent.
  3. C.Graphite is used as a lubricant.
  4. D.Diamond is an allotrope of carbon.
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Correct answer: A. Most carbon compounds are good conductors of electricity.

Most carbon compounds are poor conductors of electricity, because their atoms are joined by covalent bonds and they do not form ions or free electrons that could carry a current.