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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

Q2464.DefenceMedium

Who chaired the curtain raiser press conference of Swavlamban 2026?

  1. A.The Chief of the Naval Staff
  2. B.The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff
  3. C.The Chief of Defence Staff
  4. D.The Defence Secretary
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Correct answer: B. The Vice Chief of the Naval Staff

He said that the seminar had, since 2022, connected the Navy's operational requirements with the technological strength of Indian industry and academia, and that niche technologies must be developed into systems that can be deployed at sea.

Q2465.DefenceHard

In the context of Swavlamban 2026, what does NAUSETU stand for?

  1. A.National Autonomous Underwater Systems and Tactical Utility
  2. B.Naval Unified Systems, Ethernet and Tactical Utilisation
  3. C.Naval Undersea Surveillance and Electronic Tracking Unit
  4. D.Naval Upgrade Scheme for Equipment and Technology Users
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Correct answer: B. Naval Unified Systems, Ethernet and Tactical Utilisation

The NAUSETU Interface Standards will be released at Swavlamban 2026 together with the Swavlamban 5.0 Document and the Compendium on Technology Imperatives.

Q2466.DefenceEasy

Swavlamban 2026, the fifth edition of the Indian Navy's innovation and indigenisation seminar, will be held at which venue?

  1. A.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
  2. B.Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi
  3. C.Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
  4. D.INS Shikra, Mumbai
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Correct answer: B. Manekshaw Centre, New Delhi

The fifth edition of Swavlamban, the Navy's annual NIIO seminar on innovation and indigenisation, is scheduled there on 26 and 27 October 2026, as announced at the curtain raiser press conference chaired by Vice Admiral Ajay Kochhar, Vice Chief of the Naval Staff.

Q2470.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKEasy

Milpa and Ladang are different names for

  1. A.shifting cultivation.
  2. B.mixed farming.
  3. C.truck farming.
  4. D.plantation agriculture.
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Correct answer: A. shifting cultivation.

Milpa is the name for shifting cultivation in Mexico and Central America, and Ladang is its name in Malaysia and Indonesia.

Q2471.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

The location of the ancient city of Taxila (Takshshila), mentioned in ancient Indian texts, was identified by

  1. A.Alexander Cunningham
  2. B.R.D. Banerji
  3. C.John Marshall
  4. D.Daya Ram Sahni
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Correct answer: A. Alexander Cunningham

Alexander Cunningham, the first Director General of the Archaeological Survey of India, identified the site of ancient Taxila near Rawalpindi in the 1860s. Cunningham used the accounts of Greek writers on Alexander's campaign and of the Chinese pilgrim Xuanzang to match the city named in Indian texts with the ruins…

Q2472.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

Which one of the following terms denotes the inputs in terms of tools, machines, buildings, raw materials and money in hand required at any stage of production?

  1. A.Fixed capital
  2. B.Working capital
  3. C.Physical capital
  4. D.Human capital
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Correct answer: C. Physical capital

Physical capital is the variety of inputs, such as tools, machines, buildings, raw materials and money in hand, needed at every stage of production.

Q2473.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKHard

Which one of the following statements is correct ?

  1. A.Under Article 21A of the Constitution of India, the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children up to the age of eleven years.
  2. B.Every religious denomination has got absolute power under Article 26 of the Constitution of India to manage its own affairs in matters of religion.
  3. C.Only religious and linguistic minorities find mention in Article 30 of the Constitution of India in reference to the right to establish educational institutions of their choice.
  4. D.Parliament cannot empower, even by law, any court other than the Supreme Court of India the power to issue writs within local limits of its jurisdiction.
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Correct answer: C. Only religious and linguistic minorities find mention in Article 30 of the Constitution of India in reference to the right to establish educational institutions of their choice.

Article 30 gives all minorities, whether based on religion or language, the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice, and names no other kind of minority.

Q2474.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKHard

In plant cells, RNA is present in

  1. A.cytoplasm only
  2. B.nuclei and cytoplasm only
  3. C.nuclei, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplast and endoplasmic reticulum
  4. D.nuclei, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplast and ribosomes
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Correct answer: D. nuclei, cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplast and ribosomes

In plant cells RNA is found in the nucleus, the cytoplasm, mitochondria, chloroplasts and ribosomes. RNA is made in the nucleus, where DNA is copied into messenger, transfer and ribosomal RNA; the nucleolus in particular is rich in ribosomal RNA.

Q2476.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKHard

Methanol is toxic because

  1. A.methanol coagulates the protoplasm
  2. B.methanol gets oxidised to methanal in liver which coagulates the protoplasm
  3. C.methanol gets oxidised to acetic acid in liver which coagulates the protoplasm
  4. D.methanol gets oxidised to CO in liver which coagulates the protoplasm
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Correct answer: B. methanol gets oxidised to methanal in liver which coagulates the protoplasm

In the liver, methanol is oxidised to methanal (formaldehyde), which coagulates protoplasm and damages cells. Methanol, CH3OH, is the simplest alcohol and is sometimes mixed into illicit liquor.

Q2478.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKHard

Which one of the following statements about Ashoka's inscriptions is correct ?

  1. A.The Major Rock Edict found in Kerala is in Sanskrit.
  2. B.Minor Rock Edicts in Bihar are found only in Pataliputra.
  3. C.The Dhauli Major Rock Edict makes a mention of the Kalinga War.
  4. D.Kalsi in Uttarakhand is a site of Major Rock Edicts.
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Correct answer: D. Kalsi in Uttarakhand is a site of Major Rock Edicts.

Kalsi, near Dehradun in Uttarakhand, has a full set of Ashoka's fourteen Major Rock Edicts carved on a single boulder.

Q2479.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Consider the following statements about Ajanta Cave paintings :

1. The paintings depict yakshas, gandharvas and apsaras.

2. The artists have used the technique of providing "multiple perspectives".

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

The Ajanta paintings show yakshas, gandharvas and apsaras among their figures, and their painters used multiple perspectives to show crowded scenes.

Q2480.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) is measured by:

  1. A.Measuring each person's overlapping deprivations across the indicators in the health, education and standard of living dimensions
  2. B.Measuring each person's separate efficiencies across the indicators in the wealth, income and standard of living dimensions
  3. C.Measuring each person's poverty on the indicators of health, happiness and ownership of vehicles
  4. D.Measuring inequalities and deprivations in respect of wealth, income and standard of living dimensions
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Correct answer: A. Measuring each person's overlapping deprivations across the indicators in the health, education and standard of living dimensions

The MPI measures the overlapping deprivations each person faces across indicators of health, education and standard of living. The global MPI was developed in 2010 by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative and the UNDP.