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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

Q1021.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKEasy

In graphite, each carbon atom is bonded to three other carbon atoms

  1. A.forming a three-dimensional structure
  2. B.in the same plane giving a hexagonal array
  3. C.in the same plane giving a square array
  4. D.in the same plane giving a pentagonal array
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Correct answer: B. in the same plane giving a hexagonal array

In graphite each carbon atom is joined to three others in a flat layer of hexagonal rings, like a honeycomb.

Q1022.Awards & HonoursAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKMedium

The Global Goalkeeper Award is given by

  1. A.the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
  2. B.the United Nations Environment Programme
  3. C.the Kellogg School of Management
  4. D.the World Meteorological Organization
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Correct answer: A. the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

The Global Goalkeeper Award is one of the Goalkeepers awards the foundation gives to leaders who advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

Q1023.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKEasy

Which of the following terms were added to the Preamble of the Constitution of India by the Constitutional Amendment, 1976? 1. Socialist 2. Secular 3. Integrity 4. Fraternity Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976, added the words Socialist, Secular and Integrity to the Preamble. Passed during the Emergency under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the 42nd Amendment is often called the "mini-Constitution" because it changed so many provisions.

Q1025.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

Consider the following pairs of vaccine and category/type : 1. Covaxin : Inactivated pathogen-based vaccine 2. Covishield : mRNA vaccine 3. Sputnik V : Viral vector-based vaccine Which of the pairs given above is/are correctly matched ?

  1. A.1 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

Covaxin is an inactivated virus vaccine and Sputnik V is a viral vector vaccine, but Covishield is a viral vector vaccine, not an mRNA vaccine.

Q1028.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Which of the following statements regarding the Industrial Revolution is/are correct? 1. It was change of a society from a rural and agricultural lifestyle to one in which most people earned their living in the industrial or secondary sector of the economy. 2. The first Industrial Revolution began in Germany in the early eighteenth century. 3. During Industrial Revolution, technological advances in iron smelting, and later steel production, were accompanied by the invention of steam engine. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 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

Statements 1 and 3 describe the Industrial Revolution correctly, but it began in Britain, not Germany. The Industrial Revolution turned largely rural, farming societies into urban ones where most people worked in factories, mines and workshops, which is what statement 1 says.

Q1034.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2019, GATMedium

Brahmaputra and Indus rivers are antecedent rivers. Which one of the following may be the true definition of an antecedent drainage ?

  1. A.Which follows the initial slope of the Himalaya
  2. B.Which existed before the Himalayan range came into existence
  3. C.Which followed the dip or rock beds of the Himalaya
  4. D.Which followed the strikes of rock beds of the Himalaya
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Correct answer: B. Which existed before the Himalayan range came into existence

An antecedent river is older than the uplift it now cuts across. The Indus, the Sutlej and the Brahmaputra rise beyond the main Himalayan range, north of it in Tibet.

Q1038.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATMedium

Imagine a current-carrying straight conductor with magnetic field of lines in anti-clockwise direction. Then the direction of current is determined by

  1. A.the Right-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the downward direction.
  2. B.the Left-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the downward direction.
  3. C.the Right-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the upward direction.
  4. D.the Left-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the upward direction.
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Correct answer: C. the Right-Hand Thumb rule and it would be in the upward direction.

For a straight wire, the right-hand thumb rule links the current to the circular field lines around it. Hold the wire in the right hand with the thumb along the current; the curled fingers then show the direction of the magnetic field lines, which form concentric circles around the wire.

Q1039.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATEasy

The Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was organized by

  1. A.B. R. Ambedkar
  2. B.Mahatma Gandhi
  3. C.S. C. Bose
  4. D.Lokmanya Tilak
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Correct answer: A. B. R. Ambedkar

In March 1927 Dr Ambedkar led the Mahad Satyagraha to assert the right of the depressed classes to draw water from the public Chavdar tank at Mahad.

Q1040.Indian States & UTsAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GATEasy

In January 2020, the administration of which of the following Union Territories has been merged together?

  1. A.Daman and Diu and Puducherry
  2. B.Puducherry and Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  3. C.Puducherry and Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  4. D.Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
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Correct answer: D. Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu

The two western Union Territories were joined into a single Union Territory from 26 January 2020. Parliament passed the Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu (Merger of Union Territories) Act in December 2019, and the merger took effect on 26 January 2020.