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.
In which one of the following States has the President's Rule been imposed most number of times?
Manipur has been placed under President's Rule more often than any other state, more than ten times since 1967.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs of Himalayan Glaciers and their location is/are correctly matched?
1. Siachen - Nubra Valley Region
2. Chungphar - Kumaon-Garhwal Region
3. Zemu - Central Nepal Region
4. Gasherbrum - Pir Panjal Range
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Only the Siachen pair is correct. The Siachen Glacier, about 76 km long, lies in the eastern Karakoram, and its meltwater gives rise to the Nubra river, which joins the Shyok; the Nubra Valley of Ladakh lies below its snout, so the glacier belongs to the Nubra Valley region.
Read the full explanation →With regard to water transportation in India, which of the following statements are correct?
1. Headquarters of Central Inland Water Transport Corporation is located at Delhi.
2. Headquarters of Inland Waterways Authority of India is located at Noida.
3. National Inland Navigation Institute is located at Kolkata.
4. First National Inland Waterway was between Haldia and Allahabad.
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Statements 2 and 4 are correct, while statements 1 and 3 name the wrong city. The Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI), set up in 1986, has its headquarters at Noida in Uttar Pradesh and develops and regulates the national waterways.
Read the full explanation →Statement I : The interior part of Maharashtra does not receive adequate rain in the summer season.
Statement II : The interior part of Maharashtra lies in the rain shadow of the Western Ghats.
Both statements are true, and the rain shadow of the Western Ghats is exactly why interior Maharashtra gets little rain.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following features is an indication for modification of stem of a plant?
The eyes of a potato are nodes with buds, and only a stem bears nodes and buds, so they prove that the potato is a modified stem.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is not a change brought about by the Indian Independence Act of 1947?
The Indian Independence Act did not keep the Crown as the source of authority; it ended British authority over India from 15 August 1947.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is not a fluvial landform?
A cirque is carved by a glacier, not by a river, so it is not a fluvial landform. Fluvial landforms are those shaped by running water.
Read the full explanation →The Constitution of India guarantees freedom of speech and expression. But the freedom is subject to certain reasonable restrictions imposed by the State. These restrictions may relate to which of the following ?
1. Defamation
2. Decency or morality
3. Incitement to an offence
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All three are grounds listed in Article 19(2) on which the State may place reasonable restrictions on freedom of speech and expression.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following variable(s) is/are displayed in population pyramids ?
1. Age-groups
2. Sex indicators (male and female)
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A population pyramid shows the age and sex structure of a population in a single diagram. The vertical axis is divided into age groups, usually of five years each, with the youngest at the bottom and the oldest at the top.
Read the full explanation →India is the first country in the world to deploy an all-woman contingent to a UN Peacekeeping Mission. In which country did this mission operate?
In January 2007 India sent the world's first all-woman Formed Police Unit to the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL).
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about the Vaishnava saint of Assam, Shankardeva, is/are correct ?
1. His teachings are often known as the Bhagavati dharma.
2. He encouraged the establishment of satras or monasteries and namghars or prayer halls for the transmission of spiritual knowledge.
3. His major compositions include the Kirtana-ghosha.
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All three statements about Shankardeva are correct. Shankardeva (Sankaradeva) was the leading Vaishnava saint of Assam in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following pairs :
1. Gajapati - Name of a powerful Dynasty in Orissa
2. Ashvapati - Deccan Sultans
3. Narapati - Rayas of Vijayanagara
Which of the above pairs is/are correctly matched ?
All three titles were in use in fifteenth- and sixteenth-century India, and each pair is matched correctly. Gajapati means 'lord of elephants' and was the title of a powerful ruling family of Orissa, the Gajapatis who succeeded the Eastern Gangas.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements with reference to the Cotton textile industry in India :
1. Cotton textile industry has, over time, spread to other parts of the country, beyond Gujarat and Maharashtra.
2. Raw cotton is not a weight-losing raw material.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Both statements describe the industry correctly. The modern cotton mill industry began in Mumbai in 1854 and grew first in Maharashtra and Gujarat, close to the black cotton soil, the ports and a ready market.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements regarding the Northwestern Himalayas :
1. Karewa formations in Kashmir consist of thick deposits of glacial clay and other materials embedded with moraines.
2. Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri in Ladakh are freshwater lakes.
3. River Jhelum exhibits meanders in the Kashmir Valley.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Statements 1 and 3 describe the Kashmir Himalayas correctly, but Pangong Tso and Tso Moriri are salt-water lakes. The Karewas are thick deposits of glacial clay and other materials embedded with moraines, laid down on the floor of the Kashmir Valley; they are famous for the cultivation of saffron (zafran).
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following metals is used in the filaments of photo-electric cells that convert light energy into electric energy ?
Rubidium, an alkali metal like caesium, gives off electrons easily when light falls on it, so it is used in photoelectric cells.
Read the full explanation →Tooth enamel is made up of which one of the following calcium compounds ?
Tooth enamel is made mainly of calcium phosphate in the form of a hard crystal called hydroxyapatite. Enamel is the hardest substance in the human body, harder even than bone.
Read the full explanation →In which one of the following folds is the axial plane found to be virtually horizontal ?
In a recumbent fold the rock layers are pushed over so far that the fold lies on its side and its axial plane is almost horizontal.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about the Revolt of 1857 is correct ?
The rebels wanted Hindus and Muslims to stand together against British rule. Proclamations issued in the name of Bahadur Shah Zafar called on everyone to join the fight, recalling the Mughal past when different communities had lived together.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following viruses used to be responsible for highly infectious disease Smallpox ?
Smallpox was caused by the variola virus, a large DNA virus of the pox family that spread from person to person through the air.
Read the full explanation →Which Chinese traveller in ancient India wrote the diary called 'Records of the Travels to Middle India'?
Wang Xuance, a Tang envoy who came to India several times in the seventh century, wrote an account called Records of the Travels to Middle India, of which only fragments survive.
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