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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

Q1461.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKEasy

Which one of the following is an example of a price floor?

  1. A.Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Jowar in India
  2. B.Subsidy given to farmers to buy fertilizers
  3. C.Price paid by people to buy goods from ration shops
  4. D.Maximum Retail Price (MRP) printed on the covers/packets of goods sold in India
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Correct answer: A. Minimum Support Price (MSP) for Jowar in India

A price floor is a lowest price fixed by the government, and the MSP guarantees farmers that price for crops such as jowar.

Q1464.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKEasy

Which one of the following longitudes is the standard meridian of India ?

  1. A.83°30' E
  2. B.82°30' E
  3. C.82°30' W
  4. D.83°30' W
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Correct answer: B. 82°30' E

India's standard meridian is 82°30' East, and Indian Standard Time is set by the local time along this line. India stretches from about 68°7' E to 97°25' E, a spread of nearly 30 degrees of longitude, which makes a time difference of about two hours between Gujarat and Arunachal Pradesh.

Q1465.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

Which one of the following assists a country through 'Extended Fund Facility', often talked about in news?

  1. A.International Fund for Agricultural Development
  2. B.International Monetary Fund
  3. C.International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
  4. D.United Nations Development Programme
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Correct answer: B. International Monetary Fund

The Extended Fund Facility is a lending arrangement of the International Monetary Fund for countries with serious balance of payments problems.

Q1466.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which of the following is/are the objective/objectives of the Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY)? 1. Correcting regional imbalances in the availability of tertiary health care services 2. Providing universal access to public health services and universal immunization 3. Augmenting facilities for quality medical education in the country Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

PMSSY was set up to correct regional imbalances in tertiary health care and to improve medical education; universal immunisation is not its aim.

Q1468.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKEasy

Which of the following statements with reference to Water Vapour in the atmosphere is/are correct ? 1. It has a role to play in the stability and instability in the air. 2. It acts like a blanket allowing the earth to neither become too cold nor too hot. Select the 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

Both statements are true, and UPSC's official key also gives C. Water vapour is a variable gas, from almost nil in cold deserts to about 4 percent of the air by volume in the warm, humid tropics.

Q1469.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

Consider the following statements about the causes of ground surface inversion of temperature : 1. Ground surface inversion is also termed as radiation inversion. 2. The existence of negative lapse rate results in surface inversion. 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

Both statements are correct: a ground inversion is formed by radiation cooling, and it is the same as a negative lapse rate near the surface.

Q1470.Computer AwarenessAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKMedium

Which one among the following is NOT true about Standard Generalised Markup Language (SGML)?

  1. A.It is an international open standard
  2. B.It is dependent on a computer's hardware
  3. C.It is independent of a computer's operating system
  4. D.It defines document type
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Correct answer: B. It is dependent on a computer's hardware

SGML was designed to be independent of both hardware and software, so saying it depends on a computer's hardware is false.

Q1471.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

The elemental composition of an adult human body by mass is

  1. A.C > O > H > N
  2. B.O > C > H > N
  3. C.N > C > H > O
  4. D.N > C > O > H
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Correct answer: B. O > C > H > N

By mass, an adult human body has the most oxygen, then carbon, hydrogen and nitrogen. Oxygen makes up about 65 percent of body mass, carbon about 18 percent, hydrogen about 10 percent and nitrogen about 3 percent.

Q1474.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKMedium

In which of the following, heat loss is primarily not due to convection?

  1. A.Boiling water
  2. B.Land and sea breeze
  3. C.Circulation of air around blast furnace
  4. D.Heating of glass surface of a bulb due to current in filament
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Correct answer: D. Heating of glass surface of a bulb due to current in filament

The glass of a glowing bulb is heated mainly by radiation from the white-hot filament, not by convection. Conduction passes heat through a solid from particle to particle, convection carries heat by the actual movement of a fluid, and radiation sends heat as electromagnetic waves that need no medium.

Q1476.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKEasy

The value of the slope of a normal demand curve is

  1. A.positive
  2. B.negative
  3. C.zero
  4. D.infinity
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Correct answer: B. negative

A normal demand curve slopes downward from left to right, so its slope is negative. The law of demand says that, other things remaining the same, the quantity demanded of a good rises when its price falls and falls when its price rises.

Q1477.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKEasy

Which of the following are warm ocean currents?

  1. A.Kuroshio and California Current
  2. B.North Atlantic Drift and Brazil Current
  3. C.Canaries and Benguela Current
  4. D.West Wind Drift and Falkland Current
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Correct answer: B. North Atlantic Drift and Brazil Current

Both the North Atlantic Drift and the Brazil Current carry warm water from low latitudes towards higher latitudes. As a rule, currents that flow from the equator towards the poles are warm, and those that flow from the poles towards the equator are cold.

Q1480.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

Which one of the following is not correct ?

  1. A.Taxes on agricultural income is a subject under the State List.
  2. B.Price control is a subject under the Concurrent List.
  3. C.Insurance does not come under the Union List.
  4. D.'Forests' is a subject under the Concurrent List.
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Correct answer: C. Insurance does not come under the Union List.

. Insurance is in the Union List of the Seventh Schedule, so the statement that it is not there is incorrect.