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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

Q161.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Who among the following shall cause the accounts of the Autonomous District and Regional Council Funds to be audited?

  1. A.The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  2. B.The Chartered Accountant empanelled by the Government of India
  3. C.The State Government Auditors
  4. D.Any Chartered Accountant
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Correct answer: A. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India

The Sixth Schedule says the accounts of the District and Regional Councils are audited in the manner the CAG thinks fit.

Q162.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

The Andaman group of islands and the Nicobar group of islands are separated by which one of the following latitudes?

  1. A.8° N latitude
  2. B.10° N latitude
  3. C.12° N latitude
  4. D.13° N latitude
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Correct answer: B. 10° N latitude

The Ten Degree Channel, which runs along this latitude, separates the Andaman group from the Nicobar group. The Ten Degree Channel lies between Little Andaman in the north and Car Nicobar in the south, and it is about 150 km wide.

Q164.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKEasy

The National Commission for Women was created by

  1. A.an amendment in the Constitution of India
  2. B.a decision of the Union Cabinet
  3. C.an Act passed by the Parliament
  4. D.an order of the President of India
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Correct answer: C. an Act passed by the Parliament

The National Commission for Women is a statutory body set up under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. Parliament passed the Act in 1990, and the Commission was constituted in January 1992.

Q165.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

Consider the following statement : "A sound body means one which bends itself to the spirit and is always a ready instrument at its service." The above statement is attributed to

  1. A.Sardar Patel
  2. B.Winston Churchill
  3. C.Mahatma Gandhi
  4. D.Baden-Powell
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Correct answer: C. Mahatma Gandhi

The line comes from Gandhi's writings on health, where he treats the body as a servant of the spirit. Gandhi wrote widely on diet, fasting, nature cure and self-control, most famously in his little book on health.

Q166.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Which one of the following regarding the tenure of the elected members of the Autonomous District Council is correct?

  1. A.Five years from the date of election
  2. B.Five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the Council after the election
  3. C.Six years from the date of administration of Oath
  4. D.Six years from the date of election
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Correct answer: B. Five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the Council after the election

The Sixth Schedule fixes the term in exactly these words. Autonomous District Councils are set up under the Sixth Schedule for the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

Q169.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Find the correct arrangement of the following urban agglomerations in descending order as per their population size according to Census 2011.

  1. A.Delhi-Mumbai-Kolkata-Chennai
  2. B.Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai
  3. C.Mumbai-Kolkata-Delhi-Chennai
  4. D.Kolkata-Chennai-Mumbai-Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai

In Census 2011, Greater Mumbai was the most populous urban agglomeration of India, followed by Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Census 2011 counted about 18.4 million people in the Greater Mumbai urban agglomeration, about 16.3 million in Delhi, about 14.1 million in Kolkata and about 8.7 million in Chennai.

Q170.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Alexander Kerensky was

  1. A.the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution
  2. B.a close confidant of Lenin, with whose help the Czar was dethroned
  3. C.the head of the Czar's army
  4. D.an advisor of Joseph Stalin
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Correct answer: A. the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Alexander Kerensky led that government until the Bolsheviks overthrew it in October 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 ended the rule of Tsar Nicholas II, a Provisional Government took power.

Q177.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

The Shompens are the vulnerable tribal group of

  1. A.Jharkhand
  2. B.Odisha
  3. C.West Bengal
  4. D.Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Correct answer: D. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Shompen are a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group who live in the forests of Great Nicobar Island. The Shompen are a semi-nomadic people who hunt, gather and grow a little food along the rivers of Great Nicobar's forested interior, and they have very little contact with outsiders.

Q178.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Rakshasa type of marriage is

  1. A.marriage by purchase
  2. B.marriage by capture
  3. C.marriage by giving dowry
  4. D.marriage by seduction
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Correct answer: B. marriage by capture

The Rakshasa form, one of the eight forms of marriage described in the Dharmashastras, meant taking a bride away by force, often after defeating her relatives.