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Railway GK Questions 2026

Static GK in railway exams starts with one shared block: Class 10 science. Every RRB exam on GK24 tests it. Group D has 25 questions on Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences of 10th CBSE level. JE has 30 in CBT-1 and another 15 on Physics and Chemistry in CBT-2. ALP tests General Science in CBT-1 and Basic Science and Engineering in CBT-2, and NTPC lists general science up to 10th inside General Awareness. Beyond science, the lists differ. NTPC names history and the freedom struggle, geography, polity, the economy, art and culture, environment, computers, abbreviations, transport systems in India, world organisations and government bodies. JE names geography, history and culture, polity, the economy and environmental issues, and adds computers and pollution control in CBT-2. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for railway exams in English and Hindi: General Science, History, Geography, Polity, Economy, Art and Culture, Environment, Computers and static GK, including Indian Railways. Each note is short facts and tables that can be revised in one sitting. Begin with the science notes, since they serve every railway exam, then add the static topics your exam lists, and test each note with its quiz.

Railway GK Questions with Answers

Q15842.Indian PolityAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 12 Sep 2021Medium

Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the conferment of the statehood of the Indian Union?

  1. A.Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh – Nagaland – Haryana
  2. B.Nagaland – Haryana – Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh
  3. C.Sikkim – Haryana – Nagaland – Arunachal Pradesh
  4. D.Nagaland – Arunachal Pradesh – Sikkim – Haryana
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Correct answer: B. Nagaland – Haryana – Sikkim – Arunachal Pradesh

Nagaland became a state on 1 December 1963, carved out of Assam. Haryana followed on 1 November 1966, when the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 divided Punjab on the basis of the Shah Commission's report.

Q15843.Indian PolityAsked in: Haryana · HSSC CET Group C, 6 Nov 2022, Shift 2Medium

While a Proclamation of Emergency (Article 352) is in operation, which of the following Fundamental Rights cannot be suspended?

  1. A.Right to personal liberty
  2. B.Right to freedom of speech
  3. C.Right to equality
  4. D.Right to freedom of religion
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Correct answer: A. Right to personal liberty

Even during a national emergency, the enforcement of Articles 20 and 21 cannot be suspended. Article 21 protects life and personal liberty, and Article 20 protects a person from retrospective criminal laws, from being punished twice for the same offence and from being forced to be a witness against himself.

Q15844.Indian PolityAsked in: Haryana · HSSC CET Group C, 5 Nov 2022, Shift 2Medium

Article 395 of the Constitution of India, which is also the last article of the Constitution, deals with the provision of which of the following?

  1. A.Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019
  2. B.Formation of new states
  3. C.Repeal of the Indian Independence Act, 1947
  4. D.Proclamation of Emergency
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Correct answer: C. Repeal of the Indian Independence Act, 1947

Article 395, the last article of the Constitution, repeals the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935, along with the laws that amended or added to the 1935 Act.

Q15846.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 12 Sep 2021Medium

Mahatma Gandhi was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress only once. In which of the following sessions did it happen?

  1. A.Amritsar Session 1919
  2. B.Belgaum Session 1924
  3. C.Lahore Session 1929
  4. D.Lucknow Session 1936
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Correct answer: B. Belgaum Session 1924

Gandhi presided over the Congress only once, at its session held at Belgaum (now Belagavi in Karnataka) in December 1924.

Q15847.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 12 Sep 2021Easy

With reference to the Mughal administration, which among the following options is connected to the features of Mansabdari System?

  1. A.Zat, Sawar
  2. B.Barkat, Fana
  3. C.Namus, Din
  4. D.Peshkash, Nazr
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Correct answer: A. Zat, Sawar

Every Mughal mansab was expressed by two numbers, the zat rank and the sawar rank. Akbar organised the mansabdari system in the 1570s so that every noble and officer, civil or military, had a place on one graded ladder.

Q15848.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HSSC CET Group C, 5 Nov 2022, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following was/were the main feature(s) of the Subsidiary Alliance, a system devised by the British in colonial India?

(a) It was devised by Lord Wellesley.

(b) A British armed contingent would be stationed in the territory of the allied party.

(c) The allied party could not enter into any treaty with another ruler.

(d) The British would protect the allied party only from internal challenges.

Select the correct option from the code given below:

  1. A.Only (b)
  2. B.(a) and (b)
  3. C.(a), (b) and (c)
  4. D.(a) and (d)
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Correct answer: C. (a), (b) and (c)

Statements (a), (b) and (c) describe the Subsidiary Alliance correctly, while (d) does not. Lord Wellesley, Governor-General from 1798 to 1805, turned the Subsidiary Alliance into the main tool of British expansion.

Q15854.Indian EconomyAsked in: RRB ALP · CBT-1, 9 Aug 2018, Shift 2Medium

Which was the first country to introduce GST in its system?

  1. A.Canada
  2. B.France
  3. C.Australia
  4. D.Germany
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Correct answer: B. France

France was the first country to introduce GST, in 1954. The idea came from Maurice Lauré, a French tax official, who designed a tax charged at every stage of production and sale but only on the value added at that stage.

Q15859.Indian PolityAsked in: RRB ALP · CBT-1, 16 Feb 2026, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following articles in the Indian Constitution states that there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice?

  1. A.Article 70
  2. B.Article 50
  3. C.Article 74
  4. D.Article 84
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Correct answer: C. Article 74

Article 74 says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President, who shall act according to that advice.

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