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.
The term ecosystem was coined by which scientist?
The British botanist Arthur George Tansley used the word ecosystem in 1935 for a unit in which living organisms and their non-living surroundings are treated together as one system exchanging energy and matter.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following described the Directive Principles of State Policy as the novel feature of the Constitution of India?
Dr Ambedkar, chairman of the Drafting Committee, described the Directive Principles as a "novel feature" of the Constitution.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following cases did the Supreme court of India give a ruling that, 'in case of any conflict between the fundamental rights and the directive principles, the former would prevail'?
In State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan, the Supreme Court struck down a Madras government order that reserved college seats by community.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT included in the category of Directive Principles of State Policy of the Indian Constitution?
The Constitution does not classify the Directive Principles, but scholars group them into three categories: Socialist (such as Articles 38, 39, 41, 42 and 43, aimed at a welfare state and economic justice), Gandhian (such as Article 40 on village panchayats, Article 43 on cottage industries, Article 47 on prohibition…
Read the full explanation →Article 50 of the Constitution of India refers to the ________.
Article 50 says the State shall take steps to separate the judiciary from the executive in the public services of the State.
Read the full explanation →Protection of environment and wildlife is mentioned in which Article of the Indian Constitution?
Added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976, it says the State shall endeavour to protect and improve the environment and to safeguard the forests and wildlife of the country.
Read the full explanation →Which Amendment Act of the Constitution of India requires a State to minimise inequalities in income, status, facilities and opportunities as a Directive Principle of State Policy?
The 44th Amendment Act, 1978 added clause (2) to Article 38, which asks the State in particular to strive to minimise inequalities in income, and to endeavour to eliminate inequalities in status, facilities and opportunities, not only among individuals but also among groups of people living in different areas or…
Read the full explanation →The provision of early childhood care and education to children below six years of age was introduced by which Constitutional Amendment?
Originally Article 45 asked the State to provide free and compulsory education for all children until they reached fourteen, within ten years.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Articles mentions about a Uniform Civil Code throughout the territory of India?
It says: "The State shall endeavour to secure for the citizens a uniform civil code throughout the territory of India." A uniform civil code would replace the separate personal laws of different religious communities on marriage, divorce, inheritance and adoption with one common law for all citizens.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Directive Principles of State Policy was added by the 97th Constitutional Amendment Act of the Constitution of India?
The 97th Amendment Act, 2011 was about co-operative societies, and it touched three Parts of the Constitution.
Read the full explanation →Which principle among the following was added to the Directive Principles of State Policy by the 42nd Amendment to the Constitution?
The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 inserted Article 43A, which asks the State to take steps, by suitable legislation or in any other way, to secure the participation of workers in the management of undertakings and industrial establishments.
Read the full explanation →Article 40 of the Indian constitution is related with ___________
Article 40 asks the State to take steps to organise village panchayats and to give them the powers and authority they need to function as units of self-government.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following articles promotes equal justice and free legal aid for all the citizens?
Article 39A asks the State to ensure that the legal system promotes justice on the basis of equal opportunity, and in particular to provide free legal aid, so that no citizen is denied justice because of economic or other disabilities.
Read the full explanation →Equal pay for equal work is ensured under which Article?
Article 39 lists several principles the State should direct its policy towards, and clause (d) asks it to secure equal pay for equal work for both men and women.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Indian Constitution states the following? ‘Directive Principles of State Policy are fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the state to apply these principles in making laws.’
It says two things at once: the provisions of Part IV "shall not be enforceable by any court", but the principles laid down in it are "nevertheless fundamental in the governance of the country and it shall be the duty of the State to apply these principles in making laws".
Read the full explanation →Which of the following are enumerated in Part IV of the Indian Constitution, from Articles 36 to 51?
Part IV of the Constitution, Articles 36 to 51, contains the Directive Principles: the goals the State should pursue in making laws and policies, such as a living wage, free legal aid, village panchayats and a Uniform Civil Code.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following awards is given to recognise players' 'Lifetime Achievement in Sports'?
The Dhyan Chand Award for Lifetime Achievement in Sports and Games was instituted in 2002 to honour sportspersons who not only performed well in their playing days but kept serving the sport after retiring.
Read the full explanation →The Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for contribution to Performing Arts has been conferred on artists since the year ______.
The Sangeet Natak Akademi, India's national academy of music, dance and drama, was created by a government resolution of 31 May 1952 and formally inaugurated on 28 January 1953 by President Rajendra Prasad.
Read the full explanation →'Ace Against Odds' is the autobiography of a sports personality playing the game of __________.
'Ace Against Odds' is the autobiography of Sania Mirza, India's most successful woman tennis player, published in 2016 and written with her father Imran Mirza and Shivani Gupta.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian classical dance is distinguished by elaborately colourful makeup and unique face masks reflecting age-old martial arts prevalent in the state of Kerala?
Kathakali, which means 'story play', is the classical dance-drama of Kerala, performed traditionally by men, in which stories from the Ramayana and Mahabharata are told through hand gestures (mudras), eye movements and facial expressions.
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