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.
How much award money does each Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Award winner receive?
The release states that every awardee receives three things: a statuette, a certificate and award money of Rs 15 lakh.
Read the full explanation →Which satellite navigation system is used to disseminate Indian Standard Time?
CSIR-NPL provides traceability of Indian Standard Time to ISRO for the NavIC system, which allows the time to be spread by satellite and strengthens both the availability and the resilience of national timing services.
Read the full explanation →Secondary timescales traceable to IST have been set up at Regional Reference Standard Laboratories in how many cities?
CSIR-NPL, ISRO and the Legal Metrology Department jointly established secondary timescales at Regional Reference Standard Laboratories in Ahmedabad, Bengaluru, Bhubaneswar, Faridabad and Guwahati.
Read the full explanation →Which institution is the scientific custodian of Indian Standard Time?
It is India's National Metrology Institute, mandated to set up primary national standards and to disseminate them.
Read the full explanation →After how many days from Gazette publication do the Legal Metrology (Indian Standard Time) Rules, 2026 come into force?
The Rules were notified by the Department of Consumer Affairs on 27 August 2026 and published in the Official Gazette on 29 August 2026, and the release states that they take effect 180 days from the date of that publication.
Read the full explanation →Why did the mining and quarrying sector show real GVA growth of -2.4 per cent but nominal GVA growth of 22.3 per cent?
Constant-price estimates for mining are built from the Index of Industrial Production, which grew -3.8 per cent in April, -1.4 per cent in May and 1.6 per cent in June, broadly matching real GVA growth of -2.4 per cent.
Read the full explanation →GDP at current prices for the first quarter of 2026-27 was estimated at:
The release says the first quarter of 2026-27 should be compared with the earlier first-quarter figure from the same series, and in doing so it names the current-price estimate for the quarter.
Read the full explanation →Under double deflation, which two items are deflated separately to arrive at real Gross Value Added?
Double deflation is a production-side technique: gross output is deflated with one price index and intermediate consumption with another, and real Gross Value Added is what remains after subtracting the second from the first.
Read the full explanation →What is the base year of India's updated series of annual and quarterly GDP estimates?
The backgrounder states that the updated series of annual and quarterly GDP estimates, released on 31 August 2026, takes 2022-23 as its base year.
Read the full explanation →At which technology readiness level does the RDI Fund extend support, as stated by the Minister?
Speaking about what lies ahead, the Minister noted that the RDI Fund is offering support at a later stage, at the TRL4 level, and that the Technology Development Board was the first to roll out its proposals under the fund.
Read the full explanation →According to the Minister, what share of India's start-ups comes from smaller towns?
The Minister said start-ups are not confined to Bengaluru or Hyderabad and that more than 50 per cent of them come from smaller towns, a figure he used while asking for prevailing myths about entrepreneurship to be dispelled.
Read the full explanation →Dr Jitendra Singh spoke about the RDI Fund at the Foundation Day of which body?
The board was created so that technologies would not remain confined to laboratories but would be translated into products, solutions and enterprises that bring ease of living, provide livelihoods and add to the economy of the country.
Read the full explanation →What is the corpus of the Research, Development and Innovation Fund?
The release refers throughout to the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund, and it is the size of that corpus that makes the Minister's appeal for outreach necessary: thousands of applications are arriving, some from applicants who do not appear to understand what the fund is for.
Read the full explanation →What is the length of India's coastline as quoted by the Minister at the launch?
In his video message the Minister said India has one of the longest stretches of coastal area in the world, spanning more than that distance and extending from the eastern to the western parts of the country, and he used the figure to explain why a week-long national drive is…
Read the full explanation →What is the new national event introduced in this edition of the campaign?
It is aimed at students and young people and is meant to build awareness of the environment; citizens can register for it and test their knowledge of the seas.
Read the full explanation →Which ministry runs the Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar campaign?
The campaign is spearheaded by that ministry, and the minister who launched it, Dr Jitendra Singh, holds Earth Sciences as Minister of State with Independent Charge.
Read the full explanation →Which edition of Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar was launched on 1 September 2026?
The release says the campaign builds on its success over the last four years, which is the internal check an aspirant can apply: four earlier editions plus the one being launched makes this the fifth.
Read the full explanation →Which work was sanctioned at a cost of ₹233 crore?
The work replaces existing panel interlocking with Electronic Interlocking, which is computer-based signalling in place of ageing relay-based systems, giving higher reliability, quicker fault diagnosis, easier maintenance and greater operational flexibility, besides supporting the roll-out of Kavach.
Read the full explanation →The new bypass line between Adra and Joychandipahar is part of which corridor?
The bypass of 11 km, sanctioned at ₹272 crore in South Eastern Railway, will separate train paths and provide a two-way connection to a third line that is planned on the route.
Read the full explanation →Kavach is best described as which kind of system?
The release sets out four things it does, and each of them is worth remembering separately because questions are framed on them.
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