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State Exams GK Questions 2026

Static GK is the largest part of General Studies in every state exam, and most of it is national. Indian polity, history and the national movement, geography of India, the Indian economy and general science appear in the syllabus of UPPSC PCS and PET, BPSC and BSSC, RPSC and RSSB, MPPSC and MPESB, HPSC and HSSC, and DSSSB and Delhi Police. The level changes from exam to exam. PET sets its subjects at NCERT secondary and senior secondary level, BSSC asks matric-level science, and RPSC sets the RAS Prelims at Bachelor's degree standard. This page brings together GK24's topic-wise GK notes tagged for state exams. Each note covers one topic in English and Hindi, as short facts and tables that can be revised in one sitting, and ends with multiple-choice questions and explanations. Start with Polity, History and Geography, then move to the Economy and Science. GK24 does not have state GK sections. As guidance, use these notes for the national part and prepare your state's history, geography, culture, economy and schemes from state board textbooks, the state budget and economic survey, and the commission's past papers. After each note, take its topic quiz and mark what you got wrong.

State Exams GK Questions with Answers

Q2.Summits & ConferencesHard

MAHASAGAR, India's maritime vision given clearer expression at IPRD-2026, stands for which of the following?

  1. A.Maritime Advancement for Shared Growth and Regions
  2. B.Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions
  3. C.Maritime Harmony and Sustainable Growth in Asian Regions
  4. D.Mutual Assistance for Security and Growth of All in the Region
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Correct answer: B. Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions

This is the expansion of MAHASAGAR, the maritime vision to which the dialogue was said to have given clearer expression.

Q3.Summits & ConferencesEasy

The Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue is the annual apex-level international strategic dialogue of which service, held with the National Maritime Foundation?

  1. A.Indian Army
  2. B.Indian Air Force
  3. C.Indian Navy
  4. D.Indian Coast Guard
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Correct answer: C. Indian Navy

The Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue is described as the Navy's annual apex-level international strategic dialogue, and the 2026 edition was organised in association with the National Maritime Foundation.

Q4.Summits & ConferencesMedium

What was the theme of the Indo-Pacific Regional Dialogue 2026 that concluded in New Delhi?

  1. A.Blue Economy and Coastal Security
  2. B.Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific
  3. C.Maritime Trade and Port Connectivity
  4. D.Climate Action in Island States
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Correct answer: B. Science, Technology and Academic Cooperation in the Indo-Pacific

This was the unifying theme of IPRD-2026, the Indian Navy's annual apex-level international strategic dialogue, which was examined through five professional thematic sessions together with senior-level interactions meant to find practical routes to regional maritime cooperation.

Q9.SportsMedium

Which scheme, approved at a cost of more than Rs 1,800 crore, is meant to build up India's sports goods manufacturing?

  1. A.Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme
  2. B.Target Olympic Podium Scheme
  3. C.Sugamya Bharat Abhiyan
  4. D.Fit India Movement
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Correct answer: A. Khelo India Sports Goods Manufacturing Scheme

Speaking to the para-athletes, the Prime Minister urged the domestic industry to ensure that the gear, clothing and footwear worn by Indian and foreign players alike are made in India, which would strengthen micro, small and medium enterprises and create work in small towns and rural areas.

Q12.DefenceMedium

With which vessel did INS Tarkash carry out a PASSEX off Mauritius?

  1. A.CGS Valiant
  2. B.CGS Barracuda
  3. C.MCGS Vigilant
  4. D.CGS Guardian
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Correct answer: A. CGS Valiant

After its stay in harbour, INS Tarkash conducted a PASSEX, which is a passage exercise held when ships meet at sea, with CGS Valiant, and then undertook joint surveillance of the Exclusive Economic Zone together with the Mauritius Coast Guard, with a Dornier aircraft providing support from the air.

Q16.EconomyMedium

Why did the Union Government advance the November instalment of tax devolution?

  1. A.Because the Finance Commission's term was ending
  2. B.In view of the festive season and to help states accelerate capital spending
  3. C.To offset a shortfall in GST compensation
  4. D.Because states had failed to meet borrowing limits
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Correct answer: B. In view of the festive season and to help states accelerate capital spending

The Ministry of Finance said the early transfer would also let states finance expenditure related to development and welfare.

Q18.Science & TechnologyMedium

Data from which space mission enabled the discovery that UBC 63 is a double cluster system?

  1. A.Hubble Space Telescope of NASA
  2. B.Gaia mission of the European Space Agency
  3. C.AstroSat of ISRO
  4. D.James Webb Space Telescope
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Correct answer: B. Gaia mission of the European Space Agency

The researchers used Gaia measurements, which give exceptionally precise positions and motions for stars right across the Milky Way, and it was these data that revealed two populations of starkly different ages inside what had been taken for one cluster.

Q19.Science & TechnologyMedium

What are the approximate ages of UBC 63A and UBC 63B?

  1. A.21 million years and 562 million years
  2. B.562 million years and 21 million years
  3. C.100 million years and 400 million years
  4. D.6 million years and 26 million years
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Correct answer: A. 21 million years and 562 million years

UBC 63A is the young cluster of the pair at roughly twenty-one million years, while UBC 63B is much older at about five hundred sixty-two million years.

Q20.Science & TechnologyEasy

What did a team led by Indian astronomers find about the galactic open cluster UBC 63?

  1. A.It is the nearest open cluster to the Sun
  2. B.It is actually two distinct clusters that passed close to each other
  3. C.It hosts the first planet found outside the Milky Way
  4. D.It is merging with the Andromeda galaxy
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Correct answer: B. It is actually two distinct clusters that passed close to each other

The group, which lies about 4892 light years away and had been treated in the limited earlier literature as a single cluster, was found to hold two separate stellar populations, now named UBC 63A and UBC 63B. Their brightness and colours formed two sequences in the colour magnitude diagram, and…

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