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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

Q2483.Indian HistoryMedium

The female allegory Germania, used in nineteenth century art, wore a crown of

  1. A.Oak leaves, standing for heroism
  2. B.Olive branches, standing for peace
  3. C.Laurel, standing for learning
  4. D.Wheat, standing for plenty
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Correct answer: A. Oak leaves, standing for heroism

Nineteenth century artists gave nations the form of a woman: Marianne for France, carrying the red cap and the tricolour, and Germania for the German nation, wearing a crown of oak leaves because the German oak was the symbol of heroism.

Q2484.Indian HistoryMedium

Consider the two statements about the unification of Germany and choose the correct option. Statement I: Bismarck described his method as a policy of blood and iron. Statement II: He became Minister-President of Prussia in 1862.

  1. A.Only Statement I is correct
  2. B.Only Statement II is correct
  3. C.Both statements are correct
  4. D.Neither statement is correct
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Correct answer: C. Both statements are correct

Otto von Bismarck was appointed Minister-President of Prussia in 1862 by Wilhelm I to break a deadlock with the liberal parliament over army spending, and he told that parliament that the great questions of the day would be settled not by speeches and majority votes but by blood and iron.

Q2486.Indian HistoryHard

The Frankfurt Parliament of 1848 failed mainly because

  1. A.Austria and Prussia together dissolved it by war
  2. B.The crown it offered was refused by Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia
  3. C.It demanded a republic that the middle class rejected
  4. D.Bismarck ordered its members to be arrested
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Correct answer: B. The crown it offered was refused by Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia

The parliament elected in May 1848 met in the Church of St Paul at Frankfurt, drafted a constitution for a German nation headed by a monarch answerable to a parliament, and offered that crown to the Prussian king.

Q2490.Indian HistoryEasy

Who among the following led the Expedition of the Thousand and conquered Sicily and Naples in 1860?

  1. A.Giuseppe Mazzini
  2. B.Count Cavour
  3. C.Giuseppe Garibaldi
  4. D.Napoleon III
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Correct answer: C. Giuseppe Garibaldi

In May 1860 Garibaldi sailed from Genoa with roughly a thousand volunteers, known from their uniform as the Red Shirts, landed in Sicily and then crossed to the mainland and took Naples from the Bourbon rulers of the Kingdom of the Two Sicilies.

Q2491.Indian HistoryMedium

The Zollverein, formed in 1834, was

  1. A.A military alliance of the German states against France
  2. B.A customs union that abolished tariff barriers between German states
  3. C.The parliament of the German Confederation
  4. D.A treaty between Prussia and Austria on Schleswig
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Correct answer: B. A customs union that abolished tariff barriers between German states

The Zollverein was formed in 1834 under Prussian leadership. It removed the internal customs duties that had made trade between the German states slow and costly and reduced the number of currencies in circulation, so a single economic space existed long before a single political one.

Q2492.Indian HistoryEasy

The German Empire was proclaimed on 18 January 1871 at

  1. A.The Hall of Mirrors, Versailles
  2. B.The Church of St Paul, Frankfurt
  3. C.The Reichstag, Berlin
  4. D.The Hofburg Palace, Vienna
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Correct answer: A. The Hall of Mirrors, Versailles

As the Franco-Prussian War ended, the German princes assembled in the Hall of Mirrors of the French royal palace at Versailles and proclaimed Wilhelm I of Prussia as German Emperor on 18 January 1871.

Q2494.General ScienceEasy

Young's famous double slit experiment, performed in 1801, established that light

  1. A.Consists of material particles
  2. B.Shows interference and therefore behaves as a wave
  3. C.Travels faster in water than in air
  4. D.Is composed of seven colours
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Correct answer: B. Shows interference and therefore behaves as a wave

Thomas Young passed light from one source through two narrow slits placed close together and obtained alternate bright and dark bands on a screen.

Q2496.General ScienceMedium

The resolving power of an astronomical telescope can be increased by

  1. A.Increasing the diameter of the objective lens
  2. B.Increasing the focal length of the eyepiece
  3. C.Using light of longer wavelength
  4. D.Decreasing the diameter of the objective lens
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Correct answer: A. Increasing the diameter of the objective lens

The smallest angular separation a telescope can resolve is 1.22 times the wavelength divided by the diameter of the objective, so a larger aperture means a smaller limit of resolution and a greater resolving power.

Q2497.General ScienceMedium

A person standing in a room can hear someone speaking in the next room through an open door but cannot see the speaker. The reason is that

  1. A.Sound travels faster than light
  2. B.The wavelength of sound is comparable with the width of the door, so sound diffracts strongly
  3. C.Sound is a transverse wave and light is longitudinal
  4. D.Light is absorbed by the air while sound is not
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Correct answer: B. The wavelength of sound is comparable with the width of the door, so sound diffracts strongly

Diffraction, the bending of a wave round an edge, is appreciable only when the obstacle or opening is of the same order of size as the wavelength.

Q2499.General ScienceMedium

In Young's double slit experiment the width of a fringe will increase if

  1. A.The screen is moved closer to the slits
  2. B.The separation between the slits is reduced
  3. C.Blue light replaces red light
  4. D.The slits are made narrower without changing their separation
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Correct answer: B. The separation between the slits is reduced

The fringe width equals the wavelength multiplied by the distance of the screen and divided by the separation of the two slits.

Q2500.General ScienceEasy

The brilliant colours seen in a soap bubble or in a thin film of oil spread on water are caused by

  1. A.Interference of light reflected from the two surfaces of the film
  2. B.Total internal reflection inside the film
  3. C.Dispersion of light as in a prism
  4. D.Scattering of light by the molecules of the film
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Correct answer: A. Interference of light reflected from the two surfaces of the film

The light reflected from the upper surface of the thin film and the light reflected from the lower surface travel slightly different distances and interfere.

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