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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

Q2961.GeographyEasy

The National Forest Policy of 1952 set the target of bringing what share of the geographical area of India under forest?

  1. A.20 per cent
  2. B.25 per cent
  3. C.33 per cent
  4. D.40 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 33 per cent

The National Forest Policy of 1952 laid down that one third of the total geographical area of the country should be under forest, and it fixed separate norms inside that target: about 60 per cent in the hills, where tree cover protects the slopes and the catchments, and about 20…

Q2962.GeographyMedium

Cropping intensity in India is calculated by which of the following?

  1. A.Net sown area divided by gross cropped area into 100
  2. B.Gross cropped area divided by net sown area into 100
  3. C.Net sown area divided by reporting area into 100
  4. D.Gross irrigated area divided by gross cropped area into 100
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Correct answer: B. Gross cropped area divided by net sown area into 100

The ratio tells how many crops the sown land carries in an agricultural year, so a value of a hundred would mean a single crop everywhere and the Indian figure of about 140 per cent means that a large part of the land bears a second crop, mainly where irrigation…

Q2963.GeographyMedium

Which of the following is not one of the nine heads of the land use classification used in India?

  1. A.Gross cropped area
  2. B.Net sown area
  3. C.Current fallow
  4. D.Land put to non-agricultural uses
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Correct answer: A. Gross cropped area

Gross cropped area is a derived measure, not a land use head: it counts a field as many times as it is cropped in an agricultural year, so the same hectare can appear twice or thrice, and it is used with net sown area to calculate cropping intensity.

Q2964.GeographyMedium

In the nine-fold land use classification, cultivable land that has been left uncultivated for more than five years is called

  1. A.Current fallow
  2. B.Barren and unculturable waste
  3. C.Culturable waste land
  4. D.Permanent pasture
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Correct answer: C. Culturable waste land

This head covers land that could be cultivated but has lain unused for more than five years, usually because it has become saline, waterlogged, eroded or short of water, and bringing it back into use is a standing aim of land reclamation programmes.

Q2966.GeographyMedium

The Trans-Gangetic Plain agro-climatic zone covers which of the following?

  1. A.West Bengal and Odisha
  2. B.Punjab, Haryana and Delhi
  3. C.Eastern Uttar Pradesh and Bihar
  4. D.Gujarat and western Rajasthan
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Correct answer: B. Punjab, Haryana and Delhi

The Trans-Gangetic Plain zone lies beyond the Yamuna, that is on the Punjab side of the Ganga system, and takes in Punjab, Haryana, Delhi, Chandigarh and the Ganganagar belt of Rajasthan; its canal and tubewell irrigation supports the wheat and rice rotation of the green revolution.

Q2969.General ScienceMedium

A force of 20 newton is applied at right angles to a rod at a point 0.5 metre from the axis of rotation. The torque about the axis is

  1. A.4 newton metre
  2. B.10 newton metre
  3. C.40 newton metre
  4. D.20.5 newton metre
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Correct answer: B. 10 newton metre

Torque is r into F into the sine of the angle between them, and since the force here is perpendicular to the rod the sine is one, so the torque is simply 0.5 multiplied by 20, that is 10 newton metre.

Q2970.General ScienceAsked in: Delhi · 27 June 2022, Shift 2Hard

The following statements (S1 and S2) pertain to principle of moments stated as Varignon theorem: S1: Theorem states that the Square of the moment of a Force is equal to the Sum of the Square moment of its components. S2: For applying Varignon Theorem, the force system may be either coplanar or spatial, but it must be concurrent. Identify the statements as True or False and choose the best answer.

  1. A.Both S1 and S2 are False
  2. B.Both S1 and S2 are True
  3. C.S1 is True and S 2 is False
  4. D.S1 is False and S 2 is True
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Correct answer: D. S1 is False and S 2 is True

Varignon theorem states that the moment of a force about any point equals the algebraic sum of the moments of its components about the same point; it speaks of the moments themselves, not of their squares, so statement S1 is false as written.

Q2971.General ScienceMedium

A spinning skater pulls both arms close to the body and spins faster. This happens because

  1. A.The angular momentum of the skater increases
  2. B.The moment of inertia decreases, so the angular velocity increases
  3. C.The torque applied by the skater increases
  4. D.The mass of the skater decreases
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Correct answer: B. The moment of inertia decreases, so the angular velocity increases

Moment of inertia is the sum of each bit of mass multiplied by the square of its distance from the axis, so drawing the arms in reduces it.

Q2972.General ScienceHard

The centre of gravity of a uniform solid right circular cone of height h lies on its axis at a distance of

  1. A.h divided by 2 from the base
  2. B.h divided by 3 from the base
  3. C.h divided by 4 from the base
  4. D.3h divided by 4 from the base
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Correct answer: C. h divided by 4 from the base

A solid cone has more material near its wide base than near its apex, so its centre of gravity lies on the axis of symmetry well below the middle, at one quarter of the height measured from the base, which is three quarters of the height measured down from the…

Q2973.General ScienceMedium

A wheelbarrow is an example of which class of lever?

  1. A.First class
  2. B.Second class
  3. C.Third class
  4. D.It is not a lever
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Correct answer: B. Second class

In a wheelbarrow the wheel is the fulcrum, the load in the tray lies between the wheel and the hands, and the effort is applied at the handles, so the load sits in the middle, which defines a second class lever; a nutcracker, a bottle opener and a lemon squeezer…

Q2974.General ScienceMedium

When a body in stable equilibrium is slightly displaced, its centre of gravity

  1. A.Rises, and the body returns to its original position
  2. B.Falls, and the body moves further away
  3. C.Stays at the same height
  4. D.Shifts outside the body
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Correct answer: A. Rises, and the body returns to its original position

In stable equilibrium the original position is the one of least potential energy, so a small displacement lifts the centre of gravity and the weight of the body brings it back, as with a cone resting on its base or a book lying flat on a table.

Q2975.General ScienceMedium

A rigid body is said to be in complete mechanical equilibrium when

  1. A.The net force on it is zero
  2. B.The net torque on it is zero
  3. C.Both the net force and the net torque on it are zero
  4. D.Its centre of gravity lies at its geometrical centre
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Correct answer: C. Both the net force and the net torque on it are zero

A zero net force gives translational equilibrium, so the body as a whole does not accelerate, and a zero net torque gives rotational equilibrium, so it does not begin to spin; complete equilibrium requires the two together.

Q2976.General ScienceEasy

A long spanner loosens a tight nut more easily than a short one because it

  1. A.Reduces the force needed by increasing the moment arm
  2. B.Reduces the friction at the nut
  3. C.Increases the mass acting on the nut
  4. D.Changes the direction of the weight of the nut
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Correct answer: A. Reduces the force needed by increasing the moment arm

Torque is the product of the force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the axis, so the same turning effect can be produced by a smaller force if that distance is made larger; a long handle therefore does the same work with less effort.

Q2978.General ScienceEasy

The centre of gravity of a uniform circular ring lies

  1. A.On the ring itself, at any point
  2. B.At the centre of the ring, outside its material
  3. C.At one third of the radius from the centre
  4. D.Nowhere, because a ring has no centre of gravity
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Correct answer: B. At the centre of the ring, outside its material

The centre of gravity is a geometrical point through which the resultant weight of a body acts, and by symmetry that point for a uniform ring is its geometrical centre, which lies in the empty space inside the ring.

Q2979.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 29 Aug 2019Hard

Three forces acting on a rigid body are represented in magnitude, direction and line of action by the three sides of a triangle taken in order. The forces are equivalent to a couple whose moment is equal to

  1. A.Thrice the area of the triangle
  2. B.Twice the area of the triangle
  3. C.The area of the triangle
  4. D.Half the area of the triangle
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Correct answer: B. Twice the area of the triangle

When three forces are represented by the sides of a triangle taken in order, their vector sum is zero, because the three sides close the triangle, so the body cannot be pushed away; but the lines of action are different, so the system reduces to a couple.

Q2980.General ScienceEasy

What is the SI unit of torque?

  1. A.Newton
  2. B.Newton metre
  3. C.Newton per metre
  4. D.Joule per second
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Correct answer: B. Newton metre

Torque is the product of a force and the perpendicular distance of its line of action from the axis of rotation, so its unit is the unit of force multiplied by the unit of length, the newton metre, and its dimensional formula is M L squared T to the power…

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