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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

Q3561.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKEasy

Who among the following founded the Marathi newspaper 'Kesari'?

  1. A.Lokmanya Tilak
  2. B.Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. C.Lala Lajpat Rai
  4. D.Mahatma Gandhi
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Correct answer: A. Lokmanya Tilak

Bal Gangadhar Tilak started Kesari in Marathi in 1881 from Pune, together with Gopal Ganesh Agarkar and Vishnushastri Chiplunkar. Alongside Kesari, the same group brought out Mahratta, its English counterpart.

Q3565.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKEasy

Which one of the following is a measure that can be used by the Government for combatting inflation?

  1. A.Increasing the non-planned expenditure on defence, police, etc.
  2. B.Providing more subsidies on exports
  3. C.Increasing the rate of interest on savings and fixed deposits
  4. D.Reduction in the cash reserve ratio (CRR)
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Correct answer: C. Increasing the rate of interest on savings and fixed deposits

Higher interest on deposits encourages people to save rather than spend, which pulls money out of circulation and cools demand.

Q3566.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKMedium

SDG India Index, developed by NITI Aayog, includes 17 SDGs for each State. Which one of the following is not included in that index ?

  1. A.Zero hunger
  2. B.Reduced unemployment
  3. C.Life below water
  4. D.Responsible consumption and production
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Correct answer: B. Reduced unemployment

There is no Sustainable Development Goal by that name; employment comes under Goal 8, Decent Work and Economic Growth, and Goal 10 is Reduced Inequalities.

Q3567.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKHard

Consider the following pairs of High Offices and concerned Departments in the Mauryan Administration :

1. Samahartri : Chief Collector of Revenue

2. Dauvarika : Chief of Army

3. Akshapatala : Records-cum-Audit Officer

4. Samnidhatri : Treasurer

Which of the pairs given above are correctly matched ?

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.1, 3 and 4 only
  3. C.3 and 4 only
  4. D.1, 2, 3 and 4
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Correct answer: B. 1, 3 and 4 only

The Samahartri collected revenue, the Akshapatala kept records and accounts, and the Samnidhatri was the treasurer, but the Dauvarika was the chief of the royal palace and its attendants, not of the army.

Q3569.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKHard

Which of the following statements with reference to Glacial trough is/are correct ?

1. Alpine glaciers strip valleys of their soil, regolith and sediment to form glacial troughs.

2. When the sea level is below the floor of a glacial trough, the seawater enters as the ice front recedes, creating a fiord.

Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: A. 1 only

Valley glaciers scour away soil, regolith and loose sediment and deepen their valleys into U-shaped glacial troughs, but a fiord forms only when the trough floor lies below sea level, not above it.

Q3570.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKEasy

Which of the following factors was/were responsible for the rise of Magadha as the most powerful Mahajanapada during the 6th century BCE?

1. Region of productive agriculture

2. Accessibility to iron-mines

3. Availability of elephants in the region

Select the answer using the codes given below :

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.1 and 2 only
  3. C.2 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: D. 1, 2 and 3

Fertile land, nearby iron ore and a supply of forest elephants together made Magadha the strongest of the sixteen Mahajanapadas.

Q3571.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKEasy

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. A.The oxidation number for hydrogen is always zero.
  2. B.The oxidation number for hydrogen is always +1.
  3. C.The oxidation number for hydrogen is always -1.
  4. D.Hydrogen can have more than one oxidation number.
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Correct answer: D. Hydrogen can have more than one oxidation number.

Hydrogen shows 0, +1 or -1 depending on what it is bonded to. In the free element H2 its oxidation number is 0, as for every element in its uncombined state.

Q3574.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKEasy

Which one of the following elements will be an isobar of calcium if the atomic number of calcium is 20 and its mass number is 40?

  1. A.Element with 20 protons and 18 neutrons
  2. B.Element with 18 protons and 19 neutrons
  3. C.Element with 20 protons and 19 neutrons
  4. D.Element with 18 protons and 22 neutrons
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Correct answer: D. Element with 18 protons and 22 neutrons

Isobars are atoms of different elements with the same mass number, and 18 + 22 gives a mass number of 40, the same as calcium.

Q3575.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKMedium

The direction of magnetic field at any location on the earth's surface is commonly specified in terms of

  1. A.field declination
  2. B.field inclination
  3. C.both field declination and field inclination
  4. D.horizontal component of the field
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Correct answer: C. both field declination and field inclination

A direction in space needs two angles, one in the horizontal plane and one in the vertical plane, and declination and inclination supply exactly these.

Q3576.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKHard

Who was the author of the book, Plagues and Peoples?

  1. A.W. L. Thomas
  2. B.Rachel Carson
  3. C.David Cannadine
  4. D.William H. McNeill
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Correct answer: D. William H. McNeill

The American historian William Hardy McNeill wrote Plagues and Peoples, published in 1976. The book was one of the first to treat infectious disease as a force in world history.

Q3577.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKEasy

What do you mean by 'Demographic Dividend'?

  1. A.A rise in the rate of economic growth due to a higher share of working age people in a population
  2. B.A rise in the rate of literacy due to development of educational institutions in different parts of the country
  3. C.A rise in the standard of living of the people due to the growth of alternative livelihood practices
  4. D.A rise in the gross employment ratio of a country due to government policies
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Correct answer: A. A rise in the rate of economic growth due to a higher share of working age people in a population

Demographic dividend is the growth bonus a country gets when its working age group grows larger than its dependent population.

Q3580.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

The issue, 'whether Section 377 of the Indian Penal Code is violative of Articles 21, 14 and 15 of the Constitution of India' was decided in which one of the following cases?

  1. A.Shreya Singhal vs. Union of India
  2. B.Vishakha vs. State of Rajasthan
  3. C.Shayara Bano vs. Union of India
  4. D.Naz Foundation vs. Government of NCT of Delhi and others
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Correct answer: D. Naz Foundation vs. Government of NCT of Delhi and others

In this case the Delhi High Court held in 2009 that Section 377, in so far as it criminalised consensual sex between adults in private, violated Articles 21, 14 and 15.

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