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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

Q3681.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKHard

Which of the pairs of Ashokan inscription and location is/are correctly matched ?

1. Jaugada : Karnataka

2. Bahapur : New Delhi

3. Rajula-Mandagiri : Andhra Pradesh

Select the answer using the codes given below :

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

Jaugada is in Odisha, not Karnataka, so only pairs 2 and 3 are right. Jaugada, in Ganjam district of Odisha, is one of the two places, with Dhauli, that carry Ashoka's Separate Kalinga Edicts.

Q3682.Madhya PradeshHard

Under Article 243E, a panchayat dissolved before the end of its five-year term is reconstituted for:

  1. A.A fresh term of five years
  2. B.Only the remainder of the term that the dissolved panchayat would have continued
  3. C.A fixed term of six months
  4. D.A fixed term of one year
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Correct answer: B. Only the remainder of the term that the dissolved panchayat would have continued

Article 243E gives every panchayat a term of five years from the date of its first meeting, allows it to be dissolved earlier under a law in force, and requires the election to be completed within six months of the dissolution; but a panchayat constituted at such an election continues…

Q3683.Madhya PradeshEasy

What is the minimum age fixed by Article 243F for a person to contest an election to a panchayat?

  1. A.18 years
  2. B.21 years
  3. C.25 years
  4. D.30 years
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Correct answer: B. 21 years

Article 243F says that a person who is not qualified to be a member of the legislature of the state is disqualified from a panchayat, but adds that no one shall be disqualified for being under twenty-five years of age if he has attained the age of twenty-one, so twenty-one…

Q3684.Madhya PradeshMedium

The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, known as PESA, which applies to the Scheduled Areas of Madhya Pradesh, was passed in which year?

  1. A.1992
  2. B.1993
  3. C.1996
  4. D.2006
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Correct answer: C. 1996

Part IX of the Constitution does not apply on its own to the Fifth Schedule areas, so Parliament passed the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act in 1996 to extend it with changes that protect tribal custom.

Q3685.Madhya PradeshMedium

Municipal corporations in Madhya Pradesh are constituted under which Act?

  1. A.The Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palik Nigam Adhiniyam, 1956
  2. B.The Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palika Adhiniyam, 1961
  3. C.The Madhya Pradesh Municipal Act, 1993
  4. D.The Madhya Pradesh Municipal Act, 2007
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Correct answer: A. The Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palik Nigam Adhiniyam, 1956

A Nagar Palik Nigam, that is a municipal corporation, is constituted for a larger urban area under this Act of 1956, the same year in which the state of Madhya Pradesh was formed; its elected head is the Mayor and its executive head the Municipal Commissioner.

Q3686.Madhya PradeshEasy

Panchayati raj in Madhya Pradesh is governed today by which Act?

  1. A.The Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palik Nigam Adhiniyam, 1956
  2. B.The Madhya Pradesh Nagar Palika Adhiniyam, 1961
  3. C.The Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993
  4. D.The Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 2006
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Correct answer: C. The Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj Adhiniyam, 1993

The state passed this law in 1993 to carry out the 73rd Amendment, held elections under it in 1994 and added the words Gram Swaraj to its name after the reform that made the Gram Sabha the centre of village government.

Q3687.Madhya PradeshHard

Which Article of the Constitution provides for a District Planning Committee, called the Zila Yojana Samiti in Madhya Pradesh?

  1. A.Article 243ZA
  2. B.Article 243ZD
  3. C.Article 243ZE
  4. D.Article 243Y
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Correct answer: B. Article 243ZD

Article 243ZD, inserted by the 74th Amendment, requires every state to constitute a District Planning Committee in each district to consolidate the plans prepared by the panchayats and the municipalities of the district and to prepare a draft development plan for the district as a whole; at least four-fifths of…

Q3688.Madhya PradeshMedium

The Gram Swaraj system, which made the Gram Sabha the centre of village decision-making, was introduced in Madhya Pradesh in which year?

  1. A.1994
  2. B.1997
  3. C.2001
  4. D.2006
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Correct answer: C. 2001

Madhya Pradesh brought in the Gram Swaraj system in 2001, giving the Gram Sabha committees of its own for development, education, health and agriculture and a Gram Kosh built from contributions of grain, labour, material and cash; the state Act was renamed the Madhya Pradesh Panchayat Raj Evam Gram Swaraj…

Q3692.HaryanaHard

Which Article gives a High Court the power of superintendence over all courts and tribunals within its territorial jurisdiction?

  1. A.Article 226
  2. B.Article 227
  3. C.Article 228
  4. D.Article 235
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Correct answer: B. Article 227

Article 227 gives every High Court superintendence over all courts and tribunals throughout the territories in relation to which it exercises jurisdiction; it may call for returns, make rules for their practice and prescribe the forms of their records, though the power does not extend to courts and tribunals under…

Q3693.HaryanaEasy

Recruitment to Group C and Group D posts under the Government of Haryana is made by which body?

  1. A.The Haryana Public Service Commission
  2. B.The Haryana Staff Selection Commission
  3. C.The Union Public Service Commission
  4. D.The Staff Selection Commission of the Government of India
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Correct answer: B. The Haryana Staff Selection Commission

HSSC, with its office at Panchkula, recruits to the Group C and Group D posts of the state government and its boards and corporations, and candidates first qualify a Common Eligibility Test before appearing for the examination of a particular group of posts.

Q3694.HaryanaMedium

What is the term of office of a member of a State Public Service Commission such as HPSC?

  1. A.Six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier
  2. B.Six years or until the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier
  3. C.Five years or until the age of 60 years, whichever is earlier
  4. D.Five years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier
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Correct answer: A. Six years or until the age of 62 years, whichever is earlier

Article 316 fixes this term for the chairman and members of a State Public Service Commission and of a Joint Public Service Commission, and the appointment is made by the Governor of the state.

Q3695.HaryanaMedium

A member of the Haryana Public Service Commission can be removed from office by:

  1. A.The Governor of Haryana
  2. B.The President of India
  3. C.The Chief Minister of Haryana
  4. D.The Chief Justice of the Punjab and Haryana High Court
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Correct answer: B. The President of India

Article 317 provides that the chairman or a member of a State Public Service Commission may be removed from office only by order of the President, on the ground of misbehaviour, after the Supreme Court has held an inquiry and reported that he ought to be removed; the President may…

Q3696.HaryanaMedium

A judge of a High Court takes the oath of office before which authority?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Chief Justice of India
  3. C.The Governor of the state
  4. D.The Chief Justice of that High Court
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Correct answer: C. The Governor of the state

Article 219 says that every person appointed to be a judge of a High Court shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Governor of the state, or some person appointed by him, in the form set out in the Third Schedule.

Q3700.HaryanaMedium

From which date has the court been known as the Punjab and Haryana High Court?

  1. A.15 August 1947
  2. B.26 January 1950
  3. C.1 November 1955
  4. D.1 November 1966
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Correct answer: D. 1 November 1966

The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 carved Haryana out of Punjab on 1 November 1966, transferred the hill areas to Himachal Pradesh and made Chandigarh a Union Territory; from that day the High Court of Punjab became the Punjab and Haryana High Court, a common High Court for the two states…

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