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.
Chandra Shekhar Azad was born at Bhabhra, which lies in which present district of Madhya Pradesh?
Azad was born at Bhabhra on 23 July 1906 in what was then the Jhabua area; after the district was reorganised the village falls in Alirajpur district.
Read the full explanation →Bharat Ratna awardee Lata Mangeshkar was born in which city?
Lata Mangeshkar was born there on 28 September 1929, recorded in more than a dozen languages over a career of six decades and was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 2001, the same year as Ustad Bismillah Khan.
Read the full explanation →Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born in which city of Madhya Pradesh?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee was born there on 25 December 1924, taught himself politics in the city's schools and colleges, served three terms as Prime Minister of India and was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 2015.
Read the full explanation →Dr B. R. Ambedkar was born at which place in Madhya Pradesh?
Bhimrao Ramji Ambedkar was born in the military cantonment of Mhow on 14 April 1891, and the town has since been renamed Dr Ambedkar Nagar.
Read the full explanation →Pandit Lakhmi Chand of Sonipat district is remembered as
Pandit Lakhmi Chand of Jatti Kalan in Sonipat district wrote and performed the saang, the folk theatre of the region, in verse, and his plays are still staged by troupes across the state; the title Surya Kavi, the sun among poets, was given to him for that body of work.
Read the full explanation →Sushma Swaraj, who was born at Ambala Cantonment, holds which distinction?
Born on 14 February 1952 at Ambala Cantonment, she began in Haryana politics, became the youngest cabinet minister of that state, served as Chief Minister of Delhi in 1998 and later held the external affairs portfolio at the Centre.
Read the full explanation →Bhagat Phool Singh Mahila Vishwavidyalaya, the women's university of Haryana, is located at
The institution that Bhagat Phool Singh founded for the education of girls grew at Khanpur Kalan and was given the status of a university named after him, and it remains the state's university for women.
Read the full explanation →Manu Bhaker, who won two bronze medals in shooting at the Paris Olympics of 2024, belongs to which district?
Manu Bhaker comes from Goria village in Jhajjar district. At the Paris Olympics of 2024 she won a bronze in the women's 10 metre air pistol and a second bronze in the 10 metre air pistol mixed team event, becoming the first Indian to win two medals at a single…
Read the full explanation →Which wrestler from Haryana became the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal in wrestling?
The wrestler from Mokhra in Rohtak district won the bronze medal in the 58 kilogram freestyle class at the Rio Olympics of 2016 and became the first Indian woman wrestler to win an Olympic medal.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian boxer to win an Olympic medal?
The boxer from Kaluwas in Bhiwani district won a bronze medal in the middleweight class at the Beijing Olympics of 2008, the first Olympic medal in boxing for India.
Read the full explanation →Neeraj Chopra, who won India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics, belongs to which district of Haryana?
Neeraj Chopra was born on 24 December 1997 at Khandra village in Panipat district.
Read the full explanation →Chaudhary Devi Lal of Haryana held which office at the Union level?
Chaudhary Devi Lal, born on 25 September 1914 at Teja Khera in Sirsa district and known across the state as Tau, served as Chief Minister of Haryana and became Deputy Prime Minister of India in the government formed in 1989, holding that office into 1991.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?
When Haryana was carved out of Punjab on 1 November 1966, he became the first Chief Minister of the new state.
Read the full explanation →Who led the Revolt of 1857 in the Ahirwal region of Haryana and fought the British at Nasibpur near Narnaul?
The ruler of Rewari raised troops, took over the administration of his territory during the Revolt and met the British in battle at Nasibpur near Narnaul on 16 November 1857.
Read the full explanation →Sir Chhotu Ram, the farmers' leader called Deenbandhu, was born at Garhi Sampla in which district?
Sir Chhotu Ram was born at Garhi Sampla in Rohtak district on 24 November 1881.
Read the full explanation →Who became the first woman Chief Minister of Bihar?
She took office in 1997 and was the first woman to head the government of Bihar. The question is usually set alongside the other state firsts, so the three names that follow are worth keeping apart from hers.
Read the full explanation →Bhikhari Thakur, the creator of Bidesia, is remembered as
Bhikhari Thakur of Kutubpur in Saran district wrote and performed plays and songs in Bhojpuri, and his Bidesia, the story of a woman left behind by a husband who migrates for work, is still staged today; the title given to him recognises that he wrote for the stage as much…
Read the full explanation →Which former Chief Minister of Bihar, known as Jannayak, was conferred the Bharat Ratna in 2024?
Born on 24 January 1924 at Pitaunjhia in Samastipur district, a village now named Karpoori Gram, he was called Jannayak, served as Chief Minister of Bihar and as a leader of the backward classes, and the Bharat Ratna was conferred on him in 2024, long after his death in 1988.
Read the full explanation →Who wrote the Hindi novel Maila Anchal?
Born at Aurahi Hingna in Araria district, Renu published Maila Anchal in 1954, and the novel, set in a village of the Purnia region, began the anchalik or regional school of Hindi fiction.
Read the full explanation →Ramdhari Singh Dinkar received the Jnanpith Award for which of his works?
Dinkar, born on 23 September 1908 at Simaria in Begusarai district, was given the Jnanpith Award in 1972 for Urvashi, a long poem on love and renunciation.
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