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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

Q4701.Indian PolityHard

Which statement about the codification of parliamentary privileges in India is correct?

  1. A.They were codified by the Privileges Act of 1952
  2. B.Parliament has not enacted a law defining them, so they remain uncodified
  3. C.They were codified by the 44th Amendment itself
  4. D.The Supreme Court codified them in the Keshav Singh case
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Correct answer: B. Parliament has not enacted a law defining them, so they remain uncodified

Article 105(3) authorises Parliament to define its privileges by law, but Parliament has never passed such a law, so the privileges remain uncodified and are drawn from the Constitution, the rules of the Houses, their precedents and the practice followed before the Forty-fourth Amendment.

Q4702.Indian PolityMedium

Under Article 105(4), parliamentary privileges are also available to which of the following persons who is not a member of the House?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Attorney General of India
  3. C.The Comptroller and Auditor General
  4. D.The Chief Election Commissioner
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Correct answer: B. The Attorney General of India

Article 105(4) extends the privileges of the House to persons who have the right to speak in and otherwise take part in the proceedings of a House or any of its committees without being members.

Q4703.Indian PolityMedium

Article 122 of the Constitution provides that:

  1. A.Parliament may define its privileges by law
  2. B.Courts shall not inquire into the validity of any proceedings in Parliament
  3. C.A member vacates a seat on absence for sixty days
  4. D.The Speaker shall decide whether a Bill is a Money Bill
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Correct answer: B. Courts shall not inquire into the validity of any proceedings in Parliament

Article 122 says that the validity of any proceedings in Parliament shall not be called in question in any court on the ground of an alleged irregularity of procedure, and that an officer or member in whom power over procedure or order is vested is not subject to the jurisdiction…

Q4704.Indian PolityHard

In which case did a seven-judge bench of the Supreme Court hold in 2024 that a legislator who accepts a bribe for a vote is not protected by parliamentary privilege?

  1. A.P. V. Narasimha Rao v. State (CBI)
  2. B.Sita Soren v. Union of India
  3. C.Raja Ram Pal v. Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha
  4. D.Kihoto Hollohan v. Zachillhu
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Correct answer: B. Sita Soren v. Union of India

In 2024 a seven-judge bench held that the immunity in Article 105(2) and Article 194(2) covers only what is essential to the functioning of the House, so a legislator who takes a bribe for a vote or a speech can be prosecuted; the offence is complete when the bribe is…

Q4705.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following is NOT a parliamentary privilege available to a member of Parliament in India?

  1. A.Freedom of speech in the House
  2. B.Immunity from court proceedings for a vote given in the House
  3. C.Immunity from arrest in a criminal case during a session
  4. D.The right of the House to be informed of a member’s arrest
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Correct answer: C. Immunity from arrest in a criminal case during a session

No such privilege exists. Freedom from arrest covers civil cases only, and a member may be arrested in a criminal matter or under a preventive detention law at any time, including on the floor of the House in exceptional circumstances with the permission of the presiding officer.

Q4707.Indian PolityMedium

Which Constitutional Amendment Act removed the reference to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom from the privileges clause of Article 105(3)?

  1. A.42nd Amendment Act, 1976
  2. B.44th Amendment Act, 1978
  3. C.52nd Amendment Act, 1985
  4. D.61st Amendment Act, 1988
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Correct answer: B. 44th Amendment Act, 1978

As originally enacted, Article 105(3) said that until Parliament defined the privileges by law they would be those of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.

Q4708.Indian PolityMedium

Which Article protects a person from liability for publishing a substantially true report of the proceedings of a House of Parliament?

  1. A.Article 105
  2. B.Article 194
  3. C.Article 361A
  4. D.Article 123
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Correct answer: C. Article 361A

Article 361A protects a person from civil or criminal liability for publishing a substantially true report of the proceedings of either House of Parliament or of a State Legislature, unless the publication is proved to have been made with malice; the protection does not extend to reports of a secret…

Q4711.Indian HistoryAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 5 Dec 2021Hard

In which of the following years was almost the entire area of present Uttar Pradesh separated from the Bengal Presidency and placed under the Agra Presidency?

  1. A.1832 A.D.
  2. B.1833 A.D.
  3. C.1834 A.D.
  4. D.1835 A.D.
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Correct answer: C. 1834 A.D.

The Charter Act of 1833 authorised the creation of a fourth presidency with its seat at Agra, and the Presidency of Agra was actually carved out of the Bengal Presidency in 1834, taking in almost the whole of what is now Uttar Pradesh; in 1836 the territory was placed under…

Q4712.Indian HistoryMedium

After the revolt of 1857, which arm of the Indian army was kept entirely in European hands?

  1. A.The infantry
  2. B.The cavalry
  3. C.The artillery
  4. D.The engineers
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Correct answer: C. The artillery

After the revolt the Peel Commission of 1859 advised a larger European element, the ratio of Europeans to Indians was raised to about one to two in Bengal and two to five in Madras and Bombay, and the artillery, the arm that decides a siege, was reserved for European troops…

Q4713.Indian HistoryHard

The Federal Court of India, set up under the Government of India Act, 1935, began functioning in which year and under which first Chief Justice?

  1. A.1935, Sir Elijah Impey
  2. B.1937, Sir Maurice Gwyer
  3. C.1939, Sir Harilal Kania
  4. D.1947, Sir Patrick Spens
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Correct answer: B. 1937, Sir Maurice Gwyer

The Government of India Act of 1935 provided for a Federal Court to settle disputes between the centre and the provinces and to hear appeals on constitutional questions, and the court began sitting at Delhi in 1937 with Sir Maurice Gwyer as its first Chief Justice.

Q4715.Indian HistoryMedium

The Supreme Court at Calcutta, which began work in 1774, was provided for by which Act?

  1. A.The Pitt’s India Act, 1784
  2. B.The Regulating Act, 1773
  3. C.The Charter Act, 1813
  4. D.The Indian High Courts Act, 1861
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Correct answer: B. The Regulating Act, 1773

The Regulating Act made the Governor of Bengal the Governor General, gave him a council of four, and provided for a Supreme Court at Calcutta, which was established by a royal charter and began sitting in 1774 with Sir Elijah Impey as its first Chief Justice.

Q4716.Indian HistoryHard

Which commission recommended that recruitment to the higher civil services be shared equally between Indians and Europeans?

  1. A.The Aitchison Commission, 1886
  2. B.The Islington Commission, 1912
  3. C.The Lee Commission, 1924
  4. D.The Simon Commission, 1927
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Correct answer: C. The Lee Commission, 1924

The Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India, headed by Lord Lee of Fareham, recommended that direct recruitment to the Indian Civil Service be divided equally between Indians and Europeans and that a Public Service Commission be set up without delay, and such a commission began work in…

Q4717.Indian HistoryHard

The Indian Police Commission of 1902-03, known as the Fraser Commission, recommended the creation of which body?

  1. A.A Department of Criminal Intelligence
  2. B.The Imperial Police Service
  3. C.A Federal Court of India
  4. D.A Public Service Commission
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Correct answer: A. A Department of Criminal Intelligence

The commission appointed in 1902 under Sir Andrew Fraser reported in 1903 and asked for better pay, training schools, the recruitment of Indians as officers and a central agency to collect and share criminal intelligence; the Department of Criminal Intelligence was created in 1903 and grew into the central intelligence…

Q4718.Indian HistoryEasy

Which Act laid the foundation of the modern police system in India?

  1. A.The Government of India Act, 1858
  2. B.The Indian Police Act, 1861
  3. C.The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
  4. D.The Indian Councils Act, 1892
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Correct answer: B. The Indian Police Act, 1861

Passed on the advice of the Police Commission of 1860, this Act gave every province an Inspector General, every range a Deputy Inspector General and every district a Superintendent of Police working under the district magistrate, with the village chowkidar at the base, and that structure is still recognisable in…

Q4719.Indian HistoryMedium

Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service?

  1. A.Romesh Chunder Dutt
  2. B.Satyendranath Tagore
  3. C.Surendranath Banerjee
  4. D.Anandamohan Bose
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Correct answer: B. Satyendranath Tagore

Satyendranath Tagore, an elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, succeeded in the London examination and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1864, nine years after the first competitive examination was held, and served in the Bombay Presidency.

Q4720.Indian HistoryMedium

Which Charter Act ended the patronage of the Company and introduced open competition for recruitment to the civil service?

  1. A.Charter Act of 1793
  2. B.Charter Act of 1813
  3. C.Charter Act of 1853
  4. D.Charter Act of 1833
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Correct answer: C. Charter Act of 1853

This Act took away the Company's right to nominate its civil servants and threw recruitment open to competition, after which the committee headed by Lord Macaulay in 1854 settled the syllabus and the first competitive examination was held in London in 1855.

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