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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

Q44.State NewsMedium

Which department of the Bihar Government is the nodal department for implementing the desilting agreement?

  1. A.Water Resources Department
  2. B.Road Construction Department
  3. C.Rural Development Department
  4. D.Environment and Forests Department
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Correct answer: B. Road Construction Department

It will act as the nodal department for the work and will be supported by a State-level Coordination Committee that examines proposals, helps clear approvals, monitors implementation and settles operational problems.

Q45.State NewsMedium

How much silt is to be used in ongoing National Highway projects in Bihar under the agreement?

  1. A.243 lakh cubic metres in 16 projects
  2. B.835 lakh cubic metres in 16 projects
  3. C.243 lakh cubic metres in 27 projects
  4. D.500 lakh cubic metres in 39 projects
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Correct answer: A. 243 lakh cubic metres in 16 projects

The National Highways Authority of India has identified this quantity of suitable silt for use in that many works already under way, while a much larger quantity of 835 lakh cubic metres has been proposed for 27 projects still to come, in both cases subject to technical suitability and the…

Q46.State NewsEasy

Under which name has the MoRTH and Bihar initiative for scientific desilting and use of silt in highways been launched?

  1. A.Jal Sanjivani
  2. B.Nadi Sanjivani
  3. C.Nadi Jeevan
  4. D.Silt Shakti
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Correct answer: B. Nadi Sanjivani

The Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways and the Government of Bihar has been given this name, and its purpose is to restore the water-carrying capacity of rivers and water bodies, strengthen flood management, conserve farm land and at the same time supply suitable excavated…

Q47.DefenceMedium

Which of the following was carried out during the sea phase of the exercise?

  1. A.Coordinated navigation, helicopter operations and joint maritime manoeuvres
  2. B.Only cross-deck visits and cultural programmes
  3. C.Amphibious landing of troops on a beach
  4. D.Live firing of ballistic missiles
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Correct answer: A. Coordinated navigation, helicopter operations and joint maritime manoeuvres

These were the activities the two warships undertook once they left harbour, and the Navy described the phase as turning professional interaction into practical operational work, giving the crews a chance to practise coordination at sea and to understand each other's operating procedures.

Q49.DefenceEasy

Which Indian Navy ship concluded the bilateral exercise with the Republic of Korea Navy at Busan?

  1. A.INS Shivalik
  2. B.INS Sahyadri
  3. C.INS Satpura
  4. D.INS Sumedha
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Correct answer: B. INS Sahyadri

The ship took part in the bilateral exercise between the Indian Navy and the Republic of Korea Navy at the Korean port of Busan and completed her participation on 29 October 2026, after which the Ministry of Defence said the engagement had strengthened maritime cooperation and improved interoperability between the…

Q50.EnvironmentMedium

At the seventeenth session of the desertification convention in Ulaanbaatar, India was elected to which position?

  1. A.President of the Conference of the Parties
  2. B.Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Group
  3. C.Chair of the Committee on Science and Technology
  4. D.Co-Chair of the Global Stocktake
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Correct answer: B. Chair of the Asia-Pacific Regional Group

At the session held in the Mongolian capital, India took that chair and then restated its pledge to restore more than 26 million hectares of degraded land by 2030, while asking for diversified, adequate and sustained international finance for restoration and for drought resilience.

Q51.EnvironmentHard

Under which article of the climate convention does India hold that providing climate finance is an obligation of developed countries?

  1. A.Article 4.2
  2. B.Article 6
  3. C.Article 9.1
  4. D.Article 12
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Correct answer: C. Article 9.1

The Environment Minister stated that the provision of climate finance is a duty cast on developed countries by this article, and that such finance must be predictable, largely public and concessional so that it does not add to the debt burden of developing countries.

Q53.InternationalMedium

How much has India committed to the Africa Solar Facility of the International Solar Alliance?

  1. A.About Rs 225 crore, that is USD 25 million
  2. B.About Rs 500 crore, that is USD 60 million
  3. C.About Rs 1,000 crore, that is USD 120 million
  4. D.About Rs 90 crore, that is USD 10 million
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Correct answer: A. About Rs 225 crore, that is USD 25 million

The Africa Solar Facility itself carries a size of USD 200 million and is meant to draw investment into the distributed renewable energy sector of Africa, and the Indian contribution to it has been put at roughly Rs 225 crore, which works out to USD 25 million.

Q54.InternationalMedium

In which year was the International Solar Alliance established, and by which two countries?

  1. A.2010, by India and Japan
  2. B.2015, by India and France
  3. C.2018, by India and Germany
  4. D.2020, by India and Denmark
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Correct answer: B. 2015, by India and France

The shared conviction that the gains of solar power must be spread fairly brought the two countries together to create the Alliance in that year, and the platform has since grown to 130 signatory and member countries, serving the Global South in particular.

Q56.Science & TechnologyMedium

In which journal was the study on asymmetric expansion of the solar eruption published?

  1. A.Nature Astronomy
  2. B.Astrophysical Journal Letters
  3. C.Current Science
  4. D.Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
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Correct answer: B. Astrophysical Journal Letters

The paper reporting that the coronal mass ejection did not expand as a symmetric bubble appeared in that journal, and it was based on the eruption that occurred on 5 August 2024, observed from an active region near the western limb of the Sun.

Q57.Science & TechnologyHard

Which institution designed and fabricated the VELC payload of Aditya-L1?

  1. A.Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad
  2. B.Indian Institute of Astrophysics
  3. C.Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
  4. D.Inter-University Centre for Astronomy and Astrophysics
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Correct answer: B. Indian Institute of Astrophysics

The coronagraph was designed and fabricated at the institute's MGK Menon Lab for Space Sciences on the CREST campus at Hosakote, with substantial support from ISRO, and the scientists who carried out this study also belong to the IIA: the lead author is Saurabh Tripathi, a research student there, the…

Q58.Science & TechnologyMedium

What did the VELC observations reveal about the coronal mass ejection, for the first time?

  1. A.That it expanded as a perfectly symmetric bubble
  2. B.That it expanded non-uniformly and became asymmetric
  3. C.That it did not move towards the Earth at all
  4. D.That it carried no ionised iron
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Correct answer: B. That it expanded non-uniformly and became asymmetric

Until this study a coronal mass ejection was thought to swell outward from the Sun like a simple symmetric bubble; the VELC spectra, read together with imaging from NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory and a three-dimensional model, showed that the expansion was uneven.

Q60.EconomyMedium

Where did Piyush Goyal deliver the keynote address in which he spoke of the USD 1 trillion export target?

  1. A.Young Leaders Discourse Forum, Kirori Mal College, New Delhi
  2. B.India International Trade Fair, New Delhi
  3. C.Indian Institute of Foreign Trade, Kakinada
  4. D.World Economic Forum, Davos
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Correct answer: A. Young Leaders Discourse Forum, Kirori Mal College, New Delhi

The Minister addressed students there, calling on them to be ambitious and reminding them that they would be in their forties when India marks 100 years of independence, so their choices would shape the country's future.

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