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.
The Tropic of Cancer does not pass through which one of the following States?
The Tropic of Cancer (23.5°N) passes through eight Indian states, and Manipur is not one of them; it lies just to the north.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following plant plastids stores starch, oil and protein granules?
Leucoplasts are colourless plastids that store food: starch, oils and proteins. Plastids are found only in plant cells and some algae, and they are of three main kinds.
Read the full explanation →In which one of the following ways did the First World War Not impact Europe?
The war did not reduce support for conservative dictatorships; popular support for them actually grew after 1918. The First World War (1914–18) left Europe drained.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements regarding clouds is/are correct? 1. Clouds are classified on the basis of altitude and their form. 2. According to altitude they are classified as High, Middle and Low clouds. 3. Stratus, Nimbostratus and Stratocumulus are high clouds. Select the answer using the code given below:
Clouds are grouped by height and shape into high, middle and low families, but stratus, nimbostratus and stratocumulus are low clouds, not high ones.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following statements with regard to Five Year Plans in India is/are correct? 1. The First and Ninth five year plans accorded high priority to agriculture 2. The Third Plan was based on the Harrod-Domar Model 3. Seventh Plan focused on food, work and productivity 4. The Ninth five year plan emphasized on massive investments in public sector Select the answer using the code given below:
The First and Ninth Plans gave top priority to agriculture, and the Seventh Plan's slogan was food, work and productivity.
Read the full explanation →SONAR stands for
SONAR uses sound waves under water to find the distance and direction of objects. A SONAR set on a ship has a transmitter that sends out pulses of ultrasound and a detector that picks up their echo from the sea bed, a shoal of fish, a wreck or a submarine.
Read the full explanation →Rutherford's alpha-particle scattering experiment was responsible for the discovery of
Rutherford's gold foil experiment showed that an atom's positive charge and almost all its mass sit in a tiny central nucleus.
Read the full explanation →AIDS is caused by a virus whose genetic material is
AIDS is caused by HIV, a retrovirus whose genome is two copies of single-stranded RNA. After HIV enters a helper T-cell (CD4 cell), its enzyme reverse transcriptase copies the viral RNA into DNA, which is then built into the host cell's own DNA.
Read the full explanation →"Shamal" warm and dry wind is a "Local" wind found in
The Shamal is a hot, dry north-westerly wind that blows over Iraq and the Persian Gulf, the old land of Mesopotamia.
Read the full explanation →Movement of materials to different parts of cytoplasm and nucleus is generally carried out by
Its network of membrane tubes and sheets forms channels that carry materials, especially proteins, between parts of the cytoplasm and the nucleus.
Read the full explanation →In which one of the following years did the British demarcate a large area of land as Damin-i-koh for settling the Santhals?
By 1832 the British had marked out a large tract in the Rajmahal hills as Damin-i-koh and declared it the land of the Santhals.
Read the full explanation →The "Reign of Terror" in revolutionary France referred to
The Reign of Terror (1793–94) was the period when revolutionary tribunals tried and guillotined people seen as enemies of the republic.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following is/are the objective(s) of setting up of Planning Commission in the 1950s in India? 1. To increase production and offering opportunities to all for employment 2. To make assessment of all resources of the country Select the answer using the code given below:
The Cabinet resolution that set up the Planning Commission in March 1950 named both aims.
Read the full explanation →Bottom of a tank containing water appears to be raised. It is due to
Light from the bottom bends as it passes from water into air, so the bottom seems nearer than it really is.
Read the full explanation →Under which title was the national conference on artificial intelligence and Ayurveda held at ITRA Jamnagar?
The national conference on AI and Ayurveda was held under this title at ITRA Jamnagar alongside the institute's sixth Foundation Day.
Read the full explanation →How many patients have been treated in the inpatient department of ITRA Jamnagar's hospital over the past six years?
The NABH-accredited hospital of ITRA Jamnagar has 300 beds, and over the past six years it has treated 27,520 patients in its inpatient department.
Read the full explanation →ITRA, Jamnagar, which observed its sixth Foundation Day as ITRA Day, is the first institute of which system of medicine to be granted the status of Institute of National Importance?
The Institute of Teaching and Research in Ayurveda at Jamnagar is the first institute in the field of Ayurveda to be given the status of an Institute of National Importance, and Prime Minister Narendra Modi dedicated it to the nation on 15 October 2020.
Read the full explanation →Under the Interest Subsidy Scheme vertical of PMAY-U 2.0, what is the maximum interest subsidy a family can receive?
The Interest Subsidy Scheme, one of the four verticals of PMAY-U 2.0, gives EWS, LIG and MIG families an interest subsidy of up to Rs 1.80 lakh on housing loans of up to Rs 25 lakh.
Read the full explanation →Which state received the largest number of houses sanctioned at the 10th CSMC meeting of PMAY-U 2.0?
Of the houses cleared at this meeting, Uttar Pradesh received 73,182, the biggest single share among the 11 participating states.
Read the full explanation →How many additional houses were approved under PMAY-U 2.0 at the 10th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee?
At the 10th meeting of the Central Sanctioning and Monitoring Committee, held in New Delhi on 16 October 2026 under the chairmanship of Urban Development Secretary Satendra Singh, over 1.93 lakh additional houses were cleared under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban 2.0.
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