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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

Q7201.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKHard

The khuntkatti tenure was prevalent in which one of the following regions of India during the British Colonial Rule ?

  1. A.Bundelkhand
  2. B.Karnataka
  3. C.Chota Nagpur
  4. D.Madras Presidency
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Correct answer: C. Chota Nagpur

Khuntkatti was the traditional land system of the Munda tribe of the Chota Nagpur plateau, in present-day Jharkhand. Under khuntkatti, land belonged jointly to the lineage (khunt) of the families who first cleared the forest and settled the village.

Q7207.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

Urea is produced by metabolism of

  1. A.Proteins
  2. B.Carbohydrates
  3. C.Lipids
  4. D.Both Proteins and Carbohydrates
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Correct answer: A. Proteins

Urea is the body's way of getting rid of the nitrogen that comes from breaking down proteins, and only proteins among these contain nitrogen.

Q7208.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKEasy

Which of the following sets of States shares boundary with Telangana?

  1. A.Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
  2. B.Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
  3. C.Odisha, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh
  4. D.Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra
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Correct answer: D. Chhattisgarh, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra

Telangana is a landlocked state bordered by exactly these four states. Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh on 2 June 2014 as India's 29th state, with Hyderabad as its capital.

Q7209.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKMedium

As per the Cabinet Resolution of 1st January, 2015, the NITI Aayog consists of : 1. Prime Minister of India 2. Governing Council comprising Chief Ministers of all the States and Lieutenant Governors of Union Territories 3. Rural Development Minister 4. Chief Executive Officer to be appointed by the Prime Minister. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

The resolution that created NITI Aayog names the Prime Minister as Chairperson, a Governing Council of Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors, and a Chief Executive Officer appointed by the Prime Minister.

Q7210.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKMedium

Which one among the following statements is not true for glass ?

  1. A.Sodium silicate is known as water glass.
  2. B.Glass is also called super cooled liquid.
  3. C.Crystallinity develops on cooling of the molten mass of the glass.
  4. D.Coloured glasses can be made by adding different colouring materials.
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Correct answer: C. Crystallinity develops on cooling of the molten mass of the glass.

This is the false statement: glass cools into an amorphous solid without any regular crystal structure. When molten glass cools, its viscosity rises so quickly that the atoms have no time to arrange themselves in an ordered crystal lattice.

Q7211.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKMedium

Which of the following statements with reference to saline soil in India is/are correct ? 1. They are rich in nitrogen. 2. They occur in arid and semi-arid regions, and in waterlogged and swampy areas. Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

Saline soils are found in dry regions and in waterlogged or swampy areas, but they are poor in nitrogen, not rich in it.

Q7212.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKEasy

Why do plastics not degrade easily ?

  1. A.They have strong ionic bonds.
  2. B.They have strong covalent bonds.
  3. C.They have strong metallic bonds.
  4. D.They have very high melting points (> 500°C).
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Correct answer: B. They have strong covalent bonds.

Plastics are long chains of carbon atoms joined by strong covalent bonds, which water, air and most microbes cannot easily break.

Q7214.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKHard

Consider the following statements regarding the delimitation exercise carried out in Assam in 2023 : 1. The delimitation of constituencies was done on the basis of 2001 census. 2. No increase was made in the number of ST Assembly seats. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: A. 1 only

The 2023 delimitation in Assam used the 2001 Census figures, but it raised the number of Assembly seats reserved for Scheduled Tribes.

Q7216.Reports & IndicesEasy

Which of these is NOT a parameter captured during a TRAI Independent Drive Test?

  1. A.Call Setup Success Rate
  2. B.Drop Call Rate
  3. C.Spectrum auction price
  4. D.Download and upload throughput
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Correct answer: C. Spectrum auction price

During an Independent Drive Test the regulator captures coverage gap, which is the share of samples with signal strength below the prescribed minimum for the technology in use, and for voice it records Call Setup Success Rate, Drop Call Rate, call setup time, call silence rate and speech quality on…

Q7218.Reports & IndicesMedium

Under which Licensed Service Area was the TRAI drive test in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands conducted?

  1. A.Tamil Nadu LSA
  2. B.West Bengal LSA
  3. C.Kolkata LSA
  4. D.Andhra Pradesh LSA
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Correct answer: B. West Bengal LSA

For telecom licensing the Andaman and Nicobar Islands are grouped with West Bengal, and the drive test across South Andaman district and the coastal route from Port Blair to Havelock was conducted under that service area during August 2026, supervised by the regulator regional office at Kolkata.

Q7219.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which of the following was NOT among the five sovereign commitments outlined at the workshop?

  1. A.Energy independence
  2. B.Net-zero emissions and industrial decarbonisation
  3. C.Universal energy access
  4. D.Nuclear fuel self-sufficiency
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Correct answer: D. Nuclear fuel self-sufficiency

Professor R. R. Sonde of IIT Delhi-Abu Dhabi, the Guest of Honour, outlined five sovereign commitments covering energy independence, economic development, net-zero emissions and industrial decarbonisation, universal energy access, and a clean environment.

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