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.
Which district of Uttar Pradesh is called the energy capital of the state?
The district lies in the extreme south east, where the Singrauli coalfield, the Rihand reservoir and the hills meet.
Read the full explanation →The Narora Atomic Power Station is located in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
The Narora Atomic Power Station stands at Narora on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district and is the only nuclear station in Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Rihand dam of Uttar Pradesh is built on which river?
The Rihand rises on the Chhattisgarh plateau, flows north through the hills of the south east and joins the Son, and the dam at Pipri in Sonbhadra district stands across it.
Read the full explanation →Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, the largest man made lake in India by area, is the reservoir of which dam?
The dam was built at Pipri in Sonbhadra district across the Rihand, a tributary of the Son, and the lake behind it was named Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar after the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Agra Canal draws its water from the Yamuna at which barrage?
The Agra Canal starts at the Okhla barrage on the Yamuna near Delhi and was opened in 1874.
Read the full explanation →The Lower Ganga Canal starts from Narora, which lies in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
Narora stands on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district, and the barrage there feeds the Lower Ganga Canal, opened in 1878 to extend irrigation to the middle Doab districts of Etawah, Kanpur and Fatehpur.
Read the full explanation →Under which engineer was the Upper Ganga Canal designed and built?
Cautley surveyed the Doab, chose Haridwar as the head and supervised the digging of the Upper Ganga Canal, which was opened in 1854.
Read the full explanation →The Upper Ganga Canal takes off from the Ganga at which place?
The Upper Ganga Canal begins at the Bhimgoda barrage at Haridwar, where the Ganga leaves the hills and still has the fall needed to drive a gravity canal.
Read the full explanation →Match the animal breeding centre with the breed.
| Animal Breeding Centre | Breed |
|---|---|
| 1. Dug | a. Rathi |
| 2. Chandan | b. Tharparkar |
| 3. Nohar | c. Malvi |
Rajasthan runs its cattle breeding farms in the home tract of each breed, so the place names and the breeds go together.
Read the full explanation →The famous camel fair of Pushkar in Ajmer district is held on which occasion?
The Pushkar fair gathers at the Pushkar lake in Ajmer district in the month of Kartik, which falls in October or November, and reaches its climax on the full moon day, Kartik Purnima, when pilgrims bathe in the lake beside the Brahma temple.
Read the full explanation →Which is the main source of irrigation for the cropped area of Rajasthan?
Although the Indira Gandhi Canal is the most celebrated irrigation work in Rajasthan, canal command covers only a part of the state, mainly the north-west and the Chambal and Mahi tracts.
Read the full explanation →The cultivation of henna or mehndi in Rajasthan is concentrated around Sojat, which lies in which district?
Sojat town in Pali district is the henna capital of India. The shrub needs a hot dry climate and poor soil, both of which the tract offers, and the leaves are dried and powdered in Sojat before being sold across the country and exported.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Gandhi Canal of Rajasthan draws its water from which place?
The Indira Gandhi Canal, first called the Rajasthan Canal, starts at Harike in Punjab, where the Beas joins the Sutlej, and carries that water south-west through a feeder and then a main canal into Hanumangarh, Sri Ganganagar, Bikaner, Jaisalmer and Barmer.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a rabi crop of Rajasthan?
Isabgol, the psyllium whose husk is used as a laxative and in medicines, is sown in the cool months after the monsoon and harvested in spring, which makes it a rabi crop.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the camel declared the state animal of Rajasthan?
Rajasthan declared the camel its state animal in 2014, a decision meant to arrest the fall in camel numbers as tractors replaced camel carts and grazing land shrank.
Read the full explanation →The Jakhrana breed of goat, known for its high milk yield, belongs to which district of Rajasthan?
The Jakhrana goat takes its name from the village of Jakhrana in Alwar district of eastern Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute is located at which place in Rajasthan?
The Central Sheep and Wool Research Institute, an institute of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, works at Avikanagar in Tonk district on sheep and rabbit breeding, wool quality and grazing management.
Read the full explanation →Which breed of sheep, famous for the finest wool produced in India, is called the Merino of India?
The Chokla sheep is reared in Churu, Sikar and Jhunjhunu in the Shekhawati region of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Rajasthan is known as the food basket of the state?
The district lies in the extreme north-west, where the Gang Canal, opened in the colonial period, and later the Indira Gandhi Canal brought Sutlej and Beas water into country that had been desert.
Read the full explanation →Rajasthan is the largest producer in India of which of the following oilseeds?
Mustard is the great rabi oilseed of Rajasthan, sown in October and November across Bharatpur, Alwar, Sawai Madhopur, Tonk and the canal districts of the north-west, and the state harvests more of it than any other.
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