State Exams GK Questions 2026

Cancer is uncontrolled cell division that follows the loss of the checks that normally govern growth. Normal cells divide only when signalled and stop when they touch neighbouring cells, a property called contact inhibition.

Blue baby syndrome, or methaemoglobinaemia, strikes infants who drink water with excess nitrate, usually from fertiliser runoff or sewage. In an infant's digestive system, nitrate is converted into nitrite, which oxidises the iron of haemoglobin and turns it into methaemoglobin.

A kelvin and a degree Celsius are the same size, but the Kelvin scale starts at absolute zero, which is −273.15 °C. The kelvin is the SI unit of temperature.

Hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide all exist as gases at about 25 °C and normal atmospheric pressure. Hydrogen boils at about −253 °C, nitrogen at −196 °C and oxygen at −183 °C, so all three are gases at room temperature.

He was called Danka Shah, the drum-beating maulvi, because he moved from place to place with drums announcing his preaching against British rule.

A plane mirror always forms a virtual image, one that cannot be caught on a screen, so calling it real is the false statement.

The tundra is too cold, with a very short growing season and permanently frozen subsoil, for trees to grow, so it has no timber.

Gokhale moved the Elementary Education Bill in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1911 to make primary education free and compulsory.

The F2 genotypes come out as 1 TT: 2 Tt: 1 tt, so pure tall plants (TT) and short plants (tt) are equal in number.

Methanoic acid, better known as formic acid, is the acid that ants inject when they sting, which is why the bite burns.

The stinging hairs of the nettle inject methanoic acid, also called formic acid, which causes the burning pain. Nettle is a herbaceous plant whose leaves carry fine, brittle hairs.

A microphone turns sound into an electrical signal, and a speaker turns an electrical signal back into sound. Both are transducers, devices that change energy from one form to another.

Only this equation has the same number of iron, hydrogen and oxygen atoms on both sides. Iron reacts with steam to form iron(II,III) oxide and hydrogen gas.

Any particle smaller than an atom is a subatomic particle, and the muon qualifies just as the electron, proton and neutron do.

Lysosomes are membrane-bound sacs of digestive enzymes that break down foreign material such as bacteria and worn-out cell parts. Lysosomes are formed by the Golgi apparatus and contain hydrolytic enzymes that work in an acidic interior.

Humus is the dark, amorphous organic matter of soil, and its colloidal nature lets it hold nutrients and water for plants.

Hilly terrain, economic backwardness and a sizeable tribal population are criteria; the strategic factor is location along international borders, not a coastal zone.

Vermicompost is a nutrient-rich organic manure and crop rotation helps control pests and weeds, but organic farming does use biofertilizers and bio-pesticides.

The Tenth Schedule covers nominated members too, but its merger exception protects a member who refuses a merger and sits as a separate group.

Dr. Mishra said artificial intelligence, machine learning, geospatial systems, satellite imagery and advanced analytics offer real opportunities to improve the timeliness, accuracy and usefulness of official statistics, yet technological advance must remain guided by statistical quality, transparency, privacy, security and accountability.