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 Chachai waterfall, formed where a stream drops over the Vindhyan scarp, is in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
The Chachai falls lie in Rewa district, where the Bihad river plunges over the edge of the Vindhyan sandstone plateau.
Read the full explanation →Khajuraho, with its group of temples, stands on which plateau of Madhya Pradesh?
Khajuraho is in Chhatarpur district, which lies on the Bundelkhand Plateau, the tract of old granite and gneiss north of the Vindhya that takes in Chhatarpur, Tikamgarh, Datia, Sagar and Damoh.
Read the full explanation →The Narmada-Son valley of Madhya Pradesh is a well-known example of which landform?
The trough between the Vindhya and the Satpura sank along two roughly parallel faults, leaving the land on either side standing up as block mountains.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only hill station of Madhya Pradesh?
Pachmarhi lies in the Mahadeo hills of the Satpura in Narmadapuram district, at a height of about a thousand metres, and is the only hill station in Madhya Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The eastern extension of the Vindhya Range, running into Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, is known as:
Beyond the Son valley the Vindhyan rocks continue east as the Kaimur range, which passes through the Rewa and Satna country of Madhya Pradesh into Uttar Pradesh and then into the Kaimur and Rohtas districts of Bihar, where it forms the southern plateau fringe of that state.
Read the full explanation →Which range forms the water divide between the Ganga basin and the Narmada basin?
The Vindhya Range runs west to east along the northern edge of the Narmada valley, and the rivers that rise on its northern slope, the Chambal, the Betwa, the Ken and the Tons, go to the Yamuna and the Ganga, while those on its southern slope go to the Narmada.
Read the full explanation →The Chambal river rises from which hill of Madhya Pradesh?
The Chambal begins on the Malwa Plateau at Janapav, flows north through Madhya Pradesh into Rajasthan and finally joins the Yamuna, which is why it belongs to the Ganga drainage although it starts in central India.
Read the full explanation →The Malwa Plateau of Madhya Pradesh is mainly formed of which rock?
Malwa was covered by the great lava flows that spread over western and central India, and the basalt they left weathers into the deep black cotton soil, locally called regur, which makes Malwa a wheat, gram, cotton and soyabean region.
Read the full explanation →The Narmada, the Son and the Johila rivers all rise in which part of Madhya Pradesh?
Amarkantak lies at the eastern end of the Satpura, where that range, the Maikal hills and the Vindhya come together, and three rivers begin there: the Narmada, which turns west along the rift valley, the Son, which runs east towards the Ganga, and the Johila, a tributary of the Son.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest peak of Madhya Pradesh?
Dhupgarh rises to 1,350 metres at Pachmarhi, in Narmadapuram district, and is the highest point both of the Satpura range and of Madhya Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Markanda river of Haryana is a tributary of which river?
The Markanda rises in the Shivalik hills of Himachal Pradesh, where it is known as the Aruna, enters Haryana near Ambala and flows through Ambala and Kurukshetra districts before joining the Ghaggar.
Read the full explanation →Which canal of Haryana takes off from the Hathnikund barrage?
The Western Yamuna Canal draws its supply from the Hathnikund barrage in Yamunanagar district and carries Yamuna water across Karnal, Panipat, Rohtak, Jind and Hisar, making it the backbone of irrigation in northern and central Haryana.
Read the full explanation →Surajkund, the old reservoir near Faridabad, is believed to have been built by a ruler of which dynasty?
Surajkund is an amphitheatre-shaped tank in the Aravalli hills near Faridabad, and it is traditionally ascribed to Suraj Pal, a ruler of the Tomar line that held the Delhi region before the Chauhans.
Read the full explanation →Brahma Sarovar, one of the best known sacred tanks of Haryana, is situated at:
Brahma Sarovar is the great tank at Thanesar in Kurukshetra district, and with the Sannihit Sarovar nearby it is the centre of the bathing fairs held there, especially at the solar eclipse and during Gita Jayanti.
Read the full explanation →The Sahibi (Sabi) river of south Haryana drains into which water body?
The Sahibi rises in the Aravalli hills of Rajasthan, flows north-east across Rewari and Gurugram and ends in the Najafgarh jheel on the Haryana-Delhi border; from there the Najafgarh drain carries its water into the Yamuna.
Read the full explanation →The Bhindawas Wildlife Sanctuary, the largest wetland of Haryana, is located in which district?
Bhindawas lies in Jhajjar district and is a man-made wetland fed by drainage and canal water. It is the largest wetland in Haryana, is an important wintering ground for waterbirds, and in 2021 it was listed as a wetland of international importance under the Ramsar Convention along with Sultanpur.
Read the full explanation →Sultanpur National Park, a Ramsar site of Haryana, is in which district?
Sultanpur National Park lies in Gurugram district, near Sultanpur village on the Gurugram-Jhajjar road, and it is a shallow seasonal wetland that fills in the monsoon and draws large numbers of migratory waterbirds on the Central Asian Flyway.
Read the full explanation →Adi Badri, traditionally regarded as the source of the Saraswati, is located in which district of Haryana?
Adi Badri lies at the foot of the Shivaliks in Yamunanagar district, and tradition holds it to be the place where the Saraswati came down to the plain.
Read the full explanation →Which present-day river is generally identified with the Vedic Saraswati?
Most scholars identify the Ghaggar, with its dry continuation the Hakra in Rajasthan and Pakistan, with the Saraswati of the Rigveda, and the neighbouring Chautang with the Drishadvati.
Read the full explanation →The Ghaggar river enters Haryana in which district?
The Ghaggar rises in the Shivalik hills of Himachal Pradesh and comes into Haryana through Panchkula district in the extreme north-east, then turns south-west across Ambala, Kaithal, Fatehabad and Sirsa before passing into Rajasthan as the Hakra.
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