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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

Q9002.Science & TechnologyHard

Which of the following is NOT one of the frameworks named as the basis of India-UK science and innovation cooperation?

  1. A.India-UK Research and Innovation Memorandum of Understanding
  2. B.Technology Security Initiative
  3. C.India-UK Vision 2035
  4. D.India-UK Green Hydrogen Compact
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Correct answer: D. India-UK Green Hydrogen Compact

Cooperation under the Council rests on three instruments: the India-UK Research and Innovation Memorandum of Understanding in option A, the Technology Security Initiative in option B, and India-UK Vision 2035 in option C. These provide the foundation on which research institutions, universities, industry and innovators work together, with attention to…

Q9003.Science & TechnologyMedium

Under which partnership have eight joint industrial research and development projects been cleared for support?

  1. A.Department of Science and Technology with Innovate UK
  2. B.Anusandhan National Research Foundation with UK Research and Innovation
  3. C.Technology Development Board with the British Council
  4. D.Department of Biotechnology with the Royal Society
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Correct answer: A. Department of Science and Technology with Innovate UK

This collaboration supports joint industrial research and development aimed at creating new intellectual property, technologies, processes and prototypes, and eight projects have been agreed for support in areas including advanced manufacturing, power electronics and net-zero technologies.

Q9005.Science & TechnologyEasy

Which edition of the India-UK Science and Innovation Council meeting was held in New Delhi in October 2026?

  1. A.Sixth
  2. B.Seventh
  3. C.Eighth
  4. D.Ninth
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Correct answer: C. Eighth

The Council met in New Delhi with Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State with Independent Charge for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, on the Indian side and Jonathan Reynolds, the British Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Trade, on the other.

Q9006.DefenceHard

Who presided over the commissioning ceremony of INS Mangrol at the Naval Dockyard, Mumbai?

  1. A.The Chief of Naval Staff
  2. B.The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command
  3. C.The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Southern Naval Command
  4. D.The Defence Secretary
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Correct answer: B. The Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Western Naval Command

Vice Admiral Sanjay Vatsayan, who holds that appointment, presided over the ceremony at the Naval Dockyard in Mumbai, which falls within the area of the Western Naval Command.

Q9009.DefenceEasy

Which shipyard designed and built INS Mangrol, the warship commissioned by the Indian Navy in October 2026?

  1. A.Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, Mumbai
  2. B.Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers, Kolkata
  3. C.Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi
  4. D.Hindustan Shipyard, Visakhapatnam
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Correct answer: C. Cochin Shipyard Limited, Kochi

The ship was designed in India and constructed by that yard, and it carries more than 80 per cent indigenous content, which the Navy cites as evidence of India's own strength in warship design, construction and systems integration.

Q9010.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATEasy

An object is moving with uniform acceleration a. Its initial velocity is u and after time t its velocity is v. The equation of its motion is v = u + at. The velocity (along y-axis) time (along x-axis) graph shall be a straight line

  1. A.passing through origin
  2. B.with x-intercept u
  3. C.with y-intercept u
  4. D.with slope u
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Correct answer: C. with y-intercept u

The equation v = u + at has the form y = c + mx, so the graph is a straight line that cuts the velocity axis at u and has slope a. On a velocity-time graph, time is on the x-axis and velocity on the y-axis.

Q9013.Indian EconomyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2020, GATEasy

The Five Year Plan was first launched in

  1. A.China
  2. B.USSR
  3. C.India
  4. D.Bhutan
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Correct answer: B. USSR

The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin launched the world's first Five Year Plan in 1928. The first Soviet plan, for 1928 to 1932, set targets for rapid industrial growth and collectivised agriculture, with the state deciding what to produce.

Q9015.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATMedium

Which one of the following factors does not affect the distribution of groundwater?

  1. A.Amount of precipitation
  2. B.Rate of evaporation
  3. C.Ability of the ground surface to allow water to infiltrate into the groundwater system
  4. D.Distance from the sea
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Correct answer: D. Distance from the sea

Groundwater is fed by rain that soaks into the ground, so how far a place lies from the coast does not by itself decide how much groundwater it has.

Q9016.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATMedium

Which of the following statements correctly explains/explain the existence of a positive force between two electric charges?

1. Both the charges are positive.

2. Both the charges are negative.

3. Both the charges are oppositely charged.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

By Coulomb's law the force F = kq₁q₂/r² comes out positive, meaning repulsive, whenever the two charges have the same sign.

Q9017.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GATMedium

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. The Dutch East India Company was formed after the formation of the British East India Company.

2. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in 1498.

Select the correct 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: C. Both 1 and 2

The English East India Company was chartered in 1600 and the Dutch company in 1602, and Vasco da Gama landed near Calicut in May 1498.

Q9018.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2023, GATEasy

Sita, 1·5 m high, stands before a plane mirror fixed on a wall to view her full image. What should be the minimum height of the plane mirror so that Sita can view her image fully?

  1. A.0·50 m
  2. B.0·35 m
  3. C.0·75 m
  4. D.0·25 m
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Correct answer: C. 0·75 m

To see one's full image in a plane mirror, the mirror must be at least half the person's height: half of 1·5 m is 0·75 m. Light from Sita's feet must reflect from the mirror into her eyes, and so must light from the top of her head.

Q9019.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATEasy

Which of the following forces is/are fundamental in nature?

1. Gravitational force

2. Electromagnetic forces

3. Strong and weak nuclear forces

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

Physics recognises four fundamental forces: gravitational, electromagnetic, strong nuclear and weak nuclear, and the question lists all four. Every other force we meet is a form of these.

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