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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

Q9501.Indian PolityMedium

Which three subjects of the State List are kept outside the legislative competence of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi?

  1. A.Public health, education and local government
  2. B.Public order, police and land
  3. C.Police, prisons and agriculture
  4. D.Land, water and electricity
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Correct answer: B. Public order, police and land

Article 239AA(3)(a) lets the Delhi assembly make laws on the State List and the Concurrent List as they apply to the territory, but excludes Entries 1, 2 and 18 of the State List, which are public order, police and land, along with Entries 64, 65 and 66 so far as…

Q9502.Indian PolityEasy

Article 239AA, which gives the National Capital Territory of Delhi its special status, was inserted by which Constitutional Amendment Act?

  1. A.The 14th Amendment, 1962
  2. B.The 61st Amendment, 1988
  3. C.The 69th Amendment, 1991
  4. D.The 74th Amendment, 1992
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Correct answer: C. The 69th Amendment, 1991

The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 inserted Articles 239AA and 239AB, renamed the Union Territory of Delhi as the National Capital Territory of Delhi and provided it with a Legislative Assembly and a Council of Ministers.

Q9504.Indian HistoryMedium

Which of the following statements about the women members of the Constituent Assembly of India is correct?

  1. A.Begum Aizaz Rasul was its only Muslim woman member
  2. B.Sarojini Naidu was its only woman member
  3. C.No woman was a member of the Assembly
  4. D.Sucheta Kriplani chaired the Drafting Committee
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Correct answer: A. Begum Aizaz Rasul was its only Muslim woman member

Fifteen women were members of the Constituent Assembly, and Begum Aizaz Rasul was the only Muslim woman among them; Dakshayani Velayudhan was its only Dalit woman member.

Q9505.Indian HistoryHard

Rani Gaidinliu, who was imprisoned by the British from 1932 to 1947, was associated with which movement?

  1. A.The Heraka movement of the Naga hills, begun by Haipou Jadonang
  2. B.The Ulgulan of Birsa Munda
  3. C.The Santhal rebellion
  4. D.The Bardoli satyagraha
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Correct answer: A. The Heraka movement of the Naga hills, begun by Haipou Jadonang

Gaidinliu, a Rongmei Naga, joined her cousin Haipou Jadonang's Heraka movement, which combined religious revival with resistance to British rule, and took over its leadership after he was hanged in 1931.

Q9508.Indian HistoryHard

The Bharat Stree Mahamandal, regarded as the first all-India women's organisation, was founded in 1910 by

  1. A.Pandita Ramabai
  2. B.Sarala Devi Chaudhurani
  3. C.Margaret Cousins
  4. D.Ramabai Ranade
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Correct answer: B. Sarala Devi Chaudhurani

A niece of Rabindranath Tagore, she set up the Bharat Stree Mahamandal in 1910 to work for the education of women across provinces and classes, and it is counted as the first women's organisation of all-India reach.

Q9509.Indian HistoryEasy

Begum Hazrat Mahal led the revolt of 1857 in which region, in the name of her son Birjis Qadr?

  1. A.Jhansi
  2. B.Awadh, with Lucknow as its centre
  3. C.Bareilly
  4. D.Kanpur
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Correct answer: B. Awadh, with Lucknow as its centre

After the annexation of Awadh in 1856 and the exile of Nawab Wajid Ali Shah, Begum Hazrat Mahal proclaimed her young son Birjis Qadr as the ruler and led the rising at Lucknow; when the city fell she withdrew and finally took refuge in Nepal.

Q9510.Indian HistoryMedium

Matangini Hazra, who was shot dead in September 1942 while carrying the national flag, belonged to which place?

  1. A.Gohpur in Assam
  2. B.Tamluk in Midnapore
  3. C.Barisal in East Bengal
  4. D.Chauri Chaura in the United Provinces
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Correct answer: B. Tamluk in Midnapore

Matangini Hazra, then more than seventy years old, was leading a procession of volunteers towards the Tamluk police station on 29 September 1942 when the police fired; she kept holding the tricolour and chanting Vande Mataram as she fell.

Q9513.Indian HistoryEasy

Who hoisted the Congress flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan in Bombay on 9 August 1942?

  1. A.Usha Mehta
  2. B.Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay
  3. C.Aruna Asaf Ali
  4. D.Sucheta Kriplani
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Correct answer: C. Aruna Asaf Ali

With Gandhi and the entire Congress Working Committee arrested in the early hours of 9 August 1942, she hoisted the flag at the Gowalia Tank Maidan, the ground where the Quit India resolution had been passed the previous evening, and then went underground to direct the movement.

Q9514.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · 2020Hard

In the context of Indian history, the Rakhmabai case of 1884 revolved around
1. women's right to gain an education
2. age of consent
3. restitution of conjugal rights
Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

Rakhmabai had been married as a child and refused to join her husband's household as an adult; he went to court for the restitution of conjugal rights, so statement 3 is part of the case.

Q9516.Indian EconomyMedium

Under the Pradhan Mantri Shram Yogi Maandhan scheme, an eligible unorganised worker receives a monthly pension after the age of sixty of

  1. A.One thousand rupees
  2. B.Two thousand rupees
  3. C.Three thousand rupees
  4. D.Five thousand rupees
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Correct answer: C. Three thousand rupees

The scheme, launched in 2019, is open to an unorganised worker between eighteen and forty years of age with a monthly income up to fifteen thousand rupees, and gives an assured monthly pension of three thousand rupees after sixty on a matching contribution, the worker and the government each paying…

Q9517.Indian EconomyHard

Article 43A of the Constitution, which directs the state to secure the participation of workers in the management of undertakings, was added by which amendment?

  1. A.The 24th Amendment, 1971
  2. B.The 42nd Amendment, 1976
  3. C.The 44th Amendment, 1978
  4. D.The 86th Amendment, 2002
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Correct answer: B. The 42nd Amendment, 1976

It inserted several Directive Principles, among them Article 43A on the participation of workers in the management of industrial undertakings, Article 39A on equal justice and free legal aid, and Article 48A on the protection of the environment.

Q9518.Indian EconomyHard

Under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the employer's contribution to the Worker Re-skilling Fund for a retrenched worker is

  1. A.Fifteen days' wages last drawn by the worker
  2. B.One month's wages last drawn by the worker
  3. C.Three months' wages last drawn by the worker
  4. D.A flat sum fixed by the Central Government every year
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Correct answer: A. Fifteen days' wages last drawn by the worker

The code sets up a Worker Re-skilling Fund to which the employer contributes fifteen days' wages for every retrenched worker, and the amount is to be credited to that worker's account within forty-five days of retrenchment so that it can be used while finding new work.

Q9519.Indian EconomyMedium

How many days' notice must be given before a strike or lock-out under the Industrial Relations Code, 2020?

  1. A.Seven days
  2. B.Fourteen days
  3. C.Thirty days
  4. D.Sixty days
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Correct answer: B. Fourteen days

The code extends to all industrial establishments the requirement, earlier limited to public utility services, that no person shall go on strike and no employer declare a lock-out without fourteen days' notice, and the strike must begin within sixty days of that notice.

Q9520.Indian EconomyHard

Under the Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020, an establishment is a factory if it employs at least

  1. A.Ten workers with power and twenty without power
  2. B.Twenty workers with power and forty without power
  3. C.Thirty workers with power and sixty without power
  4. D.Fifty workers, whether or not power is used
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Correct answer: B. Twenty workers with power and forty without power

The code doubles the thresholds of the Factories Act, 1948, the argument being that small units were burdened with compliance meant for larger ones, while the criticism is that many workers now fall outside the factory provisions.

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