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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

Q10862.Science & TechnologyMedium

The GMPCS services licensed in India, as described in the government's statement, are based on which kind of satellite orbit?

  1. A.Geostationary orbit only
  2. B.Non-geosynchronous satellite orbit
  3. C.Lunar transfer orbit
  4. D.Geosynchronous transfer orbit
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Correct answer: B. Non-geosynchronous satellite orbit

The Ministry of Communications said the telecom licences for Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite services were granted for satellite communications based on non-geosynchronous satellite orbit.

Q10863.Science & TechnologyMedium

Under the licence terms described by the government, what must a satellite communication licensee in India do before it can seek assignment of spectrum?

  1. A.List its shares on a recognised stock exchange
  2. B.Demonstrate compliance with the security conditions of its licence
  3. C.Launch its own satellite from Indian soil
  4. D.Enrol a minimum of ten lakh subscribers
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Correct answer: B. Demonstrate compliance with the security conditions of its licence

The Ministry of Communications explained that every satellite communication licensee is required under the terms and conditions of its licence to show that it meets the security conditions, the purpose being to ensure that the services provided satisfy security requirements and keep all users and their data safe.

Q10864.Science & TechnologyEasy

How many companies have been granted telecom licences for Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite (GMPCS) services in India?

  1. A.One
  2. B.Two
  3. C.Three
  4. D.Six
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Correct answer: C. Three

The Ministry of Communications stated that telecom licences have been granted to three Global Mobile Personal Communication by Satellite operators whose services rest on non-geosynchronous satellite orbits, and that all three are at broadly the same regulatory stage because the security assessment of each is still in progress.

Q10865.Static GKMedium

Which United Nations body has its headquarters at Nairobi in Kenya?

  1. A.UNESCO
  2. B.United Nations Environment Programme
  3. C.UNIDO
  4. D.WIPO
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Correct answer: B. United Nations Environment Programme

UNEP was created by the General Assembly in 1972 following the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment, and its headquarters at Nairobi made it the first United Nations body to be seated in a developing country, a point examiners like.

Q10866.Static GKMedium

Who was the first woman to be elected President of the United Nations General Assembly?

  1. A.Sarojini Naidu
  2. B.Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
  3. C.Hansa Mehta
  4. D.Indira Gandhi
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Correct answer: B. Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit

She presided over the eighth session of the General Assembly in 1953, the first woman to hold that office, and she had already led the Indian delegation to the United Nations in its earliest years; she was also the sister of Jawaharlal Nehru and later India envoy to Moscow, Washington…

Q10867.Static GKHard

The Trusteeship Council of the United Nations suspended its operations in 1994 after which territory became independent?

  1. A.Namibia
  2. B.Palau
  3. C.Nauru
  4. D.Western Samoa
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Correct answer: B. Palau

Palau, in the Pacific, was the last of the eleven trust territories placed under the international trusteeship system, administered by the United States as part of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands; it became independent on 1 October 1994, and the Trusteeship Council suspended its operations on 1 November…

Q10868.Static GKMedium

The International Court of Justice consists of how many judges, and for what term are they elected?

  1. A.Nine judges for fifteen years
  2. B.Fifteen judges for nine years
  3. C.Fifteen judges for five years
  4. D.Twenty-one judges for nine years
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Correct answer: B. Fifteen judges for nine years

The judges of the International Court of Justice are elected by the General Assembly and the Security Council voting independently of each other, a candidate needing an absolute majority in both, and five seats fall vacant every three years so that the bench is renewed in thirds.

Q10869.Static GKEasy

How many non-permanent members does the United Nations Security Council have, and for what term are they elected?

  1. A.Ten, for two years
  2. B.Six, for two years
  3. C.Ten, for three years
  4. D.Fifteen, for five years
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Correct answer: A. Ten, for two years

The Security Council has fifteen members in all: five permanent members, namely China, France, Russia, the United Kingdom and the United States, and ten non-permanent members elected by the General Assembly for two-year terms, five of them retiring each year, with a retiring member not immediately re-eligible.

Q10870.Static GKEasy

World Food Day, observed on 16 October, marks the founding of which organisation?

  1. A.World Food Programme
  2. B.Food and Agriculture Organization
  3. C.International Fund for Agricultural Development
  4. D.World Health Organization
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Correct answer: B. Food and Agriculture Organization

The FAO was founded on 16 October 1945 at Quebec City, and World Food Day has been observed on that anniversary since 1981; the agency has its headquarters at Rome and runs the global work on hunger, nutrition and food statistics.

Q10871.Static GKHard

Founded in 1865 and now headquartered at Geneva, which is the oldest of the United Nations specialised agencies?

  1. A.Universal Postal Union
  2. B.International Telecommunication Union
  3. C.International Labour Organization
  4. D.World Meteorological Organization
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Correct answer: B. International Telecommunication Union

It was founded at Paris in 1865 as the International Telegraph Union to standardise telegraphy across borders, took its present name in 1932 as radio and telephony were added, moved to Geneva, and became a specialised agency of the United Nations in 1947; it now allocates the global radio spectrum…

Q10872.Static GKMedium

Which of the following is NOT a specialised agency of the United Nations?

  1. A.International Labour Organization
  2. B.International Atomic Energy Agency
  3. C.World Health Organization
  4. D.Universal Postal Union
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Correct answer: B. International Atomic Energy Agency

Set up in 1957 with its headquarters at Vienna, the IAEA is an autonomous intergovernmental organisation that reports to the General Assembly and, when nuclear safeguards are at issue, to the Security Council; the United Nations describes it as a related organisation, not a specialised agency, because it was not…

Q10874.Static GKEasy

The headquarters of UNESCO is located in which city?

  1. A.Geneva
  2. B.Rome
  3. C.Paris
  4. D.Vienna
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Correct answer: C. Paris

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization has had its headquarters in Paris since it began work; its constitution was adopted in November 1945 and came into force in November 1946, and it is the agency that maintains the World Heritage List.

Q10876.Static GKAsked in: Delhi · 6th Sep 2021, Shift 1Easy

How many organs are there in the United Nations?

  1. A.Five
  2. B.Six
  3. C.Seven
  4. D.Four
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Correct answer: B. Six

The Charter of the United Nations establishes six principal organs: the General Assembly, in which every member state has one vote; the Security Council, which carries the primary responsibility for international peace and security; the Economic and Social Council; the Trusteeship Council; the International Court of Justice; and the Secretariat.

Q10877.Science & TechnologyMedium

Who founded the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research and served as the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission of India?

  1. A.Vikram Sarabhai
  2. B.Homi J. Bhabha
  3. C.Raja Ramanna
  4. D.Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar
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Correct answer: B. Homi J. Bhabha

He persuaded the Tata trusts to fund the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research at Bombay in 1945, became the first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission set up in 1948, and founded the Atomic Energy Establishment at Trombay, which was renamed the Bhabha Atomic Research Centre after he died in…

Q10878.Science & TechnologyEasy

Who is called the father of the Green Revolution in India?

  1. A.Verghese Kurien
  2. B.M. S. Swaminathan
  3. C.Norman Borlaug
  4. D.Birbal Sahni
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Correct answer: B. M. S. Swaminathan

He led the introduction of the high-yielding dwarf wheat varieties into Indian fields in the nineteen sixties, worked with the government on the package of seed, fertiliser and irrigation that turned the country from food imports to self-sufficiency, and received the first World Food Prize in 1987.

Q10879.Science & TechnologyHard

The ionisation equation given by Meghnad Saha is used chiefly in which field?

  1. A.Astrophysics, to read the spectra of stars
  2. B.The study of radioactivity
  3. C.Semiconductor physics
  4. D.Plant physiology
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Correct answer: A. Astrophysics, to read the spectra of stars

Meghnad Saha showed in 1920 how the degree to which a gas is ionised depends on its temperature and pressure, and the equation let astronomers read the temperature of a star directly from the lines in its spectrum and so classify stars in a physically meaningful way; it is counted…

Q10880.Science & TechnologyEasy

National Mathematics Day is observed on 22 December, the birth anniversary of which mathematician?

  1. A.Aryabhata
  2. B.Srinivasa Ramanujan
  3. C.Brahmagupta
  4. D.D. R. Kaprekar
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Correct answer: B. Srinivasa Ramanujan

He was born on 22 December 1887 at Erode, worked largely without formal training, and left results on infinite series, continued fractions, partitions and the mock theta functions that mathematicians are still developing; he worked with G. H. Hardy at Cambridge and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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