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.
How many times did Mahmud of Ghazni invade India?
Mahmud of Ghazni, who ruled the Ghaznavid kingdom from 998 to 1030, is recorded as having led seventeen raids into India between about 1000 and 1027.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following compounds shows both Schottky as well as Frenkel defect?
Silver bromide is the standard example of an ionic crystal that carries both kinds of point defect at the same time.
Read the full explanation →In exercise of the power conferred by sub-Section (1) of Section 29 of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009, the Central Government authorise which institute to lay down the curriculum and evaluation procedure for elementary education?
Section 29(1) of the Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act 2009 says the curriculum and the evaluation procedure for elementary education shall be laid down by an academic authority notified by the appropriate government, and the Central Government notified the National Council of Educational Research and Training…
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following countries was the last one to become a member of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)?
SAARC was founded at Dhaka on 8 December 1985 by seven countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following laid the foundation of the Chola Empire in the IX century A. D.?
Around 850 AD Vijayalaya, until then a feudatory of the Pallavas, seized Thanjavur from the Muttaraiyar chiefs and made it his capital, and that conquest marks the beginning of the imperial Chola line.
Read the full explanation →Highest peaks of the world are mostly found in which type of mountains?
Young fold mountains were raised in the Tertiary period, only a few tens of millions of years ago in geological time, so erosion has had little time to wear them down and many of them are still rising as the plates behind them keep pushing.
Read the full explanation →Fill in the blanks : The Nehru Report was drafted by a committee headed by_______ and the subject was_______.
The All Parties Conference set up a committee under Motilal Nehru in 1928, and the report it submitted that August, known as the Nehru Report, was a draft constitutional scheme for India.
Read the full explanation →The principal foodgrain crops of Bihar
These three cereals take up most of Bihar's cropped area and give the state the bulk of its foodgrain output.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman Prime Minister in the world?
She took office in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, in July 1960 and so became the first woman anywhere in the world to head a government as Prime Minister.
Read the full explanation →Thermoplasts
In a thermoplastic the polymer exists as long linear or lightly branched chains, and one chain is held to the next only by weak secondary forces such as van der Waals attraction.
Read the full explanation →All financial decisions on any project appraisal are based on
Money has a time value, so a rupee received years later is worth less than a rupee in hand, and every cash flow of a project is first brought to today's value before a decision is taken.
Read the full explanation →Under the campaign opened by these Special Gram Sabhas, Panchayat Development Plans are to be prepared for which financial year?
The Special Gram Sabhas opened the People's Plan Campaign, and the plans the Panchayats will draw up under it are for the financial year 2027-28, which is the year after the campaign year itself.
Read the full explanation →How much has the Sixteenth Finance Commission recommended for Rural Local Bodies for the period 2026-31?
This is the amount the Sixteenth Finance Commission has recommended for Rural Local Bodies for the award period 2026-31, and it marks an increase of nearly 84 per cent over what the Fifteenth Finance Commission provided, with the annual per capita grant rising from about Rs 400 to nearly Rs…
Read the full explanation →The Special Gram Sabhas held on Gandhi Jayanti marked the start of which campaign?
The correct answer is Sabki Yojana, Sabka Vikas, the title of the People's Plan Campaign for the year, under which Panchayats will prepare their Panchayat Development Plans for the financial year that follows.
Read the full explanation →How many Special Gram Sabhas were held across India on Gandhi Jayanti in 2026?
That many Special Gram Sabhas were scheduled across the country on the GPDP Portal and the Panchayat NIRNAY Portal for Gandhi Jayanti, and they were attended by residents, elected representatives, Panchayat functionaries and officials.
Read the full explanation →India and the Netherlands agreed to explore cooperation through a work plan in which sector?
The two sides agreed to look at working together in the seed sector through a work plan that would name the key areas of cooperation and lay down a clear framework for effective implementation, and this was the new area taken up alongside the review of existing cooperation.
Read the full explanation →How many Centres of Excellence in the agriculture and horticulture sectors were reviewed in the India-Netherlands talks?
The two sides discussed the progress made on establishing twenty-five Centres of Excellence in the agriculture and horticulture sectors, and these centres are the main instrument through which Dutch expertise in horticulture and protected cultivation reaches Indian growers.
Read the full explanation →Union Agriculture Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan held bilateral agriculture talks in New Delhi with the minister of which country?
Silvio Erkens, the Dutch Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food Security and Nature, held bilateral talks with the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers Welfare in New Delhi, and the discussions covered the Centres of Excellence being set up in agriculture and horticulture, cooperation in the seed sector, market access and…
Read the full explanation →The deliberations at the Naval Commanders' Conference 2026 were directed at building a force described in which four terms?
That four-part description is the goal the conference's key deliberations were aligned to, and it was to be reached through jointness, coordination across agencies, the best use of available resources and strategic alignment.
Read the full explanation →Who described the Indian Navy as a strategic force multiplier while addressing the Naval Commanders' Conference 2026?
He underscored the Navy's role as a strategic force multiplier in safeguarding national interests, commended its operational commitment to maintaining energy security and its efforts on technology absorption and indigenisation, and pressed for technology-driven transformation, resilience and greater integration among the defence forces.
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