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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

Q1361.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Alexander Kerensky was

  1. A.the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution
  2. B.a close confidant of Lenin, with whose help the Czar was dethroned
  3. C.the head of the Czar's army
  4. D.an advisor of Joseph Stalin
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Correct answer: A. the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Alexander Kerensky led that government until the Bolsheviks overthrew it in October 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 ended the rule of Tsar Nicholas II, a Provisional Government took power.

Q1368.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

The Shompens are the vulnerable tribal group of

  1. A.Jharkhand
  2. B.Odisha
  3. C.West Bengal
  4. D.Andaman and Nicobar Islands
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Correct answer: D. Andaman and Nicobar Islands

The Shompen are a Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Group who live in the forests of Great Nicobar Island. The Shompen are a semi-nomadic people who hunt, gather and grow a little food along the rivers of Great Nicobar's forested interior, and they have very little contact with outsiders.

Q1369.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Rakshasa type of marriage is

  1. A.marriage by purchase
  2. B.marriage by capture
  3. C.marriage by giving dowry
  4. D.marriage by seduction
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Correct answer: B. marriage by capture

The Rakshasa form, one of the eight forms of marriage described in the Dharmashastras, meant taking a bride away by force, often after defeating her relatives.

Q1372.Environment & EcologyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKHard

Consider the following statements about National Wildlife Action Plan (NWAP) of India for 2017-2031:

1. This is the Third National Wildlife Action Plan.

2. The NWAP is unique as this is the first time India has recognized the concerns relating to climate change impact on wildlife.

3. The NWAP has ten components.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  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: B. 1 and 2 only

The plan for 2017-2031 is India's third National Wildlife Action Plan and the first to deal with the impact of climate change on wildlife, but it has five components, not ten.

Q1374.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

Atmospheric conditions are well-governed by humidity. Which one among the following may best define humidity?

  1. A.Form of suspended water droplets caused by condensation
  2. B.Deposition of atmospheric moisture
  3. C.Almost microscopically small drops of water condensed from and suspended in air
  4. D.The moisture content of the atmosphere at a particular time and place
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Correct answer: D. The moisture content of the atmosphere at a particular time and place

Humidity is the amount of water vapour present in the air. Air holds water as invisible vapour, and the amount it can hold rises with temperature.

Q1375.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

The epic, Silappadikaram refers to the

  1. A.story of Rama
  2. B.Jaina elements in the storyline
  3. C.culture of Sri Lankan Buddhists
  4. D.cult of Shakti worship
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Correct answer: B. Jaina elements in the storyline

Silappadikaram was written by Ilango Adigal, a prince who became a Jaina monk, and Jaina ideas run through its story.

Q1378.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

The Economic historian, who has used the data collected by Buchanan-Hamilton to support the thesis of deindustrialization in the 19th century India, is

  1. A.Tirthankar Roy
  2. B.Amiya Kumar Bagchi
  3. C.Sabyasachi Bhattacharya
  4. D.Irfan Habib
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Correct answer: B. Amiya Kumar Bagchi

Bagchi used Francis Buchanan-Hamilton's survey figures for Gangetic Bihar to argue that India went through deindustrialization in the 19th century.

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