Skip to content
GK24

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

Q13902.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · 16 April 2023Hard

In the election held in 1937, in which two provinces was the Indian National Congress not able to emerge as the single largest party?

  1. A.Punjab and Sind
  2. B.Assam and North-West Frontier Province
  3. C.Punjab and Assam
  4. D.Assam and Madras
Show answer
Correct answer: A. Punjab and Sind

The elections of 1937 were held under the Government of India Act, 1935, and the Congress swept the country, winning a clear majority in five provinces and emerging as the largest party in most of the rest.

Q13904.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · 10 April 2022Easy

The provision for separate electorate for Muslims was given in

  1. A.Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909
  2. B.Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms, 1919
  3. C.Communal Award, 1932
  4. D.Government of India Act, 1935
Show answer
Correct answer: A. Morley-Minto Reforms, 1909

This Act, formally the Indian Councils Act of 1909, first gave Muslims a separate electorate, in which Muslim voters chose Muslim members from Muslim-only constituencies.

Q13905.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · 8 Nov 2020Medium

Which one of the following Commissions is related to Article 338A?

  1. A.The National Commission for Scheduled Castes
  2. B.The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes
  3. C.The National Commission for Backward Classes
  4. D.The National Commission for Women
Show answer
Correct answer: B. The National Commission for Scheduled Tribes

Article 338A was inserted by the 89th Constitutional Amendment Act, 2003, which split the earlier joint commission into two separate bodies and gave the Scheduled Tribes a commission of their own from 2004.

Q13906.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · 16 April 2023Medium

Naphthalene burns with a yellow sooty flame. This is because

  1. A.carbon to hydrogen ratio is low
  2. B.there is incomplete combustion
  3. C.there is excess supply of air
  4. D.of presence of impurities of nitrogen and sulfur
Show answer
Correct answer: B. there is incomplete combustion

Naphthalene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, C10H8, with a very high proportion of carbon, so the air around the flame cannot supply enough oxygen to burn all of it to carbon dioxide.

Q13914.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · 5 Feb 2017Medium

George Washington was made the Commander in Chief of the American forces:

  1. A.In December 1773, after the Boston Tea Party
  2. B.At the First Continental Congress in September 1774
  3. C.At the Second Continental Congress in 1775
  4. D.By the Continental Congress at the Declaration of Independence on 4th July, 1776
Show answer
Correct answer: C. At the Second Continental Congress in 1775

The Congress met in Philadelphia in May 1775, soon after the fighting at Lexington and Concord, and in June it appointed George Washington commander-in-chief of the newly created Continental Army.

Q13915.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · 2 Feb 2020Medium

Which one among the following was demanded by the All India Depressed Classes Leaders' Conference at Bombay in 1931?

  1. A.Universal adult suffrage
  2. B.Separate electorates for untouchables
  3. C.Reserved seats for the minorities
  4. D.A unitary State in India
Show answer
Correct answer: B. Separate electorates for untouchables

The conference met in Bombay in 1931 and resolved that the depressed classes must be allowed to elect their own representatives through separate electorates, a demand Dr B. R. Ambedkar carried to the Second Round Table Conference in London the same year.

Q13916.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · 10 April 2022Medium

Which one of the following would be considered as Foreign Direct Investment?

  1. A.A foreign company buying shares in stock exchanges in India
  2. B.A foreign country pension fund investing in Indian stock markets
  3. C.A foreign merchant banker buying shares from Indian stock markets
  4. D.A foreign entity setting up an educational institution in India
Show answer
Correct answer: D. A foreign entity setting up an educational institution in India

Setting up an institution in India means putting money into a real asset and running it, which is exactly what Foreign Direct Investment is.

Q13917.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · 8 Nov 2020Medium

Which one of the following statements with regard to ultra violet light is NOT correct?

  1. A.It is an electromagnetic wave.
  2. B.It can travel through vacuum.
  3. C.It is a longitudinal wave.
  4. D.Its wavelength is shorter/ smaller than that of visible light.
Show answer
Correct answer: C. It is a longitudinal wave.

Ultraviolet light is a transverse wave, not a longitudinal one, so this statement is the wrong one. In an electromagnetic wave the electric and magnetic fields vibrate at right angles to each other and to the direction the wave travels, which is the definition of a transverse wave.

Q13919.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · 14 Feb 2016Medium

Which of the following is not a 'Public Good'?

  1. A.Electricity
  2. B.National Defence
  3. C.Light House
  4. D.Public Parks
Show answer
Correct answer: A. Electricity

Economists call something a public good when it has two features: it is non-rival, so one person's use does not reduce what is left for others, and non-excludable, so nobody can be kept out of the benefit.

Q13920.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · 8 Nov 2020Easy

In the Indian judicial system, writs are issued by

  1. A.the Supreme Court only
  2. B.the High Courts only
  3. C.the Supreme Court and High Courts only
  4. D.the Supreme Court, High Courts and Lower Courts
Show answer
Correct answer: C. the Supreme Court and High Courts only

The Supreme Court issues writs under Article 32, which is itself a fundamental right and can be used only to enforce fundamental rights.

GK Questions for sub-exams