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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

Q14822.Government SchemesMedium

Under which ministry does the Department of Pharmaceuticals, which runs the PRIP scheme, function?

  1. A.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  2. B.Ministry of Science and Technology
  3. C.Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers
  4. D.Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Correct answer: C. Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

The correct answer is the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, which houses the Department of Pharmaceuticals, and it is that department which announced the approvals under PRIP.

Q14824.EnvironmentMedium

Which body did the Environment Ministry name as working with stakeholders on the prevention, control and abatement of air pollution in Delhi and the National Capital Region?

  1. A.Central Pollution Control Board
  2. B.Commission for Air Quality Management
  3. C.National Green Tribunal
  4. D.Indian Meteorological Department
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Correct answer: B. Commission for Air Quality Management

The correct answer is the Commission for Air Quality Management, usually written as CAQM, which the ministry named as the body coordinating work with the agencies concerned.

Q14827.EnvironmentMedium

Which ministry released the implementation guidelines of National Coastal Mission 2.0?

  1. A.Ministry of Jal Shakti
  2. B.Ministry of Earth Sciences
  3. C.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  4. D.Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
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Correct answer: C. Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change

The correct answer is the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, and the guidelines were released by its minister, Bhupender Yadav, in New Delhi.

Q14828.EnvironmentMedium

National Coastal Mission 2.0 is to be implemented across how many coastal states and Union Territories?

  1. A.Seven coastal states and three Union Territories
  2. B.Nine coastal states and four Union Territories
  3. C.Eleven coastal states and two Union Territories
  4. D.Thirteen coastal states and five Union Territories
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Correct answer: B. Nine coastal states and four Union Territories

That is the geography named for the mission, and it matches the shape of the Indian coastline, where the shore runs through nine states and a set of island and coastal Union Territories.

Q14830.DefenceMedium

What was the centenary theme of the Military Nursing Service?

  1. A.Service Before Self, Always and Everywhere
  2. B.Compassion in Uniform, Courage at Heart
  3. C.Honouring the Past, Healing the Present and Inspiring the Future
  4. D.A Century of Care for the Nation
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Correct answer: C. Honouring the Past, Healing the Present and Inspiring the Future

The centenary events were conducted in keeping with this theme and reaffirmed the service's values of compassion, professional excellence and service to the nation.

Q14834.Science & TechnologyHard

Roughly what share of the universe's hydrogen was in neutral atomic form at the epoch CHIME observed?

  1. A.About two per cent
  2. B.About twenty per cent
  3. C.About half
  4. D.Almost all of it
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Correct answer: A. About two per cent

An accompanying paper examined what the observed signal reveals about the distribution of hydrogen, and co-author Shabbir Shaikh of Arizona State University said the data indicate that roughly this share of the universe's hydrogen was in neutral atomic form at that time, broadly consistent with other measurements.

Q14835.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which Indian institute's researchers were part of the CHIME collaboration behind this detection?

  1. A.Indian Institute of Astrophysics
  2. B.Physical Research Laboratory
  3. C.Raman Research Institute
  4. D.Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
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Correct answer: C. Raman Research Institute

The study that reported the first standalone detection included CHIME collaborators at RRI, an autonomous institute of the Department of Science and Technology, and its associate professor Saurabh Singh is among the co-authors quoted on the result.

Q14836.Science & TechnologyMedium

CHIME, the telescope that made the first standalone detection of the hydrogen glow, stands for which of the following?

  1. A.Cosmic Hydrogen Imaging and Mapping Experiment
  2. B.Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment
  3. C.Combined Hydrogen Interferometric Measurement Endeavour
  4. D.Cosmological High-energy Infrared Mapping Experiment
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Correct answer: B. Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment

CHIME is an interferometric radio telescope in Canada, built to map the distribution of hydrogen gas in the early universe so that astronomers can calculate how the universe expands and thereby study dark energy.

Q14837.Government SchemesHard

Under the New Discovery track, projects at which Technology Readiness Levels are eligible to apply?

  1. A.TRL 1, 2 or 3
  2. B.TRL 4, 5 or 6
  3. C.TRL 6, 7 or 8
  4. D.Any level from TRL 1 to TRL 9
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Correct answer: A. TRL 1, 2 or 3

Start-ups and MSMEs taking up New Chemical Entity or New Biological Entity projects at those three readiness levels may apply under this exclusive track, and the department will support them to progress to higher levels but not beyond TRL 6.

Q14839.Government SchemesMedium

PRIP, the scheme under which the New Discovery track has been announced, stands for which of the following?

  1. A.Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma and MedTech
  2. B.Pharmaceutical Research and Industrial Promotion
  3. C.Programme for Rural Innovation in Pharmaceuticals
  4. D.Production Reform and Innovation Partnership
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Correct answer: A. Promotion of Research and Innovation in Pharma and MedTech

The scheme is run by the Department of Pharmaceuticals under the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, and it is designed to strengthen the country's pharmaceutical and medical technology research ecosystem by helping start-ups, MSMEs and large companies move up the innovation value chain.

Q14840.Government SchemesMedium

What is the maximum financial assistance available under the New Discovery track of the PRIP Scheme?

  1. A.Rs 5 crore
  2. B.Rs 25 crore
  3. C.Rs 50 crore
  4. D.Rs 100 crore
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Correct answer: C. Rs 50 crore

The Department of Pharmaceuticals announced that the New Discovery track will provide financial assistance of up to this amount per company, per project or per portfolio of projects, subject to minimum co-funding of a quarter of the project cost from bona fide institutional investors.

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