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.
Who founded the Chola empire?
Vijayalaya founded the line known as the Imperial Cholas around 850 CE by taking Thanjavur from the Muttaraiyar chiefs, who held it as feudatories of the Pallavas.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following dances is in UNESCO's Intangible Heritage List?
Chhau was inscribed on UNESCO's Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010.
Read the full explanation →When was the Indian national song 'Vande Mataram' sung for the first time on a political occasion?
Vande Mataram was first sung on a political occasion at the Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress in 1896, and it was Rabindranath Tagore who set the tune and sang it there.
Read the full explanation →When did the peasant movement in Bardoli begin?
The Bardoli Satyagraha began in February 1928 in Bardoli taluka of Surat district in Gujarat, after the Bombay government raised the land revenue by about twenty-two per cent in a year when the crop had already been poor.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana' launched by the Government of India?
The Aatmanirbhar Bharat Rojgar Yojana was announced in October 2020 as part of the Aatmanirbhar Bharat package, to bring back the jobs lost during the Covid-19 lockdown.
Read the full explanation →What is the range of the intensity scale used in measuring earthquakes?
The intensity of an earthquake is measured on the Modified Mercalli scale, whose grades run from I to XII.
Read the full explanation →Who was the Governor General of Bengal when the Permanent Settlement was introduced there in 1793?
Cornwallis, Governor General from 1786 to 1793, introduced the Permanent Settlement in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha in 1793, with John Shore doing much of the groundwork.
Read the full explanation →Which Chola ruler was popularly called 'Victor of the Ganges'?
He took the title Gangaikonda Chola, the one who won the Ganga, after his army marched north about 1022 CE, defeated the Pala ruler Mahipala and carried Ganga water back to the Tamil country.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following watershed development projects is sponsored by the Central Government and aims at enabling the rural population to conserve water?
Haryali is a centrally sponsored watershed development project launched in 2003 by the Ministry of Rural Development, and its whole point is that the village panchayat plans and carries out the work itself.
Read the full explanation →Which dynasty did not have its capital in South India?
The Palas ruled eastern India, that is Bengal and Bihar, so their capital was never in the south. The line was founded by Gopala around 750 CE, who was chosen by the chiefs of Bengal to end a long spell of disorder.
Read the full explanation →Foundation stones for which of the following were laid along with the dedication of Barapullah Elevated Road Phase-3?
Along with dedicating the completed elevated road, the Union Home Minister laid the foundation stones of these two works, which together with the road make up the package of projects worth more than Rs 1,941 crore.
Read the full explanation →Barapullah Elevated Road Phase-3 provides signal-free connectivity between which two parts of Delhi?
The Home Minister stated that the newly dedicated phase of the Barapullah corridor would give signal-free connectivity between the eastern and the southern parts of the capital, so that commuting becomes smoother, motorists get relief from traffic jams and travel time is saved.
Read the full explanation →At what cost has the Barapullah Elevated Road Phase-3 in Delhi been built?
The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation dedicated the Barapullah Elevated Road Phase-3, built at that cost, to the people of Delhi.
Read the full explanation →The two sides discussed tourism cooperation in the context of which proposed bilateral observance?
At the meeting the two delegations examined the opportunities that this proposed observance would open for tourism cooperation, with the aim of further strengthening cultural and tourism exchanges between the two countries.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was agreed as the key outcome of the second India-Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism?
This was described as the key outcome of the meeting, and its purpose is to carry forward the areas of cooperation that were identified, namely exchange of tourism data, promotion of lesser-known destinations, cine-tourism, destination twinning, skilling and capacity building, and business-to-business engagement, and to keep stakeholders talking between formal…
Read the full explanation →ENIT, which took part in the India-Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism, is which organisation?
ENIT was part of the Italian delegation, which also included senior officials of Italy's Ministry of Tourism, its Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation, and the Embassy of Italy in New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Which edition of the India-Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism was held on 29 September 2026?
The India-Italy Joint Working Group on Tourism met for the second time on 29 September 2026, co-chaired by the Secretary in India's Ministry of Tourism and the Secretary-General in Italy's Ministry of Tourism.
Read the full explanation →What is the targeted response time of the multi-gas sensor platform being developed with TDB support?
The platform is being designed around high sensitivity, low power consumption, a miniaturised form and intelligent signal processing, and among its stated design targets is a response time below 200 milliseconds so that it suits applications requiring rapid detection and monitoring, such as leak detection in refineries and piped natural…
Read the full explanation →Multi Nano Sense Technologies Private Limited, which signed the agreement with TDB, is based in which city?
The agreement was signed with Multi Nano Sense Technologies Private Limited of Nagpur, Maharashtra, which is developing an indigenous MEMS TCDIR gas sensor along with a CMOS analogue front-end system-on-chip platform for compact multi-gas sensing.
Read the full explanation →The TDB-supported project aims to take the multi-gas sensor technology between which technology readiness levels?
The stated objective of the project is to advance the Platform MEMS and AFE SoC Multi-Gas Sensor from TRL-4, where the design has been validated in a laboratory environment, all the way to TRL-9, where the technology is proven in its actual operating environment and ready for deployment.
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