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.
Wangala, the hundred-drums harvest festival, is celebrated by which tribe?
Wangala is the post-harvest thanksgiving festival of the Garo of Meghalaya, offered to Saljong, the sun god who grants the harvest.
Read the full explanation →The Sonepur Mela, also called the Harihar Kshetra Mela and counted among the largest cattle fairs of Asia, is held in which state?
The Sonepur Mela is held at Sonepur in the Saran district of Bihar, where the Gandak joins the Ganga. It begins on Kartik Purnima, the same full moon as the Pushkar Fair, and is named the Harihar Kshetra Mela after the Harihar Nath temple there, which tradition links to Rama.
Read the full explanation →The Pushkar Fair, famous for its camel and livestock trading, is held in which state?
The Pushkar Fair is held at Pushkar in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan, on the bank of the Pushkar lake and beside the temple of Brahma.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following tribes does NOT live in India?
The Maasai are a cattle-keeping people of East Africa, living in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania around the Rift Valley and the Serengeti.
Read the full explanation →'Bhagta Parab', a tribal festival that is celebrated between the period of spring and summer, originated in the state of ______.
Bhagta Parab is observed by the tribal communities of Jharkhand in the weeks between spring and summer, and it is dedicated to Budha Baba.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following regions is the original habitat of the 'Toda Tribe'?
The Toda are a small pastoral people of the upper Nilgiri plateau in Tamil Nadu. They live in hamlets called munds, herd buffaloes and treat dairy work as a sacred duty carried out at the conical or barrel-vaulted temple huts that appear in every photograph of them.
Read the full explanation →'Ali Ai Ligang Festival' is a festival celebrated in the state of _______.
Ali Ai Ligang is the spring sowing festival of the Mising tribe of Assam. The name itself describes the occasion, for it refers to the sowing of roots and seeds, and the festival begins on the first Wednesday of the month of Fagun.
Read the full explanation →Ambubachi fair is celebrated in which of the following states?
The Ambubachi Mela is held every year at the Kamakhya temple, which stands on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, the largest city of Assam.
Read the full explanation →The National Institute of Oceanography, a CSIR laboratory, has its headquarters in which state or union territory?
The National Institute of Oceanography, a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, works from Dona Paula near Panaji in Goa and studies the physics, chemistry, biology and geology of the Indian Ocean.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Assam Rifles, the oldest central paramilitary force of India, is at
The Assam Rifles traces its origin to the Cachar Levy raised in 1835, which makes it the oldest of the central armed police forces, and its Directorate General works from Shillong in Meghalaya.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the North Eastern Railway zone is at
The North Eastern Railway works from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, and its station there is known for one of the longest railway platforms in the world.
Read the full explanation →Bharat Dynamics Limited, the public sector undertaking that manufactures guided missiles, is headquartered at
Bharat Dynamics Limited was set up in 1970 at Hyderabad to produce guided missiles for the armed forces, and it works closely with the DRDO missile laboratories DRDL and the Research Centre Imarat, which are in the same city.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Indian Space Research Organisation is at
ISRO was formed in 1969 and its headquarters, along with the office of the Department of Space, is at Bengaluru, which also holds the U R Rao Satellite Centre where satellites are assembled and the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network.
Read the full explanation →The Central Food Technological Research Institute, a CSIR laboratory, is situated in which city?
The Central Food Technological Research Institute, a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, works at Mysuru in Karnataka on food processing, preservation, packaging and nutrition, and many processes used by the Indian food industry were developed there.
Read the full explanation →The National Dairy Research Institute is located at
The National Dairy Research Institute, an institution of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, works from Karnal in Haryana and does research on milk production, dairy technology and cattle breeding.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest scientific department of the Government of India, headquartered at Dehradun?
It was founded in 1767, soon after the battle of Plassey, to map the territory the East India Company had acquired, and it is therefore counted as the oldest scientific department of the country.
Read the full explanation →The Geological Survey of India, established in 1851, has its headquarters at
The Geological Survey of India was founded in 1851, mainly to look for coal for the railways, and it remained in Kolkata, which was then the capital.
Read the full explanation →The Small Industries Development Bank of India, SIDBI, has its head office at
SIDBI was set up by an Act of Parliament in 1990 as the principal financial institution for the promotion, financing and development of micro, small and medium enterprises, and its head office is at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India has its headquarters in which city?
IRDAI was constituted under the IRDA Act of 1999 to regulate insurers, to register them and to protect policyholders.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following cities is the headquarters of Axis Bank located?
Axis Bank, which began in 1994 as UTI Bank and was renamed in 2007, has its corporate office in Mumbai, the city that also holds the Reserve Bank of India, SEBI, the State Bank of India, the Central Bank of India, Union Bank of India, Bank of India and both…
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