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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

Q145.EnvironmentMedium

PAVAN, which brings air quality, emission, weather, satellite and compliance data onto one platform, belongs to which body?

  1. A.India Meteorological Department
  2. B.Commission for Air Quality Management
  3. C.National Green Tribunal
  4. D.Municipal Corporation of Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Commission for Air Quality Management

PAVAN stands for the Platform for Air Quality Vigilance and Analytics for NCR, and it is CAQM’s own platform, built so that air quality readings, emission data, meteorological information, satellite inputs and compliance records can be seen together instead of in separate silos.

Q147.EnvironmentEasy

Who chaired the November 2026 review meeting on measures to curb air pollution in Delhi-NCR?

  1. A.The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  2. B.The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs
  3. C.The Chief Minister of Delhi
  4. D.The Chairperson of the Commission for Air Quality Management
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Correct answer: A. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

The correct answer is the Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, who took the chair at the review of what Delhi, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan have done to cut pollution in the capital region.

Q148.Science & TechnologyHard

From which date are the remaining provisions of the DPDP Act, covering Data Principals’ rights and the Board’s penalty powers, scheduled to take effect?

  1. A.13 November 2026
  2. B.1 April 2027
  3. C.13 May 2027
  4. D.13 May 2028
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Correct answer: C. 13 May 2027

The law is being brought into force in stages. The stage that has just opened is the registration of Consent Managers, which took effect from 13 November 2026 and is served by the portal dpbi.gov.in.

Q149.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which body registers Consent Managers and will publish the list of those registered?

  1. A.Telecom Regulatory Authority of India
  2. B.Data Protection Board of India
  3. C.Competition Commission of India
  4. D.National Payments Corporation of India
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Correct answer: B. Data Protection Board of India

A Consent Manager is by definition an entity registered with this Board, and it is the Board that will test each application against the eligibility conditions, register the companies that qualify and place the list of registered Consent Managers on its website for the public to see.

Q151.Science & TechnologyEasy

The Consent Manager registration framework that came into effect in November 2026 is part of which law?

  1. A.The Information Technology Act, 2000
  2. B.The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023
  3. C.The Right to Information Act, 2005
  4. D.The Aadhaar Act, 2016
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Correct answer: B. The Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023

The framework for registering Consent Managers is a part of this Act, and it began to operate from 13 November 2026, with the working detail supplied by the DPDP Rules, 2025.

Q152.NationalMedium

How was the contraband concealed inside the parcel intercepted by the DRI?

  1. A.Inside hollowed-out books packed with the garments
  2. B.In two plastic pouches hidden in each of the four sides of the carton
  3. C.Stitched into the lining of the clothes in the parcel
  4. D.In a false bottom under the shipping label
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Correct answer: B. In two plastic pouches hidden in each of the four sides of the carton

This detail is the heart of the case. The parcel had been declared as Kleren, that is, clothes, and when the carton was first opened, ordinary household garments were indeed found stuffed inside, exactly as the declaration promised.

Q153.NationalMedium

Under which law were the eight packets of the pink powdery substance seized?

  1. A.The Customs Act, 1962
  2. B.The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985
  3. C.The Indian Post Office Act, 1898
  4. D.The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002
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Correct answer: B. The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985

All eight packets recovered from the sides of the shipping carton tested positive for amphetamine, and they were seized under the relevant provisions of that Act, which is the central law dealing with narcotic drugs and psychotropic substances and with trafficking in them.

Q155.Summits & ConferencesMedium

The Living Roots Originals initiative, highlighted at the festival, has been developed with which organisation?

  1. A.Sahitya Akademi
  2. B.National Book Trust
  3. C.Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS)
  4. D.Sangeet Natak Akademi
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Correct answer: C. Indian Performing Right Society (IPRS)

At the valedictory session, Smt. Ranjana Chopra, Secretary in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, described Living Roots Originals as an initiative developed in collaboration with IPRS to recognise and protect the creative rights of tribal musicians and performers.

Q156.Summits & ConferencesMedium

How many languages were represented at the National Tribal Literary Festival, and how many of them were tribal languages?

  1. A.19 languages, of which 15 were tribal languages
  2. B.23 languages, of which 27 were tribal languages
  3. C.27 languages, of which 23 were tribal languages
  4. D.31 languages, of which 22 were tribal languages
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Correct answer: C. 27 languages, of which 23 were tribal languages

Summing up the two-day festival at the valedictory session, Dr. K. Srinivasa Rao, a former Secretary of the Sahitya Akademi, counted that many languages in the readings and discussions and noted how many of them were tribal tongues.

Q157.Summits & ConferencesEasy

What was the theme of the National Tribal Literary Festival that concluded in New Delhi?

  1. A.Tribal Art and Craft of Bharat
  2. B.From Oral Tradition to Contemporary Tribal Literature
  3. C.Languages of the Forest
  4. D.Tribal Pride and National Development
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Correct answer: B. From Oral Tradition to Contemporary Tribal Literature

The Ministry of Tribal Affairs organised the two-day National Tribal Literary Festival at the India Habitat Centre in New Delhi, and it closed on 13 November 2026 under exactly that theme, which framed every session of the programme.

Q158.InternationalMedium

Who will co-chair the 7th India-Egypt Joint Trade Committee session along with Union Minister Piyush Goyal?

  1. A.Egypt's Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade
  2. B.Egypt's Minister of Petroleum
  3. C.The President of Afreximbank
  4. D.The Prime Minister of Egypt
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Correct answer: A. Egypt's Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade

The correct answer is Egypt's Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade, Dr. Mohamed Farid Saleh, who will co-chair the session in Cairo on 15 November 2026 with Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Piyush Goyal.

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