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.
The Sidi Sayyid mosque, famous for its tree of life stone lattice, is located in:
The Sidi Sayyid mosque in Ahmedabad, Gujarat, was built in 1573 in the last years of the Gujarat Sultanate.
Read the full explanation →Which Mughal monument is the first to be faced entirely in white marble and to use pietra dura inlay?
Nur Jahan built it at Agra between 1622 and 1628 for her father Mirza Ghiyas Beg, who held the title Itmad-ud-Daulah.
Read the full explanation →Which monument is regarded as the first garden tomb built on the charbagh plan in India?
Built between 1565 and 1572 by his widow Hamida Banu Begum and designed by the Persian architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, it is the first tomb in India set in the middle of a charbagh, a square garden cut into four quarters by walkways and water channels.
Read the full explanation →The Alai Darwaza, the first building in India to use a true arch and a true dome, was built by:
The Alai Darwaza was added in 1311 as the southern gateway to the Quwwat-ul-Islam mosque in the Qutub complex at Delhi.
Read the full explanation →The famous Shalimar Bagh of Srinagar was built during the reign of __________.
The Shalimar Bagh on the bank of the Dal lake in Srinagar was laid out by Jahangir in 1619 for his queen Nur Jahan.
Read the full explanation →In which year did Emperor Akbar build the Buland Darwaja?
The Buland Darwaza, the lofty gateway on the south side of the Jama Masjid at Fatehpur Sikri, was raised by Akbar in 1575 to mark his conquest of Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →What is the approximate height (in metres) of the Qutub Minar situated in Delhi?
The Qutub Minar in Mehrauli, Delhi, rises to about 72.5 metres, which is taken as 73 metres in answer keys.
Read the full explanation →Jama Masjid of Delhi was built by?
The Jama Masjid of Delhi, whose formal name is Masjid-i-Jahan-Numa, was built by Shah Jahan between 1650 and 1656 as the congregational mosque of his new capital Shahjahanabad.
Read the full explanation →In which state is Gol Gumbaz, the tomb of Adil Shah, situated?
The Gol Gumbaz stands at Bijapur, now called Vijayapura, in Karnataka. It is the tomb of Muhammad Adil Shah of the Adil Shahi dynasty of Bijapur and was completed in the middle of the seventeenth century.
Read the full explanation →Hima Das won a gold medal at the 2018 World Under-20 Athletics Championships in which event?
Hima Das, who comes from Dhing in Assam and is called the Dhing Express, won the women's 400 metres at the World Under-20 Championships held at Tampere in Finland in 2018.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is a field event in athletics?
Field events are those in which an athlete jumps or throws rather than races, and the triple jump, with its hop, step and jump, is measured for distance in a sand pit.
Read the full explanation →In which event did Milkha Singh finish fourth at the 1960 Rome Olympic Games?
Milkha Singh reached the 400 metres final at Rome in 1960 and finished fourth in a race so close that the first four all broke the existing Olympic mark.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of World Athletics, the global governing body of the sport, is located at
The body was founded in 1912 as the International Amateur Athletic Federation, became the International Association of Athletics Federations, and was renamed World Athletics in 2019.
Read the full explanation →What is the weight of the javelin used in men's competition?
The rules fix the men's javelin at a minimum of 800 grams with a length of about 2.6 to 2.7 metres, while the women's javelin weighs 600 grams and is shorter.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian athlete to win a medal at the World Athletics Championships?
She took the bronze in the long jump at the 2003 World Championships at Paris, and that was the first medal India won at a senior World Athletics Championships.
Read the full explanation →The steeplechase in athletics is run over a distance of
The Olympic steeplechase is a 3000-metre race in which runners clear solid barriers and a water jump on every lap.
Read the full explanation →How many events make up the decathlon?
The word decathlon is built from the Greek deca, meaning ten, and athlon, meaning contest. It is a men's combined event held over two days, and its ten disciplines take in sprints, hurdles, the middle-distance 1500 metres, jumps and throws.
Read the full explanation →The Indian athlete P. T. Usha is popularly called
P. T. Usha comes from Payyoli in the Kozhikode district of Kerala, and her speed on the track earned her the name of her village.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian athlete was popularly known as the Flying Sikh?
He earned the name in Pakistan after beating the home favourite at a meet in Lahore, and it stayed with him.
Read the full explanation →What is the standard distance of a marathon race?
A marathon is run over 42.195 kilometres, which is exactly 26 miles and 385 yards. The odd figure was fixed at the London Olympics of 1908, when the course was extended to finish in front of the royal box, and it became the official distance a few years later.
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