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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

Q16184.Computer AwarenessAsked in: Delhi · 18th June 2019, Shift 3Hard

Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
(i) Pressing Ctrl + N in Microsoft PowerPoint adds a new slide to your presentation.
(ii) Presentation can be saved as PDF in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.

  1. A.Only (i) is false
  2. B.Only (ii) is false
  3. C.Both (i) and (ii) are false
  4. D.Neither (i) nor (ii) is false
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Correct answer: A. Only (i) is false

Statement (i) is wrong because Ctrl + N opens a brand new, empty presentation; the key that inserts a new slide into the open presentation is Ctrl + M. Statement (ii) is true: PowerPoint 2016 can save or export a presentation as a PDF through Save As or Export, a…

Q16186.Books & AuthorsMedium

Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas, the book that divided Hindi literature into four periods, was written by:

  1. A.Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  2. B.Acharya Ramchandra Shukla
  3. C.Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
  4. D.Shyam Sundar Das
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Correct answer: B. Acharya Ramchandra Shukla

His Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas set out the division into Adikal or Veergatha Kal, Purva Madhyakal or Bhaktikal, Uttar Madhyakal or Ritikal and Adhunik Kal, and examinations still follow that scheme; he was also a critic of standing, whose essays and work on Surdas are widely read.

Q16187.Books & AuthorsHard

Who was the first Hindi writer to receive the Jnanpith Award?

  1. A.Mahadevi Verma
  2. B.Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
  3. C.Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’
  4. D.Sumitranandan Pant
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Correct answer: D. Sumitranandan Pant

He received the Jnanpith Award in 1968 for his collection Chidambara, the first Hindi writer to be honoured with it; the award itself began in 1965, when it went to the Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup.

Q16188.Books & AuthorsHard

The regional novel Maila Anchal was written by which Hindi author?

  1. A.Shrilal Shukla
  2. B.Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  3. C.Phanishwar Nath Renu
  4. D.Bhisham Sahni
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Correct answer: C. Phanishwar Nath Renu

Maila Anchal, set in a village of north Bihar just after independence, is counted the first major regional novel, or anchalik upanyas, of Hindi; Renu also wrote Parti Parikatha and the story Maare Gaye Gulfam, on which a well known film was based.

Q16193.Books & AuthorsEasy

Who is called the father of modern Hindi literature?

  1. A.Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
  2. B.Bhartendu Harishchandra
  3. C.Acharya Ramchandra Shukla
  4. D.Munshi Premchand
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Correct answer: B. Bhartendu Harishchandra

He gave Hindi prose its modern shape through plays such as Andher Nagari and Bharat Durdasha and through journals such as Kavi Vachan Sudha, and the first age of modern Hindi literature is named the Bhartendu Yug after him.

Q16195.Books & AuthorsEasy

What was the real name of the Hindi writer known as Munshi Premchand?

  1. A.Dhanpat Rai Srivastava
  2. B.Suryakant Tripathi
  3. C.Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan
  4. D.Ayodhya Singh Upadhyay
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Correct answer: A. Dhanpat Rai Srivastava

He first published under the name Nawab Rai and then took the pen name Premchand, under which he wrote Godan, Gaban, Nirmala, Sevasadan, Rangbhoomi and Karmabhoomi, and stories such as Kafan, Panch Parmeshwar and Bade Ghar ki Beti.

Q16197.Books & AuthorsEasy

Who is the author of the Ramcharitmanas?

  1. A.Surdas
  2. B.Tulsidas
  3. C.Kabir
  4. D.Malik Muhammad Jayasi
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Correct answer: B. Tulsidas

He composed the Ramcharitmanas in Awadhi in the sixteenth century, retelling the story of Rama in seven books, and it remains the most widely read work of Hindi devotional poetry.

Q16198.Awards & HonoursMedium

The national sports awards of India are conferred by:

  1. A.the Prime Minister of India
  2. B.the President of India
  3. C.the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports
  4. D.the President of the Indian Olympic Association
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Correct answer: B. the President of India

The awards are conferred at a ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan, and the recipient receives the medal or statuette, a certificate or scroll of honour and a cash prize from the President.

Q16199.Awards & HonoursHard

The Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar, instituted in 2009, is given to:

  1. A.individual athletes for outstanding performance
  2. B.coaches in the lifetime category
  3. C.corporate entities, sports control boards and voluntary bodies that promote sport
  4. D.universities and colleges
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Correct answer: C. corporate entities, sports control boards and voluntary bodies that promote sport

Instituted in 2009, it recognises the organisations that build sport rather than the people who play it, under heads such as identifying and nurturing young talent, providing employment to sportspersons and developing sports infrastructure.

Q16200.Awards & HonoursMedium

Who was the first woman to receive the Khel Ratna Award?

  1. A.Karnam Malleswari
  2. B.P. T. Usha
  3. C.Kunjarani Devi
  4. D.Mary Kom
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Correct answer: A. Karnam Malleswari

The weightlifter received the Khel Ratna in 1994–95, becoming the first woman to be honoured with it, and she went on to win the bronze at the Sydney Olympics of 2000, India’s first Olympic medal by a woman.

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