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 Beighton Cup and the Agha Khan Cup are associated with which sport?
The Beighton Cup, played at Kolkata, is the oldest hockey tournament in India, and the Agha Khan Cup is another of the old club competitions of the game.
Read the full explanation →India won its last Olympic gold medal in hockey at which Games?
India beat Spain 4–3 in the final at the Moscow Games to win its eighth Olympic hockey gold, under the captaincy of Vasudevan Bhaskaran, and the team has not won the gold since.
Read the full explanation →The term 'penalty corner' is associated with which game?
A penalty corner, also called a short corner, is awarded when a defender breaks a rule inside the striking circle or deliberately puts the ball out over the back line.
Read the full explanation →How many players are a part of the team on the field in a game of Hockey?
A hockey side fields eleven players at a time, one of whom is the goalkeeper, and the other ten are spread across defence, midfield and attack.
Read the full explanation →Who was the captain of the Indian team that won the Hockey World Cup in 1975?
He had also played in the World Cups of 1971 and 1973 and was later given the Padma Shri for his services to the game.
Read the full explanation →In which year did India win the Hockey World Cup?
India won the Hockey World Cup at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 1975, beating Pakistan 2–1 in the final. Ashok Kumar, the son of Dhyan Chand, scored the winning goal and Ajit Pal Singh led the side.
Read the full explanation →National Sports Day is celebrated in India on 29 August, the birth anniversary of which sportsperson?
National Sports Day is observed on his birthday every year, and it is the day on which the President presents the national sports awards, among them the Khel Ratna, the Arjuna Award and the Dronacharya Award.
Read the full explanation →In which year did India win its first Olympic gold medal in hockey?
India played its first Olympic hockey tournament at the Amsterdam Games of 1928 and won the gold medal at that first attempt, with Jaipal Singh Munda as the captain and Dhyan Chand as the leading scorer.
Read the full explanation →How many gold medals has India won in men's hockey at the Olympic Games?
India won the Olympic hockey gold in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964 and 1980, which is a record in the game.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following has been the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Shri award from the Government of India?
The correct answer is C, Balbir Singh Dosanjh, the hockey centre forward known as Balbir Singh Sr. He won Olympic gold with India in 1948, 1952 and 1956, scored five goals in the 1952 final against the Netherlands, and in 1957 became the first sportsperson of any game to be…
Read the full explanation →World Students' Day is observed on 15 October, the birth anniversary of which Indian?
He led the missile programme, was a key figure in the nuclear tests of 1998, served as the eleventh President of India and was given the Bharat Ratna in 1997.
Read the full explanation →Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, or National Unity Day, is observed on 31 October as the birth anniversary of
As the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister he brought the princely states into the Indian Union, which is why his birthday is kept as National Unity Day, with the Run for Unity held across the country.
Read the full explanation →United Nations Day is observed on 24 October every year because on that date in 1945
The Charter of the United Nations, signed at San Francisco in June 1945, came into force on 24 October 1945 after it had been ratified by the required number of states, and the United Nations counts that day as the day it came into being.
Read the full explanation →World Food Day is observed on 16 October to mark the founding of which organisation?
World Food Day is kept on the anniversary of that founding, and it draws attention to hunger, nutrition and the security of the world's food supply.
Read the full explanation →Indian Air Force Day is celebrated on 8 October to mark which event?
The Indian Air Force was raised on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary force, and that date is kept every year as Air Force Day, usually with a parade and a fly past at an air force station.
Read the full explanation →The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on 2 October, the birth anniversary of which leader?
India observes the day as Gandhi Jayanti, and the United Nations adopted the same date in 2007 as the International Day of Non-Violence in recognition of the method of non-violent struggle that Gandhi used.
Read the full explanation →World Tourism Day is observed on which of the following dates?
World Tourism Day has been observed on this date since 1980 by the World Tourism Organization, the United Nations body for tourism, and each year a member country hosts the main celebration with a chosen theme.
Read the full explanation →International Literacy Day is celebrated every year on which date?
International Literacy Day was declared by UNESCO in 1966 and has been observed every year since to remind governments of the work left in teaching people to read and write.
Read the full explanation →World Ozone Day is observed on which date?
The day, formally the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, marks the signing of the Montreal Protocol on 16 September 1987, the agreement under which countries agreed to stop using chlorofluorocarbons and other substances that thin the ozone layer.
Read the full explanation →Engineers' Day is observed in India on 15 September in memory of which engineer?
He was the engineer behind the Krishna Raja Sagara dam and the flood protection works of Hyderabad, served as Diwan of Mysore and was given the Bharat Ratna in 1955.
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