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.
Who took the first hat-trick in the history of the Cricket World Cup?
No bowler had managed a hat-trick in the four earlier editions, so the record stands as the first of its kind in the tournament.
Read the full explanation →Kapil Dev's unbeaten 175 in the 1983 World Cup, made at Tunbridge Wells, came against which team?
India had slipped to 17 for 5 when Kapil Dev came in and made 175 not out at Tunbridge Wells, taking the side to 266 and a win that kept the campaign alive.
Read the full explanation →The Irani Cup in Indian domestic cricket is played between
The Irani Cup is a single first-class match, usually played at the start of the season, in which the reigning Ranji champion meets a Rest of India side drawn from the rest of the country.
Read the full explanation →The Ranji Trophy, India's national first-class championship, is named after
The tournament began in the 1934-35 season and Bombay won that first edition; Mumbai has remained by far its most successful team.
Read the full explanation →Which team won the first men's T20 World Cup, held in 2007?
The first men's T20 World Cup was staged in South Africa in 2007, and India beat Pakistan in the final at Johannesburg under M. S. Dhoni, a match remembered for its last over.
Read the full explanation →Which country has won the men's ODI Cricket World Cup the greatest number of times?
Australia has won the one-day World Cup six times, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023, and its run of three in a row between 1999 and 2007 is unmatched.
Read the full explanation →England were declared champions of the 2019 Cricket World Cup on the basis of
England and New Zealand finished level after fifty overs each at Lord's, and the Super Over that followed was tied as well.
Read the full explanation →The 1987 Cricket World Cup, the first held outside England, was hosted by
The 1987 tournament, sponsored as the Reliance Cup, was the first taken away from England and the first in which an innings was cut from 60 overs to 50, the length used ever since.
Read the full explanation →Who captained India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup?
India beat Sri Lanka in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April 2011, and Dhoni, who finished the chase himself, was named player of the match; Yuvraj Singh was player of the tournament.
Read the full explanation →India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup final at which ground?
India beat West Indies in the final on 25 June 1983 at Lord's in London, defending a total of 183 and winning by 43 runs; Mohinder Amarnath was named player of the match and Kapil Dev was the captain who received the trophy on the famous balcony.
Read the full explanation →Which team won the first Cricket World Cup, held in 1975?
The first World Cup was played in England in 1975 over 60 overs an innings, and West Indies beat Australia in the final at Lord's under Clive Lloyd.
Read the full explanation →Anti-Terrorism Day is observed in India on 21 May to mark the anniversary of
The day was declared soon afterwards, and on it offices and institutions take a pledge against violence and terrorism in all its forms.
Read the full explanation →World Oceans Day is observed on
The day draws attention to the part the oceans play in the climate, in the oxygen we breathe and in the livelihoods of coastal communities, and it sits three days after World Environment Day.
Read the full explanation →National Statistics Day is observed in India on 29 June, the birth anniversary of
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis founded the Indian Statistical Institute, gave statistics the measure known as the Mahalanobis distance and shaped the model used in the Second Five Year Plan, and the Government of India keeps his birthday as Statistics Day.
Read the full explanation →The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on
The United Nations keeps this day to strengthen action against the production, trafficking and abuse of narcotic drugs, and the same date is also the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Read the full explanation →World Blood Donor Day, observed on 14 June, marks the birth anniversary of the scientist who discovered
The day falls on the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner, whose discovery of the blood groups made safe transfusion possible and won him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Read the full explanation →The International Day of Yoga is observed on 21 June. In which year was it observed for the first time?
India proposed the day at the United Nations in 2014 and the General Assembly adopted the resolution in December of that year, so the first observance came on 21 June 2015.
Read the full explanation →World Environment Day is observed every year on
The United Nations General Assembly designated the day after the Conference on the Human Environment held at Stockholm in 1972, and it has been observed since 1973.
Read the full explanation →World No Tobacco Day is observed on
The day closes the month and is meant to draw attention to the harm caused by tobacco in every form and to the policies that reduce its use.
Read the full explanation →World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is observed on 8 May, the birth anniversary of
He shared the first Nobel Peace Prize, and the movement observes his birthday as its day.
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