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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

Q18022.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 12 Sep 2021Medium

Mahatma Gandhi was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress only once. In which of the following sessions did it happen?

  1. A.Amritsar Session 1919
  2. B.Belgaum Session 1924
  3. C.Lahore Session 1929
  4. D.Lucknow Session 1936
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Correct answer: B. Belgaum Session 1924

Gandhi presided over the Congress only once, at its session held at Belgaum (now Belagavi in Karnataka) in December 1924.

Q18023.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 11 Feb 2024Hard

Match List I with List II:

List I: a. Dilmun, b. Makan or Magan, c. Meluha, d. Ur

List II: i. Sindh region, ii. Port in Mesopotamia, iii. Bahrain island, iv. Makran coast (Baluchistan)

Select the correct answer from the options given below:

  1. A.a-ii, b-iii, c-iv, d-i
  2. B.a-iv, b-i, c-iii, d-ii
  3. C.a-ii, b-iii, c-i, d-iv
  4. D.a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii
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Correct answer: D. a-iii, b-iv, c-i, d-ii

These are names found in Mesopotamian cuneiform texts for the lands that traded with the Harappans. Meluha is generally identified with the Indus region, including Sindh; the texts speak of its ships bringing carnelian, lapis lazuli, copper, gold and fine wood.

Q18024.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 24 Jul 2022Medium

In the Later Vedic period, the term 'Bali' meant

  1. A.Sacrifice
  2. B.Tax
  3. C.A powerful landlord
  4. D.Income
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Correct answer: B. Tax

In the Later Vedic age, bali had become a regular tax collected by the king. In the Rig Vedic period, bali was a voluntary offering that the people or defeated tribes gave to the chief, often in the form of cattle or grain.

Q18025.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HPSC HCS Prelims GS, 12 Sep 2021Easy

With reference to the Mughal administration, which among the following options is connected to the features of Mansabdari System?

  1. A.Zat, Sawar
  2. B.Barkat, Fana
  3. C.Namus, Din
  4. D.Peshkash, Nazr
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Correct answer: A. Zat, Sawar

Every Mughal mansab was expressed by two numbers, the zat rank and the sawar rank. Akbar organised the mansabdari system in the 1570s so that every noble and officer, civil or military, had a place on one graded ladder.

Q18026.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · HSSC CET Group C, 5 Nov 2022, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following was/were the main feature(s) of the Subsidiary Alliance, a system devised by the British in colonial India?

(a) It was devised by Lord Wellesley.

(b) A British armed contingent would be stationed in the territory of the allied party.

(c) The allied party could not enter into any treaty with another ruler.

(d) The British would protect the allied party only from internal challenges.

Select the correct option from the code given below:

  1. A.Only (b)
  2. B.(a) and (b)
  3. C.(a), (b) and (c)
  4. D.(a) and (d)
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Correct answer: C. (a), (b) and (c)

Statements (a), (b) and (c) describe the Subsidiary Alliance correctly, while (d) does not. Lord Wellesley, Governor-General from 1798 to 1805, turned the Subsidiary Alliance into the main tool of British expansion.

Q18032.Indian EconomyAsked in: RRB ALP · CBT-1, 9 Aug 2018, Shift 2Medium

Which was the first country to introduce GST in its system?

  1. A.Canada
  2. B.France
  3. C.Australia
  4. D.Germany
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Correct answer: B. France

France was the first country to introduce GST, in 1954. The idea came from Maurice Lauré, a French tax official, who designed a tax charged at every stage of production and sale but only on the value added at that stage.

Q18037.Indian PolityAsked in: RRB ALP · CBT-1, 16 Feb 2026, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following articles in the Indian Constitution states that there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President who shall, in the exercise of his functions, act in accordance with such advice?

  1. A.Article 70
  2. B.Article 50
  3. C.Article 74
  4. D.Article 84
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Correct answer: C. Article 74

Article 74 says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at the head to aid and advise the President, who shall act according to that advice.

Q18039.GeographyAsked in: RRB ALP · CBT-1, 31 Aug 2018, Shift 1Easy

Which of these rivers primarily flows in South Africa?

  1. A.Orange River
  2. B.Nile River
  3. C.Congo River
  4. D.Niger River
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Correct answer: A. Orange River

The Orange River is the longest river of South Africa, about 2,200 km long. It rises in the Drakensberg mountains of Lesotho, flows west across South Africa and falls into the Atlantic Ocean at Alexander Bay.

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