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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

Q1843.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Through the Forty Second Amendment to the Constitution of India, which of the following was/were inserted into its Preamble? 1. 'Liberty of thought, expression and belief' was substituted by 'Liberty of thought, expression, belief, faith and worship'. 2. The expression 'Unity of the Nation' was substituted by 'Unity and Integrity of the Nation'. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

The 42nd Amendment of 1976 changed 'unity of the Nation' to 'unity and integrity of the Nation', but it did not touch the words on liberty.

Q1844.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKHard

The Rangarajan Committee methodology for determining the poverty line incorporated which of the following ? 1. A food component 2. A normative level of expenditure for essential non-food items 3. A behaviourally determined expenditure for other non-food items Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1, 2 and 3
  4. D.1 and 3 only
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Correct answer: C. 1, 2 and 3

The Rangarajan Committee built its poverty line basket from all three parts named in the question. The expert group headed by C. Rangarajan was set up in 2012 and reported in 2014, to review the Tendulkar method.

Q1847.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2025, GATHard

A current through a horizontal power line flows in east to west direction. What will be the direction of magnetic field at a point directly below it when viewed from east end ?

  1. A.Clockwise in a plane perpendicular to the wire
  2. B.Anti-clockwise in a plane perpendicular to the wire
  3. C.Clockwise in a plane of parallel to the wire
  4. D.Anti-clockwise in a plane of parallel to the wire
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Correct answer: A. Clockwise in a plane perpendicular to the wire

Seen from the east end, the current flows away from the observer, and by the right-hand thumb rule the field lines around it are clockwise circles in a plane perpendicular to the wire.

Q1849.Static GKAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATEasy

The Headquarters of Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railway is located at

  1. A.Bhubaneswar
  2. B.Kolkata
  3. C.Hajipur
  4. D.Guwahati
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Correct answer: B. Kolkata

The Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways has its headquarters at Fairlie Place in Kolkata. Eastern Railway was formed in 1952 out of the East Indian Railway, one of the oldest railway companies in India, whose first train in the east ran from Howrah to Hooghly in 1854.

Q1851.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATEasy

The Superintendence, direction and control of elections in India is vested in

  1. A.The Supreme Court of India
  2. B.The Parliament of India
  3. C.The Election Commission of India
  4. D.The Chief Election Commissioner
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Correct answer: C. The Election Commission of India

Article 324(1) vests the superintendence, direction and control of elections in the Election Commission, as a body. Under Article 324 the Commission conducts elections to Parliament, the State legislatures and the offices of President and Vice-President.

Q1852.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

Article 352 of the Constitution of India contains provisions related to

  1. A.financial emergency
  2. B.failure of constitutional machinery in States
  3. C.suspension of the enforcement of rights conferred in Part III of the Constitution
  4. D.general emergency
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Correct answer: D. general emergency

Article 352 lets the President proclaim a national (general) emergency when the security of India or any part of it is threatened by war, external aggression or armed rebellion.

Q1855.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2020, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements regarding Bleaching powder and D.D.T. is correct ?

  1. A.Both are inorganic compounds
  2. B.Both are organic compounds
  3. C.Both contain chlorine
  4. D.Both contain calcium
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Correct answer: C. Both contain chlorine

Bleaching powder is calcium oxychloride, CaOCl₂, and DDT is dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane; chlorine is the one element common to both. Bleaching powder is made by passing chlorine gas over dry slaked lime.

Q1856.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATEasy

When a light beam falls on a triangular glass prism, a band of colours is obtained. Which one of the following statements is correct in this regard?

  1. A.Red light bends the most, as the refractive index of glass for red light is greatest.
  2. B.Red light bends the most, as the refractive index of glass for red light is lowest.
  3. C.Violet light bends the most, as the refractive index of glass for violet light is greatest.
  4. D.Violet light bends the most, as the refractive index of glass for violet light is lowest.
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Correct answer: C. Violet light bends the most, as the refractive index of glass for violet light is greatest.

The more a colour is slowed by glass, the higher the refractive index for it and the more it bends.

Q1857.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GATEasy

Which one of the following metals is most commonly used for making filament of incandescent electric bulbs?

  1. A.Aluminium
  2. B.Silver
  3. C.Copper
  4. D.Tungsten
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Correct answer: D. Tungsten

The filament of an incandescent bulb must glow white-hot without melting, and tungsten has the highest melting point of all metals, about 3,400 °C. An incandescent bulb works by the heating effect of electric current: the thin coiled filament gets so hot, around 2,500 °C or more, that it gives…

Q1858.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2023, GATMedium

Which one among the following is true for the speed of sound in a given medium ?

  1. A.Speed of sound remains same at all frequencies
  2. B.Speed of sound is faster at higher frequencies
  3. C.Speed of sound is slower at higher frequencies
  4. D.Speed of sound is slower at higher wavelengths
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Correct answer: A. Speed of sound remains same at all frequencies

In a given medium under the same conditions, sounds of all frequencies travel at the same speed; the speed depends on the medium, not on the pitch.

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