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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

Q19002.Government SchemesEasy

When was the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan launched?

  1. A.2 October 2019
  2. B.15 August 2020
  3. C.26 January 2021
  4. D.1 April 2022
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Correct answer: B. 15 August 2020

The release states that the Union Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment launched the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan on that date to combat the demand for drugs in the country, which is why the campaign is now marking its sixth anniversary with a National Mass Pledge Against Drug Abuse.

Q19003.Science & TechnologyHard

Which structural arrangement is the fundamental requirement for piezoelectricity, according to the study?

  1. A.A centrosymmetric crystal structure
  2. B.An amorphous structure with no order
  3. C.A non-centrosymmetric structure
  4. D.A body-centred cubic structure
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Correct answer: C. A non-centrosymmetric structure

The release explains that controlled chiral self-assembly aligns the molecular dipoles into such a structure, and calls it a fundamental structural requirement for piezoelectricity.

Q19004.Science & TechnologyMedium

How did the researchers switch on a strong piezoelectric response in the peptide material?

  1. A.By changing the chemical composition of the peptide
  2. B.By adding one per cent of a suitable co-solvent
  3. C.By coating the peptide with a ceramic layer
  4. D.By heating the peptide above 500 degrees Celsius
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Correct answer: B. By adding one per cent of a suitable co-solvent

The team found that in water the peptide molecules form nanofibers and show no piezoelectric response. Introducing just that small share of a co-solvent reorganised the molecules into a highly ordered supramolecular arrangement, and the piezoelectric response switched on at once.

Q19005.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which institute led the research that made peptides strongly piezoelectric?

  1. A.Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bengaluru
  2. B.Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Kolkata
  3. C.Jawaharlal Nehru Centre for Advanced Scientific Research
  4. D.Indian Institute of Chemical Technology, Hyderabad
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Correct answer: A. Centre for Nano and Soft Matter Sciences, Bengaluru

The release names it as the institute whose researchers took up peptides, and the work was led there by Dr Goutam Ghosh with his doctoral scholar Aparna Ramesh.

Q19006.Awards & HonoursHard

The Green Highways Excellence Awards were instituted by NHAI as mandated in which policy?

  1. A.National Highways Development Policy, 2011
  2. B.Green Highways Policy, 2015
  3. C.National Green Corridor Policy, 2018
  4. D.Bharatmala Plantation Policy, 2022
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Correct answer: B. Green Highways Policy, 2015

The release states that NHAI instituted the awards in 2025 as mandated in that policy, and describes them as reinforcing the Authority's commitment to joining environmental sustainability with the development of the National Highway network.

Q19012.InternationalHard

Which of these was NOT signed or launched during the Belgian Prime Minister's visit to India?

  1. A.Letter of Intent between the two Defence Ministries
  2. B.MoU between the Central Bureau of Investigation and Belgium's Federal Police
  3. C.India-Belgium Civil Nuclear Liability Treaty
  4. D.India-Belgium Investment Fast-Track Mechanism
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Correct answer: C. India-Belgium Civil Nuclear Liability Treaty

The joint statement lists what was actually concluded. A Letter of Intent was signed between the Defence Ministries of the two countries, giving a framework for staff talks, training, education, research and defence-industrial partnerships, and building on an understanding the two Defence Ministers reached in March 2025.

Q19018.EnvironmentEasy

Who inaugurated the international workshop on tiger landscapes in New Delhi?

  1. A.The Prime Minister
  2. B.Bhupender Yadav, Union Environment Minister
  3. C.S. P. Yadav, Director General, IBCA
  4. D.Mia Oka, ADB Country Director for India
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Correct answer: B. Bhupender Yadav, Union Environment Minister

He opened the two-day workshop and delivered the inaugural address, in which he said that conservation with harmony and human-nature coexistence should be the foundation of ecological conservation.

Q19019.EnvironmentMedium

Which two organisations signed a Memorandum of Understanding at the international workshop on tiger landscapes?

  1. A.IBCA and the World Bank
  2. B.IBCA and the Asian Development Bank
  3. C.NTCA and the World Wide Fund for Nature
  4. D.NTCA and the Asian Development Bank
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Correct answer: B. IBCA and the Asian Development Bank

The two formalised their partnership through an MoU at the event, marking a step towards stronger collaboration in landscape conservation, sustainable development, capacity building, knowledge exchange and nature-positive financing initiatives.

Q19020.Summits & ConferencesHard

Which of these was NOT among the new projects deliberated at the 18th IP BRICS meeting?

  1. A.BRICS Intellectual Property Awareness Series
  2. B.IP BRICS FinTech Innovation Monitor
  3. C.BRICS Industrial Property Commercialisation Forum
  4. D.BRICS Common Currency Patent Fund
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Correct answer: D. BRICS Common Currency Patent Fund

The new projects on which deliberations concluded were the BRICS Intellectual Property Awareness Series, the IP BRICS FinTech Innovation Monitor, the BRICS Industrial Property Commercialisation Forum and Best Practices Repository, initiatives on intellectual property policies for public health and development, research on the design systems of BRICS countries, and a…

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