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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

Q19121.DefenceEasy

Where will the 16th Aero India be held?

  1. A.Air Force Station, Hindon, Ghaziabad
  2. B.Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru
  3. C.Begumpet Airport, Hyderabad
  4. D.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Air Force Station, Yelahanka, Bengaluru

The 16th edition of Aero India is scheduled there from 8 to 12 February 2027, in the state of Karnataka, and is organised by the Department of Defence Production under the Ministry of Defence.

Q19122.Awards & HonoursMedium

Along with which other awards will the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards 2024 be conferred?

  1. A.National Sports Awards 2025
  2. B.Padma Awards 2026
  3. C.Jnanpith Award 2025
  4. D.National Bravery Awards 2026
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Correct answer: A. National Sports Awards 2025

The release says the adventure awards will be conferred by the President of India at Rashtrapati Bhavan along with those sports awards, and that the date of the ceremony will be announced separately.

Q19124.Awards & HonoursMedium

Which of these is NOT a category of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards?

  1. A.Land Adventure
  2. B.Water Adventure
  3. C.Air Adventure
  4. D.Polar Adventure
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Correct answer: D. Polar Adventure

The award has exactly four categories and that is not one of them. Three of the four are defined by where the feat takes place, namely Land Adventure, Water Adventure and Air Adventure, and the fourth is Lifetime Achievement, which recognises a career rather than a single exploit.

Q19130.Banking & FinanceMedium

Who is the Chairperson of IFSCA, as named in the release?

  1. A.K. Rajaraman
  2. B.Shaktikanta Das
  3. C.Tuhin Kanta Pandey
  4. D.Mia Oka
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Correct answer: A. K. Rajaraman

He is quoted in the release saying that the rapid scale-up of banking activity at GIFT-IFSC shows the depth and growing international orientation of India's International Financial Services Centre, and that the centre is serving as an effective bridge between global pools of capital and India's financing needs.

Q19132.Banking & FinanceEasy

Under which law was the International Financial Services Centres Authority established?

  1. A.The SEBI Act, 1992
  2. B.The IFSCA Act, 2019
  3. C.The Banking Regulation Act, 1949
  4. D.The FEMA, 1999
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Correct answer: B. The IFSCA Act, 2019

The release describes IFSCA as the unified regulatory authority set up by the Government of India under an Act of Parliament for the development and regulation of financial products, financial services and financial institutions in India's International Financial Services Centres.

Q19133.Banking & FinanceMedium

How much had IFSC Banking Units at GIFT City sanctioned under the RBI's FCNR(B) swap facility as on 31 August 2026?

  1. A.USD 28.60 billion
  2. B.USD 37.26 billion
  3. C.USD 54.02 billion
  4. D.USD 62.40 billion
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Correct answer: C. USD 54.02 billion

That is the figure twenty IFSC Banking Units had sanctioned under the Reserve Bank's special swap facility for FCNR(B) deposits as on 31 August 2026, and about USD 52.82 billion of it had already been disbursed.

Q19134.EconomyMedium

Which reform did JCR credit with strengthening the asset quality of India's banking sector?

  1. A.The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
  2. B.The Companies Act
  3. C.The Competition Act
  4. D.The Foreign Trade Policy
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Correct answer: A. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

JCR pointed to three things behind the better asset quality of Indian banks: the establishment of this Code, the capital the Government infused into banks, and stronger supervision by the Reserve Bank of India.

Q19138.EconomyHard

Why did the mining and quarrying sector show real GVA growth of -2.4 per cent but nominal GVA growth of 22.3 per cent?

  1. A.Because mining output rose sharply in volume terms
  2. B.Because mineral prices, especially crude petroleum and natural gas, rose steeply
  3. C.Because the sector was moved out of the GDP series
  4. D.Because coal production was excluded from the estimates
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Correct answer: B. Because mineral prices, especially crude petroleum and natural gas, rose steeply

Constant-price estimates for mining are built from the Index of Industrial Production, which grew -3.8 per cent in April, -1.4 per cent in May and 1.6 per cent in June, broadly matching real GVA growth of -2.4 per cent.

Q19140.EconomyMedium

Under double deflation, which two items are deflated separately to arrive at real Gross Value Added?

  1. A.Output and intermediate consumption
  2. B.Exports and imports
  3. C.Wages and profits
  4. D.Government spending and private consumption
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Correct answer: A. Output and intermediate consumption

Double deflation is a production-side technique: gross output is deflated with one price index and intermediate consumption with another, and real Gross Value Added is what remains after subtracting the second from the first.

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