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Madhya Pradesh GK Questions 2026

Static GK decides most of the General Studies score in the Madhya Pradesh exams. The SSE Prelims General Studies paper of 300 marks has ten units: History of India, Geography of India, the Constitutional System, the Economy, Science, Environment and Health, and Information and Communication Technology on the national side, and History, Culture and Literature, Geography, and Tribes of Madhya Pradesh on the state side, with MP parts inside the polity and economy units too. The Mains General Studies papers go deeper into the same areas, and the MPESB Group-2 test asks General Knowledge and Aptitude alongside General Science. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes, written as short facts and tables in English and Hindi so a topic can be revised in one sitting. They cover national GK: Indian Polity, Ancient, Medieval and Modern History, Geography, the Economy and General Science. GK24 does not have a separate Madhya Pradesh GK section. As guidance, read the national notes here, and study MP dynasties, tribes, rivers, districts, schemes and the state economy from state government sources, using the MPPSC syllabus as a checklist. After each topic, solve its quiz and previous-year questions on this site to test what you retained.

Madhya Pradesh GK Questions with Answers

Q621.Indian HistoryAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · MPPSC Pre GS, 19 Jun 2022Medium

Which was the first State to be merged under Dalhousie’s “Doctrine of Lapse”?

  1. A.Jaitpur
  2. B.Sambalpur
  3. C.Jhansi
  4. D.Satara
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Correct answer: D. Satara

Satara was the first state annexed under Lord Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse, in 1848. Under this policy, if the ruler of a dependent state died without a natural male heir, the state lapsed to the East India Company, and an adopted son could not inherit the throne.

Q622.Indian HistoryAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · MPPSC Pre GS, 16 Feb 2025Easy

The date 6 April 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is related to:

  1. A.The Quit India Movement
  2. B.The Partition of Bengal
  3. C.The Jallianwala Bagh massacre
  4. D.The Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi
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Correct answer: D. The Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi

On the morning of 6 April 1930 Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt on the beach at Dandi and broke the salt law, and with that the Civil Disobedience Movement began.

Q627.EconomyEasy

Asia's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone (TMZ), whose site was inspected by the Union Communications Minister in September 2026, is being set up in which city?

  1. A.Indore
  2. B.Gwalior
  3. C.Noida
  4. D.Bhopal
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Correct answer: B. Gwalior

The Ministry of Communications said Asia's first Telecom Manufacturing Zone will be established in Gwalior, and Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia inspected the identified site at the Shrimant Madhavrao Scindia Counter Magnet City (SADA) on 20 September 2026.

Q628.EnvironmentHard

Nearly what share of India's land area is covered by grasslands, as stated at the review meeting?

  1. A.Nearly 14 per cent
  2. B.Nearly 18 per cent
  3. C.Nearly 24 per cent
  4. D.Nearly 32 per cent
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Correct answer: C. Nearly 24 per cent

The Union Environment Minister underlined the ecological importance of grasslands and said that although they cover close to this share of the country's land area, they remain among the most degraded and least conserved ecosystems in India.

Q629.EnvironmentMedium

Which institution prepared the Gujarat Action Plan for Great Indian Bustard Conservation?

  1. A.The Zoological Survey of India
  2. B.The National Tiger Conservation Authority
  3. C.The Wildlife Institute of India, with the Gujarat Forest Department
  4. D.The Forest Survey of India
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Correct answer: C. The Wildlife Institute of India, with the Gujarat Forest Department

The Union Minister released the plan at Bhuj and described it as a science-based roadmap. It aims to establish a minimum viable population of more than thirty birds and to secure between two hundred and five hundred square kilometres of safe and connected habitat.

Q631.Government SchemesEasy

Nanha Sa Dil, whose milestones were marked at the same event, addresses which health problem in children?

  1. A.Thalassemia
  2. B.Congenital heart defects
  3. C.Childhood tuberculosis
  4. D.Severe acute malnutrition
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Correct answer: B. Congenital heart defects

Nanha Sa Dil is run by Coal India Limited with the Sri Sathya Sai Health and Education Trust, began in four districts of Jharkhand in March 2024, and has completed more than 1,500 corrective surgeries that are free for the family, including the cost of travel and hospital stay.

Q632.Government SchemesEasy

Under which Act did corporate social responsibility become a statutory obligation in India, making the new coal sector framework the first sector-specific one since then?

  1. A.The Companies Act, 1956
  2. B.The Companies Act, 2013
  3. C.The Mines and Minerals Act, 1957
  4. D.The Coal Mines Act, 1952
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Correct answer: B. The Companies Act, 2013

The launch described the coal sector document as the first sector-specific corporate social responsibility framework since statutory CSR came in under that Act, which is the legal anchor of the entire CSR system for Indian companies.

Q633.Government SchemesMedium

Which institute has prepared the Comprehensive CSR Framework for Indian Coal Companies?

  1. A.Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
  2. B.Indian Institute of Public Administration
  3. C.National Institute of Financial Management
  4. D.Indian School of Mines
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Correct answer: A. Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

The framework launched by the Union Minister of Coal and Mines in New Delhi on 8 September 2026 was drafted by this institute and is meant to guide outcome-oriented corporate social responsibility spending for people living around coal mines.

Q634.State NewsEasy

Who inaugurated the Indore Metro Priority Corridor-2?

  1. A.The Union Minister of Railways
  2. B.The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs
  3. C.The Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh
  4. D.The Union Minister of Road Transport and Highways
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Correct answer: B. The Union Minister for Housing and Urban Affairs

Metro rail in India falls under the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, and the release records that the Minister inaugurated the corridor in the presence of the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh.

Q636.State NewsMedium

The Indore Metro Priority Corridor-2 inaugurated on 5 September 2026 runs between which two points?

  1. A.Super Corridor-3 and Malviya Nagar Chauraha
  2. B.Rajwada and Vijay Nagar
  3. C.Super Corridor-3 and Rajwada
  4. D.Gandhi Nagar and Bhawarkuan
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Correct answer: A. Super Corridor-3 and Malviya Nagar Chauraha

The release describes the newly inaugurated Phase-I (Reach-II) as a stretch of about 11 km with 11 stations running from Super Corridor-3 to Malviya Nagar Chauraha, developed at an estimated cost of ₹2,850 crore.

Q637.EnvironmentMedium

The Aawa Paani Jhoki movement, under which farmers set aside 5 per cent of their land for water conservation, is in which district?

  1. A.Prakasam district, Andhra Pradesh
  2. B.Korea district, Chhattisgarh
  3. C.Kalahandi district, Odisha
  4. D.Barmer district, Rajasthan
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Correct answer: B. Korea district, Chhattisgarh

The backgrounder describes farmers there voluntarily dedicating 5 per cent of their agricultural land for recharge ponds and terraced pits under the Aawa Paani Jhoki movement, and holds the model up as proof that sustainable water management needs neither large-scale displacement nor heavy capital.