Static GK is the larger share of General Studies in both exams. The PCS Prelims General Studies-I paper covers the history of India and the national movement, Indian and world geography, polity and governance, economic and social development, environment and general science, with special reference to Uttar Pradesh. The Mains adds four national General Studies papers and two papers on Uttar Pradesh alone. PET 2026 gives 5 marks each to Indian History, the National Movement, Geography, the Economy, the Constitution and Public Administration, and General Science, set at NCERT secondary and senior secondary level. 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. The notes cover national GK; GK24 does not yet have a separate Uttar Pradesh GK section. As guidance, use them for the national part of both exams and add UP history, culture, geography, economy and schemes from the state government's own publications for General Studies-V and VI. Read a topic, solve its quiz, then check the previous-year questions to see how it is asked.
The reservoir of the Rihand dam in Sonbhadra district is known by which name?
The Rihand dam was built on the Rihand, a tributary of the Son, in Sonbhadra district, and its reservoir is the largest artificial lake of India.
Read the full explanation →Aligarh in Uttar Pradesh is best known for the manufacture of which product?
Aligarh has made locks since the colonial period and the trade grew into a cluster of small workshops making locks, hinges, builders hardware and brass fittings, which is also the One District One Product of the district.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Uttar Pradesh is the main centre of hand knotted carpet weaving?
The town and the villages around it, together with neighbouring Mirzapur, form the largest hand knotted carpet belt of India and export most of what they weave.
Read the full explanation →The only oil refinery of Uttar Pradesh is located at:
The Mathura refinery of the Indian Oil Corporation is the only refinery in the state and was set up to serve the demand of the north western plains, with crude reaching it by pipeline.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Uttar Pradesh is famous for the traditional perfume called ittar?
The town has distilled flower oils in copper stills for centuries and is called the perfume capital of India, its ittar being carried in leather bottles and matured through the seasons.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the One District One Product scheme launched by the Uttar Pradesh government?
The scheme was announced on Uttar Pradesh Day, 24 January 2018, and chose one traditional product for each district so that help with design, credit, common facility centres, packaging and marketing could be concentrated instead of scattered.
Read the full explanation →Which city of Uttar Pradesh is known as the Manchester of North India?
The city grew in the nineteenth century as the cotton and woollen mill town of the Ganga plain, with army supply orders behind it, and the tanneries of Jajmau grew beside the mills.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only coal producing district of Uttar Pradesh?
The Singrauli coalfield spreads across the border of Madhya Pradesh into Sonbhadra, and no other district of Uttar Pradesh has workable coal.
Read the full explanation →Firozabad, a city in Uttar Pradesh, is famous for which of the following industries?
Firozabad has made glass bangles, chandeliers and glassware for generations and is called the bangle city of India.
Read the full explanation →Lucknow city of Uttar Pradesh is famous for which of the following handloom production centers?
Chikankari is the fine white shadow work embroidery of Lucknow, done with untwisted thread on muslin, cotton and georgette, and it carries a geographical indication tag in the name of the city.
Read the full explanation →Which source irrigates the largest area in Uttar Pradesh?
The alluvium of the Ganga plain holds water close to the surface, so a farmer can sink a tube well cheaply and pump whenever the crop needs water rather than waiting for a canal turn.
Read the full explanation →The Matatila dam, a joint project of Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh, is built on which river?
The Matatila dam stands on the Betwa on the border of the Jhansi and Lalitpur tract and was built jointly by Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh for irrigation and a small hydel station.
Read the full explanation →The Sharda Canal of Uttar Pradesh takes off from which place?
The Sharda Canal begins at Banbasa, where the Sharda river, also called the Kali, comes down from the Kumaon hills to the plain.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Uttar Pradesh is called the energy capital of the state?
The district lies in the extreme south east, where the Singrauli coalfield, the Rihand reservoir and the hills meet.
Read the full explanation →The Narora Atomic Power Station is located in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
The Narora Atomic Power Station stands at Narora on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district and is the only nuclear station in Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Rihand dam of Uttar Pradesh is built on which river?
The Rihand rises on the Chhattisgarh plateau, flows north through the hills of the south east and joins the Son, and the dam at Pipri in Sonbhadra district stands across it.
Read the full explanation →Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, the largest man made lake in India by area, is the reservoir of which dam?
The dam was built at Pipri in Sonbhadra district across the Rihand, a tributary of the Son, and the lake behind it was named Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar after the first chief minister of Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Agra Canal draws its water from the Yamuna at which barrage?
The Agra Canal starts at the Okhla barrage on the Yamuna near Delhi and was opened in 1874.
Read the full explanation →The Lower Ganga Canal starts from Narora, which lies in which district of Uttar Pradesh?
Narora stands on the Ganga in Bulandshahr district, and the barrage there feeds the Lower Ganga Canal, opened in 1878 to extend irrigation to the middle Doab districts of Etawah, Kanpur and Fatehpur.
Read the full explanation →Under which engineer was the Upper Ganga Canal designed and built?
Cautley surveyed the Doab, chose Haridwar as the head and supervised the digging of the Upper Ganga Canal, which was opened in 1854.
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