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Uttar Pradesh GK Questions 2026

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.

Uttar Pradesh GK Questions with Answers

Q422.Uttar PradeshMedium

Which river is the longest tributary of the Ganga?

  1. A.Ghaghara
  2. B.Yamuna
  3. C.Gomti
  4. D.Son
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Correct answer: B. Yamuna

The Yamuna rises at the Yamunotri glacier in Uttarakhand, flows past Delhi, Mathura and Agra and joins the Ganga at Prayagraj after a course of more than thirteen hundred kilometres, which makes it the longest tributary of the Ganga.

Q431.DefenceHard

Who flagged in the Indian Coast Guard mountaineering team at Dehradun after the Mount Mukut climb?

  1. A.The Governor of Uttarakhand
  2. B.The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand
  3. C.The Director General of the Indian Coast Guard
  4. D.The Defence Minister
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Correct answer: B. The Chief Minister of Uttarakhand

Pushkar Singh Dhami, who holds that office, flagged in the seventeen-member team at a ceremony in Dehradun, praising the exceptional grit and endurance of the climbers and describing the achievement as an example of courage and a matter of national pride.

Q432.DefenceMedium

The Mount Mukut climb was preparation for an Indian Coast Guard Everest expedition in which year?

  1. A.During its Swarnim Jayanti in 2027
  2. B.During its platinum jubilee in 2028
  3. C.During its diamond jubilee in 2030
  4. D.During its centenary in 2032
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Correct answer: A. During its Swarnim Jayanti in 2027

The correct answer is that the Everest attempt is planned during the force's Swarnim Jayanti, the golden jubilee, in the year given in option A. The Mount Mukut climb was the fifth and concluding phase of an eighteen-month preparatory programme built around that goal, and the operational experience and lessons…

Q433.DefenceMedium

Which institute guided the Indian Coast Guard team during its Mount Mukut expedition?

  1. A.Nehru Institute of Mountaineering, Uttarkashi
  2. B.Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling
  3. C.Jawahar Institute of Mountaineering, Pahalgam
  4. D.Indian Mountaineering Foundation, New Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, Darjeeling

The seventeen-member Coast Guard team climbed Mount Mukut under the expert guidance of that institute, and the climb formed the fifth and final phase of a preparatory programme that ran for eighteen months.

Q435.Uttar PradeshEasy

The Ganga and the Yamuna meet at which city of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.Varanasi
  2. B.Kanpur
  3. C.Prayagraj
  4. D.Mirzapur
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Correct answer: C. Prayagraj

The Yamuna joins the Ganga at Prayagraj, and the meeting point is called the Sangam. The confluence marks the end of the Ganga-Yamuna Doab, the tract between the two rivers that forms the upper part of the Ganga plain and the most intensively irrigated land in the state.

Q439.Uttar PradeshEasy

Which of the following is NOT one of the physical divisions of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.The Bhabhar and Terai belt
  2. B.The Ganga plain
  3. C.The southern plateau and hills
  4. D.The coastal plain
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Correct answer: D. The coastal plain

Uttar Pradesh is landlocked, so it can have no coastal plain at all. The state is divided into three physical regions only: the Bhabhar and Terai belt in the north, the Ganga plain in the middle and the southern plateau and hills beyond the Yamuna.