General knowledge is not a named section of CTET, but part of it sits inside two subjects. In Paper I, Environmental Studies has 30 questions: 15 on content and 15 on pedagogical issues. The content themes in the CTET September 2026 bulletin are Family and Friends (relationships, work and play, animals and plants), Food, Shelter, Water, Travel, and Things We Make and Do. In Paper II, Social Studies/Social Science has 60 questions: 40 on content from History, Geography and Social and Political Life, and 20 on pedagogy. Science in Paper II has 20 content questions on food, materials, the world of the living, how things work, natural phenomena and natural resources. The bulletin bases all of these on the NCERT syllabus, with difficulty up to the Secondary stage in Paper I and the Senior Secondary stage in Paper II. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes marked for CTET: geography, Indian history, Indian polity, general science, and environment and ecology, in English and Hindi. Use them as guidance to revise facts after reading the NCERT chapter, not in place of it. GK24 does not cover Child Development and Pedagogy, the languages, Mathematics or the pedagogy questions, which make up most of each paper.
How many Cleanliness Target Units were transformed by the Ministry of Mines under Swachhata Hi Seva 2026?
The Ministry of Mines reported that this many Cleanliness Target Units were given a makeover under the campaign, and that the work drew 10,723 participants.
Read the full explanation →In Ayurveda, menopause and its associated clinical features are discussed under which term?
Ayurveda places the menopausal phase and the complaints that accompany it, such as irregular menstruation, hot flushes, disturbed sleep, mood changes and joint pain, under this heading, and treats the stage as a natural transformation rather than a disease.
Read the full explanation →Which research council works under the Ministry of Ayush on Ayurvedic approaches to menopausal health?
It is the Ayurvedic research council through which the Ministry of Ayush pursues a better understanding of menopausal health, covering physical health, emotional well-being and quality of life.
Read the full explanation →On which date is World Menopause Day observed every year?
World Menopause Day is marked on this date every year, and the Ministry of Ayush issued its statement on the eve of the day to press for awareness, preventive care and research on the health of women during menopause.
Read the full explanation →What share of the total participation in Week 5 of the campaign was accounted for by women?
Women made up that share of everyone who took part in the week, and the ministry treats the figure as a sign of how strongly young women have joined the campaign.
Read the full explanation →Under which theme is the second month of the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat campaign being run?
This is the theme the ministry has set for the second month of the campaign, and it treats bodily fitness, mental strength, discipline and self-confidence as the building blocks of a society free of addiction.
Read the full explanation →How many participants did Week 5 of the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat 100 Week Sankalp Abhiyan draw?
That is the number of people the fifth week of the campaign reached, spread over 183 educational institutions, NSS units and adopted villages in different parts of the country.
Read the full explanation →On which date was Yoga evam Aatm-Suraksha Diwas observed across India to begin the second month of the Nasha Mukt Yuva for Viksit Bharat 100 Week Sankalp Abhiyan?
On that day the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, working through MY Bharat and the National Service Scheme, held Yoga evam Aatm-Suraksha Diwas, or Yoga and Self-Defence Day, at locations across the country, and that nationwide observance is what opened the second month of the Nasha Mukt Yuva for…
Read the full explanation →Which Union Minister attended the Yuva Samvad marking the Vande Mataram anniversary at Bhopal?
The correct answer is the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare, Shivraj Singh Chouhan, who attended the youth dialogue and planted saplings with the participants.
Read the full explanation →Which youth platform did the Minister call a large platform for preparing creative youth power for a developed India?
The volunteers who met the Minister belonged to this platform, and he described it as a large one for preparing the creative strength of youth for the building of a developed India, adding that its object is to make the young good citizens who work for the country and society…
Read the full explanation →Where did the Minister plant saplings along with youth from seven states?
The correct answer is Smart City Park, Bhopal, where the plantation and the open dialogue with the young took place during the programme marking the anniversary of Vande Mataram.
Read the full explanation →The Yuva Samvad attended by Shivraj Singh Chouhan marked how many years of Vande Mataram?
The youth dialogue was held to mark the completion of one hundred and fifty glorious years of Vande Mataram, and the Union Minister for Agriculture and Farmers' Welfare joined it at Smart City Park in Bhopal, where he planted saplings with young people drawn from seven states.
Read the full explanation →How many participants and institutions took part in the first CSSIF stakeholder consultation?
The meeting brought together stakeholders from government ministries and departments, operational agencies, research and academic institutions, non-governmental organisations, civil society and the private sector, spread across several states of the country.
Read the full explanation →Which nationwide system was argued for at the technical session of the consultation?
The introductory talk of the technical session, given by Dr Rupa Kumar Kolli, formerly Chief of the Climate Applications and Services Division at the World Meteorological Organization, set out why the country needs such a system to carry climate information to the people who must act on it.
Read the full explanation →IITM, Pune, which hosted the consultation, functions under which Union ministry?
The correct answer is the Ministry of Earth Sciences, under which the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology works and which was named as the parent body in the announcement of the consultation.
Read the full explanation →The first Stakeholder Consultation Meeting of the Climate Science into Services for India Forum was hosted by which institute?
The correct answer is the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, which organised the meeting on its own campus under the Ministry of Earth Sciences.
Read the full explanation →Within how many days of the Official Gazette copies reaching the public may stakeholders file objections to the FSSAI draft on infant nutrition?
The notification on sucrose and fructose in infant foods has been published as a draft for public consultation, and objections as well as suggestions from stakeholders are invited within sixty days of the date on which copies of the Official Gazette carrying it are made available to the public.
Read the full explanation →The FSSAI draft amendment of 2026 modifies which parent regulations on foods for infant nutrition?
These are the parent rules that the new draft, styled the Amendment Regulations of 2026, sets out to edit.
Read the full explanation →Which two sugars does the FSSAI draft amendment propose to keep out of products meant for infants up to six months of age?
The draft Food Safety and Standards (Foods for Infant Nutrition) Amendment Regulations, 2026, which reached the Gazette of India on 16 October 2026, proposes that these two sugars not be added to any product intended for an infant up to the age of six months.
Read the full explanation →How many pairs of cranial nerves and spinal nerves are there in the human body?
Twelve pairs of cranial nerves arise from the brain and serve the head and neck, among them the optic nerve of sight, the auditory nerve of hearing and the vagus, the longest cranial nerve, which reaches the heart and the abdomen; thirty-one pairs of spinal nerves arise from the spinal…
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