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CTET GK Questions 2026

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.

CTET GK Questions with Answers

Q881.General ScienceAsked in: RRB ALP · 13 Aug 2018, Shift 1Medium

What are the products formed during photosynthesis?

  1. A.Glucose, Water and Oxygen
  2. B.Glucose and Oxygen
  3. C.Starch and Oxygen
  4. D.Starch, Water and Oxygen
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Correct answer: A. Glucose, Water and Oxygen

Green plants use sunlight trapped by chlorophyll to join carbon dioxide and water, and the balanced equation reads six molecules of carbon dioxide plus twelve of water giving one molecule of glucose, six of oxygen and six of water.

Q886.Art & CultureMedium

Which article of the Constitution declares Hindi in the Devanagari script to be the official language of the Union?

  1. A.Article 343
  2. B.Article 345
  3. C.Article 348
  4. D.Article 351
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Correct answer: A. Article 343

It states that the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in the Devanagari script and that the form of numerals to be used shall be the international form of Indian numerals; it also allowed English to continue for fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, a period…

Q888.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 6 March 2019, Shift 1Medium

In which amendment to the Constitution were Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili added to the list of recognised languages?

  1. A.73rd Constitution Amendment Act of 1992
  2. B.92nd Constitution Amendment Act of 2003
  3. C.103rd Constitution Amendment Act, 2018
  4. D.101st Constitution Amendment Act, 2016
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Correct answer: B. 92nd Constitution Amendment Act of 2003

That amendment added four languages, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali, to the Eighth Schedule and took the count from 18 to 22, where it stands.

Q890.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 27 Feb, 2024, Shift 4Medium

The languages spoken in Jharkhand and parts of central India mainly belong to which of the following language family?

  1. A.Indo-European family
  2. B.Austro-Asiatic family
  3. C.Tibeto-Burman family
  4. D.Dravidian family
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Correct answer: B. Austro-Asiatic family

The tribal languages of Jharkhand and the neighbouring belt of central and eastern India, namely Santali, Mundari, Ho and Kurukh's neighbours in the Munda group, belong to the Austro-Asiatic family, whose Indian branch is called Munda.

Q892.Art & CultureAsked in: Delhi · 11 Nov 2019, Shift 3Easy

Which of the following is not a language family existing in India?

  1. A.Tibeto-Burman
  2. B.African-Asian
  3. C.Dravidian
  4. D.Austro-Asian
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Correct answer: B. African-Asian

There is no language family by that name in India. The Afro-Asiatic family, which the name echoes, covers Arabic, Hebrew and the Berber and Cushitic languages of West Asia and North Africa, and no Indian language belongs to it.

Q893.GeographyAsked in: SSC MTS · 04 Sept, 2023, Shift 3Easy

What is the usual term used to describe the climate of India?

  1. A.Polar climate
  2. B.Tropical monsoon
  3. C.Desert climate
  4. D.Arid climate
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Correct answer: B. Tropical monsoon

India's climate is usually called a tropical monsoon type, because the Tropic of Cancer runs across the middle of the country and the seasonal reversal of winds brings almost all of its rain.

Q895.GeographyAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · General Studies 2020Easy

Non-metallic mineral is:

  1. A.Marble
  2. B.Manganese
  3. C.Silver
  4. D.Lead
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Correct answer: A. Marble

Marble is a non-metallic mineral: no metal can be drawn out of it, and it is used as a building and sculpting stone, the Makrana marble of Rajasthan being the stone of the Taj Mahal.

Q897.General ScienceAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · General Studies 2019Easy

In the buccal cavity of human being, digestion of which one of the following gets started?

  1. A.Protein
  2. B.Fat
  3. C.Carbohydrates
  4. D.None of the above
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Correct answer: C. Carbohydrates

The buccal cavity is the mouth, and the saliva poured into it begins the digestion of starch, a carbohydrate. Three pairs of salivary glands supply saliva, which carries the enzyme salivary amylase, also called ptyalin.

Q898.Art & CultureAsked in: CTET · Jan 2021 Paper 2Medium

Statement A): Chola temples were the hub of religious, social and cultural life. Statement B): Chola bronze images were of deities but sometimes also of devotees.

  1. A.Both A) and B) are true and B) is the correct explanation of A).
  2. B.Both A) and B) are true, but B) is not the correct explanation of A).
  3. C.A) is true, but B) is false.
  4. D.A) is false, but B) is true.
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Correct answer: B. Both A) and B) are true, but B) is not the correct explanation of A).

Chola temples such as the Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur, built by Rajaraja I, were far more than places of worship.

Q899.General ScienceAsked in: CTET · 12th Jan 2022Easy

Which of the following is a group of single-celled organisms?

  1. A.Yeast, hydra, amoeba.
  2. B.Sea anemone, paramecium, bacteria.
  3. C.Yeast, amoeba, bacteria.
  4. D.Hydra, sea anemone, paramecium.
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Correct answer: C. Yeast, amoeba, bacteria.

All three are unicellular, which means a single cell carries out every job of life. In a unicellular organism that one cell manages nutrition, respiration, movement and reproduction, while a multicellular body shares the work among tissues and organs.

Q900.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · 30th Dec 2021Medium

Which of the movements against caste discrimination is correctly linked with the region of their influence?

  1. A.Satnami movement – Punjab
  2. B.Matua sect – Tamil Nadu
  3. C.Satyashodak Samaj – Maharashtra
  4. D.Arya Samaj – Kerala
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Correct answer: C. Satyashodak Samaj – Maharashtra

Jyotirao Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj, the Truth Seekers' Society, at Pune in 1873 to fight caste rank and priestly control in Maharashtra.