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Teaching GK Questions 2026

General knowledge is not a named section of any CTET paper, but part of it sits inside two subjects. As per the CTET-September 2026 bulletin, Environmental Studies in Paper I has 30 questions: 15 on content and 15 on pedagogical issues. Its content themes are Family and Friends, Food, Shelter, Water, Travel, and Things We Make and Do. In Paper II, Social Studies/Social Science has 60 questions: 40 on 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. All of these follow the NCERT syllabus. GK24's topic-wise GK notes cover geography, Indian history, Indian polity, general science, and environment and ecology, in English and Hindi. In GK24's guidance, they help you revise facts after reading the NCERT chapter, not in place of it. They do not cover Child Development and Pedagogy, the languages, Mathematics or the pedagogy questions, which together make up most of each paper. The CTET page of this section holds the GK notes GK24 marks for CTET. State TETs set their own syllabus, so check the one you plan to take before relying on this mapping.

Teaching GK Questions with Answers

Q582.State NewsMedium

The new grainage and cold storage facility inaugurated in October 2026 is located at which silkworm seed production centre?

  1. A.Rowriah, Jorhat, Assam
  2. B.Lahdoigarh, Jorhat, Assam
  3. C.Mysuru, Karnataka
  4. D.Berhampore, West Bengal
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Correct answer: A. Rowriah, Jorhat, Assam

The Central Silk Board’s Silkworm Seed Production Centre there received a newly constructed grainage building and cold storage facility, inaugurated by the Union Minister of State for Textiles under the North-East Region Textile Promotion Scheme.

Q584.EnvironmentMedium

Who released the document on "Wildlife Mitigation Measures & Structures", and at which event?

  1. A.The Environment Minister, at a meeting of the National Board for Wildlife
  2. B.Nitin Gadkari, at a Chintan Shivir in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat
  3. C.The Chairman of NHAI, at a press conference in New Delhi
  4. D.The Prime Minister, at a wildlife conference in Gandhinagar
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Correct answer: B. Nitin Gadkari, at a Chintan Shivir in Ekta Nagar, Gujarat

He is the Minister for Road Transport and Highways, and the document was released by him at that Chintan Shivir; the Authority then put it out to mark National Wildlife Week, observed from 2 to 8 October 2026.

Q585.EnvironmentMedium

How much has been invested in wildlife mitigation infrastructure on National Highway projects over the last five years, as per the NHAI document?

  1. A.About Rs 9,700 crore
  2. B.About Rs 19,700 crore
  3. C.About Rs 29,700 crore
  4. D.About Rs 39,700 crore
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Correct answer: B. About Rs 19,700 crore

The document brought out by the National Highways Authority of India records that this amount has gone into wildlife mitigation infrastructure and related environmental protection measures across National Highway projects over the past five years.

Q586.NationalMedium

Who directed the three Tamil classics starring Sivaji Ganesan that were donated to the national film archive?

  1. A.K. Balachander
  2. B.A. P. Nagarajan
  3. C.Sridhar
  4. D.Bharathiraja
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Correct answer: B. A. P. Nagarajan

All three donated prints, of Thiruvarutchelvar, Thillana Mohanambal and Thiruvilayadal, were directed by him and starred Sivaji Ganesan, which is why the set is treated as a single significant addition to the national collection rather than three unconnected titles.

Q589.Government SchemesMedium

The PRASHAST tool screens children for conditions covered under which law?

  1. A.The Right to Education Act, 2009
  2. B.The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016
  3. C.The Juvenile Justice Act, 2015
  4. D.The Mental Healthcare Act, 2017
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Correct answer: B. The Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016

The conditions listed in that law define the scope of the PRASHAST checklist, which is how a classroom observation becomes a formal referral for assessment.

Q591.Government SchemesMedium

PRASHAST, in the news in October 2026, is a tool used for which purpose?

  1. A.Screening school children for probable disability conditions
  2. B.Recording midday meal attendance in schools
  3. C.Grading teachers on classroom performance
  4. D.Allotting scholarships to first-generation learners
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Correct answer: A. Screening school children for probable disability conditions

PRASHAST is a school-based digital tool under the Department of School Education and Literacy that helps identify children with conditions covered by the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, and it works through a checklist in two parts, with the teacher screening on observable indicators and a special educator validating…

Q592.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following features of the Indian Constitution is NOT drawn from the United States?

  1. A.Judicial review
  2. B.Impeachment of the President
  3. C.Office of the Vice-President
  4. D.Single citizenship
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Correct answer: D. Single citizenship

The United States gives every person two citizenships, of the union and of the state of residence, while India deliberately gives one citizenship for the whole country, so that no state may treat the people of another state as outsiders.

Q593.Indian PolityEasy

The words socialist, secular and integrity were added to the Preamble of the Constitution by which amendment?

  1. A.Twenty-fourth Amendment, 1971
  2. B.Forty-second Amendment, 1976
  3. C.Forty-fourth Amendment, 1978
  4. D.Fifty-second Amendment, 1985
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Correct answer: B. Forty-second Amendment, 1976

It changed the description of the country from a sovereign democratic republic to a sovereign socialist secular democratic republic, and changed the unity of the nation to the unity and integrity of the nation.

Q595.Indian PolityMedium

A federation with a strong Centre, the vesting of residuary powers in the Centre and the appointment of Governors by the Centre were taken from

  1. A.Canada
  2. B.Australia
  3. C.Britain
  4. D.Ireland
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Correct answer: A. Canada

Canada is the federation that keeps residuary powers with the centre instead of leaving them with the units, appoints the head of each province from the centre and allows its supreme court an advisory jurisdiction, and all three features were adopted in India.

Q596.Indian PolityMedium

The provision for suspension of Fundamental Rights during an emergency is traced to the constitution of

  1. A.France
  2. B.the Weimar Republic of Germany
  3. C.Canada
  4. D.the Soviet Union
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Correct answer: B. the Weimar Republic of Germany

The Weimar constitution allowed the President to suspend civil liberties in an emergency, and the Indian provisions under which the operation of certain Fundamental Rights may be restricted during a proclamation of emergency follow that model.

Q597.Indian PolityMedium

The Concurrent List, the freedom of trade, commerce and intercourse, and the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament were borrowed from

  1. A.Australia
  2. B.Ireland
  3. C.the United States
  4. D.Japan
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Correct answer: A. Australia

The Australian constitution has a list of subjects on which both the federal and the state legislatures may make law, and India adopted the device as the Concurrent List in the Seventh Schedule, with central law prevailing in case of conflict.

Q598.Indian PolityHard

The procedure for amendment of the Constitution and the method of election of members of the Rajya Sabha were drawn from

  1. A.Britain
  2. B.Canada
  3. C.South Africa
  4. D.the Weimar Republic of Germany
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Correct answer: C. South Africa

Two features are traced to the South African constitution: the procedure for amending the Constitution, which combines a special majority with the consent of States for some provisions, and the election of members of the Rajya Sabha by the elected members of the State legislative assemblies through proportional representation by…

Q600.Indian PolityEasy

The Directive Principles of State Policy in the Indian Constitution are borrowed from the constitution of

  1. A.the United States
  2. B.Ireland
  3. C.Canada
  4. D.Australia
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Correct answer: B. Ireland

The Irish constitution of 1937 carried a chapter of directive principles of social policy, non-justiciable goals addressed to the legislature, and the Constituent Assembly adopted that device as Part IV of our Constitution, along with the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha and the method of electing the President.

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