UPSC CAPF GK Questions 2026

The Fifth Plan (1974–79) made removal of poverty, or Garibi Hatao, and self-reliance its main aims. Garibi Hatao was the slogan with which Indira Gandhi's Congress won the 1971 Lok Sabha election.

Friction acts only where two surfaces touch, while a magnet can push or pull an object across a gap. Forces are grouped by whether the bodies must touch.

The 35th Amendment of 1974 made Sikkim an "associate State" of the Indian Union. Sikkim had been an Indian protectorate under the Chogyal.

Each piece has a resistance of 10 ohm, and five equal 10-ohm resistors in parallel give 10 ÷ 5 = 2 ohm.

Land left uncultivated for more than one year but less than five years falls in this class of India's land-use records.

Slate is a metamorphic rock, formed when shale is changed by heat and pressure. Igneous rocks form when molten magma or lava cools and hardens.

Steel is an alloy of iron with a small amount of carbon, and carbon is a non-metal. Ordinary steel carries roughly 0.05 to 2 per cent carbon.

This law let the government imprison people suspected of political activity without trial for up to two years. Officially the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act, it was passed in March 1919 on the advice of the Sedition Committee headed by Justice S.A.T.

One kelvin and one degree Celsius are the same size, so a rise of 30 K is also a rise of 30°C. The Kelvin and Celsius scales differ only in their starting point: T(K) = t(°C) + 273 (more exactly 273.15).

Work done by gravity depends only on the difference in potential between the two points, and here that difference is zero.

Only the gravitational field of a spherical body and the electrostatic field of a point charge fall off as 1/r².

High pressure pushes the gas molecules close together and low temperature slows them down, so the attractive forces can hold them as a liquid.

Jupiter is a planet; it does not make its own light and shines only by reflecting sunlight. A luminous object produces light of its own, as stars do by nuclear fusion in their cores, where hydrogen is turned into helium.

The liver cells (hepatocytes) are rich in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, whose enzymes break down drugs, alcohol and poisons into harmless forms.

Red biotechnology is the branch applied to medicine and health care, including the making of insulin, antibiotics and vaccines. Biotechnology is often divided by colour according to its field of use.

The districts taken from Awadh and given to Shah Alam II were Kora and Allahabad, not Banaras. After the Battle of Buxar (1764), Robert Clive signed two treaties at Allahabad in August 1765.

The triple point is the single temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid and vapour phases of a substance exist together in equilibrium.

Transfer RNA picks up a specific amino acid and brings it to the ribosome, where it is added to the growing protein chain.

Cerium oxide (CeO2) strongly absorbs ultraviolet rays while letting visible light through, so it is added to glass to make it UV-protective.

Congress was represented by Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, its president, not by Sardar Patel. With Japan advancing in South-East Asia, the British War Cabinet sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India in March 1942, after he had persuaded it to accept a draft declaration.