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UPSC CAPF GK Questions 2026

Static general knowledge fills most of Paper-I in UPSC CAPF. Of the six areas the CAPF (ACs) 2026 notice lists for General Ability and Intelligence, four are static: General Science; Indian Polity and Economy; History of India; and Indian and World Geography. The notice's wording shows the depth expected. Polity covers the political system and the Constitution of India, social systems, public administration, security issues and human rights with their indicators. Economy covers economic development in India. History covers social, economic and political aspects, including the growth of nationalism and the freedom movement. Geography covers physical, social and economic aspects of India and the world. General Science asks about everyday scientific phenomena and new areas such as Information Technology, Biotechnology and Environmental Science. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for UPSC CAPF, in English and Hindi, written as short facts and tables so that a topic can be revised in one sitting: Indian Polity, Indian History, Geography, Indian Economy, General Science, Environment and Ecology, Computer, and Art and Culture. The same notes serve Paper-II, whose essay part suggests modern Indian history, the freedom struggle, geography, polity and economy as topics. Read one topic at a time, then solve its quiz and the CAPF previous-year questions on this site to check what you have retained. General Mental Ability, the sixth area, is reasoning and arithmetic, and needs separate practice.

UPSC CAPF GK Questions with Answers

Q2601.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

A tennis ball of mass 350 g is thrown vertically upwards at a speed of 4 m/s. If M is the maximum gravitational potential energy of the ball and H is the maximum height it reaches, then which one of the following is correct? (Take g = 10 m/s²)

  1. A.M = 5·6 J, H = 1·6 m
  2. B.M = 2·8 J, H = 1·6 m
  3. C.M = 5·6 J, H = 0·8 m
  4. D.M = 2·8 J, H = 0·8 m
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Correct answer: D. M = 2·8 J, H = 0·8 m

At the top of its flight all the kinetic energy of the ball has turned into gravitational potential energy. The mass is 350 g, that is 0·35 kg.

Q2602.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2017, Paper IEasy

The Ninth Schedule was added to the Constitution of India by the

  1. A.Fourteenth Amendment
  2. B.First Amendment
  3. C.Ninety-Third Amendment
  4. D.Ninety-Ninth Amendment
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Correct answer: B. First Amendment

The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951 inserted the Ninth Schedule along with Article 31B. Courts had begun striking down zamindari abolition and other land reform laws for violating the right to property.

Q2603.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IEasy

Which one of the following is the major function of platelets ?

  1. A.Clotting of blood
  2. B.O2 transport
  3. C.Immunity
  4. D.Phagocytosis
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Correct answer: A. Clotting of blood

Platelets, or thrombocytes, gather at a cut and start the process that forms a clot and stops bleeding. Platelets are tiny cell fragments without a nucleus, broken off from large cells called megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.

Q2604.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2023, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. A.Brahmi, used for writing many Ashokan inscriptions, shows local variations.
  2. B.The system of hieroglyphic writing was developed in ancient Mesopotamia.
  3. C.The system of cuneiform writing developed around 3rd millennium BCE in Egypt.
  4. D.An ancient script, Kharoshthi was widely used in the southern part of India.
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Correct answer: A. Brahmi, used for writing many Ashokan inscriptions, shows local variations.

Most Ashokan inscriptions are in Brahmi, and the script already shows regional differences in the shapes of its letters. Ashoka's edicts were written mostly in Prakrit, in the Brahmi script, which James Prinsep deciphered in 1837-38.

Q2605.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2024, Paper IMedium

Which among the following are the main ingredients for manufacturing of glass?

  1. A.Silica, sodium carbonate, borax, alumina and cullets
  2. B.Iron oxide, lead, sodium bicarbonate, alumina and cullets
  3. C.Magnesium carbonate, alumina, silica and cullets
  4. D.Iron oxide, sodium, alumina, silica and cullets
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Correct answer: A. Silica, sodium carbonate, borax, alumina and cullets

Glass is made by melting silica sand with fluxes and stabilisers, and this option lists the standard batch. Silica, from pure sand, forms the glassy network.

Q2608.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following is NOT correct ?

  1. A.The Average Revenue and Marginal Revenue curves of a perfectly competitive firm are perfectly elastic
  2. B.The Marginal Revenue curve of the monopoly firm is above its Average Revenue curve
  3. C.In the long-run, a competitive firm earns only normal profits
  4. D.In equilibrium, the Marginal Cost Curve of the monopoly firm may be rising, falling or constant
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Correct answer: B. The Marginal Revenue curve of the monopoly firm is above its Average Revenue curve

A monopoly's marginal revenue curve lies below its average revenue curve, not above it. A monopolist faces the whole market's downward-sloping demand curve, which is its average revenue curve.

Q2609.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IMedium

In human beings, certain chemicals which cross the synapse between nerve cells are released from

  1. A.cell body of nerve cell
  2. B.nucleus of nerve cell
  3. C.nerve endings of nerve cell
  4. D.axon of nerve cell
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Correct answer: C. nerve endings of nerve cell

Chemical messengers called neurotransmitters are released from the nerve endings, the tips of the axon, into the synapse. A nerve impulse travels from the dendrites through the cell body and along the axon as an electrical signal.

Q2612.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IMedium

The comparative advantage theory (CAT) is a trade theory that describes the basis of two nations engaging in trade. Which one among the following statements regarding the theory is not correct?

  1. A.David Ricardo was the author of the CAT.
  2. B.The CAT is explained in the book titled On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation that was first published in 1817.
  3. C.According to the CAT, the nation which does not have absolute advantage in any goods cannot benefit from trade.
  4. D.The two nations that engage in trade can gain from specializing in the commodity in which they have a comparative advantage.
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Correct answer: C. According to the CAT, the nation which does not have absolute advantage in any goods cannot benefit from trade.

The whole point of comparative advantage is that a country gains from trade even when it has no absolute advantage in any good.

Q2613.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IEasy

What does the term 'Orange Economy' refer to?

  1. A.Economic activities linked to creativity, culture and intellectual property that generate income and jobs
  2. B.Economic activities linked to desert ecosystems and their unique socio-environmental characteristics
  3. C.Economic activities linked to the aging population, including health care, leisure, and services for older adults
  4. D.Informal, unaccounted, or illegal economic activities that evade taxation and regulation
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Correct answer: A. Economic activities linked to creativity, culture and intellectual property that generate income and jobs

The orange economy is another name for the creative economy. The term was popularised by a 2013 Inter-American Development Bank book, and orange was chosen because it is often linked with culture and creativity.

Q2615.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IEasy

According to the Law of Diminishing Returns, in a production function when more and more units of the variable factor are used, holding the quantities of a fixed factor constant, a point is reached beyond which

  1. A.the marginal revenue will diminish
  2. B.the average revenue will diminish
  3. C.the marginal product will diminish
  4. D.the marginal product will increase
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Correct answer: C. the marginal product will diminish

When one input is kept fixed and another is added again and again, each extra unit eventually adds less to output than the one before.

Q2617.Art & CultureAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IEasy

According to early Indian philosophers, what are the basic elements described in Pancha Tattva ?

  1. A.Earth, Fire, Sky, Gas and Water
  2. B.Air, Earth, Fire, Sky and Water
  3. C.Gas, Land, Fire, Sky and Water
  4. D.Air, Earth, Fire, Land and Water
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Correct answer: B. Air, Earth, Fire, Sky and Water

These are the five great elements, the Pancha Mahabhuta, that Indian philosophy saw as the building blocks of the physical world.

Q2619.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IMedium

Which of the following statements about the relationship between price elasticity of demand and type of firm is/are correct? 1. Perfectly elastic demand is associated with a competitive firm. 2. Perfectly inelastic demand is associated with a monopolistically competitive firm. Select the answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: A. 1 only

A firm in perfect competition faces a perfectly elastic demand curve, but a monopolistically competitive firm faces a downward-sloping, fairly elastic one, not a perfectly inelastic one.

Q2620.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IMedium

In the context of labour market of an economy, consider the following statements : 1. Labour Force Participation Rate is defined as the share of employed and unemployed workers to the total working-age population. 2. Worker Population Ratio is defined as the share of unemployed workers to the total working-age population. 3. The usual activity status of a person is determined on the basis of the activities pursued by the person during the specified reference period of the last 365 days preceding the date of survey. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 3 only

Statements 1 and 3 give the standard definitions, but the Worker Population Ratio counts the employed, not the unemployed. In India these measures come from the Periodic Labour Force Survey.