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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

Q2922.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · UPSC CAPF AC 2023 Official Paper-IHard

Which one of the following statements with reference to the ancient Indian coins is not correct?

  1. A.The Indo-Greeks issued the first coins bearing the name and images of rulers.
  2. B.The Kushanas issued the first gold coins.
  3. C.The Kushana gold coins were different in weight from the coins issued by contemporary Roman emperors.
  4. D.These Kushana gold coins have been found from several sites in north India and central Asia.
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Correct answer: C. The Kushana gold coins were different in weight from the coins issued by contemporary Roman emperors.

The Kushana gold coins were struck on the same weight standard as the Roman aureus of the time, not on a different one, because the dynasty traded briskly with the Roman world and found it convenient to match that standard.

Q2924.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 12 July 2015Hard

Which of the following was/were not part/parts of the RIN Mutiny?

1. Indian National Army

2. HMIS Talwar

3. Hunger strike by naval ratings

4. Lord Irwin

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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

The Royal Indian Navy mutiny began on 18 February 1946, when the ratings of HMIS Talwar in Bombay went on a hunger strike against bad food and racial insults.

Q2929.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 23 July 2017Medium

Which among the following was NOT the recommendation of the Nehru Report?

  1. A.Dominion Status
  2. B.Separate Electorate
  3. C.Unitary and Democratic Centre
  4. D.Adult Suffrage.
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Correct answer: B. Separate Electorate

The Nehru Report of August 1928 was the draft constitution prepared by a committee of the All Parties Conference under Motilal Nehru, with Tej Bahadur Sapru, Subhas Chandra Bose and others, as Indians’ answer to Lord Birkenhead’s taunt that they could not agree on a constitution of their own.

Q2931.Environment & EcologyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 12 July 2015Easy

Which one among the following substances is NOT a ‘green house’ gas?

  1. A.Water vapour
  2. B.Chloroflurocarbon
  3. C.Methane
  4. D.Nitrogen
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Correct answer: D. Nitrogen

Nitrogen makes up about 78 per cent of the atmosphere, yet it is not a greenhouse gas. A molecule traps heat only if it can absorb outgoing infrared radiation, and that needs vibrations which change the spread of electric charge in the molecule.

Q2932.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 18 Aug 2019Medium

Zero price elasticity of demand means

  1. A.whatever the change in price, there is absolutely no change in demand
  2. B.for a small change in price, there is a small change in demand
  3. C.for a small change in price, there is a large change in demand
  4. D.for a large change in price, there is a small change in demand
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Correct answer: A. whatever the change in price, there is absolutely no change in demand

Price elasticity of demand is the percentage change in quantity demanded divided by the percentage change in price. If the elasticity is zero, the numerator is zero: buyers take the same quantity however the price moves.

Q2935.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 7 Aug 2022Easy

Which one of the following statements is correct with reference to normal lapse rate?

  1. A.Temperature is highest at ground level and decreases with increasing altitude.
  2. B.Temperature is lowest at ground level and increases with increasing altitude.
  3. C.Temperature remains stable with increasing altitude.
  4. D.Temperature first increases with increasing altitude and gradually starts decreasing.
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Correct answer: A. Temperature is highest at ground level and decreases with increasing altitude.

In the troposphere the air is warmed mainly from below: the earth absorbs incoming short-wave insolation and then heats the layer of air touching it by conduction, radiation and convection.

Q2937.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 7 Aug 2022Easy

GST is a/an

  1. A.destination-based consumption tax
  2. B.origin-based production tax
  3. C.destination-based sales tax on transaction
  4. D.origin-based tax on sales transaction
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Correct answer: A. destination-based consumption tax

Goods and Services Tax is collected by the state where the goods or services are finally consumed, not by the state that produced them.

Q2938.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 12 Aug 2018Medium

Arabian Sea records higher salinity than the Bay of Bengal because

  1. A.Arabian Sea exhibits high rate of evaporation and low influx of fresh water
  2. B.Arabian Sea has shallow water
  3. C.Arabian Sea has more enclosed land
  4. D.Arabian Sea receives more rainfall
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Correct answer: A. Arabian Sea exhibits high rate of evaporation and low influx of fresh water

Salinity rises where water leaves as vapour and falls where fresh water is added.

Q2939.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 12 July 2015Medium

The Comptroller and Auditor-General (CAG) of India can be removed from office only by the :

  1. A.President on the advice of the Union Cabinet.
  2. B.Chief justice of the Supreme Court.
  3. C.President of India after an address in both Houses of Parliament.
  4. D.President on the advice of Chief Justice of India.
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Correct answer: C. President of India after an address in both Houses of Parliament.

Under Article 148 the Comptroller and Auditor-General is appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal, but can be removed only in the same manner and on the same grounds as a judge of the Supreme Court.