Skip to content
GK24

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

Q3104.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS (I) 2023, 16 Apr 2023Medium

Which one of the following statements about the Solicitor General of India (SGI) is not correct?

  1. A.The SGI is not the Government's chief legal advisor.
  2. B.The SGI is the secondary law officer of the country.
  3. C.The post of the SGI is a constitutional post.
  4. D.The SGI is appointed by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet.
Show answer
Correct answer: C. The post of the SGI is a constitutional post.

It is the one false statement, because the Constitution creates only the Attorney General, not the Solicitor General. Article 76 provides for the Attorney General for India, the chief legal advisor to the Government and the highest law officer.

Q3108.Environment & EcologyAsked in: NDA · NDA (II) 2023, 3 Sep 2023Medium

The green plants in a terrestrial eco-system absorb sunlight that falls on their leaves and convert it into food energy. The percentage of solar radiation absorbed by all green plants for the process of photosynthesis is about

  1. A.1%
  2. B.5%
  3. C.8%
  4. D.10%
Show answer
Correct answer: A. 1%

Green plants are the producers of a terrestrial ecosystem, and NCERT's Class 10 chapter Our Environment states that they capture about 1 percent of the energy of the sunlight that falls on their leaves and convert it into food energy through photosynthesis.

Q3109.Environment & EcologyAsked in: NDA · NDA (I) 2023, 16 Apr 2023Easy

Which one of the following is not a main greenhouse gas?

  1. A.Water vapour
  2. B.Oxygen
  3. C.Carbon dioxide
  4. D.Methane
Show answer
Correct answer: B. Oxygen

A greenhouse gas is one whose molecules absorb the long-wave infrared radiation given off by the warm surface of the Earth and send part of it back, keeping the planet about 33 degrees Celsius warmer than it would otherwise be.

Q3110.Indian EconomyAsked in: NDA · NDA (II) 2024, 1 Sep 2024Medium

Before the inception of the First Five Year Plan, which among the following Plans were initiated in India? 1. Bombay Plan 2. Peoples Plan 3. Sarvodaya Plan 4. Gandhian Plan

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

All four plans came before the First Five Year Plan started on 1 April 1951. The Bombay Plan of 1944 was prepared by eight industrialists led by J. R. D. Tata and G. D. Birla and favoured state-led heavy industry.

Q3111.Indian EconomyAsked in: NDA · NDA (II) 2023, 3 Sep 2023Easy

Which Five Year Plan of India focused on rapid industrialization based growth process?

  1. A.First Five Year Plan
  2. B.Second Five Year Plan
  3. C.Fifth Five Year Plan
  4. D.Seventh Five Year Plan
Show answer
Correct answer: B. Second Five Year Plan

The Second Plan (1956 to 1961) was built on the model of the statistician P. C. Mahalanobis and aimed at rapid industrialisation with a stress on heavy and basic industries such as steel, machinery and chemicals, on the belief that machines to make machines would speed up growth.

Q3112.Indian EconomyAsked in: NDA · NDA (I) 2022, 10 Apr 2022Medium

The idea of Planning in Independent India was drawn from

  1. A.the Bombay Plan
  2. B.the demand made by peasants
  3. C.the demand made by workers' unions
  4. D.the Gandhian vision of India's future
Show answer
Correct answer: A. the Bombay Plan

The Bombay Plan of 1944 was drawn up by a group of eight, mostly leading industrialists such as J. R. D. Tata, G. D. Birla, Purushottamdas Thakurdas, Lala Shri Ram and Kasturbhai Lalbhai, with John Mathai among them.

Q3116.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA (I) 2023, 16 Apr 2023Easy

By which one of the following amendments, was Article 51A, relating to the Fundamental Duties, inserted into the Constitution of India?

  1. A.The Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act
  2. B.The Constitution (44th Amendment) Act
  3. C.The Constitution (85th Amendment) Act
  4. D.The Constitution (92nd Amendment) Act
Show answer
Correct answer: A. The Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act

The 42nd Amendment of 1976, passed on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, added a new Part IV-A with a single Article 51A listing ten Fundamental Duties of citizens, such as respecting the Constitution, the National Flag and the National Anthem, protecting the environment and developing the scientific temper.

Q3118.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA (II) 2024, 1 Sep 2024Medium

Where is the Coriolis Effect the largest?

  1. A.At the Equator
  2. B.At the Tropic of Capricorn and Tropic of Cancer
  3. C.At the North Pole
  4. D.At 45 degree latitude in each hemisphere
Show answer
Correct answer: C. At the North Pole

The Coriolis force is the apparent force caused by the rotation of the Earth that deflects moving air and water to the right in the northern hemisphere and to the left in the southern hemisphere.

Q3119.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA (II) 2023, 3 Sep 2023Easy

Which one of the following crops is generally benefitted by the rain caused by western disturbances in India?

  1. A.Rice
  2. B.Wheat
  3. C.Bajra
  4. D.Cotton
Show answer
Correct answer: B. Wheat

Western disturbances are low-pressure systems that originate over the Mediterranean Sea and travel eastward with the subtropical westerly jet stream in winter, bringing light rain to Punjab, Haryana, western Uttar Pradesh and Delhi, and snow to the Himalaya, between December and February.

Q3120.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA (I) 2022, 10 Apr 2022Easy

Snow, sleet and hail are the forms of

  1. A.precipitation
  2. B.condensation
  3. C.transpiration
  4. D.evaporation
Show answer
Correct answer: A. precipitation

Precipitation is any form of water, liquid or solid, that falls from clouds to the ground. When the temperature is above freezing it falls as rain or drizzle; below freezing, water vapour turns directly into ice crystals that fall as snow.