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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

Q982.Indian PolityHard

Under which provision of the Constitution is preventive detention beyond three months permitted only when an Advisory Board reports that there is sufficient cause for it?

  1. A.Article 20(3)
  2. B.Article 21
  3. C.Article 22(4)
  4. D.Article 32
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Correct answer: C. Article 22(4)

Article 22(4) says that no law providing for preventive detention shall authorise detention for longer than three months unless an Advisory Board, consisting of persons qualified to be judges of a High Court, has reported before the expiry of that period that there is sufficient cause for the detention.

Q984.Indian PolityMedium

Prosecution of a person acting under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 requires the previous sanction of which authority?

  1. A.The Governor of the State
  2. B.The High Court of the State
  3. C.The Central Government
  4. D.The State Government
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Correct answer: C. The Central Government

Section 6 of AFSPA provides that no prosecution, suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against any person in respect of anything done in exercise of the powers conferred by the Act, except with the previous sanction of the Central Government.

Q985.Indian PolityMedium

Under which section of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is an area declared to be a disturbed area?

  1. A.Section 2
  2. B.Section 3
  3. C.Section 4
  4. D.Section 6
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Correct answer: B. Section 3

Section 3 of AFSPA empowers the Governor of a State, the administrator of a Union Territory or the Central Government to declare the whole or a part of a State or Union Territory to be a disturbed area, and that declaration is the condition on which every other power in…

Q986.Indian PolityMedium

Which amendment to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act allowed the Central Government to designate an individual as a terrorist?

  1. A.The amendment of 2004
  2. B.The amendment of 2008
  3. C.The amendment of 2012
  4. D.The amendment of 2019
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Correct answer: D. The amendment of 2019

Until then the UAPA allowed the Government to notify only an organisation as a terrorist organisation; the UAPA (Amendment) Act, 2019 added the power to notify an individual as a terrorist and to enter that name in the Fourth Schedule of the Act.

Q988.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKMedium

In economics, if a diagram has a line passing through the origin and has 45° angle with either axis and it is asserted that along the line X = Y, what is tacitly assumed?

  1. A.Both variables are pure numbers.
  2. B.Both variables are in the same unit.
  3. C.Both variables are in different units.
  4. D.At least one variable is a pure number.
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Correct answer: B. Both variables are in the same unit.

A line through the origin at 45° to each axis joins all the points where the distance along the horizontal axis equals the distance along the vertical axis.

Q990.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKHard

Consider the following statements about the early phase of the National Movement in India : 1. Ferozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji and others formed the Bombay Presidency Association. 2. Surendranath Banerjee and his group planned an Indian National Conference at Calcutta. 3. Allan Octavian Hume decided to create an all-India body as a rival to the above organisations to give vent to the grievances of the poor and marginalised Indians. How many of the above statements is/are correct?

  1. A.1
  2. B.2
  3. C.All
  4. D.None
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Correct answer: B. 2

Statements 1 and 2 are correct, but statement 3 is not. Statement 1 is correct: the Bombay Presidency Association was founded in January 1885 by Pherozeshah Mehta, Badruddin Tyabji and K. T. Telang, and its members hosted the first session of the Indian National Congress in Bombay that December.

Q991.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

The Chalcolithic Ahar Culture has been identified in which of the following river systems ?

  1. A.Sarayu and Ganga river systems
  2. B.Krishna and Tungabhadra river systems
  3. C.Banas and Berach river systems
  4. D.Brahmaputra and Meghna river systems
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Correct answer: C. Banas and Berach river systems

The Ahar culture, also called the Banas culture, is a Chalcolithic (copper and stone age) culture of south-east Rajasthan, spread along the Banas river and its tributary the Berach, roughly between 3000 and 1500 BCE.

Q992.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKMedium

Three resistors, R1, R2 and R3, (R1 > R2 > R3), are connected to a battery of voltage V, such that the circuit generates maximum heat per unit time. Which one among the following is the correct circuit combination for this ?

  1. A.R1, R2 and R3 are connected in series combination
  2. B.R1, R2 and R3 are connected in parallel combination
  3. C.R1 and R3 are connected in parallel and R2 is connected in series to the combination
  4. D.R1 and R3 are connected in series and R2 is connected parallel to the combination
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Correct answer: B. R1, R2 and R3 are connected in parallel combination

Heat produced per unit time is the power, and with a fixed battery voltage the power is P = V²/R. So the circuit gives the most heat when its total resistance is the smallest, and the smallest possible resistance comes from joining all three resistors in parallel.

Q993.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

The plant growth regulators are small, simple molecules of diverse chemical composition. They are

  1. A.carbohydrates, fats and proteins
  2. B.indole compounds, adenine derivatives, carotenoids and terpenes
  3. C.fatty acids, glucose and vitamins
  4. D.vitamin C, vitamin D and glucose
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Correct answer: B. indole compounds, adenine derivatives, carotenoids and terpenes

Plant growth regulators, or plant hormones, are small molecules that control growth even in tiny amounts, and each main group comes from a different chemical family.

Q995.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKHard

Who designed the Bombay Secretariat in the 1870s?

  1. A.H. St. Clair Wilkins
  2. B.Sir Cowasjee Jehangir Readymoney
  3. C.Purushottamdas Thakurdas
  4. D.Nusserwanji Tata
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Correct answer: A. H. St. Clair Wilkins

Henry St. Clair Wilkins, an officer of the Royal Engineers, designed the Bombay Secretariat, completed in 1874 as part of the grand row of public buildings that rose along the Oval in Bombay after the old fort walls were pulled down in the 1860s. The building is in the Venetian…

Q998.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKEasy

Which of the following factors signify monopolistic competition ? 1. Differentiated products 2. Large number of buyers and sellers 3. Barriers to entry 4. Homogeneous products Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

Monopolistic competition is a market with many buyers and sellers, each seller offering a product that is slightly different from the others.

Q999.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKMedium

Which of the following concepts are considered as pillars of Human Development ? 1. Equity 2. Sustainability 3. Productivity 4. Security Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

The idea of human development, put forward by Mahbub ul Haq and Amartya Sen, rests on four pillars: equity, sustainability, productivity and empowerment.