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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

Q1101.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IMedium

Which one among the following statements is correct?

  1. A.The total mechanical energy of a system is conserved if the forces, doing work on it, are conservative.
  2. B.The total mechanical energy of a system is conserved if the forces, doing work on it, are non-conservative.
  3. C.The total mechanical energy of a system remains constant.
  4. D.Every force encountered in mechanics does have an associated well-defined potential energy.
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Correct answer: A. The total mechanical energy of a system is conserved if the forces, doing work on it, are conservative.

When only conservative forces do work on a system, the sum of its kinetic and potential energy stays the same; this is the principle of conservation of mechanical energy.

Q1102.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following statements with regard to Panchayats is not correct?

  1. A.Members of Panchayats are elected directly by the Gram Sabha.
  2. B.The elections to Panchayats are conducted by the State Election Commission.
  3. C.The Central Government may by law authorize a Panchayat to levy taxes.
  4. D.Every Panchayat continues for five years from the date of convening of its first meeting.
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Correct answer: C. The Central Government may by law authorize a Panchayat to levy taxes.

Under Article 243H it is the State Legislature, not the Centre, that may by law let a Panchayat levy, collect and keep taxes, duties, tolls and fees.

Q1104.Awards & HonoursAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2024, Paper IMedium

Which of the following statements about the Nobel Peace Prize for 2023 is/are correct?

1. The 2023 Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to Narges Mohammadi

2. Narges Mohammadi was awarded the prize for her struggle to bring peace in Afghanistan and Iran

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

Narges Mohammadi won the 2023 Nobel Peace Prize, but it was given for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and for human rights and freedom for all, not for bringing peace to Afghanistan.

Q1105.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IEasy

The seasonal variations in the amount of solar energy that any place on the Earth receives are influenced by

  1. A.the speed of rotation of the Earth
  2. B.pollution
  3. C.cloudiness
  4. D.the inclination of the Earth about its axis
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Correct answer: D. the inclination of the Earth about its axis

Because the axis is tilted and keeps pointing the same way as the Earth goes round the Sun, each place gets more sunlight in one half of the year and less in the other.

Q1106.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IMedium

For a particle in uniform circular motion (radius R and angular velocity ω), the magnitude and direction of acceleration, respectively are

  1. A.ωR, along the radius outward
  2. B.ωR, towards the centre of the circle
  3. C.ω²R, towards the centre of the circle
  4. D.ω²R, along the linear velocity
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Correct answer: C. ω²R, towards the centre of the circle

In uniform circular motion the speed stays the same but the direction keeps turning, and that change needs an acceleration pointing to the centre.

Q1107.Environment & EcologyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

The National Green Tribunal, set up to deal with the expeditious disposal of cases relating to environmental protection, was set up under the

  1. A.12th Five-Year Plan
  2. B.11th Five-Year Plan
  3. C.10th Five-Year Plan
  4. D.9th Five-Year Plan
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Correct answer: B. 11th Five-Year Plan

The National Green Tribunal was established in October 2010, and the 11th Plan ran from 2007 to 2012. The tribunal was created by the National Green Tribunal Act, 2010, which drew on Article 21's right to a healthy environment.

Q1108.Awards & HonoursAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IHard

Which one of the following films has won the Best Film Award in Environment Conservation category at the 67th National Film Awards, 2021?

  1. A.Jonaki Porua
  2. B.Wild Karnataka
  3. C.Water Burial
  4. D.Ronuwa—Who Never Surrender
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Correct answer: C. Water Burial

This film in the Monpa language won the award for the Best Film on Environment Conservation/Preservation at the 67th National Film Awards, announced in March 2021 for films of 2019.

Q1109.Environment & EcologyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2024, Paper IHard

Which of the following statements about CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanisms) is/are correct?

1. These are an emerging set of trade policy tools to allow movement of carbon-intensive economic activity from a jurisdiction having less stringent climate policy to a jurisdiction having stringent climate policy

2. These are meant to increase the environmental effectiveness of climate policies

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: B. 2 only

A carbon border adjustment exists to stop carbon-intensive activity from moving out of a strict jurisdiction, not to help it move, and its aim is to make climate policy work better.

Q1110.Computer AwarenessAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IEasy

1 gigabyte in binary system is equivalent to

  1. A.1000 kilobytes
  2. B.1024 megabytes
  3. C.1200 megabytes
  4. D.10000 kilobytes
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Correct answer: B. 1024 megabytes

In the binary system every step up the ladder of memory units is a factor of 2 raised to 10, that is 1024, so one gigabyte holds 1024 megabytes.

Q1111.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IEasy

A uniform current-carrying narrow solenoid produces

  1. A.uniform magnetic field inside the solenoid
  2. B.uniform magnetic field outside the solenoid
  3. C.magnetic field with straight field lines in all the regions
  4. D.magnetic field with oscillating nature
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Correct answer: A. uniform magnetic field inside the solenoid

Inside a long, narrow solenoid the field lines run straight and parallel and are evenly spaced, which is the picture of a uniform field.

Q1112.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements about the Government of India Act, 1919 is not correct?

  1. A.It extended the practice of communal representation.
  2. B.It made the Central Executive responsible to the Legislature.
  3. C.It is also known as the Montague-Chelmsford Reforms.
  4. D.It paved the way for federalism by clearly separating the responsibilities of the Centre and the Provinces.
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Correct answer: B. It made the Central Executive responsible to the Legislature.

. The Act of 1919 did not make the Central Executive responsible to the Legislature; the Governor-General and his Executive Council stayed answerable only to the British Parliament.

Q1113.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKMedium

Which of the following statements is not correct regarding the Members of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS)?

  1. A.Members of the Parliament (MPs) sanction, execute and complete works under the scheme.
  2. B.Nominated Members of the Parliament can recommend works for implementation anywhere in the country.
  3. C.The scheme is fully funded by the Government of India.
  4. D.The annual entitlement per MP is ₹5 crore.
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Correct answer: A. Members of the Parliament (MPs) sanction, execute and complete works under the scheme.

. Under MPLADS an MP only recommends works; the district authority sanctions, executes and completes them.

Q1115.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKHard

Which of the following statements about sculptures at Sanchi is/are correct?

1. In some sculptures there is representation of Shalabhanjika.

2. The figure of Shalabhanjika is represented by a woman surrounded by lotuses and elephants.

3. The Shalabhanjika motif was not directly inspired by Buddhist ideas.

Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

Statements 1 and 3 are correct; statement 2 is wrong because the woman surrounded by lotuses and elephants is a different figure, usually identified as Gajalakshmi or Maya.

Q1116.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKMedium

Which one of the following Labour Codes notified by the Government of India incorporated various provisions of the Central Labour Acts such as the Factories Act, 1948 and Plantations Labour Act, 1951?

  1. A.The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020
  2. B.The Industrial Relations Code, 2020
  3. C.The Code on Wages, 2019
  4. D.The Code on Social Security, 2020
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Correct answer: A. The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020

The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2020 brought together the Factories Act, 1948, the Plantations Labour Act, 1951 and other laws on safety and working conditions.

Q1117.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKHard

Which one of the following pairs of terms and their meanings is not correctly matched ?

  1. A.Nagarakkani : Land owned by the nagaram
  2. B.Nattar : Male serpent deity
  3. C.Yupa : Sacrificial post
  4. D.Viragal : 'Hero stone' in the Tamil Nadu area
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Correct answer: B. Nattar : Male serpent deity

Nattar does not mean a male serpent deity; the nattar were the members of the nadu, the assembly of a group of villages in early medieval Tamil Nadu.

Q1118.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Identify the type of cloud on the basis of the given characteristics:

1. High, thin, puffy white clouds of ice crystals that look like ripples

2. They appear between 20000 feet and 40000 feet above the Earth's surface

3. One of its types is called a 'mackerel sky' because the clouds resemble large fish scales, especially when they are coloured pink at sunset

Select the correct answer.

  1. A.Altostratus
  2. B.Cirrostratus
  3. C.Altocumulus
  4. D.Cirrocumulus
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Correct answer: D. Cirrocumulus

These are cirrocumulus clouds: high clouds of ice crystals arranged in small white puffs and ripples. Clouds are grouped by height and shape.

Q1119.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKHard

Which one of the following statements about the Buddhist Goddess Hariti is correct ?

  1. A.She was converted by the Buddha from a blood-thirsty yakshi to a benevolent maternal figure.
  2. B.She is the feminine personification of wisdom.
  3. C.She protects people from eight great fears.
  4. D.She is a warrior goddess associated with the dawn.
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Correct answer: A. She was converted by the Buddha from a blood-thirsty yakshi to a benevolent maternal figure.

. Hariti was a child-eating yakshi whom the Buddha converted into a protector of children and a benevolent mother figure.

Q1120.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKHard

Which one of the following statements with regard to volcanoes is not correct?

  1. A.Stratovolcanoes produce lava flows that initially follow valleys but are highly resistant to erosion.
  2. B.The surrounding areas can remain highlands, lava ridges or mesas.
  3. C.Hawaiian shield volcanoes are eroded by streams that form deeply carved valleys with steeply sloping heads.
  4. D.The system of streams on a dissected volcano cone is not a radial drainage pattern.
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Correct answer: D. The system of streams on a dissected volcano cone is not a radial drainage pattern.

. Statement D is the incorrect one: the streams on a dissected volcanic cone do form a radial drainage pattern.