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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

Q1481.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

Which of the following statements about Jainism is/are correct?

1. The most important idea in Jainism is that the entire world is animated, even stones, rocks and water have life.

2. Asceticism and penance are required to free oneself from the cycle of Karma.

Select the correct 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: C. Both 1 and 2

Jainism holds that all of nature has life, and it teaches that a soul escapes karma only through strict self-discipline.

Q1482.Environment & EcologyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IEasy

The Cartagena Protocol, to which India is a party, is related to

  1. A.combat the green house gasses and to reduce the global warming and climate change
  2. B.biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  3. C.combat the ozone depleting substances to protect the human lives from diseases
  4. D.combat the phenomenon of desertification by improving dry land farming in dry regions
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Correct answer: B. biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety deals with the safe handling of living modified organisms. The protocol was adopted in 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and came into force in 2003; India is a party to it.

Q1483.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IEasy

The Constitution of India contains no provision for the constitution of municipalities in every State for

  1. A.a Nagar Panchayat
  2. B.a Municipal Council
  3. C.a Municipal Corporation
  4. D.an Urban Panchayat
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Correct answer: D. an Urban Panchayat

Article 243Q names only three kinds of municipalities, and an urban panchayat is not one of them. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 added Part IXA (Articles 243P to 243ZG) to the Constitution.

Q1485.Environment & EcologyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IMedium

Consider the following statements :

1. Many urban and suburban areas experience a higher temperature than surrounding rural areas known as urban heat islands.

2. The reduction in urban green cover and the increase of built-up hard surface is the only cause of urban heat island.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  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

Statement 1 defines the urban heat island correctly, but statement 2 is wrong because loss of green cover and more hard surfaces are not the only cause.

Q1486.Indian PolityHard

Which amendment ended the nomination of members of the Anglo-Indian community to the Lok Sabha and the state legislative assemblies?

  1. A.95th Amendment, 2009
  2. B.104th Amendment, 2019
  3. C.106th Amendment, 2023
  4. D.87th Amendment, 2003
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Correct answer: B. 104th Amendment, 2019

The reservation of seats for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes under Articles 330 and 332 has a time limit set by Article 334, and that limit has been extended by amendment every ten years.

Q1487.Indian PolityEasy

Reservation of not less than one-third of the seats for women in panchayats is provided by which Article of the Constitution?

  1. A.Article 243D
  2. B.Article 243T
  3. C.Article 330A
  4. D.Article 332A
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Correct answer: A. Article 243D

It reserves seats in every panchayat for the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes in proportion to their population, and reserves not less than one-third of the total number of seats, and not less than one-third of the offices of chairperson, for women, the women's share being counted within the…

Q1488.Indian PolityMedium

Under Article 334A, the reservation of seats for women will come into effect after:

  1. A.The next general election to the Lok Sabha
  2. B.The first census taken after the commencement of the Act and a delimitation based on it
  3. C.Ratification by half of the state legislatures
  4. D.A resolution passed by both Houses of Parliament
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Correct answer: B. The first census taken after the commencement of the Act and a delimitation based on it

Article 334A was drafted in this way because one-third of the seats cannot be set apart until it is known which constituencies exist and how large they are, and the reserved seats are meant to rotate after each later delimitation.

Q1489.Indian PolityMedium

How many Delimitation Commissions have been constituted in India so far?

  1. A.Two, in 1952 and 1973
  2. B.Three, in 1952, 1963 and 2002
  3. C.Four, in 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002
  4. D.Five, in 1952, 1963, 1973, 2002 and 2020
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Correct answer: C. Four, in 1952, 1963, 1973 and 2002

Each was set up under a Delimitation Commission Act passed by Parliament for the purpose, and each worked on the latest available census: the commission of 2002 used the 2001 census after the 87th Amendment made that census the basis.

Q1490.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following statements about the orders of a Delimitation Commission is correct?

  1. A.They require the approval of the President before taking effect
  2. B.They have the force of law and cannot be called in question before any court
  3. C.They can be modified by the Lok Sabha by a simple majority
  4. D.They are advisory and binding only on the Election Commission
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Correct answer: B. They have the force of law and cannot be called in question before any court

The Delimitation Commission Act gives its published orders this finality so that a general election is not held up by litigation over constituency boundaries, and the Supreme Court has upheld the bar.

Q1492.Indian PolityMedium

The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 inserted which of the following Articles?

  1. A.Articles 330A, 332A and 334A
  2. B.Articles 243D and 243T
  3. C.Articles 331 and 333
  4. D.Articles 324 and 325
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Correct answer: A. Articles 330A, 332A and 334A

Article 330A reserves one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha for women, Article 332A does the same for the legislative assembly of every state, and Article 334A fixes when the reservation begins and how long it lasts, tying it to the first census after the commencement of the Act…

Q1493.Indian PolityMedium

Who heads a Delimitation Commission in India?

  1. A.The Chief Election Commissioner
  2. B.A serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court
  3. C.The Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  4. D.The Union Home Minister
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Correct answer: B. A serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court

The correct answer is B, a serving or retired judge of the Supreme Court, who is appointed chairperson of the Commission.

Q1494.Indian PolityHard

Which amendment extended the freeze on the allocation of Lok Sabha seats among the states until the first census taken after the year 2026?

  1. A.42nd Amendment, 1976
  2. B.84th Amendment, 2001
  3. C.87th Amendment, 2003
  4. D.91st Amendment, 2003
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Correct answer: B. 84th Amendment, 2001

The 42nd Amendment had frozen the allocation on the 1971 census only until the census after 2000; as that date approached, the 84th Amendment pushed the freeze forward to the first census taken after 2026, so that states which had controlled population growth would not lose seats.

Q1495.Indian PolityMedium

The Constitution (One Hundred and Sixth Amendment) Act, 2023 reserves one-third of the seats for women in which of the following?

  1. A.The Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha only
  2. B.The Lok Sabha, the state legislative assemblies and the Delhi legislative assembly
  3. C.All state legislative councils and the Rajya Sabha
  4. D.Only the panchayats and municipalities
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Correct answer: B. The Lok Sabha, the state legislative assemblies and the Delhi legislative assembly

The amendment inserted Article 330A for the Lok Sabha and Article 332A for the state assemblies, and amended Article 239AA so that the reservation also covers the Delhi assembly.

Q1496.Indian PolityEasy

Which Article of the Constitution provides for the readjustment of the allocation of Lok Sabha seats and the division of states into territorial constituencies after every census?

  1. A.Article 80
  2. B.Article 81
  3. C.Article 82
  4. D.Article 84
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Correct answer: C. Article 82

Article 82 says that upon the completion of each census the allocation of seats in the Lok Sabha to the states and the division of each state into territorial constituencies shall be readjusted by such authority and in such manner as Parliament may by law determine.

Q1499.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKHard

'Legal Positivism' theory was developed by

  1. A.T.H. Green
  2. B.Thomas Hobbes
  3. C.John Austin
  4. D.Patrick Devlin
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Correct answer: C. John Austin

The English jurist John Austin developed legal positivism, the view that law is the command of the sovereign backed by a sanction, kept separate from questions of morality.