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.
Who among the following has not written about partition in his works?
Bankim died in 1894, more than fifty years before the Partition of 1947, so he could not have written about it.
Read the full explanation →"To cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our national struggle for freedom" is a provision of which one of the following of the Constitution of India ?
This is the second fundamental duty, listed in Article 51A(b) of the Constitution. Fundamental duties were added in Part IVA by the 42nd Amendment of 1976, on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, and drew on the constitution of the former USSR.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statement(s) regarding promulgation of ordinance is/are correct?
1. President can promulgate ordinances which are of temporary duration.
2. An ordinance promulgated by the President has to be ratified by Parliament within six weeks of its re-assembly.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Under Article 123 an ordinance is a temporary law, and it lapses unless Parliament approves it within six weeks of reassembling.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following assumed the title of Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah to set himself up as an independent ruler with his base in Hyderabad?
Chin Qilich Khan, a powerful Mughal noble, took the title Nizam-ul-Mulk Asaf Jah and founded the independent state of Hyderabad.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about Barchans :
1. These landforms are found in Thar desert in India.
2. The windward side has concave slope with maximum height at the centre.
3. Two ends of the barchan are called horns.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Barchans are common in the Thar and their two tips are called horns, but the windward side of a barchan is a gentle convex slope, not a concave one.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements are correct with regard to the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) ?
1. UNCLOS authorizes the UN Security Council to take a direct action in case of the disputes between States on sovereign rights over Exclusive Economic Zones
2. UNCLOS defines contiguous zones and specifies its functions
3. Both the US and India have ratified UNCLOS
4. UNCLOS grants certain rights to Landlocked States
Select the answer using the code given below:
UNCLOS defines the contiguous zone and gives landlocked states rights, but it gives the Security Council no such role, and the United States has not ratified it.
Read the full explanation →The spindle fibre is attached to which of the following specific regions of the chromosomes?
Spindle fibres attach to the kinetochore, a disc-shaped protein structure on the centromere of each chromosome. During cell division the spindle, made of microtubules, pulls the copies of each chromosome apart.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following capital cities of the Union Territories of India is located at coordinates 11.62° North and 92.72° East?
The capital of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands lies at about 11.6° North and 92.7° East, on the east coast of South Andaman.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the chemical name of heavy water?
Heavy water is D₂O: two atoms of deuterium joined to one atom of oxygen. Deuterium is the isotope of hydrogen with one proton and one neutron in its nucleus, so it is about twice as heavy as ordinary hydrogen.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following does NOT fall under the definition of the Money Bill ?
Article 117 deals with financial bills, which are a separate class and are not Money Bills under Article 110.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statement(s) regarding passing a law under the State List is/are correct ?
1. Even in the sphere (State List) exclusively reserved for the States, Parliament can legislate under certain circumstances.
2. Parliament cannot legislate a subject under the State List under any circumstances.
3. A resolution supported by two-thirds of the members present and voting is required to be passed by Rajya Sabha to pass a law under the State List.
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Parliament can make laws on State List subjects in certain situations, and one of them is a Rajya Sabha resolution passed by a two-thirds majority.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs is/are correctly matched?
1. Permanent Settlement : Lord Cornwallis
2. Ryotwari Settlement : Thomas Munro
3. Mahalwari Settlement : Holt Mackenzie
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Each of the three British land revenue systems is matched with the official most closely linked to it. The Permanent Settlement was introduced by Lord Cornwallis in Bengal, Bihar and Odisha in 1793.
Read the full explanation →Under which one among the following Articles of the Constitution of India, a member of a Civil Service, whether of the Union or of a State, seeks protection from unlawful dismissal from service ?
Article 311 protects civil servants of the Union and the states against arbitrary dismissal, removal or reduction in rank. Article 310 says civil servants hold office during the pleasure of the President or the Governor, and Article 311 limits that pleasure.
Read the full explanation →The cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are situated on which of the following islands?
Hiroshima lies in western Honshu, and Nagasaki lies on the west coast of Kyushu. Japan has four main islands: Hokkaido in the north, Honshu, the largest, in the middle, and Shikoku and Kyushu in the south-west.
Read the full explanation →Liquid water is denser than ice due to
Hydrogen bonds lock the molecules of ice into an open cage, so ice takes up more space than the same mass of liquid water.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is NOT the central feature of Polyarchy ?
In a polyarchy practically every adult may stand for office, so a restricted right to contest is the opposite of its central features.
Read the full explanation →As per provisions of the Constitution of India, which one of the following is correct?
Article 246(2) gives both of them the power to make laws on Concurrent List subjects. The Seventh Schedule divides law-making subjects into three lists: the Union List for Parliament, the State List for the states, and the Concurrent List shared by both.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about Amaranayakas of Vijayanagara are correct?
1. The Amaranayakas were military commanders who were given territories to govern by the Raya.
2. In lieu of their service and also to maintain their contingents, they were paid in cash.
3. They maintained stipulated contingents and elephants.
4. They used to send tribute to the king annually and personally appeared in the royal court with gifts to express their loyalty.
Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The amara-nayakas were paid with territory to govern, not with cash, so statement 2 is the one that is wrong.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about the practice of Vedic sacrifices :
1. The shrauta (Vedic sacrifices) involved the use of three fires - the garhapatya (householder's fire), ahavaniya (offeratorial fire) and dakshinagni (southern fire).
2. These fires were supposed to be placed in pits of different shapes, i.e., the garhapatya to be square, ahavaniya to be round and that of the dakshinagni, rectangle-shaped.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The shrauta rites did use three sacred fires, but statement 2 gets their shapes the wrong way round. Shrauta sacrifices are the grand rituals laid down in the Shrauta Sutras and the Brahmanas.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements with regard to India's maritime initiative, SAGAR, is correct?
SAGAR stands for Security and Growth for All in the Region, India's vision for working with its ocean neighbours. Prime Minister Narendra Modi set out SAGAR in Mauritius in March 2015.
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