Previous-year questions are the most reliable guide to UPSC CAPF, because the notice lists six broad areas for Paper-I but does not say how many questions each will carry. Solving the papers of recent years shows the balance between current events and static GK, the level of detail UPSC expects in polity, history, geography, economy and science, and how often questions touch security, defence and human rights, areas the syllabus names in both papers. The Commission puts up the question papers of each exam on its website; the 2026 papers of General Ability and Intelligence and of General Studies, Essay and Comprehension went up on 20 July 2026, the day after the exam. This page is where GK24 collects UPSC CAPF previous-year questions of Paper-I, in English and Hindi, each with the correct answer, an explanation and the topic it belongs to, so that one question leads you to the GK note that covers it. Use them in three rounds: first untimed to learn the pattern, then timed to build speed under negative marking, and finally as a revision of the questions you got wrong. For Paper-II, read the past essay, argument and report topics. They show the kind of issues UPSC sets, such as security, governance, technology and society, and make a good list to practise writing on.
Study of a single species and the environmental factors in its habitat is called
Autecology studies one species, or one individual, in relation to the physical and biological conditions of the place where it lives.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the correct combination of languages included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution of India?
All four are among the 22 languages listed in the Eighth Schedule. The Eighth Schedule began with 14 languages in 1950, Urdu among them.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following Commissions has not examined the issue of removal of the Governor of a State?
Justice M. P. Thakkar's commission inquired into the assassination of Prime Minister Indira Gandhi in 1984; it had nothing to do with Governors.
Read the full explanation →Over which of the following, the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha held joint sittings to resolve their differences? 1. The Dowry Prohibition Bill, 1959 2. The Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill, 1978 3. The Prevention of Terrorism Bill, 2002 4. The Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Only three joint sittings have been held since 1950, and they were on exactly these three bills.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements: 1. River Kaveri has well developed valley 2. Valley of River Alakananda is still growing 3. River Krishna is largest east flowing peninsular river Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The Kaveri is an old peninsular river with a mature valley, and the Alaknanda is a young Himalayan river still cutting its valley, but the largest east-flowing peninsular river is the Godavari, not the Krishna.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?
Chaparral is the shrub vegetation of the Mediterranean climate in California, not of the cold Taiga, so this statement is incorrect.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements are correct with regard to Speaker/Deputy Speaker, Lok Sabha? 1. On dissolution of the Lok Sabha, both the Speaker and Deputy Speaker cease to be members of the House. 2. Both Speaker and Deputy Speaker vacate their office on dissolution of the Lok Sabha. 3. Only Deputy Speaker vacates his office and Speaker shall not vacate his office until immediately before the first meeting of the Lok Sabha after dissolution. Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Dissolution ends the membership of every member, but Article 94 keeps the Speaker in office until just before the new House first meets.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following factors are needed for the growth of corals? 1. Freshwater 2. Clear shallow salt water 3. Plenty of sunlight for photosynthesis 4. Warm water between 23 °C and 25 °C Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Corals grow in clear, shallow, warm sea water with plenty of sunlight; fresh water kills them. Coral reefs are built by tiny animals called polyps, which take calcium carbonate from sea water to make hard skeletons.
Read the full explanation →The heaviest rocks, which are rolled along the river bed in river transport, come under which type of load?
Boulders and large pebbles are too heavy to be lifted by the water, so the river rolls, slides and drags them along its bed; this is traction.
Read the full explanation →In India, Cardamom Hills are regarded as a continuation of the
The Cardamom Hills form the southernmost part of the Western Ghats, lying south of the Palghat Gap along the Kerala–Tamil Nadu border.
Read the full explanation →The ancient Indian medical treatise for horses called Ashvashastra is attributed to which one of the following persons?
Indian tradition credits Shalihotra with the science of horses, and veterinary medicine for horses came to be called Shalihotra Shastra after him.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following animals does not come under the category of four noble animals (Maha-Ajaneya Pasu) carved on the round drum (Anda-Phalaka) of the lion capital at Sarnath?
The round drum below the lions of the Sarnath capital carries an elephant, a bull, a horse and a lion; there is no deer.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements with reference to Jainism: 1. Vardhamana Mahavira attained Kaivalyajnana outside the town of Jrimbhikagrama, on the banks of river Rijupalika and in the field of a householder named Samaga. 2. The state when the Karma particles actually begin to flow towards the Jiva to bind it is known as Asrava. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Both statements match the Jaina tradition: the place of Mahavira's enlightenment and the meaning of asrava. Mahavira left home at about thirty and spent some twelve years in hard penance.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements regarding instruments of Monetary Policy: 1. The Central Bank can increase the money supply by increasing the bank rate 2. The Central Bank can increase the money supply by purchasing securities from the public 3. The Central Bank can decrease the money supply by increasing the cash reserve ratio Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Buying securities puts money into the economy and raising the cash reserve ratio takes it out, but raising the bank rate reduces money supply instead of increasing it.
Read the full explanation →What is the percentage weightage assigned to Forest and Ecology in the devolution formula given by the Fifteenth Finance Commission of India for sharing of Union tax revenue with the States?
The Fifteenth Finance Commission gave forest and ecology a weight of 10 per cent in deciding each State's share of the divisible pool of Union taxes.
Read the full explanation →In recent years, which one among the following is the source of demand in the Indian economy in descending order?
On the expenditure side of India's GDP, private consumption is the largest share, investment (gross fixed capital formation) comes next, then government consumption, and net exports come last.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements is not correct?
Methane and chlorine react in sunlight to give chloromethane and hydrogen chloride, not hydrogen gas. This is a substitution reaction: CH4 + Cl2 → CH3Cl + HCl in the presence of sunlight.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements relating to carbon and its compounds are correct? 1. 1-Propyne has three double bonds. 2. The boiling point of acetic acid is higher than methane. 3. Ethanol reacts with sodium metal and produces hydrogen gas. 4. Esters give effervescence on reaction with sodium bicarbonate. Select the answer using the code given below.
Acetic acid boils far above methane, and ethanol gives hydrogen with sodium, while statements 1 and 4 are false. Propyne (CH3–C≡CH) is an alkyne: it has one carbon–carbon triple bond and no double bonds, so statement 1 is wrong.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements regarding gypsum is not correct?
Gypsum heated at 373 K becomes calcium sulphate hemihydrate, CaSO4 · ½H2O, which is plaster of Paris, not CaSO4 · H2O as the statement says.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following factors is responsible for the spread of myxomatosis, a severe viral disease among rabbits?
Myxomatosis passes from rabbit to rabbit through biting insects and contact, so it spreads fastest where rabbits are crowded together.
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