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UPSC CAPF Previous Year GK Questions

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.

Previous Year Questions

Q161.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IHard

Consider the following statements regarding the Andaman and Nicobar Islands :

1. There are 836 islands/islets/rocky outcrops.

2. The group of islands is divided by the Ten Degree Channel.

3. The Union Territory is home to tribes such as Koya, Malmi, Melacheri and Aminidivi.

4. There are more than two major ports in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

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

The islands number 836 by the Union Territory's own count, and the Ten Degree Channel separates the Andaman group from the Nicobar group.

Q162.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.

Q163.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.

Q164.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.

Q166.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.

Q167.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2017, Paper IMedium

The mass number of an element is NOT changed when it emits

  1. A.Alpha and Beta radiations only
  2. B.Alpha and Gamma radiations only
  3. C.Beta and Gamma radiations only
  4. D.Alpha, Beta and Gamma radiations
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Correct answer: C. Beta and Gamma radiations only

Neither beta nor gamma emission changes the total number of protons and neutrons in a nucleus, so the mass number stays the same.

Q168.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

Which of the following statements about Harappa Civilization is/are correct?

1. There is the extraordinary uniformity in artefacts as evident in pottery, seals, bricks and weights.

2. The late Harappa sites also maintained the same construction techniques as were used in mature Harappa sites.

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: A. 1 only

The mature Harappan phase shows a striking uniformity in its artefacts, but that uniformity broke down in the late Harappan phase.

Q170.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IEasy

SAUBHAGYA, a Central Government scheme, is related to

  1. A.providing cash money to women giving birth of single female child
  2. B.connecting kitchen of every household with piped cooking gas
  3. C.strengthening and augmenting infrastructure for piped water supply
  4. D.achieving universal household electrification in the country
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Correct answer: D. achieving universal household electrification in the country

SAUBHAGYA, the Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana, aimed to give an electricity connection to every household. The scheme was launched by the Ministry of Power in September 2017 and was carried out mainly through the Rural Electrification Corporation.

Q171.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IMedium

Which one among the following statements about facilitated transport in plants is correct?

  1. A.All passive transports are types of facilitated transport.
  2. B.Facilitated transport is an example of active transport.
  3. C.Water moves across plasma membrane by active transport.
  4. D.Facilitated transport requires assistance of carrier proteins.
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Correct answer: D. Facilitated transport requires assistance of carrier proteins.

In facilitated transport, molecules cross the membrane with the help of membrane proteins, while still moving down their concentration gradient.

Q172.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IEasy

Consider the following statements about a cloud form :

1. These are made up of ice crystals rather than droplets of water.

2. They are thin, stringy, white clouds that trail like feathers across the sky.

3. These clouds are formed at very high altitudes - normally between 6000 metres and 10000 metres.

Which one among the following cloud forms is described above?

  1. A.Cirrus
  2. B.Stratus
  3. C.Cumulus
  4. D.Nimbus
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Correct answer: A. Cirrus

Cirrus clouds are thin, feathery clouds made of ice crystals that form high in the troposphere. At heights of roughly 6,000 to 10,000 metres the air is far below freezing, so cirrus clouds hold ice crystals instead of water droplets.

Q173.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2017, Paper IMedium

Who among the following has coined the term 'Quark', the fundamental particles that make up protons and neutrons in an atomic nucleus ?

  1. A.Richard Feynman
  2. B.Murray Gell-Mann
  3. C.Albert Einstein
  4. D.Niels Bohr
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Correct answer: B. Murray Gell-Mann

The American physicist Murray Gell-Mann proposed quarks in 1964 and gave them their name. Gell-Mann, and independently George Zweig, suggested that protons, neutrons and other such particles are built from smaller units.

Q175.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IEasy

"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 ?

  1. A.Directive principles of the state policy
  2. B.Fundamental duties
  3. C.Fundamental rights
  4. D.Preamble
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Correct answer: B. Fundamental duties

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.

Q176.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IEasy

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 :

  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

Under Article 123 an ordinance is a temporary law, and it lapses unless Parliament approves it within six weeks of reassembling.

Q178.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2023, Paper IHard

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 ?

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

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.

Q179.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2024, Paper IHard

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:

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

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.

All UPSC previous year questions