UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

The Purga is a cold, snow-laden local wind of Siberia and the tundra of northern Russia. In winter, a strong high-pressure area builds over Siberia, which becomes one of the coldest places on Earth.

Article 46 asks the State to promote with special care the educational and economic interests of the weaker sections, in particular the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes.

All three projects, Baglihar, Dulhasti and Salal, stand on the Chenab river in Jammu and Kashmir. The Chenab is formed by the Chandra and Bhaga rivers, which meet at Tandi in Himachal Pradesh, and it flows through Jammu and Kashmir into Pakistan.

The 0° latitude is the Equator, the largest circle that can be drawn on the globe, so it is the longest parallel.

Statements III and IV describe the ionosphere and the mesosphere correctly, while I and II mix up facts about the troposphere and the ozone layer.

The limestone hills around Sukkur and Rohri in Sindh contain rich beds of fine chert, a hard, flint-like stone. Excavations there have found hundreds of Harappan quarry and workshop sites, where long, sharp chert blades were struck in large numbers and sent to towns across Sindh, including Mohenjodaro.

This statement is incorrect because the Constitution places no bar on re-electing a Vice-President; he may be elected any number of times.

Korkai, near the mouth of the Tamraparni river in the present Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu, was the chief port of the early Pandyas.

This statement is incorrect because a Constitution Amendment Bill must be passed by each House of Parliament separately by the special majority, and Article 108 joint sittings do not apply to it.

A bicameral state legislature has two Houses: the Legislative Assembly (Vidhan Sabha) and the Legislative Council (Vidhan Parishad). Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Bihar and Uttar Pradesh all have a Legislative Council, along with Maharashtra and Karnataka.

The Kushanas, who ruled a vast empire from Central Asia to the Ganga valley in the first centuries CE, presented their kings as god-like figures, and the clearest evidence of this comes from their coins and statues.

The Union excise levied on petrol and diesel has three parts. Basic Excise Duty is an ordinary Union tax, so it goes into the divisible pool and a share of it reaches the states as recommended by the Finance Commission under Article 270.

Point Calimere, also called Kodiakkarai, lies in the Nagapattinam district of Tamil Nadu, a state, where the Coromandel Coast turns west towards Palk Strait.

The National Institute of Disaster Management grew out of the National Centre for Disaster Management, set up in 1995 at the Indian Institute of Public Administration in New Delhi, which was renamed NIDM in 2003.

The India Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project was launched by the Ministry of Environment and Forests in 2010 with World Bank support.

Archaeologists divide the Stone Age into the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and Neolithic periods mainly by the kind of stone tools found and the way they were made.

Some Fundamental Rights are given only to citizens of India, while others are available to every person on Indian soil, including foreigners.

The Poona Sarvajanik Sabha was founded in Pune in 1870 to act as a bridge between the government and the people and to put the grievances of the public, especially peasants, before the British authorities.

This statement is incorrect because the Speaker resigns by writing to the Deputy Speaker, not to the President.

This is the incorrect statement, because the Rajya Sabha does discuss a Money Bill. Under Article 109, a Money Bill is introduced only in the Lok Sabha and, after it is passed, it is sent to the Rajya Sabha.