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UPSC Civil Services GK Questions 2026

Static general knowledge is six of the seven lines of the General Studies Paper-I syllabus in the UPSC CSE notice: History of India and the Indian National Movement; Indian and World Geography; Indian Polity and Governance; Economic and Social Development; Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change; and General Science. The Commission tests understanding rather than recall, through statements to be judged correct or incorrect, pairs to be matched and assertion-reason items, and it likes the edges of a topic: a lesser-known provision of the Constitution, a river's tributary, a species' conservation status, the mandate of a statutory body. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for UPSC, written as short facts and tables, in English and Hindi, with each note linked to the current affairs and previous-year questions on the same topic. Start with Polity and Modern History, which carry the most questions, then Geography, the Economy, Environment, Ancient and Medieval culture and Science. Read a note, solve its PYQs, take its quiz, and come back to it in your monthly revision. A candidate who knows these notes and reads the daily current affairs has covered the syllabus the notice prescribes for Paper-I.

UPSC Civil Services GK Questions with Answers

Q3762.Government SchemesMedium

Under which national plan does the Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan operate?

  1. A.National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction
  2. B.National Health Mission
  3. C.National Social Assistance Programme
  4. D.National Rural Livelihoods Mission
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Correct answer: A. National Action Plan for Drug Demand Reduction

The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan is the flagship drug demand reduction initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and sits under that plan, which is why its work centres on awareness, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare rather than on policing.

Q3769.NationalMedium

How many projects were inaugurated and how many were initiated at the Yamuna rejuvenation ceremony in Delhi?

  1. A.33 inaugurated and 10 initiated
  2. B.10 inaugurated and 33 initiated
  3. C.13 inaugurated and 30 initiated
  4. D.10 inaugurated and 43 initiated
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Correct answer: B. 10 inaugurated and 33 initiated

The Home Minister said that 10 projects were inaugurated at the function and 33 projects were started with the laying of foundation stones, and that the schemes begun carry a total cost of Rs 8,941 crore.

Q3772.EconomyEasy

The NSDC programme launched through the Social Stock Exchange prepares youth from Madhya Pradesh for employment in which two countries?

  1. A.Japan and Germany
  2. B.Japan and Australia
  3. C.Germany and Canada
  4. D.South Korea and Germany
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Correct answer: A. Japan and Germany

The programme will prepare 600 young people from economically weaker Other Backward Classes households in Madhya Pradesh for work abroad, with 300 of them readied for Japan and 300 for Germany through residential training in the Japanese and German languages together with employability training.

Q3773.EconomyHard

In the NSDC skilling programme financed through the Social Stock Exchange, what share of the cost does the Government of Madhya Pradesh bear on successful placement of candidates abroad?

  1. A.15 per cent
  2. B.35 per cent
  3. C.50 per cent
  4. D.75 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 50 per cent

The programme uses a blended financing structure with three parts: beneficiary participation meets 15 per cent of the cost, money raised on the Social Stock Exchange meets 35 per cent, and the Government of Madhya Pradesh provides the remaining 50 per cent once candidates are successfully placed in jobs abroad.

Q3775.DefenceHard

The trainees of the Indian Navy's First Training Squadron visited which training centre during the Maldives port call?

  1. A.Girifushi Training Centre
  2. B.Hulhumale Naval Academy
  3. C.Addu Maritime Training School
  4. D.Kadhdhoo Defence Institute
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Correct answer: A. Girifushi Training Centre

As part of the training exchanges arranged during the port call, trainees of the First Training Squadron visited this centre, while the Senior Officer of the squadron called on the Chief of Defence Force of the Maldives National Defence Force, on the Commandant of the MNDF Coast Guard and on…

Q3776.DefenceMedium

MAHASAGAR, the vision mentioned in connection with the First Training Squadron's visit to the Maldives, stands for which of the following?

  1. A.Maritime Alliance for Harmony, Security and Growth Across Regions
  2. B.Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions
  3. C.Mission for Advancement of Shared Growth and Regional Security
  4. D.Maritime Highway for Safety, Growth and Regional Stability
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Correct answer: B. Mutual and Holistic Advancement for Security and Growth Across Regions

The Ministry of Defence used exactly this expansion while placing the squadron's Maldives port call within India's maritime outreach, saying the visit underscored growing maritime cooperation between the two countries.