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.
Ayush Verma won the gold medal at the Asian Para Games 2026 in which event?
Ayush Verma won his gold medal with an excellent throw in the men's shot put in the F53 classification at the Asian Para Games 2026.
Read the full explanation →Who won the silver medal in the Men's High Jump T64 event at the Asian Para Games 2026?
The silver medal in the Men's High Jump T64 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 was won by Banti of India, and the Prime Minister's message on the result said that the jumper had shown great promise and determination and that the medal should give him the confidence to…
Read the full explanation →Which record did Praveen Kumar break while winning the Men's High Jump T64 gold at the Asian Para Games 2026?
The announcement of Praveen Kumar's gold said clearly that the magnificent jump with which he defended his title broke his own Games Record in the Men's High Jump T64 event, so the mark he improved was the one he had set at these Games earlier in his career.
Read the full explanation →Praveen Kumar won the gold medal at the Asian Para Games 2026 in which event?
Praveen Kumar won the gold medal in the men's high jump in the T64 classification at the Asian Para Games 2026, defending the title he already held in the event, and his winning jump improved on the Games Record that stood in his own name.
Read the full explanation →What made India's result in the Men's Shot Put F46 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 notable?
Sachin Khilari's gold was described as leading an all-Indian sweep of the podium in the Men's Shot Put F46 event, which means the gold, the silver and the bronze were all won by Indians; Mohd Yasser was the silver medallist.
Read the full explanation →Who won the silver medal behind Sachin Khilari in the Men's Shot Put F46 event at the Asian Para Games 2026?
The silver medal in the Men's Shot Put F46 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 went to Mohd Yasser of India, who produced a season-best throw of his own, and the Prime Minister's congratulatory message noted that his improvement since the previous edition of the Games came from years…
Read the full explanation →In which event did Sachin Khilari win the gold medal at the Asian Para Games 2026?
Sachin Khilari took the gold medal in the men's shot put in the F46 classification at the Asian Para Games 2026, and he did so with the best throw of his season.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following commercial centres declined after mid-eighteenth century?
Dhaka, famous for its fine muslin, lost its trade and population after the mid-eighteenth century as the East India Company's rule and cheap British cloth destroyed its textile industry.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following countries does NOT share boundary with Ukraine?
Lithuania is a Baltic state to the north of Belarus, and Belarus lies between it and Ukraine, so the two never touch.
Read the full explanation →Multipliers will be lower with which one of the following?
The investment multiplier equals 1 ÷ (1 − MPC), so the smaller the share of extra income people spend, the smaller the multiplier.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following two organizations are parts of TIWB (Tax Inspectors Without Borders)?
Tax Inspectors Without Borders is a joint initiative of the United Nations Development Programme and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following processes is not used for the production of hydrogen gas?
When calcium carbide reacts with water it gives acetylene (ethyne) gas and calcium hydroxide, not hydrogen. The reaction CaC₂ + 2H₂O → C₂H₂ + Ca(OH)₂ is the old method of making acetylene, once burnt in miners' lamps and still used for welding and for ripening fruit illegally.
Read the full explanation →Suppose the price of mangoes increases from ₹ 50 per kg to ₹ 75 per kg. Due to this, the demand for mangoes declines from 100 kg to 50 kg. Which one of the following is the price elasticity of demand for mangoes?
The quantity demanded falls by 50% while the price rises by 50%, and 50 divided by 50 gives a price elasticity of 1.
Read the full explanation →What are Airawat, Param Siddhi, Pratyush and Mihir?
All four are high-performance computing systems built or installed in India for research, weather forecasting and artificial intelligence. PARAM Siddhi-AI was built by C-DAC under the National Supercomputing Mission and is installed at C-DAC, Pune.
Read the full explanation →A beam of positively charged particles, say A, is going from north to south. On the other hand, a beam of negatively charged particles, say B, is going from south to north. Which one of the following in this respect is correct?
Both beams carry conventional current in the same direction, north to south, and parallel currents in the same direction attract each other.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs of products obtained from petroleum distillation and their uses are correctly matched?
1. Petroleum ether : Used as solvent
2. Petroleum jelly : Used to make coating of metals
3. Petroleum wax : Used as rubber solvent
4. White spirit : Used for making candles
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Petroleum ether is a solvent and petroleum jelly is spread on metal surfaces as a protective coating, while the uses given for petroleum wax and white spirit have been swapped around.
Read the full explanation →BHARAT-TULIP, promoted at the Shilp Samagam Mela, stands for which programme?
It is an initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment aimed at selling the goods made by artisans of the target groups, namely the Scheduled Castes, the Other Backward Classes, Safai Mitras and Denotified Tribes, through physical outlets as well as e-commerce platforms, so that a craftsperson reaches…
Read the full explanation →How many artisans are participating in the Guwahati edition of the Shilp Samagam Mela 2026, and how many of them are women?
The ministry put the participation at that level for the Guwahati leg, and between them the craftspeople are showing about forty varieties of handloom and handicraft products, drawn from the North-Eastern states as well as other regions of the country.
Read the full explanation →The Shilp Samagam Mela 2026 that began on 21 October is being held in which city?
The correct answer is Guwahati, the capital of Assam, where the eight-day fair opened at Farm Gate in Khanapara and will run until the twenty-eighth of the month.
Read the full explanation →Which structure was identified as the cause of the varying secondary emission lines in Centaurus X-3?
The team worked out that the structure responsible had to be rotating together with the pulsar, and the stream fits that description: as it swings between the pulsar and the observing satellite, the direct radiation from the pulsar weakens while the light re-emitted by the stream strengthens, producing the variation…
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