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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

Q4621.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following statements about the Harappan script is NOT correct ?

  1. A.It has about four hundred signs
  2. B.It was written from right to left
  3. C.It has been found on bone rods and jewellery
  4. D.It refers to the people of Meluhha
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Correct answer: D. It refers to the people of Meluhha

The Harappan script has never been deciphered, so no one can say what it refers to; the name Meluhha comes from Mesopotamian texts, not from Harappan writing.

Q4626.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKEasy

Which one of the following statements about the Coriolis force is not correct ?

  1. A.It is maximum at the Poles.
  2. B.It is absent at the Equator.
  3. C.It deflects the wind to the right direction in the southern hemisphere.
  4. D.It deflects the wind to the right direction in the northern hemisphere.
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Correct answer: C. It deflects the wind to the right direction in the southern hemisphere.

In the southern hemisphere the Coriolis force turns winds to the left, not the right. The Coriolis force is an apparent force caused by the Earth's rotation.

Q4628.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

Which of the following statements is/are correct ? 1. Committee on Estimates is an ad hoc committee of the Parliament. 2. Committee on Railway Convention is a standing committee of the Parliament. 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: D. Neither 1 nor 2

The two statements are reversed: the Estimates Committee is a standing committee, and the Railway Convention Committee is an ad hoc committee.

Q4630.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Which of the following statements regarding continent of Antarctica is/are correct? 1. It has the highest average elevation as compared to all other continents. 2. Mount Vinson is the highest peak of this continent. 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

Antarctica is the highest continent on average, and Mount Vinson is its highest peak. Antarctica's average elevation is about 2,500 metres, far above that of any other continent; Asia, the next highest, averages under 1,000 metres.

Q4631.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKHard

In which of the following matters placed before the UN General Assembly, a resolution by two-thirds majority of the members present and voting is required? 1. Admission of new members to the UN 2. Election of the non-permanent members of the Security Council 3. Election of members of the Economic and Social Council Select the answer using the code given below :

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

Article 18 of the UN Charter lists all three as 'important questions' that need a two-thirds majority of members present and voting.

Q4632.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Matangini Hazra and Lakshman Naik sacrificed their lives in :

  1. A.Bardoli Satyagraha
  2. B.Non-Cooperation Movement
  3. C.Civil Disobedience Movement
  4. D.Quit India Movement
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Correct answer: D. Quit India Movement

Both were killed in 1942 during the Quit India Movement, Matangini Hazra in Bengal and Lakshman Naik in Odisha. The Quit India Movement began after the Congress passed the Quit India resolution in Bombay on 8 August 1942, with Gandhi's call of 'Do or Die'.

Q4635.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Which one of the following is not an assumption in the law of demand?

  1. A.There are no changes in the taste and preferences of consumers.
  2. B.Income of consumers remains constant.
  3. C.Consumers are affected by demonstration effect.
  4. D.There are no changes in the price of substitute goods.
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Correct answer: C. Consumers are affected by demonstration effect.

The law of demand assumes buyers are not swayed by imitating others; the demonstration effect is in fact one of its exceptions.

Q4636.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements regarding sex composition is not correct ?

  1. A.In some countries, sex ratio is expressed as number of males per thousand females.
  2. B.In India, sex ratio is expressed as number of females per thousand males.
  3. C.At world level, sex ratio is about 102 males per 100 females.
  4. D.In Asia, there is high sex ratio.
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Correct answer: D. In Asia, there is high sex ratio.

Expressed as women per men, Asia has a low sex ratio, because several of its large countries have fewer women than men.

Q4638.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKEasy

Sea of Azov is connected to

  1. A.Black Sea
  2. B.Baltic Sea
  3. C.Mediterranean Sea
  4. D.North Sea
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Correct answer: A. Black Sea

The Sea of Azov joins the Black Sea through the narrow Kerch Strait, east of the Crimean peninsula. The Sea of Azov is bordered by Russia and Ukraine and is often called the shallowest sea in the world, with a maximum depth of only about 14 metres.

Q4640.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKMedium

Which of the following statements about the coasts of India is/are correct ? 1. The West Coast of India is a high rocky, retreating coast. 2. The West Coast of India is dominated by erosional landforms. 3. The East Coast of India, however, is a low sedimentary coast exhibiting depositional forms. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

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

All three statements describe India's two coasts correctly: the west is high, rocky and erosional, the east is low and depositional.