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.
Which ministry organises India Mining Week?
The correct answer is the Ministry of Coal, which issued the announcement on the rescheduling of its flagship mining event.
Read the full explanation →At which venue will India Mining Week be held?
The correct answer is the Yashobhoomi Convention Centre in New Delhi, and the announcement makes clear that the venue has not changed even though the dates have.
Read the full explanation →India Mining Week has been rescheduled to which dates?
The correct answer is 24 to 26 February 2027, the revised dates announced by the Ministry of Coal for its flagship mining event.
Read the full explanation →Over which protocol must the PTZ cameras transmit video to the regulators under the CAQM order?
The correct answer is the Real Time Streaming Protocol, commonly written as RTSP, which the order names for continuous live transmission of the camera feeds to the designated servers and portals of the pollution control authorities.
Read the full explanation →Which body has issued the order extending PTZ camera-based remote monitoring in the National Capital Region?
The correct answer is the Commission for Air Quality Management in NCR and Adjoining Areas, usually shortened to CAQM, which issued the order under its own statutory direction and widened the scope of camera-based surveillance.
Read the full explanation →By which date must NCR industries covered by the new CAQM order install and operationalise PTZ cameras?
The order requires every covered industrial unit to have the cameras installed and working, with arrangements for real time transmission of the video feeds already in place, by that date.
Read the full explanation →What is the cash component of the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar?
Alongside the purse, every awardee receives a Tamrapatra, the copper plaque that carries the citation, and an Angavastram, the ceremonial shawl presented at the function.
Read the full explanation →How many young artists will receive the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar for the years 2024 and 2025?
The correct answer is 106 young artists, drawn from music, dance and drama, who will be given the award for the two years taken together at the New Delhi ceremony.
Read the full explanation →Which body instituted the Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar?
The correct answer is the Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy for music, dance and drama, which created the Yuva Puraskar in 2006 for artists up to the age of 40 and has conferred it every year since at a ceremony reserved for young performers.
Read the full explanation →How large is the inpatient department at the AIIA main campus in Sarita Vihar?
The clinical infrastructure at the institute main campus in Sarita Vihar, New Delhi, has an outpatient department able to attend to about 3,000 patients a day and an inpatient wing of that bed strength for people who need admission.
Read the full explanation →According to its decade report, how many patients did AIIA treat between October 2016 and September 2026?
The correct answer is 37,74,524 patients, the figure the institute recorded for the ten years from October 2016 to September 2026 across its main campus and its affiliated and outreach centres.
Read the full explanation →Under which ministry does the All India Institute of Ayurveda function as an autonomous institution?
The All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi is an autonomous institution under that ministry, and its stated work is healthcare, education, research and innovation in Ayurveda along with building recognition for India traditional systems of medicine.
Read the full explanation →Where were the 2026 Asian Games, at which India won the women kabaddi gold, held?
The correct answer is Aichi-Nagoya, Japan, the host of the Asian Games at which the Indian women kabaddi team took the gold medal by beating Iran in the final.
Read the full explanation →Who captained the Indian women kabaddi team that won gold at the 2026 Asian Games?
The correct answer is Pushpa Rana, who led the side as captain while Neeta Moreshwar Dadwe served as head coach of the gold-winning team.
Read the full explanation →Which country did India defeat in the women kabaddi final at the 2026 Asian Games?
India met Iran in the women kabaddi final of the Asian Games and finished ahead 37-34 in a contest that remained close until the final raids, a result that let India keep the continental title it already held.
Read the full explanation →How many additional houses were found to be needed in the Sanchi assembly segment in a recent survey?
A recent survey showed that this many more houses are required in the Sanchi assembly segment, and the Minister assured that surveyed families living in kuchcha houses would be helped to build permanent homes, since providing pucca houses to the poor is a priority of his department.
Read the full explanation →In which two districts is the pilot project to link every family to a livelihood being launched?
The Minister announced that a pilot would begin in these two districts with the goal of connecting every family in every village to at least one source of livelihood, so that the villages concerned can become free of poverty.
Read the full explanation →Under which scheme were the 46 rural roads at Sanchi given bhoomi pujan?
The Union Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development performed the foundation ceremony for forty-six village roads sanctioned under this rural roads programme during his visit to Sanchi, and said better roads would make movement easier for villagers.
Read the full explanation →Which of these climate events was identified among the four major phases in the study?
The researchers identified four major environmental phases in the lake record, associated with key climate events that include the arid event of about four point two thousand years ago, the Roman Warm Period and the Little Ice Age.
Read the full explanation →Karela Lake, the site of the study, is located near which city?
Karela Lake is an oxbow lake at Hulas Khera in Mohanlal Ganj, near Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, and lies in the Central Ganga Plain.
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