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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

Q7361.Government SchemesMedium

How many data layers are integrated on the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan platform?

  1. A.More than 800
  2. B.More than 1,200
  3. C.More than 1,800
  4. D.More than 2,500
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Correct answer: C. More than 1,800

As the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan completed five years, the government stated that the platform integrates more than 1,800 data layers covering 58 Central Ministries and Departments and all 36 States and Union Territories, along with more than 65 software modules and tools and over 100 mobile and web…

Q7365.InternationalEasy

Which document was adopted at the first BIMSTEC Home Ministers Meeting held in New Delhi?

  1. A.Bangkok Vision
  2. B.Delhi Declaration
  3. C.Bay of Bengal Charter
  4. D.Jamnagar Protocol
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Correct answer: B. Delhi Declaration

The first meeting of BIMSTEC Home Ministers, hosted by India in New Delhi and chaired by Union Home and Cooperation Minister Amit Shah, adopted this declaration, which lays down the principles behind security cooperation in the grouping.

Q7366.Science & TechnologyHard

Under which project, along with the Indore institute's own trials, is a yield of 15 to 20 quintals per hectare reported as achievable for soybean?

  1. A.National Food Security Mission
  2. B.All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean
  3. C.Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
  4. D.National Mission on Edible Oils
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Correct answer: B. All India Coordinated Research Project on Soybean

Research and trials carried out across the country by the ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute and under this coordinated project indicate that a yield of 15 to 20 quintals per hectare can be reached by adopting improved varieties together with appropriate production technologies, and that favourable conditions may lift output to…

Q7367.Science & TechnologyHard

Who is the Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of ICAR who commented on the soybean yield data?

  1. A.Dr M. L. Jat
  2. B.Dr Himanshu Pathak
  3. C.Dr Trilochan Mohapatra
  4. D.Dr Abhilaksh Likhi
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Correct answer: A. Dr M. L. Jat

He holds both posts, Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and it was he who welcomed the early figures from the two varieties.

Q7368.Science & TechnologyMedium

What is the present average soybean productivity in India?

  1. A.About 5 to 6 quintals per hectare
  2. B.About 10 to 11 quintals per hectare
  3. C.About 18 to 19 quintals per hectare
  4. D.About 30 to 32 quintals per hectare
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Correct answer: B. About 10 to 11 quintals per hectare

This is the figure for the country's average soybean productivity at present, and it is the benchmark against which the new reading of roughly 20 quintals per hectare from NRC 268 and NRC 270 is being judged.

Q7369.Science & TechnologyEasy

Which institute developed the improved soybean varieties NRC 268 and NRC 270?

  1. A.ICAR-Indian Institute of Pulses Research, Kanpur
  2. B.ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute, Indore
  3. C.ICAR-Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi
  4. D.ICAR-Central Research Institute for Dryland Agriculture, Hyderabad
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Correct answer: B. ICAR-National Soybean Research Institute, Indore

Both varieties were bred at this institute, which functions under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, and it was the institute that organised the Soybean Harvest Day on 9 October 2026 at which their yield potential was assessed.

Q7371.EnvironmentMedium

Which organisation acts as the national regulatory authority for the annual inspection of grossly polluting industries?

  1. A.National Mission for Clean Ganga
  2. B.Central Pollution Control Board
  3. C.Central Ground Water Board
  4. D.National Green Tribunal
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Correct answer: B. Central Pollution Control Board

The annual inspection mechanism for grossly polluting industries in the Ganga basin began in 2017 with the support of the Central Pollution Control Board, described in the review as the national regulatory authority for this work.

Q7376.NationalMedium

Proceeds from the PM Mementos e-auction support which programme?

  1. A.Swachh Bharat Mission
  2. B.Namami Gange Programme
  3. C.Jal Jeevan Mission
  4. D.Atal Bhujal Yojana
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Correct answer: B. Namami Gange Programme

Money raised through the auction of mementos presented to the Prime Minister goes towards the rejuvenation and conservation of the Ganga under this programme, which is why the wooden model of the Ganga Ji Mandir at Mukhba is described as tying the Uttarakhand collection to the purpose of the initiative.