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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

Q744.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKEasy

Who among the following was the founder of Phoenix Settlement?

  1. A.Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.B. R. Ambedkar
  3. C.Rabindranath Tagore
  4. D.Swami Vivekananda
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Correct answer: A. Mahatma Gandhi

Gandhi founded the Phoenix Settlement near Durban, South Africa, in 1904. Gandhi set up the settlement after reading John Ruskin's Unto This Last, which convinced him that the life of labour, of the tiller and the craftsman, is the life worth living.

Q745.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Who among the following shall cause the accounts of the Autonomous District and Regional Council Funds to be audited?

  1. A.The Comptroller and Auditor General of India
  2. B.The Chartered Accountant empanelled by the Government of India
  3. C.The State Government Auditors
  4. D.Any Chartered Accountant
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Correct answer: A. The Comptroller and Auditor General of India

The Sixth Schedule says the accounts of the District and Regional Councils are audited in the manner the CAG thinks fit.

Q746.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKEasy

The Andaman group of islands and the Nicobar group of islands are separated by which one of the following latitudes?

  1. A.8° N latitude
  2. B.10° N latitude
  3. C.12° N latitude
  4. D.13° N latitude
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Correct answer: B. 10° N latitude

The Ten Degree Channel, which runs along this latitude, separates the Andaman group from the Nicobar group. The Ten Degree Channel lies between Little Andaman in the north and Car Nicobar in the south, and it is about 150 km wide.

Q748.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKEasy

The National Commission for Women was created by

  1. A.an amendment in the Constitution of India
  2. B.a decision of the Union Cabinet
  3. C.an Act passed by the Parliament
  4. D.an order of the President of India
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Correct answer: C. an Act passed by the Parliament

The National Commission for Women is a statutory body set up under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990. Parliament passed the Act in 1990, and the Commission was constituted in January 1992.

Q749.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

Consider the following statement : "A sound body means one which bends itself to the spirit and is always a ready instrument at its service." The above statement is attributed to

  1. A.Sardar Patel
  2. B.Winston Churchill
  3. C.Mahatma Gandhi
  4. D.Baden-Powell
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Correct answer: C. Mahatma Gandhi

The line comes from Gandhi's writings on health, where he treats the body as a servant of the spirit. Gandhi wrote widely on diet, fasting, nature cure and self-control, most famously in his little book on health.

Q750.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

Which one of the following regarding the tenure of the elected members of the Autonomous District Council is correct?

  1. A.Five years from the date of election
  2. B.Five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the Council after the election
  3. C.Six years from the date of administration of Oath
  4. D.Six years from the date of election
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Correct answer: B. Five years from the date appointed for the first meeting of the Council after the election

The Sixth Schedule fixes the term in exactly these words. Autonomous District Councils are set up under the Sixth Schedule for the tribal areas of Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.

Q753.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Find the correct arrangement of the following urban agglomerations in descending order as per their population size according to Census 2011.

  1. A.Delhi-Mumbai-Kolkata-Chennai
  2. B.Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai
  3. C.Mumbai-Kolkata-Delhi-Chennai
  4. D.Kolkata-Chennai-Mumbai-Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Mumbai-Delhi-Kolkata-Chennai

In Census 2011, Greater Mumbai was the most populous urban agglomeration of India, followed by Delhi, Kolkata and Chennai. Census 2011 counted about 18.4 million people in the Greater Mumbai urban agglomeration, about 16.3 million in Delhi, about 14.1 million in Kolkata and about 8.7 million in Chennai.

Q754.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Alexander Kerensky was

  1. A.the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution
  2. B.a close confidant of Lenin, with whose help the Czar was dethroned
  3. C.the head of the Czar's army
  4. D.an advisor of Joseph Stalin
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Correct answer: A. the head of the Provisional Government in Russia before the October Revolution

Alexander Kerensky led that government until the Bolsheviks overthrew it in October 1917. After the February Revolution of 1917 ended the rule of Tsar Nicholas II, a Provisional Government took power.