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.
INS Mangrol takes its name from a coastal town and fishing harbour in which district of Gujarat?
Mangrol is a coastal town and a well known fishing harbour in the Junagadh district of Gujarat, and the warship carries its name.
Read the full explanation →INS Mangrol is the third ship of which class of Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft?
INS Mangrol, with pennant number P82, is the third Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Craft of that class to enter service with the Indian Navy.
Read the full explanation →Which shipyard designed and built INS Mangrol, the warship commissioned by the Indian Navy in October 2026?
The ship was designed in India and constructed by that yard, and it carries more than 80 per cent indigenous content, which the Navy cites as evidence of India's own strength in warship design, construction and systems integration.
Read the full explanation →The Five Year Plan was first launched in
The Soviet Union under Joseph Stalin launched the world's first Five Year Plan in 1928. The first Soviet plan, for 1928 to 1932, set targets for rapid industrial growth and collectivised agriculture, with the state deciding what to produce.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following factors does not affect the distribution of groundwater?
Groundwater is fed by rain that soaks into the ground, so how far a place lies from the coast does not by itself decide how much groundwater it has.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct?
1. The Dutch East India Company was formed after the formation of the British East India Company.
2. Vasco da Gama reached Calicut in 1498.
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The English East India Company was chartered in 1600 and the Dutch company in 1602, and Vasco da Gama landed near Calicut in May 1498.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following sculptures found at Sanchi Stupa is NOT directly inspired by Buddhist ideas?
The shalabhanjika, a woman holding the branch of a tree, comes from popular fertility beliefs, not from Buddhist teaching. The gateways of the Great Stupa at Sanchi carry rich carvings.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Indian Struggle, 1920 - 1934'?
Bose wrote The Indian Struggle, 1920–1934 in Europe, where he lived in the mid-1930s for medical treatment. The book was first published in London in 1935.
Read the full explanation →According to Article 79 of the Constitution of India, which of the following is/are described as a part of Parliament of India?
1. The House of the People
2. The Council of States
3. The President of India
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Article 79 says that there shall be a Parliament for the Union which shall consist of the President and two Houses.
Read the full explanation →Fine-grained bed of ephemeral lake in a desert is also known as
A playa is the flat, fine-grained floor of a shallow desert basin that holds water only for a short time after rain.
Read the full explanation →Where in South India did the British East India Company construct a trading post in 1639?
In 1639 the English Company obtained a grant of land at Madraspatam on the Coromandel coast and built Fort St. George there.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following mahajanapadas in ancient India was an oligarchy?
The Vajji mahajanapada was a gana-sangha, ruled by an assembly of clan chiefs rather than by a single king. Of the sixteen mahajanapadas named in Buddhist texts such as the Anguttara Nikaya, most were monarchies, but Vajji and Malla were ganas or sanghas.
Read the full explanation →How often is the APARC General Assembly held?
The assembly in Pune runs for five days, from 12 to 16 October 2026, and brings together more than 550 participants from Europe, the Americas, South Asia, South East Asia and Australia, of whom 380 are attending in person and about 180 online.
Read the full explanation →APARC, whose General Assembly 2026 is being hosted by India, is a core project of which programme?
Atmospheric Processes and their Role in Climate is one of its core projects and works on the atmospheric drivers and processes that govern weather patterns and the dynamics of the global climate.
Read the full explanation →At which institute was the APARC General Assembly 2026 inaugurated?
The inaugural function of the assembly was held there, and the institute's Director delivered the opening keynote on modelling the monsoon and on narrowing the gap between how far the monsoon can be predicted in principle and the skill of actual forecasts.
Read the full explanation →What is the initial contribution pledged by the Government of India to the International Big Cat Alliance?
This is the initial contribution pledged by the Government of India to the Alliance, which is headquartered in this country and works for the conservation of seven big cats.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT among the seven big cats covered by the International Big Cat Alliance?
The Alliance was set up for the conservation of seven big cats, and the list runs lion, tiger, leopard, snow leopard, cheetah, jaguar and puma.
Read the full explanation →Where were the new office premises of the International Big Cat Alliance inaugurated?
The Union Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change inaugurated the premises, and the Director General of the Alliance welcomed the guests with an account of its activities and programmes.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian financial centre was proposed for closer cooperation with the City of London at the 16th JETCO?
Financial services were the fourth of the five priority areas the Commerce and Industry Minister listed, and under it he sought greater collaboration between the City of London and GIFT City, naming fintech, insurance, cross-border payments, transition finance and trade finance as fields of work, so that the two financial…
Read the full explanation →Where and when will the 17th India-UK JETCO meeting be held?
The joint statement of the 16th meeting records the decision that the next session of the Joint Economic and Trade Committee will be hosted by the British side in that year.
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