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 of the athletes felicitated at the Varanasi event won a gold medal at the 2026 Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games?
He was one of four medallists honoured at the cycling event in Varanasi.
Read the full explanation →What was the theme of the 94th Fit India Sundays on Cycle?
The edition in Varanasi was built around that theme, which links physical fitness to the wider campaign for a drug-free generation.
Read the full explanation →In which city was the 94th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle organised?
The 94th edition of the weekly cycling drive was held in Varanasi, where the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports led the ride.
Read the full explanation →Exercise KONKAN-26 is described as an expression of the India-UK Comprehensive Strategic Partnership outlined in which document?
The exercise is presented as a reaffirmation of the shared commitment of the two countries to secure, open and free seas, and the Ministry of Defence places that commitment within the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership that the two sides set out in the India-UK Vision 2035 document.
Read the full explanation →Which three domains does the Sea Phase of Exercise KONKAN-26 cover?
The Sea Phase of the exercise is built around complex operational drills in all three of these domains.
Read the full explanation →Exercise KONKAN is an annual bilateral maritime exercise between the Indian Navy and the navy of which country?
KONKAN is described as the yearly bilateral maritime exercise between India and the United Kingdom, held with the Royal Navy, and the current edition is being conducted in the waters off Plymouth on the British coast in a harbour phase and a sea phase.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian Navy warship has arrived at Plymouth to take part in Exercise KONKAN-26?
The Ministry of Defence stated that the guided missile stealth frigate INS Trishul had reached Plymouth in the United Kingdom, where it is scheduled to exercise with the Royal Navy in KONKAN-26.
Read the full explanation →What is the notified commercial quantity for methamphetamine in India?
Under the narcotics law the punishment turns on whether the quantity seized is small, intermediate or commercial, and for methamphetamine the commercial mark is fixed at 50 grams.
Read the full explanation →The crystal meth seized by DRI was taken over under which law?
Methamphetamine is treated in India as a psychotropic substance and is regulated by this law, under which possessing, making, selling, buying, transporting, importing or exporting the drug without authority is an offence.
Read the full explanation →Which unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence made the crystal meth seizure?
Acting on intelligence, officers of that unit stopped a passenger travelling by train from Delhi to Bengaluru and recovered 5.753 kg of suspected methamphetamine from the trolley bag being carried.
Read the full explanation →How much suspected methamphetamine did the DRI seize from a train passenger in October 2026?
The Mangalore Regional Unit of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence intercepted an Indian national travelling by train from Delhi to Bengaluru and recovered three packets of a white crystalline substance of that weight, suspected to be methamphetamine, from the passenger’s trolley bag.
Read the full explanation →Under which ministry does the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence function?
The press note on the gold seizures in the eastern region was issued by that ministry, under which the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence works as the apex agency for intelligence-led action against smuggling and commercial fraud in customs matters.
Read the full explanation →Gold seized by DRI from train passengers in West Bengal was traced to smuggling across the border in which State?
DRI teams intercepted passengers coming off trains at Malda Town railway station and New Jalpaiguri railway station and seized about 1 kg of foreign-origin gold worth nearly Rs 1.5 crore, held in the form of bangles and bars.
Read the full explanation →At which toll plaza did DRI officers intercept the vehicle carrying 50 gold bars?
A four-wheeler carrying four persons was stopped there as it travelled from Banpur, near the Bangladesh border, towards Kolkata.
Read the full explanation →How much foreign-origin gold did the DRI seize in its October 2026 operations in the eastern region?
The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence seized that much foreign-origin gold, valued at more than Rs 11.50 crore, in intelligence-led operations run on 8 and 9 October 2026 in the eastern region, and six persons were arrested.
Read the full explanation →Which portal set up for seed authentication and traceability is used under the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses?
It follows the seed through its life cycle across generations by automating the supply chain from seed production to certification and sale, so that farmers receive seed of verified quality.
Read the full explanation →Which two agencies are authorised to procure Tur, Masur and Urad under the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses?
Under the Mission they may buy the whole quantity of Tur, Masur and Urad offered by willing and registered farmers for four years, from 2025-26 to 2028-29, which gives growers an assured market at the Minimum Support Price.
Read the full explanation →What pulses production does India target by 2030-31 under the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses?
The Mission sets this as the production goal for 2030-31, to be reached with yield of 1,130 kg per hectare and a sown area taken up to 310 lakh hectares.
Read the full explanation →What is the financial outlay of the Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses?
The Mission for Aatmanirbharta in Pulses was sanctioned with this allocation for the six years from 2025-26 to 2030-31, and the money pays for seed kits, certified seed, cluster-based cultivation in 489 districts and a thousand dal mills.
Read the full explanation →Oussudu Lake, also spelt Ousteri, a large freshwater lake and bird sanctuary, is shared between Puducherry and which state?
Oussudu Lake lies a few kilometres west of the territorial capital, astride the boundary between the Puducherry region and Tamil Nadu.
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