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.
The Sweet Revolution in India is related to the production of
The Sweet Revolution is the term used for the drive to raise honey production and beekeeping in India, supported by the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission.
Read the full explanation →Which state is the largest producer of lac in India?
The correct answer is B, Jharkhand, the leading lac producing state of India, which also explains why the country's lac research institute stands at Namkum near Ranchi.
Read the full explanation →The gum which coats the silk fibre and is removed by degumming is
The silkworm's silk gland secretes a protein called fibroin, and over it a second protein, sericin, which acts as a gum and hardens the cocoon; boiling the cocoon softens the sericin so the filament can be reeled, and removing it afterwards is called degumming, which gives silk its lustre and…
Read the full explanation →The Central Silk Board, set up in 1948, has its headquarters at
The Central Silk Board was constituted under the Central Silk Board Act, 1948 and works under the Ministry of Textiles with its headquarters in Bengaluru, from where it runs the country's sericulture research and seed organisation.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a host plant of the lac insect?
The correct answer is D, castor, which is the host of the eri silkworm and has nothing to do with lac culture.
Read the full explanation →Lac is secreted by which insect?
The correct answer is A, Kerria lacca, earlier named Laccifer lacca, a tiny scale insect whose female settles on the twigs of a host tree, sucks its sap and secretes the resin we call lac.
Read the full explanation →The waggle dance by which honey bees communicate the direction and distance of a food source was explained by
The correct answer is A, Karl von Frisch, who decoded the dance language of bees: a round dance for a source near the hive and a waggle or tail-wagging dance for a distant one, in which the angle of the straight run shows the direction of the food relative to…
Read the full explanation →In a honey bee colony, drones develop from
The queen can lay both fertilised and unfertilised eggs; the unfertilised ones develop into haploid males called drones, a form of parthenogenesis, while fertilised eggs give rise to diploid females.
Read the full explanation →Which honey bee gives the highest yield of honey but cannot be domesticated?
The correct answer is C, Apis dorsata, the rock bee, the largest of the Indian honey bees, which builds a single huge comb on cliffs and tall buildings and yields the most honey per colony, yet is fierce and cannot be kept in hives.
Read the full explanation →The eri silkworm is reared on the leaves of which plant?
The eri silkworm, Samia ricini, feeds on castor leaves, and its silk is called ahimsa silk because the moth is allowed to emerge before the cocoon is used, leaving a broken fibre that is spun like cotton instead of being reeled.
Read the full explanation →Muga silk, famous for its natural golden colour, is produced mainly in which state?
Muga silk comes from Antheraea assamensis, reared on Som and Soalu trees of the Brahmaputra valley, and Assam's muga carries a Geographical Indication tag.
Read the full explanation →What is the scientific name of the mulberry silkworm?
The correct answer is B, Bombyx mori, the mulberry silkworm, the only fully domesticated insect of the silk group and the source of most of the world's raw silk.
Read the full explanation →On whose recommendation was the Science and Technology Clusters programme conceived in 2020?
The clusters programme of the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser was conceived in 2020 after that council recommended it, and it brings academia, research institutions, industry, startups and government together to tackle regional challenges through science, technology and innovation.
Read the full explanation →How many Science and Technology Clusters took part in the fourth All S&T Clusters Meet?
Representatives of all eight Science and Technology Clusters joined the deliberations, and each of them made a presentation on its work over the two days.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the Fourth All Science and Technology Clusters Meet held at Chandigarh?
Prof. Ajay Kumar Sood, who holds that post, chaired the meet on 9 and 10 October 2026 at Panjab University in Chandigarh, and the Office of the Principal Scientific Adviser runs the whole clusters programme.
Read the full explanation →Which institution convenes the Kautilya Economic Conclave along with the Ministry of Finance?
The conclave is convened jointly by the Institute of Economic Growth, usually shortened to IEG, and the Union Ministry of Finance, and has run every year since it began in 2022.
Read the full explanation →Who delivered the inaugural address at the fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave?
Vice-President C. P. Radhakrishnan inaugurated the conclave on 3 October 2026 and gave the inaugural address, in which he said that economic resilience cannot be separated from social resilience and that inclusion is a foundation of resilience in a fast-changing world.
Read the full explanation →What was the theme of the fifth Kautilya Economic Conclave?
This was the theme chosen for the fifth edition of the Kautilya Economic Conclave, held across three days from 3 to 5 October 2026 in New Delhi by the Institute of Economic Growth together with the Union Ministry of Finance.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Governor of Assam, whom the Yuva Sangam delegation from Telangana met?
The meeting gave them an account of the state's heritage, its traditions and their cultural significance, and was presented as deepening their understanding of India's diversity.
Read the full explanation →Which institution led the Telangana delegation that visited Assam under Yuva Sangam Phase VII?
The correct answer is the Central University of Karnataka, which led the Telangana delegation on this exchange.
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