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 narcotic drug made up by far the largest share of the stock destroyed in Madhya Pradesh?
Of the total stock destroyed in the disposal operation, poppy straw accounted for 10,823.990 kg, which is almost the whole of the consignment.
Read the full explanation →Hydroponic weed seized at the Foreign Post Office in Jaipur had arrived in a parcel from which country?
Acting on specific intelligence about a suspect consignment, officers of the bureau at Jaipur examined an international parcel received from that country at the Foreign Post Office and found hydroponic weed weighing 1.080 kg concealed inside 29 pouches of cake, which had been mixed with other cake packets and articles…
Read the full explanation →The seized opium was deposited at the Government Opium and Alkaloid Works located at which place?
Along with the destruction of the bulk of the seized contraband, the bureau deposited 154.375 kg of seized opium at the Government Opium and Alkaloid Works at Neemuch in Madhya Pradesh as part of the prescribed disposal process.
Read the full explanation →Under which law were the seized narcotic drugs destroyed by the Central Bureau of Narcotics?
The destruction of the seized stock followed the procedure laid down in that law, and the authorised disposal was carried out under the watch of the Drug Disposal Committee with a representative of the state pollution control board present, so that the material was incinerated safely and could not slip…
Read the full explanation →Kakinada, which uses RFID tags and facial recognition attendance in waste management, is a city of which state?
Kakinada lies in the East Godavari district of that state and has become a leading example of technology enabled sanitation.
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Waste Management Facility at Saligao, built on a former garbage dump, is located in which state?
The facility at Saligao is operated by the Goa Waste Management Corporation and stands on land that was once used as a garbage dump.
Read the full explanation →Which city is set to become the second urban local body in India to turn waste into carbon credits?
The municipal corporation of this city in Uttar Pradesh has registered for an international carbon credit project verified by the United Nations and has been accredited under the Verified Carbon Standard, which is supported by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.
Read the full explanation →Which certification protocol covers the safe containment, evacuation, transportation and processing of faecal sludge?
This protocol goes beyond the availability and upkeep of toilets and looks at what happens to faecal sludge after it leaves the toilet, covering its safe containment, evacuation, transportation and processing so that untreated sludge does not flow into open drains, water bodies or fields.
Read the full explanation →What does the logo of the Swachh Bharat Mission depict?
The logo of the mission is built around the round glasses associated with the Father of the Nation. The backgrounder explains that this helped build brand value for the campaign, carried the emotion attached to cleanliness and let ordinary people connect with the mission quickly and easily.
Read the full explanation →The Swachh Bharat Mission was launched on which date?
The mission was launched on that date and grew into one of the largest government-led sanitation movements in the country, working through two components, one for rural areas and one for urban areas.
Read the full explanation →The Swachhata Shramdaan held by the Department of School Education and Literacy was carried out under which initiative?
The Shramdaan was organised at a PM SHRI school in New Delhi under the aegis of Eco Clubs for Mission LiFE and was led by the Secretary of the Department of School Education and Literacy, with students, teachers, senior officials and officers of the Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan joining in.
Read the full explanation →The closing day of the campaign marked which birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi?
On the concluding day of the campaign the Department offered floral tribute to the Father of the Nation on his 157th birth anniversary, the date that is observed across the country as Swachh Bharat Diwas.
Read the full explanation →On which date did the Swachhata Hi Seva 2026 campaign begin with the taking of the Swachhata pledge?
The campaign opened on that date with the taking of the Swachhata pledge and ran as a fortnight-long drive that ended on 2 October 2026, the day observed as Swachh Bharat Diwas.
Read the full explanation →What did the Prime Minister appeal to citizens to do on 2 October 2026 to promote Swadeshi?
In his Gandhi Jayanti message the Prime Minister recalled the stress that Mahatma Gandhi laid on Swadeshi, with Khadi foremost among its symbols, and he urged every citizen to purchase at least one Khadi item on 2 October and to say with pride that it is Swadeshi.
Read the full explanation →The Vice-President paid tribute, on his death anniversary, to which former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu?
Apart from offering homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Rajghat and to Lal Bahadur Shastri at Vijay Ghat, the Vice-President paid tribute at Upa-Rashtrapati Bhavan to Thiru K. Kamaraj, a former Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu, on his death anniversary.
Read the full explanation →At which memorial in Delhi were floral tributes offered to former Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri on his birth anniversary?
On the birth anniversary of Lal Bahadur Shastri, both the Prime Minister and the Vice-President went to Vijay Ghat to lay flowers at the memorial of the former Prime Minister.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is known as a zone of sharp salinity change in the vertical section of ocean?
The halocline is the layer in a vertical section of the ocean in which salinity changes sharply with depth; the name comes from the Greek halos, meaning salt.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about anticyclones: 1. Anticyclones are high pressure systems. 2. Air in the centre of the system must be subsiding. 3. Anticyclones are characterized by converging winds. How many of the above statements is/are correct?
An anticyclone is a system of high pressure, with the highest pressure at its centre, and the air there sinks from above.
Read the full explanation →The Coriolis effect is the result of
The Coriolis effect is an apparent force produced by the rotation of the earth on its axis.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about earthquake waves is not correct?
S waves are transverse and cannot pass through the liquid outer core, so a wide belt beyond about 103 degrees from the epicentre receives no S waves at all.
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