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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

Q1223.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKMedium

Which of the following statements related to Indian medicine system is not correct ?

  1. A.The Siddha system is a holistic system of medicine.
  2. B.Sowa-Rigpa has been in practice in the Himalayan regions of India.
  3. C.Unani system of medicine has been dissociated from the Ministry of Ayush.
  4. D.Sushruta Samhita is a major source of Ayurveda.
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Correct answer: C. Unani system of medicine has been dissociated from the Ministry of Ayush.

This statement is false: Unani remains one of the systems under the Ministry of Ayush. AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, and Sowa-Rigpa was added to the family in 2010.

Q1225.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Consider the following events : 1. Muslim League Resolution for Pakistan 2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 3. Dandi March 4. Second Round Table Conference Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events (earliest to latest) ?

  1. A.2, 3, 1, 4
  2. B.3, 2, 4, 1
  3. C.3, 4, 2, 1
  4. D.2, 3, 4, 1
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Correct answer: B. 3, 2, 4, 1

The Dandi March came first in 1930, then the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the Second Round Table Conference in 1931, and the Lahore Resolution for Pakistan in 1940.

Q1227.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKHard

Which among the following Acts were repealed by Article 395 of the Constitution of India? 1. The Government of India Act, 1935 2. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 3. The Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949 4. The Government of India Act, 1919 Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.1 and 3 only
  3. C.1,2 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2, 3 and 4
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Correct answer: A. 1 and 2 only

Article 395 repeals the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with the laws that amended or supplemented the 1935 Act.

Q1228.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKHard

Consider the following statements about the Second Five-Year Plan : 1. It was drafted under the leadership of K. N. Raj. 2. It proposed that industries like electricity, railways, steel, machineries and communication could be developed in the public sector. 3. The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture very difficult. 4. The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture really easy. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.1 and 2
  3. C.2 and 3
  4. D.3 and 4
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Correct answer: C. 2 and 3

The Second Plan put heavy and basic industries in the public sector, and its planners found it hard to balance industry with agriculture; but it was drafted under P. C. Mahalanobis, not K. N. Raj.

Q1230.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements with regard to Antrix Corporation Limited is correct?

  1. A.It is a commercial arm of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion.
  2. B.It is under the administrative control of the Department of Space.
  3. C.It is under the administrative control of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.
  4. D.It is a commercial arm of the Department of Science and Technology.
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Correct answer: B. It is under the administrative control of the Department of Space.

Antrix is the commercial arm of ISRO, and ISRO works under the Department of Space. Antrix Corporation Limited was set up in Bengaluru in September 1992 as a government company wholly owned by the Government of India.

Q1231.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKMedium

Which of the following statements relating to the historic Objectives Resolution, which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly, is/are correct? 1. The Objectives Resolution inspired the shaping of the Constitution through all its subsequent stages. 2. It was not just a resolution, but a declaration, a firm resolve and a pledge. 3. It provided the underlying philosophy of our Constitution. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.1 only
  3. C.1,2 and 3
  4. D.2 and 3 only
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Correct answer: C. 1,2 and 3

All three statements are correct: the Objectives Resolution guided every later stage of constitution-making and set out the philosophy the Constitution rests on.

Q1232.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKMedium

Which one of the following functions is not carried out by smooth endoplasmic reticulum?

  1. A.Transport of materials
  2. B.Synthesis of lipid
  3. C.Synthesis of protein
  4. D.Synthesis of steroid hormone
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Correct answer: C. Synthesis of protein

Proteins are made on ribosomes, and the smooth endoplasmic reticulum has no ribosomes on its surface. The endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membrane tubes and sacs in the cytoplasm.

Q1240.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKEasy

Which one of the following is NOT true of mitotic cell division ?

  1. A.The nuclei of the two daughter cells in mitosis have same number of chromosomes
  2. B.Replacement of cell and tissue repairing is possible through mitosis
  3. C.Asexual reproduction in eukaryotes is done by mitosis
  4. D.The cells become haploid as a result of mitosis
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Correct answer: D. The cells become haploid as a result of mitosis

Mitosis keeps the chromosome number unchanged, so it never makes cells haploid; that is the work of meiosis. In mitosis one parent cell divides once and gives two daughter cells that are genetically identical to it.