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.
Shifting agriculture is known as Milpa in:
Milpa is the name given to shifting cultivation in Mexico and in the neighbouring parts of Central America, where maize, beans and squash are grown together on a patch cleared from the forest.
Read the full explanation →Who has written that Raziya was more able and qualified than her brothers?
Minhaj-i-Siraj was the chronicler of the Delhi Sultanate who wrote the Tabaqat-i-Nasiri.
Read the full explanation →India has an integrated judicial system which implies that : (A) the decisions made by higher courts are binding on the lower courts. (B) the parties dissatisfied with the decisions of a lower court can appeal to a higher court. (C) both High Courts and the Supreme Court enjoy same power. (D) The judicial system in India is integral to the functioning of Indian political system. Choose the correct option.
India does not keep separate sets of courts for central and state laws; it has one single pyramid, with the Supreme Court at the top, the High Courts below it and the district and subordinate courts at the base.
Read the full explanation →At which of the following Chalcolithic sites were adults generally buried in the ground, laid out straight, with the head towards north?
Inamgaon is a Chalcolithic farming settlement on the Ghod river in the Pune district of Maharashtra.
Read the full explanation →According to Arthashastra, during Mauryan period North-West was important for
The Arthashastra, a book on statecraft attributed to Kautilya or Chanakya, the minister of Chandragupta Maurya, lists what each part of the empire supplied to the state.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is not a Harappan site?
Chirand stands on the bank of the Ganga in the Saran district of Bihar and belongs to the Neolithic and Chalcolithic ages, not to the Harappan civilisation.
Read the full explanation →The scale model of the Meghadambari in the auction collection belongs to which fort?
Along with a silver statue, a woodcut portrait and a framed artwork, the collection includes a scale model of the Meghadambari at Raigad Fort, a structure tied to the memory of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj.
Read the full explanation →Until which date is the 8th PM Mementos e-Auction open for bidding?
The 8th edition of the PM Mementos e-Auction 2026 stays live until that date, and the catalogue, auction dates and rules for taking part are published on the official portal pmmementos.gov.in.
Read the full explanation →Which state's heritage is featured in the collection of 89 mementos of the PM Mementos e-Auction 2026?
The collection of 89 mementos brings together the state's historical legacy, spiritual traditions, indigenous art forms and contemporary achievements, with the legacy of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj as the leading theme and a scale model of the Meghadambari at Raigad Fort among the pieces.
Read the full explanation →How did the Indian women's kabaddi team win its gold medal at the Asian Games?
The women's kabaddi team took its gold in a final that was described as thrilling, and the Prime Minister praised the side for remarkable courage, composure and teamwork, adding that India is proud of its kabaddi champions.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following describes the Indian men's kabaddi gold at these Asian Games?
The result was announced as the men's team retaining the Asian Games gold, and the Prime Minister greeted the players as champions once again, which tells us that India was the defending champion in the men's event and kept the title in this edition.
Read the full explanation →In which sport did India win both the men's and the women's gold medals at the Asian Games on 26 September 2026?
On this day India stood first in both kabaddi events at the Asian Games: the men's team retained the gold medal it already held and the women's team won gold after a thrilling final, so the sport delivered two golds in a single day.
Read the full explanation →Which brand of the National Cooperative Consumers' Federation was put on sale at the Kollam programme?
A memorandum of understanding was also exchanged for integrating the supply-chain logistics of fisheries products of the Bharatiya Matsya Pravartak Sangham with this brand.
Read the full explanation →How many She-Mart stores are planned across Keralam, Tamil Nadu and Karnataka?
An agreement signed at the Kollam event between the NCCF and Bharat Lajhna Sahakari Samiti provides for opening 300 She-Mart shops across the three southern states, where local products will be sold along with Bharat Brand goods.
Read the full explanation →From which state were the Vanitham She-Mart Shops launched in September 2026?
The Union Home Minister and Minister of Cooperation launched the Vanitham She-Mart Shops at the Pavithram Convention Centre in Kollam on 26 September 2026, and said it was satisfying that the initiative was beginning from a state with more than 23,000 working cooperative institutions and a movement that has been…
Read the full explanation →Which rules will apply to electoral registration forms for the period outside the Special Intensive Revision?
The Commission clarified that the declaration attached to Form 6 for the revision has been upheld by the Supreme Court, and that for the non-revision period the forms prescribed under these rules of 1960 will be used.
Read the full explanation →Under the Commission's decision, how will the documents of voters who received notices during the revision be collected?
The Commission decided that people served notices for being unmapped or for logical discrepancies need not be called to the office of the Electoral Registration Officer or the Assistant Electoral Registration Officer at all; the BLO comes to the house, collects the papers and uploads them, and the ERO then…
Read the full explanation →Till which date has the Election Commission extended the filing of claims and objections in the Delhi Special Intensive Revision?
At its meeting on 26 September 2026 the Commission accepted a request from the Chief Electoral Officer of Delhi and pushed the last date for filing claims and objections to 30 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which organisation has joined the Deendayal Port Authority to build the e-methanol plant at Kandla?
Capital is shared between them in the ratio 76:24, the port authority contributing 567.32 crore rupees of equity along with 75 acres of land, desalinated water and renewable energy in the form of green hydrogen.
Read the full explanation →What is the total investment announced for the port-based e-methanol facility at Kandla?
The plant is being set up in two scalable phases: the first adds 50 tonnes a day at a cost of 1,200 crore rupees and is targeted for January 2027, while the second adds another 100 tonnes a day for 1,100 crore rupees by March 2027, taking the total to…
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