Static general knowledge is the larger part of every UPSC general studies paper. The notices name the same areas again and again: the history of India and the national movement, Indian and world geography, polity and the Constitution, the economy and social development, and general science with environment and ecology. The balance shifts from exam to exam. NDA puts about half of its General Knowledge part on Physics, Chemistry and General Science. CSE favours polity, modern history, environment and the economy. CAPF adds security and human rights, and CDS spreads its questions across polity, history, geography, the economy and school science.
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Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas is observed every year on which date?
The day falls on the birth anniversary of Dharti Aaba Bhagwan Birsa Munda, and the Government of India designated it as Janjatiya Gaurav Diwas in 2021.
Read the full explanation →The Sport Values in Every Classroom Toolkit is to be introduced in India through a Memorandum of Understanding with which organisation?
The Minister highlighted a forthcoming Memorandum of Understanding between the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, the Ministry of Education and UNESCO to bring the Sport Values in Every Classroom Toolkit to India, with the aim of carrying sporting values, ethics and integrity into classrooms and reaching millions of young…
Read the full explanation →The National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 and its 2025 Amendment came into force in which month and year?
The Union Sports Minister said that India had strengthened its legal and institutional framework through the National Anti-Doping Act, 2022 and its 2025 Amendment, and that both of them came into force in July 2026.
Read the full explanation →How many tests did the National Anti-Doping Agency of India conduct in 2025-26?
The Union Sports Minister told the Bureau that during 2025-26 the National Anti-Doping Agency of India carried out over 7,000 tests along with more than 350 education and awareness sessions that reached 27,000 participants, and that the agency concentrated on risk-based testing and intelligence-led investigations rather than random sampling alone.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the third formal meeting of the COP10 Bureau under the UNESCO International Convention against Doping in Sport, held in New Delhi?
The correct answer is Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, the Union Minister of Youth Affairs and Sports, who chaired the third formal meeting of the COP10 Bureau as well as the fourth formal meeting of the Fund’s Approval Committee for 2026-27.
Read the full explanation →How does the joint training in Exercise Garuda Shakti conclude?
The joint training culminates in this final phase, which is designed to put the two contingents into lifelike operational situations and to assess the endurance, coordination and combat readiness they have built up during the drill.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian Army unit forms the Indian contingent in Exercise Garuda Shakti?
The Indian contingent at the eleventh edition of Garuda Shakti comprises troops of this regiment, while the Indonesian contingent is made up of personnel from the Indonesian Special Forces.
Read the full explanation →Where is the 11th edition of Exercise Garuda Shakti being conducted?
The eleventh edition of the India-Indonesia joint special forces exercise commenced at Banyuwangi and is being conducted from 27 October to 06 November 2026, which means this edition is being hosted by Indonesia rather than India.
Read the full explanation →Exercise Garuda Shakti is a joint special forces exercise between India and which other country?
Garuda Shakti is the joint special forces exercise of India and Indonesia, and its eleventh edition commenced at Banyuwangi in Indonesia, with the Indian side represented by the Parachute Regiment (Special Forces) and the host side by the Indonesian Special Forces.
Read the full explanation →Who delivered the valedictory address at the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, held at the Constitution House of the Parliament of India?
He had inaugurated the two-day Forum a day earlier and he delivered the valedictory address at the historic Constitution House of the Parliament of India, speaking to presiding officers, delegates and parliamentarians from BRICS member and partner nations.
Read the full explanation →The Joint Declaration of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum endorsed UN Security Council reform by referring to which paragraph of the New Delhi Declaration?
Reaffirming the consensus of the New Delhi Declaration, the member parliaments issued an explicit endorsement of UN Security Council reform with a reference to Paragraph 13 of that declaration, the aim being to make global governance more representative of the Global South.
Read the full explanation →Which country assumes the BRICS chair for the year 2027, as announced at the valedictory session of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum?
At the close of the Forum the Lok Sabha Speaker handed over the chairship of the BRICS Parliamentary Forum to China, which takes the BRICS chair for the year 2027, and expressed confidence that cooperation would continue to flourish under its leadership.
Read the full explanation →What was the theme of the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum held in New Delhi?
The Forum was organised on this theme, and the deliberations over the two days followed it closely: delegates discussed people-centric development, strong democratic institutions, cooperation between parliaments, and the responsible use of digital technology and Artificial Intelligence, together with resilience, innovation, cooperation and sustainability.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following issues was included in the Indo-US Nuclear Agreement of 2007?
. The 123 Agreement finalised in 2007 gave India advance consent to reprocess US-origin spent fuel at a new safeguarded facility.
Read the full explanation →The major part of Central Asia is dominated by which one of the following language families?
Most of Central Asia speaks Turkic languages, which are traditionally grouped in the Altaic family. Kazakh, Uzbek, Kyrgyz and Turkmen, the main languages of four of the five Central Asian republics, are Turkic.
Read the full explanation →Domingo Paes, the medieval traveller, has described the city of
The Portuguese traveller Domingo Paes visited Vijayanagara and left a detailed account of the capital. Paes came to Vijayanagara around 1520, during the reign of Krishnadeva Raya, the greatest ruler of the Tuluva dynasty.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Nilamoni Phukan Jr. is the 56th Jnanpith Award winner. 2. Damodar Mauzo is the 57th Jnanpith Award winner. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
The Assamese poet Nilmani Phookan received the 56th Jnanpith Award and the Konkani writer Damodar Mauzo the 57th; both were announced together in December 2021.
Read the full explanation →Name the location of the musical inscription containing groups of musical notes arranged for the benefit of his pupils by a king in the seventh or eighth century CE.
The rock inscription at Kudumiyamalai records groups of musical notes set out by a king for his pupils. Kudumiyamalai is in the Pudukkottai district of Tamil Nadu.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs of Isolines and its properties are correctly matched ? 1. Isonif : Snowfall 2. Isohel : Sunshine 3. Isohaline : Salinity 4. Isohypse : Cloudiness Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Isonif, isohel and isohaline are matched correctly; an isohypse joins places of equal height, not equal cloudiness. An isoline joins points on a map that have the same value of something.
Read the full explanation →On which among the following is National Waterway No. 2 situated?
National Waterway 2 is the 891 km stretch of the Brahmaputra between Sadiya and Dhubri in Assam. It was declared a national waterway in 1988 and is managed by the Inland Waterways Authority of India, set up in 1986 with its headquarters at Noida.
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