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UPSC GK Questions 2026

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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UPSC GK Questions with Answers

Q9961.Environment & EcologyAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 12 June 2022Easy

Which one of the following is NOT a Sustainable Development Goal target to be achieved by 2030?

  1. A.Space Research
  2. B.Quality Education
  3. C.Gender Equality
  4. D.Zero Hunger
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Correct answer: A. Space Research

The 2030 Agenda has seventeen goals, and space research is not among them; the agenda is concerned with poverty, hunger, health, education, equality, water, energy, work, infrastructure, inequality, cities, consumption, climate, oceans, land, peace and partnerships.

Q9962.Environment & EcologyAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 12 June 2022Medium

Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer from the code given below. List-I (Sustainable Development Goal): A. SDG 10, B. SDG 13, C. SDG 14, D. SDG 15. List-II (Related with): 1. Climate change, 2. Life on land, 3. Reduced inequalities, 4. Life below water.

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

Goal 10 is Reduced Inequalities, which is item 3; Goal 13 is Climate Action, which corresponds to climate change, item 1; Goal 14 is Life Below Water, item 4; and Goal 15 is Life on Land, item 2.

Q9963.Indian PolityHard

Which pair of parliamentary committees is popularly described as the twin sisters of financial control?

  1. A.Public Accounts Committee and Estimates Committee
  2. B.Estimates Committee and Business Advisory Committee
  3. C.Committee on Public Undertakings and Rules Committee
  4. D.Committee of Privileges and Committee on Petitions
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Correct answer: A. Public Accounts Committee and Estimates Committee

The Public Accounts Committee and the Estimates Committee are called the twin sisters of financial control because together they cover both ends of the spending cycle.

Q9964.Indian PolityMedium

The salaries and allowances of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha are

  1. A.voted upon by Parliament every year
  2. B.charged on the Consolidated Fund of India
  3. C.paid out of the Contingency Fund of India
  4. D.fixed by the President from time to time
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Correct answer: B. charged on the Consolidated Fund of India

Article 97 provides that the salaries and allowances of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker of the House of the People and of the Chairman and the Deputy Chairman of the Council of States shall be such as Parliament may by law determine, and these are charged on the Consolidated…

Q9965.Indian PolityEasy

Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha, often called the Father of the Lok Sabha?

  1. A.Sachchidananda Sinha
  2. B.G. V. Mavalankar
  3. C.M. Ananthasayanam Ayyangar
  4. D.Hukam Singh
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Correct answer: B. G. V. Mavalankar

Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar was the Speaker of the Constituent Assembly when it sat as a legislature and then became the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha in 1952, which is why he is remembered as the Father of the Lok Sabha; many of the conventions of the chair were laid…

Q9966.Indian PolityHard

Under which Schedule of the Constitution does the Speaker decide questions of disqualification of members on the ground of defection?

  1. A.Eighth Schedule
  2. B.Ninth Schedule
  3. C.Tenth Schedule
  4. D.Twelfth Schedule
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Correct answer: C. Tenth Schedule

The Tenth Schedule, inserted by the Fifty-second Amendment Act of 1985, carries the anti-defection provisions, and Paragraph 6 of that Schedule says that a question of disqualification on the ground of defection shall be decided by the Chairman or the Speaker of the House concerned, whose decision is final.

Q9967.Indian PolityMedium

Which of the following statements about the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee is correct?

  1. A.The chairperson is elected by the members of the committee
  2. B.The chairperson is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  3. C.The chairperson is nominated by the Prime Minister
  4. D.The Deputy Speaker is the ex officio chairperson
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Correct answer: B. The chairperson is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from among the Lok Sabha members of the committee, and since 1967 the settled convention has been to appoint a member belonging to the Opposition, which strengthens the committee as an instrument of accountability.

Q9970.Indian PolityMedium

What is the total membership of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament?

  1. A.15 members, all from the Lok Sabha
  2. B.22 members, 15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha
  3. C.30 members, all from the Lok Sabha
  4. D.31 members, 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha
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Correct answer: B. 22 members, 15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha

The Public Accounts Committee has twenty-two members, fifteen elected by the Lok Sabha and seven by the Rajya Sabha, each by proportional representation through the single transferable vote, for a term of one year.

Q9971.Indian PolityEasy

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha exercises a vote in which situation?

  1. A.In the first instance on every question put to the House
  2. B.Only a casting vote when the votes are equally divided
  3. C.Only on Money Bills
  4. D.The Speaker never votes in the House under any circumstance
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Correct answer: B. Only a casting vote when the votes are equally divided

Article 100(1) provides that the Speaker or the person acting as Speaker shall not vote in the first instance, but shall have and exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes.

Q9972.Indian PolityMedium

What happens to the office of the Speaker when the Lok Sabha is dissolved?

  1. A.The Speaker vacates office on the day of dissolution
  2. B.The Speaker continues in office until immediately before the first meeting of the next Lok Sabha
  3. C.The President appoints a caretaker Speaker for the interval
  4. D.The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha takes over the duties of the Speaker
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Correct answer: B. The Speaker continues in office until immediately before the first meeting of the next Lok Sabha

The proviso to Article 94 states that the Speaker shall not vacate office on the dissolution of the House of the People but shall continue to hold it until immediately before the first meeting of the next Lok Sabha.

Q9973.Indian PolityMedium

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can be removed from office by a resolution of the House passed by which majority?

  1. A.A simple majority of members present and voting
  2. B.A majority of all the then members of the House
  3. C.A two-thirds majority of members present and voting
  4. D.A two-thirds majority of the total membership of the House
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Correct answer: B. A majority of all the then members of the House

Article 94(c) says the Speaker or Deputy Speaker may be removed from office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then members of the House, and the proviso requires fourteen days notice of the intention to move such a resolution.

Q9974.Indian PolityEasy

Under which Article of the Constitution does the Lok Sabha choose a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker from among its members?

  1. A.Article 89
  2. B.Article 93
  3. C.Article 97
  4. D.Article 100
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Correct answer: B. Article 93

Article 93 of the Constitution provides that the House of the People shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker, and that whenever either office becomes vacant the House shall choose another member to fill it.

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