Indian Polity is one of the most predictable parts of the general knowledge paper in defence and civil service examinations. Whether you are preparing for NDA, CDS, AFCAT, the SSB written stage, UPSC Civil Services, SSC or a state PSC, you will meet direct questions on Articles, Schedules, amendments, the powers of the President and Parliament, and the bodies created by the Constitution. Because the Constitution changes slowly, the same facts return paper after paper, and careful revision turns them into sure marks.
This article brings together 100 of the most important Indian Polity GK questions that are asked again and again, or that sit on the same high-frequency themes. The set is divided into four parts: Making of the Constitution and the Preamble (questions 1 to 25), Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, Duties and Citizenship (26 to 50), the Union and State Governments (51 to 80), and the Judiciary, Constitutional Bodies, Amendments and Local Government (81 to 100). It follows our Indian History and Indian Geography sets, so you can revise all three subjects in the same way.
Read each question, try to recall the answer, and only then check it. The short explanation under every answer adds the related fact that examiners like to turn into a second question. Keep a list of key Article numbers beside you while you revise and add to it as you go.
Making of the Constitution and the Preamble (Questions 1 to 25)
1. When was the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly?
Answer: 26 November 1949. This day is now observed as Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas). Some provisions, such as those on citizenship, elections and the provisional Parliament, came into force on the same day.
2. When did the Constitution of India come into force?
Answer: 26 January 1950. The date was chosen because the Indian National Congress had celebrated 26 January 1930 as Purna Swaraj Day. It is celebrated every year as Republic Day.
3. Under which plan was the Constituent Assembly of India formed?
Answer: Cabinet Mission Plan of 1946. Members were elected indirectly by the provincial legislative assemblies. The Assembly held its first meeting on 9 December 1946.
4. Who was the temporary (interim) President of the Constituent Assembly?
Answer: Dr. Sachchidananda Sinha. As the oldest member, he presided over the first meeting on 9 December 1946, following the French practice.
5. Who was elected the permanent President of the Constituent Assembly?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad. He was elected on 11 December 1946 and later became the first President of India. H. C. Mukherjee and V. T. Krishnamachari served as Vice-Presidents of the Assembly.
6. Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution?
Answer: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar. The Drafting Committee was set up on 29 August 1947 with seven members. Ambedkar is called the chief architect of the Indian Constitution.
7. Who moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly?
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru. It was moved on 13 December 1946 and adopted on 22 January 1947. Its ideas were later reflected in the Preamble.
8. Who was the constitutional adviser to the Constituent Assembly?
Answer: Sir B. N. Rau. He prepared the first draft of the Constitution, which the Drafting Committee then examined and revised.
9. How long did the Constituent Assembly take to frame the Constitution?
Answer: About 2 years, 11 months and 18 days. The Assembly held 11 sessions in this period. The final session was held on 24 January 1950, when members signed the Constitution.
10. When did the Constituent Assembly adopt the National Flag?
Answer: 22 July 1947. The National Anthem and the National Song were adopted on 24 January 1950, the same day Dr. Rajendra Prasad was elected the first President.
11. Who hand-wrote the original copy of the Constitution of India?
Answer: Prem Behari Narain Raizada. He wrote the English version in flowing italic calligraphy. The pages were decorated by artists of Santiniketan under Nandalal Bose.
12. Which Act of the British period is described as the main source of the Indian Constitution?
Answer: Government of India Act, 1935. A large part of the structure, including the federal scheme, the office of Governor, emergency provisions and public service commissions, was drawn from this Act.
13. From which country did India borrow the idea of Fundamental Rights?
Answer: United States of America. Other features taken from the US Constitution include judicial review, the independence of the judiciary, impeachment of the President and the post of Vice-President.
14. The Directive Principles of State Policy were borrowed from the constitution of which country?
Answer: Ireland. The Irish Constitution also gave India the method of electing the President and the nomination of members to the Rajya Sabha.
15. From which constitution did India take the Concurrent List?
Answer: Australia. Australia also gave the ideas of freedom of trade and commerce and the joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament.
16. The concept of a federation with a strong Centre and residuary powers with the Centre was borrowed from which country?
Answer: Canada. Canada also gave the practice of the Centre appointing state Governors and the advisory jurisdiction of the Supreme Court.
17. From which country were Fundamental Duties borrowed?
Answer: Former USSR (Soviet Union). The ideal of justice (social, economic and political) in the Preamble is also traced to the Soviet Constitution.
18. The ideals of Liberty, Equality and Fraternity in the Preamble were inspired by which country?
Answer: France. France also inspired the idea of a republic in the Preamble.
19. Which words were added to the Preamble by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976?
Answer: Socialist, Secular and Integrity. This is the only time the Preamble has been amended. “Unity of the Nation” became “Unity and Integrity of the Nation”.
20. In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the Preamble is a part of the Constitution?
Answer: Kesavananda Bharati case (1973). In the Berubari Union case (1960) the Court had said the Preamble was not a part of the Constitution. The Kesavananda Bharati case also laid down the basic structure doctrine.
21. According to the Preamble, from where does the Constitution of India derive its authority?
Answer: The people of India. The Preamble opens with “We, the people of India” and ends by saying the people adopt, enact and give to themselves this Constitution.
22. How many Schedules does the Constitution of India have at present?
Answer: 12 Schedules. The original Constitution had 8 Schedules. The 9th was added by the 1st Amendment (1951), the 10th and 11th by the 52nd and 73rd Amendments, and the 12th by the 74th Amendment.
23. Which Schedule of the Constitution lists the languages recognised by the Constitution?
Answer: Eighth Schedule. It now has 22 languages. The latest additions, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali, were made by the 92nd Amendment Act, 2003.
24. Which Schedule contains the anti-defection law?
Answer: Tenth Schedule. It was added by the 52nd Amendment Act, 1985. The 91st Amendment (2003) removed the protection earlier given to a split of one-third of a legislature party.
25. Which Schedule deals with the division of powers between the Union and the states?
Answer: Seventh Schedule. It contains the Union List, the State List and the Concurrent List. Residuary powers rest with Parliament under Article 248.
Fundamental Rights, Directive Principles, Duties and Citizenship (Questions 26 to 50)
26. In which Part of the Constitution are Fundamental Rights given?
Answer: Part III (Articles 12 to 35). Part III is called the Magna Carta of India. There are now six Fundamental Rights.
27. Which Fundamental Right was removed from Part III by the 44th Amendment Act, 1978?
Answer: Right to Property. It is now a legal (constitutional) right under Article 300A in Part XII, so it is no longer enforceable through Article 32.
28. Which Article abolishes untouchability?
Answer: Article 17. The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955 (originally the Untouchability Offences Act) was passed to give effect to this Article.
29. Which Article of the Constitution abolishes titles?
Answer: Article 18. Military and academic distinctions are exempt. The Supreme Court held in 1995 that Bharat Ratna and Padma awards are not titles under this Article.
30. Article 19 originally guaranteed seven freedoms. How many freedoms does it guarantee now?
Answer: Six. The freedom to acquire, hold and dispose of property under Article 19(1)(f) was removed by the 44th Amendment Act, 1978.
31. Which Article guarantees protection of life and personal liberty?
Answer: Article 21. The Supreme Court has read many rights into Article 21, including the right to privacy (Puttaswamy case, 2017), the right to livelihood and the right to a clean environment.
32. Which Article provides the Right to Education for children aged 6 to 14 years?
Answer: Article 21A. It was inserted by the 86th Amendment Act, 2002. The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act was passed in 2009.
33. Which Article prohibits the employment of children below 14 years in factories, mines and hazardous work?
Answer: Article 24. Articles 23 and 24 together form the Right against Exploitation. Article 23 prohibits trafficking in human beings and forced labour.
34. Which Articles deal with the Right to Freedom of Religion?
Answer: Articles 25 to 28. Article 25 gives freedom of conscience and free profession, practice and propagation of religion, subject to public order, morality and health.
35. Which Articles protect the cultural and educational rights of minorities?
Answer: Articles 29 and 30. Article 30 gives religious and linguistic minorities the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice.
36. Which Article did Dr. B. R. Ambedkar call the “heart and soul” of the Constitution?
Answer: Article 32 (Right to Constitutional Remedies). Under Article 32 a person can move the Supreme Court directly for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.
37. Which writ literally means “to have the body”?
Answer: Habeas Corpus. It is issued to produce a detained person before the court so that the legality of the detention can be examined. It can be issued against both public authorities and private persons.
38. Which writ is issued by a court to command a public official to perform a duty?
Answer: Mandamus. Mandamus means “we command”. It cannot be issued against the President, a state Governor or a private individual.
39. Which writ is used to challenge a person’s claim to a public office?
Answer: Quo Warranto. It means “by what authority”. Any interested person, not only the aggrieved person, can seek this writ.
40. Which writs are issued against lower courts and tribunals for exceeding their jurisdiction?
Answer: Prohibition and Certiorari. Prohibition stops a case while it is still pending, whereas Certiorari quashes an order already passed or transfers the case to a higher court.
41. In which Part of the Constitution are the Directive Principles of State Policy given?
Answer: Part IV (Articles 36 to 51). Directive Principles are not enforceable by courts, but Article 37 calls them fundamental in the governance of the country.
42. Which Article directs the state to secure a Uniform Civil Code for citizens?
Answer: Article 44. It is a Directive Principle. Goa has long had a common civil code, and Uttarakhand brought its own Uniform Civil Code into force in 2025.
43. Which Article directs the state to organise village panchayats?
Answer: Article 40. This Gandhian principle was given constitutional backing through Part IX, added by the 73rd Amendment Act, 1992.
44. Which Article directs the state to separate the judiciary from the executive?
Answer: Article 50. Article 51, the last Directive Principle, asks the state to promote international peace and security.
45. Which Article contains the Fundamental Duties?
Answer: Article 51A (Part IVA). Fundamental Duties were added by the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee.
46. How many Fundamental Duties are there at present?
Answer: Eleven. Ten duties were added in 1976. The eleventh, the duty of parents or guardians to provide education to children aged 6 to 14, was added by the 86th Amendment Act, 2002.
47. In which Part of the Constitution are the provisions on citizenship given?
Answer: Part II (Articles 5 to 11). Article 11 empowers Parliament to make laws on citizenship, under which the Citizenship Act, 1955 was passed.
48. How many ways of acquiring Indian citizenship does the Citizenship Act, 1955 provide?
Answer: Five. They are birth, descent, registration, naturalisation and incorporation of territory. India follows single citizenship, an idea borrowed from Britain.
49. Which Article provides for equality before the law and equal protection of the laws?
Answer: Article 14. “Equality before the law” comes from British practice, while “equal protection of the laws” comes from the US Constitution.
50. Which Article permits reservation in public employment for backward classes?
Answer: Article 16(4). In the Indra Sawhney case (1992) the Supreme Court capped caste-based reservation generally at 50 per cent and excluded the creamy layer among OBCs.
Union and State Governments (Questions 51 to 80)
51. What is the minimum age to become the President of India?
Answer: 35 years. The President must also be a citizen of India and qualified for election to the Lok Sabha. The President holds office for five years under Article 56.
52. Who elects the President of India?
Answer: An electoral college of elected members of both Houses of Parliament and of the state Legislative Assemblies, including Delhi and Puducherry. Nominated members and members of state Legislative Councils do not vote. The election uses proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote.
53. Under which Article can the President be impeached?
Answer: Article 61. The only ground is violation of the Constitution. The resolution must be passed by a two-thirds majority of the total membership of each House.
54. Which Article gives the President the power to grant pardons?
Answer: Article 72. The President can grant pardon, reprieve, respite, remission and commutation, and is the only authority who can pardon a death sentence. The Governor’s similar power is under Article 161.
55. Which Article empowers the President to issue ordinances?
Answer: Article 123. An ordinance can be issued only when Parliament is not in session and must be approved within six weeks of Parliament reassembling.
56. Who was the first President of India?
Answer: Dr. Rajendra Prasad. He is the only President to have served two full terms, from 1950 to 1962.
57. Who is the ex-officio Chairman of the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: The Vice-President of India. The Vice-President is elected by an electoral college of all members, elected and nominated, of both Houses of Parliament.
58. Who was the first Vice-President of India?
Answer: Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan. He served two terms as Vice-President (1952 to 1962) and then became the second President of India. His birthday, 5 September, is observed as Teachers’ Day.
59. Which Article provides for a Council of Ministers headed by the Prime Minister to aid and advise the President?
Answer: Article 74. Article 75 deals with the appointment of the Prime Minister and other ministers. The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
60. Which Amendment limited the size of the Council of Ministers to 15 per cent of the strength of the Lok Sabha?
Answer: 91st Amendment Act, 2003. The same limit applies to state Councils of Ministers, which must also have at least 12 ministers including the Chief Minister.
61. Which Article of the Constitution establishes the Parliament of India?
Answer: Article 79. Parliament consists of the President, the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) and the Lok Sabha (House of the People).
62. What is the maximum strength of the Rajya Sabha as laid down in the Constitution?
Answer: 250 members. Of these, up to 238 represent the states and Union Territories and 12 are nominated by the President for their knowledge of literature, science, art and social service.
63. What is the minimum age to become a member of the Rajya Sabha?
Answer: 30 years. For the Lok Sabha the minimum age is 25 years. Rajya Sabha members have a six-year term, and one-third of them retire every second year.
64. Which House of Parliament is a permanent body and cannot be dissolved?
Answer: Rajya Sabha. The Lok Sabha has a normal term of five years and can be dissolved earlier by the President on the advice of the Council of Ministers.
65. Who decides whether a bill is a Money Bill?
Answer: The Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Money Bills are defined in Article 110, can be introduced only in the Lok Sabha, and the Rajya Sabha can hold them for at most 14 days.
66. Who presides over a joint sitting of the two Houses of Parliament?
Answer: The Speaker of the Lok Sabha. Joint sittings are provided under Article 108. They have been held for the Dowry Prohibition Bill (1961), the Banking Service Commission (Repeal) Bill (1978) and the Prevention of Terrorism Bill (2002).
67. Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Answer: G. V. Mavalankar. He served as Speaker from 1952 to 1956. Meira Kumar became the first woman Speaker in 2009.
68. What is the gap allowed between two sessions of Parliament?
Answer: Not more than six months. Article 85 requires Parliament to meet at least twice a year. By convention it holds three sessions: Budget, Monsoon and Winter.
69. Under which Article is the Union Budget, or Annual Financial Statement, presented?
Answer: Article 112. The word “budget” does not appear in the Constitution. The railway budget was merged with the general budget from 2017-18.
70. Which period in a sitting of Parliament is known as Zero Hour?
Answer: The time immediately after Question Hour. Zero Hour is an Indian parliamentary innovation that began in the 1960s and is not mentioned in the Rules of Procedure.
71. Which Article provides for the proclamation of a National Emergency?
Answer: Article 352. It can be declared on grounds of war, external aggression or armed rebellion. The 44th Amendment (1978) replaced “internal disturbance” with “armed rebellion”.
72. Under which Article is President’s Rule imposed in a state?
Answer: Article 356. It applies when the constitutional machinery of a state fails. In the S. R. Bommai case (1994) the Supreme Court made such a proclamation subject to judicial review.
73. Which Article deals with a Financial Emergency?
Answer: Article 360. A Financial Emergency has never been declared in India. National Emergencies were declared in 1962, 1971 and 1975.
74. What is the minimum age to become a Governor of a state?
Answer: 35 years. The Governor is appointed by the President under Article 155 and holds office during the pleasure of the President.
75. Who appoints the Chief Minister of a state?
Answer: The Governor. Under Article 164 the Chief Minister is appointed by the Governor, and other ministers are appointed by the Governor on the Chief Minister’s advice.
76. Under which Article can a state create or abolish its Legislative Council?
Answer: Article 169. Parliament acts on a resolution of the state Legislative Assembly passed by a special majority. Six states have Legislative Councils at present: Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Telangana and Uttar Pradesh.
77. Which Article gives special provisions for Delhi as the National Capital Territory?
Answer: Article 239AA. It was inserted by the 69th Amendment Act, 1991, which gave Delhi a Legislative Assembly and a Council of Ministers.
78. Which Article relating to Jammu and Kashmir was made inoperative in August 2019?
Answer: Article 370. Through a Presidential Order and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, the state was reorganised into the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The Supreme Court upheld this in December 2023.
79. Who is the first law officer of the Government of India?
Answer: The Attorney General of India. The office is created by Article 76. The Attorney General can speak in Parliament but cannot vote. The state counterpart is the Advocate General under Article 165.
80. Which Article provides for the Inter-State Council?
Answer: Article 263. The Inter-State Council was set up in 1990 on the recommendation of the Sarkaria Commission on Centre-state relations.
Judiciary, Constitutional Bodies, Amendments and Local Government (Questions 81 to 100)
81. Which Article establishes the Supreme Court of India?
Answer: Article 124. The Supreme Court was inaugurated on 28 January 1950. Its sanctioned strength is now 34 judges, including the Chief Justice of India.
82. What is the retirement age of a Supreme Court judge?
Answer: 65 years. High Court judges retire at 62 years. A Supreme Court judge can be removed only by an order of the President after an address by Parliament passed by a special majority.
83. Which Article gives the Supreme Court its advisory jurisdiction?
Answer: Article 143. Under it the President can seek the Court’s opinion on a question of law or fact of public importance. The opinion is not binding on the President.
84. Which Article empowers High Courts to issue writs?
Answer: Article 226. A High Court can issue writs for Fundamental Rights and also for other legal rights, so its writ jurisdiction is wider than that of the Supreme Court under Article 32.
85. Which Article provides for the Election Commission of India?
Answer: Article 324. The Commission was set up on 25 January 1950, which is now observed as National Voters’ Day. It became a three-member body in 1993.
86. Who was the first Chief Election Commissioner of India?
Answer: Sukumar Sen. He conducted the first general elections of 1951-52, which were held over several months.
87. Which Amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18 years?
Answer: 61st Amendment Act, 1988. It came into force in 1989. Article 326 provides for elections on the basis of adult suffrage.
88. Which Article provides for the Comptroller and Auditor General of India?
Answer: Article 148. The CAG audits the accounts of the Union and the states and is called the guardian of the public purse. The CAG holds office for six years or until the age of 65, whichever is earlier.
89. Which Article provides for the Finance Commission?
Answer: Article 280. It is constituted by the President every five years to recommend how tax revenues are shared between the Centre and the states. K. C. Neogy chaired the first Finance Commission.
90. Which Article provides for the Union Public Service Commission?
Answer: Article 315. Article 315 provides for public service commissions for the Union and the states. UPSC members hold office for six years or until the age of 65, whichever is earlier.
91. NITI Aayog, which replaced the Planning Commission in 2015, is what kind of body?
Answer: A non-constitutional and non-statutory body. It was set up by an executive resolution of the Union Cabinet on 1 January 2015. The Prime Minister is its Chairperson.
92. Under which Article can Parliament amend the Constitution?
Answer: Article 368 (Part XX). Some amendments need a simple majority, most need a special majority, and some that affect the federal structure also need ratification by half of the state legislatures.
93. Which Amendment Act of 1976 is known as the “Mini Constitution”?
Answer: 42nd Amendment Act, 1976. It added Fundamental Duties, three words to the Preamble and new Directive Principles, and moved subjects such as education and forests to the Concurrent List.
94. Which Amendment introduced the Goods and Services Tax?
Answer: 101st Amendment Act, 2016. It inserted Article 246A and Article 279A, which provides for the GST Council chaired by the Union Finance Minister. GST came into force on 1 July 2017.
95. Which Amendment provided 10 per cent reservation for economically weaker sections?
Answer: 103rd Amendment Act, 2019. It inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6). The Supreme Court upheld it in the Janhit Abhiyan case in 2022.
96. Which Amendment reserves one-third of the seats in the Lok Sabha and state Assemblies for women?
Answer: 106th Amendment Act, 2023 (Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam). The reservation will come into effect after the first census and delimitation held after the Act came into force.
97. Which Amendment gave constitutional status to Panchayati Raj institutions?
Answer: 73rd Amendment Act, 1992. It added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule with 29 subjects. It came into force on 24 April 1993, now observed as National Panchayati Raj Day.
98. Which Amendment gave constitutional status to urban local bodies?
Answer: 74th Amendment Act, 1992. It added Part IXA and the Twelfth Schedule with 18 subjects for municipalities.
99. Which committee recommended the three-tier Panchayati Raj system?
Answer: Balwantrai Mehta Committee (1957). Rajasthan was the first state to adopt the system, when Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated it at Nagaur on 2 October 1959.
100. Which Article provides for the National Commission for Scheduled Castes?
Answer: Article 338. Article 338A provides for the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, and Article 338B, inserted by the 102nd Amendment (2018), for the National Commission for Backward Classes.
Quick Revision Tips
- Learn Article numbers in blocks rather than one by one: Articles 12 to 35 for Fundamental Rights, 36 to 51 for Directive Principles, 51A for Fundamental Duties, 52 to 151 for the Union, 152 to 237 for the states and 243 onwards for panchayats and municipalities. A block tells you the subject even when you forget the exact number.
- Keep look-alike pairs apart: Article 352 is National Emergency, 356 is President’s Rule and 360 is Financial Emergency; Article 32 takes you to the Supreme Court while Article 226 takes you to a High Court; Article 72 is the President’s pardoning power and Article 161 is the Governor’s.
- Link each feature to the country it was borrowed from: Fundamental Rights from the USA, Directive Principles from Ireland, Fundamental Duties from the former USSR, the parliamentary system from Britain, a federation with a strong Centre from Canada and the Concurrent List from Australia. One table of borrowed features answers many questions.
- Memorise the landmark amendments with their years: the 42nd (1976), 44th (1978), 52nd (1985), 61st (1989), 73rd and 74th (1992), 86th (2002), 101st (2016) and 103rd (2019). Questions often ask only which amendment did what.
- Revise constitutional and non-constitutional bodies separately. The Election Commission, UPSC, Finance Commission and CAG are created by the Constitution, while bodies such as NITI Aayog and the National Human Rights Commission are not. Examiners like to test this difference.
Conclusion
Indian Polity rewards steady, repeated revision of a fixed body of facts. If you can recall these 100 questions along with their Article numbers and years, you will have covered a large share of the static polity asked in NDA, CDS, AFCAT, UPSC, SSC and state PSC papers. Read this list alongside the NCERT book Indian Constitution at Work and a standard polity text, practise previous-year papers, and return to the sections where you made mistakes.
FAQs
1. How many Indian Polity questions are asked in NDA, CDS and AFCAT?
The number varies from paper to paper, so it is better not to prepare for a fixed count. Polity is a regular part of the NDA General Ability Test, the CDS General Knowledge paper and AFCAT static GK, and it usually contributes several direct questions every year on the Constitution, Parliament, the President and the judiciary.
2. Is NCERT enough for Indian Polity GK?
NCERT political science books, especially Indian Constitution at Work for Class 11, are the most reliable base for the concepts and accepted answers used in competitive exams. For defence exams, NCERT plus a list like this one and previous-year papers is usually enough, while UPSC aspirants should add a standard polity reference book.
3. Which topics of Indian Polity are most important for defence exams?
High-frequency areas include the making of the Constitution, the Preamble, Fundamental Rights and writs, Directive Principles, Fundamental Duties, the President, Prime Minister and Parliament, emergency provisions, the Supreme Court, constitutional bodies and the major amendments. This article covers each of these areas.
4. How should I remember so many Article numbers?
Learn them in blocks by Part of the Constitution, attach a short keyword to each important Article, and test yourself by writing the number and keyword from memory. Revisiting the same small list several times works far better than reading the whole Constitution once.
5. Are these questions useful for UPSC, SSC and state PSC exams as well?
Yes. The same static facts appear across NDA, CDS, AFCAT, UPSC Prelims, SSC and state PSC papers. UPSC may frame more analytical or statement-based questions, but these 100 items cover the core factual layer that almost every paper tests.
