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SSC CGL GK Questions 2026

Static GK decides the General Awareness score in SSC CGL. Of the 25 questions in Tier-I and the 25 in Tier-II Paper-I, most come from Indian Polity, History, Geography, the Economy and General Science, the areas the CGL 2026 notice lists as History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy and Scientific Research relating to India and its neighbouring countries. Polity questions ask about articles, parts and schedules of the Constitution, amendments, the President, Parliament, the Supreme Court and constitutional bodies. History covers the Indus Valley, the Mauryas and Guptas, the Delhi Sultanate and Mughals, and the freedom struggle from 1857 to 1947. Geography asks about rivers, soils, climate, national parks, minerals and world physical features. The Economy part asks about budget terms, the RBI, banking and basic concepts. General Science is school-level Physics, Chemistry and Biology. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for SSC CGL, written as short facts and tables so a topic can be revised in one sitting. Read a topic, then solve its previous-year questions and quiz on this site to check what you retained.

SSC CGL GK Questions with Answers

Q2081.Summits & ConferencesMedium

According to the figures cited at ESTIC 2026, how many startups did India have in 2014?

  1. A.About 400
  2. B.About 4,000
  3. C.About 40,000
  4. D.About 1 crore
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Correct answer: A. About 400

Dr Jitendra Singh, Union Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, cited the growth of the startup ecosystem from roughly 400 startups in 2014 to more than 2.3 lakh today, and added that an estimated 50 to 60 per cent of them are based in…

Q2082.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Which Nobel laureate delivered the ESTIC 2026 plenary talk on cryo-electron microscopy in target discovery and drug design?

  1. A.Sir Richard J. Roberts
  2. B.Prof. Joachim Frank
  3. C.Prof. Ajay K. Sood
  4. D.Dr Tessy Thomas
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Correct answer: B. Prof. Joachim Frank

His plenary covered cryo-electron microscopy for target discovery and drug design, including the computational and mathematical frameworks used in high-resolution single-particle work and the three-dimensional visualisation of macromolecular complexes.

Q2084.Summits & ConferencesEasy

Who inaugurated the Emerging Science, Technology and Innovation Conclave (ESTIC) 2026?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.Prime Minister Narendra Modi
  3. C.Dr Jitendra Singh
  4. D.Prof. Ajay K. Sood
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Correct answer: B. Prime Minister Narendra Modi

He inaugurated ESTIC 2026 at Bharat Mandapam in New Delhi on the conclave's opening day and used his address to ask scientists, researchers and young innovators for outcomes that are concrete, measurable and able to be scaled, within an operating horizon of three years.

Q2085.EnvironmentMedium

At which place was the injured Kuno cheetah given emergency surgery before it died?

  1. A.Bhopal
  2. B.Jabalpur
  3. C.Gwalior
  4. D.Sheopur
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Correct answer: B. Jabalpur

After the cheetah KNG22 was found injured in the Morena territorial forests, the Madhya Pradesh Forest Department rescued it the same day and took it to the veterinary facility at Jabalpur, where it received intensive veterinary care and emergency surgery; five firearm pellets were recovered from its body during the…

Q2086.EnvironmentMedium

The central team deputed to investigate the death of the cheetah KNG22 is drawn from which two organisations?

  1. A.National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau
  2. B.National Board for Wildlife and Central Zoo Authority
  3. C.Zoological Survey of India and Wildlife Institute of India
  4. D.Central Pollution Control Board and National Green Tribunal
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Correct answer: A. National Tiger Conservation Authority and Wildlife Crime Control Bureau

The team sent by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has three officers: the Inspector General of Forests of the NTCA, the Additional Director of the WCCB and a Regional Deputy Director of the WCCB.

Q2087.EnvironmentEasy

The cheetah KNG22, which died of firearm pellet injuries in October 2026, belonged to the reintroduced population of which national park?

  1. A.Bandhavgarh National Park
  2. B.Kuno National Park
  3. C.Gir National Park
  4. D.Panna National Park
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Correct answer: B. Kuno National Park

The male cheetah carrying the code KNG22 was a 19-month-old offspring of the female Nirva and was part of the reintroduced cheetah population of Kuno National Park in Madhya Pradesh.

Q2089.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKEasy

Who amongst the following is a pioneer in discovering the heating effect of electric current?

  1. A.Isaac Newton
  2. B.Galileo Galilei
  3. C.James P. Joule
  4. D.J.J. Thomson
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Correct answer: C. James P. Joule

The English physicist James Prescott Joule showed around 1841 that when a current flows through a conductor, the heat produced is proportional to the square of the current, the resistance of the conductor and the time for which the current flows.

Q2091.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKEasy

Which one of the following Indian States has the longest coastline?

  1. A.Tamil Nadu
  2. B.Gujarat
  3. C.Maharashtra
  4. D.Andhra Pradesh
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Correct answer: B. Gujarat

Gujarat has the longest coastline of any Indian state. Its coast runs from the Rann of Kachchh in the north, around the Gulf of Kachchh and the Saurashtra (Kathiawar) peninsula, into the Gulf of Khambhat and down to the border with Maharashtra near Daman.

Q2093.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKEasy

Which of the following is not included in the Capital Account of the Balance of Payments of a country?

  1. A.Foreign Direct Investment
  2. B.Commercial Borrowing
  3. C.Invisibles
  4. D.External Assistance
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Correct answer: C. Invisibles

Invisibles are part of the current account of the balance of payments, not the capital account. The balance of payments records all of a country's transactions with the rest of the world and has two main parts.

Q2095.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Which of the following pairs of Institute and their location is/are correctly matched?

1. Indian Institute of Advanced Study : Shimla

2. Indian Institute of Public Administration : New Delhi

3. Sushma Swaraj Institute of Foreign Service : Nainital

Select the answer using the code given below:

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

Pair 1 is right: the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, set up in 1965, works from the Rashtrapati Niwas in Shimla, the building that was once the Viceregal Lodge, where the Simla Conference of 1945 was held.

Q2096.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Which of the following statements regarding soil is/are correct?

1. Alluvial soils are rich in nitrogen content.

2. Black soils are rich in iron and lime but deficient in nitrogen.

3. Laterite soils are rich in iron and aluminium but deficient in nitrogen and potassium.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Statement 1 is wrong: alluvial soils, the most widespread soils of India, are generally rich in potash and lime but poor in nitrogen and phosphorus, which is why farmers on the northern plains add nitrogen fertiliser.

Q2097.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

The Gulf Stream is a poleward flowing current in the Atlantic Ocean. Which one of the following statements with regard to this is not correct?

  1. A.It is similar to the Kuroshio current in the North Pacific Ocean.
  2. B.It transports warm, tropical water towards polar region.
  3. C.This current is a major factor in weather along the east coast of the USA.
  4. D.The warm water of the Gulf Stream sustains the coral reefs of West Pacific Coast.
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Correct answer: D. The warm water of the Gulf Stream sustains the coral reefs of West Pacific Coast.

The Gulf Stream is a warm current of the North Atlantic. It starts in the Gulf of Mexico, passes through the Florida Strait, flows north along the east coast of the USA and then turns north-east across the Atlantic as the North Atlantic Drift, keeping the ports of north-western Europe…

Q2099.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements about lymph is correct?

  1. A.Lymph is formed due to leakage of blood through capillaries.
  2. B.Lymph contains blood cells such as RBC.
  3. C.Lymph is also circulated by the blood circulating heart.
  4. D.Lymph only transports hormones.
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Correct answer: A. Lymph is formed due to leakage of blood through capillaries.

As blood flows through the thin-walled capillaries, part of its plasma, with small proteins and some white blood cells, leaks out into the spaces between cells.