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.
Which one of the following is the lowermost/innermost intrusive igneous rock?
A batholith is the largest intrusive igneous body and forms deepest in the crust, so it lies lowest of all these forms.
Read the full explanation →The 480 MW Phukot Karnali Hydro Electric Project is situated in
The Phukot Karnali project is a 480 MW hydropower scheme on the Karnali river in western Nepal, developed with India's NHPC.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements regarding River Brahmaputra:
1. It rises in Tibet, near Lake Mansarovar.
2. It takes a "U" turn near Namcha Barwa and enters India through a gorge.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The Brahmaputra rises in Tibet close to Lake Mansarovar and, after a hairpin turn around Namcha Barwa, cuts a deep gorge into Arunachal Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements with regard to the famous 'silk routes' are correct?
1. Silk routes refer to East-bound European silk cargoes along these routes.
2. There were several silk routes, over land and by sea, joining together vast regions of Asia with Europe and northern Africa.
3. They are known to have existed since before the Christian Era and thrived almost till the fifteenth century.
4. Besides silk, Chinese pottery, textiles and spices from India and South-east Asia travelled the same route.
Select the answer using the code given below:
Statement 1 is wrong: the name "silk routes" comes from the West-bound cargoes of Chinese silk, not East-bound European silk.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following social reformer started a society for the encouragement of widow remarriage in 1866 in Maharashtra?
Vishnushastri Pandit led the society formed in Maharashtra to encourage the remarriage of widows, the Vidhava Vivahottejak Mandal. In nineteenth-century Maharashtra, widow remarriage was one of the main causes of social reformers.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following presented "The April Theses" to the Russian people in 1917?
Lenin set out the April Theses soon after he returned to Petrograd from exile in Switzerland in April 1917. The February Revolution of 1917 ended the rule of Tsar Nicholas II and brought a Provisional Government to power.
Read the full explanation →At which of the following was the American Declaration of Independence adopted on 4 July, 1776?
Meeting at Philadelphia, the Second Continental Congress adopted the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776. The Second Continental Congress met from May 1775, after fighting had begun at Lexington and Concord.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements concerning the American War of Independence:
1. The Americans raised the slogan, "No taxation without representation".
2. The American merchants resorted to the boycott of the British products.
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
The colonists protested with the slogan "No taxation without representation" and backed it with a boycott of British goods.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements with regard to the types of land listed in the Amarakosha.
I. Devamatrika refers to land watered by rain.
II. Aprahata refers to fallow land.
III. Pankila refers to highly fertile land.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Devamatrika is land watered by rain and aprahata is fallow land, but pankila means muddy land, not highly fertile land.
Read the full explanation →What is the name of the award given to meritorious men in the Mughal Court in the form of a robe of honour that was once worn by the Emperor?
The khilat was a robe of honour that had once been worn by the emperor, and giving it was believed to pass on his blessing to the person honoured.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements with regard to bead production in Harappan towns:
I. The materials used to make beads included carnelian, quartz and steatite.
II. The beads were cylindrical, barrel-shaped and disc-shaped.
III. Specialized stone drills were used for making holes through the beads.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
All three statements describe Harappan bead making correctly: the stones used, the shapes made and the drills used to bore them.
Read the full explanation →Match List I with List II:
List I (Event): I. Passing of the Age of Consent Bill; II. Establishment of the Arya Samaj; III. Death of Dayanand Saraswati; IV. Foundation of the Nagari Pracharini Sabha
List II (Year): A. 1893; B. 1883; C. 1875; D. 1891
Select the answer using the code given below:
The Age of Consent Bill was passed in 1891, the Arya Samaj was founded in 1875, Dayanand Saraswati died in 1883 and the Nagari Pracharini Sabha was set up in 1893.
Read the full explanation →In the initial assessment of the elderly participants, what proportion was found to have vision-related problems?
The first assessment of the participants identified vision-related problems in that share of them, making it the commonest of the difficulties recorded.
Read the full explanation →How did the total WHOQOL score change after the 60-day intervention in the first component of the AIIA project?
In the first component of the project a sixty-day intervention raised the total score on the World Health Organization Quality of Life assessment by that margin, and improvements were also recorded in all six parameters used to assess Agnibala, along with a gain in bone mineral density.
Read the full explanation →The All India Institute of Ayurveda is an autonomous institution under which Union Ministry?
The All India Institute of Ayurveda in New Delhi is an autonomous institution under this Ministry, and it works on Ayurveda through education, research, clinical services and public health initiatives.
Read the full explanation →In which district did the All India Institute of Ayurveda conduct its community-based Ayurveda programme for elderly people?
The project was titled "Community-Based Ayurveda Intervention for Promotion of Physical and Mental Health in Elderly Population of Faridabad District, Haryana State", and under the institute’s Public Health Initiative it screened 5,594 people in the sixty to eighty year age group there over three months.
Read the full explanation →How many PM Vishwakarma artisans took part in the Cultural Bazar at the 12th BRICS Parliamentary Forum, and from how many States?
One artisan each came from Rajasthan, Jammu and Kashmir, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, Nagaland, Karnataka and Maharashtra, so the number of artisans and the number of States were the same.
Read the full explanation →Which craft displayed at the BRICS Cultural Bazar was described as carrying a Geographical Indication tag?
Anurag Sahu of Madhya Pradesh practises this GI-tagged craft, carving marble statues, pooja articles, souvenirs and home decor items from New Bhedaghat Marble of Jabalpur, and under the scheme he was onboarded on two e-commerce platforms to take his products online.
Read the full explanation →Channapatna toys and Kinhal toys, shown by an artisan at the Cultural Bazar, belong to the craft traditions of which State?
The artisan Deepu S from Karnataka specialises in traditional Channapatna toys and Kinhal toys, both of which reflect that State’s toy-making heritage; under the PM Vishwakarma Scheme he received a toolkit, completed skill training and was onboarded on an e-commerce platform.
Read the full explanation →The PM Vishwakarma Scheme, whose artisans took part in the BRICS Cultural Bazar, is implemented by which ministry?
The artisans and craftspeople who displayed their work at the Cultural Bazar are beneficiaries of the PM Vishwakarma Scheme of this ministry, and the stall at the Parliament House Complex was set up in the scheme’s name.
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