SSC CGL GK Questions 2026

Aridisols are the soils of deserts, and they are poor in organic matter, so this statement about them is not correct.

South Arcot and Ramanathapuram lie on the Tamil Nadu coast, which gets most of its yearly rain from the retreating, or north-east, monsoon in October to December.

In graphite each carbon atom is joined to three others in a flat layer of hexagonal rings, like a honeycomb.

The Global Goalkeeper Award is one of the Goalkeepers awards the foundation gives to leaders who advance the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.

The 42nd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1976, added the words Socialist, Secular and Integrity to the Preamble. Passed during the Emergency under Prime Minister Indira Gandhi, the 42nd Amendment is often called the "mini-Constitution" because it changed so many provisions.

The Atal Tunnel runs under the Rohtang Pass in Himachal Pradesh and cuts the road distance between Manali and Leh by about 46 km, saving four to five hours of travel.

Covaxin is an inactivated virus vaccine and Sputnik V is a viral vector vaccine, but Covishield is a viral vector vaccine, not an mRNA vaccine.

This Harappan city in the Rann of Kutch, Gujarat, is known above all for its water management, with large cisterns and reservoirs in both the citadel and the lower town.

A place at 90° E is six hours ahead of Greenwich, so 10:00 a.m. GMT becomes 4:00 p.m.

Statements 1 and 3 describe the Industrial Revolution correctly, but it began in Britain, not Germany. The Industrial Revolution turned largely rural, farming societies into urban ones where most people worked in factories, mines and workshops, which is what statement 1 says.

It is a form of physical, or mechanical, weathering: the rock breaks into pieces but its chemical make-up does not change.

Sponges are the members of phylum Porifera, a name that means "pore bearers", because their bodies are full of tiny pores called ostia.

It is an entry of the Concurrent List, not the State List, so both Parliament and the state legislatures can make laws on it.

It is the institute's flagship long-duration course for serving officers, and the Executive Council appreciated the work done to improve it, including collaborations with institutions of repute and greater involvement of outside experts, while asking that participants be drawn from more sectors of government and from a wider range of…

The council recorded its thanks to Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the scheme, under which the institute's faculty will be able to reach a wider pool of journals, research papers, books, project reports and other academic publications than a single institution could afford on its own.

The Paul H. Appleby 2026 award was announced for three of them, S. S. Kshatriya, D. P. Tiwari and B. R. Sharma.

He is Minister of State with independent charge for Science and Technology and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office and for Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions as well as the Department of Space and Atomic Energy, and the chairmanship of the institute goes with the personnel portfolio.

The quiz is deliberately short so that a first-time visitor finishes it, and every participant who submits receives a participation certificate and can then see the correct answers, which is how the exercise doubles as a lesson on substance use prevention.

The campaign was first taken up in 272 districts picked out as the most vulnerable to substance use, and it was later widened to cover every district in the country, which is why the present coverage is often quoted as nationwide.

The campaign was launched on that date to reduce the demand for drugs through preventive education, awareness, treatment, rehabilitation and community participation, and it is now in its seventh year.