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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

Q2661.DefenceMedium

How many challenges issued by the Indian Navy under iDEX have drawn more than 4,000 proposals from start-ups and MSMEs?

  1. A.129
  2. B.229
  3. C.329
  4. D.429
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Correct answer: B. 229

The Raksha Mantri said that start-ups and micro, small and medium enterprises had submitted more than 4,000 proposals against 229 challenges issued by the Indian Navy under the Innovations for Defence Excellence scheme, which he treated as a measure of both the depth of Indian talent and the enthusiasm of…

Q2663.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKEasy

Which one of the following is monatomic?

  1. A.Hydrogen
  2. B.Sulphur
  3. C.Phosphorus
  4. D.Helium
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Correct answer: D. Helium

A monatomic element exists as single, separate atoms. Helium is a noble gas of group 18: its only shell, the first, is full with two electrons, so a helium atom has no tendency to share or transfer electrons and does not bond even with another helium atom.

Q2664.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKMedium

Which one of the following is not a classified category of political parties as outlined by the Election Commission of India?

  1. A.National Parties
  2. B.State Recognised Parties
  3. C.Regional Parties
  4. D.Registered Unrecognised Parties
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Correct answer: C. Regional Parties

The Election Commission of India sorts political parties into three categories under the Election Symbols (Reservation and Allotment) Order, 1968: National Parties, State Parties (recognised in particular states) and Registered Unrecognised Parties.

Q2665.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Peninsula Shield Force is a military arm of

  1. A.Organization of Islamic Cooperation
  2. B.Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
  3. C.Gulf Cooperation Council
  4. D.Arab League
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Correct answer: C. Gulf Cooperation Council

The Peninsula Shield Force is the joint military force of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), set up in 1984 to deter and respond to attacks on its member states.

Q2667.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKEasy

Which one of the following was not included in the terms and conditions of Subsidiary Alliance System of Lord Wellesley?

  1. A.The British would protect their ally.
  2. B.The ally was free to enter into agreements with other rulers or engage in warfare.
  3. C.In the territory of the ally, a British armed contingent would be stationed.
  4. D.The ally would have to provide resources for the maintenance of the British armed contingent.
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Correct answer: B. The ally was free to enter into agreements with other rulers or engage in warfare.

Under the Subsidiary Alliance, introduced by Lord Wellesley (Governor-General 1798–1805), the Indian ruler gave up exactly this freedom: he could not make war, sign treaties or even employ other Europeans without the Company's consent, and he had to keep a British Resident at his court.

Q2668.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKEasy

How is strong pressure gradient represented on a weather map?

  1. A.Closely spaced isobars
  2. B.Widely spaced isobars
  3. C.Closely spaced isobars at the periphery
  4. D.A set of two widely spaced isobars followed by two closely spaced isobars
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Correct answer: A. Closely spaced isobars

Isobars are lines on a weather map joining places that have the same atmospheric pressure, reduced to sea level. The pressure gradient is the rate at which pressure changes over a horizontal distance.

Q2670.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

Consider the following statements with regard to the UN Peacekeeping Operation :

1. The power to authorize a Peacekeeping Operation is exclusively vested with the General Assembly.

2. UN Peacekeeping Operations are deployed with the consent of the main parties to the conflict.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

UN peacekeeping missions are set up by resolutions of the Security Council, the organ that the UN Charter makes primarily responsible for international peace and security, so the power does not rest exclusively with the General Assembly and statement 1 is wrong.

Q2673.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKHard

Which one of the following statements about the Sayyid brothers during the period of Later Mughals is not true?

  1. A.They brought Jahandar Shah to power.
  2. B.They wielded administrative power.
  3. C.They followed a tolerant religious policy.
  4. D.They reached an agreement with King Shahu.
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Correct answer: A. They brought Jahandar Shah to power.

Jahandar Shah won the throne in 1712 with the help of Zulfiqar Khan, and the Sayyid brothers, Abdullah Khan and Husain Ali Khan, helped his nephew Farrukhsiyar defeat and kill him in 1713.

Q2675.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKEasy

Who were Alvars ?

  1. A.Those who immersed in devotion to Vishnu
  2. B.Devotees of Shiva
  3. C.Those who worshipped abstract form of God
  4. D.Devotees of Shakti
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Correct answer: A. Those who immersed in devotion to Vishnu

The Alvars were twelve Tamil poet-saints, active roughly between the 6th and 9th centuries, whose name means 'those who are immersed' in devotion to Vishnu.

Q2676.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKMedium

'Naropa' is an annual festival of

  1. A.Sikkim
  2. B.Ladakh
  3. C.Arunachal Pradesh
  4. D.Nagaland
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Correct answer: B. Ladakh

Naropa is a Buddhist festival held at Hemis Monastery in Ladakh in honour of Naropa, the 11th-century Indian scholar-yogi of Nalanda and Vikramashila whose teachings shaped the Drukpa Kagyu order that runs Hemis.

Q2677.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements with regard to the appointment of the Members of the Parliamentary Committees is correct?

  1. A.The Members are only appointed.
  2. B.The Members are only elected.
  3. C.The Members are only nominated.
  4. D.The Members are appointed or elected on a motion made and adopted or nominated by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.
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Correct answer: D. The Members are appointed or elected on a motion made and adopted or nominated by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha or the Chairman of the Rajya Sabha.

This is part of the very definition of a parliamentary committee: it is appointed or elected by the House or nominated by the presiding officer, works under the presiding officer's direction, reports to the House, and has a secretariat provided by the Lok Sabha or Rajya Sabha secretariat.

Q2678.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKEasy

Four persons are travelling to different States of India. To whom will you advise to protect oneself from blizzards ?

  1. A.The person travelling to Arunachal Pradesh
  2. B.The person travelling to Assam
  3. C.The person travelling to Tripura
  4. D.The person travelling to Odisha
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Correct answer: A. The person travelling to Arunachal Pradesh

A blizzard is a severe snowstorm with strong winds, blowing snow and very low visibility, so it occurs only where there is heavy snowfall in winter.

Q2679.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

Which one of the following pairs of Newspaper and Editor is not correctly matched ?

Newspaper — Editor

  1. A.Navjivan — Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.Mahratta — Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3. C.Bengalee — Surendranath Banerjea
  4. D.Voice of India — Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Correct answer: D. Voice of India — Gopal Krishna Gokhale

The Voice of India was an English journal started in Bombay in 1883 by Dadabhai Naoroji, who later merged it with the Indian Spectator; Gokhale was not its editor.