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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

Q3641.EnvironmentMedium

Whose annual progress report for 2016-17 recorded a 75 per cent decline in the Great Indian Bustard population over the previous 30 years?

  1. A.Zoological Survey of India
  2. B.Wildlife Institute of India
  3. C.Bombay Natural History Society
  4. D.National Biodiversity Authority
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Correct answer: B. Wildlife Institute of India

Its annual progress report for 2016-17 recorded that the population of the Great Indian Bustard had fallen by three quarters over the thirty years before that report, a decline driven by the loss of its grassland habitat and by pressures created by people, and made harder to reverse by the…

Q3643.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Who among the following was the Chairman of the National Commission for Review of the Working of the Constitution (2000)?

  1. A.Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah
  2. B.Justice J.S. Verma
  3. C.Justice Ranganath Mishra
  4. D.Justice Y.K. Sabharwal
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Correct answer: A. Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah

Venkatachaliah. The National Commission to Review the Working of the Constitution was set up by the Union government in February 2000 under Justice M.N.

Q3644.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

Fat in human body is stored in

  1. A.Adipose tissue
  2. B.Red blood cells
  3. C.Muscle tissue
  4. D.Epithelial tissue
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Correct answer: A. Adipose tissue

Adipose tissue is a loose connective tissue whose cells, called adipocytes, are built to store fat. Each cell holds a large droplet of fat that pushes the nucleus and cytoplasm to one side.

Q3645.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which of the following statements is/are correct?

1. Tomb of Sand, written by Geetanjali Shree, is the first book originally written in any Indian language to win the International Booker Prize.

2. Tomb of Sand is the first novel translated from Hindi to be given the International Booker Prize.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  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: C. Both 1 and 2

'Tomb of Sand' won the International Booker Prize in 2022, and that win was a first on both counts. The novel was written in Hindi by Geetanjali Shree as 'Ret Samadhi' (2018) and translated into English by the American translator Daisy Rockwell, who shared the prize money with her.

Q3646.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKEasy

Which one of the following is a metalloid ?

  1. A.Germanium
  2. B.Coke
  3. C.Iodine
  4. D.Sugar
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Correct answer: A. Germanium

Germanium is a metalloid, an element whose properties lie between those of metals and non-metals. It is a hard, shiny, grey-white solid like a metal, yet it is brittle and conducts electricity far less well than a metal, which makes it a semiconductor.

Q3647.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

A photon of X-ray has energy of 1 keV. A photon of visible radiation has energy of 3 eV. In this context, which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. A.The wavelength of X-ray photon is less than the wavelength of visible radiation photon.
  2. B.Both the photons have different energies.
  3. C.The speeds of both the photons in vacuum are different.
  4. D.The frequency of X-ray photon is higher than the frequency of visible radiation photon.
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Correct answer: C. The speeds of both the photons in vacuum are different.

This statement is wrong because every photon, whatever its energy, travels in vacuum at the same speed of light, about 3 × 10^8 metres per second.

Q3648.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKEasy

The phenomenon of 'demographic dividend' of a country relates to

  1. A.a sharp decline in total population
  2. B.an increase in working age population
  3. C.a decline in infant mortality rate
  4. D.an increase in sex ratio
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Correct answer: B. an increase in working age population

A demographic dividend is the boost to economic growth that a country can get when the share of people of working age, roughly 15 to 64 years, rises above the share of dependants, children and the elderly.

Q3649.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKEasy

Which of the following substances cause temporary hardness in water?

1. Mg(HCO3)2

2. Ca(HCO3)2

3. CaCl2

4. MgSO4

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Temporary hardness is caused by the bicarbonates of magnesium and calcium, Mg(HCO3)2 and Ca(HCO3)2. It is called temporary because simple boiling removes it: on heating, the soluble bicarbonates break down into insoluble carbonate or hydroxide, carbon dioxide and water, and the solid settles out.

Q3650.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKHard

When a convex lens produces a real image of an object, the minimum distance between the object and image is equal to

  1. A.the focal length of the convex lens
  2. B.twice the focal length of the convex lens
  3. C.four times the focal length of the convex lens
  4. D.one half of the focal length of the convex lens
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Correct answer: C. four times the focal length of the convex lens

The gap between an object and its real image is smallest when the object is placed at 2F, twice the focal length from the lens.

Q3651.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Which one of the following scholars of Akbar's court translated Bhaskaracharya's Lilavati into Persian?

  1. A.Abul Fazl
  2. B.Faizi
  3. C.Fathullah Shirazi
  4. D.Ataullah Rashidi
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Correct answer: B. Faizi

Faizi, Akbar's poet laureate and the elder brother of Abul Fazl, translated the Lilavati into Persian in 1587. The Lilavati is the arithmetic part of the Siddhanta Shiromani, written by the mathematician Bhaskaracharya (Bhaskara II) in the twelfth century, and it covers numbers, fractions, progressions and measurement.

Q3658.Madhya PradeshHard

Under Article 243E, a panchayat dissolved before the end of its five-year term is reconstituted for:

  1. A.A fresh term of five years
  2. B.Only the remainder of the term that the dissolved panchayat would have continued
  3. C.A fixed term of six months
  4. D.A fixed term of one year
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Correct answer: B. Only the remainder of the term that the dissolved panchayat would have continued

Article 243E gives every panchayat a term of five years from the date of its first meeting, allows it to be dissolved earlier under a law in force, and requires the election to be completed within six months of the dissolution; but a panchayat constituted at such an election continues…

Q3659.Madhya PradeshEasy

What is the minimum age fixed by Article 243F for a person to contest an election to a panchayat?

  1. A.18 years
  2. B.21 years
  3. C.25 years
  4. D.30 years
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Correct answer: B. 21 years

Article 243F says that a person who is not qualified to be a member of the legislature of the state is disqualified from a panchayat, but adds that no one shall be disqualified for being under twenty-five years of age if he has attained the age of twenty-one, so twenty-one…

Q3660.Madhya PradeshMedium

The Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, known as PESA, which applies to the Scheduled Areas of Madhya Pradesh, was passed in which year?

  1. A.1992
  2. B.1993
  3. C.1996
  4. D.2006
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Correct answer: C. 1996

Part IX of the Constitution does not apply on its own to the Fifth Schedule areas, so Parliament passed the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act in 1996 to extend it with changes that protect tribal custom.