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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

Q23.NationalMedium

WAVES Film Bazaar, holding its 20th edition in 2026, was initiated by which organisation?

  1. A.Central Board of Film Certification
  2. B.National Film Development Corporation
  3. C.Film and Television Institute of India
  4. D.Prasar Bharati
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Correct answer: B. National Film Development Corporation

It began Film Bazaar in 2007 to nurture storytelling from South Asia, and the market has since grown into an international platform bringing together filmmakers, producers, financiers, distributors, sales agents and festival programmers.

Q26.InternationalEasy

Which country has been designated the Country of Honour at the 57th International Film Festival of India?

  1. A.Italy
  2. B.Spain
  3. C.Australia
  4. D.Japan
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Correct answer: B. Spain

At the 57th International Film Festival of India, held in Goa from 20 to 28 November 2026, Spain has been designated the Country of Honour, and in that capacity the festival will screen a curated package of four contemporary Spanish films carrying world, Asian and Indian premieres.

Q27.Science & TechnologyMedium

What is the main stated purpose of the India-ICTP Co-operation Fund?

  1. A.Building a new particle accelerator in India
  2. B.Institutionalising scientific collaboration and researcher mobility
  3. C.Setting up an ICTP campus in New Delhi
  4. D.Funding school science laboratories
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Correct answer: B. Institutionalising scientific collaboration and researcher mobility

The fund is meant to give a settled structure to an engagement that has run for years without one, widening the opportunities open to Indian scientists, researchers and students at the centre and strengthening the movement of researchers between the two sides.

Q28.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which Indian department signed the Letter of Intent with the International Centre for Theoretical Physics?

  1. A.Department of Atomic Energy
  2. B.Department of Space
  3. C.Department of Science and Technology
  4. D.Department of Higher Education
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Correct answer: C. Department of Science and Technology

The Letter of Intent that gives shape to the India-ICTP Co-operation Fund was signed between this department and the centre, and from the Indian side it was exchanged by Dr Praveenkumar Somasundaram, who heads International Cooperation in the department.

Q33.DefenceMedium

AMOS, with whose representatives the Army Chief will interact during the Czech visit, is which organisation?

  1. A.A Czech private defence manufacturer of radars
  2. B.The Inter-governmental Defence Cooperation Agency
  3. C.A NATO military exercise conducted in central Europe
  4. D.The Czech national space research agency
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Correct answer: B. The Inter-governmental Defence Cooperation Agency

The Army Chief is to meet its representatives, along with the Defence and Security Industry Association and leading Czech defence manufacturers, to explore where the two countries can work together in defence technology and industry.

Q34.DefenceHard

Who is Lieutenant General Petr Cepelka, named in the Army Chief's programme in the Czech Republic?

  1. A.Minister of Defence of the Czech Republic
  2. B.First Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Chief of Defence
  3. C.Commandant of the Defence University, Brno
  4. D.Director of the NATO CBRN Defence Centre of Excellence
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Correct answer: B. First Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Chief of Defence

The correct answer is First Deputy Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Chief of Defence, the appointment held by Lieutenant General Petr Cepelka, with whom the Indian Army Chief holds discussions at the General Staff Headquarters in Prague.

Q37.DefenceHard

Who presided over the golden jubilee seminar of 13 Base Repair Depot, and of which command is the officer the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief?

  1. A.Air Marshal Yalla Umesh, Maintenance Command
  2. B.Air Marshal Yalla Umesh, Western Air Command
  3. C.The Chief of the Air Staff, Training Command
  4. D.The Chief of Defence Staff, Strategic Forces Command
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Correct answer: A. Air Marshal Yalla Umesh, Maintenance Command

He is the Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief of Maintenance Command, the command under which base repair depots function, and he presided over the seminar at the Manekshaw Centre in New Delhi.

Q38.DefenceMedium

Which clean energy technology was successfully demonstrated for powering Indian Air Force radars?

  1. A.Solar thermal towers
  2. B.Hydrogen fuel cells
  3. C.Small modular nuclear reactors
  4. D.Compressed biogas generators
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Correct answer: B. Hydrogen fuel cells

The correct answer is hydrogen fuel cells, demonstrated for powering air force radars in partnership with the National Green Hydrogen Mission and NTPC, and presented at the seminar as a milestone in sustainable radar operations.

Q39.DefenceMedium

The golden jubilee seminar of 13 Base Repair Depot was held on which theme?

  1. A.Air Defence 2040: Sensors, Networks and Sovereign Sustainment
  2. B.Atmanirbhar Bharat in Aerospace Manufacturing
  3. C.Vision 2047: Skies of Self-Reliance
  4. D.Networked Warfare and Quantum Readiness
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Correct answer: A. Air Defence 2040: Sensors, Networks and Sovereign Sustainment

The theme names the three strands the seminar took up, the sensors that detect, the networks that link them, and the home-grown ability to keep the whole system running.