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 Greek philosopher coined the term "Geography" in the 3rd century B.C.E. ?
Eratosthenes of Cyrene first used the word "geographia", from the Greek "geo" (earth) and "graphe" (description), so geography means a description of the Earth.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is not a character of a secular State?
Secularism concerns the relation between the State and religion, and being democratic is not part of its definition. A secular State is not run by a religious order, keeps religious institutions and State institutions apart, and does not favour or persecute any religion.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about primary waves of earthquakes is not correct ?
This statement is false because primary waves pass through solids, liquids and gases alike. Primary or P-waves are longitudinal waves: they push and pull the rock in the same direction in which the wave travels, compressing and stretching the material just as sound waves compress air.
Read the full explanation →Swami Dayanand Saraswati took inspiration from
Swami Dayanand Saraswati held the Vedas to be the only true and infallible source of knowledge, and his call was "Go back to the Vedas".
Read the full explanation →Which of the following terms were used in the Indo-Persian sources of the Mughal period to denote a peasant ? 1. Raiyat 2. Asami 3. Muzarian 4. Majur Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Raiyat, muzarian and asami were all used for the peasant in Mughal-period sources, while majur means a labourer. The Indo-Persian sources of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries most often called the peasant raiyat (plural riaya) or muzarian; the words kisan and asami also appear.
Read the full explanation →Storage of biological tissues such as blood, organs, semen requires low temperature which is achieved upon the usage of
Liquid nitrogen boils at about −196 °C, cold enough to stop almost all biological activity, and it is cheap, inert and safe to handle.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following States has the longest extension in north-south direction?
Chhattisgarh is a long, narrow state that stretches from about 17.8° N in Sukma district to about 24.1° N in Balrampur district, a north-south length of roughly 700 km.
Read the full explanation →Identify the type of soil on the basis of given characteristics : 1. They contain a large proportion of sodium, potassium and magnesium, and thus, they are infertile. 2. Their structure ranges from sandy to loamy. 3. They are more widespread in western Gujarat, deltas of the eastern coast and in Sunderban areas of West Bengal.
All three features listed, excess salts of sodium, potassium and magnesium, a sandy to loamy texture and their spread in western Gujarat, the eastern deltas and the Sundarbans, describe saline soils.
Read the full explanation →The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope consists of
The Giant Metrewave Radio Telescope (GMRT) is an array of 30 fully steerable parabolic dish antennas, each 45 metres across.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is/are the correct components of the "Lion Capital" at Sarnath ? 1. The shaft (stambha-yashti) or the tall tapering column 2. An elliptical top part - the abacus, devoid of any carvings 3. Overflowing inverted petals below the abacus Select the answer using the code given below :
Statements 1 and 3 describe real parts of the Sarnath pillar, while the abacus is neither elliptical nor plain. The Mauryan pillar at Sarnath, set up by Ashoka, had a tall, smooth, tapering shaft of polished Chunar sandstone.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following could not be explained by Rutherford's nuclear model ?
Rutherford's model could not explain why the orbiting electrons do not fall into the nucleus. According to classical physics, a charged particle moving in a circular path is accelerating and must keep radiating energy.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is not a logical operator?
Division is an arithmetic operator that works on numbers, while logical operators work on true and false values. Logical (Boolean) operators take one or more conditions that are either true (1) or false (0) and return a true or false result.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is a Neolithic site ?
Utnur in present-day Andhra Pradesh is a Neolithic site of the southern Deccan, known for its ash mounds. These ash mounds formed where Neolithic cattle-keepers burnt the dung collected inside large cattle pens, and they belong to the same culture as Kupgal, Kodekal and Piklihal.
Read the full explanation →Which campaign did Swami Chinmayananda begin to take the Upanishads and Vedanta to ordinary people?
Swami Chinmayananda launched it so that the Upanishads, Vedanta and the scriptures would reach people in ordinary life rather than remain with a few scholars, and the Prime Minister described this effort as an important chapter in India's cultural and spiritual revival.
Read the full explanation →The Chinmaya Mission, whose global Sammelan was opened in New Delhi, was founded by whom?
He began the Gita Gyana Yagna to carry the Upanishads, Vedanta and the scriptures to ordinary people, and his radio talks on the art of man making reached a wide audience.
Read the full explanation →Where was the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan inaugurated?
The Prime Minister inaugurated the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan there on 23 October 2026, the global gathering of the Chinmaya Mission founded by Swami Chinmayananda.
Read the full explanation →What is the stated central aim of the C-DAC and Bank of India partnership?
This is the named focus of the partnership, meant to prepare banking systems both for the opportunities that quantum technology brings and for the security problems it creates, which is why the two sides will study quantum-inspired and quantum-safe methods.
Read the full explanation →C-DAC, which signed the quantum banking agreement, is an autonomous society under which ministry?
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing is an autonomous scientific society under that ministry, and its Secretary, S. Krishnan, was present when the memorandum with Bank of India was exchanged.
Read the full explanation →C-DAC signed an MoU on quantum technologies for banking with which bank?
The Centre for Development of Advanced Computing signed the memorandum with Bank of India on 22 October 2026 to work on quantum financial innovation and the adoption of emerging technologies in banking.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT named as a research area of the new C-DOT Centre of Excellence?
The Centre of Excellence at IIT (BHU), Varanasi has been given a brief in communication technology: wireless communications, quantum technologies, cybersecurity and communication systems driven by artificial intelligence, with advanced research in 5G Advanced and 6G technologies, very large-scale Multiple-Input Multiple-Output systems, sensing merged with communication, AI-native networks and devices…
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