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.
The Sikki craft of the Mithila region is made from
Sikki is a reed grass of the wetlands of north Bihar whose stalks turn a bright golden colour when dried.
Read the full explanation →Sujni embroidery of Bihar is associated with which district?
Sujni is a quilted embroidery in which layers of old cloth are held together with rows of running stitch, and the stitches themselves build figures of women, animals, trees and village scenes.
Read the full explanation →Tikuli art of Patna originally decorated which object?
Tikuli takes its name from the tikuli or tikli, the decorated dot worn by women on the forehead, which was once made at Patna out of thin glass fused with gold foil and coloured enamel.
Read the full explanation →In Mithila tradition, the kohbar ghar on whose wall the painting is made is
The kohbar ghar is the room in which the bride and bridegroom are brought together after the wedding, and its wall carries the kohbar painting, a composition of the lotus with its ring of leaves, the bamboo grove, fish, parrots and the sun and moon, all of them symbols of…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a style of Madhubani painting?
Kalamkari is the pen and dye work on cloth of Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, practised at Srikalahasti and Machilipatnam, and has nothing to do with Mithila.
Read the full explanation →Manjusha art, which narrates the legend of Bihula and Bishahari, belongs to which district of Bihar?
Manjusha art belongs to Bhagalpur and the Angika-speaking country around it. The paintings are made on the manjusha, a temple-shaped box built of bamboo strips and jute paper, which is carried in procession during the Bihula-Bishahari festival of the rainy season, and the panels tell the story of Bihula and…
Read the full explanation →Madhubani painting belongs to which region of Bihar?
Madhubani painting is also called Mithila painting because it grew in the Mithila region of northern Bihar, chiefly in the districts of Madhubani and Darbhanga, and the form takes its common name from the first of these districts.
Read the full explanation →The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 replaced which earlier law?
That law only restrained child marriage by punishing those who performed it; the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 goes further, making such a marriage voidable at the option of the contracting party who was a child, providing for Child Marriage Prohibition Officers and injunctions, and keeping the legal age…
Read the full explanation →The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act was passed in which year?
The Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 came into force on 30 January 1990. It defines a long list of specific atrocities, provides for Special Courts and Special Public Prosecutors, requires relief and rehabilitation for victims, and bars anticipatory bail for the offences it creates.
Read the full explanation →The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 raised paid maternity leave for the first two children to how many weeks?
The Maternity Benefit Act, 1961 originally allowed twelve weeks of paid leave.
Read the full explanation →The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace Act, 2013 gave statutory form to the guidelines laid down by the Supreme Court in which case?
In 1997 the Supreme Court, hearing this petition, framed the Vishaka guidelines, the first binding statement of an employer's duty to prevent and redress sexual harassment at the workplace.
Read the full explanation →Under the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015, a child of which age group may be tried as an adult for a heinous offence after a preliminary assessment?
The Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 allows the Juvenile Justice Board to conduct a preliminary assessment of a child who has completed sixteen years and is alleged to have committed a heinous offence, that is one punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more.
Read the full explanation →The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act was enacted in which year?
The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 is a special, gender-neutral law that protects every person below eighteen years of age from sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution of India prohibits the employment of children below fourteen years of age in factories, mines and other hazardous work?
Article 24 states that no child below the age of fourteen years shall be employed to work in any factory or mine or be engaged in any other hazardous employment.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment introduced the compulsory education to children between the age group of 6 to 14?
The Constitution (Eighty-sixth Amendment) Act, 2002 inserted Article 21A, making free and compulsory education for every child of six to fourteen years a fundamental right.
Read the full explanation →According to the Right to Education Act, admission of children to a particular class has been proposed to be on the basis of
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 provides that a child above six years who has not been admitted to any school, or could not complete elementary education, shall be admitted to a class appropriate to his or her age, with special training to help the…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following chapters of the Right to Education Act, 2009 provides for the responsibilities of schools and teachers?
The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009 is arranged in seven chapters, and Chapter IV is titled 'Responsibilities of Schools and Teachers'.
Read the full explanation →Match the following Acts in List I with their year of enactment in List II.
List I: 1. Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act, 2. Equal Remuneration Act, 3. The Minimum Wages Act, 4. The Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act
List II: (a) 1948, (b) 1970, (c) 2010, (d) 1976
The Employees State Insurance (Amendment) Act belongs to 2010, so 1 pairs with (c). The Equal Remuneration Act, which forbids unequal pay for men and women for the same work, was passed in 1976, so 2 pairs with (d).
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements regarding the National Food Security Act is incorrect?
The National Food Security Act was passed by Parliament and notified in 2013, not 2015, so D is the incorrect statement and therefore the answer the question asks for.
Read the full explanation →The Barrackpore Mutiny of 1824 broke out because the sepoys of the 47th Native Infantry refused to
During the First Anglo-Burmese War the 47th Regiment of Native Infantry at Barrackpore was ordered to Burma. The sepoys objected because crossing the sea meant loss of caste, and because no allowance had been granted for the carriage of their baggage as service custom required.
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