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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

Q5101.General ScienceEasy

Parallel venation in leaves is a characteristic feature of

  1. A.Dicotyledons
  2. B.Monocotyledons
  3. C.Gymnosperms
  4. D.Pteridophytes
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Correct answer: B. Monocotyledons

In a monocot leaf, such as that of wheat, maize, grass, banana or canna, the veins run side by side along the length of the lamina without forming a network, and this parallel venation goes with the other monocot features: one cotyledon in the seed, a fibrous root system, scattered…

Q5103.General ScienceMedium

Pneumatophores, the negatively geotropic breathing roots, are characteristic of

  1. A.Mangrove plants such as Rhizophora
  2. B.Desert plants such as Opuntia
  3. C.Epiphytic orchids such as Vanda
  4. D.Parasitic plants such as Cuscuta
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Correct answer: A. Mangrove plants such as Rhizophora

The mud of a tidal swamp is waterlogged and almost free of oxygen, so these plants send up roots that grow vertically out of the soil into the air and take in oxygen through pores; such roots grow against gravity and are therefore called negatively geotropic.

Q5106.General ScienceEasy

The potato is a modification of which plant organ?

  1. A.Root
  2. B.Stem
  3. C.Leaf
  4. D.Fruit
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Correct answer: B. Stem

The potato is an underground stem tuber, the swollen tip of an underground branch, and the proof is in its morphology: it bears nodes, the depressions called eyes, and each eye carries an axillary bud that can sprout into a new shoot.

Q5107.General ScienceAsked in: Delhi · 27 Sept 2018, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following plants can survive in extremely saline conditions?

  1. A.Epiphytes
  2. B.Halophytes
  3. C.Xerophytes
  4. D.Hydrophytes
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Correct answer: B. Halophytes

Halophytes are plants of saline soils, chiefly the mangroves of tidal creeks and deltas such as Rhizophora and Avicennia, and their morphology is shaped by that habitat: they bear pneumatophores, negatively geotropic breathing roots that rise out of the waterlogged mud, along with stilt and prop roots for support and…

Q5109.Indian PolityHard

Under the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the visit of a forensic expert to the scene of crime to collect evidence is compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of:

  1. A.Three years or more
  2. B.Five years or more
  3. C.Seven years or more
  4. D.Ten years or more
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Correct answer: C. Seven years or more

The Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita makes forensic investigation compulsory for offences punishable with imprisonment of seven years or more: a forensic expert must visit the scene of crime, collect the forensic evidence and record the process on a mobile phone or another electronic device.

Q5110.Indian PolityEasy

The registration of a first information report at any police station, irrespective of the area in which the offence was committed, is known as:

  1. A.Zero FIR
  2. B.Cross FIR
  3. C.Open FIR
  4. D.General diary entry
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Correct answer: A. Zero FIR

A Zero FIR is registered without a regular serial number at any police station when information about a cognizable offence is given there, and it is then transferred to the police station having jurisdiction over the place of the offence, where it gets a regular number.

Q5113.Indian PolityMedium

Under which of the new criminal laws are electronic and digital records admissible as primary evidence?

  1. A.Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
  2. B.Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
  3. C.Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023
  4. D.Information Technology Act, 2000
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Correct answer: C. Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam, 2023

The Adhiniyam is the law of evidence and it places electronic and digital records on the same footing as paper documents, so that such a record is admissible as primary evidence and the definition of a document expressly covers e-mails, server logs, computer files, locational evidence and messages stored on…

Q5117.Indian PolityEasy

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 has replaced which of the following laws?

  1. A.The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973
  2. B.The Indian Penal Code, 1860
  3. C.The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
  4. D.The Criminal Law Amendment Act, 2013
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Correct answer: B. The Indian Penal Code, 1860

The Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 is the substantive criminal law of India and it took the place of the Indian Penal Code drafted on the recommendation of the First Law Commission under Lord Macaulay.

Q5118.Indian PolityAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPSSSC Junior Assistant 2016Medium

In which section of the Indian Penal Code is 'mental unsoundness' contained?

  1. A.Section 88
  2. B.Section 83
  3. C.Section 84
  4. D.Section 86
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Correct answer: C. Section 84

Section 84 of the Indian Penal Code was the general exception for the act of a person of unsound mind: nothing is an offence which is done by a person who, at the time of doing it, by reason of unsoundness of mind is incapable of knowing the nature of…

Q5119.Indian HistoryHard

The tinkathia system of Champaran was abolished by which legislation?

  1. A.Bengal Tenancy Act, 1885
  2. B.Champaran Agrarian Act, 1918
  3. C.Bihar Tenancy Act, 1920
  4. D.Government of India Act, 1919
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Correct answer: B. Champaran Agrarian Act, 1918

The government appointed an enquiry committee on the Champaran question with Gandhi as one of its members, and the recommendations of that committee were given effect by the Champaran Agrarian Act of 1918, which abolished the tinkathia obligation and ordered the planters to refund a part of the illegal exactions…

Q5120.Indian HistoryMedium

Which leader gave up his legal practice to join Mahatma Gandhi during the Kheda Satyagraha of 1918?

  1. A.Vallabhbhai Patel
  2. B.Motilal Nehru
  3. C.C. Rajagopalachari
  4. D.Rajendra Prasad
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Correct answer: A. Vallabhbhai Patel

Vallabhbhai Patel, then a successful barrister of Ahmedabad, gave up his practice to work with Gandhi in the villages of Kheda in 1918, and the campaign began the partnership that later produced the Bardoli Satyagraha of 1928, after which he received the title Sardar.