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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

Q5841.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

A current of 1.0 A is drawn by a filament of an electric bulb for 10 minutes. The amount of electric charge that flows through the circuit is

  1. A.0.1 C
  2. B.10 C
  3. C.600 C
  4. D.800 C
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Correct answer: C. 600 C

Charge equals current multiplied by time, and 1.0 A for 600 seconds gives 600 coulombs. Electric current is the rate of flow of charge, so I = Q ÷ t, or Q = I × t. Time must be in seconds: 10 minutes is 10 × 60 = 600 seconds.

Q5842.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATMedium

The founders of the Paramhansa Mandali founded in Maharashtra believed in which one of the following?

  1. A.Social distancing along caste lines
  2. B.Glorification of caste system
  3. C.Forbidding widow remarriage
  4. D.One God and in breaking caste rules
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Correct answer: D. One God and in breaking caste rules

The Paramhansa Mandali was a secret society that worshipped one God and worked to break the rules of caste. The Paramhansa Mandali was founded in Bombay in 1840 (some sources give 1849) by Dadoba Pandurang, with Durgaram Mehtaji and others.

Q5843.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATMedium

A boy of mass 52 kg jumps with a horizontal velocity of 2 m/s onto a stationary cart of mass 3 kg. The cart is fixed with frictionless wheels. Which one of the following would be the speed of the cart?

  1. A.2.15 m/s
  2. B.1.89 m/s
  3. C.1.51 m/s
  4. D.2.51 m/s
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Correct answer: B. 1.89 m/s

By the law of conservation of momentum, the boy and the cart move together with the momentum the boy brought, so their speed is 104 ÷ 55, about 1.89 m/s. With frictionless wheels, no outside horizontal force acts, so total momentum stays the same.

Q5844.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2023, GATEasy

Which one of the following kingdoms was founded by the two brothers Harihar and Bukka?

  1. A.Bahmani
  2. B.Vijayanagara
  3. C.Malwa
  4. D.Maratha
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Correct answer: B. Vijayanagara

The brothers Harihara I and Bukka Raya I founded the Vijayanagara kingdom in 1336. Harihara and Bukka were sons of Sangama, so their line is called the Sangama dynasty, the first of four dynasties to rule Vijayanagara (Sangama, Saluva, Tuluva and Aravidu).

Q5846.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2024, GATEasy

Which one among the following combinations most appropriately represent the components of balanced diet?

  1. A.Carbohydrate, vitamins, proteins, fat, minerals, fibres and water
  2. B.Carbohydrate, vitamins, proteins, fat and minerals
  3. C.Carbohydrate, vitamins, proteins, minerals and water
  4. D.Vitamins, proteins, fat, minerals, fibres and water
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Correct answer: A. Carbohydrate, vitamins, proteins, fat, minerals, fibres and water

A balanced diet contains all the nutrients the body needs, along with roughage and water, in the right amounts. Carbohydrates and fats give energy, proteins build and repair the body, and vitamins and minerals protect against disease and keep body processes running.

Q5847.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2025, GATMedium

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct?

  1. A.Half mole of nitrogen gas is measured 11.2 litre at STP
  2. B.17 gram of ammonia gas contains 6.022 × 10²³ molecules at STP
  3. C.22.4 litre of CO2 gas at STP contains 44 gram of molecules
  4. D.4 gram of hydrogen gas contains 6.022 × 10²³ molecules
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Correct answer: D. 4 gram of hydrogen gas contains 6.022 × 10²³ molecules

Four grams of hydrogen gas is two moles, so it contains 2 × 6.022 × 10²³, about 1.2 × 10²⁴ molecules, not 6.022 × 10²³.

Q5849.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

1.7 g of silver nitrate is dissolved in 100 g of water, and 0.585 g of sodium chloride is dissolved in 100 g of water. Both are mixed and a chemical reaction occurs. 1.435 g of silver chloride and 0.85 g of sodium nitrate are formed. Which law of chemical combination is shown by the above reaction?

  1. A.Law of multiple proportions
  2. B.Law of conservation of mass
  3. C.Law of reciprocal proportions
  4. D.Law of constant proportions
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Correct answer: B. Law of conservation of mass

The total mass of the reactants equals the total mass of the products, which is exactly what this law states.

Q5851.HaryanaHard

Under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, the Bhakra-Nangal and Beas projects were placed under the control of which body?

  1. A.The Central Water Commission
  2. B.The Bhakra Management Board
  3. C.The Haryana Irrigation Department
  4. D.The Punjab State Electricity Board
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Correct answer: B. The Bhakra Management Board

Because the dams and canals served more than one successor state, the Act apportioned rights in the Bhakra-Nangal and Beas projects and created a board to administer and operate them.

Q5852.HaryanaEasy

In the reorganisation of 1966, the hill areas of the erstwhile State of Punjab were transferred to which state?

  1. A.Jammu and Kashmir
  2. B.Himachal Pradesh
  3. C.Uttar Pradesh
  4. D.Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Himachal Pradesh

The Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 added the hill districts of the old Punjab, among them Shimla, Kangra, Kullu and Lahaul and Spiti, along with parts of adjoining districts, to Himachal Pradesh, which was then a Union Territory and became a full state in 1971.

Q5853.HaryanaEasy

Under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, what was the status given to Chandigarh?

  1. A.It was merged into Haryana
  2. B.It was merged into Punjab
  3. C.It was made a Union Territory and the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana
  4. D.It was made the capital of Himachal Pradesh
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Correct answer: C. It was made a Union Territory and the joint capital of Punjab and Haryana

The city is administered by the Governor of Punjab as its Administrator, and the Punjab and Haryana High Court sits there, serving both states and the Union Territory.

Q5856.HaryanaMedium

The States Reorganisation Commission of 1953, which rejected the demand for a separate Haryana, was headed by whom?

  1. A.Fazl Ali
  2. B.S. K. Dhar
  3. C.J. C. Shah
  4. D.K. M. Panikkar
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Correct answer: A. Fazl Ali

He chaired the States Reorganisation Commission appointed in 1953, which reported in 1955 and turned down both the Punjabi Suba and a separate Hindi-speaking Haryana; the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 that followed merged PEPSU into Punjab instead.

Q5858.HaryanaMedium

Who was the first Governor of Haryana?

  1. A.Dharma Vira
  2. B.Gurdial Singh Dhillon
  3. C.Sardar Hukam Singh
  4. D.Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
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Correct answer: A. Dharma Vira

A senior civil servant, he took office as the first Governor of Haryana on 1 November 1966, the day the state was created, and swore in the first Chief Minister.

Q5859.HaryanaEasy

Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?

  1. A.Rao Birender Singh
  2. B.Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma
  3. C.Bansi Lal
  4. D.Devi Lal
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Correct answer: B. Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma

He belonged to the Congress and was sworn in as the first Chief Minister of Haryana on 1 November 1966, the day the state came into being, heading a ministry formed from the Punjab legislators of the Haryana region.

Q5860.HaryanaMedium

Which commission, appointed in April 1966, demarcated the boundary between Punjab and Haryana?

  1. A.Fazl Ali Commission
  2. B.Dhar Commission
  3. C.Shah Commission
  4. D.Sarkaria Commission
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Correct answer: C. Shah Commission

It was appointed on 23 April 1966 under Justice J. C. Shah of the Supreme Court, took the tehsil as its unit and the language returns of the 1961 census as its test, and submitted its report on 31 May 1966, after which the Punjab Reorganisation Act was passed.