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 title was used by the Rathore rulers of Marwar?
The Rathore rulers of Jodhpur used the title Maharaja, the early ones being styled Rao, as in Rao Jodha and Rao Maldeo.
Read the full explanation →Greater Rajasthan, in which the state of Jodhpur merged, was formed on which date?
The integration of the Rajputana states took place in stages, and in the fourth stage the four large states of Jodhpur, Jaipur, Bikaner and Jaisalmer were merged with the earlier union to form Greater Rajasthan on 30 March 1949, with Jaipur as the capital.
Read the full explanation →Rao Bika, who founded Bikaner in 1488, was the son of which ruler of Marwar?
Rao Bika was a son of Rao Jodha of Jodhpur. He moved north into the Jangladesh region and founded the city and state of Bikaner in 1488, which is why Bikaner and Jodhpur are branches of the same Rathore house; the Junagarh fort at Bikaner was built later by Raja…
Read the full explanation →Jagat Gosain, the mother of the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan, belonged to which Rajput house?
Manavati Bai, titled Jagat Gosain, was a daughter of Mota Raja Udai Singh of Marwar, the first Rathore ruler to accept the Mughal alliance.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was the first capital of the Rathores of Marwar before Jodhpur?
Mandore, a few kilometres north of the present city of Jodhpur, was obtained by Rao Chunda and served as the Rathore capital until Rao Jodha founded Jodhpur in 1459 and moved to the new fort of Mehrangarh.
Read the full explanation →The Khejarli sacrifice of 1730, in which Amrita Devi Bishnoi and other villagers died protecting trees, took place during the reign of which ruler?
In 1730 the ruler's men came to Khejarli village in the Jodhpur region to fell khejri trees for burning lime for a palace.
Read the full explanation →Veer Durgadas Rathore is remembered in the history of Marwar for which achievement?
After Maharaja Jaswant Singh I died at Jamrud in 1678, Aurangzeb tried to bring Marwar under direct imperial management and to keep the late ruler's posthumous son under control at Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Which ruler of Marwar is called the first freedom fighter of Rajasthan for refusing to submit to Akbar?
Chandrasen ruled from 1562 to 1581, never attended Akbar's court and carried on resistance from the hill country of Siwana and Bhadrajun even after Jodhpur was occupied by imperial troops.
Read the full explanation →The battle of Giri Sumel in 1544 was fought between Rao Maldeo of Marwar and which ruler?
Giri Sumel, near Jaitaran in the present Pali district, was fought in 1544 between the Afghan ruler Sher Shah Suri and Rao Maldeo of Marwar.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the city of Jodhpur and began the construction of the Mehrangarh fort?
In 1459 Rao Jodha shifted the Rathore capital from Mandore to a defensible hill called Chidiyatunk, founded the city of Jodhpur named after himself and laid the foundation of the Mehrangarh fort that still dominates the city.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about Madhya Pradesh is correct?
The Tropic of Cancer passes through the middle of Madhya Pradesh, which is one reason the state has a tropical climate with a marked dry season.
Read the full explanation →How many Lok Sabha seats does Madhya Pradesh have after the separation of Chhattisgarh?
The undivided Madhya Pradesh returned forty members to the Lok Sabha. After the reorganisation of 2000 eleven seats went to Chhattisgarh and twenty-nine remained with Madhya Pradesh, which also has eleven seats in the Rajya Sabha and an assembly of two hundred and thirty elected members.
Read the full explanation →Vindhya Pradesh, one of the units merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956, had its capital at
Vindhya Pradesh was formed of the princely states of the Bundelkhand and Baghelkhand region, was administered as a Part C state, and had its capital at Rewa, the seat of the largest of those states.
Read the full explanation →Which state became the largest in India by area after the creation of Chhattisgarh in 2000?
Between 1956 and 2000 Madhya Pradesh was the largest state of India by area. When the Chhattisgarh region was separated in 2000, Madhya Pradesh fell to second place and Rajasthan became the largest state by area, a position it still holds.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh?
Ajit Jogi became the first Chief Minister of Chhattisgarh when the state came into existence on 1 November 2000, and Dinesh Nandan Sahay was its first Governor.
Read the full explanation →Chhattisgarh was created from Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000 as which state of India?
The Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000 separated sixteen districts of the Raipur, Bilaspur and Bastar divisions to form Chhattisgarh on 1 November 2000, the first of the three states created that year, with Raipur as its capital and the High Court at Bilaspur.
Read the full explanation →What was the capital of the old Madhya Pradesh, the Part A state, before the reorganisation of 1956?
The Part A state called Madhya Pradesh between 1950 and 1956 was the former Central Provinces and Berar, and its capital was Nagpur.
Read the full explanation →The States Reorganisation Commission appointed in 1953 was chaired by
The States Reorganisation Commission of 1953 was chaired by Justice Fazl Ali, with K. M. Panikkar and H. N. Kunzru as its two members.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of the reorganised Madhya Pradesh in 1956?
Ravishankar Shukla had been Chief Minister of the old Madhya Pradesh, that is the Central Provinces and Berar, from 1947, and he continued as the first Chief Minister of the reorganised state from 1 November 1956 until his death at the end of that year.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was NOT merged into Madhya Pradesh in 1956?
The reorganisation brought three units, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal, together with the Hindi-speaking Mahakoshal districts of the old Madhya Pradesh.
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