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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

Q6063.Indian EconomyEasy

Which Act governs consumer protection in India at present?

  1. A.The Consumer Protection Act, 1986
  2. B.The Consumer Protection Act, 2019
  3. C.The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act, 1969
  4. D.The Essential Commodities Act, 1955
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Correct answer: B. The Consumer Protection Act, 2019

The new Act widened the definition of a consumer to cover online, teleshopping and multi-level marketing purchases, created the Central Consumer Protection Authority, introduced product liability and rules for electronic commerce, allowed mediation and e-filing, and renamed the three redressal bodies as Commissions.

Q6064.Indian EconomyAsked in: Delhi · 15 Nov, 2023, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following is NOT an element of the Competition Act 2002?

  1. A.Prohibition of anti-competitive agreements
  2. B.Regulation of combination
  3. C.Abuse of dominant position
  4. D.Prohibition of trade
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Correct answer: D. Prohibition of trade

The Competition Act, 2002 rests on three pillars, and freedom of trade is the very thing it protects, so no provision of it prohibits trade; on the contrary, the Act opens by stating that it seeks to ensure freedom of trade carried on by other participants in markets in India.

Q6065.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC MTS · 12 Oct 2021, Shift 3Medium

As per the Consumer Protection Act, 1986 a complaint can be filed in the District Consumer Disputes Redressal Forum if the value of the claim is up to:

  1. A.Rs. 5 lakh
  2. B.Rs. 15 lakh
  3. C.Rs. 20 lakh
  4. D.Rs. 10 lakh
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Correct answer: C. Rs. 20 lakh

The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 created a three-tier machinery and fixed a money limit for each tier: the district forum could hear a complaint where the value of the goods or services and the compensation claimed did not exceed twenty lakh rupees, the state commission took claims above that limit…

Q6066.GeographyMedium

When two valley glaciers join, the merging of their lateral moraines produces which feature?

  1. A.Terminal moraine
  2. B.Medial moraine
  3. C.Ground moraine
  4. D.Esker
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Correct answer: B. Medial moraine

Debris falling from the valley sides collects along each edge of a glacier as a lateral moraine; where a tributary glacier joins the trunk glacier, the inner lateral moraine of each merges into a single dark stripe of rock waste that runs down the middle of the combined ice, and…

Q6067.GeographyMedium

A fjord is formed when:

  1. A.A river valley is drowned by a rise in sea level
  2. B.A glacial trough on the coast is drowned by the sea
  3. C.A coral reef encloses a shallow lagoon
  4. D.A volcanic crater fills with sea water
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Correct answer: B. A glacial trough on the coast is drowned by the sea

A glacier moving to the coast deepens its valley below the level of the sea; when the ice melts, salt water enters the deep U-shaped trough and leaves a long, narrow, steep-sided inlet, the fjord, of which the coasts of Norway, Chile, Greenland and New Zealand give the best examples.

Q6070.GeographyEasy

A valley eroded by a glacier typically has which cross-section?

  1. A.V-shaped
  2. B.U-shaped
  3. C.Gorge-like and narrow at the top
  4. D.Saucer-shaped
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Correct answer: B. U-shaped

A glacier fills the whole floor of a valley and erodes its sides as well as its bed, so it widens and deepens the valley into a trough with a broad flat floor and steep straight walls, which in section looks like the letter U. Option A is wrong because…

Q6073.GeographyHard

The Fedchenko glacier, the longest glacier outside the polar regions, lies in which mountain system?

  1. A.The Andes
  2. B.The Pamirs
  3. C.The Alps
  4. D.The Rockies
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Correct answer: B. The Pamirs

The Pamir knot is the node where the Himalaya, the Karakoram, the Hindu Kush, the Kunlun and the Tian Shan ranges meet, and the Fedchenko glacier, running for roughly seventy-seven kilometres, is the longest glacier found anywhere outside the Arctic and the Antarctic.

Q6079.General ScienceMedium

The Codex Alimentarius Commission, which frames international food standards, was created jointly by:

  1. A.UNESCO and UNICEF
  2. B.FAO and WHO
  3. C.WTO and UNCTAD
  4. D.UNEP and FAO
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Correct answer: B. FAO and WHO

Codex Alimentarius is Latin for food code, and the Commission of that name draws up model standards, codes of practice, and limits for additives, contaminants and pesticide residues, which member countries use when writing their own food law and which serve as the reference in international food trade.

Q6080.General ScienceMedium

The Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) was set up under an Act of which year, and it works under which ministry?

  1. A.2006; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  2. B.1954; Ministry of Agriculture
  3. C.2011; Ministry of Consumer Affairs
  4. D.2008; Ministry of Commerce and Industry
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Correct answer: A. 2006; Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

That Act consolidated several scattered food laws, the most important of them the Prevention of Food Adulteration Act of 1954, into a single statute and created one authority to lay down science-based standards for food, regulate its manufacture, storage, distribution, sale and import, and licence food businesses; its headquarters is…