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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

Q6481.Indian PolityHard

An address to the President for the removal of a judge of the Supreme Court must be supported in each House by

  1. A.a simple majority of the members present and voting
  2. B.a majority of the total membership of the House and two-thirds of the members present and voting
  3. C.two-thirds of the total membership of the House
  4. D.three-fourths of the members present and voting
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Correct answer: B. a majority of the total membership of the House and two-thirds of the members present and voting

Article 124(4) provides that a judge of the Supreme Court may be removed by an order of the President only after an address by each House of Parliament, supported by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the…

Q6482.Indian PolityMedium

A resolution for the removal of the Vice-President of India can be moved only in which House, and with what notice?

  1. A.Lok Sabha, with 14 days' notice
  2. B.Rajya Sabha, with 14 days' notice
  3. C.Either House, with 7 days' notice
  4. D.A joint sitting of both Houses, with 30 days' notice
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Correct answer: B. Rajya Sabha, with 14 days' notice

Under Article 67(b), the Vice-President may be removed by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed by a majority of all the then members of that House and agreed to by the Lok Sabha, and no such resolution may be moved unless at least fourteen days' notice has been given.

Q6483.Indian PolityMedium

Under which Article of the Constitution is the procedure for the impeachment of the President of India laid down?

  1. A.Article 56
  2. B.Article 61
  3. C.Article 62
  4. D.Article 71
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Correct answer: B. Article 61

Article 61 lays down the procedure for impeaching the President for violation of the Constitution: the charge must be preferred by either House after at least fourteen days' notice signed by not less than one-fourth of the members of that House, and must be passed by not less than two-thirds…

Q6484.Indian PolityMedium

The oath of office to the Governor of a State is administered by which of the following?

  1. A.President of India
  2. B.Chief Justice of India
  3. C.Chief Justice of the High Court of that State
  4. D.Chief Minister of the State
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Correct answer: C. Chief Justice of the High Court of that State

Article 159 requires every Governor, before entering upon his office, to make an oath in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court having jurisdiction in relation to that State, or, in his absence, the senior-most judge of that court available.

Q6485.Indian PolityEasy

Who administers the oath of office to the President of India?

  1. A.Vice-President of India
  2. B.Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  3. C.Chief Justice of India
  4. D.Outgoing President
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Correct answer: C. Chief Justice of India

Article 60 lays down the form of the President's oath and requires that it be made in the presence of the Chief Justice of India, or, in his absence, the senior-most judge of the Supreme Court available.

Q6486.Indian PolityEasy

The President of India addresses his resignation to which of the following?

  1. A.Chief Justice of India
  2. B.Vice-President of India
  3. C.Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  4. D.Prime Minister of India
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Correct answer: B. Vice-President of India

Article 56(1)(a) provides that the President may, by writing under his hand addressed to the Vice-President, resign his office, and the Vice-President must communicate the resignation forthwith to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

Q6487.Indian PolityAsked in: Delhi · 10 Oct 2021, Shift 1Easy

Which Article of the Indian Constitution is related to the term of office of the Governor?

  1. A.156
  2. B.161
  3. C.165
  4. D.152
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Correct answer: A. 156

Article 156 deals with the term of office of the Governor: clause (1) says that the Governor holds office during the pleasure of the President, clause (2) allows him to resign by writing addressed to the President, and clause (3) fixes his normal term at five years from the date…

Q6488.Indian HistoryHard

Open competition for recruitment to the covenanted civil service in India was introduced by which Act?

  1. A.Charter Act, 1813
  2. B.Charter Act, 1833
  3. C.Charter Act, 1853
  4. D.Government of India Act, 1858
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Correct answer: C. Charter Act, 1853

It ended the patronage of the Court of Directors over appointments and laid down that recruitment to the covenanted civil service would be by open competition, which was thrown open to Indians as well; the committee under Macaulay that framed the scheme reported in 1854.

Q6489.Indian HistoryEasy

Which Act set apart one lakh rupees a year for the education of Indians and the revival of literature?

  1. A.Charter Act, 1793
  2. B.Charter Act, 1813
  3. C.Charter Act, 1833
  4. D.Charter Act, 1853
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Correct answer: B. Charter Act, 1813

The Act directed that a sum of not less than one lakh rupees be set apart every year for the revival and improvement of literature, the encouragement of the learned natives of India and the introduction and promotion of a knowledge of the sciences.

Q6491.Indian HistoryMedium

Which Act separated the legislative and executive functions of the Governor-General's Council for the first time?

  1. A.Charter Act, 1793
  2. B.Charter Act, 1813
  3. C.Charter Act, 1833
  4. D.Charter Act, 1853
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Correct answer: D. Charter Act, 1853

It added six new members to the Governor-General's Council for legislative purposes, so that law-making was carried on by a separate body which began to behave like a small parliament, with its own rules of business, and which is therefore regarded as the beginning of the Indian Legislative Council.

Q6493.Indian HistoryMedium

The Governor-General of Bengal was made the Governor-General of India by which Act?

  1. A.Regulating Act, 1773
  2. B.Charter Act, 1813
  3. C.Charter Act, 1833
  4. D.Charter Act, 1853
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Correct answer: C. Charter Act, 1833

This Act was the final step in centralising British administration in India: it vested all civil and military powers in the Governor-General of India, took away the legislative powers of the Bombay and Madras governments, and made the East India Company a purely administrative agency holding its territories in trust…

Q6494.Indian HistoryMedium

Which Act ended the East India Company's monopoly of trade with India, leaving it only the tea trade and the trade with China?

  1. A.Charter Act, 1793
  2. B.Charter Act, 1813
  3. C.Charter Act, 1833
  4. D.Charter Act, 1853
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Correct answer: B. Charter Act, 1813

Pressed by British manufacturers who wanted a free market in India, Parliament threw Indian trade open to all British subjects and allowed the Company to keep only the tea trade and the trade with China.

Q6495.Indian HistoryMedium

The Board of Control, which supervised the civil, military and revenue affairs of the Company's Indian territories, was set up by which Act?

  1. A.Regulating Act, 1773
  2. B.Amending Act, 1781
  3. C.Pitt's India Act, 1784
  4. D.Charter Act, 1793
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Correct answer: C. Pitt's India Act, 1784

The Act separated the commercial and the political functions of the East India Company, leaving trade to the Court of Directors and placing civil, military and revenue administration under a newly created Board of Control answerable to Parliament.

Q6496.Indian HistoryEasy

Which Act of the British Parliament created the office of the Governor-General of Bengal?

  1. A.Regulating Act, 1773
  2. B.Pitt's India Act, 1784
  3. C.Charter Act, 1813
  4. D.Charter Act, 1833
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Correct answer: A. Regulating Act, 1773

It was the first attempt by the British Parliament to regulate the affairs of the East India Company: it redesignated the Governor of Bengal as the Governor-General of Bengal, gave him a Council of four, made Bombay and Madras subordinate to him and provided for a Supreme Court at Calcutta.

Q6497.Indian HistoryAsked in: Delhi · 6 Sept 2019, shift 3Easy

Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of Bengal in ______.

  1. A.1772
  2. B.1778
  3. C.1775
  4. D.1773
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Correct answer: D. 1773

The Regulating Act of 1773 changed the designation of the Governor of Bengal to Governor-General of Bengal and created an Executive Council of four members to assist him, and Warren Hastings, who had been Governor of Bengal since 1772, became the first holder of the new office.

Q6499.Indian EconomyHard

Which section of the Income Tax Act provides a tax deduction of profits to eligible startups for three consecutive years out of the first ten years?

  1. A.Section 80-IAC
  2. B.Section 80C
  3. C.Section 54
  4. D.Section 115BAA
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Correct answer: A. Section 80-IAC

It allows an eligible startup, recognised for the purpose and incorporated within the prescribed window, a deduction of one hundred per cent of the profits and gains from its business for three consecutive assessment years out of its first ten years, subject to conditions, and it must be claimed with…

Q6500.Indian EconomyHard

The first Production Linked Incentive scheme, notified in 2020, was for which sector?

  1. A.Speciality steel
  2. B.Textile products
  3. C.Large-scale electronics manufacturing
  4. D.Food processing
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Correct answer: C. Large-scale electronics manufacturing

The first PLI scheme was notified in 2020 for large-scale electronics manufacturing, with mobile phones and specified electronic components as its targets, and it was followed by schemes for pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices in the same year.