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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

Q6861.Art & CultureMedium

The Great Banyan, one of the widest trees in the world, stands in which garden?

  1. A.Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bengaluru
  2. B.Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah
  3. C.Government Botanical Garden, Ooty
  4. D.National Botanical Research Institute garden, Lucknow
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Correct answer: B. Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Garden, Howrah

The garden at Shibpur in Howrah, across the Hooghly from Kolkata, was founded in 1787 by Colonel Robert Kyd of the East India Company and renamed after Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose.

Q6862.Art & CultureEasy

In Mughal architecture, the term charbagh refers to which feature?

  1. A.A garden built on four hillside terraces
  2. B.A garden divided into four parts by crossing walkways or water channels
  3. C.A group of four gardens built by four emperors
  4. D.A garden enclosed by four gateways
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Correct answer: B. A garden divided into four parts by crossing walkways or water channels

Charbagh means four gardens, and the plan is a walled square or rectangle cut into four equal quarters by two axes that meet at the centre, where a tank, a platform or a tomb is placed.

Q6863.Art & CultureMedium

Which monument is regarded as the first garden tomb built in the Indian subcontinent?

  1. A.Akbar's tomb at Sikandra
  2. B.Humayun's Tomb at Delhi
  3. C.The Taj Mahal at Agra
  4. D.The tomb of Sher Shah Suri at Sasaram
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Correct answer: B. Humayun's Tomb at Delhi

Humayun's Tomb was begun in 1565 by his widow Bega Begum, also called Haji Begum, with the Persian architect Mirak Mirza Ghiyas, and it is the first tomb in the subcontinent set at the centre of a charbagh crossed by water channels.

Q6870.Uttar PradeshMedium

The Research Designs and Standards Organisation of the Indian Railways is at:

  1. A.Gorakhpur
  2. B.Lucknow
  3. C.Prayagraj
  4. D.New Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Lucknow

RDSO is the research, design and standards wing of the Indian Railways and works from Manak Nagar in Lucknow. It frames the technical standards for track, bridges, rolling stock, signalling and traction, tests new designs, and certifies vendors, so almost every railway specification in the country carries its stamp.

Q6872.Uttar PradeshHard

The headquarters of the North Central Railway is at:

  1. A.Agra
  2. B.Jhansi
  3. C.Kanpur
  4. D.Prayagraj
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Correct answer: D. Prayagraj

The North Central Railway was created in 2003 with its headquarters at Prayagraj, then called Allahabad, and it works the Prayagraj, Agra and Jhansi divisions, which together carry the busy Delhi to Howrah and Delhi to Mumbai trunk routes across the state.

Q6878.Static GKHard

Which word was added to the Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius in 2021?

  1. A.Communiter
  2. B.Fortiter
  3. C.Celerius
  4. D.Pacem
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Correct answer: A. Communiter

The three word motto, faster, higher, stronger, was coined by Father Henri Didon and taken up by Pierre de Coubertin for the modern games; in 2021 the International Olympic Committee added the fourth word so that the motto now reads faster, higher, stronger, together, to stress solidarity along with individual…

Q6879.Static GKHard

Si vis pacem, cole justitiam, if you desire peace, cultivate justice, is the motto of which organisation?

  1. A.International Court of Justice
  2. B.International Labour Organization
  3. C.United Nations Security Council
  4. D.International Committee of the Red Cross
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Correct answer: B. International Labour Organization

The ILO was set up in 1919 under the Treaty of Versailles, became the first specialised agency of the United Nations in 1946, has its headquarters at Geneva and works on a tripartite basis with governments, employers and workers.

Q6880.Static GKMedium

The motto Bahujan Hitaya Bahujan Sukhaya belongs to:

  1. A.Doordarshan
  2. B.All India Radio
  3. C.Indian Railways
  4. D.Life Insurance Corporation of India
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Correct answer: B. All India Radio

The phrase, for the good of the many and the happiness of the many, comes from Buddhist usage and fits a broadcaster that reaches almost the whole population in many languages; All India Radio took its present name in 1936 and Akashvani was adopted in 1957.