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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

Q7221.DefenceMedium

What share of the defence modernisation budget has been earmarked for procurement from Indian industry?

  1. A.50 per cent
  2. B.60 per cent
  3. C.75 per cent
  4. D.90 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 75 per cent

Describing the reforms in defence procurement, the Raksha Mantri said that this share of the modernisation budget has been set aside for buying from Indian industries, and that domestic firms are given priority through the Defence Acquisition Procedure and the Buy Indian-Indigenously Designed, Developed and Manufactured category.

Q7223.DefenceMedium

According to the Raksha Mantri, India annual defence production has risen to which level?

  1. A.Over Rs 1.78 lakh crore
  2. B.Over Rs 1.25 lakh crore
  3. C.Over Rs 2.45 lakh crore
  4. D.Over Rs 95,000 crore
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Correct answer: A. Over Rs 1.78 lakh crore

At the Defence Conclave the Raksha Mantri said defence production had reached a record of more than that figure, measured against Rs 40,000 crore in 2014, and that the sector is aiming at Rs 2 lakh crore this year and Rs 3 lakh crore by 2029.

Q7224.DefenceEasy

Which of the following is NOT part of the 5D Security Threat named by the Raksha Mantri at the Defence Conclave?

  1. A.Disinformation
  2. B.Deception
  3. C.Deterrence
  4. D.Destabilisation
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Correct answer: C. Deterrence

Speaking at a Defence Conclave in New Delhi, Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh described the security landscape of the digital age as hybrid, high-tech and hyper warfare, and listed a 5D Security Threat made up of disinformation, destabilisation, disruption, deception and destruction.

Q7226.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · CSE Prelims 2017, GS Paper IMedium

The object of the Butler Committee of 1927 was to

  1. A.Define the jurisdiction of the Central and Provincial Governments.
  2. B.Define the powers of the Secretary of State for India.
  3. C.Impose censorship on national press.
  4. D.Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.
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Correct answer: D. Improve the relationship between the Government of India and the Indian States.

The Butler Committee was set up to examine the ties between the British paramount power and the princely states. The Indian States Committee was appointed in 1927 under Sir Harcourt Butler, with its report coming in 1929.

Q7228.EconomyHard

What is the enhanced guarantee coverage available to women-led micro and small enterprises under the Credit Guarantee Scheme?

  1. A.75 per cent
  2. B.80 per cent
  3. C.85 per cent
  4. D.90 per cent
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Correct answer: D. 90 per cent

The scheme was framed to strengthen credit delivery to micro and small enterprises and to reach entrepreneurs who are unserved or underserved, and within it women-led units receive guarantee cover at that higher level together with a concession of 10 per cent on the guarantee fee.

Q7231.NationalHard

The DigiPost initiative, under which traffic e-challans issued by the Gujarat Police are transmitted digitally and delivered physically, was launched by which department?

  1. A.Department of Defence
  2. B.Department of Posts
  3. C.Ministry of Railways
  4. D.Ministry of Road Transport and Highways
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Correct answer: B. Department of Posts

The Department of Defence is wrong: it set up the e-Chhawani Helpdesk for grievance redressal, which is a different initiative from the same campaign.

Q7233.NationalMedium

Which department is the nodal department for Special Campaign 6 on Swachhata and disposal of pending matters?

  1. A.Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances
  2. B.Department of Personnel and Training
  3. C.Department of Posts
  4. D.Department of Expenditure
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Correct answer: A. Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances

Its Secretary, Smt. Nivedita Shukla Verma, chaired the third review meeting with the campaign's nodal officers, and its Additional Secretary, Shri Puneet Yadav, presented the progress made.

Q7234.EnvironmentMedium

By which year does the policy framework discussed at the meeting seek to balance ecological security with sustainable socio-economic growth in the Indian Himalayan Region?

  1. A.2030
  2. B.2035
  3. C.2040
  4. D.2047
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Correct answer: D. 2047

The minister told the meeting that there has been a concerted focus on a policy framework which holds ecological security together with sustainable socio-economic growth in the Indian Himalayan Region by that year, which is the hundredth year of independence and the horizon the government uses for its long-term goals.

Q7235.EnvironmentMedium

How many publications of the institute were released at the 27th meeting of the G.B. Pant Society of Himalayan Environment and Development?

  1. A.Two
  2. B.Three
  3. C.Four
  4. D.Six
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Correct answer: C. Four

The volumes released at the meeting deal with biodiversity and its conservation practices in the Bhagirathi Eco-sensitive Zone, with the Gangotri Glaciated System, with e-PBR governance for the Indian Himalayan Region, and with the Ramsar wetlands of the Indian Himalayan Region.

Q7236.EnvironmentEasy

Who chaired the 27th meeting of the G.B. Pant Society of Himalayan Environment and Development held in New Delhi in October 2026?

  1. A.The Union Minister for Jal Shakti
  2. B.The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  3. C.The Union Minister for Earth Sciences
  4. D.The Union Minister for Tribal Affairs
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Correct answer: B. The Union Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change

The society works on the environment and development of the Himalaya and falls within his ministry's charge, which is why the other options are wrong.

Q7237.NationalHard

How many Eklavya Model Residential Schools were said to be able to use the Adi Vaani platform in classrooms?

  1. A.More than 325
  2. B.More than 425
  3. C.More than 525
  4. D.More than 625
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Correct answer: C. More than 525

Representatives of the National Education Society for Tribal Students, which runs these schools, told the meeting that the platform could be taken into more than 525 Eklavya Model Residential Schools, which together teach over 1.7 lakh students, and that pupils, teachers and parents could also add stories and poems to…

Q7238.NationalEasy

Who chaired the first meeting of the Working Group on Tribal Languages held in October 2026?

  1. A.The Union Minister of Tribal Affairs
  2. B.The Chairman of the Bhasha Samiti
  3. C.The Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
  4. D.The Director of the Central Institute of Indian Languages
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Correct answer: C. The Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs

The correct answer is the Secretary, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Smt. Ranjana Chopra, who chaired the hybrid workshop and closed it by asking members to share details of the languages they have worked on so that these could be folded into the platform along with IIT Delhi.

Q7239.NationalMedium

The Adi Vaani platform, positioned as the National Tribal Language Repository, has been developed by the Ministry of Tribal Affairs in collaboration with which institution?

  1. A.IIT Kanpur
  2. B.IIT Delhi
  3. C.Tezpur University
  4. D.Central Institute of Indian Languages
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Correct answer: B. IIT Delhi

Adi Vaani has been built by IIT Delhi together with the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, and at the first meeting of the Working Group on Tribal Languages the institute asked the group for help in validating datasets, settling spelling and orthography, and developing subject vocabulary for planned pilots.