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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

Q8423.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKEasy

Chromosomes are composed of DNA and:

  1. A.lipids
  2. B.vitamins
  3. C.proteins
  4. D.carbohydrates
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Correct answer: C. proteins

Chromosomes are made of DNA wound around proteins, mainly histones; together this DNA-protein material is called chromatin. In eukaryotic cells, a very long DNA molecule wraps around groups of eight histone proteins to form beads called nucleosomes.

Q8424.Computer AwarenessAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKEasy

Qubit refers to a two-valued quantity used in

  1. A.classical computers
  2. B.classical cryptography
  3. C.quantum computers
  4. D.lasers
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Correct answer: C. quantum computers

A qubit, short for quantum bit, is the basic unit of information in a quantum computer, just as the bit is in an ordinary computer.

Q8425.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKEasy

Photosynthesis that converts light energy into chemical energy by the plants, involves the use of green pigments of leaves called chlorophyll. The only structure in a leaf that hosts chlorophyll is:

  1. A.Nucleus
  2. B.Ribosome
  3. C.Chloroplast
  4. D.Chromosome
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Correct answer: C. Chloroplast

Chlorophyll is held in the chloroplasts, the green plastids of leaf cells where photosynthesis takes place. A chloroplast is a double-membrane organelle.

Q8426.Environment & EcologyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKMedium

Which one among the following Biosphere Reserves is spread over three states in India?

  1. A.Dehang Debang
  2. B.Nilgiris
  3. C.Nokrek
  4. D.Seshachalam
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Correct answer: B. Nilgiris

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve spreads across Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, meeting where the Western and Eastern Ghats join. Set up in 1986, the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was India's first biosphere reserve and in 2000 became the first in India to join UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Q8429.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

In human body, the cell growth and differentiation are highly controlled and regulated, but in cancer cells

  1. A.there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors
  2. B.controlled cell division and over-production of genetic material occur
  3. C.RNA is mutated and produced in less amount
  4. D.DNA is mutated and produced in less amount
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Correct answer: A. there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors

Cancer is uncontrolled cell division that follows the loss of the checks that normally govern growth. Normal cells divide only when signalled and stop when they touch neighbouring cells, a property called contact inhibition.

Q8430.Environment & EcologyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKMedium

Blue Baby Syndrome is caused by the contamination of

  1. A.nitrite (NO2)
  2. B.sulphite (SO3)
  3. C.nitrate (NO3)
  4. D.sulphate (SO4)
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Correct answer: C. nitrate (NO3)

Blue baby syndrome, or methaemoglobinaemia, strikes infants who drink water with excess nitrate, usually from fertiliser runoff or sewage. In an infant's digestive system, nitrate is converted into nitrite, which oxidises the iron of haemoglobin and turns it into methaemoglobin.

Q8432.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKEasy

Which of the following characteristics is common to hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide?

  1. A.They are all diatomic.
  2. B.They are all gases at room temperature.
  3. C.They are all coloured.
  4. D.They all have same reactivity.
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Correct answer: B. They are all gases at room temperature.

Hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide all exist as gases at about 25 °C and normal atmospheric pressure. Hydrogen boils at about −253 °C, nitrogen at −196 °C and oxygen at −183 °C, so all three are gases at room temperature.

Q8436.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

In 1911, who among the following introduced a bill in the Imperial Legislative Council for introduction of compulsory and free primary education in India?

  1. A.Dadabhai Naoroji
  2. B.Bal Gangadhar Tilak
  3. C.Sir Harcourt Butler
  4. D.Gopal Krishna Gokhale
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Correct answer: D. Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Gokhale moved the Elementary Education Bill in the Imperial Legislative Council in 1911 to make primary education free and compulsory.

Q8440.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKEasy

Consider the following statements about the microphone and the speaker of a mobile phone: 1. The microphone converts sound to a mechanical signal. 2. The microphone converts sound to an electrical signal. 3. The speaker converts a mechanical signal to sound. 4. The speaker converts an electrical signal to sound. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A.1 and 3
  2. B.1 and 4
  3. C.2 and 3
  4. D.2 and 4
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Correct answer: D. 2 and 4

A microphone turns sound into an electrical signal, and a speaker turns an electrical signal back into sound. Both are transducers, devices that change energy from one form to another.