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.
Which one among the following is not a renewable energy source?
Nuclear power runs on uranium and thorium, mined minerals whose stock is finite, so it is a non-renewable source even though it is low in carbon.
Read the full explanation →In which layer of the plant tissue Guard cells are present ?
Guard cells are specialised epidermal cells that surround each stoma on the surface of a leaf. Each stoma is a tiny pore bordered by two guard cells, which are bean-shaped in most plants and dumb-bell shaped in grasses.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following schemes focuses on developing modern infrastructure and optimizing supply chain from farm to retail in Indian agriculture sector?
It is the umbrella scheme of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries for building modern infrastructure and an efficient supply chain from farm gate to retail outlet.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following novels won the Pulitzer Prize for the year 2017 in the Fiction category ?
Colson Whitehead's novel won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. The Underground Railroad follows Cora, a young woman who escapes a cotton plantation in Georgia.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following does NOT contain COOH group ?
Vitamin C has no carboxyl group; its acidity comes from an enol group in its ring. Ascorbic acid, C6H8O6, is a five-membered lactone ring carrying hydroxyl groups.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements on photoelectric effect is NOT correct ?
Above the threshold, the kinetic energy of the ejected electrons rises as the frequency of the light rises, so the statement that it does not change is wrong.
Read the full explanation →Let an electric current of 1.5 A flow through an incandescent lamp in a circuit. What is the amount of charge that flows through it in 10 ms?
Charge equals current multiplied by time, so Q = 1.5 A × 0.010 s = 0.015 C. Electric current is the rate at which charge flows, I = Q/t, so the charge that passes in a given time is Q = I × t. One ampere means one coulomb of…
Read the full explanation →In some viral infections, number of platelets are reduced quickly. Platelets are essential because :
Platelets plug a damaged vessel and start the chain that forms a clot. Platelets, or thrombocytes, are small cell fragments made from large cells called megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.
Read the full explanation →In which organism did Gregor J. Mendel conduct the experiment to explain principles of inheritance ?
Mendel worked out the laws of inheritance by crossing garden pea plants, Pisum sativum. Gregor Johann Mendel, an Austrian monk, carried out his hybridisation experiments between 1856 and 1863 in the monastery garden at Brno and published the results in 1866.
Read the full explanation →The capacity building programme on urban service delivery at Mussoorie is organised by NCGG under which department?
The National Centre for Good Governance works under this department and organises the Capacity Building Programme on Urban Service Delivery for Civil Servants of Multiple Countries, held at Mussoorie from 12 to 23 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →BHASHINI-enabled language technologies have been integrated across how many government platforms?
BHASHINI, which serves as India's Language Digital Public Infrastructure, has had its language technologies built into that many government platforms, and these include more than 800 government websites, so option D names only the websites and not the full count of platforms.
Read the full explanation →Which BHASHINI platform provided real-time English to Spanish translation at the NCGG programme in Mussoorie?
During the ice-breaking session of the capacity building programme on urban service delivery, the Digital India BHASHINI Division deployed Shrutlekh to translate speech as it was spoken, working in both directions between English and Spanish so that delegates from Spanish-speaking countries could take part without a language barrier.
Read the full explanation →According to the Prime Minister's address, what was India's growth rate in the April-June quarter this year?
Speaking at the forum, the Prime Minister said India's growth rate in the April-June quarter of this year stood at that level, and he described the growth as resting on a strong base.
Read the full explanation →India became the first G20 nation to source 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil fuels. When did it reach this mark?
Under the Paris Agreement, India committed in 2015 to meeting 40 per cent of its installed electricity capacity from non-fossil sources by 2030, and the Prime Minister told the forum that the country touched that level in November 2021 itself, nine years ahead of the deadline, becoming the first G20…
Read the full explanation →In which city was the Bloomberg New Economy Forum held when it came to India for the first time?
The Bloomberg New Economy Forum, which gathers business leaders, policymakers and delegates from many countries for discussions on the economy, technology, energy and global affairs, was held in India for the first time, and the Prime Minister addressed the gathering in the national capital.
Read the full explanation →In khadi spinning, one hank of yarn is equal to how much in length?
A hank is the unit in which a khadi spinner's work is measured, and one hank equals 840 yards of yarn in length and one pound by weight.
Read the full explanation →The Khadi and Village Industries Commission is a statutory body set up under an Act of which year?
KVIC is a statutory body established under the Khadi and Village Industries Commission Act of that year, and the Act is what gives the commission its mandate to plan, promote, facilitate, organise and assist village industries.
Read the full explanation →What were the sales of khadi and village industry products in 2025-26?
Sales of khadi and village industry products in 2025-26 reached this level, the highest ever recorded for the sector, with the count taken up to May 2026.
Read the full explanation →In the term 'Ashtalakshmi', used for India's North East, 'ashta' refers to which of the following?
The North East is described as the country's Ashtalakshmi, the eightfold form of prosperity, with each of its eight states standing for one form of that wealth.
Read the full explanation →How many students have taken part in the Ashtalakshmi Darshan Programme in the past year?
That is the participation figure the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region gave for the Ashtalakshmi Darshan Programme over the past year, and it is the number an examiner is most likely to lift from this news.
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