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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

Q8502.NationalMedium

The new Standard Treatment Guidelines on dermatological disorders cover which four traditional systems?

  1. A.Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy and Siddha
  2. B.Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy
  3. C.Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy and Sowa-Rigpa
  4. D.Siddha, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy
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Correct answer: B. Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy

The Ministry of Ayush has published a separate Standard Treatment Guidelines document for each of these four systems, and Yoga has been brought into the guidelines as an inclusion rather than as a fifth system with its own document.

Q8503.EconomyHard

At which academy did EPFO train departmental officers and employers on the amnesty provisions?

  1. A.Lal Bahadur Shastri National Academy of Administration
  2. B.Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security
  3. C.National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes and Narcotics
  4. D.National Institute of Financial Management
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Correct answer: B. Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya National Academy of Social Security

Training was delivered along two tracks, through online modules and physically at this academy, for departmental officers and employers alike, while the Exemption Division at the head office ran dedicated hybrid programmes for field officials posted across the country.

Q8504.EconomyHard

Which of these conditions is NOT waived for a trust regularised under the Amnesty Scheme, 2026?

  1. A.Minimum employee headcount
  2. B.Size of the corpus
  3. C.The three-year compliance rule
  4. D.Recognition by the Income Tax Department
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Correct answer: D. Recognition by the Income Tax Department

That recognition is not waived at all; it is the very qualification a trust must already possess to be eligible, since the scheme is aimed at trusts recognised under the Income Tax Act, 1961 that nevertheless lack a formal exemption order.

Q8505.EconomyMedium

A formal exemption order for a Provident Fund Trust is granted under section 17 of which Act?

  1. A.The Income Tax Act, 1961
  2. B.The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952
  3. C.The Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972
  4. D.The Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948
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Correct answer: B. The Employees' Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952

Section 17 of this Act is the provision under which a formal exemption order is granted to a Provident Fund Trust; the comparable provision in the newer law is section 143 of the Code on Social Security, 2020.

Q8507.DefenceMedium

What does the crest of the Indian Navy's Multi-Purpose Vessel Samarthak depict?

  1. A.A tiger leaping over a wave
  2. B.An Indian elephant emerging from the waves
  3. C.A golden eagle above an anchor
  4. D.A trident crossed with a sword
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Correct answer: B. An Indian elephant emerging from the waves

The crest was designed around the formidable Indian elephant to convey strength, intelligence and agility, the qualities the Navy associates with this class of ship.

Q8511.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKEasy

In a periscope, the two plane mirrors are kept

  1. A.parallel to each other
  2. B.perpendicular to each other
  3. C.at an angle of 60° with each other
  4. D.at an angle of 45° with each other
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Correct answer: A. parallel to each other

A simple periscope has two plane mirrors facing each other in parallel, each tilted at 45° to the tube. Light from the object enters the top opening and strikes the upper mirror, which is set at 45° and turns the light through 90° down the tube.

Q8514.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements about variations is not true?

  1. A.Variation is minimum in asexual reproduction.
  2. B.All variations in a species have equal chances of survival.
  3. C.Changes in genetic constitution result in variation.
  4. D.Variants can be selected by environmental factors.
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Correct answer: B. All variations in a species have equal chances of survival.

This is false, because variations differ in how well they suit the environment, and that difference is the basis of natural selection.

Q8515.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

While burning hydrocarbon fuels, if we see a yellow flame with lots of black smoke, it means that the fuel is:

  1. A.made of saturated hydrocarbons.
  2. B.made of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
  3. C.burning completely.
  4. D.wet.
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Correct answer: B. made of unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Unsaturated hydrocarbons have a high carbon content and burn with a yellow, sooty flame, while saturated ones usually burn with a clean blue flame.

Q8518.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.

Q8519.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.

Q8520.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.