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.
Sambhar, the largest inland salt lake of India, lies in which state?
Sambhar lake spreads across the Jaipur and Nagaur districts of Rajasthan and is the largest inland salt-water lake in India, a major source of common salt and a wetland where flamingos gather in winter.
Read the full explanation →The Luni river of Rajasthan rises near Ajmer and finally drains into
The Luni rises in the Naga hills near Ajmer in the Aravalli, flows south-west through Pali, Jodhpur, Barmer and Jalore and loses itself in the marshes of the Rann of Kachchh in Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →The Aravalli Range is an example of which type of mountains?
The Aravalli was folded in Precambrian times, long before the Himalaya existed, and hundreds of millions of years of erosion have worn it down to a chain of residual hills whose rocks carry zinc, lead, copper and marble.
Read the full explanation →Guru Shikhar, the highest peak of the Aravalli Range, lies in which district of Rajasthan?
Guru Shikhar stands on Mount Abu in Sirohi district and, at 1,722 metres, is the highest point of the Aravalli Range and of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Lakshadweep falls under the jurisdiction of which High Court?
Lakshadweep has no High Court of its own and falls under the jurisdiction of the Kerala High Court at Kochi, which is the nearest mainland coast and the state whose language, Malayalam, the islanders speak.
Read the full explanation →The only airport of Lakshadweep is located on which island?
Agatti has the only airport of Lakshadweep, so every visitor who flies to the territory lands there and travels on to other islands by boat or helicopter.
Read the full explanation →The islands then known as the Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands were renamed Lakshadweep in which year?
The group became a union territory on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act, when it was separated from the Malabar district of the old Madras State, and it carried the long name Laccadive, Minicoy and Amindivi Islands until 1973, when it was renamed Lakshadweep.
Read the full explanation →The Pitti Bird Sanctuary, an important nesting site for terns, is located in which union territory?
Pitti is a tiny uninhabited rock and sandbank in the Lakshadweep group, declared a bird sanctuary because terns, including the sooty tern and the brown noddy, nest there in large numbers.
Read the full explanation →Which is the smallest union territory of India by area?
The thirty-six islands, reefs and banks of Lakshadweep together have a land area of only thirty-two square kilometres, the smallest of any state or union territory of India.
Read the full explanation →How many islands of Lakshadweep are inhabited?
Lakshadweep is made up of thirty-six islands, reefs and submerged banks, of which ten are inhabited: Kavaratti, Agatti, Amini, Kadmat, Kiltan, Chetlat, Bitra, Andrott, Kalpeni and Minicoy.
Read the full explanation →On which island of Lakshadweep do the people speak Mahl, written in the Thaana script?
Minicoy, the southernmost island of Lakshadweep, stands apart in language and culture from the rest of the territory.
Read the full explanation →The Nine Degree Channel separates which two of the following?
The Nine Degree Channel runs between Minicoy, the southernmost island of Lakshadweep, and the main body of the group to its north, where Kalpeni lies.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest island of Lakshadweep by area?
Andrott, spread over about 4.9 square kilometres, is the largest island of Lakshadweep and also the closest to the Kerala coast.
Read the full explanation →What is the capital of the union territory of Lakshadweep?
Kavaratti is the capital and administrative headquarters of Lakshadweep, the seat of the Administrator appointed by the President, and the island where the naval base INS Dweeprakshak was commissioned in 2012.
Read the full explanation →The liquidity coverage ratio introduced under the Basel III framework requires a bank to hold high-quality liquid assets sufficient to meet its net cash outflows over a stress period of
The liquidity coverage ratio asks a bank to hold enough unencumbered high-quality liquid assets, mainly cash, balances with the central bank and government securities, to survive thirty calendar days of a severe stress scenario without fresh funding.
Read the full explanation →A sub-standard asset of a bank is reclassified as a doubtful asset when it has remained sub-standard for a period exceeding
Asset classification moves in steps. An account that stays overdue beyond ninety days becomes a non-performing asset and is first called sub-standard; once it has remained sub-standard for more than twelve months it is reclassified as doubtful, and it is called a loss asset when the bank or its auditors…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is shown as a contingent liability, that is, as an off-balance-sheet item, in a bank's accounts?
A guarantee becomes a payment only if the customer fails to perform, so it is not added to the totals of the balance sheet; Form A shows guarantees, letters of credit, acceptances and forward exchange contracts separately as contingent liabilities, and bills for collection appear as a contra item.
Read the full explanation →The capital to risk-weighted assets ratio that the Reserve Bank of India requires scheduled commercial banks to maintain as a minimum is
The capital to risk-weighted assets ratio, or CRAR, is Tier 1 plus Tier 2 capital divided by risk-weighted assets, and the Reserve Bank of India requires Indian scheduled commercial banks to keep it at a minimum of nine per cent, with a capital conservation buffer of 2.5 per cent of…
Read the full explanation →A loan account is classified as a non-performing asset when the interest or instalment remains overdue for more than
Under the income recognition and asset classification norms followed by banks in India, a term loan becomes a non-performing asset when interest or an instalment of principal remains overdue for more than ninety days.
Read the full explanation →Under which Schedule of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 are the forms of a bank's balance sheet and profit and loss account prescribed?
Section 29 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949 requires every banking company to prepare, as on the last working day of its accounting year, a balance sheet and a profit and loss account in the forms set out in the Third Schedule to the Act.
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