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.
The Victoria Falls are located on which river?
The Victoria Falls lie on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the Zambezi drops into a narrow basalt gorge; the local name Mosi-oa-Tunya means the smoke that thunders.
Read the full explanation →Which river crosses the Equator twice?
Its enormous basin lies on both sides of the Equator, so the river cuts the line twice before reaching the Atlantic.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest peak of Africa?
Its highest summit is Kibo, also called Uhuru peak, and it stands close to the Equator yet carries snow and shrinking glaciers, a favourite illustration of climate changing with altitude.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following sexually transmitted infections cannot be completely cured?
It is caused by a virus that stays latent in the nerve cells for life, so the attacks can be controlled with medicines but the infection cannot be completely cured; hepatitis B and HIV infection fall in the same group.
Read the full explanation →Why is colostrum, the first milk secreted after childbirth, important for the newborn?
Colostrum is the thin yellowish milk secreted in the first days after delivery and is rich in antibodies, especially immunoglobulin A, which pass to the baby and protect it from infection at a stage when its own immune system is immature; this protection is called passive immunity.
Read the full explanation →The Medical Termination of Pregnancy Act was amended in which year to raise the upper limit to twenty-four weeks for certain categories of women?
The amendment of 2021 kept termination up to twenty weeks on the opinion of one registered medical practitioner, allowed it between twenty and twenty-four weeks for certain categories of women such as survivors of rape or incest on the opinion of two practitioners, and removed the upper limit where a…
Read the full explanation →Saheli, the non-steroidal oral contraceptive pill, was developed at which Indian institute?
Saheli contains centchroman and is a non-steroidal pill taken once a week after an initial daily course, which makes it different from the combined hormonal pills that have to be taken daily and carry hormonal side effects.
Read the full explanation →In a normal 28 day menstrual cycle, ovulation occurs around which day and because of which hormone?
Rising oestrogen from the ripening follicle triggers a sharp rise in LH from the anterior pituitary in the middle of the cycle, and this surge bursts the mature Graafian follicle and releases the ovum.
Read the full explanation →Which hormone is secreted by the corpus luteum?
After ovulation the ruptured Graafian follicle turns into the yellow body called the corpus luteum, which secretes large amounts of progesterone to thicken and maintain the endometrium for implantation.
Read the full explanation →Which hormone is detected to confirm pregnancy in a urine test?
It is secreted by the trophoblast of the implanted blastocyst and then by the placenta, appears in the blood and urine within a few weeks of conception, and is unique to pregnancy, so test kits use antibodies against it.
Read the full explanation →The acrosome present in the head of a sperm contains
The acrosome is a cap-like structure over the sperm nucleus filled with enzymes that digest the layers around the egg so that one sperm can fuse with it.
Read the full explanation →What is the main function of the Sertoli cells in the testis?
Sertoli cells line the seminiferous tubules and provide nutrition and support to the germ cells as they divide and change into sperms, which is why they are called nurse cells; they are controlled mainly by follicle stimulating hormone.
Read the full explanation →Testosterone in the human male is secreted by which cells?
The correct answer is B, the Leydig or interstitial cells, which lie in the spaces between the seminiferous tubules of the testis and secrete androgens, chiefly testosterone, under the influence of luteinising hormone from the anterior pituitary.
Read the full explanation →In human beings, fertilisation normally takes place in which part of the female reproductive system?
The ovum released at ovulation is picked up by the fimbriae of the infundibulum and meets the sperm in the ampulla, the wide middle part of the tube, where fusion takes place to form the zygote.
Read the full explanation →Article 244A, inserted by the Twenty-second Amendment Act of 1969, empowers Parliament to create an autonomous State within which State?
Article 244A, added by the Twenty-second Amendment Act of 1969, allows Parliament by law to form an autonomous State within Assam comprising all or any of the tribal areas specified in the Sixth Schedule, and to give it a legislature or a council of ministers, or both, with powers it…
Read the full explanation →Grants-in-aid from the Union to a State for promoting the welfare of Scheduled Tribes and for raising the level of administration of Scheduled Areas are provided under which Article?
Its proviso directs that sums be charged on the Consolidated Fund of India as grants-in-aid to States for schemes of development approved by the Union for promoting the welfare of Scheduled Tribes and for raising the level of administration of Scheduled Areas, and it names Assam specially for the administration…
Read the full explanation →The Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, known as PESA, was enacted in which year?
Because Part IX of the Constitution does not extend of its own force to Scheduled Areas, Parliament enacted PESA in December 1996 on the recommendations of the Bhuria Committee, and made the Gram Sabha the pivot of village government in those areas, with powers over minor forest produce, minor water…
Read the full explanation →An Autonomous District Council under the Sixth Schedule has not more than thirty members. How many of them are nominated by the Governor?
Paragraph 2 of the Sixth Schedule provides that a District Council shall consist of not more than thirty members, of whom not more than four are nominated by the Governor and the rest are elected on the basis of adult suffrage.
Read the full explanation →Under the Fifth Schedule, the Tribes Advisory Council of a State consists of not more than how many members?
Paragraph 4 of the Fifth Schedule requires every State with Scheduled Areas, and if the President so directs a State with Scheduled Tribes but no Scheduled Areas, to set up a Tribes Advisory Council of not more than twenty members, of whom roughly three-fourths must be representatives of Scheduled Tribes…
Read the full explanation →Who has the power to declare an area as a Scheduled Area under the Fifth Schedule?
Paragraph 6 of the Fifth Schedule says that the President may by order declare an area to be a Scheduled Area, and may increase or decrease its area, alter its boundaries, rescind the declaration or make a fresh order after consulting the Governor of the State concerned.
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