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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

Q8841.Indian PolityEasy

The administration and control of Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in States other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram is governed by which Article of the Constitution?

  1. A.Article 243
  2. B.Article 244(1)
  3. C.Article 245
  4. D.Article 246
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Correct answer: B. Article 244(1)

It states that the provisions of the Fifth Schedule shall apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in any State other than Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, while Article 244(2) applies the Sixth Schedule to the tribal areas of those four States.

Q8843.Indian PolityAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 4 Jan 2020, Shift 2Medium

How many states with Fifth Schedule Areas are covered under the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996?

  1. A.7
  2. B.9
  3. C.10
  4. D.13
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Correct answer: C. 10

PESA applies to the Scheduled Areas of Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha and Rajasthan, and these ten States must bring their Panchayati Raj laws in line with it.

Q8844.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2019Medium

Under which Schedule of the Constitution of India can the transfer of tribal land to private parties for mining be declared null and void?

  1. A.Third Schedule
  2. B.Fifth Schedule
  3. C.Ninth Schedule
  4. D.Twelfth Schedule
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Correct answer: B. Fifth Schedule

Regulations made by the Governor under paragraph 5(2) of the Fifth Schedule can prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of Scheduled Tribes, and a transfer made in breach of such a regulation is void.

Q8845.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC Civil Services · UPSC Civil Services Prelims 2022, 5 JuneMedium

If a particular area is brought under the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India, which one of the following statements best reflects the consequence of it?

  1. A.This would prevent the transfer of land of tribal people to non-tribal people.
  2. B.This would create a local self-governing body in that area.
  3. C.This would convert that area into a Union Territory.
  4. D.The State having such areas would be declared a Special Category State.
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Correct answer: A. This would prevent the transfer of land of tribal people to non-tribal people.

Paragraph 5(2) of the Fifth Schedule allows the Governor of a State to make regulations for the peace and good government of a Scheduled Area, and expressly permits regulations that prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of Scheduled Tribes.

Q8847.Indian HistoryHard

The Ad Dharm movement, which asked its followers to register themselves as a separate religious community, was founded in Punjab by whom?

  1. A.Mangoo Ram
  2. B.Guruchand Thakur
  3. C.Guru Ghasidas
  4. D.Ayyankali
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Correct answer: A. Mangoo Ram

After years of work in the United States, Mangoo Ram returned to Punjab and founded the Ad Dharm movement in 1926, arguing that the so-called untouchable castes were the original inhabitants of the land and formed a religion of their own; the census of 1931 recorded lakhs of people as…

Q8849.Indian HistoryMedium

Who started the Self-Respect Movement in 1925 in the Madras Presidency?

  1. A.C. Rajagopalachari
  2. B.E. V. Ramasamy Periyar
  3. C.T. M. Nair
  4. D.M. C. Rajah
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Correct answer: B. E. V. Ramasamy Periyar

He left the Congress in 1925 and launched the Self-Respect Movement, which rejected priestly ritual, conducted marriages without Brahmin priests and without religious ceremony, campaigned for widow remarriage and for women rights, and later turned into the Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944.

Q8851.Indian HistoryMedium

The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar. What did it provide?

  1. A.Separate electorates for the depressed classes
  2. B.Reserved seats for the depressed classes within joint electorates
  3. C.Reservation in government services for the depressed classes
  4. D.Abolition of untouchability by law
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Correct answer: B. Reserved seats for the depressed classes within joint electorates

The Communal Award announced by Ramsay MacDonald in August 1932 gave the depressed classes separate electorates.

Q8852.Indian HistoryMedium

The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam was founded in 1903 under the inspiration of which social reformer?

  1. A.Ayyankali
  2. B.Sree Narayana Guru
  3. C.Vitthal Ramji Shinde
  4. D.Mangoo Ram
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Correct answer: B. Sree Narayana Guru

The SNDP Yogam was founded in 1903 in Travancore under his inspiration, with Dr Palpu as the organiser and the poet Kumaran Asan as its first secretary, to work for the Ezhava community through schools, temples open to all and the slogan of one caste, one religion and one God…

Q8853.Indian HistoryMedium

The Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was led by B. R. Ambedkar to secure which right?

  1. A.The right to draw water from the Chavdar tank
  2. B.The right to enter the Kalaram temple
  3. C.The right to use the roads around the Vaikom temple
  4. D.The right to reserved seats in the legislature
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Correct answer: A. The right to draw water from the Chavdar tank

In March 1927 Ambedkar led thousands of people to the Chavdar tank at Mahad in the Kolaba district of Bombay Presidency and drank its water, asserting that a public tank opened by a municipal resolution belonged to every citizen.

Q8854.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · 22 Dec 2021, Paper 2 Social ScienceMedium

What is the name of Omprakash Valmiki autobiography in which he narrates a story of caste discrimination?

  1. A.Achhut
  2. B.Tiraskar
  3. C.Pichhra
  4. D.Joothan
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Correct answer: D. Joothan

Omprakash Valmiki published Joothan in 1997, and it is the best known Dalit autobiography in Hindi; the title refers to the leftover food that upper-caste households gave to Dalit families, and the book records humiliation in school, in the village and at work.

Q8856.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · 8 Jan 2022, Paper 2 Social ScienceEasy

Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by:-

  1. A.Jyotirao Phule
  2. B.Haridas Thakur
  3. C.B.R Ambedkar
  4. D.Ghasidas
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Correct answer: A. Jyotirao Phule

He founded the Satyashodhak Samaj, or Truth Seekers Society, at Pune in 1873, the same year in which his book Gulamgiri appeared.

Q8857.Indian EconomyMedium

Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, launched in 2015, promotes which kind of farming?

  1. A.Organic farming in clusters
  2. B.Contract farming for exports
  3. C.Floriculture in greenhouses
  4. D.Mechanised dry land farming
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Correct answer: A. Organic farming in clusters

The scheme, a component of the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture, groups farmers into clusters, supports them with training and inputs for organic cultivation, and certifies the produce through the Participatory Guarantee System of India, in which groups of farmers inspect and vouch for one another.

Q8858.Indian EconomyMedium

Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana, what monthly pension is assured to a small or marginal farmer after the age of sixty?

  1. A.Rupees 1,000
  2. B.Rupees 2,000
  3. C.Rupees 3,000
  4. D.Rupees 5,000
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Correct answer: C. Rupees 3,000

The scheme, launched in 2019, is a voluntary and contributory pension arrangement for small and marginal farmers between eighteen and forty years of age; the farmer contributes a monthly amount that depends on the age of entry, the Union government contributes an equal amount, and a pension of three thousand…

Q8859.Indian EconomyMedium

Har Khet Ko Pani and Per Drop More Crop are components of which scheme?

  1. A.Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana
  2. B.Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
  3. C.National Food Security Mission
  4. D.Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana
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Correct answer: A. Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayee Yojana

Launched in 2015, it brings irrigation work under one umbrella with the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme for major and medium projects, Har Khet Ko Pani for creating new sources, Per Drop More Crop for drip and sprinkler micro-irrigation, and watershed development for rainfed areas.