SSC CGL GK Questions 2026

Jupiter is a planet; it does not make its own light and shines only by reflecting sunlight. A luminous object produces light of its own, as stars do by nuclear fusion in their cores, where hydrogen is turned into helium.

The liver cells (hepatocytes) are rich in smooth endoplasmic reticulum, whose enzymes break down drugs, alcohol and poisons into harmless forms.

Red biotechnology is the branch applied to medicine and health care, including the making of insulin, antibiotics and vaccines. Biotechnology is often divided by colour according to its field of use.

The districts taken from Awadh and given to Shah Alam II were Kora and Allahabad, not Banaras. After the Battle of Buxar (1764), Robert Clive signed two treaties at Allahabad in August 1765.

The triple point is the single temperature and pressure at which the solid, liquid and vapour phases of a substance exist together in equilibrium.

Transfer RNA picks up a specific amino acid and brings it to the ribosome, where it is added to the growing protein chain.

Cerium oxide (CeO2) strongly absorbs ultraviolet rays while letting visible light through, so it is added to glass to make it UV-protective.

Congress was represented by Jawaharlal Nehru and Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, its president, not by Sardar Patel. With Japan advancing in South-East Asia, the British War Cabinet sent Sir Stafford Cripps to India in March 1942, after he had persuaded it to accept a draft declaration.

Methanol (CH3OH) is called wood spirit or wood alcohol because it was first obtained by the destructive distillation of wood.

Where oil meets water, the unequal pull of their molecules sets up a surface (interfacial) tension that keeps the two liquids as separate layers.

Violet light has the shortest wavelength among the visible colours, so the medium bends it the most. The splitting of white light into its colours is called dispersion.

Mitochondria carry their own circular DNA and their own ribosomes, so they can make some of their own proteins. Mitochondria are the sites of aerobic respiration, where ATP is produced, which is why they are called the powerhouse of the cell.

Photosynthesis absorbs energy from sunlight to build glucose, so it is an endothermic process. An endothermic process takes in heat or light from its surroundings, while an exothermic one gives energy out.

In this 1992 case, also called the Mandal case, the Supreme Court held that the creamy layer must be kept out of OBC reservation.

The real interest rate is the nominal rate minus the rate of inflation: 24 minus 10 gives 14 percent. The nominal interest rate is the rate written on the loan, here 24 percent a year.

The product forms a coating that shuts the acid out. Calcium reacts with dilute sulphuric acid to give calcium sulphate and hydrogen gas: Ca + H2SO4 gives CaSO4 + H2.

The atomic number (Z) is defined as the number of protons in the nucleus of an atom. Every atom of an element has the same number of protons, so the atomic number identifies the element: hydrogen has 1, carbon 6 and oxygen 8.

India's net zero target announced at COP-26 is the year 2070, not 2047. At COP-26 in Glasgow in November 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced five commitments called the Panchamrit (five nectar elements).

The United Nations Sasakawa Award for Disaster Risk Reduction honours people and institutions that work to reduce the risk of disasters.

X-rays are electromagnetic waves with no electric charge, so electric fields cannot deflect them. X-rays were discovered by Wilhelm Röntgen in 1895, who won the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for it.