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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

Q9061.Summits & ConferencesEasy

What is the theme of the BRICS Theatre Festival 2026 held in New Delhi?

  1. A.Shared Stories, Shared Futures
  2. B.One Earth, One Stage
  3. C.Theatre for a New World
  4. D.Building for Resilience, Innovation, Cooperation and Sustainability
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Correct answer: A. Shared Stories, Shared Futures

The correct answer is Shared Stories, Shared Futures, the theme under which the three-day festival opened at the National School of Drama in New Delhi and runs from 12 to 14 October 2026.

Q9062.EconomyMedium

Which organisation collects the price data used to compile India's Consumer Price Index?

  1. A.Reserve Bank of India
  2. B.Field Operations Division of the National Statistical Office
  3. C.Labour Bureau, Shimla
  4. D.NITI Aayog
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Correct answer: B. Field Operations Division of the National Statistical Office

Its field staff visit selected markets and villages on a weekly roster, covering 1,407 urban markets, including online markets, and 1,465 villages spread across all states and union territories; the response rate in September 2026 was 100 per cent in both the rural and the urban sample.

Q9065.Government SchemesMedium

The Khet Bachao Abhiyan, announced at the PMDDKY anniversary event, is aimed mainly at which objective?

  1. A.Promoting soil health through balanced use of fertilisers
  2. B.Doubling farm exports in three years
  3. C.Distributing free electricity connections to farmers
  4. D.Setting up new agricultural universities in every state
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Correct answer: A. Promoting soil health through balanced use of fertilisers

The campaign is to be organised across all states from 22 October to 30 November 2026, and the minister asked state governments and the authorities concerned to take part actively so that it reaches farmers.

Q9068.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2017, Paper IEasy

The Ninth Schedule was added to the Constitution of India by the

  1. A.Fourteenth Amendment
  2. B.First Amendment
  3. C.Ninety-Third Amendment
  4. D.Ninety-Ninth Amendment
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Correct answer: B. First Amendment

The Constitution (First Amendment) Act, 1951 inserted the Ninth Schedule along with Article 31B. Courts had begun striking down zamindari abolition and other land reform laws for violating the right to property.

Q9069.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IEasy

Which one of the following is the major function of platelets ?

  1. A.Clotting of blood
  2. B.O2 transport
  3. C.Immunity
  4. D.Phagocytosis
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Correct answer: A. Clotting of blood

Platelets, or thrombocytes, gather at a cut and start the process that forms a clot and stops bleeding. Platelets are tiny cell fragments without a nucleus, broken off from large cells called megakaryocytes in the bone marrow.

Q9070.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2023, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following statements is correct?

  1. A.Brahmi, used for writing many Ashokan inscriptions, shows local variations.
  2. B.The system of hieroglyphic writing was developed in ancient Mesopotamia.
  3. C.The system of cuneiform writing developed around 3rd millennium BCE in Egypt.
  4. D.An ancient script, Kharoshthi was widely used in the southern part of India.
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Correct answer: A. Brahmi, used for writing many Ashokan inscriptions, shows local variations.

Most Ashokan inscriptions are in Brahmi, and the script already shows regional differences in the shapes of its letters. Ashoka's edicts were written mostly in Prakrit, in the Brahmi script, which James Prinsep deciphered in 1837-38.

Q9071.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2024, Paper IMedium

Which among the following are the main ingredients for manufacturing of glass?

  1. A.Silica, sodium carbonate, borax, alumina and cullets
  2. B.Iron oxide, lead, sodium bicarbonate, alumina and cullets
  3. C.Magnesium carbonate, alumina, silica and cullets
  4. D.Iron oxide, sodium, alumina, silica and cullets
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Correct answer: A. Silica, sodium carbonate, borax, alumina and cullets

Glass is made by melting silica sand with fluxes and stabilisers, and this option lists the standard batch. Silica, from pure sand, forms the glassy network.

Q9074.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IMedium

Which one of the following is NOT correct ?

  1. A.The Average Revenue and Marginal Revenue curves of a perfectly competitive firm are perfectly elastic
  2. B.The Marginal Revenue curve of the monopoly firm is above its Average Revenue curve
  3. C.In the long-run, a competitive firm earns only normal profits
  4. D.In equilibrium, the Marginal Cost Curve of the monopoly firm may be rising, falling or constant
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Correct answer: B. The Marginal Revenue curve of the monopoly firm is above its Average Revenue curve

A monopoly's marginal revenue curve lies below its average revenue curve, not above it. A monopolist faces the whole market's downward-sloping demand curve, which is its average revenue curve.

Q9075.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IMedium

In human beings, certain chemicals which cross the synapse between nerve cells are released from

  1. A.cell body of nerve cell
  2. B.nucleus of nerve cell
  3. C.nerve endings of nerve cell
  4. D.axon of nerve cell
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Correct answer: C. nerve endings of nerve cell

Chemical messengers called neurotransmitters are released from the nerve endings, the tips of the axon, into the synapse. A nerve impulse travels from the dendrites through the cell body and along the axon as an electrical signal.

Q9078.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IMedium

The comparative advantage theory (CAT) is a trade theory that describes the basis of two nations engaging in trade. Which one among the following statements regarding the theory is not correct?

  1. A.David Ricardo was the author of the CAT.
  2. B.The CAT is explained in the book titled On the Principles of Political Economy and Taxation that was first published in 1817.
  3. C.According to the CAT, the nation which does not have absolute advantage in any goods cannot benefit from trade.
  4. D.The two nations that engage in trade can gain from specializing in the commodity in which they have a comparative advantage.
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Correct answer: C. According to the CAT, the nation which does not have absolute advantage in any goods cannot benefit from trade.

The whole point of comparative advantage is that a country gains from trade even when it has no absolute advantage in any good.

Q9079.Indian EconomyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IEasy

What does the term 'Orange Economy' refer to?

  1. A.Economic activities linked to creativity, culture and intellectual property that generate income and jobs
  2. B.Economic activities linked to desert ecosystems and their unique socio-environmental characteristics
  3. C.Economic activities linked to the aging population, including health care, leisure, and services for older adults
  4. D.Informal, unaccounted, or illegal economic activities that evade taxation and regulation
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Correct answer: A. Economic activities linked to creativity, culture and intellectual property that generate income and jobs

The orange economy is another name for the creative economy. The term was popularised by a 2013 Inter-American Development Bank book, and orange was chosen because it is often linked with culture and creativity.