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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

Q9104.Government SchemesEasy

On which date was the PM GatiShakti National Master Plan launched?

  1. A.13 October 2021
  2. B.15 August 2021
  3. C.13 October 2022
  4. D.1 April 2020
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Correct answer: A. 13 October 2021

The idea was to put data held by different ministries, states and union territories onto one Geographic Information System platform so that road, rail, port, airport, waterway and utility networks could be planned together instead of in isolation.

Q9106.DefenceMedium

Which agency will supply Bharat Rice to the defence forces during the financial year 2026-27?

  1. A.Food Corporation of India
  2. B.NAFED
  3. C.Army Purchase Organisation
  4. D.State civil supplies corporations
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Correct answer: B. NAFED

The correct answer is NAFED, the National Agricultural Cooperative Marketing Federation of India Limited, which will supply the rice during the financial year 2026-27 after it is milled to prescribed defence specifications and cleared by quality-control checks.

Q9107.DefenceEasy

With which organisation did the Indian Army sign an MoU for the use of warehousing and material-handling resources during operational contingencies?

  1. A.NAFED
  2. B.Food Corporation of India
  3. C.Border Roads Organisation
  4. D.Central Warehousing Corporation
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Correct answer: B. Food Corporation of India

The MoU signed alongside the launch of Bharat Rice gives the Army a formal framework to use identified FCI warehouses, labour resources and material-handling equipment when operations require them, and it holds for five years with the option of extension by mutual consent.

Q9109.SportsMedium

Who became the first Indian woman to win gold in the individual women's trap event at the Asian Games?

  1. A.Naib Subedar Neeru Dhanda
  2. B.Havildar Sawan Barwal
  3. C.Naib Subedar Gulveer Singh
  4. D.Naib Subedar Sarvesh Kushare
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Correct answer: A. Naib Subedar Neeru Dhanda

She finished the Games with two gold and one silver, and her win in the individual women's trap event made her the first Indian woman to take gold in that shooting event at the Asian Games.

Q9115.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements regarding bile secreted by liver is not correct?

  1. A.Bile contains enzymes for digestion of lipids.
  2. B.Bile facilitates emulsification of fats.
  3. C.Bile neutralizes the acidic pH of the food coming from stomach.
  4. D.Bile makes the pH of the food alkaline and facilitates action of pancreatic enzymes.
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Correct answer: A. Bile contains enzymes for digestion of lipids.

Bile has no digestive enzymes at all; it only prepares fats for digestion by other enzymes. Bile is made by the liver, stored and concentrated in the gall bladder, and poured into the duodenum through the bile duct.

Q9118.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKMedium

Which of the following statements with reference to Surface inversion of temperature is/are correct ? 1. It causes instability in the lower layers of the atmosphere. 2. This inversion commonly lasts for a few hours until the Sun comes up. Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: B. 2 only

A surface inversion makes the lower air stable, not unstable, and it usually breaks up a few hours after sunrise.

Q9120.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKHard

Which one of the following is not a function of the pigment carotenoid ?

  1. A.Responsible for yellow-orange hues of autumnal leaves
  2. B.Protecting chlorophyll from photo-oxidation
  3. C.Photoprotective role in our eyes
  4. D.Reaction centre in the pigment system
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Correct answer: D. Reaction centre in the pigment system

The reaction centre of a photosystem is a special chlorophyll a molecule, not a carotenoid. In photosynthesis, pigments are grouped into photosystems.