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 UNESCO Memory of the World Programme was established in:
UNESCO set up the Memory of the World Programme in 1992, after recognising that war, neglect, damp, insects and illegal trade were destroying archives and manuscript collections across the world.
Read the full explanation →Which UNESCO programme is concerned with the protection of documentary heritage such as manuscripts and archives?
The Memory of the World Programme protects documentary heritage, which means manuscripts, archives, maps, printed material, photographs and sound and film recordings, and it keeps an International Register, regional registers and national registers.
Read the full explanation →Kozhikode, designated a UNESCO Creative City in 2023, holds which creative field?
Kozhikode in Kerala became India's first UNESCO City of Literature in 2023, recognised for a dense network of publishing houses, libraries and reading rooms, for Malayalam writing and for literary festivals held in the city.
Read the full explanation →Hyderabad was added to the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2019 as a city of:
Hyderabad was designated a UNESCO Creative City of Gastronomy in 2019 for a cuisine that grew in the kitchens of the Deccan courts, with Hyderabadi biryani, haleem, qubani ka meetha and the Irani chai of the city's cafes as its best known dishes.
Read the full explanation →Mumbai is a member of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in the field of:
Mumbai was designated a UNESCO Creative City of Film in 2019, on the strength of the country's oldest and largest film industry, which grew from Dadasaheb Phalke's Raja Harishchandra of 1913 and now produces films in Hindi, Marathi and several other languages from one city.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian city was designated a UNESCO Creative City of Music in 2023?
Gwalior in Madhya Pradesh joined the network as a City of Music in 2023, recognised for the Gwalior gharana, the oldest surviving gharana of khayal singing, and for its association with Tansen, the musician of Akbar's court, whose tomb and annual Tansen Samaroh are in the city.
Read the full explanation →Jaipur was included in the UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2015 under which creative field?
Jaipur joined the network in 2015 on the strength of its craft traditions, among them blue pottery, hand blockprinting, gem cutting, lac bangles, meenakari enamel and stone carving, and it was one of India's first two members along with Varanasi.
Read the full explanation →The UNESCO Creative Cities Network was created in which year?
UNESCO created the Creative Cities Network in 2004 to link cities that place their creative industries at the centre of local development, and a city joins in one of seven fields: Crafts and Folk Art, Design, Film, Gastronomy, Literature, Media Arts or Music.
Read the full explanation →In Government of NCT of Delhi versus Union of India (2018), the Constitution Bench of the Supreme Court held that the Lieutenant Governor of Delhi
The five-judge Bench read Article 239AA as a scheme of representative government and held that the Lieutenant Governor has no independent decision-making power; he must act on the aid and advice of the elected Council of Ministers except on public order, police and land, and where a law requires him…
Read the full explanation →The Union Territory of Lakshadweep falls under the jurisdiction of which High Court?
Lakshadweep lies off the Malabar coast and is within the jurisdiction of the High Court of Kerala, whose seat is at Ernakulam.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution deals with High Courts for Union Territories?
It provides that Parliament may by law constitute a High Court for a Union Territory or declare any court in such a territory to be a High Court, and it is under this article that the Delhi High Court Act, 1966 set up the only High Court a Union Territory…
Read the full explanation →The category of Union Territories was created, and the classification of states into Parts A, B, C and D abolished, by which amendment?
Acting on the report of the States Reorganisation Commission, Parliament passed the States Reorganisation Act, 1956 and the Constitution (Seventh Amendment) Act, 1956, which ended the four-fold classification of Part A, B, C and D states and left a single class of states together with a new class called Union…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Union Territories is not covered by the President's power to make regulations under Article 240?
Article 240(1) names the territories for which the President may make regulations for peace, progress and good government: the Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, and Puducherry, the last only while its assembly stands dissolved or suspended.
Read the full explanation →The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 came into force on which date, creating two Union Territories?
The Act was passed in August 2019 but the appointed day on which the former state was reorganised into the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, with a legislative assembly, and the Union Territory of Ladakh, without one, was 31 October 2019.
Read the full explanation →Article 239A, which allows Parliament to create a local legislature or Council of Ministers for a Union Territory, was inserted for which territory and by which amendment?
The Constitution (Fourteenth Amendment) Act, 1962 absorbed the former French settlements into India and inserted Article 239A so that Parliament could give such a territory a legislature and a Council of Ministers; Parliament then passed the Government of Union Territories Act, 1963, under which the Puducherry assembly of thirty elected…
Read the full explanation →Who functions as the Administrator of the Union Territory of Chandigarh?
Article 239(2) allows the President to appoint the Governor of a state as the administrator of an adjoining Union Territory, and under it the Governor of Punjab has been given additional charge as the Administrator of Chandigarh.
Read the full explanation →The Council of Ministers of the National Capital Territory of Delhi cannot have more than how many members, including the Chief Minister?
Article 239AA(4) says the Council of Ministers of Delhi shall consist of not more than ten per cent of the total number of members of its Legislative Assembly.
Read the full explanation →Which three subjects of the State List are kept outside the legislative competence of the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi?
Article 239AA(3)(a) lets the Delhi assembly make laws on the State List and the Concurrent List as they apply to the territory, but excludes Entries 1, 2 and 18 of the State List, which are public order, police and land, along with Entries 64, 65 and 66 so far as…
Read the full explanation →Article 239AA, which gives the National Capital Territory of Delhi its special status, was inserted by which Constitutional Amendment Act?
The Constitution (Sixty-ninth Amendment) Act, 1991 inserted Articles 239AA and 239AB, renamed the Union Territory of Delhi as the National Capital Territory of Delhi and provided it with a Legislative Assembly and a Council of Ministers.
Read the full explanation →Under which Article of the Constitution is every Union Territory administered by the President through an administrator appointed by him?
Article 239(1) provides that every Union Territory shall be administered by the President acting, to such extent as he thinks fit, through an administrator appointed by him with such designation as he may specify.
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