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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

Q9901.General ScienceMedium

Bryophytes are called the amphibians of the plant kingdom because they

  1. A.grow only in water
  2. B.live on land but need water for reproduction
  3. C.can live in both salt water and fresh water
  4. D.change their form with the season
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Correct answer: B. live on land but need water for reproduction

Mosses and liverworts grow on damp soil, rocks and tree trunks, that is on land, but they have no vascular tissue and their male gametes must swim through a film of water to reach the female gamete, so reproduction fails without water; living on land and breeding in water is…

Q9903.General ScienceMedium

The cell wall of fungi is mainly made up of

  1. A.Cellulose
  2. B.Chitin
  3. C.Peptidoglycan
  4. D.Lignin
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Correct answer: B. Chitin

The wall of a fungal cell is built of chitin, a nitrogen-containing polysaccharide that is also found in the exoskeleton of insects, and it is one of the main reasons fungi were taken out of the plant kingdom and given a kingdom of their own.

Q9904.General ScienceEasy

Which is the basic unit of biological classification?

  1. A.Genus
  2. B.Family
  3. C.Species
  4. D.Order
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Correct answer: C. Species

A species is a group of organisms that resemble one another in all essential characters and that can interbreed to produce fertile offspring; it is the smallest and the basic unit of classification, and all higher ranks are built by grouping species together.

Q9905.General ScienceAsked in: Delhi · 3 Sept 2019, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following is an example of a green algae?

  1. A.Laminaria
  2. B.Sargassum
  3. C.Chlamydomonas
  4. D.Fucus
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Correct answer: C. Chlamydomonas

Chlamydomonas is a unicellular, flagellated member of the Chlorophyceae, the green algae, in which chlorophyll a and b give the plant its grass-green colour and the food is stored as starch.

Q9907.General ScienceEasy

Who is known as the father of taxonomy?

  1. A.Charles Darwin
  2. B.Carolus Linnaeus
  3. C.Ernst Haeckel
  4. D.Robert Hooke
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Correct answer: B. Carolus Linnaeus

The Swedish naturalist Carl von Linne, known in Latin as Carolus Linnaeus, arranged plants and animals in a hierarchy of ranks and gave biology the two-word system of scientific names in his works Systema Naturae and Species Plantarum, so he is called the father of taxonomy.

Q9908.Indian PolityHard

The definition of human rights in the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 refers to the rights embodied in which international instruments?

  1. A.The Geneva Conventions of 1949
  2. B.The two International Covenants of 1966
  3. C.The Rome Statute of 1998
  4. D.The Vienna Convention of 1961
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Correct answer: B. The two International Covenants of 1966

Section 2(1)(d) of the Act defines human rights as rights relating to life, liberty, equality and dignity of the individual guaranteed by the Constitution or embodied in these covenants and enforceable by courts in India.

Q9909.Indian PolityHard

The Chairperson of the National Human Rights Commission can be removed by the President on the ground of proved misbehaviour only after an inquiry by

  1. A.a committee of Parliament
  2. B.the Supreme Court
  3. C.the Central Vigilance Commission
  4. D.the Union Council of Ministers
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Correct answer: B. the Supreme Court

On a ground of proved misbehaviour or incapacity the President must refer the matter to the Supreme Court, and the Chairperson or member can be removed only if the Court, after an inquiry held in accordance with its own procedure, reports that the ground is made out.

Q9912.Indian PolityMedium

Which one of the following is a constitutional body?

  1. A.National Commission for Women
  2. B.National Commission for Minorities
  3. C.National Commission for Scheduled Castes
  4. D.National Commission for Protection of Child Rights
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Correct answer: C. National Commission for Scheduled Castes

The correct answer is C, the National Commission for Scheduled Castes, which stands on Article 338 of the Constitution; its companion bodies for Scheduled Tribes and for Backward Classes stand on Articles 338A and 338B, the last inserted by the One Hundred and Second Amendment in 2018.

Q9913.Indian PolityHard

In matters involving the armed forces, the National Human Rights Commission may

  1. A.conduct its own investigation through its investigation wing
  2. B.only seek a report from the Central Government and then make recommendations
  3. C.summon the officers concerned and punish them
  4. D.direct the court martial to reopen the case
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Correct answer: B. only seek a report from the Central Government and then make recommendations

Section 19 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 carves out a special procedure for the armed forces: the Commission may either not proceed with the complaint or seek a report from the Central Government, and after receiving that report it may make its recommendations; the Government must inform…

Q9914.Indian PolityHard

Within what period of the alleged violation must a complaint reach the National Human Rights Commission for it to inquire into the matter?

  1. A.Six months
  2. B.One year
  3. C.Two years
  4. D.Three years
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Correct answer: B. One year

The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993 bars the Commission from inquiring into any matter after the expiry of one year from the date on which the act constituting the violation of human rights is alleged to have been committed.

Q9915.Indian PolityMedium

Who heads the committee that recommends the appointment of the Chairperson and members of the National Human Rights Commission?

  1. A.The Chief Justice of India
  2. B.The President of India
  3. C.The Prime Minister
  4. D.The Union Home Minister
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Correct answer: C. The Prime Minister

The selection committee has six members: the Prime Minister as its head, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, the Leaders of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha, and the Union Home Minister; the President then makes the appointment on…

Q9917.Indian PolityEasy

The National Human Rights Commission of India was constituted under which law?

  1. A.The Human Rights Commission Act, 1991
  2. B.The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993
  3. C.The Protection of Civil Rights Act, 1955
  4. D.The Commissions of Inquiry Act, 1952
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Correct answer: B. The Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993

The Act began life as an ordinance in September 1993, and the Commission was constituted on 12 October 1993 with Justice Ranganath Misra, a former Chief Justice of India, as its first Chairperson.

Q9918.Indian PolityAsked in: Madhya Pradesh · MPPSC General Studies 2017 Official PapeMedium

The tenure of the chairman of the National Human Rights Commission is _________.

  1. A.3 Years
  2. B.4 Years
  3. C.5 Years
  4. D.6 Years
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Correct answer: A. 3 Years

The Protection of Human Rights (Amendment) Act, 2019 reduced the term of the Chairperson and the members of the Commission from five years to three years, or until they attain the age of seventy, whichever is earlier, and it also made them eligible for reappointment.

Q9919.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 7 March 2019, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following is a non-constitutional body of India?

  1. A.Finance Commission
  2. B.State Human Right Commission
  3. C.Union Public Service Commission
  4. D.Election Commission
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Correct answer: B. State Human Right Commission

A State Human Rights Commission is created by Chapter V of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993, an ordinary law of Parliament, so it is a statutory and not a constitutional body; Parliament could abolish it by amending that Act alone.

Q9920.Indian HistoryHard

Which committee of 1929 drew attention to the problem of wastage and stagnation in primary education in India?

  1. A.The Sadler Commission
  2. B.The Hartog Committee
  3. C.The Raleigh Commission
  4. D.The Wardha Committee
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Correct answer: B. The Hartog Committee

The correct answer is B, the Hartog Committee, which reported in 1929 that most children left school before becoming literate and that the hurried expansion of primary schools had produced wastage and stagnation; it recommended consolidation of existing schools rather than further expansion.