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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

Q11661.General ScienceAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPSSSC JE Mechanical 2016 Official PaperHard

A fluid in which resistance to deformation is independent of the shear stress, is known as

  1. A.Bingham plastic fluid
  2. B.Pseudo plastic fluid
  3. C.Dilatants fluid
  4. D.Newtonian fluid
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Correct answer: D. Newtonian fluid

In such a fluid the shearing stress is directly proportional to the rate of shear, so the coefficient of viscosity, which measures the resistance to deformation, keeps the same value whatever the stress applied; water, air, petrol and thin oils behave in this way.

Q11662.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 19 Sep 2019, Shift 2Hard

Centre of buoyancy is

  1. A.Centre of gravity of the body
  2. B.Centre of mass of displaced fluid
  3. C.Mid point between Centre of gravity and metacentre
  4. D.The point of intersection of buoyant force and centre line of the body
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Correct answer: B. Centre of mass of displaced fluid

The upthrust on a body is the resultant of the pressure forces of the fluid around it, and that resultant acts through the centre of gravity of the fluid the body has pushed aside, which is why the point is called the centre of buoyancy.

Q11663.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug, 2019, Shift 1Medium

What percent of the total volume of an iceberg floats above the water surface? Assume the density of ice to be 920 kg/m3 and the density of water to be 1000 kg/m3.

  1. A.6
  2. B.8
  3. C.92
  4. D.20
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Correct answer: B. 8

A floating body displaces its own weight of fluid, so the fraction of its volume that lies below the surface equals the ratio of its density to the density of the fluid, here 920 divided by 1000, which is 0.92.

Q11664.General ScienceAsked in: RRB Group D · 16 Oct 2018, Shift 2Medium

On which of the following factors does the magnitude of the buoyant force acting on a body in a given fluid depend?

  1. A.Weight of the body immersed in it
  2. B.Shape of the body immersed in the fluid.
  3. C.Density of the fluid and mass of the body immersed in it
  4. D.Density of the fluid and the volume of the body immersed in it
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Correct answer: D. Density of the fluid and the volume of the body immersed in it

By Archimedes' principle the upthrust on a body equals the weight of the fluid it displaces, and that weight is the volume of the body actually immersed multiplied by the density of the fluid and by the acceleration due to gravity.

Q11665.NationalEasy

Who is remembered as the founder whose vision shaped Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit University?

  1. A.Jawaharlal Nehru
  2. B.Lal Bahadur Shastri
  3. C.Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
  4. D.Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
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Correct answer: B. Lal Bahadur Shastri

The Vice-President traced the institution’s journey from a Sanskrit Vidyapeetha to a Central University and said the time had come for it to fulfil its founder’s vision by establishing itself as a leading international centre for Sanskrit studies.

Q11666.NationalHard

The Gyan Bharatam Mission, mentioned at the convocation, has a foundational corpus of how much?

  1. A.Rs 100 crore
  2. B.Rs 250 crore
  3. C.Rs 500 crore
  4. D.Rs 1,000 crore
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Correct answer: C. Rs 500 crore

The mission is meant to preserve and document India’s manuscript heritage and to bring it within reach of readers in the country and abroad, and the Vice-President cited it while asking teachers and students to seek out unpublished Sanskrit manuscripts, preserve them, edit them critically and publish them.

Q11668.Government SchemesEasy

The PRR Mechanism of MY Bharat is run by which ministry?

  1. A.Ministry of Education
  2. B.Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
  3. C.Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship
  4. D.Ministry of Culture
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports

The Union Minister of that ministry, Dr Mansukh Mandaviya, announced it with the remark that Yuva Shakti is the strength of a developed India.

Q11671.DefenceHard

Where is the 24th National Maritime Search and Rescue Board Meeting being held?

  1. A.Paradip
  2. B.Bhubaneswar
  3. C.Visakhapatnam
  4. D.Chennai
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Correct answer: B. Bhubaneswar

The board meeting is convened by the Indian Coast Guard under the chairmanship of its Director General, Paramesh Sivamani, and takes up national preparedness for rescue at sea, the management of distress alerts and faster movement of rescue assets through technology and coordination between agencies.

Q11672.DefenceEasy

How many international observers are attending SAREX-2026, and from how many countries?

  1. A.32 observers from 30 countries
  2. B.30 observers from 32 countries
  3. C.24 observers from 20 countries
  4. D.15 observers from 12 countries
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Correct answer: A. 32 observers from 30 countries

The number of observers is slightly larger than the number of countries because some nations have sent more than one representative, and the Ministry of Defence treats this international presence as a highlight of the drill, since it points to shared rescue protocols and the ability of different navies and…

Q11676.DefenceMedium

Mt Kamet, climbed by the joint Indo-Argentine Army expedition, is the highest peak in India after which two mountains?

  1. A.Mt Kanchenjunga and Mt Nanda Devi
  2. B.Mt Kanchenjunga and Mt Saltoro Kangri
  3. C.Mt Nanda Devi and Mt Trishul
  4. D.Mt Nun and Mt Kun
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Correct answer: A. Mt Kanchenjunga and Mt Nanda Devi

Mt Kamet stands in the Chamoli district of Uttarakhand and is the third-highest mountain within India, which places exactly those two peaks above it.

Q11677.EconomyHard

In the Special Purpose Vehicle formed for the Gwalior Telecom Manufacturing Zone, what is the equity split?

  1. A.Centre 51 per cent, state 49 per cent
  2. B.State 51 per cent, Department of Telecommunications 49 per cent
  3. C.Equal halves
  4. D.State 74 per cent, Centre 26 per cent
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Correct answer: B. State 51 per cent, Department of Telecommunications 49 per cent

The vehicle set up to build and run the zone gives the Madhya Pradesh government the controlling share and the Department of Telecommunications the rest, which makes the project an example of a Centre-state partnership where the state leads on the ground while the Centre funds the first phase.