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 State Duma is a house of the legislature of
The Russian legislature is the Federal Assembly, and it has two houses: the State Duma, the lower house, whose members are elected, and the Federation Council, the upper house, which represents the regions of the federation.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the largest legislature in the world by number of members?
It is a single house body with close to three thousand members, chosen indirectly by the provincial congresses and the armed forces, and no other legislature comes near that size.
Read the full explanation →The oldest surviving parliament in the world, founded in the year 930, is the
The Althing was founded in 930 at Thingvellir, where free men gathered in the open to settle disputes and declare law, and it still functions as the legislature of Iceland, which makes it the oldest surviving parliament in the world.
Read the full explanation →The Diet is the name of the national legislature of
The Japanese legislature is the Diet, called Kokkai in Japanese, and it is bicameral: the House of Representatives is the lower house and the House of Councillors the upper.
Read the full explanation →The Knesset is the parliament of which country?
The Knesset is the single house legislature of Israel and has a fixed strength of 120 members elected by proportional representation; it sits at Jerusalem and its name comes from the assembly of the same size in ancient Jewish tradition.
Read the full explanation →World Food Day is observed on 16 October because the Food and Agriculture Organization was founded on that day in
The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded on 16 October 1945 at Quebec in Canada, and the day has been observed as World Food Day since 1981; its headquarters are at Rome.
Read the full explanation →National Milk Day is observed in India on 26 November to mark the birth anniversary of the man who led the dairy co-operative movement. He is
International Customs Day is observed on 26 January every year because on that date in 1953
That inaugural session took place in Brussels on 26 January 1953; the Council took the working name World Customs Organization in 1994, and 26 January is kept as International Customs Day, a date Indian students remember easily because it is also Republic Day.
Read the full explanation →National Farmers Day, Kisan Diwas, is observed in India on 23 December as the birth anniversary of
The correct answer is B, Chaudhary Charan Singh, who was born on 23 December 1902, served as Prime Minister of India and is remembered for the laws and the politics that put the peasant at the centre of Indian public life.
Read the full explanation →Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, declared by the United Nations, falls on
The United Nations General Assembly declared 27 June as Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day in 2017, in recognition of the share of such enterprises in employment and in world output.
Read the full explanation →World Savings Day, also known as World Thrift Day, is observed on
The day goes back to the First International Thrift Congress, held in Milan in 1924, whose closing day was 31 October; savings banks across the world have marked it since, and in India banks use it to promote small savings and deposit habits.
Read the full explanation →The International Day of Banks, declared by the United Nations General Assembly, is observed on
The United Nations General Assembly declared 5 December as the International Day of Banks in 2019, to recognise the part that banks, and especially development banks, play in financing sustainable development.
Read the full explanation →National Statistics Day is observed in India on 29 June, the birth anniversary of
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was born on 29 June 1893, founded the Indian Statistical Institute, gave the country its large-scale sample survey system and the statistical distance known by his name, and shaped the Second Five Year Plan.
Read the full explanation →GST Day is observed on 1 July every year to mark the coming into force of the goods and services tax in
The goods and services tax came into force on 1 July 2017, and the day is observed every year as GST Day.
Read the full explanation →Income Tax Day, or Aaykar Diwas, is observed in India on
Income tax was introduced in India on 24 July 1860 by Sir James Wilson, the first finance member of the Viceroy council, to repair the finances of the government after the revolt of 1857, and the Income Tax Department has observed the day since 2010, the hundred and fiftieth year…
Read the full explanation →National Consumer Rights Day is observed in India on 24 December because on that day in 1986
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was given assent on 24 December 1986, and the Department of Consumer Affairs observes that date every year as National Consumer Rights Day with a theme.
Read the full explanation →World Consumer Rights Day is observed every year on
World Consumer Rights Day takes its date from 15 March 1962, when United States President John F. Kennedy sent a message to Congress setting out the rights of the consumer, the first time a head of government did so; the consumer movement began observing the day in 1983.
Read the full explanation →Which award is given for the most beautiful goal of the year in football?
FIFA introduced it in 2009 for the most beautiful goal of the year, and it is named after Ferenc Puskas of Hungary, the forward of the great side of the nineteen fifties.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award, instituted in 1991?
The German midfielder, captain of the side that won the World Cup of 1990, was the first FIFA World Player of the Year when the award began in 1991; FIFA gave it until 2015, with the Ballon d’Or years of 2010 to 2015 in between, and replaced it with The…
Read the full explanation →The ICC Cricketer of the Year receives which trophy?
The International Cricket Council began its annual awards in 2004, and the cricketer of the year receives the trophy named after the great all-rounder of the West Indies; the first winner was Rahul Dravid of India, and Sachin Tendulkar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli have also received it.
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