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.
Under Component I of PM-SETU, how many of the 1,000 government ITIs are Hub ITIs?
Component I covers a thousand government Industrial Training Institutes, split into 200 Hub ITIs and 800 Spoke ITIs, so option D names the number of spokes rather than hubs.
Read the full explanation →What is the total outlay of the PM-SETU scheme for upgrading government ITIs?
The scheme is funded three ways: the Centre contributes ₹30,000 crore, the State governments ₹20,000 crore and industry ₹10,000 crore, which together make up the full outlay.
Read the full explanation →Which scientific institution works with the Environment Ministry and the Rajasthan Forest Department on the Bustard Recovery Programme?
The recovery programme is a joint effort of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the Rajasthan Forest Department and the Wildlife Institute of India, with technical collaboration from the International Fund for Houbara Conservation and funding support from National CAMPA.
Read the full explanation →The Great Indian Bustard is the State bird of which State?
The bird is the State bird of Rajasthan, and the Chief Minister called the day of its rewilding a day of pride for the whole State, noting that the species is part of the cultural heritage of the Thar and has been brought back from the brink of extinction.
Read the full explanation →At which protected area did India set in motion the release of captive-bred Great Indian Bustards into the wild?
The two captive-bred birds were moved from a soft-release facility at this park in the Thar desert, with the Union Environment Minister present at the site and the Chief Minister of Rajasthan joining by video conference during Wildlife Week 2026.
Read the full explanation →The anti-addiction programmes of the CBN Rajasthan Unit were held mainly in areas growing which licensed crop?
The bureau deliberately took its programmes into the licensed poppy-growing tracts of Rajasthan, holding meetings for cultivators in Kota, Jhalawar, Bhilwara, Chittorgarh, Pratapgarh and Udaipur districts, including villages such as Mangrol and one near Babrikhda in Jhalrapatan tehsil.
Read the full explanation →Under which campaign did the Central Bureau of Narcotics hold its drug-awareness session at the University of Kota?
The student session at the University of Kota was organised by CBN Kota under this campaign, with Deputy Narcotics Commissioner Naresh Bundel as chief guest and the university Registrar Murlidhar Pratihar present; participants ended the session by taking the Nasha Mukti Pledge.
Read the full explanation →The Central Bureau of Narcotics (CBN) functions under which Union ministry?
The release on the Rajasthan Unit’s anti-addiction programmes was issued under the Ministry of Finance, which is the parent ministry of the Central Bureau of Narcotics; the bureau licenses and supervises legal opium poppy cultivation.
Read the full explanation →National Anti-Drug Addiction Day is observed on the birth anniversary of which leader?
National Anti-Drug Addiction Day falls on 2 October, the birth anniversary of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi, and the Central Bureau of Narcotics tied its Rajasthan programmes to Gandhi’s message of self-discipline and social responsibility.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following earthquake waves are surface waves?
Earthquake waves fall into body waves, which travel through the interior of the Earth, and surface waves, which move along the surface, and the surface waves are called L waves, or long waves.
Read the full explanation →India is divided into how many earthquake zones (seismic zones)?
The Bureau of Indian Standards code IS 1893 divides the country into four seismic zones, numbered II, III, IV and V, where Zone V carries the highest risk and Zone II the least.
Read the full explanation →The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an understanding between the Indian National Congress and the ______.
The Lucknow Pact of December 1916 was an agreement between the Indian National Congress and the All India Muslim League, by which the Congress accepted separate electorates for Muslims and the two bodies placed a joint demand for self government before the British.
Read the full explanation →What was the name of the mega-ocean that surrounded the single continental mass before the continental drift as described by Alfred Wegener?
In the continental drift theory that Alfred Wegener put forward in 1912, the single land mass was Pangaea and the single mega ocean around it was Panthalassa, a Greek name meaning all sea.
Read the full explanation →When was the Muslim League founded?
The All India Muslim League was founded at Dhaka in December 1906, with Nawab Salimullah of Dhaka taking the lead and Nawab Mohsin-ul-Mulk and Nawab Viqar-ul-Mulk among its founders, while Aga Khan III became its first president.
Read the full explanation →The Earth has been divided into many time zones. How many degrees does each time zone covers?
The Earth turns through 360 degrees in 24 hours, so it covers 15 degrees of longitude in one hour, and each standard time zone is drawn one hour, that is 15 degrees, wide.
Read the full explanation →In which year Mahatma Gandhi organised a satyagraha in the Kheda district of Gujarat in the support of peasants?
Gandhi led the Kheda satyagraha in 1918, asking the government to remit land revenue after the crops failed in that district of Gujarat.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first part of India to hold an election based on universal adult franchise?
Manipur was the first part of India to hold an election on universal adult franchise, when its state assembly was elected in 1948 under the Manipur State Constitution Act of 1947.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following lakes is also known as the Srinagar's Jewel?
Dal Lake in Srinagar is called the jewel of Srinagar, because the houseboats, floating gardens and shikaras of the city sit on it.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first empire in ancient India to use elephants in its war on a large scale?
Magadha was the first power of ancient India to use elephants in war on a large scale, taking them from the forests of its east Indian heartland.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following states is the Sirki Waterfall located?
The Sirki Waterfall lies near Pasighat in the East Siang district of Arunachal Pradesh.
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