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.
Who among the following founded the religion Din-i-Ilahi?
Akbar founded Din-i-Ilahi in 1582, a small spiritual order that he built out of ideas drawn from several faiths.
Read the full explanation →Karad, the city which fully segregates and processes its sanitary and biomedical waste, lies in which district?
The municipal council there collects 300 to 350 kg of sanitary waste a day from hospitals, clinics, households and other premises, placed red bins inside public toilets, and worked with women residents to form awareness groups that carried the message through residential areas.
Read the full explanation →How many plastic bottles and bottle caps were used in building the Aspirational Toilets at Koparkhairane, Navi Mumbai?
The structure built by the Navi Mumbai Municipal Corporation at Sector 14, Koparkhairane, uses 426 square metres of recycled plastic sheeting, which includes 5.3 metric tonnes of single-use plastic, and the builders also reused 85 repurposed computer keyboards and 284 kg of scrap metal.
Read the full explanation →The Sthree Toilet, built from a scrap bus for women travellers, is at a bus terminal in which city?
It holds three Indian-style and two Western-style commodes, a sanitary napkin vending machine and an incinerator for menstrual hygiene, and a dedicated space where mothers can feed babies and change nappies, while its sensor lights run on solar power the facility itself generates.
Read the full explanation →On which date was the Swachh Bharat Mission launched?
The correct answer is 2 October 2014, the date from which the mission counts the twelve years it now completes.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following states shared their experience of institutionalising SDG Budgeting at the Kolkata workshop?
The host state added a specific claim worth remembering: its Additional Chief Secretary for Finance said West Bengal has for the first time mapped its budget to the goal level of the Goals and has built the exercise into its Integrated Financial Management System.
Read the full explanation →The Guide on Mapping State Budgets to the SDGs, discussed at the workshop, was developed jointly by which three bodies?
The guide was taken up at the workshop as a working framework for aligning state budgets with the Goals, and the presence of the national auditor among its authors is the detail that gives the question its edge: tagging expenditure is not only a planning exercise but also one that…
Read the full explanation →How many States and Union Territories sent participants to the National Workshop on SDG Budgeting?
Alongside these participants, the workshop drew senior officials from NITI Aayog, the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India, the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, the Controller General of Accounts, the Department of Public Enterprises and the Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs, as well as the United…
Read the full explanation →Under which initiative of NITI Aayog was the National Workshop on SDG Budgeting at Kolkata organised?
The correct answer is the State Support Mission, the initiative under which NITI Aayog works with states on planning and budgeting, and under which this workshop was held with the Government of West Bengal and technical support from the United Nations Development Programme.
Read the full explanation →How much makhana and value-added makhana product did India export during FY 2025-26, according to the Bihar Agriculture Minister?
The correct answer is more than 7000 MT worth about USD 22 million, shipped to more than twenty international destinations during that financial year.
Read the full explanation →Through which Indian port did the makhana consignment to Greece sail?
The correct answer is Mundra Port, from which the shipment moves to the Piraeus Port in Greece.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian state accounts for roughly 80 to 85 per cent of the country makhana production?
Cultivation in the state is spread across more than thirty-five thousand hectares in ten districts.
Read the full explanation →APEDA facilitated the export of popped makhana from Purnea in Bihar to which country?
The consignment of popped phool makhana left Purnea in Bihar for Greece, sailing from Mundra Port in India to the Piraeus Port at the Greek end.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following did the Indian minister seek at the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting?
Speaking on updating the Most-Favoured-Nation principle, the minister said India trade with G20 members rests on a transparent, non-discriminatory and rules-based system, that this treatment guarantees the same terms to the smallest and the largest trader, and that consensus remains central to the organisation.
Read the full explanation →Which country did India back for the G20 Presidency in 2027 at the Milwaukee meeting?
The three wrong options are not random: the Indian minister held bilateral meetings on the sidelines of the Milwaukee meeting with the Minister for Trade and Tourism of Australia, the Minister of Commerce of Saudi Arabia, the Minister Delegate for Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness of France, the Minister for…
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution of India, cited by the minister at the G20 meeting, prohibits forced labour as a fundamental right?
Speaking on ending forced labour in global supply chains, the minister said India commitment to eliminating forced labour is absolute and unconditional, and that the Constitution forbids forced labour as a fundamental right enforceable by the Supreme Court.
Read the full explanation →In which American city was the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting attended by Piyush Goyal held?
The correct answer is Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where the Union Minister of Commerce and Industry joined the concluding day of the G20 Trade Ministers Meeting under the United States Presidency.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT covered by the benefit under Component II of RELIEF?
The cargo that does attract the benefit is of three kinds: a Full Container Load, where one consignor fills a whole container, a Less than Container Load, where a shipment shares container space with others, and a Reefer container, the refrigerated box in which perishables such as fruit, fish and…
Read the full explanation →Component II of RELIEF encourages exporters to obtain cover from which body, and at what level of risk coverage?
Component II nudges an exporter into taking Export Credit Guarantee Corporation cover for upcoming shipments to the specified regions, and that cover carries ninety-five per cent risk coverage, available on a Stand Alone Policy or a Whole Turnover Policy obtained on or after 16 March 2026.
Read the full explanation →What is the full form of RELIEF, the export intervention whose Component II timelines have been extended?
RELIEF is a time-bound intervention under the Export Promotion Mission and was launched on 19 March 2026 to support exporters struck by extraordinary freight escalation, higher insurance premia and war-related export risks arising on the Gulf and the wider West Asian maritime corridor.
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