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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

Q13804.GeographyAsked in: RRB Group D · 4 Dec 2018, Shift 2Easy

Which of the following states does NOT share its border with Nepal?

  1. A.Uttarakhand
  2. B.Himachal Pradesh
  3. C.Bihar
  4. D.Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: B. Himachal Pradesh

Himachal Pradesh lies west of the Nepal border, so it touches China in the north but never Nepal. Five Indian states share a boundary with Nepal - Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim - and the border runs for about 1,751 kilometres.

Q13805.General ScienceAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 5 (Civil Engineering) 2012Medium

Choose the correct statements from the following: 1. Hooke's law is valid up to the limit of proportionality. 2. Hooke's law is valid up to elastic limit. 3. Limit of proportionality is always less than the elastic limit. 4. Limit of proportionality is either equal to or less than the elastic limit. The correct answer is

  1. A.1 and 4
  2. B.2 and 4
  3. C.1 and 3
  4. D.2 and 3
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Correct answer: A. 1 and 4

Hooke's law holds only as far as the limit of proportionality, and that limit is either equal to or lower than the elastic limit, so statements 1 and 4 are the correct pair.

Q13806.GeographyAsked in: Bihar · 30 Sept, 2023Easy

The theory that states "pieces of the Earth's crust are in constant, slow motion driven by movement in the mantle" is called

  1. A.the theory of continental drift
  2. B.the theory of Pangaea
  3. C.the theory of plate tectonics
  4. D.the theory of plate boundaries
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Correct answer: C. the theory of plate tectonics

Plate tectonics says the Earth's rigid outer shell is broken into plates that keep moving slowly, carried by convection currents in the mantle below.

Q13807.Indian HistoryAsked in: Bihar · 46th BPSC Prelims (Held in 2004) OfficiaHard

The Chairman of the Joint Parliamentary Committee of the 1935 bill that led to the framing of the Government of India Act of 1935 was

  1. A.Linlithgow
  2. B.James Mcdonald
  3. C.Winston Churchill
  4. D.Clement Attlee
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Correct answer: A. Linlithgow

The Joint Parliamentary Committee that examined the White Paper on Indian constitutional reform was chaired by Lord Linlithgow, and its report of 1934 became the draft of the Government of India Act of 1935.

Q13808.GeographyAsked in: Bihar · 45th BPSC Prelims (Held in 2002) OfficiaMedium

Which important industry is located at Muri?

  1. A.Aluminium manufacturing
  2. B.Copper manufacturing
  3. C.Steel manufacturing
  4. D.Chemical Fertilizers
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Correct answer: A. Aluminium manufacturing

Muri, a town in the Ranchi district of Jharkhand, has a large alumina refinery, so it is remembered as an aluminium centre.

Q13811.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 10 March, 2023, Shift 4Medium

Ruler of which dynasty built the famous Iron pillar in Delhi?

  1. A.Gupta
  2. B.Pallava
  3. C.Maurya
  4. D.Pushyabhuti
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Correct answer: A. Gupta

The iron pillar that now stands in the Qutb complex at Mehrauli in Delhi carries a Sanskrit inscription in Brahmi script praising a king called Chandra, taken to be Chandragupta II of the Gupta dynasty, and it was raised in the fourth or early fifth century as a standard of…

Q13812.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC CHSL · 12 Oct 2020, Shift 1Easy

On which day is Constitution Day celebrated every year in India?

  1. A.2 October
  2. B.30 November
  3. C.15 October
  4. D.26 November
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Correct answer: D. 26 November

The Constituent Assembly adopted the Constitution of India on 26 November 1949, and the Government of India declared that date Constitution Day, or Samvidhan Divas, in 2015, the year of the 125th birth anniversary of Dr B. R. Ambedkar, who chaired the Drafting Committee.

Q13813.Static GKAsked in: SSC CHSL · 13 March, 2023, Shift 4Easy

Which Indian city is also known as Queen of Deccan?

  1. A.Ahmedabad
  2. B.Pune
  3. C.Amritsar
  4. D.Puducherry
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Correct answer: B. Pune

Pune stands on the Deccan plateau in Maharashtra, where the Mula and the Mutha meet, and it is called the Queen of the Deccan for its pleasant climate, its setting at the edge of the Sahyadri hills and its long standing as the seat of the Peshwas.

Q13814.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC CHSL · 17 March, 2023, Shift 4Easy

Law of Demand states that, there is a negative relationship between ________.

  1. A.demand for a commodity and its supply
  2. B.demand for a commodity and its price
  3. C.tax on a commodity and its price
  4. D.supply of a commodity and its price
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Correct answer: B. demand for a commodity and its price

The law of demand says that, other things remaining equal, a rise in the price of a good reduces the quantity demanded and a fall in price raises it, so the two move in opposite directions.

Q13819.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CHSL · 04 Aug, 2023, Shift 3Medium

The Second Anglo-Mysore War ended with the signing of which of the following treaties?

  1. A.Treaty of Mangalore
  2. B.Treaty of Arcot
  3. C.Treaty of Wandiwash
  4. D.Treaty of Madras
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Correct answer: A. Treaty of Mangalore

The Second Anglo-Mysore War ran from 1780 to 1784. Haidar Ali fought the English East India Company with the Marathas and the Nizam on his side, and after his death in December 1782 his son Tipu Sultan carried the war on and signed the Treaty of Mangalore in March 1784.