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 was the first recipient of the International Gandhi Peace Prize?
The first Gandhi Peace Prize, for 1995, went to Julius Nyerere, the first President of Tanzania, who was known for his belief in self reliance and non violent nation building.
Read the full explanation →The jury that selects the recipient of the Gandhi Peace Prize is chaired by which of the following?
The jury for the Gandhi Peace Prize is chaired by the Prime Minister, and its other members are the Chief Justice of India, the Leader of the single largest Opposition party in the Lok Sabha and two eminent persons.
Read the full explanation →The International Gandhi Peace Prize was instituted by the Government of India in which year?
The Government of India instituted the International Gandhi Peace Prize in 1995, the year of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, as an annual award for social, economic and political transformation achieved through non violence and other Gandhian methods.
Read the full explanation →The Nehru Trophy Boat Race, the best known of the snake boat races of Kerala, is held on which lake?
The Nehru Trophy Boat Race has been rowed on Punnamada Lake at Alappuzha since 1952, when it was instituted after Jawaharlal Nehru watched a race there, and the boats used are the long snake boats called chundan vallam.
Read the full explanation →Sagol Kangjei, a traditional sport of Manipur, is regarded as the forerunner of which modern game?
Sagol Kangjei is the Manipuri game played on ponies with a stick and a ball and is widely held to be the forerunner of modern polo, which British officers took up in Manipur and Cachar in the nineteenth century before it spread across the world; the Mapal Kangjeibung ground at…
Read the full explanation →Mallakhamb, a sport of wrestling and gymnastics performed on a pole, was declared the state game of which state in 2013?
Madhya Pradesh declared Mallakhamb its state game in 2013, and the question survives in paper after paper because the art itself is associated with Maharashtra, where it was revived in the nineteenth century as training for wrestlers.
Read the full explanation →Inbuan, a form of wrestling in which kicking is barred and the knee may not be bent, is a traditional sport of which state?
Inbuan is the belt wrestling of Mizoram, in which a wrestler grips a belt worn round the waist of the opponent and must lift him off the ground; kicking is not allowed and the knee may not be bent, and stepping outside the circle loses the bout.
Read the full explanation →Mardani Khel, the martial art identified with the patta and the vita, developed in which state?
Mardani Khel is the Maratha art of armed combat from Maharashtra, and it is identified by the patta, a straight sword fixed to a gauntlet that covers the forearm, and by the vita, a corded javelin.
Read the full explanation →Thoda, a traditional martial sport based on archery and contested between teams called the Pashi and the Saathi, is played in which state?
Thoda is the archery based contest of Himachal Pradesh, played around the Baisakhi season, in which two groups called the Pashi and the Saathi shoot blunt wooden arrows aimed below the knee of the opposing players, and dance and drumming accompany the contest.
Read the full explanation →Gatka, a martial art displayed at Sikh festivals, belongs to which state?
Gatka is the Punjabi martial art fought with the soti, a wooden stick, and the farri, a shield, and it is displayed at Sikh festivals such as Hola Mohalla.
Read the full explanation →Thang-Ta, also known as Huyen Langlon, is the traditional martial art of which state?
Thang-Ta is the armed component of the Manipuri martial system called Huyen Langlon, where thang means sword and ta means spear, while the unarmed component is called Sarit Sarak.
Read the full explanation →Silambam, a martial art of Tamil Nadu, is practised chiefly with which of the following?
Silambam is the staff art of Tamil Nadu, and the length of bamboo, usually about the height of the practitioner, is what identifies it in any list of weapons.
Read the full explanation →Kalaripayattu, one of the oldest martial arts in the world, is associated with which Indian state?
Kalaripayattu belongs to Kerala, takes its name from the kalari, the arena in which it is taught, and is usually described as among the oldest surviving martial arts in the world.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to travel into space?
He flew in 1984 aboard a Soviet mission under the Interkosmos programme and spent about a week in orbit, and his reply that India looked the best in the world from up there is often quoted.
Read the full explanation →Aditya-L1 is India's first mission to study which body?
Aditya-L1 was launched in 2023 and was placed in a halo orbit around the first Lagrange point between the Earth and the Sun, a position from which the Sun can be watched without eclipses, and it carries instruments to study the corona, the solar wind and solar flares.
Read the full explanation →The Mars Orbiter Mission of India entered the orbit of Mars in which year?
The spacecraft was launched by a PSLV in November 2013 and entered the orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014, which made India the first country to succeed at Mars on its first attempt and the first in Asia to reach Mars orbit.
Read the full explanation →Chandrayaan-1 is best remembered for which finding?
Chandrayaan-1 was launched in 2008, carried the Moon Impact Probe and instruments from several countries, and its data showed the presence of water molecules on the lunar surface, which changed the understanding of the Moon.
Read the full explanation →India's satellite launch range, the Satish Dhawan Space Centre, is at which place?
The correct answer is A, Sriharikota, an island on the coast of Andhra Pradesh, from which PSLV, GSLV and LVM3 flights take off.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of ISRO is located in which city?
The headquarters of ISRO and of the Department of Space are at Bengaluru, where the U R Rao Satellite Centre and the telemetry and tracking network ISTRAC are also located.
Read the full explanation →Which satellite was the first to be placed in orbit by an Indian launch vehicle?
The SLV-3 placed it in orbit on 18 July 1980 from Sriharikota, with A. P. J. Abdul Kalam as the mission director, and the flight made India a country able to launch its own satellites.
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