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.
Where was the first edition of the CGIAR Science Week held?
The first CGIAR Science Week took place there in April 2025, and CGIAR used the occasion to launch its present research portfolio.
Read the full explanation →Which city will host the CGIAR Science and Partnership Week in April 2027?
CGIAR and the Indian Council of Agricultural Research announced on 30 October 2026 that the capital will host the CGIAR Science and Partnership Week from 12 to 17 April 2027, with more than 5,000 delegates expected.
Read the full explanation →Who co-chaired the 19th India-BLEU Joint Economic Commission on behalf of India?
He led the Indian side at the session in Luxembourg on 29 October 2026 and shared the chair with Filip Vanden Bulcke, Director-General for Geo-Economy and Economic Diplomacy in Belgium, and Henri Schumacher, Secretary General of the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs, Defence, Development Cooperation and Foreign Trade.
Read the full explanation →In the India-BLEU Joint Economic Commission, what does the abbreviation BLEU stand for?
The union ties the two neighbouring countries into one economic arrangement, and India engages with them jointly through a Joint Economic Commission whose nineteenth session met in Luxembourg on 29 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →Where was the 19th session of the India-BLEU Joint Economic Commission held?
The nineteenth session of the Joint Economic Commission between India and the Belgium-Luxembourg Economic Union met in Luxembourg on 29 October 2026, and the Ministry of Commerce and Industry announced the outcome the next day.
Read the full explanation →Which department conducts the nationwide Digital Life Certificate campaign for pensioners?
It notified the guidelines for the drive in an office memorandum dated 13 August 2026 and it is running the fifth edition from 1 to 30 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →How many digital life certificates is DLC Campaign 5 meant to generate through face authentication?
The campaign carries two numbers that are easy to confuse. The overall target is 2.30 crore digital life certificates, and within that total 1.50 crore are to be produced through face authentication technology.
Read the full explanation →In how many cities and districts will the fifth nationwide Digital Life Certificate campaign hold camps?
The Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare will open camps in 2000 cities and districts during the fifth nationwide Digital Life Certificate campaign, which runs from 1 to 30 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following teams was defeated by India to win the Women's Hockey Asia Cup title, 2017?
India beat China 5-4 in a penalty shoot-out after a 1-1 draw in the final at Kakamigahara, Japan, in November 2017.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is the most populated State in India as per Census 2011?
Of the four small states listed, Meghalaya had the largest population in Census 2011, about 29.7 lakh people. The question compares four of India's least populous states.
Read the full explanation →The valency of phosphorus is
Phosphorus has five electrons in its outer shell and shows two common valencies, 3 and 5. Phosphorus, atomic number 15, has the electronic configuration 2, 8, 5.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about the ICC under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup, 2024 is/are correct? 1. Australia won this title for the 4th time. 2. It was organised in South Africa. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Australia beat India in the final at Benoni, South Africa, in February 2024 to win their fourth Under-19 title. The 2024 tournament was first allotted to Sri Lanka but was moved to South Africa by the ICC.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following were awarded the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award 2024? 1. Shri Gukesh D 2. Shri Harmanpreet Singh 3. Shri Praveen Kumar 4. Ms. Manu Bhaker Select the answer using the code given below :
All four athletes received the Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna for 2024, presented by the President in January 2025. The Khel Ratna is India's highest sporting honour.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?
This statement is false, because yeast is one of the few fungi that are unicellular. In Whittaker's five-kingdom system, fungi form a separate kingdom.
Read the full explanation →The All India Census was 1. first attempted in 1872 2. regularly undertaken since 1881 3. always undertaken as a five-year exercise Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The first census was attempted in 1872 and it has been held regularly every ten years since 1881.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements with regard to Panchayats in India are correct? 1. Seats in a Panchayat are filled by direct election from the territorial constituencies in the Panchayat area. 2. The Gram Sabha is the body of persons registered in the electoral rolls relating to a village within the Panchayat area. 3. The Panchayats work on the principle of constitutional autonomy. 4. The State Legislature may by law endow the Panchayats with the power and authority to enable them to function. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Statements 1, 2 and 4 restate Part IX of the Constitution, while statement 3 is not part of the scheme.
Read the full explanation →Desalination of seawater is done by using reverse osmosis. The pressure applied to the solution is
Only a pressure greater than the osmotic pressure of seawater can push pure water backwards through the membrane. In ordinary osmosis, water moves through a semipermeable membrane from the dilute side to the concentrated side.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following temples of India has won the 'UNESCO Asia Pacific Award of Merit, 2017' for cultural heritage conservation?
Its careful restoration earned the Award of Merit in UNESCO's Asia-Pacific Awards for Cultural Heritage Conservation, 2017. The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple stands on Srirangam, an island in the Kaveri near Tiruchirappalli in Tamil Nadu.
Read the full explanation →The city of Cartagena, which is famous for Protocol on Biosafety, is located in
Cartagena is a port city on Colombia's Caribbean coast, where talks on the biosafety protocol were held in 1999. The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety is a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity of 1992.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following does not form oxide on reaction with oxygen?
Silver sits near the bottom of the reactivity series and does not combine with oxygen even when heated in air.
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