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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

Q15103.Sports GKAsked in: SSC CGL · 05 Dec 2022, Shift 1Easy

Pivoting is related to which of the following sports?

  1. A.Hockey
  2. B.Volleyball
  3. C.Badminton
  4. D.Basketball
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Correct answer: D. Basketball

Pivoting is the legal turn in which a player holding the ball keeps one foot fixed on the floor, the pivot foot, and steps around with the other foot; it lets a player face the basket or protect the ball without being called for travelling.

Q15105.Sports GKAsked in: Delhi · 23 Oct 2019, Shift 3Easy

The term offside trap is used in -

  1. A.Football
  2. B.Badminton
  3. C.Tennis
  4. D.Table Tennis
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Correct answer: A. Football

An offside trap is a defensive tactic in which the defenders move up the field together at the right moment so that an attacking player is left beyond the last defender when the ball is played forward, and the referee then gives offside.

Q15107.Important Days & DatesMedium

The year 2025 was declared as the International Year of:

  1. A.Glaciers' Preservation
  2. B.Plant Health
  3. C.Artisanal Fisheries and Aquaculture
  4. D.Basic Sciences for Sustainable Development
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Correct answer: A. Glaciers' Preservation

The General Assembly declared 2025 the International Year of Glaciers' Preservation, to draw attention to the melting of glaciers that feed rivers such as the Ganga, the Indus and the Brahmaputra and to the risk this carries for water supply and for floods.

Q15108.Important Days & DatesHard

The year 2011 was observed as the International Year of:

  1. A.Biodiversity
  2. B.Forests
  3. C.Youth
  4. D.Cooperatives
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Correct answer: B. Forests

The year 2011 was the International Year of Forests, observed to show how forests support water, soil, climate and the livelihood of people who live in and around them; the same year was also the International Year of Chemistry.

Q15109.Important Days & DatesHard

The years 2022 to 2032 have been declared by the United Nations as the International Decade of:

  1. A.Indigenous Languages
  2. B.Healthy Ageing
  3. C.Ocean Science
  4. D.Water for Sustainable Development
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Correct answer: A. Indigenous Languages

After the International Year of Indigenous Languages in 2019 showed how many languages are close to disappearing, the General Assembly set aside the ten years from 2022 to 2032 as the International Decade of Indigenous Languages, with UNESCO as the lead agency.

Q15110.Important Days & DatesMedium

The United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration covers which period?

  1. A.2011 to 2020
  2. B.2015 to 2024
  3. C.2021 to 2030
  4. D.2022 to 2032
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Correct answer: C. 2021 to 2030

The Decade on Ecosystem Restoration runs from 2021 to 2030, the same ten years as the Sustainable Development Goals, and it is led jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme and the Food and Agriculture Organization; its aim is to revive damaged forests, wetlands, grasslands and coasts.

Q15111.Important Days & DatesHard

The year 2019 was declared the International Year of Indigenous Languages as well as the International Year of:

  1. A.Chemistry
  2. B.The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements
  3. C.Light
  4. D.Crystallography
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Correct answer: B. The Periodic Table of Chemical Elements

The year 2019 marked one hundred and fifty years since Dmitri Mendeleev arranged the elements in his table in 1869, and the United Nations declared it the International Year of the Periodic Table alongside the International Year of Indigenous Languages.

Q15112.Important Days & DatesMedium

The International Year of Pulses was observed in:

  1. A.2014
  2. B.2015
  3. C.2016
  4. D.2018
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Correct answer: C. 2016

The year 2016 was the International Year of Pulses, led by the Food and Agriculture Organization, and it drew attention to crops such as gram, arhar, moong, urad and masoor, which give protein cheaply and fix nitrogen in the soil.

Q15113.Important Days & DatesMedium

The year 2020 was observed as the International Year of:

  1. A.Soils
  2. B.Plant Health
  3. C.Family Farming
  4. D.Fruits and Vegetables
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Correct answer: B. Plant Health

The General Assembly declared 2020 the International Year of Plant Health to show how protecting plants from pests and diseases protects food supply, trade and the environment, and the Food and Agriculture Organization led the year.

Q15115.Important Days & DatesMedium

Which body declares an International Year?

  1. A.UNESCO
  2. B.The United Nations Security Council
  3. C.The United Nations General Assembly
  4. D.The Food and Agriculture Organization
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Correct answer: C. The United Nations General Assembly

An international year exists because the Assembly, in which every member state has one vote, adopts a resolution declaring it, usually on a proposal from one or more states.

Q15117.Important Days & DatesEasy

The year 2023 was observed as the International Year of:

  1. A.Pulses
  2. B.Millets
  3. C.Camelids
  4. D.Plant Health
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Correct answer: B. Millets

The United Nations General Assembly declared 2023 the International Year of Millets on a proposal moved by India and supported by more than seventy countries, and the Food and Agriculture Organization led the observance; India promoted the crops at home under the name Shree Anna.

Q15119.Computer AwarenessMedium

Which of the following is a NoSQL database?

  1. A.Oracle
  2. B.MySQL
  3. C.MongoDB
  4. D.Microsoft SQL Server
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Correct answer: C. MongoDB

MongoDB stores data as documents in a flexible, JSON-like form instead of as rows in tables with a fixed set of columns, and it is queried through its own interface rather than mainly through SQL, which makes it the standard example of a NoSQL database in exam papers.

Q15120.Computer AwarenessHard

Removing partial dependency of a non-key attribute on part of a composite primary key brings a table to which normal form?

  1. A.First normal form
  2. B.Second normal form
  3. C.Third normal form
  4. D.Boyce-Codd normal form
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Correct answer: B. Second normal form

A table is in second normal form when it is already in first normal form and no non-key attribute depends on only a part of a composite primary key; such a partial dependency is removed by moving that attribute into a table of its own.