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.
Which monument of Delhi was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 2007?
Shah Jahan built the fort between 1639 and 1648 as the citadel of his new capital Shahjahanabad, and it was inscribed on the World Heritage List in 2007.
Read the full explanation →New Delhi as a planned capital city was designed mainly by
After the 1911 announcement the two British architects planned the new capital, Lutyens designing the Viceroy's House, now Rashtrapati Bhavan, and laying out the central vista, while Baker designed the two Secretariat blocks on Raisina Hill and the circular Council House that became Parliament House.
Read the full explanation →The shifting of the capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was announced at the Delhi Durbar of
At the Delhi Durbar held on 12 December 1911, King George V, who had come to India for his coronation durbar, announced that the capital of British India would be moved from Calcutta to Delhi.
Read the full explanation →How many seats does the Legislative Assembly of the National Capital Territory of Delhi have?
The Delhi Legislative Assembly has seventy seats, all filled by direct election, and the Council of Ministers may not be larger than a tenth of that strength, which means at most seven ministers including the Chief Minister.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment Act gave Delhi a Legislative Assembly and named it the National Capital Territory?
It inserted Articles 239AA and 239AB into the Constitution, renamed the union territory of Delhi as the National Capital Territory of Delhi and gave it a legislative assembly and a council of ministers, with the arrangement coming into force in February 1992.
Read the full explanation →Which Metro system is the world's first completely green Metro system?
The Delhi Metro was the first metro and rail based system in the world to be certified by the United Nations for earning carbon credits, because its regenerative braking returns electricity to the grid each time a train slows.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a non-fund based credit facility of a bank?
In a non-fund based facility the bank does not part with money at the time the facility is granted; it only undertakes to pay if the customer fails to, and it charges a commission for that undertaking.
Read the full explanation →Under the Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana, a loan in the Kishore category falls in which range?
The Pradhan Mantri MUDRA Yojana was launched in April 2015 to refinance small business loans given by banks, non-banking finance companies and micro finance institutions to non-farm income generating activities.
Read the full explanation →The overall priority sector lending target for a domestic scheduled commercial bank is what proportion of its adjusted net bank credit?
A domestic scheduled commercial bank must lend forty per cent of its adjusted net bank credit, or of the credit equivalent of its off balance sheet exposure if that is higher, to the priority sector.
Read the full explanation →If the nominal rate of interest on a deposit is 7 per cent and inflation is 6 per cent, the real rate of interest is about
The real rate of interest is the nominal rate less the rate of inflation, so seven per cent minus six per cent leaves roughly one per cent.
Read the full explanation →Under the marginal standing facility, a bank borrows overnight from the Reserve Bank of India against which of the following?
The marginal standing facility lets a bank borrow overnight from the Reserve Bank by dipping into the government securities it holds for the statutory liquidity ratio, up to a prescribed share of its net demand and time liabilities.
Read the full explanation →A loan account of a bank is classified as a non-performing asset when interest or principal remains overdue for more than
Under the Reserve Bank's income recognition and asset classification norms, a term loan becomes a non-performing asset when interest or an instalment of principal stays overdue beyond ninety days, and a cash credit or overdraft account becomes one when it remains out of order for the same period.
Read the full explanation →Mortgage of immovable property in India is governed by which of the following Acts?
Section 58 of that Act defines a mortgage as the transfer of an interest in specific immovable property to secure a loan, and it names six kinds: simple mortgage, mortgage by conditional sale, usufructuary mortgage, English mortgage, mortgage by deposit of title deeds, which is also called an equitable mortgage…
Read the full explanation →In which of the following charges on movable property does the possession of the goods remain with the borrower?
In hypothecation a charge is created on movable property, such as a financed vehicle or the stock in a trader's shop, while the borrower keeps and uses the goods.
Read the full explanation →The base rate system introduced by the Reserve Bank of India in July 2010 replaced which of the following?
Under the BPLR system a bank announced a prime rate for its best customers and then lent to many borrowers below it, so the announced rate told a customer very little and the lending book was not transparent.
Read the full explanation →From which date did banks in India begin pricing new floating rate loans on the marginal cost of funds based lending rate, MCLR?
The Reserve Bank introduced the MCLR from that date so that the price of a loan would follow the marginal, that is the latest, cost of raising funds rather than the average cost of old deposits.
Read the full explanation →Which model of self help group is also known as the international model?
The South Asia Poverty Alleviation Programme model is called the international model of self help group formation because it was taken up with the support of the United Nations Development Programme and followed the same design across South Asian countries, beginning in India in the districts of Andhra Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →In the context of rural credit and micro finance, KCC stands for:
The Kisan Credit Card scheme was introduced in 1998 on the recommendation of the R V Gupta Committee and is worked by commercial banks, regional rural banks and cooperative banks.
Read the full explanation →Wangala, also called the Hundred Drums festival, is celebrated by which tribe?
Wangala is the post-harvest thanksgiving festival of the Garo tribe of Meghalaya, held in the autumn in honour of the sun deity Misi Saljong.
Read the full explanation →The Surajkund International Crafts Mela is held every year in which state?
The Surajkund International Crafts Mela is held every February at Surajkund in Faridabad district of Haryana, near the Delhi border.
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