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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

Q15882.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 13 Aug 2021, Shift 1Easy

Which of the following places is famous for a copper mine?

  1. A.Khetri
  2. B.Keonjhar
  3. C.Gaya
  4. D.Satna
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Correct answer: A. Khetri

Khetri, in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, is famous for its copper mines. The Khetri belt runs along the Aravalli range, and its ore is mined and processed by Hindustan Copper Limited, which set up the Khetri Copper Complex there.

Q15883.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 22 Sept, 2025, Shift 2Medium

Choose the CORRECT statements about the Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project.

1. This project was inaugurated recently in Telangana. 2. It is the world's largest multi-stage, multi-purpose lift irrigation. 3. It is being built across the Krishna River.

Which of the statements given above is/are CORRECT?

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

Statement 3 is wrong because the Kaleshwaram project is built on the Godavari, not the Krishna. The scheme takes its name from Kaleshwaram in Telangana, near the point where the Pranhita joins the Godavari, and it was inaugurated in June 2019, which makes statement 1 correct.

Q15887.Awards & HonoursAsked in: SSC CGL · 01 Dec 2022, Shift 1Medium

Who among the following composers won the Grammy in 2015 for his album 'Winds of Samsara' – a collaboration with South African flautist Wouter Kellerman?

  1. A.Mano Murthy
  2. B.Raghu Dixit
  3. C.Subhashish Ghosh
  4. D.Ricky Kej
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Correct answer: D. Ricky Kej

Ricky Kej won the Grammy for Best New Age Album at the 57th Grammy Awards in 2015 for Winds of Samsara, made with the South African flautist Wouter Kellerman.

Q15892.GeographyAsked in: NDA · 17 Nov 2019Medium

Which one of the following statements about the Suez Canal is not correct?

  1. A.The Suez Canal was constructed in 1869
  2. B.It links the Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
  3. C.It has a six lock system and ships cross the different levels through these locks
  4. D.It has given Europe a new gateway to the Indian Ocean
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Correct answer: C. It has a six lock system and ships cross the different levels through these locks

It is a sea level canal: the Mediterranean and the Red Sea stand at almost the same height, so ships sail straight through without being raised or lowered.

Q15893.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · 18 Sept 2016Medium

The genetic material of bacteria is found in

  1. A.Nucleus
  2. B.Cytoplasm
  3. C.Cell membrane
  4. D.Ribosome
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Correct answer: B. Cytoplasm

Bacteria are prokaryotes, so their DNA lies free in the cytoplasm instead of being packed inside a nucleus. The single circular chromosome sits in a region of the cytoplasm called the nucleoid, which has no nuclear membrane around it.

Q15894.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · 10 Sept 2017Medium

Which one of the following statements about the Ilbert Bill is correct?

  1. A.It proposed that the Indian magistrates would try Europeans in criminal cases.
  2. B.It allowed Indians to file criminal cases against Europeans.
  3. C.It authorized Indian ICS officers to try Europeans in courts.
  4. D.It was an agitation led by Ilbert in support of the nationalists.
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Correct answer: A. It proposed that the Indian magistrates would try Europeans in criminal cases.

The Ilbert Bill of 1883 sought to remove the rule that European British subjects could be tried only by European judges.

Q15895.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · 6 Sep 2020Easy

Who among the following had organised, in 1904, a secret society of revolutionaries named Abhinav Bharat?

  1. A.Khudiram Bose
  2. B.Shyamji Krishna Verma
  3. C.Har Dayal
  4. D.V D Savarkar
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Correct answer: D. V D Savarkar

Vinayak Damodar Savarkar founded Abhinav Bharat at Nashik in 1904, together with his brother Ganesh. It grew out of an earlier group called Mitra Mela and took its name from Mazzini’s Young Italy, whose biography Savarkar translated into Marathi.

Q15896.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · 17 Apr 2016Easy

Which one of the following is the chemical name for baking soda?

  1. A.Sodium bicarbonate (Sodium hydrogen carbonate)
  2. B.Sodium carbonate
  3. C.Potassium bicarbonate (Potassium hydrogen carbonate)
  4. D.Potassium carbonate
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Correct answer: A. Sodium bicarbonate (Sodium hydrogen carbonate)

Baking soda is sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHCO3, a mild base made by the Solvay process from brine, ammonia and carbon dioxide.

Q15897.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · 17 Apr 2016Medium

The temperature at which solid melts to become a liquid at the atmospheric pressure is called its melting point. The melting point of a solid is an indication of

  1. A.Strength of the intermolecular forces of attraction
  2. B.strength of the intermolecular forces of repulsion
  3. C.molecular mass
  4. D.molecular size
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Correct answer: A. Strength of the intermolecular forces of attraction

Melting means breaking the particles free of the forces holding them in a fixed lattice, so a higher melting point means stronger forces of attraction.

Q15899.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · 6 Sep 2020Easy

Neutrons were discovered by

  1. A.James Chadwick
  2. B.Ernest Rutherford
  3. C.J. J. Thomson
  4. D.John Dalton
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Correct answer: A. James Chadwick

Chadwick discovered the neutron in 1932 and won the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1935. He bombarded beryllium with alpha particles and found that the radiation given off was not affected by electric or magnetic fields, yet could knock protons out of paraffin.