SSC CGL GK Questions 2026

Blood is filtered in the glomerulus of the nephron, and the filtrate that first enters the tubule still holds many useful substances.

Abscisic acid is the one plant hormone in this list that slows growth instead of speeding it up, which is why it is often called the stress hormone of plants.

White blood cells are usually about 8 to 20 micrometres across, larger than red cells but not in the range given here.

The Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana was launched on 1 May 2016 at Ballia in Uttar Pradesh. It is run by the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and gives a free LPG connection, with a deposit-free cylinder and a fitted regulator, to women of poor households.

The Third Battle of Panipat was fought on 14 January 1761 between the Marathas, led by Sadashivrao Bhau with Vishwasrao, and the Afghan ruler Ahmad Shah Abdali, who was helped by Najib-ud-Daulah of Rohilkhand and Shuja-ud-Daulah of Awadh.

The Kakrapar Atomic Power Station stands near Vyara in the Tapi district of Gujarat, on the bank of the Tapi river, and is run by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited.

Gases move across the cell membrane by diffusion, the spread of particles from a region where they are more concentrated to a region where they are less concentrated.

The Nizam of Hyderabad was the first Indian ruler to accept the Subsidiary Alliance, signing the treaty with Lord Wellesley in 1798, the year Wellesley took charge as Governor-General.

Nations send teams rather than lone players, so the standings are read country by country, and a side needs several players in form at the same time to finish near the top.

FIDE stands for Federation Internationale des Echecs, the French name by which the world chess federation is known, and it is the body that runs the Chess Olympiad as well as the authority that confers titles such as Grandmaster.

The message issued by the Prime Minister's Office on 28 September 2026 congratulated India's chess players on their success at the 46th FIDE Chess Olympiad, and it is that edition number which is the examinable fact in this item.

The Global Automotive Research Centre sits at Oragadam on the outskirts of Chennai and works under the National Automotive Board of the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

That is the total outlay of the PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement scheme, and within it Rs 780 crore has been earmarked for upgrading the testing agencies that certify vehicles in India.

GARC, which works under the National Automotive Board, is modernising its laboratories with funds from this scheme, and it has been allotted Rs 221.13 crore for the purpose.

Iron is a micronutrient, needed by plants only in very small amounts, and calcium is a macronutrient, needed in large amounts.

In the Census of 2011 the male literacy rate was 82.14 per cent and the female literacy rate was 65.46 per cent, so the gap between them was 16.68 percentage points.

The Gandhara School of Art, which grew in the north west around Taxila and Peshawar between the first and fifth centuries, was shaped by Greek or Hellenistic sculpture that had reached the region after Alexander's campaign and stayed on through the Indo Greek and Kushana rulers.

Arteries are the blood vessels that carry blood away from the heart to the different parts of the body. Because the heart pushes blood into them under high pressure, arteries have thick, muscular and elastic walls and no valves, and they are placed deep in the body.

The Citizenship Act of 1955 lays down five ways of acquiring Indian citizenship: by birth, by descent, by registration, by naturalisation and by incorporation of territory.

The Sutta Pitaka is the basket of the Buddha's discourses and is divided into five collections called Nikayas: Digha, Majjhima, Samyutta, Anguttara and Khuddaka.