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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

Q16261.Important Days & DatesMedium

World Health Day is observed on 7 April because on that date in 1948:

  1. A.the constitution of the World Health Organization came into force
  2. B.the United Nations was founded
  3. C.the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was adopted
  4. D.the Stockholm Conference on the environment began
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Correct answer: A. the constitution of the World Health Organization came into force

WHO became a specialised agency of the United Nations on 7 April 1948, and the first World Health Day was observed in 1950; the organisation announces a theme for the day each year and its headquarters are at Geneva.

Q16262.Important Days & DatesMedium

Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December, marks the adoption of which document?

  1. A.The Charter of the United Nations
  2. B.The Convention on the Rights of the Child
  3. C.The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
  4. D.The Montreal Protocol
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Correct answer: C. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights

The General Assembly adopted it on 10 December 1948 at Paris, and the observance of the anniversary began in 1950; the Declaration has thirty articles and is the most translated document in the world.

Q16264.Important Days & DatesEasy

United Nations Day is observed every year on:

  1. A.10 December
  2. B.24 October
  3. C.21 September
  4. D.16 October
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Correct answer: B. 24 October

On this date in 1945 the Charter of the United Nations came into force, after the required majority of signatory states had ratified it, and the General Assembly called upon members to observe the anniversary from 1948.

Q16265.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC CGL · 01 Dec 2022, Shift 1Hard

What theme was decided to celebrate the second ‘International Day of Yoga’ in India?

  1. A.Yoga for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals
  2. B.Yoga for Peace
  3. C.Yoga for Wellness
  4. D.Yoga for Heart
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Correct answer: A. Yoga for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals

The second International Day of Yoga fell in 2016, the year after the first observance of 2015, and the theme tied yoga to the Sustainable Development Goals that the United Nations had adopted in 2015, with the main event held at Chandigarh.

Q16269.Computer AwarenessHard

In which view of MS PowerPoint should you work if you want the title font and the background of every slide in the presentation to change at once?

  1. A.Normal View
  2. B.Slide Sorter View
  3. C.Outline View
  4. D.Slide Master View
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Correct answer: D. Slide Master View

The slide master holds the formatting that every slide built on it inherits — title font, body font, bullet style, background, colour scheme and the position of a logo — so one edit there updates the whole deck.

Q16276.Computer AwarenessAsked in: Delhi · 18th June 2019, Shift 3Hard

Which of the following statement(s) is/are incorrect?
(i) Pressing Ctrl + N in Microsoft PowerPoint adds a new slide to your presentation.
(ii) Presentation can be saved as PDF in Microsoft PowerPoint 2016.

  1. A.Only (i) is false
  2. B.Only (ii) is false
  3. C.Both (i) and (ii) are false
  4. D.Neither (i) nor (ii) is false
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Correct answer: A. Only (i) is false

Statement (i) is wrong because Ctrl + N opens a brand new, empty presentation; the key that inserts a new slide into the open presentation is Ctrl + M. Statement (ii) is true: PowerPoint 2016 can save or export a presentation as a PDF through Save As or Export, a…

Q16278.Books & AuthorsMedium

Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas, the book that divided Hindi literature into four periods, was written by:

  1. A.Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  2. B.Acharya Ramchandra Shukla
  3. C.Mahavir Prasad Dwivedi
  4. D.Shyam Sundar Das
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Correct answer: B. Acharya Ramchandra Shukla

His Hindi Sahitya ka Itihas set out the division into Adikal or Veergatha Kal, Purva Madhyakal or Bhaktikal, Uttar Madhyakal or Ritikal and Adhunik Kal, and examinations still follow that scheme; he was also a critic of standing, whose essays and work on Surdas are widely read.

Q16279.Books & AuthorsHard

Who was the first Hindi writer to receive the Jnanpith Award?

  1. A.Mahadevi Verma
  2. B.Ramdhari Singh Dinkar
  3. C.Sachchidanand Hiranand Vatsyayan ‘Agyeya’
  4. D.Sumitranandan Pant
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Correct answer: D. Sumitranandan Pant

He received the Jnanpith Award in 1968 for his collection Chidambara, the first Hindi writer to be honoured with it; the award itself began in 1965, when it went to the Malayalam poet G. Sankara Kurup.

Q16280.Books & AuthorsHard

The regional novel Maila Anchal was written by which Hindi author?

  1. A.Shrilal Shukla
  2. B.Hazari Prasad Dwivedi
  3. C.Phanishwar Nath Renu
  4. D.Bhisham Sahni
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Correct answer: C. Phanishwar Nath Renu

Maila Anchal, set in a village of north Bihar just after independence, is counted the first major regional novel, or anchalik upanyas, of Hindi; Renu also wrote Parti Parikatha and the story Maare Gaye Gulfam, on which a well known film was based.