SSC CGL GK Questions 2026

The English East India Company opened its first factory in Bengal at Hugli in 1651, after Mughal permission to trade in the province in return for a yearly payment.

The Tehri Dam stands on the Bhagirathi in the Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, just below the point where the Bhilangana joins the river.

The tenth and last human Guru of the Sikhs founded the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib on Baisakhi day in 1699.

The Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Act was passed in 1969 and came into force on 1 June 1970. It followed the report of the Dutt Committee on industrial licensing, which found that economic power had gathered in a few business houses.

Article 234 of the Constitution says that appointments of persons other than district judges to the judicial service of a state are made by the Governor, following rules framed after consulting the State Public Service Commission and the High Court of that state.

Pinaka is the multi-barrel rocket launcher built for the Indian Army by DRDO's Armament Research and Development Establishment, Pune, and named after the bow of Lord Shiva.

Gamma rays sit at the far end of the electromagnetic spectrum, with the shortest wavelength and therefore the highest frequency and energy.

The correct answer is 20 to 25 participants, a cap the zoo keeps so that each walk stays a close and useful learning exercise rather than a crowd.

The correct answer is the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, the ministry that handles wildlife and biodiversity matters and under which the National Zoological Park works.

The correct answer is 47 species, with sightings of more than seven hundred and fifty individual birds during the walk.

The zoo has planned a week of walks and competitions in that window, among them a tree walk, a birds walk, a butterfly and dragonfly walk, a spider and insect walk, a reptile, amphibian and molluscs walk, a keeper's talk with enclosure enrichment, and contests in clay modelling, poster making…

Abhay Singh finished second in the men's singles draw, and the Prime Minister noted that the medal reflected years of hard work along with his skill and determination.

Harita Bhadra reached the podium in the women's 200m at her very first Asian Games, racing with confidence and determination according to the Prime Minister's message.

The correct answer is the Women's Long Jump, where Ancy Sojan finished with silver in a performance the Prime Minister described as strong and spirited.

The correct answer is Anahat Singh, who finished second in the women's singles squash draw and was praised for holding her own against some of the strongest players in the competition.

The Lalit Kala Akademi is the National Academy of Art and works under the Ministry of Culture, and it is this body that organises the National Exhibition of Art every year along with the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards.

Selection for this exhibition happens in two stages. The first-tier jury went through the entries and shortlisted two hundred and seventy artworks for presentation at the show.

These came from two thousand four hundred and ninety-five artists spread across twenty-seven States and Union Territories, which is why option A is a trap: that number counts the artists, not the works.

A second-tier jury, set up only to judge the prize entries, selected twenty artworks by twenty artists for the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards at the sixty-fifth National Exhibition of Art. Options A, B and D do not match the number announced by the Akademi.

The ministry exchanged agreements with Airbnb India for homestay development and host skilling, with FlixBus India for destination promotion and responsible travel through intercity mobility, with Glance Digital Experience of the InMobi Group for digital tourism content and responsible visitor messaging, with Eicher Group Foundation for community-led heritage tourism in…