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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

Q16804.Computer AwarenessAsked in: Haryana · HSSC Staff Nurse 2019 Official PaperEasy

Which out of the following is used as an electronic spread sheet?

  1. A.Microsoft Word
  2. B.Microsoft Power point
  3. C.Microsoft Excel
  4. D.Microsoft Access
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Correct answer: C. Microsoft Excel

An electronic spreadsheet stores data in a grid of rows and columns and recalculates its formulas whenever a value changes, and Excel is the spreadsheet program of the Microsoft Office suite.

Q16808.Books & AuthorsMedium

The Sahitya Akademi has its headquarters in which of the following buildings?

  1. A.Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi
  2. B.Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi
  3. C.Shastri Bhavan, New Delhi
  4. D.Nirman Bhavan, New Delhi
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Correct answer: B. Rabindra Bhavan, New Delhi

The building on Feroze Shah Road, named after Rabindranath Tagore, houses all three of India's national academies, the Sahitya Akademi for letters, the Lalit Kala Akademi for the fine arts and the Sangeet Natak Akademi for the performing arts.

Q16815.Books & AuthorsHard

A recipient of the Jnanpith Award is presented with a bronze statue of which figure?

  1. A.Vagdevi, the goddess Saraswati
  2. B.Nataraja
  3. C.Goddess Lakshmi
  4. D.Gautama Buddha
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Correct answer: A. Vagdevi, the goddess Saraswati

Along with a citation and a cash prize, every Jnanpith laureate receives a bronze replica of Vagdevi, Saraswati as the goddess of speech and learning, which is a fitting emblem for a literary honour and a detail asked directly in objective papers.

Q16816.Books & AuthorsMedium

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

  1. A.Mahadevi Verma
  2. B.Ashapurna Devi
  3. C.Amrita Pritam
  4. D.Mahashweta Devi
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Correct answer: B. Ashapurna Devi

The Bengali novelist received the Jnanpith for the year 1976 for Pratham Pratishruti, the first book of a trilogy about three generations of women in a Bengali household, and she was the first woman to be honoured with the award.

Q16819.Books & AuthorsAsked in: SSC CHSL · 13 April 2021, Shift 3Medium

Who among the following was awarded the 55th Jnanpith Award?

  1. A.Amitav Ghosh
  2. B.Raghuveer Chaudhari
  3. C.Chandrashekhara Kambara
  4. D.Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
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Correct answer: D. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

The Malayalam poet, known simply as Akkitham, received the 55th Jnanpith Award, given for the year 2019. He was the sixth Malayalam writer to be honoured, the language whose G. Sankara Kurup had won the very first Jnanpith for 1965.

Q16820.Awards & HonoursMedium

The JCB Prize for Literature, instituted in 2018, is awarded for which category of writing?

  1. A.A distinguished work of Indian fiction, translations included
  2. B.Poetry in any Indian language
  3. C.Non-fiction on Indian history
  4. D.Writing for children
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Correct answer: A. A distinguished work of Indian fiction, translations included

The JCB Prize for Literature was instituted in 2018 for a work of fiction by an Indian writer, and a novel translated into English from an Indian language is eligible, with a separate sum going to the translator when a translated book wins.