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.
How many banks were nationalized in India in 1980?
On 15 April 1980 the government nationalised six more private banks, each with deposits of over ₹200 crore, which raised the number of nationalised banks to 20.
Read the full explanation →Match List – I with List – II and select the correct answer using the codes given below:
List – I (Mining Area) – List – II (Mineral Wealth)
1. Kalahandi – i. Gold
2. Zawar – ii. Copper
3. Kolar – iii. Bauxite
4. Mosabani – iv. Zinc and Lead
Codes: 1 2 3 4
Kalahandi in Odisha is known for the large bauxite deposits of the Eastern Ghats; Zawar near Udaipur in Rajasthan is India’s best-known zinc and lead mine, worked since ancient times; Kolar in Karnataka is famous for the Kolar Gold Fields, among the deepest gold mines in the world until they…
Read the full explanation →The Southern Oscillation is an oscillation pattern between which of these two oceans?
The Southern Oscillation is a see-saw in air pressure between the tropical eastern Pacific and the Indian Ocean: when pressure is high over one, it is low over the other.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following States recorded the lowest decadal growth rate of population, according to the 2011 census?
In the 2011 Census, Nagaland was the only state whose population actually fell, with a decadal growth rate of about minus 0.6 per cent for 2001–2011, the lowest in India.
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List – I (Grassland) – List – II (Country/Continent)
a. Steppes – 1. United States of America
b. Prairies – 2. South Africa
c. Velds – 3. Russia
d. Downs – 4. Australia
Codes: a b c d
The Steppes are the temperate grasslands of Eurasia, stretching across Russia, Ukraine and Kazakhstan; the Prairies cover the central plains of the United States and Canada; the Velds are the grassy plateaus of South Africa; and the Downs are the grasslands of south-eastern Australia, famous for sheep rearing and merino…
Read the full explanation →Match the following pairs and identify the correct code:
River – Region of origin
(1) Kaveri – (i) Satpura Range
(2) Sabarmati – (ii) Brahmagiri Hills
(3) Tapti (Tapi) – (iii) Mewar Hills
(4) Damodar – (iv) Chhotanagpur Plateau
Code: (1) (2) (3) (4)
The Kaveri rises at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri hills of Kodagu in Karnataka; the Sabarmati begins in the Aravalli hills of Mewar in Udaipur district of Rajasthan; the Tapti rises near Multai in Betul district, on the Satpura range of Madhya Pradesh; and the Damodar starts on the Chhotanagpur plateau…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is not correctly matched?
Article of the Indian Constitution – Related State
Article 371C makes special provision for Manipur, not Meghalaya: the President may provide for a committee of the Legislative Assembly made up of members elected from the Hill Areas, and the Governor reports to the President on the administration of those areas.
Read the full explanation →The power of the Supreme Court of India to decide the dispute between the Centre and States falls under which jurisdiction?
Under Article 131, only the Supreme Court can hear disputes between the Centre and one or more states, between the Centre and some states on one side and other states on the other, and between two or more states.
Read the full explanation →The 91st Amendment of the Indian Constitution provides for:
The 91st Amendment Act, 2003 capped the total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister or the Chief Minister, at 15 per cent of the total strength of the Lok Sabha or the state Legislative Assembly.
Read the full explanation →Who decides whether a bill is a money bill or not in the State?
Under Article 199(3), if a question arises whether a bill is a Money Bill, the decision of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly is final.
Read the full explanation →An amendment of the Constitution will require ratification by the legislatures of not less than one-half of the States:
Article 279A creates the GST Council, and the 101st Amendment of 2016 added it to the proviso to Article 368(2), so changing it needs a special majority of Parliament plus ratification by at least half of the state legislatures.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Act provided for communal representation in British India?
The Indian Councils Act of 1909, known as the Morley-Minto Reforms, first gave Muslims separate electorates, in which only Muslim voters could elect Muslim members.
Read the full explanation →In which Veda have the Sabha and the Samiti been declared as separate institutions?
The Atharvaveda calls the Sabha and the Samiti the two daughters of Prajapati, which shows that they were seen as two separate popular bodies.
Read the full explanation →According to tradition, what is the number of the Alvars and the Nayanars?
Tradition counts 12 Alvars, the Vaishnava saint-poets devoted to Vishnu, and 63 Nayanars, the Shaiva saints devoted to Shiva, both from the Tamil country.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first State to be merged under Dalhousie’s “Doctrine of Lapse”?
Satara was the first state annexed under Lord Dalhousie’s Doctrine of Lapse, in 1848. Under this policy, if the ruler of a dependent state died without a natural male heir, the state lapsed to the East India Company, and an adopted son could not inherit the throne.
Read the full explanation →The date 6 April 1930 is well known in the history of India because this date is related to:
On the morning of 6 April 1930 Gandhi picked up a lump of natural salt on the beach at Dandi and broke the salt law, and with that the Civil Disobedience Movement began.
Read the full explanation →In which session was the Congress divided into Moderates and Extremists?
The Congress split into Moderates and Extremists at its Surat session of December 1907. The two groups had clashed over the choice of president and over how far to push the Swadeshi and boycott programme started after the Partition of Bengal in 1905.
Read the full explanation →Match the following.
National Parks/Wildlife Sanctuaries: a. Corbett National Park, b. Sunderbans National Park, c. Bandhavgarh National Park, d. Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary
States: i. West Bengal, ii. Uttarakhand, iii. Rajasthan, iv. Madhya Pradesh
Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand is India's oldest national park; it was set up in 1936 as Hailey National Park and in 1973 became the first reserve under Project Tiger.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Indian Constitution facilitated the creation of Haryana as a separate state?
Article 3 lets Parliament, by an ordinary law, form a new state by separating territory from a state, join states, and change the area, boundaries or name of any state.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following groups of diseases consists of genetic diseases?
All three are genetic disorders, caused by changes in genes or chromosomes and passed on through birth, not by germs.
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