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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

Q18781.DefenceMedium

The India-Morocco Joint Defence Committee was created under an agreement signed during whose visit to Morocco?

  1. A.The Prime Minister
  2. B.The Raksha Mantri
  3. C.The External Affairs Minister
  4. D.The Chief of Defence Staff
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Correct answer: B. The Raksha Mantri

A Memorandum of Understanding on defence cooperation was signed when Raksha Mantri Shri Rajnath Singh visited Morocco in September 2025, and the Joint Defence Committee is the institutional mechanism established through that MoU.

Q18784.DefenceMedium

At which station is Exercise Veer Guardian-2026 being held?

  1. A.Air Force Station Hindon
  2. B.Air Force Station Kalaikunda
  3. C.Air Force Station Jodhpur
  4. D.Air Force Station Sulur
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Correct answer: C. Air Force Station Jodhpur

The Ministry of Defence has said that the Indian Air Force and the Japan Air Self Defence Force are flying the Veer Guardian-2026 exercise at this station in Rajasthan, and the programme runs from 9 September 2026 to 22 September 2026.

Q18786.Government SchemesEasy

Nanha Sa Dil, whose milestones were marked at the same event, addresses which health problem in children?

  1. A.Thalassemia
  2. B.Congenital heart defects
  3. C.Childhood tuberculosis
  4. D.Severe acute malnutrition
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Correct answer: B. Congenital heart defects

Nanha Sa Dil is run by Coal India Limited with the Sri Sathya Sai Health and Education Trust, began in four districts of Jharkhand in March 2024, and has completed more than 1,500 corrective surgeries that are free for the family, including the cost of travel and hospital stay.

Q18787.Government SchemesEasy

Under which Act did corporate social responsibility become a statutory obligation in India, making the new coal sector framework the first sector-specific one since then?

  1. A.The Companies Act, 1956
  2. B.The Companies Act, 2013
  3. C.The Mines and Minerals Act, 1957
  4. D.The Coal Mines Act, 1952
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Correct answer: B. The Companies Act, 2013

The launch described the coal sector document as the first sector-specific corporate social responsibility framework since statutory CSR came in under that Act, which is the legal anchor of the entire CSR system for Indian companies.

Q18788.Government SchemesMedium

Which institute has prepared the Comprehensive CSR Framework for Indian Coal Companies?

  1. A.Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs
  2. B.Indian Institute of Public Administration
  3. C.National Institute of Financial Management
  4. D.Indian School of Mines
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Correct answer: A. Indian Institute of Corporate Affairs

The framework launched by the Union Minister of Coal and Mines in New Delhi on 8 September 2026 was drafted by this institute and is meant to guide outcome-oriented corporate social responsibility spending for people living around coal mines.

Q18789.EconomyEasy

Kharif crops in India are generally sown in which season?

  1. A.With the onset of the south-west monsoon
  2. B.After the winter rains in December
  3. C.In the summer months after the rabi harvest only
  4. D.Only in irrigated command areas in February
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Correct answer: A. With the onset of the south-west monsoon

That is why the agriculture ministry publishes a weekly progressive sowing report through the monsoon months and why the position as on 4 September 2026, when the sown area stood at 1086.31 lakh hectares, is treated as an important signal for the year's foodgrain supply.

Q18790.EconomyMedium

Which two crop groups recorded higher area coverage than the corresponding period of last year in the kharif report of 8 September 2026?

  1. A.Rice and cotton
  2. B.Oilseeds and sugarcane
  3. C.Pulses, and jute and mesta
  4. D.Coarse cereals and cotton
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Correct answer: C. Pulses, and jute and mesta

Pulses were sown on 117.13 lakh hectares against 115.30 lakh hectares a year earlier, and jute and mesta on 6.34 lakh hectares against 6.24 lakh hectares, so these are the only two groups of the report standing above last season.

Q18791.EconomyMedium

What was the all India kharif sown area as on 4 September 2026, as reported by the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare?

  1. A.986.31 lakh hectares
  2. B.1086.31 lakh hectares
  3. C.1186.31 lakh hectares
  4. D.1286.31 lakh hectares
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Correct answer: B. 1086.31 lakh hectares

The weekly progressive sowing report of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, issued on 8 September 2026, gives this as the total area under kharif crops for the position as on 4 September 2026.

Q18793.Banking & FinanceMedium

Under which platform of the Department of Telecommunications does the Financial Fraud Risk Indicator work?

  1. A.Sanchar Saathi
  2. B.Digital Intelligence Platform
  3. C.National Cybercrime Reporting Portal
  4. D.Unified Payments Interface
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Correct answer: B. Digital Intelligence Platform

The FRI is developed under this platform, which classifies mobile numbers as medium, high or very high risk and securely shares the result with banks, payment service providers, insurers, securities intermediaries and pension entities.

Q18794.Banking & FinanceEasy

The Financial Fraud Risk Indicator (FRI) has been developed by which department?

  1. A.Department of Financial Services
  2. B.Department of Telecommunications
  3. C.Department of Revenue
  4. D.Department of Consumer Affairs
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Correct answer: B. Department of Telecommunications

The FRI is a telecom intelligence framework built by that department and offered to financial institutions through its Digital Intelligence Platform, and on 8 September 2026 it was reported to have prevented suspected cyber fraud of more than five thousand crore rupees since its launch on 22 May 2025.

Q18796.Government SchemesMedium

Mission Poshan 2.0 is anchored by which ministry?

  1. A.Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
  2. B.Ministry of Rural Development
  3. C.Ministry of Women and Child Development
  4. D.Ministry of Education
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Correct answer: C. Ministry of Women and Child Development

Mission Poshan 2.0 is the unified national nutrition mission of the country, brought together in the Union Budget of 2021-22 under that ministry, and it merges POSHAN Abhiyaan, Anganwadi Services or the Integrated Child Development Services, and the Scheme for Adolescent Girls into one framework.

Q18797.Government SchemesEasy

What is the theme of the 9th Rashtriya Poshan Maah?

  1. A.Sahi Poshan Desh Roshan
  2. B.Hamari Anganwadi Hamari Jimmedari
  3. C.Poshan Bhi Padhai Bhi
  4. D.Suposhit Bharat Saksham Bharat
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Correct answer: B. Hamari Anganwadi Hamari Jimmedari

This is the central theme of the nutrition month that begins on 9 September 2026 at the Rudraksh centre in Varanasi, and it calls upon every citizen to take shared ownership of the Anganwadi centre, described as part of the largest childcare network in the world.

Q18798.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Which of the following is a principal organiser of the Global Fintech Fest?

  1. A.National Payments Corporation of India
  2. B.Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority
  3. C.Food Corporation of India
  4. D.Indian Banks Association
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Correct answer: A. National Payments Corporation of India

The fest is organised principally by the Payments Council of India, the National Payments Corporation of India and the Fintech Convergence Council, and it receives support from several ministries and regulators, among them the Reserve Bank of India, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, NITI Aayog, the International Financial…

Q18799.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Which three technologies form the pillars of the theme of the Global Fintech Fest 2026?

  1. A.Blockchain, drones and 5G
  2. B.Agentic AI, tokenisation and quantum
  3. C.Cloud, metaverse and robotics
  4. D.Big data, biometrics and semiconductors
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Correct answer: B. Agentic AI, tokenisation and quantum

The theme of this edition is Potential to Impact, and these three technologies are described as the foundations that are moving global finance towards autonomous, programmable and secure systems for inclusive finance.