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SSC CGL 2025 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in SSC CGL 2025, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q1.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC CGL · 18 Jan, 2025Hard

In December 1991, which Act was amended to bring public enterprises under the purview of the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction as part of the country's economic reforms programme?

  1. A.Industries Act
  2. B.Companies Act
  3. C.Financial Rehabilitation Act
  4. D.Sick Industrial Companies Act
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Correct answer: D. Sick Industrial Companies Act

This Act of 1985 had created the Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction to deal with sick industrial units in the private sector.

Q2.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CGL · 25 Sept, 2025, Shift 2Medium

Which architectural style predominantly defines the churches of Old Goa?

  1. A.Indo-Saracenic
  2. B.Mughal
  3. C.Baroque and Manueline
  4. D.Gothic Revival
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Correct answer: C. Baroque and Manueline

The churches and convents of Old Goa, built after Albuquerque took the city in 1510 and inscribed on the World Heritage list, follow the styles that Portugal itself was using: the ornate late Gothic Manueline manner and, from the late sixteenth century, the Baroque.

Q3.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 21 Sep 2025, Shift 3Medium

Fill in the blanks: During a Financial Emergency, the salaries of judges can be reduced by the ______.

  1. A.President
  2. B.PM
  3. C.Chief Justice
  4. D.Finance Commission
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Correct answer: A. President

Under Article 360(4), while a Financial Emergency is in operation, the President can issue directions for reducing the salaries and allowances of all or any class of persons serving the Union, including the judges of the Supreme Court and the High Courts.

Q4.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 26 Sep 2025, Shift 1Medium

What does Article 356 empower the President to do, and what are its constitutional safeguards?

  1. A.Dissolve Parliament; no further approval required
  2. B.Dismiss State government; needs approval within two months
  3. C.Declare Financial Emergency; approval by Rajya Sabha
  4. D.Suspend Fundamental Rights; needs Supreme Court approval
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Correct answer: B. Dismiss State government; needs approval within two months

Under Article 356, if the President is satisfied, on the Governor's report or otherwise, that the government of a State cannot be carried on in accordance with the Constitution, he or she can take over the functions of the State government, which in practice means dismissing the State's Council of…

Q6.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 22 Sept, 2025, Shift 2Medium

Choose the CORRECT statements about the Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project.

1. This project was inaugurated recently in Telangana. 2. It is the world's largest multi-stage, multi-purpose lift irrigation. 3. It is being built across the Krishna River.

Which of the statements given above is/are CORRECT?

  1. A.1 and 3 only
  2. B.1 only
  3. C.1 and 2 only
  4. D.3 only
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 2 only

Statement 3 is wrong because the Kaleshwaram project is built on the Godavari, not the Krishna. The scheme takes its name from Kaleshwaram in Telangana, near the point where the Pranhita joins the Godavari, and it was inaugurated in June 2019, which makes statement 1 correct.

Q7.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Sept, 2025, Shift 3Medium

Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct option: Assertion (A): Iron and steel is considered a heavy industry. Reason (R): It requires lightweight raw materials like cotton and rubber.

  1. A.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C.A is true, but R is false
  4. D.A is false, but R is true
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Correct answer: C. A is true, but R is false

Iron and steel is indeed a heavy industry, but not because of light raw materials. Industries are classified by the weight of the material they handle.

Q8.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Sept, 2025, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following features distinguishes the Elephanta Caves from other rock-cut sites of early India?

  1. A.They are primarily Buddhist caves with large stupas.
  2. B.The caves focus on Shaivite themes and feature sculptural depth through light and shadow.
  3. C.They contain a mix of Jain and Vaishnavite depictions in pillar halls.
  4. D.The caves are entirely monolithic structures from the Mauryan period.
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Correct answer: B. The caves focus on Shaivite themes and feature sculptural depth through light and shadow.

Elephanta, on Gharapuri island near Mumbai, is a Shaivite rock-cut group whose panels tell Shiva stories: the Trimurti Sadashiva, Ardhanarishvara, Gangadhara, the marriage of Shiva and Parvati and Shiva as Nataraja.

Q9.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 20 Jan 2025Hard

In which of the following cases did the Supreme court of India give a ruling that, 'in case of any conflict between the fundamental rights and the directive principles, the former would prevail'?

  1. A.Champakam Dorairajan Case, 1951
  2. B.Keshvananda Bharti Case, 1973
  3. C.Golaknath Case, 1967
  4. D.Minerva Mills Case, 1980
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Correct answer: A. Champakam Dorairajan Case, 1951

In State of Madras v. Champakam Dorairajan, the Supreme Court struck down a Madras government order that reserved college seats by community.

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