SSC CHSL GK Questions 2026

The SI unit of inductance is the henry, symbol H, named after the American scientist Joseph Henry. Inductance measures how strongly a coil opposes a change in the current through it by producing an induced emf.

Plaster of Paris is calcium sulphate hemihydrate, CaSO₄·½H₂O, so one molecule of water is shared by two formula units of calcium sulphate, written (CaSO₄)₂·H₂O. It is made by heating gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O, to about 373 K (100 °C), when gypsum loses one and a half molecules of water per formula unit.

In the order visible light → ultraviolet → X-rays, the wavelength falls and the photon energy rises, so statements 1 and 2 are true and 3 is false.

In 1905 Einstein explained the photoelectric effect by treating light as made of packets of energy, later called photons, and he received the 1921 Nobel Prize in Physics for this work.

Light inside an optical fibre strikes the wall at more than the critical angle, is totally reflected back inside, and repeats this again and again along the fibre.

Fly ash is the fine powdery residue left after coal is burnt in thermal power stations; it is a mixture of oxides, not a pure form of carbon.

Urea, CO(NH₂)₂, contains carbon, oxygen, nitrogen and hydrogen; it has no phosphorus at all and is a nitrogenous fertilizer. Urea carries about 46% nitrogen, the highest of the common solid fertilizers, which is why it is the most widely used fertilizer in India.

X-rays are not used in radar; radar works with microwaves, which have wavelengths of a few centimetres. X-rays lie between ultraviolet rays and gamma rays in the electromagnetic spectrum, with wavelengths from about 10 nm down to 0.01 nm, so about 1 Å (0.1 nm) is typical.

It is an inorganic salt made of the ammonium ion and the cyanate ion, with no carbon–hydrogen bonds. Ammonium cyanate is famous in chemistry because in 1828 Friedrich Wöhler heated it and obtained urea.

Pairs I, II and IV describe the electron transfer correctly; pair III calls bromine a reductant when it is the oxidant.

Boiling an oil or fat with an alkali splits it into glycerol and the salts of its fatty acids; with potassium hydroxide those salts are potassium salts.

He won bronze in the Men’s Shot Put F11 event at the Asian Para Games 2026, and the Prime Minister said the achievement reflected his courage, his preparation and his dedication.

Pradeep Kumar finished second in the Men’s Javelin Throw F53/54 event at the Asian Para Games for the second time in a row, and on this occasion the medal came with a personal best as well.

Both stood on the podium in the same Men’s Javelin Throw F53/54 event on 20 October 2026, Pradeep Kumar taking the silver and Ayush Verma the bronze, and each of them recorded a personal best.

She took the bronze there at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and that medal was the first individual one she had added to her record at these Games.

Sonalben Patel won bronze in the Women’s Singles Class 3 event on 20 October 2026, and the medal was described as the first individual one she had added to her achievements at the Asian Para Games, which implies that her earlier record there rested on other kinds of competition.

Jehan Dorab Madan won bronze there on 20 October 2026 at the Asian Para Games 2026, and the Prime Minister, congratulating him, said India’s para table tennis contingent was continuing to make the nation proud and that the result reflected the player’s passion and his skills.

The gold in the Women’s 400m T20 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 was won once again by Deepthi Jeevanji, so the result was a defence rather than a maiden triumph, and the defence came with a Games Record because she improved on her earlier performance.

Besides winning the gold medal, Deepthi Jeevanji ran faster than any previous mark set at these Games in the Women’s 400m T20 event, so the victory carried a Games Record with it.

Deepthi Jeevanji won the gold medal in that event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and in doing so she retained the title she already held.