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SSC CHSL GK Questions 2026

Static GK decides the General Awareness score in SSC CHSL. Of the 25 questions in Tier-I and the 20 in Tier-II, most come from Indian Polity, History, Geography, the Economy and General Science, the areas the CHSL 2026 notice lists as History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Policy and Scientific Research relating to India and its neighbouring countries. The level is that of Class 12, so the questions are direct: which article, which river, which ruler, which year. Polity asks about parts and schedules of the Constitution, fundamental rights, the President, Parliament, the Supreme Court and constitutional bodies. History covers the Indus Valley, the Mauryas and Guptas, the Sultanate and Mughal periods, 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 with everyday applications, and Culture covers dances, festivals, monuments and books. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for SSC CHSL, 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 CHSL GK Questions with Answers

Q3441.Indian HistoryMedium

The Governor-General of Bengal was made the Governor-General of India by which Act?

  1. A.Regulating Act, 1773
  2. B.Charter Act, 1813
  3. C.Charter Act, 1833
  4. D.Charter Act, 1853
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Correct answer: C. Charter Act, 1833

This Act was the final step in centralising British administration in India: it vested all civil and military powers in the Governor-General of India, took away the legislative powers of the Bombay and Madras governments, and made the East India Company a purely administrative agency holding its territories in trust…

Q3442.Indian HistoryMedium

Which Act ended the East India Company's monopoly of trade with India, leaving it only the tea trade and the trade with China?

  1. A.Charter Act, 1793
  2. B.Charter Act, 1813
  3. C.Charter Act, 1833
  4. D.Charter Act, 1853
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Correct answer: B. Charter Act, 1813

Pressed by British manufacturers who wanted a free market in India, Parliament threw Indian trade open to all British subjects and allowed the Company to keep only the tea trade and the trade with China.

Q3443.Indian HistoryMedium

The Board of Control, which supervised the civil, military and revenue affairs of the Company's Indian territories, was set up by which Act?

  1. A.Regulating Act, 1773
  2. B.Amending Act, 1781
  3. C.Pitt's India Act, 1784
  4. D.Charter Act, 1793
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Correct answer: C. Pitt's India Act, 1784

The Act separated the commercial and the political functions of the East India Company, leaving trade to the Court of Directors and placing civil, military and revenue administration under a newly created Board of Control answerable to Parliament.

Q3444.Indian HistoryEasy

Which Act of the British Parliament created the office of the Governor-General of Bengal?

  1. A.Regulating Act, 1773
  2. B.Pitt's India Act, 1784
  3. C.Charter Act, 1813
  4. D.Charter Act, 1833
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Correct answer: A. Regulating Act, 1773

It was the first attempt by the British Parliament to regulate the affairs of the East India Company: it redesignated the Governor of Bengal as the Governor-General of Bengal, gave him a Council of four, made Bombay and Madras subordinate to him and provided for a Supreme Court at Calcutta.

Q3445.Indian HistoryAsked in: Delhi · 6 Sept 2019, shift 3Easy

Warren Hastings became the first Governor General of Bengal in ______.

  1. A.1772
  2. B.1778
  3. C.1775
  4. D.1773
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Correct answer: D. 1773

The Regulating Act of 1773 changed the designation of the Governor of Bengal to Governor-General of Bengal and created an Executive Council of four members to assist him, and Warren Hastings, who had been Governor of Bengal since 1772, became the first holder of the new office.

Q3447.Indian EconomyHard

Which section of the Income Tax Act provides a tax deduction of profits to eligible startups for three consecutive years out of the first ten years?

  1. A.Section 80-IAC
  2. B.Section 80C
  3. C.Section 54
  4. D.Section 115BAA
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Correct answer: A. Section 80-IAC

It allows an eligible startup, recognised for the purpose and incorporated within the prescribed window, a deduction of one hundred per cent of the profits and gains from its business for three consecutive assessment years out of its first ten years, subject to conditions, and it must be claimed with…

Q3448.Indian EconomyHard

The first Production Linked Incentive scheme, notified in 2020, was for which sector?

  1. A.Speciality steel
  2. B.Textile products
  3. C.Large-scale electronics manufacturing
  4. D.Food processing
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Correct answer: C. Large-scale electronics manufacturing

The first PLI scheme was notified in 2020 for large-scale electronics manufacturing, with mobile phones and specified electronic components as its targets, and it was followed by schemes for pharmaceutical ingredients and medical devices in the same year.

Q3449.Indian EconomyMedium

The incentive under the Production Linked Incentive scheme is calculated on

  1. A.the capital invested in a new plant
  2. B.the incremental sales of goods manufactured in India over a base year
  3. C.the export duty paid by the manufacturer
  4. D.the number of workers employed in the factory
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Correct answer: B. the incremental sales of goods manufactured in India over a base year

This output-linked design is what distinguishes the PLI scheme from older industrial subsidies: a selected manufacturer receives an incentive, usually a percentage of the additional sales of eligible goods made in India, for a fixed number of years, so the payment follows production and sales actually achieved.

Q3450.Indian EconomyMedium

The Fund of Funds for Startups, set up with a corpus of Rs 10,000 crore, is operated by which institution?

  1. A.Reserve Bank of India
  2. B.NABARD
  3. C.Small Industries Development Bank of India
  4. D.National Housing Bank
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Correct answer: C. Small Industries Development Bank of India

The Fund of Funds for Startups was created in 2016 with a corpus of ten thousand crore rupees and is operated by SIDBI, which does not invest directly in startups but puts money into alternative investment funds registered with the Securities and Exchange Board of India, and those funds in…

Q3451.Indian EconomyHard

According to the definition used for recognition under Startup India, an entity may be treated as a startup for a period of up to

  1. A.Five years from incorporation
  2. B.Seven years from incorporation
  3. C.Ten years from incorporation
  4. D.Fifteen years from incorporation
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Correct answer: C. Ten years from incorporation

Under the definition notified for recognition by DPIIT, an entity qualifies as a startup for up to ten years from the date of its incorporation or registration, provided its turnover has not exceeded one hundred crore rupees in any financial year, it works towards innovation, development or improvement of products…

Q3452.Indian EconomyMedium

The Startup India Action Plan was launched on 16 January 2016. That date is now observed every year as

  1. A.National Entrepreneurship Day
  2. B.National Startup Day
  3. C.National MSME Day
  4. D.National Industry Day
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Correct answer: B. National Startup Day

The government declared that 16 January, the day on which the Startup India Action Plan was released in 2016, would be celebrated as National Startup Day, and the National Startup Awards are associated with the same programme.

Q3453.Indian EconomyMedium

Under the Make in India programme, the share of manufacturing in India's gross domestic product was targeted to be raised to

  1. A.15 per cent
  2. B.20 per cent
  3. C.25 per cent
  4. D.35 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 25 per cent

The target declared for Make in India was to raise the share of manufacturing in gross domestic product to twenty-five per cent along with the creation of a large number of jobs; the deadline, first set for 2022, was later extended.

Q3454.Indian EconomyMedium

Make in India and Startup India are both implemented by which department?

  1. A.Department of Economic Affairs
  2. B.Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade
  3. C.Department of Revenue
  4. D.Department of Financial Services
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Correct answer: B. Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade

The correct answer is B, the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade, known as DPIIT, which works under the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and is the nodal department for both programmes; it also recognises startups and maintains the national single window system.

Q3456.GeographyEasy

Which Indian state has the longest coastline?

  1. A.Tamil Nadu
  2. B.Andhra Pradesh
  3. C.Gujarat
  4. D.Maharashtra
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Correct answer: C. Gujarat

The deeply indented coast of Kutch and Saurashtra, with the Gulf of Kachchh and the Gulf of Khambhat, gives Gujarat the longest coastline of any Indian state, ahead of Andhra Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

Q3457.GeographyHard

The latitudinal extent of the Indian mainland lies between

  1. A.6 degrees 45 minutes north and 37 degrees 6 minutes north
  2. B.8 degrees 4 minutes north and 37 degrees 6 minutes north
  3. C.8 degrees 4 minutes north and 35 degrees 6 minutes north
  4. D.6 degrees 45 minutes north and 35 degrees 6 minutes north
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Correct answer: B. 8 degrees 4 minutes north and 37 degrees 6 minutes north

These are the latitudes of the southern tip of the mainland at Kanyakumari and of the northernmost part of the country, and between them lie the 3,214 km of the mainland's north-south extent.