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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

Q4601.NationalMedium

The new Standard Treatment Guidelines on dermatological disorders cover which four traditional systems?

  1. A.Ayurveda, Yoga, Naturopathy and Siddha
  2. B.Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy
  3. C.Ayurveda, Unani, Naturopathy and Sowa-Rigpa
  4. D.Siddha, Unani, Sowa-Rigpa and Homoeopathy
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Correct answer: B. Ayurveda, Siddha, Unani and Homoeopathy

The Ministry of Ayush has published a separate Standard Treatment Guidelines document for each of these four systems, and Yoga has been brought into the guidelines as an inclusion rather than as a fifth system with its own document.

Q4602.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKEasy

In a periscope, the two plane mirrors are kept

  1. A.parallel to each other
  2. B.perpendicular to each other
  3. C.at an angle of 60° with each other
  4. D.at an angle of 45° with each other
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Correct answer: A. parallel to each other

A simple periscope has two plane mirrors facing each other in parallel, each tilted at 45° to the tube. Light from the object enters the top opening and strikes the upper mirror, which is set at 45° and turns the light through 90° down the tube.

Q4603.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements about variations is not true?

  1. A.Variation is minimum in asexual reproduction.
  2. B.All variations in a species have equal chances of survival.
  3. C.Changes in genetic constitution result in variation.
  4. D.Variants can be selected by environmental factors.
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Correct answer: B. All variations in a species have equal chances of survival.

This is false, because variations differ in how well they suit the environment, and that difference is the basis of natural selection.

Q4604.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

While burning hydrocarbon fuels, if we see a yellow flame with lots of black smoke, it means that the fuel is:

  1. A.made of saturated hydrocarbons.
  2. B.made of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
  3. C.burning completely.
  4. D.wet.
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Correct answer: B. made of unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Unsaturated hydrocarbons have a high carbon content and burn with a yellow, sooty flame, while saturated ones usually burn with a clean blue flame.

Q4607.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKEasy

Chromosomes are composed of DNA and:

  1. A.lipids
  2. B.vitamins
  3. C.proteins
  4. D.carbohydrates
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Correct answer: C. proteins

Chromosomes are made of DNA wound around proteins, mainly histones; together this DNA-protein material is called chromatin. In eukaryotic cells, a very long DNA molecule wraps around groups of eight histone proteins to form beads called nucleosomes.

Q4608.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKEasy

Photosynthesis that converts light energy into chemical energy by the plants, involves the use of green pigments of leaves called chlorophyll. The only structure in a leaf that hosts chlorophyll is:

  1. A.Nucleus
  2. B.Ribosome
  3. C.Chloroplast
  4. D.Chromosome
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Correct answer: C. Chloroplast

Chlorophyll is held in the chloroplasts, the green plastids of leaf cells where photosynthesis takes place. A chloroplast is a double-membrane organelle.

Q4611.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

In human body, the cell growth and differentiation are highly controlled and regulated, but in cancer cells

  1. A.there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors
  2. B.controlled cell division and over-production of genetic material occur
  3. C.RNA is mutated and produced in less amount
  4. D.DNA is mutated and produced in less amount
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Correct answer: A. there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors

Cancer is uncontrolled cell division that follows the loss of the checks that normally govern growth. Normal cells divide only when signalled and stop when they touch neighbouring cells, a property called contact inhibition.

Q4612.Environment & EcologyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKMedium

Blue Baby Syndrome is caused by the contamination of

  1. A.nitrite (NO2)
  2. B.sulphite (SO3)
  3. C.nitrate (NO3)
  4. D.sulphate (SO4)
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Correct answer: C. nitrate (NO3)

Blue baby syndrome, or methaemoglobinaemia, strikes infants who drink water with excess nitrate, usually from fertiliser runoff or sewage. In an infant's digestive system, nitrate is converted into nitrite, which oxidises the iron of haemoglobin and turns it into methaemoglobin.

Q4614.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKEasy

Which of the following characteristics is common to hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide?

  1. A.They are all diatomic.
  2. B.They are all gases at room temperature.
  3. C.They are all coloured.
  4. D.They all have same reactivity.
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Correct answer: B. They are all gases at room temperature.

Hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide all exist as gases at about 25 °C and normal atmospheric pressure. Hydrogen boils at about −253 °C, nitrogen at −196 °C and oxygen at −183 °C, so all three are gases at room temperature.

Q4619.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKEasy

Consider the following statements about the microphone and the speaker of a mobile phone: 1. The microphone converts sound to a mechanical signal. 2. The microphone converts sound to an electrical signal. 3. The speaker converts a mechanical signal to sound. 4. The speaker converts an electrical signal to sound. Which of the statements given above are correct?

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

A microphone turns sound into an electrical signal, and a speaker turns an electrical signal back into sound. Both are transducers, devices that change energy from one form to another.

Q4620.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following equations is the balanced chemical equation for the given reaction? Fe + H2O → Fe3O4 + H2

  1. A.Fe + 4H2O → Fe3O4 + H2
  2. B.3Fe + H2O → Fe3O4 + 2H2
  3. C.3Fe + 4H2O → Fe3O4 + 4H2
  4. D.3Fe + 4H2O → Fe3O4 + H2
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Correct answer: C. 3Fe + 4H2O → Fe3O4 + 4H2

Only this equation has the same number of iron, hydrogen and oxygen atoms on both sides. Iron reacts with steam to form iron(II,III) oxide and hydrogen gas.