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.
Which is the only perennial river of Haryana?
The Yamuna flows along the eastern boundary of Haryana with Uttar Pradesh and is the only river of the state that carries water throughout the year, because it is fed by Himalayan snow.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest point of Haryana?
Karoh peak, 1,467 metres, stands in the Morni hills of Panchkula district, where the Shivalik ranges enter Haryana in the extreme north-east.
Read the full explanation →Haryana was created as a separate state on which date?
Haryana came into being on 1 November 1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, when the Hindi-speaking districts of the old Punjab were formed into a new state, the hill areas went to Himachal Pradesh and Chandigarh was made a union territory to serve as capital of both Punjab and…
Read the full explanation →What is the latitudinal extent of Haryana?
Haryana lies between these parallels and between 74 degrees 28 minutes east and 77 degrees 36 minutes east longitude. Its position far north of the Tropic of Cancer and far from the sea explains the state's continental climate, with very hot summers and cold winters.
Read the full explanation →What is the area of Haryana?
Haryana covers 44,212 square kilometres, about 1.34 per cent of the area of India, which makes it one of the smaller states by size even though it is among the most urbanised and the most productive per hectare in the country.
Read the full explanation →Bihar was created as a separate province, carved out of the Bengal Presidency, in which year?
Bihar, together with Odisha, was separated from the Bengal Presidency and constituted as a new province on 22 March 1912, with Patna as its capital.
Read the full explanation →What is the north-south and east-west extent of Bihar?
Bihar measures about 345 kilometres from north to south and about 483 kilometres from east to west, so it is a broad band lying across the Ganga rather than a tall state.
Read the full explanation →The Kaimur plateau of Bihar lies mainly in which districts?
The Kaimur plateau is a block of Vindhyan sandstone that continues into Bihar from Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh and occupies the south-western corner of the state in Rohtas and Kaimur districts.
Read the full explanation →The shallow saucer-shaped wetlands left by the shifting rivers of north Bihar are called
A chaur, also called a maun, is a shallow saucer-shaped depression in the north Bihar plain, left behind when a silt-laden river abandons a channel and raises the land around it.
Read the full explanation →Jharkhand was separated from Bihar on which date?
The southern plateau districts of Bihar became the state of Jharkhand on 15 November 2000, the birth anniversary of Birsa Munda, under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following rivers of Bihar rises in the southern plateau and not in Nepal or the Himalaya?
The Son rises on the Amarkantak plateau in Madhya Pradesh, flows north-east through the hard rock country of the south and joins the Ganga near Maner, west of Patna.
Read the full explanation →Which river is known as the Sorrow of Bihar?
The Kosi rises in the Himalaya, carries an enormous load of silt and deposits it on the almost flat plain of north Bihar, raising its own bed until it breaks out and takes a new course.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest point of Bihar?
The Someshwar hills form the narrow Shivalik belt in the extreme north-west of Bihar, with flat valleys called duns lying between the ridges, and Someshwar peak, about 880 metres, is the highest point of the state.
Read the full explanation →Which river divides Bihar into the North Bihar plain and the South Bihar plain?
The Ganga enters Bihar near Chausa in Buxar district, flows from west to east for about 445 kilometres and leaves the state near Rajmahal.
Read the full explanation →Bihar shares an international boundary with which country?
Bihar has an international boundary of about 726 kilometres with Nepal along its entire northern edge, and the rivers that make north Bihar fertile and flood-prone, the Gandak, Bagmati, Kamla Balan and Kosi, all cross that boundary into the state.
Read the full explanation →What is the latitudinal extent of Bihar?
Stated exactly, Bihar lies between 24 degrees 20 minutes 10 seconds north and 27 degrees 31 minutes 15 seconds north latitude, and between 83 degrees 19 minutes 50 seconds east and 88 degrees 17 minutes 40 seconds east longitude.
Read the full explanation →What is the area of Bihar?
Bihar covers 94,163 square kilometres, which makes it the twelfth largest state of India by area, although it stands third in population after Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra.
Read the full explanation →Which state became the first to enact and bring into force a Uniform Civil Code?
Its Uniform Civil Code was passed by the state assembly in 2024 and brought into force in January 2025, making Uttarakhand the first state to legislate a single set of rules on marriage, divorce, succession and related matters for its residents, with the exemption for the Scheduled Tribes that the…
Read the full explanation →Which state first reserved 50 per cent of panchayat seats for women?
That minimum is the key to the question: Article 243D, inserted by the 73rd Amendment, reserves not less than one-third of the seats in every panchayat and one-third of the offices of chairperson for women, and leaves the states free to give more.
Read the full explanation →Which state was the first to pass a law guaranteeing the delivery of public services within a fixed time?
The correct answer is A, Madhya Pradesh, which enacted its Public Services Guarantee Act in 2010, the first law in India to make the delivery of listed services, such as a copy of a land record, a ration card or a birth certificate, a legal right within a notified number…
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