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.
What is the full form of USB?
The standard first appeared in 1996 and was meant to replace the many different ports of an older computer with one socket for every kind of peripheral.
Read the full explanation →How many contacts does the RJ-45 connector used for Ethernet networking have?
The RJ-45 connector is properly called 8P8C, meaning eight positions and eight contacts, and it is crimped on to the four twisted pairs of a network cable, one contact for each of the eight wires.
Read the full explanation →What is the quorum required to constitute a sitting of either House of Parliament?
Article 100(3) of the Constitution lays down that the quorum to constitute a sitting of either House shall be one-tenth of the total number of members of that House, and the presiding officer is counted in that one-tenth.
Read the full explanation →A cut motion which demands that the amount of a demand for grant be reduced to one rupee is called
A policy cut motion asks that the amount of the demand be reduced to one rupee, which amounts to a complete rejection of the policy underlying the demand, and the member who moves it may propose an alternative policy.
Read the full explanation →The calling attention motion, by which a member calls the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance, has been in use in the Indian Parliament since
The calling attention motion is an Indian innovation in parliamentary procedure and has been in use since 1954. A member calls the attention of a minister to a matter of urgent public importance and the minister makes a statement on it, after which members may seek clarifications.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a distinguishing feature of a censure motion as against a no-confidence motion?
A censure motion has to set out the specific charge against the minister or ministers it names, whereas a no-confidence motion need state no ground whatever.
Read the full explanation →Who moved the first no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha after independence?
The first no-confidence motion in the Lok Sabha after independence was moved in August 1963 by Acharya J. B. Kripalani against the government headed by Jawaharlal Nehru, in the atmosphere that followed the war of 1962, and the motion was defeated.
Read the full explanation →Under which rule of the Lok Sabha is a no-confidence motion moved?
A no-confidence motion against the Council of Ministers is moved in the Lok Sabha under Rule 198 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the Lok Sabha.
Read the full explanation →The discussion on an admitted adjournment motion in the Lok Sabha must last for not less than
The rules provide that once the Speaker admits an adjournment motion, the House must give it not less than two hours and thirty minutes of discussion, so that a matter grave enough to set aside the listed business is actually examined.
Read the full explanation →An adjournment motion in Parliament can be moved in which House?
The adjournment motion is admitted in the Lok Sabha alone, because it carries an element of censure against the government and only the Lok Sabha can censure the Council of Ministers under the collective responsibility laid down in Article 75.
Read the full explanation →What is the maximum number of starred questions that may be listed for oral answer on a single day in the Lok Sabha?
The rules permit a maximum of twenty starred questions to be listed for oral answer in the Lok Sabha on any one day, and the ballot decides which members' questions get a place.
Read the full explanation →Which statement about a starred question in the Lok Sabha is correct?
A starred question is distinguished by an asterisk, is answered on the floor of the House by the minister, and because the answer is oral, members may follow it with supplementary questions.
Read the full explanation →Zero Hour in the Indian Parliament has been in existence since which year?
Zero Hour is an Indian innovation in parliamentary procedure and has been in use since 1962.
Read the full explanation →Question Hour in the Indian Parliament is normally held during which part of a sitting?
Question Hour is the first hour of every sitting of each House, normally from 11 a.m. to 12 noon, and it is set out in the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business.
Read the full explanation →The Pagri Sambhal Jatta movement of 1907 in Punjab was a protest against
In 1907 the peasants of the Punjab canal colonies agitated against the restrictive terms of the Punjab Land Colonisation Act of 1906 and against increases in the water rate and the land revenue.
Read the full explanation →The Rampa rebellion of 1922 to 1924 in the agency tracts of Andhra was led by
The Rampa or Manyam rebellion of 1922 to 1924 was led by Alluri Sitarama Raju, who organised the Koya and other hill people of the Godavari agency against the forest laws that stopped their shifting cultivation and against the forced labour exacted for road building.
Read the full explanation →The Tebhaga movement of 1946 in Bengal was a demand by sharecroppers for
Tebhaga means three shares. The bargadars or sharecroppers of Bengal, organised by the Bengal Provincial Kisan Sabha in 1946, demanded that the crop be divided so that the cultivator who supplied the labour and the seed kept two of the three shares, leaving one for the jotedar; the Floud Commission…
Read the full explanation →Who was the first president of the All India Kisan Sabha, founded in 1936?
The All India Kisan Sabha was founded at Lucknow in April 1936, and Swami Sahajanand Saraswati, who had built the Bihar Kisan Sabha, was elected its first president.
Read the full explanation →Vallabhbhai Patel earned the title Sardar for his leadership of which agitation?
In 1928 the peasants of Bardoli in Surat district refused to pay a land revenue enhancement of about thirty per cent.
Read the full explanation →The Chotanagpur Tenancy Act of 1908 was passed after which movement?
The rising led by Birsa Munda from 1899 to 1900 compelled the government to pass the Chotanagpur Tenancy Act in 1908, which recognised the khuntkatti right by which a Munda family held the land its ancestors had cleared and prohibited beth begari, the practice of forced unpaid labour.
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