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.
The Shalimar Bagh at Srinagar was laid out by which Mughal ruler?
Jahangir laid out the Shalimar Bagh on the shore of the Dal lake in 1619 for Nur Jahan, and it is the largest of the Mughal gardens of Srinagar, built on terraces with a central water channel.
Read the full explanation →Rajatarangini, the chronicle of the kings of Kashmir, was written by
Kalhana wrote the Rajatarangini in Sanskrit verse in the twelfth century as a history of the rulers of Kashmir from legendary times to his own day, and it is regarded as the earliest connected historical narrative produced in India; later writers continued it.
Read the full explanation →Kashmir saffron, which received a Geographical Indication tag in 2020, is grown chiefly around which town?
Pampore in Pulwama district, on the karewa uplands beside the Jhelum, produces most of Kashmir’s saffron and is called the saffron town of India; the crop received its Geographical Indication tag in 2020 for its high crocin content and deep colour.
Read the full explanation →Which pass on the Srinagar–Leh highway connects the Kashmir valley with Ladakh?
Zoji La lies on the Srinagar–Leh highway between Sonamarg and Drass and is the gateway from the Kashmir valley to Ladakh; the Zojila tunnel is being built beneath it to keep the road open through winter.
Read the full explanation →Dachigam National Park near Srinagar is best known for the conservation of which animal?
Dachigam, which lies just east of Srinagar and whose name means ten villages, is the last stronghold of the Hangul, the only red deer found in India.
Read the full explanation →Wular lake, the largest freshwater lake in India, is fed by which river?
Wular lake lies in Bandipora district of the Kashmir valley and is fed and drained by the Jhelum, which rises at Verinag and is known locally as the Vyeth; the lake acts as a natural flood basin for the river and is a Ramsar site.
Read the full explanation →Which of the two Union Territories created in 2019 does NOT have a Legislative Assembly?
The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 gave the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir a Legislative Assembly but made Ladakh a Union Territory without a legislature, administered by a Lieutenant Governor.
Read the full explanation →The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019 came into force on which date?
The Act was passed by Parliament in August 2019 but the appointed day on which the former State ceased to exist and the two Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and of Ladakh came into being was 31 October 2019.
Read the full explanation →The National Council of Science Museums, the body that runs India’s science centres, has its headquarters at which city?
The National Council of Science Museums was set up in 1978 as an autonomous body under the Ministry of Culture with its headquarters at Kolkata, and it runs the network of science centres and science cities across the country.
Read the full explanation →The Maharaja Serfoji’s Saraswathi Mahal Library, among the oldest surviving libraries in Asia, is located in which town?
The Thanjavur Maharaja Serfoji’s Saraswathi Mahal Library stands within the Thanjavur palace complex in Tamil Nadu.
Read the full explanation →Who is regarded as the father of library science in India, whose birthday is observed as National Librarians’ Day?
Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan, a mathematician who became the first librarian of the University of Madras, is called the father of library science in India.
Read the full explanation →The Rampur Raza Library, known for its Indo-Islamic manuscripts, is located in which State?
The Rampur Raza Library is at Rampur in western Uttar Pradesh, housed in the Hamid Manzil inside the Rampur fort.
Read the full explanation →International Museum Day is observed every year on which date?
International Museum Day has been observed on 18 May since 1977 on the announcement of the International Council of Museums, a non-governmental body founded in 1946 with its headquarters at Paris, and each year it carries a theme.
Read the full explanation →Under which Act must every publisher in India deliver a copy of each book published to the National Library, Kolkata and three other named libraries?
It obliges a publisher to deliver one copy of every book published in India to the National Library at Kolkata and one copy each to the Connemara Public Library at Chennai, the Central Library at Mumbai and the Delhi Public Library; these four are the National Depository Libraries.
Read the full explanation →The National Archives of India was established in 1891 at Calcutta under which original name?
It was set up at Calcutta in 1891 to bring together the scattered records of the Government of India, shifted to New Delhi after the capital was transferred, and occupied its present building on Janpath, designed by Edwin Lutyens, in 1926.
Read the full explanation →On the initiative of which Viceroy was the Imperial Library, the forerunner of the National Library of India, opened at Calcutta?
The Imperial Library was created by the Imperial Library Act of 1902 and opened to readers in 1903 on Curzon’s initiative; he merged the collections of the Calcutta Public Library of 1836 with the Home Department secretariat libraries to form a single library of record.
Read the full explanation →The National Library of India, the largest library in the country, is situated at which place?
The National Library of India stands in the Belvedere Estate at Alipore in Kolkata, in a building that was once the residence of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal.
Read the full explanation →The Salar Jung Museum, famous for the largest one-man collection in the world, is located in which city?
The Salar Jung Museum stands on the south bank of the Musi river at Hyderabad and holds the collection built up mainly by Mir Yousuf Ali Khan, Salar Jung III, the Prime Minister of the Nizam of Hyderabad.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest and largest multipurpose museum in India?
It was founded in 1814 by the Asiatic Society of Bengal and is the oldest museum in India as well as the largest multipurpose museum in the country, with sections for art, archaeology, anthropology, geology, zoology and economic botany.
Read the full explanation →The Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure (RATS) of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation is based at:
The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation, created at Shanghai in 2001 out of the Shanghai Five of 1996, keeps its Secretariat at Beijing and its Regional Anti-Terrorist Structure, usually shortened to RATS, at Tashkent in Uzbekistan, where it coordinates intelligence and joint exercises against terrorism, separatism and extremism.
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