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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

Q6001.Indian PolityHard

Under which Schedule of the Constitution does the Speaker decide questions of disqualification of members on the ground of defection?

  1. A.Eighth Schedule
  2. B.Ninth Schedule
  3. C.Tenth Schedule
  4. D.Twelfth Schedule
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Correct answer: C. Tenth Schedule

The Tenth Schedule, inserted by the Fifty-second Amendment Act of 1985, carries the anti-defection provisions, and Paragraph 6 of that Schedule says that a question of disqualification on the ground of defection shall be decided by the Chairman or the Speaker of the House concerned, whose decision is final.

Q6002.Indian PolityMedium

Which of the following statements about the chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee is correct?

  1. A.The chairperson is elected by the members of the committee
  2. B.The chairperson is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha
  3. C.The chairperson is nominated by the Prime Minister
  4. D.The Deputy Speaker is the ex officio chairperson
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Correct answer: B. The chairperson is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha

The chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by the Speaker of the Lok Sabha from among the Lok Sabha members of the committee, and since 1967 the settled convention has been to appoint a member belonging to the Opposition, which strengthens the committee as an instrument of accountability.

Q6005.Indian PolityMedium

What is the total membership of the Public Accounts Committee of Parliament?

  1. A.15 members, all from the Lok Sabha
  2. B.22 members, 15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha
  3. C.30 members, all from the Lok Sabha
  4. D.31 members, 21 from the Lok Sabha and 10 from the Rajya Sabha
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Correct answer: B. 22 members, 15 from the Lok Sabha and 7 from the Rajya Sabha

The Public Accounts Committee has twenty-two members, fifteen elected by the Lok Sabha and seven by the Rajya Sabha, each by proportional representation through the single transferable vote, for a term of one year.

Q6006.Indian PolityEasy

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha exercises a vote in which situation?

  1. A.In the first instance on every question put to the House
  2. B.Only a casting vote when the votes are equally divided
  3. C.Only on Money Bills
  4. D.The Speaker never votes in the House under any circumstance
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Correct answer: B. Only a casting vote when the votes are equally divided

Article 100(1) provides that the Speaker or the person acting as Speaker shall not vote in the first instance, but shall have and exercise a casting vote in the case of an equality of votes.

Q6007.Indian PolityMedium

What happens to the office of the Speaker when the Lok Sabha is dissolved?

  1. A.The Speaker vacates office on the day of dissolution
  2. B.The Speaker continues in office until immediately before the first meeting of the next Lok Sabha
  3. C.The President appoints a caretaker Speaker for the interval
  4. D.The Chairman of the Rajya Sabha takes over the duties of the Speaker
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Correct answer: B. The Speaker continues in office until immediately before the first meeting of the next Lok Sabha

The proviso to Article 94 states that the Speaker shall not vacate office on the dissolution of the House of the People but shall continue to hold it until immediately before the first meeting of the next Lok Sabha.

Q6008.Indian PolityMedium

The Speaker of the Lok Sabha can be removed from office by a resolution of the House passed by which majority?

  1. A.A simple majority of members present and voting
  2. B.A majority of all the then members of the House
  3. C.A two-thirds majority of members present and voting
  4. D.A two-thirds majority of the total membership of the House
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Correct answer: B. A majority of all the then members of the House

Article 94(c) says the Speaker or Deputy Speaker may be removed from office by a resolution of the House of the People passed by a majority of all the then members of the House, and the proviso requires fourteen days notice of the intention to move such a resolution.

Q6009.Indian PolityEasy

Under which Article of the Constitution does the Lok Sabha choose a Speaker and a Deputy Speaker from among its members?

  1. A.Article 89
  2. B.Article 93
  3. C.Article 97
  4. D.Article 100
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Correct answer: B. Article 93

Article 93 of the Constitution provides that the House of the People shall, as soon as may be, choose two members of the House to be respectively Speaker and Deputy Speaker, and that whenever either office becomes vacant the House shall choose another member to fill it.

Q6018.Indian HistoryMedium

The First Anglo-Maratha War ended with which treaty, and how long did the peace it brought last?

  1. A.Treaty of Purandhar, about five years
  2. B.Treaty of Surat, about ten years
  3. C.Treaty of Salbai, about twenty years
  4. D.Treaty of Bassein, about thirty years
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Correct answer: C. Treaty of Salbai, about twenty years

Signed in 1782 during the governor-generalship of Warren Hastings, the Treaty of Salbai restored to each side the territory held before the war, recognised Madhavrao II as Peshwa and gave the Company and the Marathas roughly twenty years of peace, until the Treaty of Bassein upset the balance in 1802.

Q6019.Indian HistoryMedium

The Treaty of Bassein of 1802, which led to the Second Anglo-Maratha War, was signed by the British with

  1. A.Mahadji Scindia
  2. B.Peshwa Baji Rao II
  3. C.Yashwantrao Holkar
  4. D.Raghuji Bhonsle
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Correct answer: B. Peshwa Baji Rao II

Defeated by Yashwantrao Holkar at Poona, the Peshwa fled to British protection and signed the Treaty of Bassein on 31 December 1802, accepting a subsidiary alliance under which a British force was stationed in his territory and his foreign relations passed to the Company.