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.
Article 32 belongs to which part of the Indian Constitution?
Article 32 is the right to constitutional remedies, and it sits in Part III, the chapter of Fundamental Rights, which runs from Article 12 to Article 35.
Read the full explanation →In the Chola period, a village granted to brahmanas and governed by its own assembly was known as what?
A brahmadeya was land or a whole village granted to brahmanas, usually free of several taxes, and its assembly of adult male brahmana landholders was the sabha or mahasabha, which worked through committees called variyams; the Uttaramerur inscriptions describe such a sabha.
Read the full explanation →The Kallanai or Grand Anicut across the Kaveri river is traditionally credited to which ruler?
The Kallanai, known in English as the Grand Anicut, is a dam built across the Kaveri to divert water into the delta channels, and tradition assigns it to Karikala, a king of the early Cholas of the Sangam age who ruled from Uraiyur.
Read the full explanation →Ayyavole, Manigramam and Nanadesi were what kind of organisations in the Chola period?
Ayyavole, also called the Five Hundred of Ayyavole, along with Manigramam and Nanadesi, were associations of traders who handled inland and overseas commerce, financed temples, maintained their own guards and left inscriptions in South India and as far away as Sumatra.
Read the full explanation →The Kalingattuparani, a Tamil poem on the Kalinga war of Kulottunga I, was written by whom?
Jayangondar, a court poet of Kulottunga I, composed the Kalingattuparani, a war poem in the parani form that describes the Chola campaign against Kalinga.
Read the full explanation →Which Chola ruler was defeated at the battle of Takkolam by the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III?
Parantaka I had extended Chola power over the Pandya country and taken the title Maduraikonda, but his advance was stopped at Takkolam, in present-day Tamil Nadu, where the Rashtrakuta king Krishna III defeated the Chola army and the crown prince Rajaditya was killed in the fighting.
Read the full explanation →The famous Chola bronze images, such as Shiva as Nataraja, were made by which technique?
In this method, called cire perdue, the image is first modelled in wax, then covered with clay to form a mould; the wax is melted and drained out, molten metal is poured into the hollow, and the clay is broken away to reveal a single solid image that cannot be…
Read the full explanation →What was the largest unit of administration in the Chola empire?
The Chola empire was divided into mandalams, the largest provinces, which were frequently placed under royal princes or senior officers.
Read the full explanation →The Uttaramerur inscriptions, famous for describing the election of village committees, belong to which dynasty?
The inscriptions on the temple walls at Uttaramerur in Tamil Nadu, of the tenth century, set out in detail how the sabha of that brahmadeya village chose the members of its committees: who was qualified by landholding, house, learning and age, who was disqualified, and how name-tickets were drawn from…
Read the full explanation →The Chola naval expedition against the Srivijaya kingdom of South-East Asia was sent by which ruler?
Rajendra I, who ruled from 1014 to 1044, sent a fleet across the Bay of Bengal against the Sailendra kingdom of Srivijaya, in the Malay peninsula and Sumatra, and defeated its ruler Sangrama Vijayottunga Varman.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the imperial Chola dynasty by capturing Thanjavur from the Muttaraiyar chiefs?
Vijayalaya, about the middle of the ninth century, took Thanjavur from the Muttaraiyar chiefs who held the Kaveri delta as subordinates of the Pallavas, and from that base the imperial Chola line grew.
Read the full explanation →The Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur was built by which ruler?
The temple at Thanjavur, known both as the Rajarajesvara temple after its builder and as the Brihadisvara temple, was completed in 1010 during the reign of Rajaraja I. Its vimana is one of the tallest of any medieval Indian temple and its walls carry long inscriptions recording grants, servants and…
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was considered the most powerful Chola ruler?
Rajaraja I, who ruled from 985 to 1014, is regarded as the most powerful Chola ruler.
Read the full explanation →Under which law does the Union government constitute a tribunal to decide an inter-state river water dispute?
Passed under Article 262, this Act requires the Union government to constitute a tribunal when a state asks for one and the dispute cannot be settled by negotiation, and the award of the tribunal, once notified, has the force of a decree of the Supreme Court.
Read the full explanation →The Mahanadi water dispute, for which a tribunal was constituted in 2018, is between which two states?
The Mahanadi rises in Chhattisgarh and flows into Odisha, where the Hirakud reservoir depends on its flow, so the barrages built upstream in Chhattisgarh brought a dispute that led the Union government to constitute a tribunal in 2018 under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
Read the full explanation →The Sardar Sarovar project is built on which river, and which four states share its benefits?
The Sardar Sarovar dam stands on the Narmada in Narmada district of Gujarat, and the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal, whose award came in 1979, divided the water among these four states and fixed the dam's height.
Read the full explanation →Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, the largest artificial lake in India by volume, is the reservoir of which dam?
The Rihand dam, in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, is built on the Rihand, a tributary of the Son, and the reservoir it created, Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the largest artificial lake in India measured by volume of water stored.
Read the full explanation →The Tehri dam, the tallest dam in India, is built on which river?
The Tehri dam stands on the Bhagirathi in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, close to the confluence with the Bhilangna, and at about 260 metres it is the tallest dam in India.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Gandhi Canal, the longest canal in India, takes off from which barrage?
The Indira Gandhi Canal, which was called the Rajasthan Canal when it was begun, starts at the Harike barrage in Punjab, just below the point where the Beas joins the Sutlej, and runs south-west through Haryana into the desert districts of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Kaveri water dispute involves which group of states and union territories?
The Kaveri rises in Karnataka at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri hills, flows through Tamil Nadu to the delta, receives tributaries from Kerala and serves the Karaikal region of Puducherry, so all four are parties.
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