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.
In which year the post of National Security Advisor was created in India?
The post of National Security Adviser was created in November 1998, when the Vajpayee government set up the National Security Council.
Read the full explanation →Mosses, Lichens and small shrubs are found in which type of vegetation?
Mosses, lichens and low shrubs make up the tundra, the treeless cover of the lands around the Arctic Ocean and of high mountain slopes above the tree line.
Read the full explanation →In India, National Voters' Day is celebrated on __________.
National Voters' Day is observed on 25 January every year because the Election Commission of India was set up on 25 January 1950, a day before the Constitution came into force.
Read the full explanation →A type of unemployment in rural areas when people are not able to find jobs during some months of the year is called ______.
Seasonal unemployment is the kind in which people find work only in certain months and sit idle in the rest.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following dynasties ruled over Delhi just after the Sayyid dynasty?
The Lodis followed the Sayyids at Delhi. Bahlol Lodi, an Afghan noble who was governor of Sirhind, took the throne in 1451 when the last Sayyid ruler Alam Shah gave up Delhi and settled at Badaun.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was the first language conferred with the status of Classical Language in India?
Tamil was the first language to be given classical language status in India, in 2004. Sanskrit was declared classical in 2005, Kannada and Telugu together in 2008, Malayalam in 2013 and Odia in 2014.
Read the full explanation →What is the chemical name of Dry Ice?
Dry ice is solid carbon dioxide. At ordinary pressure it does not melt into a liquid at all: it changes straight from solid to gas, a process called sublimation, at about minus 78.5 degrees Celsius.
Read the full explanation →Rani Rudramadevi was related to which of the following kingdoms?
Rudramadevi ruled the Kakatiya kingdom from Warangal, called Orugallu then, in what is now Telangana, in the second half of the thirteenth century.
Read the full explanation →Litmus solution is a purple dye, which is extracted from lichen, a plant belonging to the division ________.
Litmus is a purple dye taken from lichens, and in the classification used in school science lichens are placed in Thallophyta, the group of simple plants whose body is an undifferentiated thallus with no true root, stem or leaf.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Harappan sites is located in Afghanistan?
Shortughai stands in north-eastern Afghanistan, near the Oxus or Amu Darya river, and is the northernmost Harappan settlement known.
Read the full explanation →The prehistoric period in the early development of human beings is commonly known as the ______.
The earliest and by far the longest phase of human prehistory is the Palaeolithic, or Old Stone Age, when people lived by hunting and gathering and used rough, unpolished tools made mostly of quartzite.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Indian constitution talks about Oath or affirmation by the President?
Article 60 lays down the form of the oath or affirmation that the President of India makes before entering office.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Eastern Railway Zone is located at _______.
The Eastern Railway zone has its headquarters at Fairlie Place in Kolkata, West Bengal. Eastern Railway was created in 1952 out of the eastern part of the old East Indian Railway and a portion of the Bengal Nagpur Railway, which makes it one of the oldest zones of Indian Railways.
Read the full explanation →Whose discus, belonging to a Paralympic silver medallist, is among the lots in the PM Mementos auction?
The correct answer is Yogesh Kathuniya, described in the announcement as a Paralympic silver medallist whose discus is part of the collection and stands for sporting achievement and perseverance.
Read the full explanation →Which city is the theme of the eighth edition of the PM Mementos auction?
The edition puts up thirty mementos chosen to show the many dimensions of the capital, and the lots bear this out: a framed artwork of St. Stephen's College, a crystal memento of the Old Secretariat building, a textile artwork of the New Parliament Building, two Delhi Metro models, a painting…
Read the full explanation →The proceeds of the PM Mementos e-auction are devoted to which project?
Gifts and artefacts presented to the Prime Minister are catalogued and offered for public bidding, and whatever the sale earns is placed at the service of the Namami Gange project, the programme devoted to the cleaning and conservation of the Ganga.
Read the full explanation →Which point about the Indian women's skiff result did the Prime Minister particularly highlight?
In congratulating Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma, the Prime Minister said that with determination and consistency they had taken India onto the podium and had also improved on the earlier showing, which is the detail that gives this bronze its significance.
Read the full explanation →The skiff event, in which Harshita Tomar and Shital Verma won bronze at the Asian Games, belongs to which sport?
A skiff is a light and fast sailing boat driven by the wind in its sails and handled by a crew of two, so every skiff class event belongs to sailing.
Read the full explanation →Who won the bronze medal for India in the Women's Skiff event at the Asian Games?
The two sailed together in the women's skiff event at the Asian Games and finished third for the bronze medal, and the Prime Minister congratulated both by name while noting that they had bettered India's previous performance in the event.
Read the full explanation →The recurve team event, in which Ankita Bhakat, Kumkum Anil Mohod and Kirti won gold, belongs to which sport?
Recurve is one of the two bow types used in competitive archery, the other being the compound bow, and the recurve bow is the one used in Olympic archery, so a recurve team event is always an archery event.
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