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.
India's first atomic power station was set up at:
The Tarapur station on the Konkan coast north of Mumbai was the first nuclear power station to generate electricity in India, and it remains a working station.
Read the full explanation →The mines at Jaduguda in Jharkhand are worked for which mineral?
Jaduguda in the Singhbhum region of Jharkhand is the oldest uranium mine in India, and the ore from it feeds the plants that make fuel for the country's pressurised heavy water reactors.
Read the full explanation →India's oldest oilfield and oldest refinery are located at:
Oil was struck at Digboi in the upper Assam valley in the nineteenth century, the first successful well in India, and the refinery built beside it is the oldest working refinery in the country.
Read the full explanation →The Koderma belt is the country's leading source of which mineral?
The Koderma and Gaya belt, spread over Jharkhand and Bihar, is the richest mica producing area of India, and Nellore in Andhra Pradesh and the Ajmer region of Rajasthan follow it.
Read the full explanation →Khetri in Rajasthan is famous for the mining of which mineral?
The Khetri belt in the Jhunjhunu region of Rajasthan is one of India's main copper mining areas, the other being Malanjkhand in Madhya Pradesh, with Singhbhum in Jharkhand as the third.
Read the full explanation →The Panchpatmali deposits, among India's best known bauxite reserves, lie in which state?
The Panchpatmali plateau in the Koraput region of Odisha carries thick beds of bauxite, the ore from which aluminium is obtained, and the refinery and smelter complexes of the region were built to use it.
Read the full explanation →Which type of iron ore has the highest iron content and is magnetic in nature?
Magnetite is the finest quality of iron ore, black in colour, with excellent magnetic properties, which is why it is valued in the electrical industry as well as in steel making.
Read the full explanation →The Bailadila iron ore mines are located in which state?
The Bailadila range in the Dantewada region of southern Chhattisgarh holds high grade haematite, and its ore has long been carried by a dedicated line to the port of Visakhapatnam for export as well as to the steel plants of the region.
Read the full explanation →Neyveli, an important mining centre of Tamil Nadu, is known for which mineral?
The Neyveli field in the Cuddalore region of Tamil Nadu is the country's best known lignite mine, worked by open cast methods, and the thermal stations built beside it burn the lignite where it is dug because this soft brown coal is not worth carrying far.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the highest grade of coal, with the greatest carbon content?
It is the hardest and most lustrous coal, holds the highest percentage of carbon, gives the greatest heat and burns almost without smoke.
Read the full explanation →Where is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice located?
The International Court of Justice sits in the Peace Palace at The Hague in the Netherlands, and it is the only principal organ of the United Nations not based in New York.
Read the full explanation →Mayonnaise is prepared by the process of:
Mayonnaise is an emulsion: very small droplets of oil are beaten into a watery liquid of egg yolk with vinegar or lemon juice, and the droplets stay spread out instead of separating into a layer.
Read the full explanation →Which term refers to the quantitative study of reactants and products in a chemical reaction?
Stoichiometry is the branch of chemistry that measures how much of each reactant is used up and how much of each product is formed in a reaction, working from the balanced chemical equation.
Read the full explanation →Who is the highest law officer in a state?
Article 165 of the Constitution says the Governor shall appoint a person qualified to be a judge of a High Court as the Advocate General of the state, and he is the highest law officer of the state, the counterpart of the Attorney General at the Centre.
Read the full explanation →At STP, the number of molecules present in 5.6 L of O2 gas is:
One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 litres at STP, so 5.6 litres is 5.6 divided by 22.4, that is one quarter of a mole.
Read the full explanation →Alexander and Porus fought on the banks of which of the following rivers?
Alexander and Porus fought the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BCE on the banks of the Jhelum, the river the Greeks called Hydaspes and the Rig Veda calls Vitasta.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the Green Revolution in India, what is the full form of HYVP?
HYVP was launched in 1966-67 and it carried the Green Revolution into Indian fields by spreading dwarf, high-yielding seeds.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following works of Kalidasa is based on the context of the birth of Kartikeya, the son of God Shiva and Goddess Parvati?
The name itself means the birth of Kumara, that is Kartikeya, the son of Shiva and Parvati, and the poem tells how Shiva and Parvati were married and how their son was born to kill the demon Taraka.
Read the full explanation →What is sublimation?
Sublimation is the change from solid to vapour without passing through the liquid stage. It happens when particles of the solid gain enough energy to escape straight into the gas phase, and the reverse change, gas to solid, is called deposition.
Read the full explanation →Which HTTP status code indicates that a requested web page has been permanently moved to a new location?
A 301 reply means Moved Permanently: the page now lives at a new address and the browser or search engine should use that address from now on.
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