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.
Lonar Lake, a crater lake formed by a meteorite impact in basalt, is located in which district of Maharashtra?
Lonar Lake lies at Lonar in the Buldhana district of the Vidarbha region.
Read the full explanation →Kalsubai, the highest peak of Maharashtra, lies in which district?
Kalsubai stands in the Sahyadri range in the Ahmednagar district, at about one thousand six hundred and forty six metres, which makes it the highest point in Maharashtra, and a small temple at the summit draws a steady stream of trekkers along the route from Bari village.
Read the full explanation →Which city is known as the second or winter capital of Maharashtra?
Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, but Nagpur was given the status of the second capital under the Nagpur Pact when Vidarbha joined the new state, and one session of the state legislature is held there every year, usually in winter, which is why it is called the winter capital.
Read the full explanation →The state of Maharashtra was formed on which date?
On that day the bilingual Bombay State was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat under the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, after the Samyukta Maharashtra movement had pressed for a separate state for Marathi speakers.
Read the full explanation →Chapchar Kut, the spring festival at which the Cheraw bamboo dance is performed, is celebrated in which state?
Chapchar Kut is the best known festival of the Mizo, held in March once the jhum fields have been cleared and burnt and the villagers wait for the sowing rains.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment Act inserted Article 338A to provide for a separate National Commission for Scheduled Tribes?
Until 2003 a single National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes worked under Article 338.
Read the full explanation →The Sammakka Saralamma Jatara at Medaram, regarded as the largest tribal fair of India, is held in which state?
The Sammakka Saralamma Jatara, usually called the Medaram Jatara, is held at Medaram in the Mulugu district of Telangana, once in two years in the month of Magha.
Read the full explanation →The Hornbill Festival, held at Kisama every December and called the festival of festivals, belongs to which state?
The Hornbill Festival is held at the Naga Heritage Village at Kisama, near Kohima, from 1 to 10 December, and it opens on the day Nagaland became a state.
Read the full explanation →Wangala, the hundred-drums harvest festival, is celebrated by which tribe?
Wangala is the post-harvest thanksgiving festival of the Garo of Meghalaya, offered to Saljong, the sun god who grants the harvest.
Read the full explanation →The Sonepur Mela, also called the Harihar Kshetra Mela and counted among the largest cattle fairs of Asia, is held in which state?
The Sonepur Mela is held at Sonepur in the Saran district of Bihar, where the Gandak joins the Ganga. It begins on Kartik Purnima, the same full moon as the Pushkar Fair, and is named the Harihar Kshetra Mela after the Harihar Nath temple there, which tradition links to Rama.
Read the full explanation →The Pushkar Fair, famous for its camel and livestock trading, is held in which state?
The Pushkar Fair is held at Pushkar in the Ajmer district of Rajasthan, on the bank of the Pushkar lake and beside the temple of Brahma.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following tribes does NOT live in India?
The Maasai are a cattle-keeping people of East Africa, living in southern Kenya and northern Tanzania around the Rift Valley and the Serengeti.
Read the full explanation →'Bhagta Parab', a tribal festival that is celebrated between the period of spring and summer, originated in the state of ______.
Bhagta Parab is observed by the tribal communities of Jharkhand in the weeks between spring and summer, and it is dedicated to Budha Baba.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following regions is the original habitat of the 'Toda Tribe'?
The Toda are a small pastoral people of the upper Nilgiri plateau in Tamil Nadu. They live in hamlets called munds, herd buffaloes and treat dairy work as a sacred duty carried out at the conical or barrel-vaulted temple huts that appear in every photograph of them.
Read the full explanation →'Ali Ai Ligang Festival' is a festival celebrated in the state of _______.
Ali Ai Ligang is the spring sowing festival of the Mising tribe of Assam. The name itself describes the occasion, for it refers to the sowing of roots and seeds, and the festival begins on the first Wednesday of the month of Fagun.
Read the full explanation →Ambubachi fair is celebrated in which of the following states?
The Ambubachi Mela is held every year at the Kamakhya temple, which stands on Nilachal Hill in Guwahati, the largest city of Assam.
Read the full explanation →The National Institute of Oceanography, a CSIR laboratory, has its headquarters in which state or union territory?
The National Institute of Oceanography, a laboratory of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, works from Dona Paula near Panaji in Goa and studies the physics, chemistry, biology and geology of the Indian Ocean.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Assam Rifles, the oldest central paramilitary force of India, is at
The Assam Rifles traces its origin to the Cachar Levy raised in 1835, which makes it the oldest of the central armed police forces, and its Directorate General works from Shillong in Meghalaya.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the North Eastern Railway zone is at
The North Eastern Railway works from Gorakhpur in Uttar Pradesh, and its station there is known for one of the longest railway platforms in the world.
Read the full explanation →Bharat Dynamics Limited, the public sector undertaking that manufactures guided missiles, is headquartered at
Bharat Dynamics Limited was set up in 1970 at Hyderabad to produce guided missiles for the armed forces, and it works closely with the DRDO missile laboratories DRDL and the Research Centre Imarat, which are in the same city.
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