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.
The Bihari Puraskar is awarded to writers from which Indian state?
The Bihari Puraskar was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation and goes to a writer from Rajasthan for a work in Hindi or Rajasthani.
Read the full explanation →The Bhasha Samman, instituted in 1996, is given by which organisation?
The Akademi gives its annual award in the twenty-four languages it recognises, and it instituted the Bhasha Samman in 1996 to honour writers and scholars working in languages outside that list, as well as those who contribute to classical and medieval literature.
Read the full explanation →Which book became the first work written in an Indian language to win the International Booker Prize?
The International Booker Prize honours a book translated into English, and the award is shared between the author and the translator.
Read the full explanation →Arundhati Roy won the Booker Prize in 1997 for which novel?
Arundhati Roy's first novel, set in Ayemenem in Kerala and built around a pair of twins, won the Booker Prize in 1997, and she was the first Indian woman and the first writer living in India to win it.
Read the full explanation →Who is the only Indian to have won the Nobel Prize in Literature?
He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, largely on the strength of Gitanjali in his own English rendering, and he was the first Asian to win a Nobel Prize in any field.
Read the full explanation →The Moortidevi Award is given by which organisation?
The trust that gives the Jnanpith Award instituted the Moortidevi Award in 1983 for a creative work that carries the spirit of Indian philosophy and culture, and the work may be in any of the languages of the Eighth Schedule or in English.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first recipient of the Saraswati Samman?
The Hindi poet of the Chhayavaad and Halavaad periods, best known for Madhushala, received the first Saraswati Samman in 1991 for his autobiography written in four volumes.
Read the full explanation →The Saraswati Samman is given by which of the following organisations?
The foundation instituted the Saraswati Samman in 1991 for an outstanding literary work in any of the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, published in the previous ten years, and the award carries the largest cash prize of any Indian literary honour.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was awarded the 55th Jnanpith Award?
The Malayalam poet, known simply as Akkitham, received the 55th Jnanpith Award, given for the year 2019. The Jnanpith is instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith and is regarded as the highest literary award in India.
Read the full explanation →The Vyas Samman, started in 1991 is given for 'outstanding literary work' in ______.
The Vyas Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation and is given for an outstanding literary work in Hindi published in the previous ten years.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about the national game of India is correct?
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has made it clear that the Government of India has not declared any sport to be the national game of the country.
Read the full explanation →Which body is the international governing authority of the game of hockey?
It frames the rules of the game, runs the World Cup and the other international competitions and recognises the national associations, of which Hockey India is the Indian member.
Read the full explanation →The Beighton Cup and the Agha Khan Cup are associated with which sport?
The Beighton Cup, played at Kolkata, is the oldest hockey tournament in India, and the Agha Khan Cup is another of the old club competitions of the game.
Read the full explanation →India won its last Olympic gold medal in hockey at which Games?
India beat Spain 4–3 in the final at the Moscow Games to win its eighth Olympic hockey gold, under the captaincy of Vasudevan Bhaskaran, and the team has not won the gold since.
Read the full explanation →The term 'penalty corner' is associated with which game?
A penalty corner, also called a short corner, is awarded when a defender breaks a rule inside the striking circle or deliberately puts the ball out over the back line.
Read the full explanation →How many players are a part of the team on the field in a game of Hockey?
A hockey side fields eleven players at a time, one of whom is the goalkeeper, and the other ten are spread across defence, midfield and attack.
Read the full explanation →Who was the captain of the Indian team that won the Hockey World Cup in 1975?
He had also played in the World Cups of 1971 and 1973 and was later given the Padma Shri for his services to the game.
Read the full explanation →In which year did India win the Hockey World Cup?
India won the Hockey World Cup at Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in 1975, beating Pakistan 2–1 in the final. Ashok Kumar, the son of Dhyan Chand, scored the winning goal and Ajit Pal Singh led the side.
Read the full explanation →National Sports Day is celebrated in India on 29 August, the birth anniversary of which sportsperson?
National Sports Day is observed on his birthday every year, and it is the day on which the President presents the national sports awards, among them the Khel Ratna, the Arjuna Award and the Dronacharya Award.
Read the full explanation →In which year did India win its first Olympic gold medal in hockey?
India played its first Olympic hockey tournament at the Amsterdam Games of 1928 and won the gold medal at that first attempt, with Jaipal Singh Munda as the captain and Dhyan Chand as the leading scorer.
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