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 book The Discovery of India was written by
He wrote The Discovery of India during his imprisonment at Ahmednagar Fort, and the book traces Indian history, thought and civilisation from the earliest times to the national movement of his own day.
Read the full explanation →Who wrote the autobiography The Story of My Experiments with Truth?
He wrote the book in Gujarati under the title Satya Na Prayogo, publishing it in parts in his journal, and Mahadev Desai translated it into English.
Read the full explanation →Which motif appears around the state emblem on the Param Vir Chakra?
Savitri Khanolkar chose the motif from the old story in which the sage Dadhichi gave up his body so that his bones could be made into the weapon with which Indra defeated his enemy, a symbol of sacrifice that suits the highest award for valour.
Read the full explanation →Captain Vikram Batra, who fought in the Kargil conflict of 1999, was awarded which decoration?
Captain Vikram Batra of the 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles received it posthumously for the recapture of heights during the Kargil conflict of 1999.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is not a wartime gallantry award?
It is a peacetime gallantry award, given for conspicuous gallantry away from the field of battle, and it may be conferred on civilians as well as on members of the armed forces.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first woman to be awarded the Ashoka Chakra?
She was the flight purser on a hijacked aircraft at Karachi in 1986 and was killed while shielding passengers as she helped them escape.
Read the full explanation →In which year were the Ashoka Chakra Class I, Class II and Class III renamed as the Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra?
The three peacetime gallantry awards were instituted in 1952 as the Ashoka Chakra of the first, second and third class, and in January 1967 the second and third were renamed the Kirti Chakra and the Shaurya Chakra, while the first kept the name Ashoka Chakra.
Read the full explanation →The Shaurya Chakra is the peacetime equivalent of which wartime award?
The Shaurya Chakra is the third of the peacetime gallantry awards and therefore corresponds to the third of the wartime awards, the Vir Chakra, both being given for acts of gallantry that rank below the first two grades.
Read the full explanation →Which award is the peacetime equivalent of the Maha Vir Chakra?
The three wartime awards have three peacetime counterparts in the same order: Param Vir Chakra with Ashoka Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra with Kirti Chakra and Vir Chakra with Shaurya Chakra.
Read the full explanation →The Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra were instituted on
The three wartime awards were instituted on that date but were given effect from 15 August 1947, so that acts of bravery in the fighting in Kashmir could be recognised.
Read the full explanation →The Param Vir Chakra was designed by
Born in Switzerland to a Swiss father and a Hungarian mother, she married an officer of the Indian Army, took Indian citizenship and made a deep study of Indian languages and tradition, which she drew on for the design of the medal and its vajra motif.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first recipient of the Param Vir Chakra?
His company held off a much larger body of raiders and kept them from reaching the airfield, which allowed reinforcements to continue arriving in Kashmir.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest peacetime gallantry award of India?
It is awarded for the most conspicuous bravery or an act of daring or self-sacrifice of the highest order away from the field of battle, and it may be given to civilians as well as to members of the armed forces.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest wartime gallantry award of India?
It is given for the most conspicuous act of bravery or self-sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, on land, at sea or in the air, and its name means the wheel of the ultimate brave.
Read the full explanation →The division of the Jain order into Digambara and Shvetambara sects is traditionally linked to which pair of teachers?
During a long famine in Magadha, Bhadrabahu led a body of monks south to Shravanabelagola in Karnataka while Sthulabhadra stayed in the north and convened a council at Pataliputra.
Read the full explanation →In early Buddhist art, the wheel or dharmachakra is used to represent which event in the life of the Buddha?
Because early sculptors at Sanchi and Bharhut did not show the Buddha in human form, they used signs, and the wheel stands for the first sermon at Sarnath, which is itself called the turning of the wheel of law.
Read the full explanation →Who presided over the First Buddhist Council held at Rajgriha?
He presided over the First Buddhist Council, held at Rajgriha soon after the Mahaparinirvana in the reign of Ajatashatru, whose purpose was to settle the teaching before it could be distorted.
Read the full explanation →The earliest Jain canonical texts, the Angas, were compiled in which language?
Mahavira preached in the spoken tongue of Magadha, and the twelve Angas that preserve his teaching are in Ardhamagadhi. They were finally written down at the second Jain council held at Vallabhi in Gujarat under Devardhi Kshamashramana.
Read the full explanation →The Jain doctrine that reality can be viewed from many different standpoints is known as
It is the Jain teaching that every object has countless aspects and that no single judgement can capture the whole truth.
Read the full explanation →Which tree is associated with the enlightenment of Gautama Buddha at Bodh Gaya?
The Buddha attained enlightenment seated under a peepal tree at Bodh Gaya, and the tree is therefore called the Bodhi tree; in early Buddhist art, where the Buddha was never shown in human form, the tree itself stands for the enlightenment.
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