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.
Who was the first Indian woman to win an Olympic medal?
She won a bronze medal in weightlifting at the Sydney Games of 2000, the first Olympic medal won by an Indian woman, and the achievement is the standard one-line fact set from this chapter.
Read the full explanation →India won its first Olympic gold medal in which sport?
The Indian men's hockey team won the gold medal at the Amsterdam Games of 1928 and then kept winning, taking eight Olympic golds in all, in 1928, 1932, 1936, 1948, 1952, 1956, 1964 and 1980.
Read the full explanation →Who won India's first individual Olympic medal after independence?
Khashaba Dadasaheb Jadhav won a bronze medal in wrestling at the Helsinki Games of 1952, the first individual Olympic medal won by an Indian after independence, at a time when India's Olympic reputation rested entirely on the hockey team.
Read the full explanation →The first Winter Olympic Games were held in 1924 at which place?
The event held there in 1924 was recognised afterwards as the first Winter Olympic Games, and it created a separate cycle for sports played on snow and ice.
Read the full explanation →The five interlaced rings on the Olympic flag represent which of the following?
Pierre de Coubertin designed the symbol in 1913, and the rings are interlaced to show the meeting of athletes from every part of the world at the Games.
Read the full explanation →The Olympic motto Citius, Altius, Fortius means which of the following?
The three Latin words were suggested to Pierre de Coubertin by his friend Henri Didon, a French priest and educator who used them for the pupils at his school, and Coubertin adopted them for the Olympic movement.
Read the full explanation →Where is the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee located?
The International Olympic Committee moved its headquarters there during the First World War and has remained in the city since, which is why Lausanne is also called the Olympic Capital and houses the Olympic Museum.
Read the full explanation →The first modern Olympic Games in 1896 were held in which city?
Greece was chosen for the first modern Games because the ancient festival had been held there, and the event took place in 1896, two years after the International Olympic Committee was founded.
Read the full explanation →Who is regarded as the founder of the modern Olympic Games?
The French educationist believed that sport built character in the young, and at a congress at the Sorbonne in Paris he founded the International Olympic Committee on 23 June 1894, which led directly to the first modern Games at Athens in 1896.
Read the full explanation →The first recorded ancient Olympic Games are dated to which year?
The ancient Games were held at Olympia in Greece in honour of Zeus, and 776 BCE is the earliest celebration for which a written record of the winner survives.
Read the full explanation →Central Excise Day, observed on 24 February, commemorates the enactment of which law?
The day is observed by the indirect tax administration to mark the occasion and to encourage honest collection of duty, and it is a standard question in papers that include a section on the economy and administration.
Read the full explanation →Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is observed on which date?
The date was chosen because Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi returned to India from South Africa on 9 January 1915, and his return is treated as the most significant homecoming of an Indian from abroad.
Read the full explanation →National Women's Day in India is observed on 13 February to mark the birth anniversary of whom?
She was called the Nightingale of India for her poetry, presided over the Indian National Congress and became the first woman to hold the office of Governor of an Indian province after independence, so her birthday is observed as National Women's Day.
Read the full explanation →Martyrs' Day or Shaheed Diwas, observed on 30 January, marks the death anniversary of whom?
The day is observed across the country with two minutes of silence, and it is the best known of the several dates called Martyrs' Day in India.
Read the full explanation →World Braille Day, observed on 4 January, marks the birth anniversary of whom?
Blinded in an accident as a child, he devised the system of raised dots that allows blind and partially sighted people to read and write by touch, and the system carries his name.
Read the full explanation →Parakram Diwas is observed on 23 January to mark the birth anniversary of whom?
The Government of India gave the day the name Parakram Diwas, meaning the day of valour, in recognition of his leadership of the Indian National Army and his call for complete independence.
Read the full explanation →National Voters' Day on 25 January marks the foundation day of which institution?
National Voters' Day has been observed on that date since 2011, and it is used mainly to enrol young citizens who have just become eligible to vote.
Read the full explanation →International Mother Language Day is observed every year on which date?
The day was declared by UNESCO to promote linguistic and cultural diversity and to protect languages that are dying out, and the date recalls the language movement in Dhaka in 1952, in which students were killed while demanding recognition for Bengali.
Read the full explanation →National Science Day is celebrated in India on 28 February in memory of which event?
C. V. Raman announced his discovery of the scattering of light that carries his name on 28 February 1928, and he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1930.
Read the full explanation →World Wetlands Day, observed on 2 February, marks the signing of which international agreement?
Wetlands listed for protection under the treaty are called Ramsar sites, and the name of the town has become the name of the agreement.
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