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.
Which one of the following compounds is used in black and white photography?
Silver bromide is the light-sensitive compound coated on black and white photographic film and paper, because light breaks it down into tiny grains of silver metal.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements about speed and velocity is correct?
Speed tells only how fast a body moves, while velocity also tells the direction of motion, and a quantity with both magnitude and direction is a vector.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?
That is false: in a physical change the molecules stay the same, and only their arrangement, state or shape alters.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following waves is used for detecting forgery in currency notes ?
Genuine currency notes carry security features printed with fluorescent inks that glow only under ultraviolet light, so a UV lamp quickly exposes a fake.
Read the full explanation →Light year is a unit of measurement of
A light year is the distance that light travels through a vacuum in one year, so despite the word year it measures length, not time.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following is the correct composition of Borax ?
Borax is sodium tetraborate decahydrate, Na2B4O7·10H2O, so it contains only sodium, boron, oxygen and hydrogen. Its chemical name is sodium tetraborate, and the ten molecules of water of crystallisation supply the hydrogen and part of the oxygen.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is NOT a chemical change ?
When ice melts it only changes from solid to liquid; the substance is still water, so it is a physical change.
Read the full explanation →Who led the programme marking Rani Chennamma's birth anniversary at Prerana Sthal in the Parliament premises?
He addressed the gathering, greeted the country on the queen's birth anniversary and on the 202nd celebration of her victory against the British, and thanked those who made the event possible.
Read the full explanation →Which Victory Celebration of Kittur Rani Chennamma was observed at the Parliament premises in New Delhi?
The ceremony at Prerana Sthal in the Parliament premises combined two occasions, the birth anniversary of Kittur Rani Chennamma and the 202nd Victory Celebration, or Vijayotsava, of her win against the British.
Read the full explanation →Rani Chennamma, whose birth anniversary and Victory Celebration were marked at Prerana Sthal, was the queen of which princely state?
The official account of the programme calls her Kittur Rani Chennamma and describes her as the brave queen of Kittur, the nation's unparalleled woman warrior who challenged an imperial power and stands in history as an immortal symbol of resistance.
Read the full explanation →How many Civil Defence Volunteers is each trained Master Trainer expected to train in their own State or Union Territory?
Under the structured Master Trainer model, every Master Trainer who completes the Army course will go back and train 100 Civil Defence Volunteers in their own State or Union Territory.
Read the full explanation →Which body of the Ministry of Home Affairs is running the Civil Defence Master Trainer programme with the Indian Army?
The announcement states that this directorate of the Ministry of Home Affairs, working in coordination with the Indian Army, is undertaking the pilot initiative to strengthen Civil Defence preparedness through specialised training of Master Trainers.
Read the full explanation →How many Civil Defence Master Trainers are to be trained by the Indian Army in the first phase of the new joint initiative?
The Ministry of Home Affairs has said that in the first phase a total of 600 Civil Defence Master Trainers, 50 from each participating State or Union Territory, are proposed to be trained by the second week of November 2026 through a three-day specialised programme at designated Indian Army training…
Read the full explanation →Which branch office of the Cotton Corporation of India listed 511 e-waste items for e-auction on the Government e-Marketplace?
The branch office of the Cotton Corporation of India there identified 511 items of electronic waste for disposal through an e-auction on the Government e-Marketplace, with the bids to be opened in the fourth week of the month.
Read the full explanation →What is the period of Special Campaign 6?
The drive is conducted through that month under the Department of Administrative Reforms and Public Grievances, and it is meant both to speed up the disposal of pending matters and to improve cleanliness in government offices.
Read the full explanation →Special Campaign 6 in central ministries is being conducted under the aegis of which department?
It is the nodal department for Special Campaign 6, fixing targets activity by activity and collecting what each ministry achieves, and the photographs taken before and after each cleanliness drive are uploaded to its portal.
Read the full explanation →Which campaign did Swami Chinmayananda begin to take the Upanishads and Vedanta to ordinary people?
Swami Chinmayananda launched it so that the Upanishads, Vedanta and the scriptures would reach people in ordinary life rather than remain with a few scholars, and the Prime Minister described this effort as an important chapter in India's cultural and spiritual revival.
Read the full explanation →The Chinmaya Mission, whose global Sammelan was opened in New Delhi, was founded by whom?
He began the Gita Gyana Yagna to carry the Upanishads, Vedanta and the scriptures to ordinary people, and his radio talks on the art of man making reached a wide audience.
Read the full explanation →Where was the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan inaugurated?
The Prime Minister inaugurated the Chinmaya Amrit Mahotsav Global Sammelan there on 23 October 2026, the global gathering of the Chinmaya Mission founded by Swami Chinmayananda.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following pairs with regard to sports awards : 1. Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award : For the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over period of last four years 2. Arjuna Award : For the lifetime achievement by a sportsperson 3. Dronacharya Award : To honour eminent coaches who have successfully trained sportspersons or teams 4. Rashtriya Khel Protsahan Puraskar : To recognize the contribution made by sportspersons even after their retirement How many of the above pairs are correctly matched?
Pairs 1 and 3 are correctly matched, while pairs 2 and 4 describe other awards. The Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award, India's highest sporting honour, is given for the most spectacular and outstanding performance by a sportsperson over the previous four years, so pair 1 is correct.
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