SSC CHSL GK Questions 2026

The National Disaster Management Authority (NDMA) works under the Ministry of Home Affairs, which is the nodal ministry for disaster management in India.

Granite is an igneous rock, formed when molten magma cools and hardens. Because it cools slowly deep inside the earth's crust, its crystals grow large enough to be seen by the naked eye, so it is called an intrusive or plutonic igneous rock.

Delhi has three UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and they are exactly these three. Humayun's Tomb was inscribed in 1993; built in the 1560s at the wish of his widow Bega Begum, it was the first garden-tomb on the Indian subcontinent and a model for the Taj Mahal.

Handloom cotton weaving was India's largest industry, and it suffered most when British rule opened India to machine-made cloth. Before the 19th century, Indian muslins, calicoes and chintz from Bengal, Gujarat and the Coromandel coast were sold across the world.

The star-shaped lake at the heart of the Kodaikanal hill station in the Palani Hills was made by people, not by nature.

India elects its Lok Sabha and State Assembly members by the first-past-the-post system. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency wins, even if that is well under half of the votes polled; with many candidates in the field, winners often get 35 or 40 percent.

The centre at Rourkela in Odisha was set up that year as a joint effort of three ministries and the central public sector undertakings under them, and it has since trained Scheduled Tribe youth in trades ranging from tailoring and baking to mushroom farming, electrical work and computer operation with…

The split of responsibilities is the heart of this item and is worth memorising: the Rourkela Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited gives the land and premises, the MSME ministry's scheme pays for the machinery, and the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation carries the running costs…

The correct answer is the Ministry of Tribal Affairs, which recognised the Rourkela centre as a Centre of Excellence and also meets its recurring expenses through a grant routed by the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation.

This is the National De-Addiction Helpline, and it gives individuals and families a way to seek information and assistance on substance-use concerns, which fits the campaign's emphasis on making help easier to reach and on reducing the stigma that keeps people from asking for it.

The Union Home Minister stated this deadline while addressing the third National Conference of Anti-Narcotics Task Force Heads of States and Union Territories in New Delhi in September, and he coupled it with a call for coordinated action, clear targets, accountability and the dismantling of drug networks.

The campaign began on 15 August 2020 with that many vulnerable districts, selected because substance use was found to be especially widespread in them, and it has since widened its reach to the country as a whole.

The Nasha Mukt Bharat Abhiyaan is the flagship drug demand reduction initiative of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment and sits under that plan, which is why its work centres on awareness, prevention, treatment, rehabilitation and aftercare rather than on policing.

Rahul took third place in the men's high jump T42/T63, and the Prime Minister called it a proud moment while hoping the athlete would reach greater heights in the seasons to come.

Gold went to Shailesh Kumar, silver to Varun Singh Bhati and bronze to Rahul, so every place on the podium in that single final was filled by an Indian athlete.

He finished first in the men's high jump T42/T63 at these Games, and the height he cleared was better than any previously managed in the event at the competition, so the win also gave him a new Games Record.

Tejalben Damor won the silver medal in the Women's 400m T12 event, and her speed, determination and commitment to excellence were described as commendable.

Her victory came in the Women's Discus Throw F54 event, and the Prime Minister's message credited it to hard work, perseverance and an unwavering commitment to sporting excellence, adding that India was celebrating the triumph.

Anjanaben won the gold medal in that event with an outstanding timing, and her speed, focus and determination were singled out for praise.

Swati Chaudhary won the silver medal in Women's W1 Archery on her very first appearance at the Asian Para Games, and this was India's first ever medal in the W1 category, which is why the achievement was singled out as a special moment for Indian para archery.