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SSC CPO GK Questions 2026

Static GK decides most of the General Knowledge and General Awareness score in SSC CPO. The CPO 2026 notice lists History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, the Indian Constitution and Scientific Research relating to India and its neighbouring countries, together with everyday science. In Paper-I the part has 25 questions for 25 marks in 15 minutes; in Paper-II it has 20 questions for 40 marks in 20 minutes, and those marks count in the final merit. Polity questions ask about articles, parts and schedules of the Constitution, amendments, Parliament, the President, the judiciary and constitutional bodies. History runs from the Indus Valley and the Mauryas and Guptas through the Sultanate and the Mughals to the freedom struggle. 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, and General Science is school-level Physics, Chemistry and Biology. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for SSC CPO, written as short facts and tables so that one topic can be revised in one sitting. Read a topic, then solve its previous-year questions and quiz on this site to check what stayed with you.

SSC CPO GK Questions with Answers

Q222.Indian HistoryAsked in: Delhi · 15 Oct 2018, Shift 3Easy

Lord Pethick-Lawrence, Sir Stafford Cripps, A.V. Alexander are related to which of the following?

  1. A.Wavell plan
  2. B.Mount Beaton plan
  3. C.Cabinet mission plan
  4. D.Cripps mission
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Correct answer: C. Cabinet mission plan

These three were the members of the Cabinet Mission that reached Delhi on 24 March 1946: Lord Pethick-Lawrence, the Secretary of State for India, who headed it, Sir Stafford Cripps and A. V. Alexander.

Q224.NationalMedium

At which airport did the DRI recover cocaine concealed inside chocolate tubes?

  1. A.Indira Gandhi International Airport, Delhi
  2. B.Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport, Mumbai
  3. C.Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad
  4. D.Kempegowda International Airport, Bengaluru
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Correct answer: C. Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, Hyderabad

Acting on precise intelligence, officers there stopped an Indian passenger who had arrived from Doha. Seven chocolate tubes in his cabin baggage were heavier than their marked weight, and on being opened they were found to hold 207 pale-yellow oval capsules packed with a white powder.

Q227.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CPO · 03 Oct, 2023, Shift 1Hard

Methyl ethyl ketone is also known as:

  1. A.2-butanone
  2. B.propanone
  3. C.methyl pentanone
  4. D.2-butanol
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Correct answer: A. 2-butanone

Methyl ethyl ketone has a methyl group on one side of the carbonyl and an ethyl group on the other, which makes four carbons in all with the carbonyl at the second position, so its IUPAC name is butan-2-one or 2-butanone.

Q228.GeographyAsked in: SSC CPO · 11 Nov 2022, Shift 1Hard

The cold snow forest climate is found largely in the continental region in the Northern Hemisphere between ____ northern latitudes in Europe, Asia, and North America.

  1. A.40°-70°
  2. B.30°-50°
  3. C.80°-110°
  4. D.15°-20°
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Correct answer: A. 40°-70°

The cold snow-forest climate, group D in Koeppen's scheme, lies in the continental interiors of the northern hemisphere between about 40 and 70 degrees north, across northern Europe, Siberia, Canada and Alaska.

Q230.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 25 November 2020, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following statements is NOT true about C Rajagopalachari ?

  1. A.He was the first Indian to become the Governor General of India
  2. B.He was the founder of the Swatantra Party
  3. C.He was a senior leader of the Congress
  4. D.He was the first recipient of the Padma Shree Award
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Correct answer: D. He was the first recipient of the Padma Shree Award

C. Rajagopalachari was one of the first three recipients of the Bharat Ratna in 1954, along with C. V. Raman and S. Radhakrishnan, not of the Padma Shri, so this statement is not true.

Q233.Environment & EcologyAsked in: SSC CPO · 1st July 2017, Shift 1Easy

What is the main aim of Montreal Protocol?

  1. A.Protection of the Ozone layer
  2. B.Bio-diversity Conservation
  3. C.Global Warming
  4. D.Climate Change
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Correct answer: A. Protection of the Ozone layer

The Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987 and came into force in 1989 to phase out the substances that destroy stratospheric ozone, chiefly chlorofluorocarbons, halons and carbon tetrachloride used in refrigeration, foam and fire fighting.

Q234.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC CPO · 11 Nov 2022, Shift 1Medium

What is the reason behind most people working in the agricultural sector?

  1. A.People get higher returns in agriculture
  2. B.Due to political pressure
  3. C.Other sectors do not absorb people from agriculture
  4. D.Most of the people are interested in working in agriculture
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Correct answer: C. Other sectors do not absorb people from agriculture

Agriculture still employs the largest share of India's workers because industry and services have not created enough jobs to draw them away, so people stay on the farm for want of a better option.

Q235.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 29 Jun, 2024, Shift 1Hard

The author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi, Yahya Sirhindi claims that the founder of ________ dynasty of Delhi sultanate was a descendant of Prophet Muhammad.

  1. A.Sayyid
  2. B.Mamluk
  3. C.Lodhi
  4. D.Khalji
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Correct answer: A. Sayyid

Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi wrote the Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi in the reign of Mubarak Shah and claimed that Khizr Khan, who founded the dynasty in 1414, descended from the Prophet, which is how the line came to be called Sayyid.

Q236.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CPO · 04 Oct, 2023, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following options are homogeneous mixtures?

  1. A.Solution, colloid, suspension, milk, toothpaste, salt water, brass
  2. B.Solution, salt water, brass
  3. C.Solution, colloid, milk, toothpaste, salt water, brass
  4. D.Colloid, suspension, milk, toothpaste
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Correct answer: B. Solution, salt water, brass

A homogeneous mixture has the same composition and properties throughout and no visible boundary between its parts, so a true solution such as salt water qualifies, and so does brass, an alloy of copper and zinc, since alloys are solid solutions.

Q238.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 25 November 2020, Shift 2Medium

In order to overturn the British rule through arms, the Kakori train incident was planned by the members of the ______ in 1925.

  1. A.Gadar Party
  2. B.Hindustan Republican Association
  3. C.Indian National Army
  4. D.Indian National Congress
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Correct answer: B. Hindustan Republican Association

On 9 August 1925 members of the Hindustan Republican Association stopped the 8 Down train near Kakori in Uttar Pradesh and took the government treasury bags, hoping to fund an armed struggle and buy weapons.

Q239.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 24 November 2020, Shift 1Easy

The princely state of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year ______.

  1. A.1948
  2. B.1950
  3. C.1952
  4. D.1963
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Correct answer: A. 1948

The Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, refused to sign the Instrument of Accession and signed only a standstill agreement in 1947, so in September 1948 the Indian government sent in the army in a police action code-named Operation Polo and the state joined the Indian Union.

Q240.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CPO · 27 Jun, 2024, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following is correctly matched?

  1. A.Hariprasad Chaurasia – Sarood
  2. B.Zakir Husain – Sitar
  3. C.Bismillah Khan – Tabla
  4. D.Sultan Khan – Sarangi
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Correct answer: D. Sultan Khan – Sarangi

Ustad Sultan Khan of the Sikar gharana was the best known sarangi player of his time, accompanied Ravi Shankar on world tours and won the Padma Bhushan in 2010.