Skip to content
GK24

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

Q243.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CPO · 24 November 2020, Shift 2Easy

Name the high-frequency radiation produced in nuclear reactions and also emitted by radioactive nuclei that are used in medicine to destroy cancer cells.

  1. A.Gamma rays
  2. B.Ultraviolet waves
  3. C.Light waves
  4. D.X-rays
Show answer
Correct answer: A. Gamma rays

Gamma rays are electromagnetic waves of the highest frequency and shortest wavelength, given out by the nucleus of a radioactive atom and in nuclear reactions, and their energy lets them kill cancer cells in radiotherapy.

Q245.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CPO · 7th July 2017, Shift 1Easy

Which law/principle states that when a body is immersed fully or partially in a fluid, it experiences an upward force that is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it?

  1. A.Boyle's law
  2. B.Charles law
  3. C.Archimedes principle
  4. D.Pascal's law
Show answer
Correct answer: C. Archimedes principle

The principle says a body immersed wholly or partly in a fluid is pushed up by a force equal to the weight of the fluid it pushes aside, and that upward force is called buoyancy or upthrust.

Q254.Static GKEasy

Which country’s parliament is known as the mother of parliaments?

  1. A.Greece
  2. B.The United Kingdom
  3. C.France
  4. D.The United States
Show answer
Correct answer: B. The United Kingdom

The phrase comes from the nineteenth century reformer John Bright, who said that England is the mother of parliaments, and it stuck to the Parliament at Westminster because so many countries, India among them, took their form of government from it; that form is called the Westminster model.

Q256.Static GKAsked in: Delhi · 18 Jul, 2021, Shift 1Medium

The feature of ‘Joint Sitting of two houses of Parliament’ in the Indian Constitution is borrowed from the constitution of ____________.

  1. A.Canada
  2. B.United States of America
  3. C.Australia
  4. D.France
Show answer
Correct answer: C. Australia

The joint sitting of the two houses, provided for in Article 108 and summoned by the President to resolve a deadlock on an ordinary Bill, was taken from the Australian Constitution, along with the concurrent list and the freedom of trade and commerce between the units.

Q257.Static GKHard

The two houses of the Parliament of Malaysia are

  1. A.Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara
  2. B.Majlis and Shoora
  3. C.Sejm and Senat
  4. D.Tshogdu and Tshogde
Show answer
Correct answer: A. Dewan Rakyat and Dewan Negara

The Malaysian Parliament has the Dewan Rakyat, the house of the people, as its elected lower house, and the Dewan Negara, the house of the nation, as its upper house, which represents the states and holds appointed members.

Q258.Static GKMedium

The State Duma is a house of the legislature of

  1. A.Poland
  2. B.Russia
  3. C.Ukraine
  4. D.Hungary
Show answer
Correct answer: B. Russia

The Russian legislature is the Federal Assembly, and it has two houses: the State Duma, the lower house, whose members are elected, and the Federation Council, the upper house, which represents the regions of the federation.

Q259.Static GKMedium

Which of the following is the largest legislature in the world by number of members?

  1. A.The Parliament of India
  2. B.The National People’s Congress of China
  3. C.The Congress of the United States
  4. D.The European Parliament
Show answer
Correct answer: B. The National People’s Congress of China

It is a single house body with close to three thousand members, chosen indirectly by the provincial congresses and the armed forces, and no other legislature comes near that size.