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.
After Independence, ________ became India’s first Deputy Prime Minister.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel was India's first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister, from 1947 until his death in 1950.
Read the full explanation →Which Prime Minister is the only one to have received both India's Bharat Ratna and Pakistan's Nishan-e-Pakistan awards?
Pakistan conferred its highest civilian award, the Nishan-e-Pakistan, on Morarji Desai in 1990, and India awarded him the Bharat Ratna in 1991.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following became the acting Prime Minister of India after the death of Jawaharlal Nehru?
When Jawaharlal Nehru died on 27 May 1964, Gulzarilal Nanda, the senior-most minister, was sworn in as acting Prime Minister and held office for about two weeks until the Congress party chose Lal Bahadur Shastri.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Ex-officio Chairman of NITI Aayog?
NITI Aayog, the National Institution for Transforming India, was set up on 1 January 2015 by a resolution of the Union Cabinet to replace the Planning Commission, which had existed since 1950.
Read the full explanation →A motion of no-confidence is moved against
A no-confidence motion tests whether the government still has the support of the Lok Sabha, and because the Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to that House under Article 75(3), the motion is moved against the Council as a whole, never against a single minister.
Read the full explanation →As per Article ________ of the Indian Constitution, the Council of Ministers are collectively responsible to the Lok Sabha.
Article 75(3) says the Council of Ministers shall be collectively responsible to the House of the People, the Lok Sabha.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment explicitly inserted the term 'Cabinet' into the Indian Constitution in the context of Article 352?
The word "Cabinet" did not appear anywhere in the original Constitution, which speaks only of the Council of Ministers.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following Amendments to the Constitution of India has prescribed that the Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15 percent of total number of members of the House of the People or Legislative Assembly in the States?
The 91st Amendment Act, 2003 inserted Article 75(1A), which says the total number of ministers, including the Prime Minister, in the Union Council of Ministers shall not exceed 15% of the total number of members of the Lok Sabha, and Article 164(1A), which applies the same limit to the States…
Read the full explanation →What is the main difference between a Cabinet Minister and a Minister of State with independent charge?
The Council of Ministers has three ranks. Cabinet Ministers head the most important ministries and sit in the Cabinet.
Read the full explanation →Who administers the oath of office and secrecy to the Union Ministers under Article 75(4) of the Constitution of India?
Article 75(4) says that before a minister enters office, the President shall administer to him or her the oaths of office and of secrecy according to the forms set out in the Third Schedule.
Read the full explanation →For how long a person can serve as a minister without being a member of either House of Parliament of India?
Article 75(5) says a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of either House of Parliament shall, at the end of that period, cease to be a minister.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is dealt in Article 78 of the Constitution?
Article 78 makes it the duty of the Prime Minister to communicate to the President all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the Union and proposals for legislation; to furnish such information about them as the President may call for; and, if the President so…
Read the full explanation →Article 77 of the Indian Constitution deals with the ________.
Article 77 says all executive action of the Government of India shall be expressed to be taken in the name of the President, and that the President shall make rules for the more convenient transaction of the government's business and for allocating it among ministers.
Read the full explanation →The Prime Minister and the other Ministers of the Indian Union are appointed by the President under ______ of the Constitution of India.
Article 75(1) says the Prime Minister shall be appointed by the President and the other ministers shall be appointed by the President on the advice of the Prime Minister.
Read the full explanation →Article 74 of the Constitution elaborates on which of the following?
Article 74(1) says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at its head to aid and advise the President, who shall act in accordance with that advice.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Articles of Indian Constitution deals with Laws Inconsistent with Fundamental Rights?
Article 13 declares that any law inconsistent with or in derogation of the fundamental rights is void, and it binds both the laws made before the Constitution and those made after it.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is constituted under Article 280 of the Constitution of India?
Article 280 requires the President to constitute a Finance Commission every fifth year, or earlier if needed, with a chairman and four other members.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the administration of Delhi Sultanate, which of the following was the department of State Correspondence?
The Diwan-i-insha was the department of royal correspondence in the Delhi Sultanate.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following jurisdictions of the Supreme Court allows it to settle disputes between the centre and state and amongst states?
Article 131 of the Constitution gives the Supreme Court exclusive original jurisdiction in disputes between the Government of India and one or more states, and in disputes among states themselves.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following Sultans of Delhi started the system of Sijda and Paibos?
Balban, who ruled from 1266 to 1287, brought the Persian court customs of sijda, bowing low before the Sultan, and paibos, kissing his feet, into the Delhi court.
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