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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

Q661.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 3 Aug 2025Hard

Consider the following statements about the powers and duties of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India :

1. He audits and reports on all expenditures from the Consolidated Fund of India.

2. He controls the issue and receipt of money from the Consolidated Fund of India.

3. He audits and reports on the expenditure of all bodies substantially financed from the Union or State revenues.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1 and 3 only
  4. D.1, 2 and 3
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 3 only

The CAG of India is an auditor who checks spending after it happens; he has no say over money leaving the treasury.

Q662.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 3 Aug 2025Medium

From amongst the following, identify the correct option that captures the changes made in Article 74(1) of the Constitution of India through the 42nd Amendment Act, 1976.

  1. A.Executive powers of the Union shall be vested with the President of India.
  2. B.The Prime Minister has the duty to brief the President about decisions of the Council of Ministers.
  3. C.The President shall exercise his/her functions on the advice of the Council of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister.
  4. D.The President shall have the right to summon or prorogue the Houses of the Parliament.
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Correct answer: C. The President shall exercise his/her functions on the advice of the Council of Ministers, headed by the Prime Minister.

The 42nd Amendment made that advice binding on the President. Before 1976, Article 74(1) only said there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister at its head to aid and advise the President.

Q663.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · Paper I, 3 Aug 2025Hard

Match List-I with List-II and select the answer using the code given below the Lists :

List-I (Name of the Committee)

A. Balwantrai Mehta Committee

B. Ashok Mehta Committee

C. G. V. K. Rao Committee

D. L. M. Singhvi Committee

List-II (Key Recommendation)

1. Constitutional status for Panchayati Raj

2. Creation of post of District Development Commissioner

3. Creation of Zilla Parishad and Mandal Panchayat

4. Creation of Zilla Parishad, Panchayat Samiti and Gram Panchayat

Code :

  1. A.A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1
  2. B.A-4, B-2, C-3, D-1
  3. C.A-1, B-3, C-2, D-4
  4. D.A-1, B-2, C-3, D-4
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Correct answer: A. A-4, B-3, C-2, D-1

Each committee is remembered for one clear idea, and the code joins them in the order 1957, 1977, 1985 and 1986.

Q665.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CPO · 5 Oct 2023, Shift 1Easy

Which of the following dance forms traces its lineage to the ancient dance of Sadir Attam?

  1. A.Bharatanatyam
  2. B.Kuchipudi
  3. C.Mohiniyattam
  4. D.Kathakali
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Correct answer: A. Bharatanatyam

Bharatanatyam grew out of Sadir Attam, also called Dasiattam, the temple dance performed by devadasis in Tamil Nadu. In the early 19th century the Tanjore Quartet, four brothers at the Thanjavur court, arranged its items into the order still followed in a recital.

Q669.Static GKAsked in: SSC CPO · 10 Nov 2022, Shift 1Easy

Which of the following dams is correctly paired with the state in which it is located?

  1. A.Tehri dam – Uttar Pradesh
  2. B.Hirakud dam – Odisha
  3. C.Bhakra Nangal dam – Tamil Nadu
  4. D.Nagarjuna dam – Rajasthan
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Correct answer: B. Hirakud dam – Odisha

The Hirakud dam stands on the Mahanadi near Sambalpur in Odisha. Completed in 1957, it was among the first big multipurpose river valley projects after Independence, built to control the Mahanadi's floods and to give irrigation and hydroelectric power.

Q676.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CPO · 10 Nov 2022, Shift 2Easy

Whose law states that at a junction in an electric circuit, the sum of the currents flowing into the junction is equal to the sum of the currents flowing out of the junction?

  1. A.Michael Faraday
  2. B.Georg Simon Ohm
  3. C.Victor Francis Hess
  4. D.Gustav Robert Kirchhoff
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Correct answer: D. Gustav Robert Kirchhoff

This is Kirchhoff's first law, the current law or junction rule, which he stated in 1845. It says the total current entering a junction equals the total current leaving it, because charge cannot pile up or vanish at a point.