Static GK fills most of Part-B of the SSC GD Computer Based Examination. The GD 2026 notice lists the areas as History, Culture, Geography, Economic Scene, General Polity, Indian Constitution, Scientific Research and Sports, relating to India and its neighbouring countries, and says the questions need no special study of any discipline. That is the key to preparing it: the questions are of Matriculation level and ask for the fact, not the analysis. Polity asks which Article deals with a right, how many Schedules the Constitution has, who appoints a Governor, or the tenure of the Rajya Sabha. History asks about the Mauryas, the Guptas, the Mughals, the 1857 revolt, the Congress sessions and the movements of Gandhi. Geography asks about rivers and their tributaries, States and their capitals, national parks, soils, passes and the countries on India's borders. The Economy part asks about the Budget, the RBI, taxes and schemes; Science asks about vitamins, units, gases, the human body and everyday physics; Sports asks about trophies, venues and players. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for SSC GD, written in short facts and tables in Hindi and English so a topic can be revised in one sitting. Read a note, then solve the previous-year questions and the quiz on that topic on this site to see what stayed.
Who was the first Indian to win the All England Open Badminton Championship?
He won the men’s singles title at the All England Open in 1980, the first Indian to do so in the oldest badminton tournament in the world, first held in 1899.
Read the full explanation →The Swaythling Cup is awarded in which of the following events?
The Swaythling Cup, presented by Lady Swaythling, is the trophy of the men’s team event at the World Table Tennis Championships, held since the first championships of 1926.
Read the full explanation →What is the height of a table tennis table above the floor?
The laws of table tennis fix the playing surface at 76 centimetres above the floor, with the table 2.74 metres long and 1.525 metres wide, and the net across the middle 15.25 centimetres high.
Read the full explanation →What is the diameter of the ball used in table tennis?
The International Table Tennis Federation enlarged the ball from 38 millimetres to 40 millimetres after the Sydney Olympics of 2000, so that the slower, more visible ball would make rallies easier to follow on television.
Read the full explanation →Under the rally point system used in badminton since 2006, how many points make one game?
Since 2006 badminton has used rally point scoring, in which a point is won on every rally whoever served, a game runs to 21 points and a match is decided over the best of three games.
Read the full explanation →What is the height of the net at the centre of a badminton court?
The badminton net sags very slightly at the middle, so the laws fix two heights: 1.524 metres at the centre of the court and 1.55 metres over the side lines, at the posts.
Read the full explanation →How many feathers are fixed in a standard feathered shuttlecock used in badminton?
The Laws of Badminton require a feathered shuttle to carry sixteen feathers fixed in a cork base covered with thin leather, and the feathers, usually from the wing of a goose or a duck, must be of the same length in one shuttle.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the world team championship trophy for men in badminton?
Named after Sir George Thomas, an English player and administrator, it is the world men’s team championship in badminton and was first contested in 1948–49.
Read the full explanation →Corbillon Cup is associated with which of the following sports?
The Corbillon Cup is the trophy of the women’s team event at the World Table Tennis Championships, and its companion, the Swaythling Cup, is the men’s team trophy.
Read the full explanation →Black Card given to a badminton player during the game indicates _____________.
Badminton umpires use three cards, and the black one is the last of them: it removes the player or the pair from the match altogether, and the referee is informed.
Read the full explanation →Who announces the theme of a United Nations observance day for a particular year?
The lead body — WHO for the health days, UNESCO for education and language, the FAO for food, UNEP for the environment, or a United Nations office where the General Assembly named no agency — publishes the theme, the campaign material and the programme for the year.
Read the full explanation →International Mother Language Day, declared by UNESCO, is observed on:
UNESCO proclaimed the day in 1999 and it has been observed since 2000, to promote linguistic diversity and mother-tongue education; the date recalls the language movement of 1952 in what is now Bangladesh.
Read the full explanation →World Food Day, which marks the founding of the Food and Agriculture Organization, is observed on:
The Food and Agriculture Organization was founded on 16 October 1945 at Quebec in Canada, and the day has been observed in its memory since 1981; the FAO has its headquarters at Rome and leads the campaign every year.
Read the full explanation →The International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on 16 September, marks the signing of which treaty?
The Montreal Protocol on Substances that Deplete the Ozone Layer was signed on 16 September 1987, and the General Assembly later fixed that date as the ozone day.
Read the full explanation →World Population Day is observed every year on:
The Governing Council of the United Nations Development Programme began the observance in 1989, taking the date from Five Billion Day, 11 July 1987, when the world’s population was estimated to have crossed five billion; the United Nations Population Fund now leads the campaign.
Read the full explanation →International Literacy Day, observed on 8 September, was declared by which organisation?
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization proclaimed the day in 1966, and it was first observed in 1967; UNESCO also leads International Mother Language Day on 21 February and World Teachers’ Day on 5 October.
Read the full explanation →The International Day of Non-Violence is observed on which date?
The General Assembly declared the day in 2007 and set it on the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, so that the date honours the leader whose method of non-violent resistance the resolution names.
Read the full explanation →World Health Day is observed on 7 April because on that date in 1948:
WHO became a specialised agency of the United Nations on 7 April 1948, and the first World Health Day was observed in 1950; the organisation announces a theme for the day each year and its headquarters are at Geneva.
Read the full explanation →Human Rights Day, observed on 10 December, marks the adoption of which document?
The General Assembly adopted it on 10 December 1948 at Paris, and the observance of the anniversary began in 1950; the Declaration has thirty articles and is the most translated document in the world.
Read the full explanation →World Environment Day, led by the United Nations Environment Programme, is observed on:
The General Assembly established the day after the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment of 1972, and it has been observed since 1974 under the lead of the UN Environment Programme, with a different country hosting the main event each year.
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