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.
Which of the following is the folk dance of Punjab performed by women?
Giddha, also spelt Gidda, is the women's folk dance of Punjab, danced in a ring to the clapping of hands and to boliyan, short verses sung by the dancers themselves.
Read the full explanation →Guru Gobind Singh founded the Khalsa in 1699 at which place?
On Baisakhi in 1699 Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Guru, initiated the Panj Piare there and founded the Khalsa, giving it the five articles of faith.
Read the full explanation →In which year did the British annex Punjab and add it to their Indian empire?
Punjab was annexed by Lord Dalhousie at the close of the Second Anglo Sikh War, after the battles of Chillianwala and Gujrat, and the young Maharaja Dalip Singh was pensioned off.
Read the full explanation →The Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place on which date?
It was Baisakhi day, and a crowd had gathered in the walled Jallianwala Bagh at Amritsar to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of local leaders.
Read the full explanation →The city of Amritsar was founded by which Sikh Guru?
The correct answer is B, Guru Ram Das, the fourth Sikh Guru, who founded the settlement around the sacred tank that gave the city its name.
Read the full explanation →The Harike wetland, a Ramsar site and the head works of the Indira Gandhi Canal, lies at the confluence of which two rivers?
Harike, also called Hari ke Pattan, was formed by a barrage built where the Beas joins the Sutlej, and it is the largest wetland of northern India.
Read the full explanation →The Bhakra Dam, whose reservoir is the Gobind Sagar, is built on which river?
Bhakra is a concrete gravity dam on the Sutlej in the Shivalik gorge at Bhakra, and the lake behind it is the Gobind Sagar.
Read the full explanation →Of the five rivers that give the Punjab its name, which one does not flow through Indian Punjab?
The name Punjab joins the Persian words panj, five, and ab, water, for the land watered by the Sutlej, the Beas, the Ravi, the Chenab and the Jhelum.
Read the full explanation →Chandigarh is the shared capital of which two states?
Chandigarh was planned in the 1950s as the new capital of Punjab after Lahore went to Pakistan.
Read the full explanation →The present state of Punjab was reorganised, and Haryana carved out of it, on which date?
On that day the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966 came into force: Haryana was created as a separate state, the hill districts such as Kangra, Kullu and Shimla were transferred to Himachal Pradesh, and Chandigarh was made a Union Territory to serve as the capital of both Punjab and Haryana.
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, used for testing Indian missiles, is located in which state?
The Integrated Test Range of the DRDO lies at Chandipur on the Balasore coast of Odisha, and its launch complex on Dr Abdul Kalam Island, earlier called Wheeler Island, off the same coast is used for longer range tests.
Read the full explanation →Who commissioned India's first indigenous aircraft carrier INS Vikrant in Kochi in September 2022?
The Prime Minister commissioned INS Vikrant at Kochi on 2 September 2022; built by Cochin Shipyard, it is the first aircraft carrier designed and built in India and it carries the name of the older Vikrant that served in the 1971 war.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest gallantry award of India for bravery shown in peacetime?
India keeps two ladders of gallantry awards. Away from the battlefield the order is Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra, so Ashoka Chakra stands highest in peacetime.
Read the full explanation →Nag, developed by the DRDO, is which kind of missile?
Nag is a third generation fire and forget anti tank missile of the IGMDP, and its helicopter launched version is called Helina.
Read the full explanation →The name of the BrahMos missile is formed from the names of which two rivers?
BrahMos is built by a joint venture of India and Russia, and its name joins the Brahmaputra of India with the Moskva of Russia; it is a supersonic cruise missile that flies at nearly three times the speed of sound and can be launched from land, ships, submarines and aircraft.
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme of India was led by which scientist?
The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme was approved in 1983 and run under his leadership at the Defence Research and Development Laboratory, which is why he is called the Missile Man of India; it produced Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash and Nag.
Read the full explanation →The National Defence Academy, where cadets of all three services train together, is located at:
The National Defence Academy is the only academy in which cadets of the Army, Navy and Air Force undergo joint training before moving to their own service academies for pre commission training.
Read the full explanation →Indian Navy Day is celebrated on 4 December in memory of which operation?
On the night of 4 December 1971 Indian missile boats attacked Karachi harbour in Operation Trident, sinking Pakistani vessels without loss, and the Navy marks the date as Navy Day.
Read the full explanation →Army Day in India is observed on 15 January to mark which event?
On 15 January 1949 General K. M. Cariappa took charge as the first Indian Commander in Chief of the Indian Army, replacing the last British holder of the post, and the day has been observed as Army Day ever since.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Supreme Commander of the Indian armed forces?
Article 53 of the Constitution vests the supreme command of the defence forces of the Union in the President, and the exercise of that command is regulated by law; commissions to officers are granted in the President's name.
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