SSC GD Constable 2023 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

Part XIV of the Constitution, titled Services under the Union and the States, covers Articles 308 to 323, and the public service commissions sit in it.

Saturn lies beyond the asteroid belt, so it is an outer planet. The eight planets are divided by the asteroid belt that runs between Mars and Jupiter.

Women of the Self-Employed Women's Association at Ahmedabad, who worked as vendors, headloaders and home-based workers, pooled their own share capital and registered a cooperative bank of their own in 1974 because ordinary banks would not deal with borrowers who had no collateral and no paperwork.

Article 58 lays down four qualifications for the President: the person must be a citizen of India, must have completed 35 years of age, must be qualified for election as a member of the Lok Sabha, and must not hold any office of profit under the Union, a State or…

Article 51A(h) asks every citizen "to develop the scientific temper, humanism and the spirit of inquiry and reform". It means questioning superstition, looking for evidence before believing a claim, and being open to change.

The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) was formed in 1927 and was recognised by the International Olympic Committee the same year.

The Sports Authority of India (SAI) was set up by the Government of India in January 1984 as a registered society under the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports.

Thiamin (thiamine) is vitamin B1, a water-soluble vitamin that helps the body turn carbohydrates into energy and keeps the nerves and heart working well.

When coal, petrol or diesel burn with too little oxygen, the burning is incomplete and gives out carbon monoxide, soot and unburnt hydrocarbons, the worst pollutants from vehicles and power plants.

Under Section 22 of the RBI Act, 1934, the Reserve Bank has the sole right to issue banknotes in India.

Sambhar Lake in Rajasthan is a saltwater lake, in fact the largest inland salt lake in India, so it is the odd one out.

Western disturbances are low-pressure systems that start over the Mediterranean Sea and are carried east towards India by the westerly jet stream in winter.

Seleucus, a general of Alexander who came to rule the eastern part of his empire, sent Megasthenes as his ambassador to Chandragupta Maurya's court at Pataliputra.

Jyotirao (Jyotiba) Phule founded the Satya-Shodhak Samaj, the 'Society of Seekers of Truth', on 24 September 1873 in Pune. The Samaj fought caste discrimination and worked for the education and rights of Shudras, Dalits and women, without the help of priests.

The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 changed so many parts of the Constitution that it is called the 'Mini Constitution'. It was passed during the Emergency under Indira Gandhi's government on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee.

During a National Emergency, Article 359 lets the President suspend the right to move the courts for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights.

Article 17 abolishes untouchability, forbids its practice in any form, and makes the enforcement of any disability arising out of untouchability an offence punishable in accordance with law.