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SSC GK Questions 2026

Static GK decides most of the General Awareness score in SSC exams. The CGL, CHSL and CPO notices describe it in almost the same words: questions on India and its neighbouring countries in History, Culture, Geography, the Economic Scene, General Policy and Scientific Research, and on everyday observation in its scientific aspect. The GD notice adds Sports, General Polity and the Indian Constitution, and the MTS notice lists Social Studies, General Science and Environmental Studies up to the 10th Standard. This page brings together GK24's GK notes and practice questions tagged for all five SSC exams. The notes follow a subject-wise syllabus, one topic per note in English and Hindi: Indian Polity, Indian History, Geography, Indian Economy, General Science, Environment and Ecology, Art and Culture, Computer, Sports, Awards and Honours, Books and Authors, Days and Dates, and Static GK. Each note is written as short facts and tables so that a topic can be revised in one sitting, and each ends with multiple-choice questions and explanations. The level is what changes between exams: read MTS and GD topics at Class 10 depth, CHSL at Class 12 depth, and CGL and CPO at graduate depth, where questions ask for the article number or the year rather than the broad idea. Start with Polity, History and Geography, which fill the most questions in past papers in GK24's reading, then move to the Economy and Science. After each note, solve its questions here and your exam's previous-year questions on its own page.

SSC GK Questions with Answers

Q2104.Government SchemesHard

PM VGSY is approved for a period that is co-terminus with the award period of which body?

  1. A.The 8th Central Pay Commission
  2. B.The Sixteenth Finance Commission
  3. C.The Fifteenth Finance Commission
  4. D.NITI Aayog's governing council
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Correct answer: B. The Sixteenth Finance Commission

The scheme has been sanctioned for the years from 2026-27 to 2030-31, and the Cabinet decision states plainly that this term is co-terminus with that commission's period.

Q2106.EconomyHard

The formula used to work out the Dearness Allowance increase rests on the recommendations of which body?

  1. A.The 6th Central Pay Commission
  2. B.The 7th Central Pay Commission
  3. C.The Sixteenth Finance Commission
  4. D.The Reserve Bank of India
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Correct answer: B. The 7th Central Pay Commission

The Cabinet described the increase as being in accordance with the accepted formula, which is based on that commission's recommendations, so the percentage is arrived at mechanically rather than by negotiation.

Q2108.EconomyMedium

From which date does the revised Dearness Allowance rate apply?

  1. A.1 January 2026
  2. B.1 April 2026
  3. C.1 July 2026
  4. D.1 October 2026
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Correct answer: C. 1 July 2026

The Cabinet approved the release of the additional instalment with effect from that date, which is why the employees and pensioners covered by the order also become entitled to arrears for the months that have already passed between the effective date and the date of the decision.

Q2113.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Which one among the following is a free living animal?

  1. A.Liver fluke
  2. B.Wuchereria
  3. C.Plasmodium
  4. D.Planaria
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Correct answer: D. Planaria

Planaria is a free-living flatworm, while the other three are parasites that live inside a host. Planaria belongs to the phylum Platyhelminthes and lives in freshwater ponds and streams, gliding under stones and feeding on small animals.

Q2116.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKMedium

Which one among the following statements about an adjournment motion in the Parliament of India is not correct ?

  1. A.Its objective is to draw attention of the House to any recent matter of urgent public importance.
  2. B.Adjournment motion is an extraordinary procedure.
  3. C.This motion can be invoked on any matter of urgent importance that may even be within the jurisdiction of a State Government.
  4. D.The Chair has absolute discretion to refuse consent.
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Correct answer: C. This motion can be invoked on any matter of urgent importance that may even be within the jurisdiction of a State Government.

The statement is not correct, because an adjournment motion can be moved only on a matter that primarily concerns the Union Government, not one within a State Government's jurisdiction.

Q2117.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKEasy

The linear momentum of a particle is conserved if:

  1. A.the net force on it is maximum.
  2. B.the net force on it is zero.
  3. C.the net torque on it is zero.
  4. D.the net work done on it is maximum.
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Correct answer: B. the net force on it is zero.

Linear momentum stays constant only when no net external force acts. Linear momentum is the product of mass and velocity, p = mv.

Q2118.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. A.Position of the Sun, Earth and Moon in a straight line of 180° angle is known as syzygy.
  2. B.Syzygy conjunction causes solar eclipse.
  3. C.Syzygy opposition causes lunar eclipse.
  4. D.Syzygy conjunction occurs at the time of perihelion only.
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Correct answer: D. Syzygy conjunction occurs at the time of perihelion only.

This statement is not correct, because conjunction happens at every new moon, about once a month, and has nothing to do with the Earth's closest point to the Sun.

Q2119.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

Which one of the following about sugar industry of Peninsular India is not correct?

  1. A.High yield per hectare of sugarcane
  2. B.Higher sucrose content
  3. C.Long crushing season
  4. D.Most of the mills in the Peninsula are located mainly along the east coast
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Correct answer: D. Most of the mills in the Peninsula are located mainly along the east coast

This statement is not correct, because the peninsular sugar mills are concentrated mainly in Maharashtra and Karnataka, in the west and the interior of the plateau.

Q2120.Awards & HonoursAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKMedium

The Nobel Prize in Physics for the year 2016 was given to

  1. A.David J. Thouless
  2. B.F. Duncan M. Haldane
  3. C.J. Michael Kosterlitz
  4. D.All of them
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Correct answer: D. All of them

The 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics was shared by David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz, three British-born physicists working in the United States.

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