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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

Q2261.Environment & EcologyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

Consider the following pairs related to the United Nations (UN) Sustainable Development Goals :

I. Goal 1 : End poverty in all forms everywhere

II. Goal 2 : Ensure healthy lives

III. Goal 3 : Ensure quality education

IV. Goal 4 : Achieve gender equality

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. A.One
  2. B.Two
  3. C.Three
  4. D.All the four
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Correct answer: A. One

Only pair I is correct; pairs II, III and IV each give a goal the theme of the next goal.

Q2262.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

Consider the following pairs with reference to the Constitution of India :

I. Part V : The Union

II. Part X : The Scheduled and Tribal Areas

III. Part XII : Relations between the Union and the States

IV. Part XIV : Amendment of the Constitution

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. A.One
  2. B.Two
  3. C.Three
  4. D.All four
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Correct answer: B. Two

Pairs I and II are correct; pairs III and IV are wrong. Part V (Articles 52 to 151) deals with the Union: the President, the Vice-President, the Council of Ministers, Parliament, the Supreme Court and the Comptroller and Auditor-General.

Q2263.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATEasy

The valency of an element depends upon the

  1. A.total number of protons in an atom
  2. B.mass number of an atom
  3. C.total number of neutrons in an atom
  4. D.total number of electrons in the outermost shell of an atom
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Correct answer: D. total number of electrons in the outermost shell of an atom

Valency is the combining capacity of an atom, and it is decided by the valence electrons it gains, loses or shares to complete its outer shell.

Q2264.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2017, GATEasy

The Indian Railways have gone in for qualitative improvements since independence. Which of the following have taken place in recent years ?

1. Gauge conversion

2. Track electrification

3. Automatic signals

Select the correct answer using the codes given below :

  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: D. 1, 2 and 3

Gauge conversion, electrification of tracks and automatic signalling have all been part of the modernisation of Indian Railways. Gauge conversion: under Project Unigauge, started in 1992, metre-gauge and narrow-gauge lines have been steadily converted to broad gauge (1,676 mm) so that trains can run through without transhipment.

Q2266.Indian EconomyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

The Nehru-Mahalanobis Strategy of Development was implemented for the first time by which one of the following Five-Year Plans?

  1. A.First Five-Year Plan
  2. B.Second Five-Year Plan
  3. C.Third Five-Year Plan
  4. D.Seventh Five-Year Plan
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Correct answer: B. Second Five-Year Plan

The Second Plan (1956–61) was built on the model prepared by the statistician P. C. Mahalanobis, which gave priority to heavy and basic industries.

Q2269.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

Which one of the following clouds is a rain-bearing cloud?

  1. A.Cumulus cloud
  2. B.Stratus cloud
  3. C.Nimbus cloud
  4. D.Cirrus cloud
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Correct answer: C. Nimbus cloud

The word nimbus means rain cloud: these dark, thick clouds bring steady rain or snow. Nimbus clouds form at low to middle heights and are so dense that sunlight hardly passes through them, which is why they look dark grey or black.

Q2273.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2023, GATEasy

Which one of the following European explorer conquered Mexico ?

  1. A.Vasco da Gama
  2. B.Bartholomew Diaz
  3. C.Magellan
  4. D.Hernán Cortés
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Correct answer: D. Hernán Cortés

This Spanish conquistador overthrew the Aztec Empire and brought Mexico under Spain between 1519 and 1521. Cortés landed on the Mexican coast in 1519, allied with peoples hostile to the Aztecs such as the Tlaxcalans, and reached the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, where the ruler Moctezuma II received him.

Q2276.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

Consider the following pairs with reference to the Constitution of India :

I. Part IX A : The Municipalities

II. Part IX B : The Cooperative Societies

III. Part X : Relations between the Union and States

IV. Part XII : Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits

How many of the pairs given above are correctly matched?

  1. A.One
  2. B.Two
  3. C.Three
  4. D.All the four
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Correct answer: C. Three

Pairs I, II and IV are correct; pair III is wrong because Part X deals with the Scheduled and Tribal Areas.

Q2277.Art & CultureAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

Consider the following statements :

I. The Kailasanatha temple of Kanchi is the earliest Pallava temple hewn from solid rock.

II. The Vaikuntha Perumal temple at Kanchi is a rare Pallava temple dedicated to Lord Vishnu.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  1. A.I only
  2. B.II only
  3. C.Both I and II
  4. D.Neither I nor II
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Correct answer: B. II only

The Kailasanatha temple of Kanchi is a structural temple built of stone blocks, not a temple cut out of solid rock, so statement I is wrong.

Q2279.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKEasy

Who among the following stated in the Constituent Assembly that on 26th January, 1950, India was going to enter a life of contradictions?

  1. A.Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
  2. B.Jawaharlal Nehru
  3. C.Mahatma Gandhi
  4. D.S. P. Mukherjee
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Correct answer: A. Dr. B. R. Ambedkar

In his closing speech to the Constituent Assembly on 25 November 1949, Dr. B. R. Ambedkar warned that on 26 January 1950 India was going to enter into a life of contradictions.

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