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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

Q2282.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKEasy

Which one of the following statements with regard to the ultraviolet light is not correct?

  1. A.It is an electromagnetic wave.
  2. B.It can travel through vacuum.
  3. C.It is a longitudinal wave.
  4. D.Its wavelength is shorter/smaller than that of visible light.
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Correct answer: C. It is a longitudinal wave.

Ultraviolet light is an electromagnetic wave, and all electromagnetic waves are transverse, not longitudinal. In an electromagnetic wave, the electric and magnetic fields vibrate at right angles to each other and to the direction in which the wave travels, which is the mark of a transverse wave.

Q2283.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

Which of the following statements about 'fission' is correct? 1. It is related with the creation of new individuals by means of cell division in unicellular organism. 2. It is related with the transformation of heavier nuclei into smaller nuclei. 3. It is related with the creation of a heavier nuclei by means of combining two higher nuclei. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.1 and 2 only
  4. D.1 and 3 only
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Correct answer: C. 1 and 2 only

The word fission is used in two sciences: in biology for splitting of a single-celled organism, and in physics for splitting of a heavy nucleus.

Q2286.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKMedium

Consider the following social movements : 1. Chipko Movement 2. Bardoli Satyagraha 3. Satyashodhak Samaj Which one of the following is the correct chronological order (starting with the earliest) of the launch of the above social movements ?

  1. A.2, 1, 3
  2. B.3, 1, 2
  3. C.3, 2, 1
  4. D.1, 2, 3
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Correct answer: C. 3, 2, 1

The Satyashodhak Samaj came first in 1873, the Bardoli Satyagraha followed in 1928 and the Chipko Movement began in 1973.

Q2288.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKEasy

Which one of the following statements about the properties of neutrons is not correct?

  1. A.Neutron mass is almost equal to proton mass.
  2. B.Neutrons possess zero charge.
  3. C.Neutrons are located inside the atomic nuclei.
  4. D.Neutrons revolve around the atomic nuclei.
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Correct answer: D. Neutrons revolve around the atomic nuclei.

Neutrons sit inside the nucleus with protons; it is the electrons that move around the nucleus. The neutron was discovered by James Chadwick in 1932, and he received the Nobel Prize in Physics for it in 1935.

Q2289.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2021, GKMedium

We are given three copper wires of different lengths and different areas of cross-section. Which one of the following would have highest resistivity?

  1. A.Copper wire of 50 cm length and 1 mm diameter
  2. B.Copper wire of 25 cm length and 0.5 mm diameter
  3. C.Copper wire of 10 cm length and 2.0 mm diameter
  4. D.All the wires would have same resistivity
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Correct answer: D. All the wires would have same resistivity

Resistivity is a property of the material and its temperature, not of the wire's shape, so every copper wire has the same resistivity.

Q2291.Indian EconomyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2022, GKEasy

Which one of the following central features is not associated with Capitalist Economy?

  1. A.There is generalised commodity production - it has market value.
  2. B.Productive wealth is held predominantly in private hands.
  3. C.Economic life is organised according to market principles.
  4. D.Economic organisation is based on planning, a supposedly rational process of resource allocation.
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Correct answer: D. Economic organisation is based on planning, a supposedly rational process of resource allocation.

Allocation of resources through central planning is the mark of a socialist or command economy, not a capitalist one. In a capitalist economy, the means of production such as land, factories and capital are owned mainly by private individuals and firms.

Q2292.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following was primarily associated with 'Dadni' system?

  1. A.Textile production
  2. B.Warfare
  3. C.Payment to officials
  4. D.Revenue collection
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Correct answer: A. Textile production

Under the dadni system, European companies gave cash advances to weavers through middlemen to secure cloth for export. In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries the English, Dutch and French companies bought huge quantities of cotton and silk cloth in Bengal and other regions.

Q2293.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

Which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. Angular velocity for all locations on the Earth's surface is the same while linear velocity varies. 2. Linear velocity is maximum at the equator and minimum at the poles. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

Every point on the Earth turns through 360 degrees in the same time, but points nearer the equator travel a longer circle and so move faster.

Q2295.Static GKAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2025, GKEasy

The 'Durand Line' is a border demarcation that separates which of the following countries ?

  1. A.Afghanistan and Iran
  2. B.Afghanistan and Pakistan
  3. C.India and Pakistan
  4. D.Afghanistan and China
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Correct answer: B. Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Durand Line is the roughly 2,640 km boundary between Afghanistan and Pakistan. It was fixed in 1893 by an agreement between Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign Secretary of British India, and Amir Abdur Rahman Khan of Afghanistan, to mark the limits of their spheres of influence.

Q2300.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKMedium

Which one of the following Articles was defended by Dr. B. R. Ambedkar on the plea that it would be used as a 'matter of last resort'?

  1. A.Article 352
  2. B.Article 359
  3. C.Article 356
  4. D.Article 368
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Correct answer: C. Article 356

Defending President's Rule in the Constituent Assembly, Ambedkar said he hoped such Articles would never be called into operation and would remain a 'dead letter', used only as a last resort.

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