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.
Twinkling of stars is primarily due to the atmospheric
Starlight is bent again and again as it passes through layers of air whose temperature and density keep changing, so the star seems to flicker in brightness and position.
Read the full explanation →The volume of a sealed packet is 1 litre and its mass is 800 g. The packet is first put inside water with density 1 g cm⁻³ and then in another liquid B with density 1.5 g cm⁻³. Then which one of the following statements holds true?
The packet’s density is 800 g divided by 1,000 cm³, which is 0.8 g/cm³, less than the density of both liquids.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following states was NOT impacted by the Land Boundary Agreement Treaty between India and Bangladesh (2015)?
Arunachal Pradesh does not share a border with Bangladesh, so the 2015 land boundary settlement did not touch it.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is found in appreciable amount in Laterite soil in India ?
Indian laterite soils are poor in organic matter, nitrogen, phosphate and calcium, while iron oxide and potash are present in excess.
Read the full explanation →An object is placed between infinity and the pole (P) of a convex mirror. The position of the image is
For any position of a real object in front of a convex mirror, the image forms behind the mirror between P and F. A convex mirror bulges outward, and its focus and centre of curvature lie behind it.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of World Meteorological Organization (WMO) is located at
The World Meteorological Organization has its headquarters in Geneva, Switzerland. The WMO is a specialised agency of the United Nations for weather, climate, water resources and related sciences.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the Official Mascot of the FIFA World Cup, 2018?
The mascot of the 2018 FIFA World Cup, held in Russia, was a wolf named Zabivaka, a Russian word meaning "the one who scores".
Read the full explanation →The provisions of the Fifth Schedule of the Constitution of India shall not apply to the administration and control of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes in
1. Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Odisha
2. Assam and Tripura
3. Meghalaya and Mizoram
Select the correct answer using the code given below:
The Fifth Schedule covers Scheduled Areas in every State except Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram, whose tribal areas come under the Sixth Schedule instead.
Read the full explanation →A large body of magmatic material that cools in the deeper depth of the Earth’s crust and develops in the form of large domes is known as
A batholith is a huge mass of magma that cools and hardens deep inside the crust, usually as granite, and takes the form of large domes.
Read the full explanation →Tyndall effect is a phenomenon of
Particles in a colloid are large enough to scatter a beam of light, which makes the path of the beam visible.
Read the full explanation →Nisarga, Gati, Nivar, Tauktae and Yaas are names of
All five are tropical cyclones of the North Indian Ocean, named from the list kept by the WMO/ESCAP Panel on Tropical Cyclones.
Read the full explanation →The refractive index of crown glass is close to 3/2. If the speed of light in air is c, then the speed of light in the crown glass will be close to
Refractive index is the ratio of the speed of light in air to its speed in the medium, so the speed in glass is c divided by 3/2, which is (2/3)c. The absolute refractive index of a medium is n = c/v, where c is the speed of light in…
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is found in the innermost part of the Earth ?
It separates the liquid outer core from the solid inner core at a depth of about 5,150 km, making it the deepest of the four boundaries.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following statements regarding the election of non-permanent members to the United Nations Security Council is/are correct ?
1. Five members coming from Africa and Asia, one from Eastern Europe, two from Latin America and two from Western Europe and other states
2. Six members are elected each year by the General Assembly for two year term
Select the correct answer using the code given below :
The ten non-permanent seats are shared by region as statement 1 says, but only five of them are filled each year, not six.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about the arrival of tobacco in India :
1. Tobacco plant arrived first in the Deccan.
2. Tobacco spread to northern India in the early years of the seventeenth century.
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Tobacco, a New World plant brought to India by the Portuguese, first reached the Deccan and then spread to northern India in the early seventeenth century.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following tributaries is/are correctly matched with the Deccan Rivers ?
Tributary — River
1. Bhavani — Krishna
2. Kabini — Kaveri
3. Manjra — Godavari
4. Bhima — Mahanadi
Select the answer using the code given below:
The Kabini is a tributary of the Kaveri and the Manjra is a tributary of the Godavari, so only pairs 2 and 3 are correct.
Read the full explanation →The book “The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection” was authored by
The English naturalist published this book in London on 24 November 1859, setting out his theory of evolution by natural selection.
Read the full explanation →The large well supplying water to the Great Bath of Mohenjo-daro was located
The Great Bath was surrounded by rooms, and a large well in one of the rooms on its eastern side supplied the water for the tank.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statement : "Atomic number of an element is a more fundamental property than its atomic mass." Who among the following scientists has made the above statement ?
In 1913 the English physicist Henry Moseley showed that atomic number, not atomic mass, is the fundamental property of an element.
Read the full explanation →The College of Military Engineering affiliated to Jawaharlal Nehru University is situated at
The College of Military Engineering stands at Dapodi in Pune, Maharashtra, and is the main training institution of the Indian Army's Corps of Engineers.
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