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.
In Bihar, the directly elected head of a Gram Panchayat is known as the:
Under the Bihar Panchayat Raj Act, 2006 the head of a Gram Panchayat is the Mukhiya, who is elected directly by all the voters of the panchayat area, with an Up-Mukhiya as deputy chosen by the elected ward members.
Read the full explanation →The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, which gave panchayati raj institutions a place in the Constitution, came into force on which date?
The 73rd Amendment Act was passed by Parliament in 1992 and was brought into force on 24 April 1993, which is why that date is observed every year as National Panchayati Raj Day.
Read the full explanation →The Panchayat Raj Act that governs Gram Panchayats and Nyaya Panchayats in Uttar Pradesh was passed in which year?
The United Provinces Panchayat Raj Act was passed in 1947, before the Constitution came into force, and it still governs the Gram Panchayat, with its Pradhan, Up-Pradhan and panchs, as well as the Nyaya Panchayat, the judicial panchayat headed by a Sarpanch that Uttar Pradesh has retained while most states…
Read the full explanation →A Metropolitan Planning Committee under Article 243ZE is required for an area with a population of:
Article 243P defines a metropolitan area as an area having a population of ten lakh or more, comprised in one or more districts and consisting of two or more municipalities or panchayats or other contiguous areas, specified as such by the Governor.
Read the full explanation →Under Article 243Q, a Nagar Panchayat is constituted for which kind of area?
Article 243Q provides for three kinds of municipality: a Nagar Panchayat for a transitional area, that is an area in transition from a rural area to an urban area; a Municipal Council, called the Nagar Palika Parishad in Uttar Pradesh, for a smaller urban area; and a Municipal Corporation, the…
Read the full explanation →The Twelfth Schedule of the Constitution, which lists the subjects of municipalities, contains how many items?
The Twelfth Schedule was added by the Seventy-fourth Amendment and lists 18 subjects that a state legislature may entrust to municipalities under Article 243W, including urban planning and town planning, regulation of land use, roads and bridges, water supply, public health and sanitation, fire services, urban forestry, slum improvement and…
Read the full explanation →What is the minimum age for a person to contest an election to a panchayat?
Article 243F says that a person shall be disqualified for being chosen as, and for being, a member of a panchayat if he is so disqualified under any law relating to elections to the legislature of the state, but adds a proviso that no person shall be disqualified on the…
Read the full explanation →Which committee first recommended a three-tier structure of panchayati raj in India?
It was appointed to examine the working of the Community Development Programme and the National Extension Service, and it recommended a three-tier structure of the Gram Panchayat at the village level, the Panchayat Samiti at the block level and the Zila Parishad at the district level, a scheme it called…
Read the full explanation →The elected head of a Zila Panchayat in Uttar Pradesh is designated as:
In Uttar Pradesh the Zila Panchayat, the district tier of panchayati raj, is headed by an elected Adhyaksh, with an Up-Adhyaksh as the deputy, under the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961.
Read the full explanation →In Uttar Pradesh, the panchayat at the block or intermediate level is known by which name?
In Uttar Pradesh the intermediate tier, which covers a development block, is called the Kshettra Panchayat, it is headed by an elected Block Pramukh and it is governed by the Uttar Pradesh Kshettra Panchayats and Zila Panchayats Adhiniyam, 1961, with the Block Development Officer as its executive officer.
Read the full explanation →Which is the institution of self-government for rural areas constituted under Article 243B of the Indian Constitution?
Article 243B says that there shall be constituted in every state panchayats at the village, intermediate and district levels, and Article 243(d) defines a panchayat as an institution of self-government constituted under Article 243B for the rural areas.
Read the full explanation →How many subjects are listed in the Eleventh Schedule of the Constitution?
The Eleventh Schedule was added by the Seventy-third Amendment and lists 29 subjects that a state legislature may devolve on the panchayats under Article 243G, among them agriculture, land improvement, minor irrigation, animal husbandry, rural housing, drinking water, roads, poverty alleviation, education, health, the public distribution system and the welfare…
Read the full explanation →On which date did the Constitution (Seventy-third Amendment) Act, 1992 come into force?
The Seventy-third Amendment, which gave panchayats a place in the Constitution by adding Part IX, Articles 243 to 243-O, and the Eleventh Schedule, came into force on that date, and 24 April is observed every year as National Panchayati Raj Day.
Read the full explanation →The Uttar Pradesh State Human Rights Commission has been constituted under which law?
Section 21 of that Act allows a state government to constitute a State Human Rights Commission to inquire into violations of human rights in respect of subjects in the State List and the Concurrent List.
Read the full explanation →What is the term of office of a member of a State Public Service Commission?
Article 316(2) provides that a member of a Public Service Commission shall hold office for a term of six years from the date on which he enters upon his office, but a member of a State Public Service Commission or a Joint Commission shall vacate office on attaining the age…
Read the full explanation →A member of a State Public Service Commission can be removed from office by which authority?
Under Article 317, the chairman or any other member of a Public Service Commission, including a State Public Service Commission, can be removed from office only by an order of the President on the ground of misbehaviour, and only after the Supreme Court has held an inquiry on a reference…
Read the full explanation →Where is the office of the Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission located?
The Uttar Pradesh Public Service Commission has its office at Prayagraj, the city formerly called Allahabad, which is also the principal seat of the High Court of the state.
Read the full explanation →Who appoints district judges in a state?
Article 233(1) says that appointments of persons to be district judges in any state shall be made by the Governor of the state in consultation with the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to that state.
Read the full explanation →Under which Article of the Constitution does a High Court issue writs?
It empowers every High Court to issue directions, orders or writs, including the writs of habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, for the enforcement of the fundamental rights and for any other purpose.
Read the full explanation →Before whom does a judge of a High Court take the oath of office?
Article 219 says that every person appointed to be a judge of a High Court shall, before he enters upon his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Governor of the state, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, in the form set out in…
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