SSC GK Questions 2026

Article 159 says that every Governor shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to the state, or in his absence the senior-most judge of that court available.

Article 164(1A), inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003, says that the total number of ministers including the Chief Minister in a state shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly.

The correct answer is A, Dharma Vira, a senior member of the civil service who became the first Governor of Haryana when the state was created on 1 November 1966.

The correct answer is B, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, who took office as the first Chief Minister of Haryana when the state was formed on 1 November 1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.

The Haryana Legislative Assembly has 90 elected seats, a strength it has had since 1977, of which 17 are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and none for the Scheduled Tribes, because no tribe is notified in the state.

Haryana was created on that date under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, which divided the old state of Punjab on a linguistic basis, made Chandigarh a Union Territory to serve as the shared capital of both states, and transferred the hill areas to Himachal Pradesh.

Bihar amended its panchayat law and held the panchayat elections of 2006 with half the seats, and half the posts of chairperson, reserved for women, which made it the first state in the country to go beyond the constitutional minimum.

Article 323(2) requires a State Public Service Commission to present annually to the Governor a report on the work done by it.

Article 322 says that the expenses of a State Public Service Commission, including the salaries, allowances and pensions payable to its members and staff, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State.

Article 316(1) says that the chairman and other members of a State Public Service Commission shall be appointed by the Governor of the state, while those of the Union Public Service Commission are appointed by the President.

Article 233(2) provides that a person not already in the service of the Union or of the state shall be eligible to be appointed a district judge only if he has been an advocate or a pleader for not less than seven years and is recommended by the High Court…

It says that every High Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court, including the power to punish for contempt of itself.

It is the opening article of Part VI, Chapter V of the Constitution and says that there shall be a High Court for each state.

Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on that date under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court became the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi.

The correct answer is A, Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier, who became the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court when it began sitting in 1916.

Bihar formed part of the Bengal Presidency, and its appeals therefore went to the High Court at Calcutta, which had been established in 1862 under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.

The Patna High Court was created by Letters Patent in February 1916 and began sitting on 1 March 1916, which is why its centenary fell in 2016.

Born at Kudki in the Merta country of the Rathores and married to a prince of Mewar, she turned away from the life of the palace to the worship of Krishna, whom she called Giridhar Gopal, kept the company of wandering saints against the wishes of her husband's family, and…

Deshnoke stands on the Bikaner to Nagaur road in Bikaner district, and the temple of Karni Mata there is known across the world for the thousands of rats, called kabas, that live in it and are fed by the worshippers.

The Urs, which marks the anniversary of a saint's death, understood as his union with God, is held at Ajmer every year in the month of Rajab and draws pilgrims of every faith.