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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

Q3881.RajasthanMedium

The Jasnathi sect, whose followers are known for the fire dance performed on burning coals, has its centre at

  1. A.Katariyasar in Bikaner district
  2. B.Naraina in Jaipur district
  3. C.Shahpura in Bhilwara district
  4. D.Gadha near Didwana
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Correct answer: A. Katariyasar in Bikaner district

The correct answer is A, Katariyasar in Bikaner district, the seat of the sect founded by Jasnathji, whose followers, the Siddhs, perform the agni nritya or fire dance on a bed of live coals to the beat of the drum, a performance that has become one of the signatures of…

Q3888.Indian PolityHard

In which case did the Supreme Court recognise a living will, or advance medical directive, as part of the right to die with dignity?

  1. A.Aruna Shanbaug versus Union of India, 2011
  2. B.Common Cause versus Union of India, 2018
  3. C.Gian Kaur versus State of Punjab, 1996
  4. D.P. Rathinam versus Union of India, 1994
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Correct answer: B. Common Cause versus Union of India, 2018

A Constitution Bench held that the right to die with dignity is part of the right to life under Article 21, and that an adult of sound mind may draw up an advance directive, popularly called a living will, refusing life support if he later becomes terminally ill or goes…

Q3889.Indian PolityMedium

Hussainara Khatoon versus State of Bihar, 1979, is associated with which right under Article 21?

  1. A.Right to a speedy trial
  2. B.Right to privacy
  3. C.Right to shelter
  4. D.Right to a clean environment
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Correct answer: A. Right to a speedy trial

The petition, India's first reported public interest litigation, brought to light thousands of undertrial prisoners in Bihar jails who had been locked up longer than the maximum sentence for their alleged offence.

Q3890.Indian PolityEasy

Article 21A provides free and compulsory education to children of which age group?

  1. A.Birth to six years
  2. B.Six to fourteen years
  3. C.Six to eighteen years
  4. D.Fourteen to eighteen years
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Correct answer: B. Six to fourteen years

Article 21A, inserted by the 86th Amendment, 2002, says that the State shall provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years in such manner as the State may by law determine, and the Right to Education Act, 2009, works out that promise…

Q3891.Indian PolityMedium

In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the right to livelihood is a part of the right to life under Article 21?

  1. A.Olga Tellis versus Bombay Municipal Corporation
  2. B.Chameli Singh versus State of Uttar Pradesh
  3. C.Hussainara Khatoon versus State of Bihar
  4. D.Subhash Kumar versus State of Bihar
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Correct answer: A. Olga Tellis versus Bombay Municipal Corporation

The Court held that the right to life includes the right to livelihood, because no person can live without the means of living, and that pavement and slum dwellers could not be evicted without a fair hearing.

Q3892.Indian PolityHard

Under Article 359, the enforcement of which pair of fundamental rights cannot be suspended during a national emergency?

  1. A.Articles 19 and 21
  2. B.Articles 20 and 21
  3. C.Articles 14 and 21
  4. D.Articles 21 and 22
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Correct answer: B. Articles 20 and 21

Article 359 lets the President suspend the right to move any court for the enforcement of fundamental rights while a national emergency is in force, but the 44th Amendment Act, 1978, passed after the experience of the 1975 Emergency, placed Article 20, on protection against conviction for offences, and Article…

Q3893.Indian PolityMedium

The doctrine that the death sentence should be imposed only in the rarest of rare cases was laid down in which case?

  1. A.Jagmohan Singh versus State of Uttar Pradesh, 1973
  2. B.Bachan Singh versus State of Punjab, 1980
  3. C.Machhi Singh versus State of Punjab, 1983
  4. D.Mithu versus State of Punjab, 1983
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Correct answer: B. Bachan Singh versus State of Punjab, 1980

A Constitution Bench upheld the death penalty as consistent with Article 21 but held that it may be awarded only in the rarest of rare cases, where the alternative of life imprisonment is unquestionably foreclosed, and that courts must weigh aggravating against mitigating circumstances.

Q3895.Indian PolityEasy

Article 21A, which makes elementary education a fundamental right, was inserted by which Constitutional Amendment?

  1. A.42nd Amendment, 1976
  2. B.44th Amendment, 1978
  3. C.86th Amendment, 2002
  4. D.93rd Amendment, 2005
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Correct answer: C. 86th Amendment, 2002

It inserted Article 21A, which directs the State to provide free and compulsory education to all children of the age of six to fourteen years, recast Article 45 to cover early childhood care and education below six years, and added clause k to Article 51A, making it a fundamental duty…

Q3896.Indian PolityMedium

In which case did the Supreme Court hold that the procedure under Article 21 must be fair, just and reasonable, and not arbitrary?

  1. A.A. K. Gopalan versus State of Madras
  2. B.Maneka Gandhi versus Union of India
  3. C.ADM Jabalpur versus Shivkant Shukla
  4. D.Kharak Singh versus State of Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: B. Maneka Gandhi versus Union of India

A seven-judge bench held that a procedure which takes away life or personal liberty must be fair, just and reasonable, gave personal liberty the widest amplitude, and tied Articles 14, 19 and 21 together as the golden triangle.

Q3897.Indian PolityEasy

Which expression is actually used in Article 21 of the Constitution of India?

  1. A.Due process of law
  2. B.Procedure established by law
  3. C.Equal protection of the laws
  4. D.Reasonable restrictions imposed by law
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Correct answer: B. Procedure established by law

Article 21 says that no person shall be deprived of his life or personal liberty except according to procedure established by law, an expression the Constituent Assembly borrowed from the Japanese Constitution.

Q3898.Indian HistoryEasy

The Bali Jatra fair, which recalls the ancient sea voyages of Indian merchants to Southeast Asia, is held in which state?

  1. A.Odisha
  2. B.West Bengal
  3. C.Gujarat
  4. D.Tamil Nadu
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Correct answer: A. Odisha

Bali Jatra, meaning the voyage to Bali, is held at Cuttack on the bank of the Mahanadi on Kartik Purnima, when people float small paper and banana bark boats in memory of the merchants of Kalinga who sailed to Bali, Java, Sumatra and Borneo; the same day is marked as…

Q3900.Indian HistoryMedium

Which Chola ruler sent the naval expedition against the Srivijaya empire of Sumatra in 1025 of the Christian era?

  1. A.Rajaraja I
  2. B.Rajendra I
  3. C.Kulottunga I
  4. D.Vijayalaya
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Correct answer: B. Rajendra I

The correct answer is B, Rajendra I, the son of Rajaraja I, who in 1025 of the Christian era sent a Chola fleet across the Bay of Bengal against Srivijaya, the trading power that controlled the straits of Malacca and Sunda, and recorded the campaign in his inscriptions along with…

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