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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

Q3981.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKMedium

Consider the following statements about clouds : 1. Two major forms of clouds are stratiform and cumuliform. 2. According to the altitude, clouds are classified as high clouds, middle clouds and low clouds. 3. Stratus, nimbostratus and stratocumulus are types of high clouds. 4. Clouds having nimbo attached to their name produce precipitation. Which of the statements given above are correct ?

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

Only statement 3 is wrong, because stratus, nimbostratus and stratocumulus are low clouds, not high clouds. Statement 1 is correct: clouds take two basic forms, layered stratiform sheets formed by gentle lifting of air and heaped cumuliform clouds formed by rising convection currents.

Q3982.Art & CultureAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKMedium

Consider the following statements about the Ancient Hindu metal images in India : 1. The Chola period is well known for the aesthetic and technical finesse of its metal sculpture. 2. The iconography and style of Chola metal images were similar to those of their stone counterparts. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  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

Chola bronzes are celebrated for their beauty and casting skill, and they follow the same iconographic rules and style as the stone sculpture of the period.

Q3986.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKEasy

'Altitude sickness' is caused at high altitude due to

  1. A.high partial pressure of oxygen
  2. B.low partial pressure of oxygen
  3. C.low level of haemoglobin
  4. D.high partial pressure of carbon dioxide
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Correct answer: B. low partial pressure of oxygen

As one climbs, air pressure falls, so each breath delivers oxygen at a lower partial pressure and less of it passes from the lungs into the blood.

Q3987.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2018, GKEasy

Which one of the following is not a characteristic of a compound?

  1. A.Composition is variable.
  2. B.All particles of compound are of only one type.
  3. C.Particles of compound have two or more elements.
  4. D.Its constituents cannot be separated by simple physical methods.
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Correct answer: A. Composition is variable.

A compound always has a fixed composition by mass, so a variable composition is a property of mixtures, not compounds.

Q3988.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2019, GKHard

Which European ruler had observed, "Bear in mind that the commerce of India is the commerce of the world ... he who can exclusively command it is the dictator of Europe"?

  1. A.Queen Victoria
  2. B.Peter the Great of Russia
  3. C.Napoleon Bonaparte
  4. D.Gustav II Adolf
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Correct answer: B. Peter the Great of Russia

The remark that the commerce of India is the commerce of the world, and that whoever commands it exclusively is the dictator of Europe, is attributed to Peter the Great, Tsar of Russia from 1682 to 1725.

Q3990.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements in relation to Panchayats is not correct?

  1. A.Legislature of a State may, by law, make provisions with respect to the composition of Panchayats.
  2. B.Panchayat area means the territorial area of a Panchayat.
  3. C.Gram Sabha includes all persons in the electoral rolls of village within a Panchayat.
  4. D.Reservation of seats for SCs and STs has nothing to do with proportion of their population.
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Correct answer: D. Reservation of seats for SCs and STs has nothing to do with proportion of their population.

Under Article 243D, seats for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in every Panchayat are reserved in proportion to their share of the population of that Panchayat area, so the statement that reservation has nothing to do with population is wrong.

Q3992.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKEasy

Which of the following statements is/are correct with respect to Time Zone in India ? 1. There is one standard time for the whole country. 2. Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep Islands have different Time Zones. 3. Indian Standard Time (IST) is five and half hours behind GMT. 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: A. 1 only

India follows a single standard time, Indian Standard Time, for the whole country, and it is ahead of GMT, not behind it.

Q3993.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

Which one of the following is not a resultant of the El Nino effect ?

  1. A.Distortion of equatorial atmospheric circulation
  2. B.Flow of the South-East Trade Winds towards the Indian Ocean
  3. C.Irregularities in the evaporation of sea water
  4. D.Reduction in the amount of planktons which reduces the number of fish in the sea
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Correct answer: B. Flow of the South-East Trade Winds towards the Indian Ocean

During El Nino the trade winds of the Pacific weaken or even reverse, so a steady flow of these winds is not one of its results.

Q3997.Indian HistoryAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2026, GKMedium

Consider the following statements about the Gupta administrative system : 1. The Gupta kings assumed imperial titles such as Maharajadhiraja, Parama-bhattaraka and Parameshvara. 2. The Gupta kings also connected themselves with the Gods through epithets such as Parama-daivata and Parama-bhagavata. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?

  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

Gupta inscriptions show the kings using grand imperial titles and also religious epithets that linked them with the gods.

Q3998.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2026, GKHard

A positively charged particle (alpha-particle) is projected towards west in a horizontal plane. It is deflected towards north in the same plane by a magnetic field. Which one among the following is the direction of the magnetic field?

  1. A.Towards south
  2. B.Towards east
  3. C.Vertically downwards
  4. D.Vertically upwards
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Correct answer: D. Vertically upwards

The magnetic force on a moving charge is F = q(v × B), and only an upward field turns a westward-moving positive charge towards the north.

Q4000.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements about the law of conservation of mass is correct?

  1. A.A given compound always contains exactly same proportion of elements.
  2. B.When gases combine in a reaction, they do so in a simple ratio by volume, provided all gases are at room temperature.
  3. C.Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.
  4. D.Equal volumes of all gases at same temperature and pressure contain equal number of molecules.
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Correct answer: C. Matter can neither be created nor destroyed.

The law of conservation of mass, stated by Antoine Lavoisier in 1789, says that in a chemical reaction mass is neither created nor destroyed.

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