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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

Q4281.Uttar PradeshMedium

Which article of the Constitution deals with the creation or abolition of a Legislative Council in a state?

  1. A.Article 168
  2. B.Article 169
  3. C.Article 170
  4. D.Article 171
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Correct answer: B. Article 169

Parliament may by law create a Legislative Council for a state that does not have one, or abolish an existing Council, but only after the Legislative Assembly of that state passes a resolution supported by a majority of its total membership and by not less than two-thirds of the members…

Q4283.Uttar PradeshMedium

A money bill in Uttar Pradesh can be introduced

  1. A.in either House of the legislature
  2. B.only in the Vidhan Sabha, on the recommendation of the Governor
  3. C.only in the Vidhan Parishad
  4. D.in the Vidhan Sabha, with the prior approval of the President
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Correct answer: B. only in the Vidhan Sabha, on the recommendation of the Governor

Article 198 says a money bill shall not be introduced in a Legislative Council, and Article 207 requires the recommendation of the Governor before a money bill or a bill dealing with the subjects named in Article 199 is introduced.

Q4288.Uttar PradeshHard

Under Article 167, which of the following is a duty of the Chief Minister of a state?

  1. A.To summon and prorogue the Vidhan Sabha
  2. B.To appoint the Advocate General of the state
  3. C.To furnish the Governor with information relating to the administration of the state
  4. D.To reserve a bill for the consideration of the President
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Correct answer: C. To furnish the Governor with information relating to the administration of the state

Article 167 gives the Chief Minister three duties: to communicate to the Governor all decisions of the Council of Ministers relating to the administration of the state and proposals for legislation, to furnish such information relating to administration as the Governor may call for, and, if the Governor so requires…

Q4289.Uttar PradeshEasy

Who is the Chancellor of the state universities of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.The Chief Minister
  2. B.The Governor
  3. C.The Minister of Higher Education
  4. D.The Chief Secretary
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Correct answer: B. The Governor

The Constitution says nothing about this office; it is the state university Acts that make the Governor of Uttar Pradesh the Chancellor of the state universities, and in that capacity he presides over convocations and is involved in the appointment of Vice-Chancellors.

Q4290.Uttar PradeshMedium

A minister in Uttar Pradesh who is not a member of either House of the state legislature for six consecutive months

  1. A.may continue for one year with the permission of the Governor
  2. B.ceases to be a minister at the end of that period
  3. C.must be elected to the Vidhan Parishad by the Assembly
  4. D.may continue if the Vidhan Sabha passes a resolution
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Correct answer: B. ceases to be a minister at the end of that period

Article 164(4) says a minister who for any period of six consecutive months is not a member of the legislature of the state shall at the expiration of that period cease to be a minister.

Q4291.Uttar PradeshMedium

Which article of the Constitution provides for a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at its head to aid and advise the Governor?

  1. A.Article 161
  2. B.Article 163
  3. C.Article 166
  4. D.Article 167
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Correct answer: B. Article 163

It says there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Chief Minister at the head to aid and advise the Governor in the exercise of his functions, except in so far as he is required to exercise them in his discretion, and it bars any court from enquiring into…

Q4292.Uttar PradeshEasy

Sucheta Kripalani, who became Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh in 1963, holds which distinction?

  1. A.First woman Governor of an Indian state
  2. B.First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state
  3. C.First woman Speaker of a Vidhan Sabha
  4. D.First woman member of the Constituent Assembly
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Correct answer: B. First woman Chief Minister of an Indian state

Sucheta Kripalani took charge of the Uttar Pradesh government in October 1963 and became the first woman to head a state government anywhere in India, a fact that is asked in both the state and the national general knowledge papers.

Q4293.Uttar PradeshEasy

Who was the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.Sampurnanand
  2. B.Govind Ballabh Pant
  3. C.Chandra Bhanu Gupta
  4. D.Kamalapati Tripathi
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Correct answer: B. Govind Ballabh Pant

Pant headed the government of the United Provinces from 1937 as Premier, returned to office after independence and continued as the first Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh until 1954, when he moved to the Union cabinet as Home Minister.

Q4294.Uttar PradeshMedium

Which of the following is outside the pardoning power of the Governor under Article 161?

  1. A.Remission of a sentence for an offence against a state law
  2. B.Suspension of a sentence of death
  3. C.Pardon of a sentence of death
  4. D.Commutation of a sentence of death
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Correct answer: C. Pardon of a sentence of death

Article 161 lets the Governor grant pardon, reprieve, respite or remission of punishment, and suspend, remit or commute the sentence of any person convicted of an offence against a law relating to a matter to which the executive power of the state extends.

Q4295.Uttar PradeshMedium

Before whom does the Governor of Uttar Pradesh take the oath of office?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Chief Justice of India
  3. C.The Chief Justice of the High Court of the state
  4. D.The Speaker of the Vidhan Sabha
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Correct answer: C. The Chief Justice of the High Court of the state

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

Q4298.Uttar PradeshEasy

Who appoints the Governor of Uttar Pradesh?

  1. A.The Prime Minister of India
  2. B.The President of India
  3. C.The Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court
  4. D.The Chief Minister of Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: B. The President of India

Article 155 says the Governor of a state shall be appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal, so the office is filled by appointment and never by election.

Q4300.Madhya PradeshHard

Makhanlal Chaturvedi, the poet of Pushp ki Abhilasha, received which distinction?

  1. A.The first Jnanpith Award in Hindi
  2. B.The first Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi
  3. C.The first Padma Vibhushan for literature
  4. D.The first Sangeet Natak Akademi Award
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Correct answer: B. The first Sahitya Akademi Award in Hindi

Born at Babai in the Narmadapuram district, Makhanlal Chaturvedi received the award in 1955 for his collection Him Taringini, the first time the Akademi honoured a work in Hindi.

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