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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

Q4621.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2025, GATMedium

Which one of the following committees is NOT associated with decentralization of Panchayati Raj institutions in India ?

  1. A.Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
  2. B.Ashok Mehta Committee
  3. C.L. M. Singhvi Committee
  4. D.Abhijit Sen Committee
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Correct answer: D. Abhijit Sen Committee

The Abhijit Sen Committee dealt with agricultural economics, not local self-government. Its best-known reports were on a long-term grain policy in 2002 and on whether futures trading pushed up farm prices in 2008.

Q4622.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

In which of the following parts of organisms, the process of gaseous exchange during respiration does not take place?

  1. A.Skin of earthworms
  2. B.Bronchi of humans
  3. C.Gills of Pila
  4. D.Alveoli of humans
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Correct answer: B. Bronchi of humans

The bronchi only carry air between the windpipe and the lungs; their walls are too thick for oxygen and carbon dioxide to pass into the blood, so no gas exchange happens there.

Q4623.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

Which of the following cells form components of complex permanent tissue in plants ? I. Companion cells II. Sieve tubes III. Tracheids IV. Vessels Select the answer using the code given below :

  1. A.I, II, III and IV
  2. B.II, III and IV only
  3. C.I, III and IV only
  4. D.I and II only
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Correct answer: A. I, II, III and IV

All four are parts of the two complex permanent tissues of plants: tracheids and vessels belong to xylem, while sieve tubes and companion cells belong to phloem.

Q4624.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2017, GATEasy

How long does light take to reach the Earth from the Sun ?

  1. A.About 4 minutes
  2. B.About 8 minutes
  3. C.About 24 minutes
  4. D.About 24 hours
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Correct answer: B. About 8 minutes

Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds, roughly 500 seconds, to travel from the Sun to the Earth. The average distance between the Sun and the Earth is about 150 million kilometres, a distance called one astronomical unit.

Q4625.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATEasy

Who among the following first discovered cell ?

  1. A.Robert Brown
  2. B.Robert Hooke
  3. C.Leeuwenhoek
  4. D.Rudolf Virchow
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Correct answer: B. Robert Hooke

In 1665 Hooke looked at a thin slice of cork under his self-made microscope, saw tiny box-like compartments and named them cells, from the Latin word cella, meaning a small room.

Q4627.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements regarding viruses is not true ?

  1. A.Viruses need living cells to reproduce.
  2. B.All viruses are parasites.
  3. C.Viruses can synthesize their food through photosynthesis.
  4. D.Viruses are similar to chemical substances outside the host.
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Correct answer: C. Viruses can synthesize their food through photosynthesis.

This is false because viruses have no chlorophyll, no cell organelles and no metabolism of their own, so they cannot make food in any way.

Q4628.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2020, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?

  1. A.Buckminsterfullerene is an allotrope of carbon
  2. B.Diamond is a good conductor of electricity
  3. C.Graphite is a good conductor of electricity
  4. D.In graphite, each carbon atom is linked to three other carbon atoms
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Correct answer: B. Diamond is a good conductor of electricity

This statement is false, because diamond is an electrical insulator: all four valence electrons of each carbon atom are locked in covalent bonds, leaving no free electrons to carry current.

Q4629.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

Twinkling of stars is due to

  1. A.particular frequencies of the starlight.
  2. B.reflection of starlight from the oceanic surface.
  3. C.atmospheric refraction of starlight.
  4. D.magnetic field of Earth.
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Correct answer: C. atmospheric refraction of starlight.

Starlight bends as it passes through layers of air of changing temperature and density, and because these layers keep moving, the star's apparent position and brightness flicker.

Q4632.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2023, GATMedium

Which of the following statements about Lachit Borphukan is/are correct? 1. He was a General of the Ahom Force. 2. He is known for his leadership in the Battle of Saraighat. 3. Lachit Borphukan Gold Medal is given to the best cadet at the National Defence Academy. Select the correct answer using the code given below :

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

All three statements are true: Lachit Borphukan was the Ahom commander who defeated the Mughals at Saraighat, and the NDA's best cadet receives a gold medal in his name.

Q4633.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2023, GATMedium

Which one of the following combinations of events represents the correct sequence during reproduction in flowering plants ?

  1. A.Ovule → fruit; egg → embryo; zygote → seed; ovary → egg
  2. B.Embryo → egg; ovary → fruit; ovule → zygote; zygote → seed
  3. C.Ovary → fruit; zygote → egg; embryo → ovule; seed → fruit
  4. D.Egg → zygote; zygote → embryo; ovule → seed; ovary → fruit
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Correct answer: D. Egg → zygote; zygote → embryo; ovule → seed; ovary → fruit

After fertilisation each structure of the flower turns into the next stage in exactly this way. When a male gamete from the pollen tube fuses with the egg cell inside the ovule, the fertilised egg becomes the zygote.

Q4634.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATEasy

Water gas is a mixture of :

  1. A.CO₂ and H₂
  2. B.CO and H₂
  3. C.CO₂ and H₂O
  4. D.CO and H₂O
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Correct answer: B. CO and H₂

Water gas is made by passing steam over red-hot coke, and the reaction C + H₂O → CO + H₂ gives carbon monoxide and hydrogen in roughly equal volumes.

Q4635.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2024, GATMedium

Which one of the following statements about the Industrial Revolution is correct?

  1. A.Thomas Savery invented astrolabe
  2. B.Thomas Newcomen invented chemical dyes
  3. C.James Watt's invention converted the steam engine from being a mere pump into one which would provide energy to power machines in factories
  4. D.Mathew Boulton discovered the technique of refining gold of impurities
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Correct answer: C. James Watt's invention converted the steam engine from being a mere pump into one which would provide energy to power machines in factories

Watt's improvements turned the steam engine from a device that merely pumped water out of mines into a source of power for factory machines.

Q4637.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATMedium

In humans, the exit of partially digested food from the stomach into the small intestine is regulated by which one of the following structures/processes?

  1. A.Peristalsis
  2. B.Muscular walls of stomach
  3. C.Sphincter muscle
  4. D.Villi in small intestine
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Correct answer: C. Sphincter muscle

A ring of muscle at the lower end of the stomach, the pyloric sphincter, opens and closes to let food pass into the small intestine a little at a time.

Q4638.Government SchemesHard

Why was PM-DAKSH subsumed under PMKVY from 2024-25?

  1. A.Its allotted funds had been exhausted
  2. B.Its job roles, drawn from the Skill India Digital Hub, duplicated those of PMKVY
  3. C.The three implementing corporations were wound up
  4. D.Its target groups were transferred to state governments
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Correct answer: B. Its job roles, drawn from the Skill India Digital Hub, duplicated those of PMKVY

PM-DAKSH was an additionality to PMKVY, and every job role used for skill training under it was taken from the Skill India Digital Hub portal, where PMKVY job roles are also listed.

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