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.
Which one of the following is NOT a west flowing river ?
The Tamraparni rises in the Agasthyamalai hills of the Western Ghats and flows east through Tirunelveli and Thoothukudi districts of Tamil Nadu into the Gulf of Mannar.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following represents the correct order of electron releasing tendency of metals?
Zinc gives up electrons most readily, copper less so and silver least, so the order of electron-releasing tendency is Zn > Cu > Ag.
Read the full explanation →The correct relation between the radius of curvature R and focal length f of a spherical mirror is
For a spherical mirror of small aperture, the radius of curvature is twice the focal length, so f = R/2.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following acids is predominantly found in tomatoes?
In the list of natural sources of acids that school science teaches, tomato is matched with oxalic acid.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about the Law Commission headed by Lord Macaulay is/are correct? 1. It attempted to codify the laws. 2. It was opposed to uniform system of Courts. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
The Law Commission under Macaulay set out to codify Indian law, and it was not opposed to a uniform system of courts.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following reactions is an example of decomposition reaction?
A single compound, silver chloride, breaks down into two simpler substances, silver and chlorine, which is exactly what a decomposition reaction is.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about the Unionist Party is/are correct? 1. It was a political party representing the interests of landholders in Punjab. 2. It was opposed to the idea of the partition of India as India and Pakistan. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The Unionist Party spoke for the landholders of Punjab and was against the partition of India. Founded in 1923 by Sir Fazl-i-Husain and Sir Chhotu Ram, the Unionist Party brought together Muslim, Hindu and Sikh landowners and peasants of Punjab on a platform of rural interests rather than religion.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : 1. Distance between the longitudes becomes zero on North Pole and South Pole. 2. Distance between the longitudes is maximum on the Equator. 3. Number of longitudes is more than number of latitudes. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
All three statements are correct. Meridians of longitude are half-circles that run from the North Pole to the South Pole, so they are farthest apart on the Equator, about 111 km per degree, and come closer towards the poles until they meet there, where the gap becomes zero.
Read the full explanation →What is the action of litmus on ethanol ?
Ethanol does not change the colour of either red or blue litmus, because it is neutral. Ethanol, C₂H₅OH, is an alcohol.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements are correct? 1. British 'trade surplus' with India in the nineteenth century meant that the value of British exports to India was much higher than the value of British imports from India. 2. India played a crucial role in the late-nineteenth-century world economy by helping Britain balance its deficits. 3. Britain grew opium in India and exported it to China and, therefore, for a while after the 1820s, opium became India's single largest export. 4. The nineteenth century saw export of Indian raw materials decline, and that of manufactured goods increase. Select the answer using the code given below :
Statements 1, 2 and 3 are correct; statement 4 reverses what actually happened. In the nineteenth century Britain sold far more to India, above all machine-made cotton cloth, than it bought from it, so it had a trade surplus with India.
Read the full explanation →The masses of two planets are in the ratio of 1 : 7. The ratio between their diameters is 2: 1. The ratio of forces which they exert on each other is
By Newton's third law, the gravitational force that the first planet exerts on the second is equal and opposite to the force the second exerts on the first.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is/are cold ocean current/currents ? 1. Alaska Current 2. North Atlantic Drift 3. West Wind Drift Select the answer using the code given below:
Of the three, only the West Wind Drift is a cold current; the Alaska Current and the North Atlantic Drift are warm.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following Sikh Gurus laid the foundation of the Khalsa Panth ?
Guru Gobind Singh, the tenth Sikh Guru, founded the Khalsa at Anandpur Sahib on Baisakhi day in 1699. At that gathering he initiated the first five Sikhs, the Panj Pyare, with amrit, a baptism of sweetened water stirred with a double-edged sword.
Read the full explanation →In which one of the following groups of animals, oestrus cycle is not observed?
Monkeys are primates, and female primates have a menstrual cycle, not an oestrus cycle.
Read the full explanation →Ionic compounds have high melting and boiling points. This is due to :
. Oppositely charged ions in an ionic crystal pull on each other strongly from every side, so a great deal of heat is needed to break the lattice apart.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about the SARAS Mela platform and select the correct option.
The SARAS journey opened in 1999, when the first National SARAS Mela was organised in Delhi with roughly 65 beneficiaries, so the first statement holds.
Read the full explanation →What is the enhanced target for Lakhpati Didis announced by the government in February 2026?
The Lakhpati Didi initiative under DAY-NRLM moved up in stages, and in February 2026 the government announced a raised target of six crore Lakhpati Didis, a phase that puts weight on holding on to income gains and helping enterprises grow rather than only counting members.
Read the full explanation →SARAS Melas are organised under which of the following missions?
SARAS Melas are organised by the government under this mission, which is its flagship programme for cutting rural poverty and building women’s economic strength.
Read the full explanation →The first National SARAS Mela to be organised outside the Delhi-NCR region is being held in which city?
The National SARAS Mela is being held at Punnami Ghat in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, from 13 October to 31 October 2026, and it is the first National SARAS Mela placed anywhere outside the Delhi-NCR region.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the name given by Indian Railways to the indigenously manufactured Train 18?
Train 18, India's first indigenous semi-high-speed train set, was named Vande Bharat Express in January 2019. Train 18 was designed and built by the Integral Coach Factory in Chennai and got its name because it was planned for 2018.
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