SSC GK Questions 2026

In a centripetal pattern streams flow inward from all sides into a central lake or basin, like spokes pointing to a hub.

Petrol is one of the petroleum products kept out of GST for now, so it still bears central excise duty and state VAT.

For resistors in parallel the reciprocals add: 1/11 + 1/22 + 1/33 = 11/66 = 1/6, so the equivalent resistance is 6 Ω. Taking 66 as the common denominator, 1/11 becomes 6/66, 1/22 becomes 3/66 and 1/33 becomes 2/66.

Rhizopus, the bread mould, feeds on dead and decaying organic matter, which is exactly what a saprophyte does. A saprophyte gets its food by releasing digestive enzymes onto dead matter such as stale bread, fruit or leaf litter and then absorbing the simple nutrients that result.

Jordan lies north of the peninsula in the Levant, while Kuwait, Oman and Yemen are all on the Arabian Peninsula.

The FATF sets the international standards that countries follow to fight dirty money and terror funding. The FATF is an inter-governmental body set up in 1989 at the G7 summit in Paris, and its secretariat is housed at the OECD in Paris.

The Kalaram temple stands at Panchavati in Nashik, Maharashtra, where Dr B. R. Ambedkar led the famous temple entry satyagraha.

India, Nepal and the Maldives signed the SAARC Charter in 1985, while Afghanistan joined only in 2007. SAARC was set up at the Dhaka summit on 8 December 1985 by seven South Asian countries: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, the Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

He was honoured at the Dushanbe event for his contribution to Hindi literature and education, including a detailed study of philology, and he is described as the first recipient of the Padma Shri from Tajikistan, which is the detail most likely to be asked.

The Defence Minister used this comparison in Dushanbe to show how far India has moved towards a less-paper and less-cash economy, and he described the country as a global hub for real-time digital payments.

Rajnath Singh said India has signed free trade agreements with that many countries, and he singled out the agreements with the United Kingdom and the European Union, which are expected to remove tariffs on 99 per cent of Indian exports to those two markets.

Speaking to the Indian diaspora in Dushanbe on 20 October 2026, the Defence Minister said defence exports had touched that record level, and in the same breath he put defence production at Rs 1.80 lakh crore, so the two figures are best learnt as a pair because an examiner can…

Niranjan Mukundan won the bronze in the Men’s 200m Individual Medley SM7 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and the individual medley is a swimming race in which one competitor covers the distance in four different strokes.

Hokato Hotozhe Sema took the bronze there on 20 October 2026, and the Prime Minister noted that the throw improved on what he had produced at the previous edition of the Games, calling it a sign of passion and dedication.

Preeti Pal finished second in the Women’s 200m T35 sprint at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and the Prime Minister described her as a fine example of perseverance and dedication while hoping she would carry the momentum into her remaining events.

She took the bronze in the Women’s 200m T12 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, and because she was competing at these Games for the first time, the Prime Minister described the result as a debut to cherish and praised the promise such a performance…

Simran had finished second in this event at the last Asian Para Games, and at the Asian Para Games 2026 she finished first with a record-breaking run, so the result combines a move up the podium between editions with a faster time.

Simran won that title at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026 and the run also produced a new record, which is why the Prime Minister said her journey embodied the spirit of excellence.

Pranav Soorma won the gold there with a new Asian Record and Ram Ratan Singh finished second for the silver, both on 20 October 2026 at the Asian Para Games 2026.

He took the silver in the Men’s Discus Throw F51/52/53 event at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, with Pranav Soorma winning the gold in the same final, so India claimed both the top places in that class group.