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.
The Nagdwari Mela, called the Amarnath of the Satpura, is held at which hill station of Madhya Pradesh?
The Nagdwari Mela is held at Pachmarhi in Narmadapuram district, inside the Satpura hills, at Nagpanchami in the month of Shravan.
Read the full explanation →Maha Shivratri is celebrated in the honour of the Hindu deity, Lord Shiva in the Hindu month of ________.
Maha Shivratri falls on the Chaturdashi of the dark half of Phalguna, in February or March. In Madhya Pradesh it is the largest single fair day of the year: it fills the Mahakaleshwar jyotirlinga at Ujjain, the Bhojeshwar temple at Bhojpur in Raisen district and the Shiva shrines of Pachmarhi.
Read the full explanation →The Bhagoria Haat is held in the days immediately before which festival?
Bhagoria runs through the weekly haats of the week before Holi, in the month of Phalguna, and closes on the day of Holi itself, so the festival is counted as the Bhil form of the spring festival rather than a separate date in the calendar.
Read the full explanation →The Bhagoria Haat festival is celebrated chiefly by which community of Madhya Pradesh?
Bhagoria is the haat festival of the Bhil and Bhilala people of the western districts, above all Jhabua and Alirajpur, with Dhar, Barwani and Khargone joining in, and it is held in the weekly markets of the week before Holi.
Read the full explanation →The Ujjain Kumbh is called the Simhastha because it is held when
Simha is the Sanskrit name of Leo, and the Ujjain fair takes its name from the entry of Jupiter into that sign, with the Sun in Aries; the combination falls in the month of Vaisakha, so the Ujjain Kumbh is a Vaisakha fair rather than a winter one.
Read the full explanation →The Kumbh Mela of Ujjain, known as the Simhastha, is held on the bank of which river?
Ujjain stands on the Shipra, and the Simhastha bathing takes place at its ghats, chiefly Ram Ghat, with the Mahakaleshwar jyotirlinga at the centre of the fair.
Read the full explanation →Which pair of a Haryana fair and its place is correctly matched?
The math at Asthal Bohar on the edge of Rohtak holds the fair of Baba Mastnath, a Nath sant of the region, and it is the best known fair of that district.
Read the full explanation →Haryana Day, kept on 1 November, marks the formation of the state in which year?
Haryana came into being on 1 November 1966, when the Punjab Reorganisation Act carved it out of the former state of Punjab, and the day is kept across the districts as Haryana Day with cultural programmes and state awards.
Read the full explanation →Gugga Naumi, kept for the folk deity Gugga Pir with chhari processions, falls in which month?
Gugga Naumi is kept on the Navami of the dark half of Bhadrapada in honour of Gugga Pir, a folk deity revered by Hindus and Muslims alike in Haryana, and his chhari, a decorated staff, is carried from village to village with drums and songs.
Read the full explanation →The Phalgu fair, held at a pind-daan tirtha of the village of Pharal, belongs to which district?
Pharal in Kaithal district holds the Phalgu tirtha, where pind-daan is offered for ancestors in the same tradition as at Gaya, and the fair that gathers there is one of the oldest in the Saraswati belt of the state.
Read the full explanation →The Sheetla Mata fair, also called the Masani fair, is the largest fair of which district?
The temple of Sheetla Mata, known locally as Masani Devi, stands at Gurugram, and its fair is held in Chaitra and again around Ashwin, drawing lakhs of pilgrims over several weeks; it is the biggest fair of the district.
Read the full explanation →The Kapal Mochan fair, held on Kartik Purnima around three sacred tanks, belongs to which district?
The Kapal Mochan fair is held at Bilaspur in Yamunanagar district on Kartik Purnima, around the three tanks of Kapal Mochan, Rin Mochan and Surya Kund, and it is a large cattle fair as well as a bathing fair; the gurdwara there records a visit of Guru Gobind Singh.
Read the full explanation →The Surajkund reservoir in Faridabad district is attributed to which ruler?
The amphitheatre-shaped tank at Surajkund, with stepped embankments on a hill slope, is attributed by tradition to the Tomar king Surajpal, and the name of the place is taken from his, which is why the modern crafts fair carries it too.
Read the full explanation →The main events of the International Gita Mahotsav are held at which tank of Kurukshetra?
Brahma Sarovar at Kurukshetra, among the largest sacred tanks in India, is the centre of the International Gita Mahotsav, with the evening deep-daan of lamps on its steps, the Gita yagya, seminars and a crafts bazaar held around it.
Read the full explanation →Gita Jayanti is observed on which day of the Hindu calendar?
Gita Jayanti falls on the Ekadashi of the bright half of Margashirsha, the day called Mokshada Ekadashi, which is held to be the day the Bhagavad Gita was spoken at Kurukshetra; the state keeps it as the International Gita Mahotsav.
Read the full explanation →The Surajkund International Crafts Mela is held every year from
The fair runs for a fortnight every February, which is also the reason it is counted with the Taj Mahotsav at Agra and the Khajuraho Dance Festival as the February events of north and central India.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Surajkund Crafts Mela started?
The Surajkund mela was started in 1987 as a crafts fair of the state, and it has been held every February since, bringing craftspeople and folk performers from across the country to the grounds at Surajkund.
Read the full explanation →The Surajkund International Crafts Mela is held in which district of Haryana?
The fair is held at Surajkund in Faridabad district, close to the Delhi border, where the amphitheatre-shaped reservoir attributed to the Tomar king Surajpal gives the place its name and its setting.
Read the full explanation →Which pair of a Bihar monument and its place is correctly matched?
The gurdwara at Patna Sahib marks the birthplace of Guru Gobind Singh in 1666 and is one of the five Takhts of the Sikhs, the only one in Bihar.
Read the full explanation →The Mundeshwari temple, an octagonal stone shrine counted among the oldest temples in India still in worship, is in which district?
The Mundeshwari temple stands on the Pawra hill at Ramgarh in Kaimur district. It is an octagonal shrine of stone, Shaiva and Shakta in its images, carries an early inscription and has been in continuous worship, which is why it is listed among the oldest functioning temples of the country.
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