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 was the first Rajput state to sign a subsidiary alliance treaty with the British, in 1817?
Worn down by Maratha demands and Pindari raids, the Rajput states turned to the East India Company under Lord Hastings, and Charles Metcalfe negotiated the terms.
Read the full explanation →At the Battle of Tunga in 1787, the combined forces of Jaipur and Jodhpur fought against which commander?
The Battle of Tunga was fought in 1787 near Lalsot in present Dausa district, where Maharaja Pratap Singh of Jaipur and Maharaja Vijay Singh of Jodhpur joined to resist Scindia's demands for tribute.
Read the full explanation →In the Battle of Bagru in 1748, Madho Singh defeated Ishwari Singh of Jaipur with the support of which Maratha chief?
After Sawai Jai Singh II died, his sons Ishwari Singh and Madho Singh fought over Jaipur. Ishwari Singh won the Battle of Rajmahal in 1747, but Madho Singh brought in Maratha help, chiefly Malhar Rao Holkar of Indore, and won the Battle of Bagru in 1748.
Read the full explanation →The Hurda conference of 1734 was convened by which ruler, and against whom?
By the 1730s Maratha armies were pressing into Rajputana for chauth and tribute, and Jai Singh II called the rulers to Hurda, in present Bhilwara district, in 1734.
Read the full explanation →Durgadas Rathore is remembered for protecting the infant heir of which Rajput state during Aurangzeb's reign?
Maharaja Jaswant Singh of Marwar died at Jamrud in 1678, and Aurangzeb tried to take the state under direct Mughal control.
Read the full explanation →The treaty of 1615 that ended the long conflict between Mewar and the Mughals was signed by which Maharana?
Amar Singh I, the son and successor of Maharana Pratap, fought Mughal columns for years before accepting terms in 1615 in Jahangir's reign.
Read the full explanation →Who commanded the Mughal army against Maharana Pratap at the Battle of Haldighati in 1576?
The Battle of Haldighati was fought on 18 June 1576 in the pass near Khamnor in Rajsamand district.
Read the full explanation →Jaimal of Merta and Patta of Kelwa are remembered for the defence of which fort against Akbar?
Akbar laid siege to Chittorgarh in 1567 and took it in February 1568. Maharana Udai Singh II had withdrawn to the hills, leaving the fort to Jaimal of Merta and Patta of Kelwa, who died fighting; Akbar was impressed enough to set up their statues at the Agra fort gate.
Read the full explanation →Which Rajput ruler of Rajasthan was the first to accept an alliance with Akbar, in 1562?
In 1562 Bharmal of the Kachhwaha house met Akbar at Sanganer, accepted Mughal overlordship and sealed it with a matrimonial alliance; the princess who went to the Mughal household is remembered as the mother of Jahangir.
Read the full explanation →In the Battle of Khanwa, fought in 1527, Babur defeated which Rajput ruler?
The Battle of Khanwa was fought on 17 March 1527 near Fatehpur Sikri, where Babur used his artillery and the tulughma flanking movement to break the Rajput confederacy led by Maharana Sanga.
Read the full explanation →At which place in Madhya Pradesh is Rama worshipped as a reigning king, in the Ram Raja temple?
At Orchha, the Bundela capital on the Betwa in Niwari district, the Ram Raja temple is a palace that became a shrine, and Rama is honoured there as a ruling king rather than only as a deity, with a daily guard of honour.
Read the full explanation →Amarkantak in Madhya Pradesh is the source of which pair of rivers?
Amarkantak, in Anuppur district, stands where the Maikal range joins the Vindhyas and the Satpuras, and both the Narmada and the Son rise there.
Read the full explanation →The Sharda Devi temple, reached by a long climb up the Trikuta hill, is at which place in Madhya Pradesh?
The Sharda Devi temple stands on the Trikuta hill at Maihar in Satna district, and pilgrims climb more than a thousand steps to reach it.
Read the full explanation →The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally built by which ruler?
The core of the Great Stupa at Sanchi, in Raisen district, was raised in brick by Ashoka in the third century BCE, and the stone casing and the railing were added later.
Read the full explanation →The unfinished Bhojeshwar temple at Bhojpur, with one of the largest Shiva lingams in India, was begun by which ruler?
Bhoja, who ruled from Dhar in the eleventh century and is remembered as a scholar king, began the Bhojeshwar temple at Bhojpur in Raisen district on the Betwa.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest temple in the Khajuraho group?
It is the largest and most developed of the Khajuraho temples, built in the western group under the Chandela ruler Vidyadhara in the early eleventh century, and it shows the Nagara plan at its fullest, with a cluster of smaller shikharas rising like foothills to the main spire over the…
Read the full explanation →The temples of Khajuraho were built by which dynasty?
The Chandela rulers of Jejakabhukti built the Khajuraho group in Chhatarpur district between about 950 and 1050 CE, in the Nagara style with clustered shikharas rising over the sanctum.
Read the full explanation →The Omkareshwar jyotirlinga stands on an island in which river?
Omkareshwar is on the island of Mandhata in the Narmada, in Khandwa district, and the island is said to take the shape of the syllable Om, from which the name comes.
Read the full explanation →Which jyotirlinga is the only one that faces south, and is therefore called Dakshinamukhi?
The jyotirlinga at Ujjain is installed facing south, which is why it is called Dakshinamukhi, and it is the only one of the twelve with that orientation.
Read the full explanation →Which two of the twelve jyotirlingas are located in Madhya Pradesh?
Mahakaleshwar stands at Ujjain on the bank of the Shipra and is the only south-facing jyotirlinga, known for the Bhasma Aarti performed before dawn.
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