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.
Who was the only woman ever to sit on the throne of Delhi?
Razia was the daughter of Iltutmish of the Slave or Mamluk dynasty, who nominated her over his sons, and she ruled Delhi from 1236 to 1240 with the title Jalalat-ud-din, the only woman to occupy that throne.
Read the full explanation →The Sukanya Samriddhi account for a girl child matures:
The account is opened by a guardian in the name of a girl child before she completes ten years of age, deposits are made for the first fifteen years, and the account matures twenty-one years from the date it was opened; a part withdrawal is allowed for higher education after…
Read the full explanation →A Unit Linked Insurance Plan (ULIP), which combines insurance with investment, is regulated by:
A ULIP is sold by an insurance company, which puts one part of the premium towards life cover and invests the rest in funds chosen by the policyholder; because the contract is a policy of insurance, it is regulated by the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India, set up…
Read the full explanation →An open-ended mutual fund scheme is one which:
An open-ended scheme has no fixed maturity; the fund house keeps creating and cancelling units, so an investor may buy or redeem on any working day at the NAV declared for that day, which is why most schemes sold today are open-ended.
Read the full explanation →The National Pension System (NPS) in India is regulated by:
The Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority, which was given statutory status by the PFRDA Act of 2013, regulates the National Pension System and the Atal Pension Yojana, appoints the pension fund managers and the central record keeping agency, and prescribes the Tier I and Tier II account structure.
Read the full explanation →The chief benefit of investing through a Systematic Investment Plan (SIP) is:
In an SIP the same sum is invested at fixed intervals, so it automatically buys more units when the NAV is low and fewer when it is high; over a full market cycle the average cost per unit therefore works out lower than a lump sum invested at a high…
Read the full explanation →Which type of mutual fund scheme is bought and sold on a stock exchange at live prices through a broker, like a share?
An ETF is listed on a stock exchange and traded through a broker in a demat account at prices that move during market hours, which is what separates it from every other kind of scheme.
Read the full explanation →What is the lock-in period of an Equity Linked Savings Scheme (ELSS)?
An ELSS is an equity mutual fund scheme that qualifies for the deduction allowed on specified savings, and each instalment is locked in for three years from the date of investment, which is the shortest lock-in among the instruments eligible for that deduction.
Read the full explanation →In the three-tier structure of an Indian mutual fund, which entity actually manages the schemes and takes the investment decisions?
The AMC is appointed by the trustees, is registered with SEBI and runs the schemes from day to day: it employs the fund managers, decides which securities to buy and sell, and is paid a management fee out of the scheme.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first mutual fund organisation in India, set up in 1963 by an Act of Parliament?
The Unit Trust of India was established in 1963 by an Act of Parliament and launched its first scheme, Unit Scheme 1964 or US-64, in the following year; it held a monopoly of the business until 1987.
Read the full explanation →The net asset value (NAV) of a mutual fund scheme is calculated as:
The NAV is the per unit book value of a scheme: take the market value of all the securities and cash the scheme holds, subtract its liabilities and accrued expenses, and divide by the number of units outstanding.
Read the full explanation →Mutual Funds are regulated in India by which of the following institutions?
Mutual funds in India are registered with and regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of India under the SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996, which lay down the three-tier structure of sponsor, trustees and asset management company, the scheme categories, the cap on the expense ratio and the disclosures a…
Read the full explanation →Identify the state in which you will find the highest peak of the Deccan Plateau, Anai Mudi.
Anamudi, about 2,695 metres high, rises in the Anaimalai hills of the Idukki district of Kerala and is the highest peak of the Western Ghats and of the whole peninsular plateau south of the Himalayas; the Eravikulam National Park around it shelters the Nilgiri tahr.
Read the full explanation →Name the highest peak of the Satpura range.
Dhupgarh, about 1,350 metres high, stands in the Pachmarhi hills of Madhya Pradesh and is the highest peak of the Satpura range, which is a block mountain bounded by faults along the Narmada and the Tapi.
Read the full explanation →The Nilgiri hills and the Parasnath hill are usually cited as examples of which type of mountain?
Residual or relict mountains are what is left when a plateau or an old mountain mass is worn down for a very long time and only the hardest rock stands out; the Nilgiri in the Western Ghats, Parasnath in Jharkhand, Girnar in Gujarat and the Rajmahal hills are the Indian…
Read the full explanation →The Patagonian plateau of Argentina and the Piedmont plateau of the eastern United States are examples of:
A piedmont plateau lies at the foot of a mountain range with a plain or the sea on its other side, and it is usually lower than an intermontane plateau; Patagonia lies between the Andes and the Atlantic, and the Piedmont plateau of the United States between the Appalachians and…
Read the full explanation →The almost level surface produced by the long-continued erosional work of rivers, close to base level, is called a:
A peneplain, meaning almost a plain, is the end stage of the normal cycle of river erosion in a humid region, when valleys have widened and divides have been worn down until the land lies close to base level, with a few resistant residual hills standing above it.
Read the full explanation →The newer alluvium of the flood plains of the Northern Plain, which is renewed by floods almost every year, is known as:
Khadar is the low-lying newer alluvium that the rivers flood and renew nearly every year, so it is free of lime nodules, rich in fine silt and the most productive land of the plain; in Punjab the Khadar strip along a river is called Bet.
Read the full explanation →In the Northern Plain of India, which belt is made of coarse pebbles and is so porous that streams coming down from the hills disappear into it?
The Bhabar is a narrow belt of eight to sixteen kilometres along the foot of the Shiwaliks, laid with pebbles and gravel brought down by the rivers; it is so permeable that the smaller streams sink into it and vanish.
Read the full explanation →The Deccan Trap of Maharashtra, from which the black regur soil has formed, is an example of which type of plateau?
The Deccan Trap was built by fissure eruptions of highly fluid basalt lava towards the close of the Cretaceous period, which spread as sheet after sheet over a vast area of western and central India; the weathering of that basalt gives the black cotton soil, also called regur.
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