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SSC GK Questions 2026

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.

SSC GK Questions with Answers

Q5961.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IMedium

Which of the following statements about Prarthana Samaj are correct ?

1. Its aim was to reform the Hindu society

2. It was based in Maharashtra

3. It believed in monotheism

4. It had greatly influenced the Brahmo Samaj

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1 and 2 only
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.1,2 and 3
  4. D.1 and 4
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Correct answer: C. 1,2 and 3

The Prarthana Samaj was a monotheistic Hindu reform body of Maharashtra, but it was influenced by the Brahmo Samaj, not the other way round.

Q5962.Environment & EcologyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IEasy

Transition zone of varied natural vegetation occupying the boundary between two adjacent and differing plant communities is known as

  1. A.ecological succession
  2. B.ecotone
  3. C.ecological niche
  4. D.climax
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Correct answer: B. ecotone

An ecotone is the zone of transition where two different communities or ecosystems meet and blend. Examples of ecotones are the belt between forest and grassland, the mangrove zone between land and sea, an estuary where river water meets the ocean, and the margin between a lake and its shore.

Q5963.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IEasy

Consider the following quote :

"On the 26th January, 1950, we are going to enter a life of contradictions. In politics we will have equality and in social and economic life we will have inequality."

To whom among the following leaders is this quote attributed?

  1. A.Mahatma Gandhi
  2. B.Sarojini Naidu
  3. C.B. R. Ambedkar
  4. D.Somnath Lahiri
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Correct answer: C. B. R. Ambedkar

He spoke these words in his final speech to the Constituent Assembly on 25 November 1949. Dr B. R. Ambedkar, chairman of the Drafting Committee, closed the debates on the draft Constitution with a speech warning about the gap between political and social democracy.

Q5964.GeographyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2026, Paper IHard

Consider the following statements regarding the Andaman and Nicobar Islands :

1. There are 836 islands/islets/rocky outcrops.

2. The group of islands is divided by the Ten Degree Channel.

3. The Union Territory is home to tribes such as Koya, Malmi, Melacheri and Aminidivi.

4. There are more than two major ports in the Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.1 and 2 only
  3. C.1, 2 and 3
  4. D.2 and 4
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Correct answer: B. 1 and 2 only

The islands number 836 by the Union Territory's own count, and the Ten Degree Channel separates the Andaman group from the Nicobar group.

Q5965.Indian HistoryAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IMedium

Which of the following statements about Jainism is/are correct?

1. The most important idea in Jainism is that the entire world is animated, even stones, rocks and water have life.

2. Asceticism and penance are required to free oneself from the cycle of Karma.

Select the correct answer using the code given below.

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.2 only
  3. C.Both 1 and 2
  4. D.Neither 1 nor 2
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Correct answer: C. Both 1 and 2

Jainism holds that all of nature has life, and it teaches that a soul escapes karma only through strict self-discipline.

Q5966.Environment & EcologyAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2020, Paper IEasy

The Cartagena Protocol, to which India is a party, is related to

  1. A.combat the green house gasses and to reduce the global warming and climate change
  2. B.biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity
  3. C.combat the ozone depleting substances to protect the human lives from diseases
  4. D.combat the phenomenon of desertification by improving dry land farming in dry regions
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Correct answer: B. biosafety, negotiated under the aegis of the Convention on Biological Diversity

The Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety deals with the safe handling of living modified organisms. The protocol was adopted in 2000 as a supplementary agreement to the Convention on Biological Diversity and came into force in 2003; India is a party to it.

Q5967.Indian PolityAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IEasy

The Constitution of India contains no provision for the constitution of municipalities in every State for

  1. A.a Nagar Panchayat
  2. B.a Municipal Council
  3. C.a Municipal Corporation
  4. D.an Urban Panchayat
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Correct answer: D. an Urban Panchayat

Article 243Q names only three kinds of municipalities, and an urban panchayat is not one of them. The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 added Part IXA (Articles 243P to 243ZG) to the Constitution.

Q5971.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATEasy

Blood is a type of

  1. A.Epithelial tissue
  2. B.Muscular tissue
  3. C.Nervous tissue
  4. D.Connective tissue
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Correct answer: D. Connective tissue

Blood is a fluid connective tissue, with cells floating in a liquid matrix called plasma. Connective tissues link and support other parts of the body, and they have cells spread out in a matrix.

Q5972.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2020, GATMedium

Which one of the following Indian states does NOT share international border with two or more countries?

  1. A.Arunachal Pradesh
  2. B.Assam
  3. C.Mizoram
  4. D.Tripura
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Correct answer: D. Tripura

Tripura shares an international border with only one country, Bangladesh, which surrounds it on three sides. Tripura's border with Bangladesh is about 856 km long, and on its remaining side it touches only the Indian states of Assam and Mizoram.

Q5974.Indian HistoryAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATMedium

Which one of the following statements about the ishtahars issued during the Revolt of 1857 is correct?

  1. A.They glorified the Muslim rule in India.
  2. B.They glorified the co-existence of different communities under the Mughal Empire.
  3. C.They glorified the message of Islam.
  4. D.They glorified the role of Queen Victoria.
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Correct answer: B. They glorified the co-existence of different communities under the Mughal Empire.

The rebel proclamations (ishtahars) recalled Mughal rule as a time when Hindus and Muslims lived together in harmony. During the Revolt of 1857, rebel leaders issued many proclamations and notices.

Q5975.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATEasy

The energy possessed by a body due to its change in position or shape is called

  1. A.thermal energy
  2. B.potential energy
  3. C.kinetic energy
  4. D.electric energy
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Correct answer: B. potential energy

Potential energy is the energy a body stores because of its position or because its shape has been changed. A body raised to a height h has gravitational potential energy equal to mgh, where m is its mass and g is the acceleration due to gravity.

Q5977.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATHard

Consider the following statements : 1. DNA replication takes place when chromatin is opened up. 2. Chromatin organises itself into rod-shaped chromosomes before cell division. 3. Both prokaryotes and eukaryotes have the same process for cell division. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1 only
  2. B.1 and 2 only
  3. C.1, 2 and 3
  4. D.3 only
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Correct answer: B. 1 and 2 only

DNA copies itself from loosened chromatin, and chromatin condenses into chromosomes before division, but prokaryotes divide differently from eukaryotes. In a non-dividing eukaryotic cell, DNA lies in the nucleus as a loose network called chromatin.

Q5979.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2025, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements about a compound is NOT correct?

  1. A.A compound is a substance composed of two or more elements, chemically combined in a fixed proportion
  2. B.Properties of a compound are different from its constituent elements
  3. C.A compound is an impure substance
  4. D.The constituents of a compound can be separated only by chemical or electrochemical reactions
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Correct answer: C. A compound is an impure substance

This is wrong, because a compound is a pure substance with a fixed composition throughout. Pure substances are of two kinds, elements and compounds.

Q5980.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATHard

Consider the following statements : I. Zinc metal, when treated with both HCl (aq.) and NaOH (aq.) separately, produces molecular hydrogen. II. An aqueous copper sulphate solution cannot be kept in a zinc vessel. III. Lemon, tamarind and tomato are natural sources of citric acid, oxalic acid and tartaric acid, respectively. Which of the statements given above are correct?

  1. A.I and II only
  2. B.II and III only
  3. C.I and III only
  4. D.I, II and III
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Correct answer: A. I and II only

Zinc gives hydrogen with both acids and alkalis, and it displaces copper from copper sulphate, but statement III mixes up the acids of tamarind and tomato.

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