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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

Q6541.Indian PolityMedium

Part XVII of the Indian Constitution contains provisions relating to which subject?

  1. A.Elections
  2. B.Official Language
  3. C.Tribunals
  4. D.Services under the Union and the States
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Correct answer: B. Official Language

Part XVII, Articles 343 to 351, deals with language: Article 343 makes Hindi in the Devanagari script the official language of the Union, Article 344 provides for an Official Language Commission and a Committee of Parliament, Articles 345 to 347 deal with the official languages of the States, Article 348…

Q6542.Indian PolityMedium

Which Part of the Constitution of India consists of only one article, dealing with the amendment of the Constitution?

  1. A.Part XIX
  2. B.Part XX
  3. C.Part XXI
  4. D.Part XXII
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Correct answer: B. Part XX

Part XX contains Article 368 alone, which lays down the power of Parliament to amend the Constitution and the procedure for doing so: a Bill introduced in either House, passed by a majority of the total membership of that House and by a two-thirds majority of the members present and…

Q6543.Indian PolityMedium

Part IX-A of the Indian Constitution, inserted in 1992, deals with which subject?

  1. A.The Panchayats
  2. B.The Municipalities
  3. C.The Co-operative Societies
  4. D.The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
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Correct answer: B. The Municipalities

Part IX-A, Articles 243-P to 243-ZG, was inserted by the Constitution (Seventy-fourth Amendment) Act, 1992 and gives constitutional status to urban local bodies, providing for three types of municipalities, ward committees, five-year terms, reservation of seats, the State Election Commission, the State Finance Commission and the Twelfth Schedule of eighteen…

Q6544.Indian PolityEasy

Articles 352 to 360 of the Constitution of India fall under which Part?

  1. A.Part XVI
  2. B.Part XVII
  3. C.Part XVIII
  4. D.Part XX
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Correct answer: C. Part XVIII

Part XVIII, Articles 352 to 360, contains the Emergency provisions: Article 352 provides for a Proclamation of Emergency on the ground of war, external aggression or armed rebellion, Articles 353 to 355 state its effects and the duty of the Union to protect States, Article 356 provides for President's rule…

Q6546.Indian PolityEasy

Fundamental Duties are contained in which Part of the Indian Constitution?

  1. A.Part III
  2. B.Part IV
  3. C.Part IV-A
  4. D.Part XIV-A
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Correct answer: C. Part IV-A

Part IV-A was inserted by the Constitution (Forty-second Amendment) Act, 1976 on the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee, and it consists of a single article, Article 51A, which originally listed ten Fundamental Duties; an eleventh duty, on providing education to a child between six and fourteen years, was added…

Q6547.Indian PolityEasy

Which Part of the Indian Constitution deals with Citizenship?

  1. A.Part I
  2. B.Part II
  3. C.Part III
  4. D.Part IV
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Correct answer: B. Part II

Part II of the Constitution, Articles 5 to 11, deals with citizenship: Article 5 lays down who became a citizen at the commencement of the Constitution, Articles 6 and 7 settle the position of persons who migrated from and to Pakistan, Article 8 covers persons of Indian origin living abroad…

Q6548.Indian HistoryHard

The Famine Inquiry Commission appointed in 1944 to enquire into the Bengal famine of 1943 was headed by:

  1. A.Sir Richard Strachey
  2. B.Sir Antony MacDonnell
  3. C.Sir John Woodhead
  4. D.Sir George Campbell
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Correct answer: C. Sir John Woodhead

The Famine Inquiry Commission of 1944, under the former Chief Secretary of Bengal Sir John Woodhead, enquired into the Bengal famine of 1943 and held administrative failure, the loss of Burmese rice and the absence of a proper relief policy responsible for the deaths.

Q6549.Indian HistoryEasy

The Sedition Committee of 1918, whose report led to the passing of the Rowlatt Act, was headed by:

  1. A.Sir Sidney Rowlatt
  2. B.Lord William Hunter
  3. C.Sir Alexander Muddiman
  4. D.Sir Harcourt Butler
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Correct answer: A. Sir Sidney Rowlatt

The Sedition Committee of 1918, appointed under the English judge Sir Sidney Rowlatt, examined revolutionary conspiracies in India and recommended special powers for the executive, which Parliament granted in the Anarchical and Revolutionary Crimes Act of 1919, popularly the Rowlatt Act, allowing detention without trial; Gandhi's Rowlatt Satyagraha followed.

Q6550.Indian HistoryMedium

Which commission's report led to the establishment of the first Public Service Commission in India in 1926?

  1. A.Aitchison Commission
  2. B.Islington Commission
  3. C.Lee Commission
  4. D.Welby Commission
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Correct answer: C. Lee Commission

The Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India of 1923–24, under Viscount Lee of Fareham, recommended rates of Indianisation for the services and the immediate setting up of a Public Service Commission; it was established in 1926 and became the Federal Public Service Commission under the Government of…

Q6551.Indian HistoryHard

The Royal Commission on Labour in India, appointed in 1929, was chaired by:

  1. A.J. H. Whitley
  2. B.Lord Islington
  3. C.Sir Ibrahim Rahimtoola
  4. D.Lord Linlithgow
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Correct answer: A. J. H. Whitley

John Henry Whitley, a former Speaker of the House of Commons, chaired the Royal Commission on Labour in India, which reported in 1931 on wages, hours, housing and the health of industrial workers; its findings lay behind the Factories Act, 1934, the Payment of Wages Act, 1936 and later labour…

Q6552.Indian HistoryMedium

On the recommendation of which commission was the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research set up in 1929?

  1. A.Royal Commission on Agriculture, 1928
  2. B.Indian Industrial Commission, 1916
  3. C.Indian Fiscal Commission, 1921
  4. D.Floud Commission, 1938
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Correct answer: A. Royal Commission on Agriculture, 1928

Appointed in 1926 and chaired by Lord Linlithgow, it examined the condition of Indian agriculture and rural life and recommended a central body to coordinate agricultural research, which was established in 1929 as the Imperial Council of Agricultural Research, renamed the Indian Council of Agricultural Research after independence.

Q6553.Indian HistoryMedium

The Indian Education Commission of 1882, appointed during the viceroyalty of Lord Ripon, was headed by:

  1. A.Sir Charles Wood
  2. B.Sir William Wilson Hunter
  3. C.Sir Thomas Raleigh
  4. D.Sir Michael Sadler
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Correct answer: B. Sir William Wilson Hunter

The Indian Education Commission of 1882, known as the Hunter Commission, reviewed the progress of education since Wood's Despatch and recommended that the State pay special attention to primary education in the vernacular and hand schools over to the newly created local boards, in keeping with Ripon's local self-government resolution.

Q6554.Indian HistoryMedium

Which commission recommended the establishment of a central bank for India, a recommendation that took shape as the Reserve Bank of India?

  1. A.Fowler Commission
  2. B.Chamberlain Commission
  3. C.Hilton Young Commission
  4. D.Babington Smith Committee
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Correct answer: C. Hilton Young Commission

The Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance of 1926, named after its chairman Edward Hilton Young, recommended that the functions of currency and credit be taken away from the Government and handed to a central bank; the recommendation was carried out by the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934…

Q6555.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 18 Feb 2019, Shift 3Easy

The Simon Commission which was sent by the British Government was boycotted because:

  1. A.The Commission curbed financial independence of India.
  2. B.The Commission did not have any Indian member.
  3. C.There were differences amongst the members.
  4. D.It gave special powers to the Princely states.
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Correct answer: B. The Commission did not have any Indian member.

All seven members of the Indian Statutory Commission were British members of Parliament, among them Clement Attlee, and Indians of every party read this as a declaration that they were unfit to decide their own constitution; hence the boycott and the slogan 'Simon, go back'.

Q6556.Indian HistoryAsked in: Delhi · 9 Oct 2021, Shift 1Medium

A resolution boycotting the Simon Commission was passed at the 1927 ____ Congress session.

  1. A.Kanpur
  2. B.Lucknow
  3. C.Lahore
  4. D.Madras
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Correct answer: D. Madras

The annual session of the Indian National Congress held at Madras in December 1927, presided over by Dr M. A. Ansari, resolved to boycott the Simon Commission at every stage and in every form, and the same session passed a resolution on complete independence.

Q6557.Indian HistoryAsked in: Haryana · 12 April 2018, Shift 1Easy

When was Simon Commission sent to India?

  1. A.1937
  2. B.1927
  3. C.1917
  4. D.1958
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Correct answer: B. 1927

The British Government announced the Indian Statutory Commission in November 1927 under Sir John Simon to review the working of the Government of India Act, 1919; the commission itself reached Bombay on 3 February 1928 and submitted its report in 1930.

Q6558.Indian EconomyHard

The indifference curve for two goods that are perfect substitutes for each other is:

  1. A.A straight line sloping downward
  2. B.L-shaped
  3. C.Convex to the origin
  4. D.A vertical straight line
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Correct answer: A. A straight line sloping downward

If two goods are perfect substitutes, such as two brands of identical salt, the consumer is willing to exchange them at a fixed rate whatever quantity he already holds, so the marginal rate of substitution is constant and a constant slope means a straight line.

Q6559.Indian EconomyHard

The law of equi-marginal utility is also known as the:

  1. A.Law of demand
  2. B.Law of substitution
  3. C.Law of supply
  4. D.Law of diminishing returns
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Correct answer: B. Law of substitution

The law of equi-marginal utility, called Gossen's second law and also the law of maximum satisfaction, says that a consumer distributes his income among goods so that the last rupee spent on each gives him the same marginal utility; he reaches that position by substituting the good with the higher…

Q6560.Indian EconomyMedium

The ordinal utility approach to the theory of consumer behaviour was developed by:

  1. A.Adam Smith and David Ricardo
  2. B.J. R. Hicks and R. G. D. Allen
  3. C.Alfred Marshall and A. C. Pigou
  4. D.J. M. Keynes and Joan Robinson
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Correct answer: B. J. R. Hicks and R. G. D. Allen

In their joint work of 1934, and later in Hicks's Value and Capital, they replaced the measurement of utility with the ranking of preferences and rebuilt the theory of demand on indifference curves, the marginal rate of substitution and the budget line.

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