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 best method of applying water to sandy undulating area is :
Sandy soil drinks water too fast for any surface method, and an uneven surface cannot be flooded evenly without heavy levelling.
Read the full explanation →The khadin system of water harvesting and farming is traditionally associated with which region of Rajasthan?
A khadin is an earthen bund built along the lower edge of a rocky slope in the desert.
Read the full explanation →The Bisalpur dam, the largest drinking water project of Rajasthan, is built on which river?
The Bisalpur dam stands on the Banas in Tonk district and was built mainly to supply drinking water, which it pipes to Jaipur, Ajmer and Tonk, besides irrigating land in Tonk itself.
Read the full explanation →Which is the uppermost dam of the Chambal Valley Project?
The four structures of the project stand in a fixed order from upstream to downstream, and the order itself is the question: Gandhi Sagar in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, then Rana Pratap Sagar at Rawatbhata in Chittorgarh, then Jawahar Sagar near Borawas in Kota, and last the Kota barrage…
Read the full explanation →The Chambal Valley Project is a joint venture of Rajasthan and which other state?
The Chambal rises at Janapav hill in the Vindhyan highlands of Madhya Pradesh and then flows along and through Rajasthan, so the two states built the valley scheme together and share its cost and its benefits equally.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest canal of Rajasthan, built in the reign of Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner?
It was opened in 1927, draws Sutlej water from the Hussainiwala headworks near Ferozepur and carries it into Sri Ganganagar, which became the first and for long the only canal irrigated district of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →By what name was the Indira Gandhi Canal known before 1984?
The project was planned by the engineer Kanwar Sain in 1948 under that name, the foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1958, and the canal was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal in 1984.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Gandhi Canal takes off from which barrage?
It stands in Punjab just below the point where the Beas joins the Sutlej, so it can command the combined flow of the two rivers.
Read the full explanation →About 70% of the irrigation in Rajasthan is from:-
Although the Indira Gandhi Canal and the Chambal canals are the famous works of the state, they water only a part of it.
Read the full explanation →The Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh is known for which source of power?
The solar park built in Rewa district was among the largest single site solar parks in the country when it was commissioned, and part of its electricity is bought by the Delhi Metro, the first sale of solar power from such a park to a buyer outside the state.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Sagar project of Madhya Pradesh is built on which river?
Indira Sagar was built at Punasa in Khandwa district and is the largest reservoir of the state and the main storage of the Narmada valley plan, holding water for irrigation and power through the dry months.
Read the full explanation →Vindhyachal, the largest thermal power station in India, is located in which district?
The Vindhyachal station stands on the Singrauli coalfield, drawing coal from mines beside it and water from the Rihand system, and it is the largest thermal power station in the country.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Madhya Pradesh is the centre of its cement industry, based on local limestone?
The Vindhyan limestone of Satna is thick, pure and close to the surface, so cement works clustered there and the district became the cement capital of the state, with Damoh, Katni, Jabalpur and Neemuch following.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest coalfield of Madhya Pradesh?
The Singrauli field lies in the Gondwana basin of the east of the state and extends across the border into Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Malanjkhand copper deposit is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
Malanjkhand in Balaghat district is the largest copper ore deposit worked in India, mined and concentrated on the spot by Hindustan Copper, and the ore body lies in the ancient rocks of the Maikal range.
Read the full explanation →Diamonds are mined in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
Panna is the only place in India where diamonds are mined in any quantity.
Read the full explanation →On the basis of status of development, how are resources classified?
By status of development resources are grouped as potential resources, found in a region but not yet used; developed resources, surveyed and in use; stock, which exists but cannot be used for want of technology; and reserves, the part of the stock that can be drawn on in future with…
Read the full explanation →Choose the correct group of conventional sources of energy from the following:
Conventional sources are those in long use before modern technology offered alternatives, that is coal, petroleum, natural gas, firewood, cattle dung cake and water power.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a non-renewable source of energy?
Coal, petroleum and natural gas were formed over millions of years from buried plant and animal remains, so once a seam or a field is worked out it is not replaced in any human timescale.
Read the full explanation →The Hisardale sheep breed was developed by crossing which two stocks?
Hisardale was bred at Hisar in Haryana to get finer wool from animals that could still live in the hot dry plains, so the hardy local Nali ewes of the Bikaner side were crossed with Merino rams, the standard fine wool breed of the world.
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