SSC GK Questions 2026

The Speaker fixes the date of the Deputy Speaker's election, and a presiding Deputy Speaker has the full powers of the Speaker; statements 2 and 4 describe rules that do not exist.

The neem layer releases nitrogen slowly, so crops take up more of it and less is lost. Plain urea dissolves fast and much of its nitrogen is lost by leaching into groundwater and as gases.

Wood's Dispatch introduced grants-in-aid and recommended universities, but it wanted the vernacular languages, not English, at the primary level. Sir Charles Wood, President of the Board of Control, sent this dispatch in 1854; it is called the "Magna Carta of English education in India".

Set high in the Garhwal Himalaya of Uttarakhand, roughly between 3,200 and 6,600 metres, it lies wholly in the temperate alpine zone.

At Chandipur beach in Balasore district of Odisha the sea pulls back several kilometres at low tide and returns at high tide, so visitors can walk on the exposed sea bed.

Under Jahangir, Mughal painting moved away from large illustrated manuscripts towards single paintings, portraits and nature studies collected in albums (muraqqa).

Lemongrass and its close relative citronella grass yield aromatic oils that keep mosquitoes away, so they are the base of many natural repellents.

Mandamus reaches anyone who owes a public duty, including government companies, and quo warranto can be sought by any interested person, not only the aggrieved one.

A diode does not obey Ohm's law: the current through it is not proportional to the voltage across it. An ohmic conductor gives a straight-line graph of current against voltage, so its resistance stays constant at a fixed temperature.

Anhydrous sodium carbonate is Na₂CO₃, and 2 × 23 + 12 + 3 × 16 = 106 u. Formula mass is the sum of the atomic masses of all the atoms in one formula unit of an ionic compound.

Pitchblende, or uraninite, is the chief ore of uranium, the fuel used in most nuclear power stations. Pitchblende is a heavy, black mineral made mostly of uranium oxide.

Portland cement is made by heating a mix of limestone, which supplies lime, with clay, which supplies silica and alumina.

Traditional solder is an alloy of lead and tin, often in a ratio of about 60 parts tin to 40 parts lead.

A constitution can set rules and limits, but it cannot guarantee that good people will enter politics. A constitution is the basic set of rules by which a country is governed.

The trapped steam raises the pressure inside the cooker, and at higher pressure water boils at a higher temperature, so food cooks faster.

Podzolisation is the typical soil-forming process under the cool, moist coniferous forests of the taiga. In the taiga, cold winters slow down decay, and the needles of pine, spruce and fir form an acidic litter on the ground.

Mercury(II) oxide is a red-orange solid, mercury is a liquid metal at room temperature, and oxygen is a gas. This is a thermal decomposition reaction: when mercuric oxide is heated, it breaks down into mercury and oxygen, written with states as 2HgO(s) → 2Hg(l) + O₂(g).

The Second Plan put its stress on basic and heavy industries, not on consumer goods, which were left mainly to small and cottage industries.

One mole of N₂ weighs 28 g, so half a mole weighs 14 g. A nitrogen molecule is made of two nitrogen atoms, each with an atomic mass of 14 u, so its molecular mass is 28 u and its molar mass is 28 g per mole.

Panchsheel says nothing about nuclear weapons; its five principles concern sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference, equality and peaceful coexistence.