SSC GK Questions 2026

Magnesium is above hydrogen in the reactivity series, so it displaces hydrogen from the acid: Mg + 2HCl → MgCl2 + H2.

The Limitation Law of 1859 was meant to stop debts from piling up over many years. In the Deccan, ryots borrowed from moneylenders (sahukars) and signed bonds.

Pitch is how high or low a sound seems to the ear, and it depends on the frequency of vibration: the higher the frequency, the higher the pitch.

Under the pact, signed on 5 March 1931, Congress agreed to attend the next conference in London, and Gandhi went as its sole representative.

Common solder is an alloy of lead (Pb) and tin (Sn), often in a ratio close to 40:60. Solder is used to join metal parts, especially wires and components in electrical circuits.

Doubling one mass doubles the force, while doubling the distance cuts it to one-fourth, so the net result is 2 × 1/4 = 1/2.

This statement is false, because lending and advancing loans is the main business of most NBFCs. A Non-Banking Financial Company is a company registered under the Companies Act whose principal business is loans and advances, buying shares and securities, leasing, hire-purchase, insurance or chit funds.

120 mmHg is the systolic pressure when the ventricles contract, and 80 mmHg is the diastolic pressure when they relax.

Panna in Bundelkhand, now in Madhya Pradesh, is India's historic diamond belt, and diamonds were mined there in the medieval period.

The endodermis is the innermost layer of the cortex that surrounds the vascular tissue; it is not a part of the vascular bundle itself.

Cumulus clouds look like heaps of cotton wool, appear in scattered patches with a flat base, and generally form at a height of 4 to 7 km.

C. Rajagopalachari is listed first among the first Bharat Ratna awardees of 1954, and Deen Dayal Upadhyaya gave the philosophy of Integral Humanism.

Chess skill is an acquired trait, built by learning and practice, and acquired traits are not passed on through genes.

Under First-Past-the-Post a candidate needs only more votes than any rival, not a majority, while Proportional Representation does not require a winner to secure a majority either.

She and the President of Singapore, Tharman Shanmugaratnam, together hosted the luncheon that Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman attended during her visit from 8 to 11 October 2026.

The engagements in Singapore gave the two sides an opportunity to review progress in advancing the outcomes of that roundtable and to explore avenues for deepening the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between India and Singapore.

During the Union Finance Minister’s visit, the two sides exchanged views on strengthening India-ASEAN cooperation and regional economic ties in the run-up to Singapore’s ASEAN Chairmanship, which falls in that year.

Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman called on him during her visit from 8 to 11 October 2026 and also attended a luncheon he hosted along with the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund.

A key aim of the partnership is better candidate registration through this platform, together with Aadhaar-based face authentication under the Aadhaar Enabled Biometric Attendance System, so that enrolment and attendance at the institutes are both verifiable.

The agreement signed on 12 October 2026 covers uniform training standards, quality administration and systematic capacity building at the Rural Self Employment Training Institutes, and extends to the settlement of trained candidates, their credit linkage and the monitoring of both.