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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

Q9681.Uttar PradeshAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2025, Paper IMedium

The Ghatampur Thermal Power Project is located at

  1. A.Bihar
  2. B.Uttar Pradesh
  3. C.Madhya Pradesh
  4. D.Gujarat
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Correct answer: B. Uttar Pradesh

The Ghatampur Thermal Power Project stands at Ghatampur in Kanpur Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh. It is a coal-based plant of three units of 660 MW each, built by Neyveli Uttar Pradesh Power Limited, a joint venture of NLC India Limited and the Uttar Pradesh Rajya Vidyut Utpadan Nigam.

Q9682.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2018, Paper IEasy

Which one of the following statements about proteins in mammalian cells is correct?

  1. A.Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in cell membrane.
  2. B.Proteins in mammalian cells are not synthesized in cell membrane but directly absorbed from food.
  3. C.Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in rough endoplasmic reticulum.
  4. D.Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in Golgi apparatus.
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Correct answer: C. Proteins in mammalian cells are synthesized in rough endoplasmic reticulum.

The RER is studded with ribosomes, the actual sites where amino acids are joined into proteins. Ribosomes read the message carried by mRNA and link amino acids in the right order.

Q9683.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2019, Paper IEasy

Which one of the following will happen if the medium surrounding the cell has a higher concentration than the cell ?

  1. A.The cell will gain water
  2. B.The cell will die
  3. C.There will be no change
  4. D.The cell will lose water
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Correct answer: D. The cell will lose water

A medium more concentrated than the cell is hypertonic, so water leaves the cell by osmosis. In osmosis water moves across a selectively permeable membrane from the side with fewer dissolved particles to the side with more.

Q9684.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2021, Paper IEasy

Which one of the following plant tissues has large air spaces?

  1. A.Sclerenchyma
  2. B.Meristem
  3. C.Collenchyma
  4. D.Aerenchyma
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Correct answer: D. Aerenchyma

Aerenchyma is a kind of parenchyma whose cells enclose large air-filled spaces. These air cavities keep aquatic plants such as water hyacinth, lotus and Hydrilla afloat and let oxygen move down to roots and stems that sit in waterlogged soil or under water.

Q9685.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · CAPF 2023, Paper IMedium

Pure, demineralized water, free from all soluble mineral salts is obtained by which of the following method?

  1. A.Passing water through microfiltration membrane
  2. B.Calgon's method
  3. C.Passing water through a cation exchange and an anion exchange resin bed
  4. D.By boiling
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Correct answer: C. Passing water through a cation exchange and an anion exchange resin bed

Together the two resins take out every dissolved ion, which leaves demineralised water. In the cation exchange resin (written RH), metal ions such as Ca2+, Mg2+ and Na+ are swapped for H+ ions.

Q9687.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATMedium

If T is the time period of an oscillating pendulum, which one of the following statements is NOT correct ?

  1. A.The motion repeats after time T only once
  2. B.T is the least time after which motion repeats itself
  3. C.The motion repeats itself after nT, where n is a positive integer
  4. D.T remains the same only for small angular displacements
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Correct answer: A. The motion repeats after time T only once

This is the incorrect statement, because periodic motion repeats after every interval T, again and again. The time period T of a pendulum is the time for one complete oscillation, that is, the smallest interval after which the bob returns to the same position moving in the same direction.

Q9688.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

Which one of the following groups of cellular organelles contains DNA?

  1. A.Mitochondria, nucleus, chloroplast
  2. B.Mitochondria, Golgi bodies, nucleus
  3. C.Mitochondria, plasma membrane, nucleus
  4. D.Chloroplast, nucleus, ribosomes
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Correct answer: A. Mitochondria, nucleus, chloroplast

These are the three places in a eukaryotic cell where DNA is found. The nucleus holds nearly all of a cell's DNA, packed with proteins into chromosomes.

Q9690.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATHard

Let there be an object having some chemicals in it. It starts moving with a uniform velocity v and a chemical reaction starts happening. In this case, which of the following statement/s is/are correct? 1. Chemical reactions happening in the system cannot change the velocity v of the center of mass of the object. 2. Chemical reactions happening in the system cannot change kinetic energy of the particles inside with respect to the center of mass of object. 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: A. 1 only

A chemical reaction produces only internal forces, which cannot change the motion of the centre of mass but can change internal kinetic energy.

Q9692.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATEasy

Which one of the following is a crater lake in India ?

  1. A.Lonar Lake
  2. B.Sambhar Lake
  3. C.Chilika Lake
  4. D.Vembanad Lake
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Correct answer: A. Lonar Lake

Lonar Lake in Buldhana district of Maharashtra fills a crater made by a meteorite impact. The Lonar crater was formed in prehistoric times when a meteorite struck the basalt rock of the Deccan Plateau.

Q9693.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATEasy

The specific latent heat of vaporization of a substance is the quantity of heat needed to change unit mass from

  1. A.liquid to vapour with a change of temperature
  2. B.liquid to vapour without a change of temperature
  3. C.vapour to liquid without a change of temperature
  4. D.vapour to liquid with a change of temperature
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Correct answer: B. liquid to vapour without a change of temperature

Latent heat is absorbed during a change of state while the temperature stays fixed. When water boils at 100 °C, adding more heat does not raise its temperature; the energy goes into breaking the attractions between molecules so that liquid turns into vapour.

Q9695.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2023, GATEasy

The potential difference between the two end terminals of an electric heater is 220 V and the current through it is 0.5 A. What would be the current through the heater if the potential difference across the terminals of the heater is reduced to 120 V?

  1. A.1.0 A
  2. B.0.5 A
  3. C.0.27 A
  4. D.0.7 A
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Correct answer: C. 0.27 A

The heater's resistance is 220/0.5 = 440 Ω, so at 120 V the current is 120/440, about 0.27 A. By Ohm's law, V = IR, and for an ohmic conductor at a steady temperature the resistance stays the same.

Q9696.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2024, GATEasy

Which of the following two cell organelles have their own genetic material ?

  1. A.Endoplasmic reticulum and plastids
  2. B.Endoplasmic reticulum and mitochondria
  3. C.Mitochondria and plastids
  4. D.Lysosomes and Golgi apparatus
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Correct answer: C. Mitochondria and plastids

Both carry their own DNA and ribosomes and can make some of their own proteins. Mitochondria, the powerhouses of the cell, and plastids such as chloroplasts each contain a small circular DNA molecule and 70S ribosomes, much like bacteria.

Q9698.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2025, GATEasy

The rule to determine the direction of a force experienced by a straight current carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field which is perpendicular to it is

  1. A.Right-hand thumb rule
  2. B.Fleming's left-hand rule
  3. C.Fleming's right-hand rule
  4. D.Hund's rule
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Correct answer: B. Fleming's left-hand rule

It gives the direction of the force on a current-carrying conductor placed in a magnetic field. Stretch the thumb, forefinger and middle finger of the left hand so that they are mutually perpendicular.

Q9699.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

Two forces of equal magnitude simultaneously act at a point. It is observed that the resultant force is equal in magnitude to the individual forces. Which of the following statements is/are correct? I. The angle between one of the individual forces and the resultant force is π/3. II. The angle between the individual forces is 2π/3. Select the answer using the code given below.

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

Two equal forces give a resultant of the same size only when they are 120° apart, and the resultant then makes 60° with each.

Q9700.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATEasy

The bob of a simple pendulum is displaced from its mean position and then released from rest 0.20 m above its mean position. What is the speed of the bob as it passes through the mean position? (Take g = 10 m/s²)

  1. A.0 m/s
  2. B.1 m/s
  3. C.2 m/s
  4. D.√10 m/s
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Correct answer: C. 2 m/s

All the potential energy at the top turns into kinetic energy at the mean position, so v = √(2gh) = √(2 × 10 × 0.20) = 2 m/s. When the bob is released from rest at height h, it has potential energy mgh and no kinetic energy.

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