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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

Q9882.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

A bank must resolve a complaint of an unauthorised electronic transaction and determine the customer's liability within a maximum of:

  1. A.30 days from the complaint
  2. B.60 days from the complaint
  3. C.90 days from the complaint
  4. D.180 days from the complaint
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Correct answer: C. 90 days from the complaint

The circular requires every bank to have a board-approved policy fixing its own resolution period, and caps that period at ninety days from the date the complaint is received.

Q9883.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Within how many working days of a customer's notification must a bank make a shadow reversal of the disputed amount?

  1. A.Three working days
  2. B.Seven working days
  3. C.Ten working days
  4. D.Thirty working days
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Correct answer: C. Ten working days

A shadow reversal is a provisional credit of the disputed amount into the customer's account. The circular requires the bank to make it within ten working days of the customer's notification, and specifically says the bank may not wait for any insurance claim of its own to be settled first.

Q9884.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

For a Basic Savings Bank Deposit account, what is the maximum liability of a customer who reports a third-party breach between four and seven working days?

  1. A.Rupees 5,000
  2. B.Rupees 10,000
  3. C.Rupees 25,000
  4. D.Nil in all cases
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Correct answer: A. Rupees 5,000

The Reserve Bank's liability table sets the lowest ceiling for Basic Savings Bank Deposit accounts, which are the no-frills accounts opened for financial inclusion, because their holders are the least able to absorb a loss.

Q9885.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

In a case of third-party breach, within how many working days must a customer report an unauthorised electronic banking transaction to have zero liability?

  1. A.One working day
  2. B.Three working days
  3. C.Seven working days
  4. D.Fifteen working days
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Correct answer: B. Three working days

Under the Reserve Bank's circular of 6 July 2017, where the fault lies neither with the bank nor with the customer but somewhere else in the system, the customer's liability is nil if the unauthorised transaction is reported within three working days of receiving the bank's communication about it.

Q9886.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

Under the Central Repository of Information on Large Credits, banks report borrower-wise data on aggregate exposures of at least:

  1. A.Rupees one crore
  2. B.Rupees five crore
  3. C.Rupees ten crore
  4. D.Rupees fifty crore
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Correct answer: B. Rupees five crore

The Central Repository of Information on Large Credits, usually shortened to CRILC, is a database maintained by the Reserve Bank in which banks report details of every borrower whose aggregate exposure, funded and non-funded together, is five crore rupees or more.

Q9887.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

Which of the following is NOT one of the four indicators used to compute a bank's systemic importance score under the D-SIB framework?

  1. A.Size
  2. B.Interconnectedness
  3. C.Profitability
  4. D.Complexity
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Correct answer: C. Profitability

The systemic importance score of a bank is built from four indicators: size, interconnectedness, substitutability and complexity. Size carries the highest weight because the sheer scale of a bank's balance sheet decides how much damage its failure would do.

Q9889.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

The Board for Financial Supervision of the Reserve Bank of India is chaired by which official?

  1. A.The Union Finance Minister
  2. B.The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India
  3. C.The Finance Secretary
  4. D.The Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India
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Correct answer: B. The Governor of the Reserve Bank of India

The Board for Financial Supervision was constituted in November 1994 so that supervision of banks, select all-India financial institutions and non-banking financial companies would get undivided attention.

Q9891.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Under the PCA framework, restriction on the distribution of dividends is a mandatory action at which stage?

  1. A.Risk Threshold 1
  2. B.Risk Threshold 2
  3. C.Risk Threshold 3
  4. D.Only after the bank is placed under moratorium
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Correct answer: A. Risk Threshold 1

The first set of mandatory actions, applied as soon as a bank crosses Risk Threshold 1, is a restriction on dividend distribution or remittance of profits, together with a requirement that the promoters, owners or the parent of a foreign bank infuse capital.

Q9892.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which indicator is used to measure asset quality under the revised Prompt Corrective Action framework?

  1. A.Gross non-performing assets ratio
  2. B.Net non-performing assets ratio
  3. C.Slippage ratio
  4. D.Provision coverage ratio
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Correct answer: B. Net non-performing assets ratio

Under the revised framework the three indicators are the capital to risk weighted assets ratio or the Common Equity Tier 1 ratio for capital, the net non-performing assets ratio for asset quality, and the Tier 1 leverage ratio for leverage.

Q9893.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which of the following is NOT covered by the Prompt Corrective Action framework for scheduled commercial banks?

  1. A.Public sector banks
  2. B.Private sector banks
  3. C.Regional rural banks
  4. D.Foreign banks operating through branches in India
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Correct answer: C. Regional rural banks

The revised framework applies to all scheduled commercial banks but expressly leaves out three categories: small finance banks, payments banks and regional rural banks.

Q9894.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

As per the Reserve Bank's 2025 list of Domestic Systemically Important Banks, which bank is placed in bucket 4?

  1. A.HDFC Bank
  2. B.ICICI Bank
  3. C.State Bank of India
  4. D.Punjab National Bank
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Correct answer: C. State Bank of India

In the 2025 list State Bank of India sits in bucket 4 and must hold an extra Common Equity Tier 1 cushion of 0.80 per cent of its risk weighted assets, over and above the normal minimum and the capital conservation buffer.

Q9897.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

In which year did the Reserve Bank of India issue the framework for dealing with Domestic Systemically Important Banks?

  1. A.2011
  2. B.2014
  3. C.2017
  4. D.2021
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Correct answer: B. 2014

The Reserve Bank of India issued the D-SIB framework on 22 July 2014, setting out how banks would be picked for the sample, how their systemic importance score would be computed from size, interconnectedness, substitutability and complexity, and how much additional Common Equity Tier 1 capital each bucket would attract.

Q9898.Static GKMedium

The Samruddhi Mahamarg, about 701 kilometres long, connects Mumbai with:

  1. A.Pune
  2. B.Nagpur
  3. C.Surat
  4. D.Hyderabad
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Correct answer: B. Nagpur

The Samruddhi Mahamarg, formally named after Balasaheb Thackeray, is an access-controlled expressway of about 701 kilometres built entirely within Maharashtra, joining Mumbai with Nagpur across the state and passing near several district headquarters of Marathwada and Vidarbha, which is why it is presented as a corridor of economic development rather…

Q9899.Static GKEasy

The Purvanchal Expressway, about 341 kilometres long and provided with an airstrip for emergency landings, lies in which state?

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

The Purvanchal Expressway runs about 340.8 kilometres from the Lucknow area to Ghazipur in the eastern part of the state and includes a runway stretch on which air force aircraft can land in an emergency, a feature that made it a favourite with question setters.

Q9900.Static GKMedium

Which organisation, working under the Ministry of Defence, built the Atal Tunnel and maintains roads in India's border areas?

  1. A.NHAI
  2. B.Border Roads Organisation
  3. C.NHIDCL
  4. D.Central Public Works Department
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Correct answer: B. Border Roads Organisation

The BRO was raised in 1960 to build and maintain the roads of the frontier regions, works under the Ministry of Defence, and has to its credit the Atal Tunnel under the Rohtang Pass as well as some of the highest motorable roads in Ladakh.

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