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 Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards was instituted in which year?
The series was instituted that year to recognise acts of a humane nature in saving life from drowning, fire, electrocution, mine accidents and similar danger, and it is administered by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest class of the Jeevan Raksha Padak series?
The correct answer is C, Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, given for conspicuous courage where the danger to the rescuer's own life was very great.
Read the full explanation →The Jeevan Raksha Padak series of awards consists of how many classes?
The series runs as the Sarvottam Jeevan Raksha Padak, the Uttam Jeevan Raksha Padak and the Jeevan Raksha Padak, in descending order, the class depending on how great the danger to the rescuer's own life was.
Read the full explanation →The Jahangiri Mahal is a structure inside which fort?
The Jahangiri Mahal is the large red sandstone palace within Agra Fort, built in Akbar's reign for the women of the household and later named after Jahangir; the Khas Mahal, the Sheesh Mahal and the Musamman Burj, where Shah Jahan passed his last years, stand in the same fort.
Read the full explanation →Kumbhalgarh Fort in Rajasthan is particularly known as:
Kumbhalgarh, built by Rana Kumbha in the Aravalli hills, is remembered both as Maharana Pratap's birthplace and for its very long encircling wall, held to be among the longest in the world.
Read the full explanation →Fort St George, the first English fortified settlement in India, is located at:
Fort St George was built by the East India Company at Madras in the 1640s and was the first English fort in India; the settlement that grew around it became the Madras presidency.
Read the full explanation →The Hazarduari Palace, known as the palace of a thousand doors, is situated at:
The palace was built in the nineteenth century for the Nawab Nazim of Bengal on the bank of the Bhagirathi, and takes its name from its very large number of doorways, many of them false, which is the detail questions turn on.
Read the full explanation →Padmanabhapuram Palace, the wooden palace of the Travancore rulers, is located in which state?
The palace stands in Kanyakumari district of Tamil Nadu, although it was the seat of the rulers of Travancore and is to this day maintained by the Government of Kerala, a division that followed the reorganisation of states.
Read the full explanation →Which fort was the capital of Shivaji, where he was crowned in 1674?
The correct answer is B, Raigad, which Shivaji made his capital and where his coronation took place in 1674, the ceremony at which he took the title Chhatrapati.
Read the full explanation →The Golconda Fort is located in which present-day state?
Golconda, on the edge of Hyderabad, was the capital of the Qutb Shahi rulers before they moved down to the new city; it was the market through which the diamonds of the region were traded, and its acoustics are famous, a clap at the Fateh Darwaza being heard at the…
Read the full explanation →The Hawa Mahal of Jaipur was built in 1799 by:
The correct answer is B, Sawai Pratap Singh, who had the Hawa Mahal built in 1799 as a screen of small windows and jharokhas through which the women of the household could watch the processions in the street below without being seen.
Read the full explanation →The Vijay Stambha, or tower of victory, stands in which fort?
The Vijay Stambha was raised by Rana Kumbha of Mewar to mark a victory, and the Kirti Stambha, the tower of fame, stands in the same fort, so a question may ask for either.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest fort in India by area?
The correct answer is A, Chittorgarh Fort, which spreads over the largest area of any fort in the country and holds within it palaces, tanks and temples as well as the Vijay Stambha and the Kirti Stambha.
Read the full explanation →The Red Fort at Delhi was built by which Mughal emperor?
The correct answer is C, Shah Jahan, who built the Red Fort of red sandstone as the citadel of his new capital Shahjahanabad, completing it in 1648; the Diwan-i-Aam, the Diwan-i-Khas, the Rang Mahal and the Moti Masjid stand inside, and it was inscribed as a World Heritage Site in…
Read the full explanation →The height of Mount Everest was revised in a joint announcement by Nepal and China in 2020 to:
In December 2020 Nepal and China announced a jointly agreed new height for Mount Everest of 8,848.86 metres, after separate surveys from the two sides.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian athlete is best known for representing India in the luge at six Winter Olympic Games?
Shiva Keshavan, from Himachal Pradesh, competed in the luge at six Winter Olympic Games beginning in 1998 and won titles at the Asian level, which makes him India's best known winter Olympian.
Read the full explanation →Which city became the first in the world to host both a Summer and a Winter Olympic Games?
Beijing hosted the Summer Olympics in 2008 and the Winter Olympics in 2022, becoming the first city to have held both.
Read the full explanation →The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute, whose first director of field training was Tenzing Norgay, is located at:
The Himalayan Mountaineering Institute was founded at Darjeeling in West Bengal in 1954, the year after the first ascent of Everest, and Tenzing Norgay served as its first director of field training.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first peak above eight thousand metres to be climbed?
Annapurna I, 8,091 metres high and the lowest of the fourteen eight-thousanders, was climbed in 1950 by a French expedition led by Maurice Herzog, three years before Everest; it remains one of the most dangerous of the fourteen.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest mountain peak lying entirely within the territory of India?
Nanda Devi, 7,816 metres high, stands in Uttarakhand and is the highest peak lying wholly inside India.
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