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.
National Milk Day is observed in India on 26 November to mark the birth anniversary of the man who led the dairy co-operative movement. He is
International Customs Day is observed on 26 January every year because on that date in 1953
That inaugural session took place in Brussels on 26 January 1953; the Council took the working name World Customs Organization in 1994, and 26 January is kept as International Customs Day, a date Indian students remember easily because it is also Republic Day.
Read the full explanation →National Farmers Day, Kisan Diwas, is observed in India on 23 December as the birth anniversary of
The correct answer is B, Chaudhary Charan Singh, who was born on 23 December 1902, served as Prime Minister of India and is remembered for the laws and the politics that put the peasant at the centre of Indian public life.
Read the full explanation →Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day, declared by the United Nations, falls on
The United Nations General Assembly declared 27 June as Micro, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day in 2017, in recognition of the share of such enterprises in employment and in world output.
Read the full explanation →World Savings Day, also known as World Thrift Day, is observed on
The day goes back to the First International Thrift Congress, held in Milan in 1924, whose closing day was 31 October; savings banks across the world have marked it since, and in India banks use it to promote small savings and deposit habits.
Read the full explanation →The International Day of Banks, declared by the United Nations General Assembly, is observed on
The United Nations General Assembly declared 5 December as the International Day of Banks in 2019, to recognise the part that banks, and especially development banks, play in financing sustainable development.
Read the full explanation →National Statistics Day is observed in India on 29 June, the birth anniversary of
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was born on 29 June 1893, founded the Indian Statistical Institute, gave the country its large-scale sample survey system and the statistical distance known by his name, and shaped the Second Five Year Plan.
Read the full explanation →GST Day is observed on 1 July every year to mark the coming into force of the goods and services tax in
The goods and services tax came into force on 1 July 2017, and the day is observed every year as GST Day.
Read the full explanation →Income Tax Day, or Aaykar Diwas, is observed in India on
Income tax was introduced in India on 24 July 1860 by Sir James Wilson, the first finance member of the Viceroy council, to repair the finances of the government after the revolt of 1857, and the Income Tax Department has observed the day since 2010, the hundred and fiftieth year…
Read the full explanation →National Consumer Rights Day is observed in India on 24 December because on that day in 1986
The Consumer Protection Act, 1986 was given assent on 24 December 1986, and the Department of Consumer Affairs observes that date every year as National Consumer Rights Day with a theme.
Read the full explanation →World Consumer Rights Day is observed every year on
World Consumer Rights Day takes its date from 15 March 1962, when United States President John F. Kennedy sent a message to Congress setting out the rights of the consumer, the first time a head of government did so; the consumer movement began observing the day in 1983.
Read the full explanation →Which award is given for the most beautiful goal of the year in football?
FIFA introduced it in 2009 for the most beautiful goal of the year, and it is named after Ferenc Puskas of Hungary, the forward of the great side of the nineteen fifties.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first winner of the FIFA World Player of the Year award, instituted in 1991?
The German midfielder, captain of the side that won the World Cup of 1990, was the first FIFA World Player of the Year when the award began in 1991; FIFA gave it until 2015, with the Ballon d’Or years of 2010 to 2015 in between, and replaced it with The…
Read the full explanation →The ICC Cricketer of the Year receives which trophy?
The International Cricket Council began its annual awards in 2004, and the cricketer of the year receives the trophy named after the great all-rounder of the West Indies; the first winner was Rahul Dravid of India, and Sachin Tendulkar, Ravichandran Ashwin and Virat Kohli have also received it.
Read the full explanation →During which period was the Ballon d’Or merged with the FIFA World Player of the Year and given as the FIFA Ballon d’Or?
France Football and FIFA joined their two awards into one for those six years, so the winner of each of those years holds the FIFA Ballon d’Or; the partnership ended and the two awards were given separately again from 2016, when FIFA began The Best FIFA Men’s Player.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first winner of the Ballon d’Or Feminin, the women’s Ballon d’Or, in 2018?
The women’s award was introduced in 2018, more than sixty years after the men’s, and the Norwegian forward, then with Lyon, was its first winner.
Read the full explanation →The Kopa Trophy, given at the Ballon d’Or ceremony, is awarded to the
The Kopa Trophy was introduced in 2018 and is named after Raymond Kopa, the French forward who won the Ballon d’Or in 1958; its first winner was Kylian Mbappe of France.
Read the full explanation →Lev Yashin, the Ballon d’Or winner of 1963, is remembered because he is the only
Lev Yashin of the Soviet Union, known as the black spider for his dark jersey and his reach, won the Ballon d’Or in 1963, and no other goalkeeper has taken it since, which is why the trophy for the best goalkeeper of the year, given from 2019, is named the…
Read the full explanation →Who won the first Ballon d’Or in 1956?
The English winger, then playing for Blackpool and already past forty, received the first Ballon d’Or in 1956, at a time when only European players could be considered.
Read the full explanation →The Ballon d’Or was instituted in 1956 by which publication?
The French magazine France Football created the Ballon d’Or in 1956 on the idea of its editor Gabriel Hanot, and the winner is settled on the votes of journalists, which is what separates it from an award given by a federation.
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