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.
Which of the following is the only sea in the world without a coastline?
It lies in the North Atlantic and is bounded not by land but by four ocean currents, among them the Gulf Stream, which circle its calm, weed-filled waters; the floating sargassum seaweed gives it its name.
Read the full explanation →The Bering Strait separates which two continents?
The Bering Strait lies between the eastern tip of Siberia and the western tip of Alaska and joins the Pacific Ocean with the Arctic Ocean; during the ice ages a land bridge across it is believed to have carried the first human migrations into the Americas.
Read the full explanation →Which continent is crossed by the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn and the Prime Meridian?
Africa is the only continent through which all four of these lines pass: the Equator crosses its middle, the Tropic of Cancer runs across the Sahara, the Tropic of Capricorn crosses its southern part, and the Prime Meridian passes through its western bulge near Accra.
Read the full explanation →The Southern Ocean was recognised as a distinct ocean by the International Hydrographic Organization in which year?
In that year the International Hydrographic Organization recognised the waters surrounding Antarctica, broadly south of sixty degrees south latitude, as the fifth ocean of the world, which is why older textbooks speak of four oceans and newer ones of five.
Read the full explanation →Which ocean is the only one named after a country?
It takes its name from India, whose peninsula projects into it, and this is the only case of an ocean named after a nation; it is also unusual in being closed in the north by the Asian landmass, which makes its monsoon-driven currents reverse twice a year.
Read the full explanation →The Challenger Deep, the deepest known point of the world's oceans, lies in which trench?
The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Mariana Islands, and its southern end holds the Challenger Deep, close to eleven thousand metres below sea level, named after the British survey ship that sounded it in the nineteenth century.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest and the deepest ocean in the world?
It is the largest ocean, covering nearly half the total ocean surface, and the deepest, because the Challenger Deep in its Mariana Trench is the deepest known point on earth; its rim of volcanoes and earthquake zones is called the Ring of Fire.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the correct order of continents from the largest to the smallest by area?
By area the order of the continents is Asia, about 44 million square kilometres, then Africa with about 30 million, North America with about 24 million, South America with about 18 million, Antarctica with about 14 million, Europe with about 10 million and Australia with about 8 million.
Read the full explanation →Sikkim was made a full-fledged State of the Indian Union by which amendment?
It admitted Sikkim as the twenty-second State of the Indian Union, inserted it into the First Schedule and omitted the earlier provisions that had given it a special status.
Read the full explanation →Which constitutional amendment gave effect to the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, under which enclaves were exchanged?
It amended the First Schedule to give effect to the acquiring of territories by India and the transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh under the Land Boundary Agreement, settling a dispute that had lasted since Partition.
Read the full explanation →Telangana was created as the twenty-ninth State of India on
Telangana was carved out of Andhra Pradesh under the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation Act of 2014 and came into existence on 2 June 2014, which is observed as its formation day.
Read the full explanation →The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 was given effect along with which constitutional amendment?
The Seventh Constitutional Amendment Act of 1956 accompanied the States Reorganisation Act, abolished the old classification of States into Parts A, B, C and D, and reorganised the country into fourteen States and six Union territories.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first State of India created on a linguistic basis?
It was carved out of the Madras Presidency in 1953 for Telugu speakers, after the death of Potti Sriramulu on a fast unto death pressed the demand to a point the government could not resist.
Read the full explanation →The States Reorganisation Commission appointed in 1953 was chaired by
The States Reorganisation Commission was appointed in 1953 under the chairmanship of Fazl Ali and submitted its report in 1955.
Read the full explanation →In the Berubari Union case of 1960, the Supreme Court held that ceding Indian territory to a foreign State requires
The President sought the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on whether the agreement to transfer part of the Berubari Union to Pakistan could be carried out under Article 3.
Read the full explanation →A law made under Article 3 that alters the First Schedule of the Constitution is passed by
Article 4 states that a law made under Article 2 or Article 3 may contain provisions for amending the First Schedule, which lists the States and Union territories, and the Fourth Schedule, which allots Rajya Sabha seats, and that no such law shall be deemed to be an amendment of…
Read the full explanation →A Bill to form a new State under Article 3 can be introduced in Parliament only
The proviso to Article 3 lays down two conditions. First, such a Bill may be introduced in either House only on the recommendation of the President.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Constitution empowers Parliament to admit into the Union, or establish, new States?
Article 2 provides that Parliament may by law admit into the Union, or establish, new States on such terms and conditions as it thinks fit.
Read the full explanation →Article 1 of the Constitution of India describes India as a
Article 1 says that India, that is Bharat, shall be a Union of States, and the Drafting Committee chose that phrase with care.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT possible by a law of Parliament under Article 3 of the Constitution?
Article 3 deals only with territory that is already part of India.
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