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 term BRIC was coined in 2001 by
Jim O'Neill, then an economist at Goldman Sachs, used the acronym BRIC in a paper of 2001 to describe Brazil, Russia, India and China, the four large economies he expected to grow into a major share of world output.
Read the full explanation →At the New Delhi G20 Summit of 2023, which body was admitted as a new permanent member of the group?
The New Delhi Leaders' Summit of September 2023, held under India's presidency at Bharat Mandapam, admitted the African Union as a permanent member, so that the group now has a second regional organisation alongside the European Union.
Read the full explanation →The first G20 Leaders' Summit was held in 2008 at
The first summit at the level of heads of state and government was called in November 2008, when the collapse of large financial firms threatened the world economy, and it met at Washington.
Read the full explanation →The G20 was established in which year?
The Group of Twenty was formed in 1999, in the aftermath of the Asian financial crisis, as a forum where the finance ministers and central bank governors of the major advanced and emerging economies could discuss the stability of the world financial system.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following States does NOT share a boundary with China?
India touches China through Ladakh, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Sikkim and Arunachal Pradesh, and Nagaland is not on that boundary; its international border is with Myanmar.
Read the full explanation →Gairsain has been declared the summer capital of which State?
Gairsain, in the Chamoli district of the Garhwal hills, was declared the summer capital of Uttarakhand, a long-standing demand of the hill districts, which held that a capital in the plains at Dehradun left them neglected.
Read the full explanation →Itanagar is the capital of which State?
Itanagar, named after the Ita fort in the area, became the capital when Arunachal Pradesh was a Union territory and continued as the capital after it became a State in 1987.
Read the full explanation →Which State of India shares its boundary with the largest number of other Indian States?
Uttar Pradesh touches eight States, namely Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand and Bihar, and in addition the Union territory of Delhi, which is the largest number for any State.
Read the full explanation →The McMahon Line is the boundary between
The McMahon Line was drawn at the Simla Convention of 1914 and is the boundary India recognises with China in the eastern sector, running along the crest of the hills north of Arunachal Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian State has the longest coastline?
Gujarat has the longest coastline of any Indian State, because its shore runs along the Gulf of Kachchh, the Saurashtra peninsula and the Gulf of Khambhat, which gives it a deeply indented outline and many ports, including Kandla and Mundra.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following States does NOT share a boundary with Myanmar?
India shares its boundary with Myanmar through four States, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur and Mizoram, and Assam is not among them, because it is shut off from Myanmar by Nagaland and Manipur.
Read the full explanation →The Tropic of Cancer passes through all of the following States EXCEPT
The Tropic of Cancer crosses India through eight States, namely Gujarat, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, West Bengal, Tripura and Mizoram, and Odisha is not one of them because it lies to the south of the line.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian State shares the longest border with Bangladesh?
The India and Bangladesh boundary runs through five States, and of these West Bengal has by far the longest stretch, since Bangladesh lies along its southern and eastern sides.
Read the full explanation →Dharamshala is the winter capital of which State?
Shimla is the capital of Himachal Pradesh, and Dharamshala in the Kangra valley was declared its second or winter capital, where a session of the State assembly is held.
Read the full explanation →Chandigarh serves as the capital of which two States?
Chandigarh was built as the new capital of Punjab after Partition, and when Haryana was carved out of Punjab in 1966 the city was made a Union territory serving as the capital of both States.
Read the full explanation →Dispur is the capital of which Indian State?
Dispur, a locality within Guwahati, became the capital of Assam in 1973 after Shillong, the earlier capital, went to the newly created State of Meghalaya.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a hereditary disease?
Haemophilia is an inherited disorder in which a clotting factor is missing, so bleeding continues for a long time after an injury.
Read the full explanation →Goitre, the swelling of the thyroid gland in the neck, is caused by the deficiency of
The thyroid gland needs iodine to make the hormones thyroxine and triiodothyronine, and when the supply is short the gland enlarges in an attempt to trap more of it, which appears as a swelling in the neck.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following diseases is caused by a virus?
Rabies is caused by a virus present in the saliva of an infected animal, usually a dog, and it travels along the nerves to the brain, where it causes inflammation, fear of water and almost certain death once the symptoms begin; it is prevented by vaccination after the bite, a…
Read the full explanation →Kala-azar is transmitted by the bite of
Kala-azar, also called visceral leishmaniasis, is caused by the protozoan Leishmania donovani and is passed on by the bite of the female sandfly, which breeds in cracks of mud walls and damp soil.
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