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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

Q14361.Static GKMedium

The Gobind Sagar reservoir was created by which dam?

  1. A.Rihand Dam
  2. B.Bhakra Dam
  3. C.Pong Dam
  4. D.Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
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Correct answer: B. Bhakra Dam

Gobind Sagar is the reservoir formed by the Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, and it is named after Guru Gobind Singh; the dam is part of the Bhakra Nangal project that serves Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.

Q14362.Static GKEasy

The Hirakud Dam, one of the longest dams in the world, is built across which river?

  1. A.Godavari
  2. B.Mahanadi
  3. C.Brahmani
  4. D.Subarnarekha
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Correct answer: B. Mahanadi

The Hirakud Dam lies across the Mahanadi above Sambalpur in Odisha, and counting the main dam together with its earthen dykes it is among the longest dams in the world; it was built chiefly to control the floods that used to devastate coastal Odisha, and it also serves irrigation and…

Q14365.Important Days & DatesMedium

The Purna Swaraj resolution, declaring complete independence as the goal of the Congress, was adopted at which session?

  1. A.Lahore session of 1929
  2. B.Karachi session of 1931
  3. C.Nagpur session of 1920
  4. D.Lucknow session of 1916
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Correct answer: A. Lahore session of 1929

Presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore session of December 1929 passed the resolution of Purna Swaraj or complete independence, unfurled the tricolour on the bank of the Ravi and called on the country to observe the twenty sixth of January 1930 as Independence Day.

Q14370.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 29th November 2021, Shift 1Medium

In which place was the first session of the Indian National Congress held in a rural area?

  1. A.Karumadi
  2. B.Punnapra
  3. C.Rampur
  4. D.Faizpur
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Correct answer: D. Faizpur

The fiftieth session of the Indian National Congress met in December 1936 at Faizpur in the Khandesh region of what is now Maharashtra, and it was the first session of the Congress held in a village rather than in a city.

Q14371.Important Days & DatesEasy

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place on which date?

  1. A.13 April 1919
  2. B.10 May 1857
  3. C.5 February 1922
  4. D.13 April 1920
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Correct answer: A. 13 April 1919

On the day of Baisakhi in 1919 a crowd gathered in the walled garden of Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal, and Brigadier General Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to fire without warning on the closed enclosure.

Q14372.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 11 Feb 2019, Shift 1Medium

In which of the following locations did the 1920 Indian National Congress session take place?

  1. A.Thiruvananthapuram
  2. B.Mumbai
  3. C.Tripura
  4. D.Nagpur
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Correct answer: D. Nagpur

The annual session of the Indian National Congress in December 1920 met at Nagpur under the presidency of C. Vijayaraghavachariar, and it confirmed the programme of non cooperation that a special session at Calcutta had approved in September of that year.

Q14373.Important Days & DatesAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPPSC Civil Service 2018 Official PaperHard

Arrange the following in their chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: A. Hunter Commission B. Saddler Commission C. Wood's Despatch D. Sargent Plan

  1. A.A B D C
  2. B.C B A D
  3. C.A B C D
  4. D.C A B D
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Correct answer: D. C A B D

Taking the four in the order they appear in history: Wood's Despatch came first, in 1854, and is called the Magna Carta of English education in India because it laid down a graded system of schools and universities.

Q14375.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

Payments banks and small finance banks are licensed under which provision of law?

  1. A.Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949
  2. B.Section 45 of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934
  3. C.The Companies Act, 2013 alone
  4. D.The Payment and Settlement Systems Act, 2007
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Correct answer: A. Section 22 of the Banking Regulation Act, 1949

That section is the provision under which the Reserve Bank grants a licence to carry on banking business in India, and both differentiated categories are licensed under it; once the Reserve Bank is satisfied, they are also included in the second schedule of the Reserve Bank of India Act of…

Q14376.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which bank, wholly owned by the Government of India and working through the Department of Posts, was launched on 1 September 2018?

  1. A.Airtel Payments Bank
  2. B.Fino Payments Bank
  3. C.India Post Payments Bank
  4. D.Capital Small Finance Bank
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Correct answer: C. India Post Payments Bank

It was launched on the first of September 2018, is wholly owned by the Government of India and operates under the Department of Posts, using the post office network and postal staff to reach customers, which makes it the payments bank with the widest physical reach in the country.

Q14377.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

The creation of payments banks and small finance banks in India followed the recommendations of which committee?

  1. A.Narasimham Committee
  2. B.Nachiket Mor Committee
  3. C.Raghuram Rajan Committee
  4. D.Urjit Patel Committee
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Correct answer: B. Nachiket Mor Committee

The Reserve Bank set up the Committee on Comprehensive Financial Services for Small Businesses and Low Income Households under Nachiket Mor in September 2013, and its report recommended differentiated bank licences, including payments banks, as a faster route to financial inclusion than waiting for full service banks to expand.

Q14378.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

A small finance bank must open at least what proportion of its banking outlets in unbanked rural centres?

  1. A.10 per cent
  2. B.25 per cent
  3. C.50 per cent
  4. D.75 per cent
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Correct answer: B. 25 per cent

At least a quarter of the banking outlets of a small finance bank must be in unbanked rural centres, which the guidelines define as centres with a population of up to 9,999 according to the latest census, the same definition used for universal banks; the requirement exists so that a…

Q14379.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

At least 50 per cent of a small finance bank's loan portfolio must consist of loans and advances of up to which amount?

  1. A.10 lakh rupees
  2. B.25 lakh rupees
  3. C.50 lakh rupees
  4. D.1 crore rupees
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Correct answer: B. 25 lakh rupees

The guidelines require that at least half of a small finance bank's loan portfolio be made up of loans and advances of up to twenty five lakh rupees each, and the purpose is to keep the bank lending small even as it grows, so that it does not drift towards…

Q14380.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

What share of its adjusted net bank credit must a small finance bank lend to the priority sector?

  1. A.40 per cent
  2. B.60 per cent
  3. C.75 per cent
  4. D.50 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 75 per cent

A small finance bank exists to serve small borrowers, and the guidelines enforce that purpose by requiring seventy five per cent of its adjusted net bank credit to go to the sectors eligible as priority sector lending, which include agriculture, micro and small enterprises, education, housing and weaker sections.

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