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 type of iron ore has the highest iron content and is magnetic in nature?
Magnetite is the finest quality of iron ore, black in colour, with excellent magnetic properties, which is why it is valued in the electrical industry as well as in steel making.
Read the full explanation →The Bailadila iron ore mines are located in which state?
The Bailadila range in the Dantewada region of southern Chhattisgarh holds high grade haematite, and its ore has long been carried by a dedicated line to the port of Visakhapatnam for export as well as to the steel plants of the region.
Read the full explanation →Neyveli, an important mining centre of Tamil Nadu, is known for which mineral?
The Neyveli field in the Cuddalore region of Tamil Nadu is the country's best known lignite mine, worked by open cast methods, and the thermal stations built beside it burn the lignite where it is dug because this soft brown coal is not worth carrying far.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the highest grade of coal, with the greatest carbon content?
It is the hardest and most lustrous coal, holds the highest percentage of carbon, gives the greatest heat and burns almost without smoke.
Read the full explanation →Where is the headquarters of the International Court of Justice located?
The International Court of Justice sits in the Peace Palace at The Hague in the Netherlands, and it is the only principal organ of the United Nations not based in New York.
Read the full explanation →During the 1990–91 balance of payments crisis, India's foreign exchange reserves were sufficient to finance imports for only:
By the middle of 1991 India's foreign exchange reserves had fallen to about one billion dollars, enough to pay for only about two weeks of imports, and the country stood close to default on its external payments.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following countries is NOT a member of BIMSTEC?
BIMSTEC, the Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation, has seven members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following elements is not included in the circular flow of Income in a simple economy?
The circular flow of income in a simple economy has only two sectors, households and firms, and it shows two streams running in opposite directions.
Read the full explanation →Article 350B of the Indian Constitution provides for the appointment of which of the following?
Article 350-B provides that there shall be a Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities appointed by the President, and the post is known in practice as the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities.
Read the full explanation →The situation in an economy when inflation and unemployment both are at higher levels is known as ______ .
Stagflation is the awkward state in which prices keep rising while output stagnates and unemployment stays high, so the usual trade-off between inflation and unemployment breaks down.
Read the full explanation →Mayonnaise is prepared by the process of:
Mayonnaise is an emulsion: very small droplets of oil are beaten into a watery liquid of egg yolk with vinegar or lemon juice, and the droplets stay spread out instead of separating into a layer.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Article established the office of Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities?
The Seventh Constitutional Amendment Act, 1956 inserted this article on the recommendation of the States Reorganisation Commission and created the office of the Special Officer for Linguistic Minorities, known in practice as the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is in the list of Maharatna Central Public Sector Enterprises?
Coal India, the largest coal producing company in the world, was granted Maharatna status in 2011 and remains on the list.
Read the full explanation →Which term refers to the quantitative study of reactants and products in a chemical reaction?
Stoichiometry is the branch of chemistry that measures how much of each reactant is used up and how much of each product is formed in a reaction, working from the balanced chemical equation.
Read the full explanation →Who is the highest law officer in a state?
Article 165 of the Constitution says the Governor shall appoint a person qualified to be a judge of a High Court as the Advocate General of the state, and he is the highest law officer of the state, the counterpart of the Attorney General at the Centre.
Read the full explanation →The term 'Bhukti' in post-Gupta polity referred to:
In the Gupta and post-Gupta period the empire was divided into bhuktis, which were provinces, and inscriptions call the governor of a bhukti an uparika or uparika-maharaja, usually a prince or a trusted noble.
Read the full explanation →At STP, the number of molecules present in 5.6 L of O2 gas is:
One mole of any gas occupies 22.4 litres at STP, so 5.6 litres is 5.6 divided by 22.4, that is one quarter of a mole.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Central Nodal Agencies has been identified to channelise subsidy for PMAY (Urban)?
The National Housing Bank is one of the central nodal agencies through which the Centre passes the interest subsidy of the Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) down to the lenders.
Read the full explanation →Under the Fifth Schedule, the Governor's regulations in Scheduled Areas can prohibit or restrict which of the following?
The Fifth Schedule lets the Governor make regulations for the peace and good government of a Scheduled Area, and it names three matters such a regulation may cover: it may prohibit or restrict the transfer of land by or among members of the Scheduled Tribes, regulate the allotment of land…
Read the full explanation →Alexander and Porus fought on the banks of which of the following rivers?
Alexander and Porus fought the Battle of Hydaspes in 326 BCE on the banks of the Jhelum, the river the Greeks called Hydaspes and the Rig Veda calls Vitasta.
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