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 Sanskrit play Mrichchhakatika was written by whom?
Mrichchhakatika, the little clay cart, tells the story of the merchant Charudatta and the courtesan Vasantasena and is valued for its picture of ordinary city life rather than of kings.
Read the full explanation →Tholu Bommalata, a form of shadow puppetry, belongs to which state?
Tholu Bommalata uses large leather puppets held against a lit screen, and the shadows tell episodes from the Ramayana and the Mahabharata through the night.
Read the full explanation →Yakshagana is the traditional theatre form of which state?
Yakshagana is performed through the night in coastal Karnataka on episodes from the epics, with tall headgear, painted faces, a singer who carries the story and drums that mark the dance.
Read the full explanation →The Natya Shastra, the oldest Indian treatise on dramaturgy, is attributed to whom?
The Natya Shastra describes the playhouse, the actor's gestures, music, dance and the theory of rasa, the sentiment a performance raises in the spectator, and it is the foundation of every classical form of Indian theatre and dance.
Read the full explanation →The first Indian talkie, Alam Ara, released in 1931, was directed by whom?
Alam Ara carried recorded dialogue and songs and opened in Bombay in 1931; Irani also produced Kisan Kanya in 1937, the first Indian colour film, which is why his name answers two questions in this chapter.
Read the full explanation →Which is regarded as the first Indian feature film?
Dadasaheb Phalke made it in 1913 as a silent film on the legend of the truthful king, and it is counted as the first Indian feature film.
Read the full explanation →Who portrayed the character of Allauddin Khilji in the controversial movie 'Padmavat'?
In Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Padmaavat he played the Delhi Sultan Alauddin Khalji, whose siege of Chittor in 1303 is the historical background of the story, which is drawn from the Padmavat of Malik Muhammad Jayasi.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to win an Oscar?
She won the Academy Award for costume design in 1983 for Richard Attenborough's Gandhi, sharing it with John Mollo, and was the first Indian to win an Oscar in any category.
Read the full explanation →'Dada Saheb Phalke Award' is given for contribution in which field?
The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema and is named after Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who made the first Indian feature film, Raja Harishchandra, in 1913 and is called the father of Indian cinema; the first recipient was the actress Devika Rani.
Read the full explanation →'Ankiya Nats' are one-act plays distinct to the culture of ______.
Ankiya Nat is the one-act devotional play written by Srimanta Sankardeva, the saint of the Vaishnava movement in Assam, and its performance is called a Bhaona, staged in the prayer hall of a satra or naamghar with a narrator, songs and masks.
Read the full explanation →FIFA, the world governing body of football, has its headquarters in which city?
FIFA was founded in 1904 and has long had its headquarters at Zurich in Switzerland, from where it organises the World Cup and governs the national federations.
Read the full explanation →The Beighton Cup, one of the oldest tournaments in the world, belongs to which game?
The Beighton Cup has been played at Kolkata since the closing years of the nineteenth century and is among the oldest field hockey tournaments anywhere, older than most international competitions in the game, and the great teams and players of Indian hockey have all passed through it.
Read the full explanation →The Board of Control for Cricket in India was formed in which year?
The Board of Control for Cricket in India was formed in 1928 and India played its first Test match four years later, in 1932.
Read the full explanation →The Davis Cup is a team competition in which sport?
The Davis Cup is the international team competition for men in lawn tennis, played between countries in ties spread over a season, and the corresponding competition for women is now called the Billie Jean King Cup.
Read the full explanation →The Swaythling Cup and the Corbillon Cup are associated with which game?
The Swaythling Cup is the men's team championship of the world table tennis championships and the Corbillon Cup is the women's team championship of the same event, and the two names are almost always set together in question papers.
Read the full explanation →The Santosh Trophy is contested in which sport?
The Santosh Trophy is the national football championship of India, played between teams representing the states and certain institutions, and it has been held since 1941.
Read the full explanation →Where are the headquarters of the International Olympic Committee located?
The International Olympic Committee, founded in 1894 on the initiative of Baron Pierre de Coubertin, moved its seat to Lausanne during the First World War and has worked from that city ever since, which is why Lausanne is called the Olympic capital.
Read the full explanation →The Irani Cup in Indian cricket is played between which two sides?
The Irani Cup was begun to mark twenty five seasons of the Ranji Trophy and is a single first class match in which the reigning national champions meet a side drawn from the best players of the other teams, which makes it a selection trial as much as a contest.
Read the full explanation →The Thomas Cup is the world team championship of which game?
The Thomas Cup is the world team championship for men in badminton, and its counterpart for women is the Uber Cup, while the Sudirman Cup is the mixed team championship of the same game.
Read the full explanation →The Durand Cup, the oldest football tournament in Asia, was started in which year?
The Durand Cup was begun at Shimla in 1888 and is named after Mortimer Durand, who was then the foreign secretary of the British Indian government.
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