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 freedom fighter is remembered as the 'Grand Old Man of India'?
Naoroji was a founder of the Indian National Congress, its President three times, and the first Indian to be elected to the British House of Commons.
Read the full explanation →Who is known as the 'Nightingale of India'?
Naidu was a poet in English whose collections include The Golden Threshold and The Bird of Time, and the lyrical quality of her verse earned her the name Nightingale of India, or Bharat Kokila.
Read the full explanation →Who first addressed Mahatma Gandhi as the 'Father of the Nation'?
Bose addressed Gandhi as the Father of the Nation in a radio broadcast made while he was leading the Azad Hind movement during the Second World War, and the phrase has stayed with Gandhi ever since.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?
Patel was the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister of India, and he persuaded or pressed more than five hundred princely states into joining the Indian Union after 1947.
Read the full explanation →Dhanush, the missile fired from Indian naval ships, is a variant of which missile?
Dhanush is the ship-launched variant of the Prithvi short-range surface-to-surface ballistic missile, fired from a stabilised platform on a naval vessel, and it can be used against targets on land or at sea.
Read the full explanation →Mission Shakti, in which India demonstrated an anti-satellite missile capability, was carried out in which year?
Mission Shakti was conducted on 27 March 2019, when a DRDO interceptor launched from Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Island destroyed a satellite of India's own in a low earth orbit.
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Test Range used for testing Indian missiles is located at:
The Integrated Test Range at Chandipur, on the Odisha coast near Balasore, is the main missile testing facility of the DRDO, and many launches are also made from Dr A. P. J. Abdul Kalam Island off the same coast, which was earlier called Wheeler Island.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a long-range subsonic cruise missile developed by India?
Nirbhay is a long-range cruise missile that flies below the speed of sound, which is what subsonic means, and it is powered by a small turbofan engine that keeps it flying throughout its journey.
Read the full explanation →The submarine-launched ballistic missile K-15 of India is also known by which name?
K-15, called Sagarika, is the first of the K series of submarine-launched ballistic missiles, developed for the Arihant class of nuclear powered submarines, and the longer-ranged K-4 follows it in the same family.
Read the full explanation →Agni-V, the longest-range missile of the Agni family, falls in which range class?
Agni-V is a three-stage solid-fuelled missile with a range beyond five thousand kilometres, which places it in the intercontinental ballistic missile class.
Read the full explanation →Astra, developed indigenously by India, is which kind of missile?
Astra is fired from a fighter aircraft at another aircraft that is still beyond the pilot's sight, which is what beyond visual range means, and it uses an active radar seeker in its final phase.
Read the full explanation →Akash, developed by the DRDO, is best described as a:
Akash was one of the five missiles of the IGMDP and is meant to destroy aircraft and helicopters at medium range.
Read the full explanation →Nag, developed by the DRDO, is which type of missile?
Nag is a third generation anti-tank guided missile of the fire and forget kind, which means the operator can leave cover once the missile has locked on to the target.
Read the full explanation →The name of the BrahMos missile is derived from the names of which two rivers?
BrahMos is built by a joint venture of India and Russia, and its name joins the Brahmaputra of India with the Moskva of Russia to mark the partnership.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following missiles was NOT one of the five developed under the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme?
The five missiles of the IGMDP were Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash and Nag. BrahMos came later and from a different route altogether, as a joint venture between India and Russia, and it is a supersonic cruise missile, while the IGMDP produced ballistic and guided missiles of Indian design.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme approved by the Government of India?
The Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme, usually written IGMDP, was approved in 1983 and placed under the Defence Research and Development Organisation, with A. P. J. Abdul Kalam as its head.
Read the full explanation →How many of the twelve Jyotirlingas of India are located in Maharashtra?
Maharashtra has five of the twelve Jyotirlingas, which is more than any other state: Bhimashankar in Pune district, Trimbakeshwar near Nashik, Grishneshwar near the Ellora caves, Aundha Nagnath in Hingoli and Parli Vaijnath in Beed.
Read the full explanation →The Elephanta Caves near Mumbai are situated on an island whose local name is:
The island in Mumbai harbour that holds the Elephanta Caves is called Gharapuri locally, and the Portuguese named it Elephanta after a stone elephant found there.
Read the full explanation →Melghat Tiger Reserve, one of the earliest tiger reserves of India, is located in which district of Maharashtra?
Melghat lies in the Satpura hills of the Amravati district in Vidarbha, and it was among the first group of tiger reserves notified when Project Tiger began in 1973.
Read the full explanation →The Satyashodhak Samaj, founded in 1873, was established by which social reformer of Maharashtra?
Phule founded the Satyashodhak Samaj, the society of seekers of truth, at Pune in 1873, to work against caste discrimination and priestly authority and for the education of the lower castes and of women.
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