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 first Indian woman judge of the Supreme Court of India was:
Justice M. Fathima Beevi, from Kerala, became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1989, nearly forty years after the Court was set up.
Read the full explanation →Who was appointed as the first Chief Justice of independent India?
Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania, who had been the last Chief Justice of the Federal Court, became the first Chief Justice of India when the Supreme Court began on 26 January 1950, and presided over its inauguration on 28 January.
Read the full explanation →Under the discretionary power of which Article of the Indian Constitution did the SC of India recognise sex work as a profession?
It allows the Supreme Court, in exercising its jurisdiction, to pass any decree or make any order necessary for doing "complete justice" in any case or matter pending before it.
Read the full explanation →Article 141 of the Indian Constitution declares that the law laid down by the Supreme Court is binding on ____.
Article 141 says the law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to review its own judgements or orders?
It gives the Supreme Court the power to review any judgment it has pronounced or any order it has made, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament and the rules made by the Court under Article 145.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution mentions the Supreme Court as a court of record?
It declares that the Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court, including the power to punish for contempt of itself.
Read the full explanation →Under which jurisdiction of the Supreme Court the dispute between the centre and states are included?
Under Article 131, the Supreme Court alone can hear, as a court of first instance, disputes between the Government of India and one or more States, between the Government of India and a State on one side and other States on the other, or between two or more States.
Read the full explanation →A judge of the Supreme Court can be removed only on the grounds of ______.
Under Article 124(4), a judge of the Supreme Court can be removed by an order of the President only after each House of Parliament, in the same session, presents an address supported by a majority of its total membership and by two-thirds of the members present and voting, on the…
Read the full explanation →According to a provision in Article 124 of the Constitution of India, a Supreme Court judge can hold office till the age of ______ years.
Article 124(2) says a judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office until he or she attains the age of 65 years.
Read the full explanation →In 1950, besides the chief justice of India, what was the number of other judges in the Supreme Court of India?
When the Supreme Court began in 1950, Article 124(1) provided for a Chief Justice of India and not more than seven other judges, eight in all, "until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number".
Read the full explanation →Acidic nature of soil is shown by high concentration of ______.
Soil acidity is measured on the pH scale, and pH depends on the concentration of hydrogen ions in the soil water.
Read the full explanation →In what form is the energy derived from the food that we eat is stored in our body?
The carbohydrates in our food are broken down into glucose, and the glucose that the body does not need at once is stored as glycogen, a branched chain of glucose units kept mainly in the liver and the skeletal muscles.
Read the full explanation →According to census 2011, the child sex ratio was ______ females per 1000 males.
The final figures of Census 2011 put the child sex ratio, counted for the age group 0 to 6 years, at 919 females per 1000 males.
Read the full explanation →The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is a ____________.
Article 148 of the Constitution provides for one Comptroller and Auditor General of India, so the office is held by a single person and not by a panel.
Read the full explanation →Indian Mughal paintings flourished during the rule of which Mughal Emperor?
Mughal painting reached its peak under Jahangir, who ruled from 1605 to 1627.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was the President of the Indian National Congress during the 1915 session?
The 1915 session of the Indian National Congress, held at Bombay, was presided over by Satyendra Prasanna Sinha, later Lord Sinha of Raipur.
Read the full explanation →Match the industrial plant with its location.
Name of Industrial Plant: 1. BALCO, 2. IISCO, 3. NFL, 4. ICF
Related Location: A) Burnpur, B) Chennai, C) Korba, D) Bhatinda
BALCO, the Bharat Aluminium Company, has its smelter at Korba in Chhattisgarh, where cheap thermal power and nearby bauxite made aluminium smelting possible.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha that was set up to explore spiritual truth?
Debendranath Tagore founded the Tattvabodhini Sabha in Calcutta in 1839 to study the Upanishads and Vedanta and to spread the rational religion that Rammohun Roy had preached.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following places is famous for a copper mine?
Khetri, in the Jhunjhunu district of Rajasthan, is famous for its copper mines. The Khetri belt runs along the Aravalli range, and its ore is mined and processed by Hindustan Copper Limited, which set up the Khetri Copper Complex there.
Read the full explanation →Choose the CORRECT statements about the Kaleshwaram Irrigation Project.
1. This project was inaugurated recently in Telangana. 2. It is the world's largest multi-stage, multi-purpose lift irrigation. 3. It is being built across the Krishna River.
Which of the statements given above is/are CORRECT?
Statement 3 is wrong because the Kaleshwaram project is built on the Godavari, not the Krishna. The scheme takes its name from Kaleshwaram in Telangana, near the point where the Pranhita joins the Godavari, and it was inaugurated in June 2019, which makes statement 1 correct.
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