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 Mars Orbiter Mission of India, called Mangalyaan, entered the orbit of Mars in which year?
The Mars Orbiter Mission was launched on 5 November 2013 by a PSLV and reached the orbit of Mars on 24 September 2014.
Read the full explanation →The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 made its soft landing near the lunar south pole on:
The Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3 touched down near the south polar region of the Moon on 23 August 2023, making India the fourth country to achieve a soft landing on the Moon and the first to do so near the lunar south pole.
Read the full explanation →Which is the primary payload of Aditya-L1, built to study the corona of the Sun by blocking its bright disc?
The Visible Emission Line Coronagraph is the largest and the principal instrument aboard Aditya-L1. A coronagraph creates an artificial eclipse inside the instrument by covering the bright disc of the Sun, so that the faint outer atmosphere called the corona becomes visible.
Read the full explanation →Aditya-L1 has been placed in a halo orbit around which point, and at what approximate distance from the Earth?
The Lagrange point L1 of the Sun and the Earth lies between the two bodies, roughly 1.5 million or fifteen lakh kilometres from the Earth.
Read the full explanation →Aditya-L1, the first Indian solar observatory, was launched by which vehicle?
Aditya-L1 was launched on 2 September 2023 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at Sriharikota by the PSLV-C57 flight, which used the most powerful version of the Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle.
Read the full explanation →In the year 2021, DRDO launched which satellite by PSLV-C51 to enhance India surveillance capability in the Indian Ocean Region (IOR)?
Sindhu Netra was developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation and was placed in orbit in February 2021 by the PSLV-C51 flight, the same flight whose main payload was the Amazonia-1 satellite of Brazil.
Read the full explanation →What is the primary objective of the Chandra Surface Thermophysical Experiment (ChaSTE) payload?
ChaSTE was carried on the Vikram lander of Chandrayaan-3. It has a probe fitted with a set of temperature sensors, which was pushed into the lunar soil to a depth of about ten centimetres near the south polar region.
Read the full explanation →The first pico satellite of India is:
STUDSAT, short for Student Satellite, was the first pico satellite built in India. A pico satellite is one that weighs under about one kilogram, and STUDSAT weighed less than that.
Read the full explanation →Which of the followings has been dubbed as India maiden human spaceflight programme?
Gaganyaan is the programme under which the Indian Space Research Organisation is preparing to send Indian astronauts into a low orbit around the Earth in a crew module of its own and bring them back safely.
Read the full explanation →In which year did Captain Rakesh Sharma travel to space in a Soviet space programme?
Wing Commander Rakesh Sharma flew in April 1984 aboard the Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T-11 as part of a joint programme between the Soviet Union and India, and spent about eight days aboard the Salyut 7 space station.
Read the full explanation →Which fort in Madhya Pradesh, associated with Man Singh Tomar, has been called the Gibraltar of India?
The fort at Gwalior stands on a steep sandstone hill and has been called the Gibraltar of India for its strength.
Read the full explanation →Diamond mining in India is carried out mainly at which place in Madhya Pradesh?
The Panna belt in Madhya Pradesh holds the only working diamond mines of India, and the town gives its name both to the diamond field and to the Panna National Park, which lies on the Ken river beside it.
Read the full explanation →Which is the only hill station of Madhya Pradesh, near which the highest point of the state, Dhupgarh, is located?
Pachmarhi lies in the Satpura range and is the only hill station of Madhya Pradesh. Dhupgarh, the highest point of the state, rises near it, and the Satpura National Park and the Pachmarhi Biosphere Reserve lie around it.
Read the full explanation →How many seats does Madhya Pradesh have in the Lok Sabha?
Madhya Pradesh sends twenty nine members to the Lok Sabha and elects eleven members to the Rajya Sabha, while its own Vidhan Sabha has two hundred and thirty seats.
Read the full explanation →The principal seat of the High Court of Madhya Pradesh is at:
The High Court of Madhya Pradesh has its principal seat at Jabalpur, with benches at Indore and at Gwalior.
Read the full explanation →Which two of the twelve jyotirlingas are situated in Madhya Pradesh?
Mahakaleshwar stands at Ujjain on the bank of the Shipra, the city where the Simhastha fair is held, and Omkareshwar stands on an island in the Narmada in Khandwa district.
Read the full explanation →The Great Stupa at Sanchi was originally built by which ruler?
The Great Stupa at Sanchi in Raisen district was first raised in brick by the Mauryan emperor Ashoka in the third century before the common era, to hold relics of the Buddha.
Read the full explanation →The rock shelters of Bhimbetka, known for their prehistoric paintings, are located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
The rock shelters of Bhimbetka lie in Raisen district, in the foothills of the Vindhya range not far from Bhopal.
Read the full explanation →The temples of Khajuraho were built by which dynasty?
The Khajuraho group of monuments in Chhatarpur district was built by the Chandela rulers of Bundelkhand between the tenth and the twelfth century.
Read the full explanation →Kanha National Park in Madhya Pradesh is particularly known for the conservation of which animal?
Kanha National Park, spread over the Mandla and Balaghat districts, is famous for bringing the hard ground barasingha, or swamp deer, back from the edge of extinction.
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