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 dynasty ruled Delhi immediately after the Khilji dynasty?
The Khalji dynasty ended in 1320 when Khusrau Khan, who had seized the throne after Mubarak Shah Khalji, was defeated by Ghazi Malik, the governor of Dipalpur.
Read the full explanation →Which Sultan of Delhi introduced token currency made of bronze and copper?
Muhammad bin Tughlaq, who ruled from 1325 to 1351, issued bronze and copper coins that were to pass at the value of silver.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following type of tax was collected during the Delhi Sultanate?
Kharaj was the land tax on agricultural produce and the single largest source of revenue for the Delhi Sultanate. Alauddin Khalji raised the demand to half the produce in the doab and had land measured for assessment.
Read the full explanation →The dagh (branding of horses) and chehra (descriptive roll of soldiers) systems were introduced by which Sultan?
Alauddin Khalji, who ruled from 1296 to 1316, wanted a standing army paid directly by the state and under his own eye.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following rulers built the mosque called 'Adhai-din-ka-Jhopra'?
The Adhai-din-ka-Jhonpra stands at Ajmer in Rajasthan and was raised on the site of an earlier Sanskrit college by Qutbuddin Aibak, the founder of the Slave dynasty and the first Sultan of Delhi.
Read the full explanation →Which Sultan shifted the capital of the Delhi Sultanate from Lahore to Delhi and completed the Qutb Minar?
Shamsuddin Iltutmish, who ruled from 1211 to 1236, moved the seat of government from Lahore to Delhi, completed the Qutb Minar that his father-in-law had begun, issued the silver tanka and the copper jital, organised the iqta system of land assignments and formed the Turkan-i-Chihalgani, the corps of forty Turkish…
Read the full explanation →Which dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest time?
The Khalji or Khilji dynasty held the throne of Delhi only from 1290, when Jalaluddin Khalji seized power, to 1320, when Khusrau Khan was overthrown by Ghazi Malik.
Read the full explanation →The Contingency Fund of India, placed at the disposal of the President for meeting unforeseen expenditure, is provided for by which article?
Article 267 allows Parliament by law to establish a Contingency Fund of India, held at the disposal of the President so that advances can be made for unforeseen expenditure before Parliament authorises it; the amount is afterwards recouped from the Consolidated Fund through a supplementary appropriation.
Read the full explanation →The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act was enacted in India in which year?
The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act was passed by Parliament in 2003 and brought into force in 2004.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a direct tax in India?
A direct tax is one whose burden cannot be shifted: the person or company assessed both pays it and bears it.
Read the full explanation →Who was the chairman of the first Finance Commission of India, constituted in 1951?
K. C. Neogy chaired the first Finance Commission, which was constituted in 1951 under Article 280 soon after the Constitution came into force, and whose recommendations covered the sharing of income tax and union excise duties with the States.
Read the full explanation →The Annual Financial Statement, popularly called the Union Budget, is laid before Parliament under which article of the Constitution?
Article 112 requires the President to cause a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government of India for every financial year to be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and that statement is the Annual Financial Statement.
Read the full explanation →Primary deficit is obtained by subtracting which of the following from the fiscal deficit?
Primary deficit equals fiscal deficit minus interest payments. Interest is the price of borrowing done in earlier years, so removing it leaves the gap created by the current year's own decisions on spending and taxation, which is why economists read the primary deficit as a measure of present fiscal discipline.
Read the full explanation →The State Finance Commission is a:
The State Finance Commission owes its existence directly to the Constitution: Article 243-I, added by the seventy-third Amendment, requires the Governor to constitute it every fifth year for the Panchayats, and Article 243-Y extends the arrangement to the Municipalities.
Read the full explanation →According to Article 243-I of the Constitution of India, a Finance Commission is constituted to review the financial position of the Panchayats:
Article 243-I, inserted by the seventy-third Constitutional Amendment of 1992, requires the Governor of a State to constitute a Finance Commission at the expiration of every fifth year to review the financial position of the Panchayats and to recommend how taxes, duties, tolls and fees should be divided between the…
Read the full explanation →Fiscal deficit of the Government of India is best defined as:
Fiscal deficit measures the whole amount the government must borrow in a year, because it compares everything it spends with everything it earns from taxes, non-tax revenue, recovery of loans and disinvestment, leaving borrowing out of the receipts side.
Read the full explanation →The Finance Commission of India submits its report to ________.
The Finance Commission is constituted by the President under Article 280, and it therefore makes its recommendations to the President.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Finance Commission of India? A. The Finance Commission consists of a Chairman and four other members. B. The recommendations made by the Finance Commission are binding on the government and the government needs to grant funds according to the advice of the Commission. C. Article 280 of the Indian Constitution talks about the recommendations of the Finance Commission.
Statement A is correct: Article 280 provides that the Commission shall consist of a Chairman and four other members appointed by the President.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution of India provides for the constitution of a Finance Commission?
Article 280 requires the President to constitute a Finance Commission at the expiration of every fifth year, or earlier if the President considers it necessary, consisting of a Chairman and four other members, and lists the matters on which it is to make recommendations.
Read the full explanation →In the Punjab plains, the strip of land lying between two rivers is called:
Doab, from the Persian words for two and water, is the name for the tract of land between two rivers.
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