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 monolithic rathas at Mahabalipuram were built during the reign of which Pallava ruler?
He is also called Mamalla, the great wrestler, and the port city of Mamallapuram or Mahabalipuram takes its name from that title.
Read the full explanation →Harshavardhana shifted his capital from Thanesar to which city?
Harsha inherited Thanesar in modern Haryana from the Pushyabhuti family. When his sister Rajyashri's husband Grahavarman, the Maukhari king of Kannauj, was killed, Harsha united the two realms and moved his seat to Kannauj on the Ganga, which then became the symbol of paramountcy in northern India for the next…
Read the full explanation →The Aihole inscription, which records the defeat of Harshavardhana, was composed by the court poet of which ruler?
The Aihole inscription was composed in Sanskrit by Ravikirti, the Jain court poet of the Chalukya king Pulakeshin II of Badami.
Read the full explanation →'Banabhatta', well known for his literary works, flourished during the reign of _______.
Banabhatta was the court poet of Harsha in the seventh century CE. He wrote the Harshacharita, the biography of his patron and the first historical biography in Sanskrit, and the prose romance Kadambari, which was completed by his son Bhushanabhatta.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following books was authored by Harshavardhana?
Harshavardhana was a dramatist as well as a king, and three Sanskrit plays are credited to him: Ratnavali, Priyadarshika and Nagananda.
Read the full explanation →King Shashanka, against whom Harshvardhana declared war, was a ruler of the ________ kingdom.
Shashanka was the king of Gauda, the region of Bengal with its centre at Karnasuvarna. He killed Harsha's elder brother Rajyavardhana, and it was to avenge that killing, and to recover his sister Rajyashri, that Harsha declared war and allied with Bhaskaravarman of Kamarupa.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT correct regarding king Harshavardhana?
Harishena belonged to an earlier century altogether: he was the court poet of Samudragupta and composed the Prayag Prashasti, the Allahabad Pillar Inscription.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statement is correct? I. Securities transaction tax is a type of direct tax. II. Value-added tax is a type of indirect tax.
Statement one is correct because the securities transaction tax is charged on the purchase and sale of securities on a recognised stock exchange and is borne by the investor who makes the transaction; the burden cannot be passed on to anybody else, which is the test of a direct tax…
Read the full explanation →In the GST Council, the weight of the Central Government's vote is
Article 279A provides that a decision of the Council needs a majority of not less than three fourths of the weighted votes of the members present and voting, with the vote of the Centre carrying one third of the total votes cast and the votes of all the state governments…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following taxes was abolished in India in 2015?
It was levied on the net wealth of individuals, Hindu undivided families and companies, but it collected very little compared with the effort of assessing it, so it was withdrawn in 2015 and replaced by an additional surcharge on very high incomes.
Read the full explanation →Which country was the first in the world to introduce a value added tax of the kind GST is based on?
France adopted the value added tax in 1954, and the idea of taxing only the value added at each stage, with credit for the tax paid earlier, spread from there to most of the world.
Read the full explanation →On the supply of goods from one state to another, which tax is levied?
It is levied and collected by the Government of India on inter-state supplies under Article 269A, and the proceeds are apportioned between the Union and the state where the goods or services are consumed, which is what makes GST a destination-based tax.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is kept outside the purview of GST by the Constitution itself?
The definition of goods and services tax inserted by the hundred and first amendment expressly excludes it, so states continue to levy state excise and value added tax on liquor, and it is a major source of their own revenue.
Read the full explanation →The GST Council is constituted under which article of the Constitution?
Under it the President constitutes the GST Council, which is chaired by the Union Finance Minister and includes the Union Minister of State for Finance and a minister nominated by each state.
Read the full explanation →GST was introduced in India through which Constitutional Amendment Act?
It inserted Article 246A, Article 269A and Article 279A and made the sharing of taxing power between the Union and the states possible, so that both could tax the same supply.
Read the full explanation →The Goods and Services Tax came into force in India on
GST was rolled out at a midnight session of Parliament and the date is now observed every year as GST Day.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution provides that no tax shall be levied or collected except by authority of law?
It is the foundation of the whole tax system, because it means the executive cannot demand money from a citizen without a law passed by the competent legislature.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following taxes is NOT imposed on goods and services?
A gift tax is charged on the transfer of money or property from one person to another without consideration; it is a tax on a transfer between persons, not on any sale of goods or supply of services.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is an Indirect Tax in India?
GST is charged on the supply of goods and services, and although the registered supplier deposits it with the government, the amount is recovered from the buyer in the price.
Read the full explanation →Chilika, the largest brackish water lagoon in India, lies on the coast of which state?
Chilika lies on the eastern coastal plain south of the Mahanadi delta, separated from the Bay of Bengal by a long sandbar, and it is the largest brackish water lagoon in the country and a Ramsar wetland famous for migratory birds and the Irrawaddy dolphin.
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