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.
What is the underwriting capacity of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool?
This is the total value of risk the pool is able to write, and it makes the pool the first domestic maritime insurance arrangement of that size in India.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the first amendment to the Constitution of India made?
The Constitution (First Amendment) Act was passed in 1951, a little over a year after the Constitution came into force.
Read the full explanation →If we deduct depreciation from GNP the measure of aggregate income that we obtain is called ______.
Gross National Product minus depreciation gives Net National Product. Depreciation is the wear and tear of machinery, buildings and other capital goods during the year.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is an aldehyde?
The ending 'al' marks an aldehyde, so propanal is the three-carbon aldehyde, CH3CH2CHO. An aldehyde carries the group -CHO at the end of the carbon chain, with the carbonyl carbon attached to a hydrogen.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following established the Rashtrakuta Kingdom?
Dantidurga founded the Rashtrakuta kingdom in the Deccan in about 753 CE. Dantidurga was a feudatory of the Chalukyas of Badami and overthrew the Chalukya ruler Kirtivarman II to set up independent rule, with Manyakheta, today's Malkhed in Karnataka, becoming the capital.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following years was the Dowry Prohibition Act passed in India?
The Dowry Prohibition Act was passed in 1961 and came into force on 1 July that year. The Act makes the giving, taking or demanding of dowry a punishable offence, and defines dowry as property or valuable security given in connection with a marriage.
Read the full explanation →The GDP estimation method measuring the aggregate value of goods and services produced by the firms is called _______.
The product method adds up the value of goods and services produced by all firms in the economy. National income can be measured in three ways, and all three should give the same figure.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is an indigenous dairy breed of cattle?
Red Sindhi is an indigenous Indian dairy breed of cattle, while the other three are Indian dog breeds.
Read the full explanation →The craftspersons of Bidar were so famed for their inlay work in ______.
The craftspersons of Bidar were famous for inlay work in copper and silver, and the craft took the name Bidri from the town.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a water pollutant?
A glacier is a natural mass of moving ice and a source of fresh water, not a pollutant. A water pollutant is any substance added to water that makes it unfit for use.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was the first Indian female musician to win the Grammy award?
She was the first Indian woman musician to win a Grammy, in 2010. Tanvi Shah, a singer and lyricist from Chennai, wrote and sang the Spanish lines of the song 'Jai Ho' from the film Slumdog Millionaire.
Read the full explanation →In which part of India does the hot wind 'Loo' blow?
The Loo is the hot, dry wind of the northern and north-western plains of India. The Loo blows from the west and north-west during the day in May and June, when the land heats up and a low pressure trough forms over north-west India.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following crops is described as - 'It is a crop which is used both as food and fodder. It is a Kharif crop that requires temperature between 21°C to 27°C and grows well in old alluvial soil'?
Maize is the crop grown both as food and as fodder, needing 21°C to 27°C and old alluvial soil. Maize is a kharif crop sown with the onset of the monsoon, though in Bihar and a few other states it is also raised in the rabi season.
Read the full explanation →The term 'Back-stick' is used in which of the following games/sports?
Back-stick is a foul in field hockey, called when a player strikes the ball with the rounded back of the stick.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT the correct match?
This pair is wrong, because tomato contains oxalic acid, along with some citric and malic acid. Formic acid, or methanoic acid, is the acid of an ant sting and a bee sting, and its name comes from the Latin word for ant.
Read the full explanation →Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct option: Assertion (A): Iron and steel is considered a heavy industry. Reason (R): It requires lightweight raw materials like cotton and rubber.
Iron and steel is indeed a heavy industry, but not because of light raw materials. Industries are classified by the weight of the material they handle.
Read the full explanation →Name the Bhakti Saint from South India who was initially a Jaina and a minister in the court of a Chalukya king in the twelfth century.
He was a Jaina in his early life and served as a minister in a Chalukya court in the twelfth century.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a tributary of the river Brahmaputra that flows through Bhutan?
The Wang Chhu flows through western Bhutan and joins the Brahmaputra system in India. The Wang Chhu rises in the Himalayas of Tibet, passes Thimphu and Paro in Bhutan, and enters West Bengal, where it is known as the Raidak.
Read the full explanation →C. Rajagopalachari led the Salt Satyagraha in which of the following states?
C. Rajagopalachari led the salt march in the Madras Presidency, in the area that is now Tamil Nadu. When the Civil Disobedience Movement began in 1930, Rajagopalachari marched from Tiruchirappalli to Vedaranyam on the Tanjore coast and broke the salt law there in April 1930.
Read the full explanation →Urea, a commonly used nitrogen-based fertiliser, is prepared by the reaction between ammonia and ______.
Urea is made industrially by reacting ammonia with carbon dioxide under high pressure. The process runs in two steps: ammonia and carbon dioxide first form ammonium carbamate, which then loses a water molecule to give urea.
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