Static GK decides the General Awareness score in SSC MTS. The 2025 notice keeps the syllabus at the 10th Standard: History, Geography, Art and Culture, Civics and Economics under Social Studies, General Science and Environmental Studies. Most of the 25 questions in Session-II come from these areas. History asks the Harappan sites, the Mauryas and Guptas, the Sultanate and Mughal rulers and the freedom movement. Geography asks rivers, soils, crops, minerals, national parks, States, capitals and neighbours. Civics asks the Constitution's Parts, Schedules and Articles, Fundamental Rights and Duties, the President, Parliament, the Supreme Court and local government. Economics asks basic terms, the RBI, taxes and schemes. General Science covers Class 6 to 10 Physics, Chemistry and Biology, and Environmental Studies asks ecosystems, pollution and conservation. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for SSC MTS, written as short facts and tables at exactly that level so a topic can be finished in one sitting and revised in ten minutes. Read a topic, then solve its previous-year questions and quiz on this site to see what stayed with you, and keep the notes for the last-week revision before the CBE.
How many players of a water polo team are in the water at one time?
The correct answer is C, seven: six field players and one goalkeeper, who is distinguished by a red cap while the two teams wear white and dark caps.
Read the full explanation →Which is the longest swimming race held inside the pool at the Olympic Games?
The correct answer is B, the 1500 metre freestyle, often called the metric mile, which covers thirty lengths of a 50 metre pool and is the longest event on the Olympic pool programme.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian to swim across the English Channel?
A lawyer from Bengal, he swam the English Channel in 1958 and went on to cross five major seas and straits in a single year, 1966, including the Palk Strait between India and Sri Lanka, the Strait of Gibraltar, the Dardanelles, the Bosphorus and the Panama Canal.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel?
The Bengali swimmer crossed the English Channel in September 1959, becoming the first woman from Asia to do so, and in 1960 she became the first Indian sportswoman to be awarded the Padma Shri. Option A is wrong but close enough to be the standard distractor: Bula Choudhury, also from…
Read the full explanation →Which stroke is swum by the first swimmer in a 4 x 100 metre medley relay?
The medley relay order is backstroke, breaststroke, butterfly and freestyle, and the reason the sequence differs from the individual medley is practical.
Read the full explanation →In the individual medley, in which order are the four strokes swum?
One swimmer covers all four strokes in that fixed sequence over 200 or 400 metres, and freestyle is always last.
Read the full explanation →How many lanes are marked in a pool used for Olympic swimming competition?
A pool built to the long course standard is marked into ten lanes of 2.5 metres each across its 25 metre width.
Read the full explanation →What is the length of an Olympic-size (long course) swimming pool?
An Olympic-size or long course pool measures 50 metres in length and 25 metres in width, and all Olympic pool races are swum in it, so a 100 metre race means two lengths and the 1500 metre freestyle means thirty.
Read the full explanation →Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, notified in 2024, is observed on 25 June to remember
The Ministry of Home Affairs issued a notification in 2024 declaring 25 June as Samvidhaan Hatya Diwas, to pay tribute to those who suffered during the Emergency, which was proclaimed on 25 June 1975 and withdrawn on 21 March 1977.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following days was NOT declared after 2014?
National Startup Day is observed on 16 January because on that date in 2016
The initiative offers recognised startups tax benefits, easier compliance and funding support, and it is run by the Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade.
Read the full explanation →Vibhajan Vibhishika Smriti Diwas, or Partition Horrors Remembrance Day, is observed on
The day was announced in 2021 to remember the suffering, violence and displacement that accompanied the Partition of 1947, and it falls on the eve of Independence Day.
Read the full explanation →National Space Day, observed on 23 August, commemorates
With it India became the fourth country to land on the Moon and the first to land in that polar region, and the landing site was named Shiv Shakti Point.
Read the full explanation →Veer Bal Diwas, declared in 2022, is observed on 26 December in memory of
The day was announced in 2022 on the Prakash Parv of Guru Gobind Singh and named Veer Bal Diwas, the day of the brave children.
Read the full explanation →Janjatiya Gaurav Divas is observed on 15 November, the birth anniversary of
The day was approved in 2021 as Janjatiya Gaurav Divas, the day of tribal pride.
Read the full explanation →Parakram Diwas, declared in 2021, is observed on 23 January in honour of
The day was declared in 2021, the year of his 125th birth anniversary, and is named Parakram Diwas, the day of valour, after the Azad Hind Fauj he led.
Read the full explanation →Constitution Day, observed on 26 November, marks which event?
The day was declared Constitution Day in 2015, during the 125th birth anniversary year of Dr B. R. Ambedkar; the same date had earlier been observed as National Law Day.
Read the full explanation →The United Nations General Assembly adopted the resolution declaring 21 June as the International Day of Yoga in which year?
The proposal was placed before the General Assembly in an address on 27 September 2014, and the Assembly adopted the resolution on 11 December 2014 with a record number of co-sponsoring countries.
Read the full explanation →Good Governance Day, or Sushasan Diwas, declared in 2014, is observed on
The Government began observing the day in 2014 to stress accountability and the delivery of services in administration.
Read the full explanation →Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, or National Unity Day, is observed on 31 October to mark the birth anniversary of
The day was declared in 2014 and is marked by the Run for Unity; the Statue of Unity at Kevadia in Gujarat, 182 metres tall and the tallest statue in the world when it was built, was unveiled on this date in 2018.
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