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SSC MTS GK Questions 2026

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.

SSC MTS GK Questions with Answers

Q3523.General ScienceMedium

Temporary hardness of water can be removed by:

  1. A.Boiling the water
  2. B.Adding common salt
  3. C.Filtering through cloth
  4. D.Adding vinegar
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Correct answer: A. Boiling the water

Temporary hardness is caused by the dissolved bicarbonates of calcium and magnesium. On boiling, these bicarbonates decompose into insoluble carbonates, which settle out as the scale seen in a kettle, so the water that remains is soft.

Q3525.General ScienceEasy

Which acid is present in curd and sour milk?

  1. A.Citric acid
  2. B.Lactic acid
  3. C.Tartaric acid
  4. D.Oxalic acid
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Correct answer: B. Lactic acid

When milk is set into curd, the bacteria Lactobacillus convert the milk sugar lactose into lactic acid, and it is this acid that gives curd its sour taste and makes the milk protein clot.

Q3526.General ScienceHard

Aqua regia, which can dissolve gold, is a mixture of concentrated hydrochloric acid and concentrated nitric acid in which ratio?

  1. A.1 : 3
  2. B.3 : 1
  3. C.1 : 1
  4. D.2 : 3
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Correct answer: B. 3 : 1

Aqua regia is a freshly prepared mixture of three parts concentrated hydrochloric acid to one part concentrated nitric acid. Neither acid alone attacks gold, but together they do, because the nitric acid oxidises the metal while the chloride ions hold the gold in solution as a complex.

Q3528.General ScienceEasy

The chemical name of baking soda is:

  1. A.Sodium carbonate
  2. B.Sodium hydrogen carbonate
  3. C.Sodium hydroxide
  4. D.Sodium chloride
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Correct answer: B. Sodium hydrogen carbonate

It is a mild, non-corrosive base. In baking it releases carbon dioxide on heating and makes the dough rise, in medicine it neutralises excess acid in the stomach, and in a soda-acid fire extinguisher it reacts with sulphuric acid to produce the carbon dioxide that smothers the flame.

Q3529.General ScienceAsked in: UPSC CAPF · 26 June 2016Medium

Which one of the following is not a colloid?

  1. A.Milk
  2. B.Mud
  3. C.Butter
  4. D.Boric acid
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Correct answer: D. Boric acid

Boric acid dissolves in water to give a true solution, in which the dispersed particles are individual molecules small enough to pass through a filter paper and even a parchment membrane, and the mixture shows no Tyndall effect.

Q3532.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · BSSC CGL Prelims Official Paper 2 (2011)Medium

Non-metals are generally bad conductors of electricity. However, graphite is a good conductor of electricity because it

  1. A.has free electrons
  2. B.is an allotrope of carbon
  3. C.is brittle
  4. D.forms basic oxide
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Correct answer: A. has free electrons

In graphite each carbon atom is joined to only three other carbon atoms in flat hexagonal layers, so the fourth valence electron of every atom is not used in bonding and can move freely along the layer.

Q3533.Indian PolityMedium

A joint sitting of the two Houses to resolve a deadlock over an ordinary Bill is:

  1. A.Available in a State Legislature and presided over by the Governor
  2. B.Available in a State Legislature under Article 108
  3. C.Not provided for in a State Legislature at all
  4. D.Available in a State Legislature on a request by the Speaker
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Correct answer: C. Not provided for in a State Legislature at all

The Constitution provides for a joint sitting of the two Houses only at the Union level, under Article 108, where the President may summon the Lok Sabha and the Rajya Sabha to sit together and the Speaker of the Lok Sabha presides.

Q3534.Indian PolityMedium

Under Article 192, who decides a question about the disqualification of a sitting member of a State Legislature?

  1. A.The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly
  2. B.The Governor, after obtaining the opinion of the Election Commission
  3. C.The High Court of the State
  4. D.The President, on the advice of the Council of Ministers
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Correct answer: B. The Governor, after obtaining the opinion of the Election Commission

Article 192 says that if a question arises whether a member of a House of the Legislature of a State has become subject to any of the disqualifications listed in Article 191, the question shall be referred for the decision of the Governor, and his decision shall be final.

Q3535.Indian PolityEasy

The term of a member of a State Legislative Council is:

  1. A.Four years
  2. B.Five years
  3. C.Six years
  4. D.The same as the term of the Legislative Assembly
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Correct answer: C. Six years

Article 172 says that the Legislative Council of a State shall not be subject to dissolution, but that as nearly as possible one-third of its members shall retire on the expiration of every second year.

Q3536.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following is NOT an option available to the Governor under Article 200 when a Bill is presented to him?

  1. A.Give assent to the Bill
  2. B.Withhold assent from the Bill
  3. C.Return a Money Bill to the House for reconsideration
  4. D.Reserve the Bill for the consideration of the President
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Correct answer: C. Return a Money Bill to the House for reconsideration

Article 200 gives the Governor three choices on an ordinary Bill and adds a fourth course for special cases: he may declare that he assents, that he withholds assent, or that he reserves the Bill for the consideration of the President, and he may return the Bill to the House…

Q3537.Indian PolityEasy

A Money Bill in a State Legislature can be introduced:

  1. A.Only in the Legislative Council
  2. B.Only in the Legislative Assembly, on the recommendation of the Governor
  3. C.In either House, on the recommendation of the Chief Minister
  4. D.Only in the Legislative Assembly, on the recommendation of the President
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Correct answer: B. Only in the Legislative Assembly, on the recommendation of the Governor

Article 198 lays down the special procedure for Money Bills in a State: such a Bill cannot be introduced in the Legislative Council, and it may be introduced in the Legislative Assembly only on the recommendation of the Governor.

Q3539.Indian PolityMedium

Under Article 189, the quorum to constitute a sitting of a House of the State Legislature is:

  1. A.Ten members or one-tenth of the total membership, whichever is greater
  2. B.One-fourth of the total membership
  3. C.Twenty members in every case
  4. D.One-sixth of the total membership
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Correct answer: A. Ten members or one-tenth of the total membership, whichever is greater

Article 189 provides that the quorum to constitute a meeting of a House of the Legislature of a State shall be ten members or one-tenth of the total number of members of the House, whichever is greater.