SSC MTS GK Questions 2026

Under Article 131, the Supreme Court alone can hear, as a court of first instance, disputes between the Government of India and one or more States, between the Government of India and a State on one side and other States on the other, or between two or more States.

Under Article 124(4), a judge of the Supreme Court can be removed by an order of the President only after each House of Parliament, in the same session, presents an address supported by a majority of its total membership and by two-thirds of the members present and voting, on the…

Article 124(2) says a judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office until he or she attains the age of 65 years.

When the Supreme Court began in 1950, Article 124(1) provided for a Chief Justice of India and not more than seven other judges, eight in all, "until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number".

The carbohydrates in our food are broken down into glucose, and the glucose that the body does not need at once is stored as glycogen, a branched chain of glucose units kept mainly in the liver and the skeletal muscles.

Article 148 of the Constitution provides for one Comptroller and Auditor General of India, so the office is held by a single person and not by a panel.

Mughal painting reached its peak under Jahangir, who ruled from 1605 to 1627.

After Guru Gobind Singh died at Nanded in 1708, Banda Singh Bahadur led the Sikhs in revolt against Mughal rule in Punjab.

The Loo is the hot, dry, dusty wind that blows over the plains of north India in summer.

A microfinance institution exists to lend small sums to poor and low-income people who cannot offer the security an ordinary bank asks for.

The Battle of Talikota, fought in January 1565, broke the Vijayanagara empire. The Deccan sultanates of Bijapur, Golconda, Ahmadnagar and Bidar joined hands against it, and their combined army defeated Aliya Rama Raya, the regent of the Aravidu dynasty, who was captured and killed on the field.

The Bombay Stock Exchange is the oldest stock exchange in India and in Asia.

The left atrium is the chamber that receives oxygen-rich blood coming back from the lungs through the pulmonary veins. From there the blood passes the bicuspid or mitral valve into the left ventricle, which pumps it out through the aorta to the whole body.

Lignite is the low grade brown coal the question describes: it is soft, brown to blackish brown, and holds a high amount of moisture, often 35 to 45 per cent, so it gives less heat when it burns.

The Eskimos, who call themselves Inuit, live in the polar region, that is the Arctic lands of Greenland, northern Canada, Alaska and eastern Siberia.

The motif of Rani ki Vav appears on the back of the 100 rupee note of the Mahatma Gandhi New Series, which the Reserve Bank of India issued in 2018 in a lavender shade.

Golconda Fort near Hyderabad in Telangana was first raised as a mud fort by the Kakatiya rulers of Warangal in the thirteenth century.

Under Article 316 of the Constitution, a member of the Union Public Service Commission holds office for six years from the day he takes charge, or until he turns 65, whichever comes first.

Pandit Madan Mohan Malaviya popularised the slogan Satyameva Jayate, meaning truth alone triumphs, and it was later adopted as the national motto of India.

A debit card carries a 16-digit card number printed on its front, and this is the number a shop or a website reads to route the payment.