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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

Q421.RajasthanMedium

The Chaumukha Jain temple at Ranakpur, famous for its 1,444 carved pillars, was built in the reign of which ruler of Mewar?

  1. A.Rana Sanga
  2. B.Maharana Kumbha
  3. C.Maharana Pratap
  4. D.Maharana Raj Singh I
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Correct answer: B. Maharana Kumbha

The temple of Adinath at Ranakpur in Pali district was built in the fifteenth century by the merchant Dharna Shah with the permission and patronage of Maharana Kumbha, who also gave the land and the name Ranakpur; the temple is called Chaumukha because the image faces four directions, and the…

Q424.Indian HistoryAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · 5 Dec 2021Hard

In which of the following years was almost the entire area of present Uttar Pradesh separated from the Bengal Presidency and placed under the Agra Presidency?

  1. A.1832 A.D.
  2. B.1833 A.D.
  3. C.1834 A.D.
  4. D.1835 A.D.
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Correct answer: C. 1834 A.D.

The Charter Act of 1833 authorised the creation of a fourth presidency with its seat at Agra, and the Presidency of Agra was actually carved out of the Bengal Presidency in 1834, taking in almost the whole of what is now Uttar Pradesh; in 1836 the territory was placed under…

Q425.Indian HistoryMedium

After the revolt of 1857, which arm of the Indian army was kept entirely in European hands?

  1. A.The infantry
  2. B.The cavalry
  3. C.The artillery
  4. D.The engineers
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Correct answer: C. The artillery

After the revolt the Peel Commission of 1859 advised a larger European element, the ratio of Europeans to Indians was raised to about one to two in Bengal and two to five in Madras and Bombay, and the artillery, the arm that decides a siege, was reserved for European troops…

Q426.Indian HistoryHard

The Federal Court of India, set up under the Government of India Act, 1935, began functioning in which year and under which first Chief Justice?

  1. A.1935, Sir Elijah Impey
  2. B.1937, Sir Maurice Gwyer
  3. C.1939, Sir Harilal Kania
  4. D.1947, Sir Patrick Spens
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Correct answer: B. 1937, Sir Maurice Gwyer

The Government of India Act of 1935 provided for a Federal Court to settle disputes between the centre and the provinces and to hear appeals on constitutional questions, and the court began sitting at Delhi in 1937 with Sir Maurice Gwyer as its first Chief Justice.

Q428.Indian HistoryMedium

The Supreme Court at Calcutta, which began work in 1774, was provided for by which Act?

  1. A.The Pitt’s India Act, 1784
  2. B.The Regulating Act, 1773
  3. C.The Charter Act, 1813
  4. D.The Indian High Courts Act, 1861
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Correct answer: B. The Regulating Act, 1773

The Regulating Act made the Governor of Bengal the Governor General, gave him a council of four, and provided for a Supreme Court at Calcutta, which was established by a royal charter and began sitting in 1774 with Sir Elijah Impey as its first Chief Justice.

Q429.Indian HistoryHard

Which commission recommended that recruitment to the higher civil services be shared equally between Indians and Europeans?

  1. A.The Aitchison Commission, 1886
  2. B.The Islington Commission, 1912
  3. C.The Lee Commission, 1924
  4. D.The Simon Commission, 1927
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Correct answer: C. The Lee Commission, 1924

The Royal Commission on the Superior Civil Services in India, headed by Lord Lee of Fareham, recommended that direct recruitment to the Indian Civil Service be divided equally between Indians and Europeans and that a Public Service Commission be set up without delay, and such a commission began work in…

Q430.Indian HistoryHard

The Indian Police Commission of 1902-03, known as the Fraser Commission, recommended the creation of which body?

  1. A.A Department of Criminal Intelligence
  2. B.The Imperial Police Service
  3. C.A Federal Court of India
  4. D.A Public Service Commission
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Correct answer: A. A Department of Criminal Intelligence

The commission appointed in 1902 under Sir Andrew Fraser reported in 1903 and asked for better pay, training schools, the recruitment of Indians as officers and a central agency to collect and share criminal intelligence; the Department of Criminal Intelligence was created in 1903 and grew into the central intelligence…

Q431.Indian HistoryEasy

Which Act laid the foundation of the modern police system in India?

  1. A.The Government of India Act, 1858
  2. B.The Indian Police Act, 1861
  3. C.The Indian Evidence Act, 1872
  4. D.The Indian Councils Act, 1892
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Correct answer: B. The Indian Police Act, 1861

Passed on the advice of the Police Commission of 1860, this Act gave every province an Inspector General, every range a Deputy Inspector General and every district a Superintendent of Police working under the district magistrate, with the village chowkidar at the base, and that structure is still recognisable in…

Q432.Indian HistoryMedium

Who was the first Indian to join the Indian Civil Service?

  1. A.Romesh Chunder Dutt
  2. B.Satyendranath Tagore
  3. C.Surendranath Banerjee
  4. D.Anandamohan Bose
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Correct answer: B. Satyendranath Tagore

Satyendranath Tagore, an elder brother of Rabindranath Tagore, succeeded in the London examination and joined the Indian Civil Service in 1864, nine years after the first competitive examination was held, and served in the Bombay Presidency.

Q433.Indian HistoryMedium

Which Charter Act ended the patronage of the Company and introduced open competition for recruitment to the civil service?

  1. A.Charter Act of 1793
  2. B.Charter Act of 1813
  3. C.Charter Act of 1853
  4. D.Charter Act of 1833
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Correct answer: C. Charter Act of 1853

This Act took away the Company's right to nominate its civil servants and threw recruitment open to competition, after which the committee headed by Lord Macaulay in 1854 settled the syllabus and the first competitive examination was held in London in 1855.

Q434.Indian HistoryEasy

Who among the following is called the father of the civil services in India?

  1. A.Warren Hastings
  2. B.Lord Cornwallis
  3. C.Lord Wellesley
  4. D.Lord Dalhousie
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Correct answer: B. Lord Cornwallis

Cornwallis, Governor General from 1786 to 1793, is called the father of the civil services in India because he fixed adequate salaries for the Company's servants, forbade them from carrying on private trade or taking presents, and made promotion depend on seniority instead of patronage, which together turned a trading…

Q435.General ScienceEasy

The centripetal acceleration of a body moving in a circle of radius r with uniform speed v is directed:

  1. A.Along the tangent, in the direction of motion
  2. B.Towards the centre of the circle
  3. C.Away from the centre of the circle
  4. D.Vertically downward
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Correct answer: B. Towards the centre of the circle

In uniform circular motion the magnitude of the velocity does not change, so the acceleration can have no component along the direction of motion; the whole of it is perpendicular to the velocity and points to the centre, which is why it is called centripetal, meaning centre seeking, and its…

Q436.General ScienceMedium

A cyclist leans inward while taking a turn because:

  1. A.It reduces the weight of the cycle
  2. B.The reaction of the ground then has a horizontal component towards the centre of the turn
  3. C.It increases the rolling friction of the tyres
  4. D.It makes the centrifugal force disappear
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Correct answer: B. The reaction of the ground then has a horizontal component towards the centre of the turn

To move along a curve a body needs a force directed towards the centre of that curve.

Q437.General ScienceEasy

Ball bearings are used in machines mainly because they:

  1. A.Convert rolling friction into sliding friction
  2. B.Convert sliding friction into rolling friction
  3. C.Remove friction altogether
  4. D.Increase the normal reaction on the shaft
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Correct answer: B. Convert sliding friction into rolling friction

A shaft turning directly inside a sleeve slides against it, and sliding friction is large; placing hard steel balls between the shaft and its housing makes the surfaces roll over one another instead, and rolling friction is a small fraction of sliding friction, so less energy is wasted and the…

Q438.General ScienceHard

On a frictionless banked road, the angle of banking for a curve of radius r and a speed v is given by the tangent of the angle equal to:

  1. A.v squared divided by r g
  2. B.r g divided by v squared
  3. C.v divided by r g
  4. D.v squared multiplied by r g
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Correct answer: A. v squared divided by r g

On a banked road the normal reaction is tilted, its vertical component balances the weight and its horizontal component supplies the centripetal force; dividing one equation by the other leaves the tangent of the banking angle equal to the square of the speed divided by the radius multiplied by the…

Q440.General ScienceAsked in: Delhi · 7 Sept 2021, Shift 3Medium

A car travels in a circular motion. Which of the following statements is true?

  1. A.Distance travelled by the car will always be less than displacement of the car.
  2. B.Distance travelled by the car will always be more than displacement of the car.
  3. C.Distance travelled by the car will always be equal to displacement of the car.
  4. D.Distance travelled by the car will be zero when displacement is zero.
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Correct answer: B. Distance travelled by the car will always be more than displacement of the car.

Distance is the length of the actual path and displacement is the straight line from the start to the finish, so on a curved path the two can never be equal: the arc of a circle is always longer than the chord joining its ends.