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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

Q4685.Banking & Financial AwarenessAsked in: SSC CGL · 7 March 2020, Shift 1Easy

What does 'T' stand for in ATM?

  1. A.Transfer
  2. B.Teller
  3. C.Transaction
  4. D.Trunk
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Correct answer: B. Teller

ATM stands for Automated Teller Machine. A teller is the bank employee who takes and pays out cash at the counter, and the machine was built to do that same job without a person, which is how it got the name.

Q4691.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 05 Dec 2022, Shift 3Easy

Which of the following is a local wind?

  1. A.Loo
  2. B.Westerlies
  3. C.Monsoon
  4. D.Easterlies
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Correct answer: A. Loo

The loo is a hot, dry wind that blows over the plains of north India and Pakistan in May and June, often pushing afternoon temperatures above 45 degrees Celsius and causing heat strokes.

Q4697.General ScienceAsked in: CTET · 18th Jan 2023Easy

Bags with wide straps are preferred to carry heavy loads. The reason for this is :

  1. A.Increase in area of contact increases the pressure exerted
  2. B.Increase in area of contact increases the force exerted
  3. C.Increase in area of contact reduces pressure exerted
  4. D.Increase in area of contact reduces the force exerted
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Correct answer: C. Increase in area of contact reduces pressure exerted

Pressure is the force acting on unit area, that is P equals F divided by A, so for the same force a larger area of contact means smaller pressure.

Q4698.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CTET · 21st Dec 2021Easy

Who has written the book named 'Gulamgiri'?

  1. A.Jyotirao Phule
  2. B.B. R. Ambedkar
  3. C.E. V. Ramaswamy
  4. D.Narayanaguru
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Correct answer: A. Jyotirao Phule

Phule wrote Gulamgiri, meaning slavery, in Marathi in 1873, and dedicated it to the people of America who had fought to free slaves, drawing a line between their struggle and the condition of the lower castes in India.

Q4699.Indian HistoryAsked in: CTET · CTET Nov 2012 Paper - 2 Social Studies (Easy

The tomb of a Sufi saint is known as

  1. A.Idgah
  2. B.Khanqah
  3. C.Ibadatgah
  4. D.Dargah
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Correct answer: D. Dargah

A dargah is the tomb of a Sufi saint, built over his grave and visited by people of every faith who tie threads, offer flowers and pray for their wishes.

Q4700.Art & CultureAsked in: CTET · 22nd Dec 2021Medium

Match the column: i. Idgah — a. Street with a dead end. ii. Dargah — b. Sufi lodge. iii. Cul-de-sac — c. open prayer place. iv. Khanqah — d. tomb of a saint. Choose the correct option.

  1. A.i - b, ii - d, iii - a, iv - c
  2. B.i - d, ii - c, iii - a, iv - b
  3. C.i - b, ii - c, iii - a, iv - d
  4. D.i - c, ii - d, iii - a, iv - b
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Correct answer: D. i - c, ii - d, iii - a, iv - b

An idgah is an open walled ground on the edge of a town where the whole community gathers for the Id prayer, so it matches an open prayer place.