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.
Who was the first Vice-President of India?
He held the office of Vice-President from 13 May 1952 to 12 May 1962, two full terms, and then served as the second President of India from 1962 to 1967.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first President of India?
He was sworn in on 26 January 1950, the day the Constitution came into force, and held the office until 13 May 1962.
Read the full explanation →The title Chhatrapati is associated with which ruler, and in which year was it assumed?
He was crowned at the Raigad fort in 1674 with the title Chhatrapati, the ceremony being performed by the scholar Gaga Bhatt, and he governed with a council of eight ministers, the Ashta Pradhan, whose head carried the title Peshwa.
Read the full explanation →The Vijayanagara ruler Krishnadevaraya is popularly known by which title?
Krishnadevaraya of the Tuluva dynasty was himself the author of the Telugu work Amuktamalyada and patronised the Ashtadiggajas, the eight great poets of his court, which earned him the names Andhra Bhoja and Abhinava Bhoja after the legendary king Bhoja of Dhar.
Read the full explanation →Which Chola ruler assumed the title Gangaikonda Chola?
He sent an army to the north that reached the Ganga, and in memory of the campaign he took the title Gangaikonda Chola and built a new capital called Gangaikondacholapuram; his naval expedition against the Srivijaya kingdom earned him Kadaram Kondan.
Read the full explanation →Which Mughal emperor took the regnal title Alamgir?
On his accession in 1658 he took the title Alamgir, conqueror of the world, and because he lived austerely and copied the Quran he was also called Zinda Pir, the living saint.
Read the full explanation →What was the original name of Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir?
She was the daughter of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, whom Jahangir honoured with the title Itmad-ud-Daula, and after her marriage to the emperor in 1611 she was styled Nur Mahal, light of the palace, and then Nur Jahan, light of the world; coins were struck in her name along with the…
Read the full explanation →The title Sikandar-i-Sani, the second Alexander, was adopted by which ruler?
The ambition announced by the title matched his record: the conquest of Gujarat, Ranthambore, Chittor, Malwa and the Deccan campaigns of Malik Kafur, besides the market control regulations and the first systematic measurement of land for revenue.
Read the full explanation →Which ruler of the Delhi Sultanate assumed the title Zil-i-Ilahi, the shadow of God?
Ruling from 1266 to 1287 over a sultanate weakened by factions, he raised the throne above the nobility by claiming Zil-i-Ilahi and Niabat-i-Khudai, deputy of God, and by making courtiers perform sijda, prostration, and paibos, kissing the feet.
Read the full explanation →Which Sultan of Delhi was popularly called Lakh Baksh, the giver of lakhs?
The founder of the Slave or Mamluk dynasty was called Lakh Baksh for his lavish charity, and he began the Qutb Minar at Delhi and the Adhai Din ka Jhonpra at Ajmer.
Read the full explanation →Which Gupta ruler assumed the title Vikramaditya after defeating the Western Kshatrapas?
He conquered the territories of the Western Kshatrapas in Gujarat and Malwa, which gave the Guptas access to the western ports, and he used the titles Vikramaditya, Simhavikrama and Devashri; the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien visited India in his reign.
Read the full explanation →The title Trisamudratoyapitavahana, one whose horses drank the water of three seas, belongs to which ruler?
The Nasik cave inscription issued by his mother Gautami Balashri praises the Satavahana ruler as Trisamudratoyapitavahana and as Ekabrahmana, and credits him with destroying the Shakas, Yavanas and Pahlavas.
Read the full explanation →Which Gupta ruler is described as Sarvarajochchetta, the uprooter of all kings?
The Allahabad pillar inscription, a prashasti composed by his court poet Harisena, lists his campaigns in the Ganga valley, the Deccan and the frontier states and calls him Sarvarajochchetta; the same inscription gives him Kaviraja for his learning, and his coins show him playing the veena.
Read the full explanation →In his own inscriptions, the Mauryan emperor Ashoka is referred to by which titles?
Ashoka edicts almost never use his personal name; they speak of Devanampiya Piyadassi, the beloved of the gods and of pleasing appearance.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following states is the Kolleru Lake located?
Kolleru is a large shallow freshwater lake lying between the deltas of the Krishna and the Godavari, fed by the Budameru and Tammileru streams; it is a natural flood balancing reservoir for the two deltas and an important wintering ground for pelicans and other water birds.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
It lies in the Kashmir valley in Jammu and Kashmir, is fed by the Jhelum and occupies a tectonic depression, which makes it the largest freshwater lake of India.
Read the full explanation →The Iguazu Falls lie on the border of which two countries?
The Iguazu river falls in a horseshoe of hundreds of separate cascades just above its junction with the Parana, and the two countries have national parks on either side of the fall.
Read the full explanation →Which lake is the lowest water body on the land surface of the earth?
It lies in the Jordan rift valley between Israel and Jordan, more than four hundred metres below sea level, and its extreme salinity, caused by heavy evaporation with no outlet, lets a swimmer float easily.
Read the full explanation →Lake Victoria in Africa is the source of which river?
The White Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja in Uganda and flows north through Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert to meet the Blue Nile at Khartoum, where the Nile proper begins.
Read the full explanation →Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, lies on the border of which two countries?
Lake Titicaca lies on the Altiplano of the Andes at about 3,810 metres above sea level and carries regular boat traffic, which is why it is called the highest navigable lake in the world.
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