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 Indian woman to be crowned Miss Universe?
Sushmita Sen won Miss Universe in 1994 at Manila in the Philippines, the first Indian to take that crown, and in the same year Aishwarya Rai won Miss World, so 1994 is the year India held both titles.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian woman to win the Miss World title?
Reita Faria won Miss World in 1966 and was the first Indian and indeed the first Asian woman to hold the title.
Read the full explanation →The Montreal Protocol of 1987 was adopted under which convention?
The Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer was adopted in 1985 as a framework agreement, and the Montreal Protocol of 1987 gave it teeth by fixing timetables for phasing out ozone-depleting substances such as chlorofluorocarbons and halons.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following treaties has India NOT signed?
India has not signed the test-ban treaty of 1996, just as it is not a party to the Non-Proliferation Treaty of 1968, holding that both divide the world permanently into nuclear and non-nuclear states.
Read the full explanation →The Ramsar Convention, signed in 1971, is concerned with the conservation of which of the following?
The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed in 1971 at Ramsar, a city on the Caspian coast of Iran, and is the oldest of the modern global environmental treaties.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Tordesillas of 1494 divided the newly discovered lands between which two countries?
The Treaty of Tordesillas was signed in 1494, two years after Columbus reached the Americas, and drew an imaginary line down the Atlantic: lands found to the west of it were to belong to Spain and those to the east to Portugal.
Read the full explanation →Which treaty of 1992 created the European Union?
Signed in 1992 in the Dutch city of Maastricht and in force from 1993, it created the European Union, introduced the idea of European citizenship and set out the path to the single currency.
Read the full explanation →The Shimla Agreement of 1972 was signed between which two leaders?
The Shimla Agreement was signed in July 1972, after the war of 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh.
Read the full explanation →The Tashkent Declaration of 1966 was signed after the Indo-Pak war of 1965 through the mediation of which country?
The Tashkent Declaration was signed in January 1966 by Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri and President Ayub Khan at Tashkent, then in the Soviet Union and now the capital of Uzbekistan, with Soviet Premier Alexei Kosygin as mediator.
Read the full explanation →The Indus Waters Treaty of 1960 allotted which rivers to India?
The Indus Waters Treaty was signed at Karachi in 1960 by Jawaharlal Nehru and President Ayub Khan, with the World Bank as the third party to the agreement.
Read the full explanation →By which treaty did Peshwa Baji Rao II accept the subsidiary alliance of the East India Company?
Signed in 1802, it bound Peshwa Baji Rao II to Lord Wellesley's subsidiary alliance after his defeat by the Holkars at Poona.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Salbai, signed in 1782, ended which war?
The Treaty of Salbai of 1782 closed the First Anglo-Maratha War, which had begun with the Company's attempt to place Raghunath Rao in power at Pune.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Allahabad of 1765 gave the English East India Company the diwani rights of which regions?
The Treaty of Allahabad was signed in 1765 by Robert Clive with the Mughal emperor Shah Alam II and Shuja-ud-Daula of Awadh after the Company's victory at the Battle of Buxar in 1764.
Read the full explanation →The cricketer called the Nawab of Najafgarh is
The opening batter came from Najafgarh on the outskirts of Delhi, and the title Nawab of Najafgarh was coined for him in play on the real royal title held by an earlier India captain; he is also called Multan ka Sultan for the triple century he scored at Multan.
Read the full explanation →In tennis, the title King of Clay is associated with which player?
The Spaniard's record on clay courts, above all at the French Open, earned him the name King of Clay, and he is also called Rafa.
Read the full explanation →The Indian woman cricketer known as the Chakda Express is
The fast bowler comes from Chakdaha in the Nadia district of West Bengal, and her nickname joins that town to her pace, in the manner of the Payyoli Express and the Rawalpindi Express.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian cricketer earned the nickname The Wall for his defensive batting?
The Karnataka batter was called The Wall for the long innings with which he held up an end for India in Test cricket, and Jammy within his team.
Read the full explanation →The footballer Pele was popularly known by which nickname?
Pele of Brazil, the only player to win three World Cups, was called Perola Negra, the Black Pearl, and also the King of Football.
Read the full explanation →The fast bowler known as the Rawalpindi Express is
The Pakistani fast bowler came from Rawalpindi and bowled some of the quickest deliveries ever recorded, which earned him the name Rawalpindi Express, built on the same pattern as the Payyoli Express and the Chakda Express.
Read the full explanation →Magnificent Mary is the nickname of which Indian sportsperson?
The boxer from Manipur, a multiple world amateur champion and an Olympic medallist from the London Games of 2012, was called Magnificent Mary by the international boxing federation, and the name has stayed with her.
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