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SSC Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

General knowledge questions asked in the official papers of SSC exams, SSC CGL, SSC CHSL, SSC MTS, SSC GD Constable and SSC CPO, in one place. Each comes with the correct answer, an explanation and the exam, year and shift it was asked in.

Pick a year below to see that year's questions, or open an exam's own page for its papers alone. Questions from one exam are often asked again in another, so revising the whole SSC family together is a quick way to cover what the papers test.

Previous Year Questions

Q781.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Sept, 2025, Shift 3Medium

Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct option: Assertion (A): Iron and steel is considered a heavy industry. Reason (R): It requires lightweight raw materials like cotton and rubber.

  1. A.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C.A is true, but R is false
  4. D.A is false, but R is true
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Correct answer: C. A is true, but R is false

Iron and steel is indeed a heavy industry, but not because of light raw materials. Industries are classified by the weight of the material they handle.

Q783.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 13 Aug 2021, Shift 3Hard

Which of the following is a tributary of the river Brahmaputra that flows through Bhutan?

  1. A.Ayeyarwady River
  2. B.Sittaung River
  3. C.Chindwin River
  4. D.Wang Chhu River
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Correct answer: D. Wang Chhu River

The Wang Chhu flows through western Bhutan and joins the Brahmaputra system in India. The Wang Chhu rises in the Himalayas of Tibet, passes Thimphu and Paro in Bhutan, and enters West Bengal, where it is known as the Raidak.

Q784.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CGL · 20 Aug 2021, Shift 1Medium

C. Rajagopalachari led the Salt Satyagraha in which of the following states?

  1. A.Maharashtra
  2. B.Tamil Nadu
  3. C.Rajasthan
  4. D.Gujarat
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Correct answer: B. Tamil Nadu

C. Rajagopalachari led the salt march in the Madras Presidency, in the area that is now Tamil Nadu. When the Civil Disobedience Movement began in 1930, Rajagopalachari marched from Tiruchirappalli to Vedaranyam on the Tanjore coast and broke the salt law there in April 1930.

Q785.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 April 2022, Shift 3Medium

Urea, a commonly used nitrogen-based fertiliser, is prepared by the reaction between ammonia and ______.

  1. A.carbon dioxide
  2. B.hydrogen
  3. C.oxygen
  4. D.sulphur
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Correct answer: A. carbon dioxide

Urea is made industrially by reacting ammonia with carbon dioxide under high pressure. The process runs in two steps: ammonia and carbon dioxide first form ammonium carbamate, which then loses a water molecule to give urea.

Q790.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Dec 2022, Shift 2Easy

El-Nino develops in which of these oceans?

  1. A.Arctic Ocean
  2. B.Indian Ocean
  3. C.Atlantic Ocean
  4. D.Pacific Ocean
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Correct answer: D. Pacific Ocean

El Nino is the warming of surface water in the central and eastern equatorial Pacific. In a normal year the trade winds push warm water westwards towards Australia and Indonesia, and cold water rises along the coast of Peru and Ecuador.

Q791.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 11 April 2022, Shift 2Easy

The Election Commission of India (ECI) is the watchdog of free and fair elections in the country and _____ of the constitution of India provides for its establishment.

  1. A.Article 356
  2. B.Article 324
  3. C.Article 352
  4. D.Article 101
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Correct answer: B. Article 324

This article vests the superintendence, direction and control of elections in the Election Commission of India. Article 324 falls in Part XV of the Constitution, which covers elections.

Q793.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 17 Jul 2023, Shift 4Easy

The Fundamental Duties of citizens were added to the Constitution of India, upon the recommendations of which of the following committees?

  1. A.Raja Chelliah Committee
  2. B.Santhanam Committee
  3. C.Kelkar Committee
  4. D.Swaran Singh Committee
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Correct answer: D. Swaran Singh Committee

The Fundamental Duties were added on the recommendation of this committee, set up in 1976. The Swaran Singh Committee suggested that the Constitution should spell out the duties of citizens alongside their rights.

Q794.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CGL · 13 Aug 2021, Shift 1Easy

Which of the following statements about Swami Dayanand Saraswati is INCORRECT?

  1. A.He authored the book 'Satyarth Prakash'.
  2. B.He was the founder of Arya Samaj.
  3. C.His birthplace was Gujarat.
  4. D.He was the founder of Brahmo Samaj.
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Correct answer: D. He was the founder of Brahmo Samaj.

This statement is incorrect, because the Brahmo Samaj was founded by Raja Ram Mohan Roy at Calcutta in 1828. Swami Dayanand Saraswati was born in 1824 as Mool Shankar at Tankara in the Morbi region of present-day Gujarat.

Q795.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 26 Jul 2023, Shift 4Medium

What is the duty of the Chief Minister, as mentioned under Article 167 of the Indian Constitution?

  1. A.Communication of all decisions of the Council of Ministers to the Governor.
  2. B.Appointment and removal of Council of the Ministers.
  3. C.Appointment of the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly.
  4. D.Appointment of Advocate General of the state in consultation with Attorney general.
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Correct answer: A. Communication of all decisions of the Council of Ministers to the Governor.

Article 167 lists the duties of the Chief Minister towards the Governor.