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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

Q801.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 09 March, 2023, Shift 4Easy

Which of the following comes under the part IX of the Indian constitution?

  1. A.Relations between the Union and the States
  2. B.The Scheduled and Tribal Areas
  3. C.The Panchayats
  4. D.Finance, Property, Contracts and Suits
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Correct answer: C. The Panchayats

Part IX of the Constitution of India is headed 'The Panchayats'. It was inserted by the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, which came into force on 24 April 1993, now marked as National Panchayati Raj Day, and it runs from Article 243 to Article 243-O. Part IX gives panchayats a…

Q802.GeographyAsked in: SSC CHSL · 16 March, 2023, Shift 2Easy

When are the kharif crops harvested?

  1. A.July - August
  2. B.September - October
  3. C.March - April
  4. D.January - February
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Correct answer: B. September - October

Kharif crops are the monsoon crops: they are sown with the onset of the south-west monsoon in June and July and harvested in September and October, when the rains withdraw.

Q808.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 15 April 2021, Shift 1Easy

Features of Fundamental Rights in the Indian Constitution partly derives its inspiration from the Bill of Rights, enshrined in the Constitution of _______.

  1. A.Canada
  2. B.United States of America
  3. C.Ireland
  4. D.Australia
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Correct answer: B. United States of America

The Fundamental Rights in Part III of the Indian Constitution were drawn from the Bill of Rights, the name given to the first ten amendments to the Constitution of the United States.

Q814.Computer AwarenessAsked in: SSC CHSL · 02 Nov, 2023, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following types of firewall operates at the Network layer to examine incoming and outgoing packets?

  1. A.Circuit-level gateway
  2. B.Application-level gateway
  3. C.Packet filtering
  4. D.Network filtering
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Correct answer: C. Packet filtering

A packet filtering firewall works at the network layer, the third layer of the OSI model, where it reads the header of every incoming and outgoing packet and compares the source and destination IP address, the port number and the protocol against a list of rules, then allows the packet…

Q816.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CHSL · 17 March 2020, Shift 3Medium

What is the tenure of the Chief Election Commissioner of India?

  1. A.4 years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
  2. B.3 years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
  3. C.5 years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
  4. D.6 years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.
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Correct answer: D. 6 years or up to the age of 65 years, whichever is earlier.

The Chief Election Commissioner holds office for six years from the date he takes charge, or until he turns sixty-five, whichever comes first; the other Election Commissioners serve on the same terms.

Q819.Static GKAsked in: SSC CHSL · 09 March, 2023, Shift 1Medium

Who is famously known as Bihar Kesari?

  1. A.Rajendra Prasad
  2. B.Shri Krishna Sinha
  3. C.Karpuri Thakur
  4. D.Lala Lajpat Rai
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Correct answer: B. Shri Krishna Sinha

Shri Krishna Sinha, affectionately called Shri Babu, is remembered as Bihar Kesari, the lion of Bihar. He was the first Premier of Bihar under the 1937 provincial elections and then the first Chief Minister of the state after independence, holding office until 1961.

Q820.Computer AwarenessAsked in: SSC CHSL · 13 Oct 2020, Shift 3Easy

In DASD, what is the full form of 'A'?

  1. A.Access
  2. B.Around
  3. C.Accessible
  4. D.Arithmetic
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Correct answer: A. Access

DASD stands for Direct Access Storage Device. It is any storage device on which the read-write head can be sent straight to the place where a record is kept, so a file can be reached without passing over everything stored before it.