Static GK Questions for SSC CGL (with Answers)

Answer: A. New York

The UN headquarters is in New York. The UN was founded on 24 October 1945.

Answer: B. 24

The Ashoka Chakra on the national flag has 24 spokes and is navy blue. It is taken from the Lion Capital of Ashoka at Sarnath.

Answer: A. Tiger

The Royal Bengal Tiger is India's National Animal. Project Tiger was launched in 1973.

Answer: A. Pratibha Patil

Pratibha Patil became the first woman President of India in 2007.

Answer: C. Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913. C.V. Raman won for Physics in 1930.

Answer: C. 1901

The Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901, as per the will of Alfred Nobel, who invented dynamite.

Answer: B. 10 December

Human Rights Day on 10 December marks the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in 1948.

Answer: C. Pingali Venkayya

Pingali Venkayya designed the flag that became the basis of the tricolour. The Constituent Assembly adopted the national flag on 22 July 1947.

Answer: B. Bengaluru

ISRO's headquarters is in Bengaluru. Rockets are launched from Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

Answer: B. Ganges River Dolphin

The Ganges River Dolphin was declared India's National Aquatic Animal in 2009.

Answer: A. Sarojini Naidu

Sarojini Naidu became Governor of the United Provinces (now Uttar Pradesh) in 1947.

Answer: A. Karnataka

Yakshagana is a dance-drama of coastal Karnataka, known for elaborate costumes and headgear. It usually tells stories from the epics.

Answer: D. Oslo

The Nobel Peace Prize is presented in Oslo, Norway. The other Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm, Sweden.

Answer: B. King George V and Queen Mary

The Gateway of India marks the landing of King George V and Queen Mary in 1911. It was completed in 1924.

Answer: D. Tim Berners-Lee

Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web in 1989 at CERN. Charles Babbage is called the father of the computer.