SSC CHSL Tier-1 2025 24 November 2025 Shift 3 GK Questions – with answers & solutions

Correct Answer: Bengal and Gujarat (Option 4)
The ' Zabt ' (Jabs/ Dahsala ) system of revenue assessment was introduced by Raja Todar Mal under Akbar. It involved measuring land and fixing revenue based on actual crop yields. However, Bengal and Gujarat did NOT have this system because these provinces faced difficulties in land inspection — Bengal had irregular, flooded, and forested lands, while Gujarat had similar challenges making systematic land measurement impractical.
Ajmer and Delhi: The Zabt system was fully applied in these provinces.
Agra and Rajasthan: These were core regions where the Zabt system was effectively implemented.
Malwa and Awadh: These were also Zabt -system provinces under Akbar.

Correct Answer: Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath (Option 2)
Peshwa Balaji Vishwanath (also known as Balaji Vishwanath Bhat) was the father of Baji Rao I. Balaji Vishwanath (served 1713–1720) was the first hereditary Peshwa (Prime Minister) of the Maratha Empire under Chhatrapati Shahu. His son Baji Rao I (Peshwa from 1720–1740) became one of the greatest military commanders in Indian history, expanding the Maratha Empire across the subcontinent.
Raghunath Rao ( Raghoba ) — was himself a Peshwa (served briefly in 1773–1774), a later figure in Maratha history.
Shahu Ji Maharaj — was the Chhatrapati (king) of the Maratha Empire under whom Baji Rao served; he was Baji Rao's ruler, not his father.
Peshwa Madhavrao — was a later Peshwa (served 1761–1772), known as Madhavrao I ( Thorle Madhavrao).

Correct Answer: Union, State and Concurrent Lists (Option 4)
The Seventh Schedule (Article 246) of the Indian Constitution contains three lists: Union List (List I) — subjects on which only Parliament can legislate (e.g., defence , foreign affairs); State List (List II) — subjects on which only State Legislature can legislate (e.g., police, agriculture); and Concurrent List (List III) — subjects on which both Parliament and State Legislatures can legislate (e.g., education, forests).
Power, authority, and responsibilities of Panchayats — covered under the 11th Schedule (added by 73rd Amendment).
Anti-Defection Law — covered under the 10th Schedule.
Power, authority, and responsibilities of Municipalities — covered under the 12th Schedule (added by 74th Amendment).

Correct Answer: 44th Amendment act, 1978 (Option 2)
The 44th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1978 (passed under the Janata Party government of Morarji Desai) replaced the term 'internal disturbance' with 'armed rebellion' in Article 352, making it harder to impose a National Emergency. This was done to prevent misuse of emergency provisions, as was seen during the Emergency (1975-77) declared by Indira Gandhi citing 'internal disturbance.'
41st Amendment Act, 1976 — dealt with extension of immunities to former Presidents and Governors.
42nd Amendment Act, 1976 — known as the 'Mini Constitution,' it added Fundamental Duties but did NOT change the emergency provision term.
43rd Amendment Act, 1977 — restored certain provisions amended by the 42nd Amendment.

Correct Answer: 6 years (Option 3)
Members of the Rajya Sabha (Council of States) are elected for a term of 6 years. Rajya Sabha is a permanent body — it cannot be dissolved. One-third of its members retire every two years and are replaced. The total strength of Rajya Sabha is 250 (238 elected representatives of states/UTs + 12 nominated by the President).
4 years — incorrect; no major Indian legislative house has a 4-year term for members.
5 years — this is the term of Lok Sabha members (and the Lok Sabha itself).
Till dissolution — Rajya Sabha is a permanent body that cannot be dissolved, so 'till dissolution' does not apply to it.

Correct Answer: Bangkok (Option 2)
ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) was established on 8 August 1967 in Bangkok, Thailand, through the Bangkok Declaration. Its founding members were Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. ASEAN's headquarters is in Jakarta, Indonesia. The organisation has since grown to 10 member states.
Ho Chi Minh City is in Vietnam — Vietnam joined ASEAN in 1995, after its founding.
Naypyidaw is the capital of Myanmar — Myanmar joined ASEAN in 1997.
Kuala Lumpur is in Malaysia — while a founding member, the signing took place in Bangkok, not KL.

Correct Answer: Badminton (Option 1)
Badminton is unique in that it can be played at both individual level (singles — one player per side) and team level (doubles and mixed doubles — two players per side). It is played in singles, doubles, and mixed doubles formats in tournaments. The BWF World Championships and Olympics feature all three formats.
Basketball is purely a team sport (5 players per team) — there is no recognised individual format in official competition.
Cricket is a team sport (11 players per side) — there is no individual format in official competition.
Hockey is a team sport (11 players per side in field hockey) — no individual format exists in official competition.

Correct Answer: Shooting (Option 3)
Abhinav Bindra won India's first individual Olympic gold medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics in the 10m Air Rifle event. Before 2008, India's only Olympic golds were in team sport Hockey (8 golds). Bindra's gold was historic as the first individual gold for any Indian at the Olympics.
Boxing — Vijender Singh won a bronze in 2008 Beijing Olympics, not gold.
Wrestling — Sushil Kumar won a bronze in 2008; India's wrestling golds came later.
Table tennis — India has not won an Olympic gold in table tennis.

Correct Answer: Nirguni (Option 3)
Sant Singaji (also known as Singaji Maharaj) was a revered saint-poet from the Nimad region of Madhya Pradesh. He is remembered for his devotional compositions in the Nirguni (Nirgun Bhakti) tradition — devotion to a formless, attribute-less God without any physical representation. His bhajans and padas are sung in the Nimadi dialect and are deeply embedded in the folk tradition of central India.
Khayal — a classical Hindustani vocal form, not associated with Singaji's devotional tradition.
Tarana — a rhythmic Hindustani vocal composition using nonsensical syllables, not related to Singaji .
Dhrupad — the oldest surviving form of Hindustani classical music, not the tradition in which Singaji composed.

Correct Answer: Kulasekhara (Option 1)
The Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu was originally constructed by Kulasekara Pandya (Kulasekhara), a king of the Pandya dynasty. The temple is dedicated to Goddess Meenakshi (a form of Parvati) and Lord Sundareswarar (Shiva). The temple was substantially rebuilt and expanded by the Nayak rulers, particularly Thirumalai Nayak, in the 17th century.
Karikala Chola — a famous early Chola king known for building the Kallanai dam on the Kaveri; not the builder of Meenakshi Temple.
Pulakeshin I — a Chalukya king from Karnataka; not associated with Madurai.
Narasimha Deva I — a king of the Eastern Ganga dynasty known for constructing the Konark Sun Temple in Odisha.

Correct Answer: Madhya Pradesh (Option 4)
The Dhamoni Urs Fair (Mela) is held in Dhamoni village in the Sagar district of Madhya Pradesh. It is a religious fair held at the Dargah (shrine) of a Sufi saint, attracting devotees from various communities. It is one of the notable Urs (annual death anniversary commemorations of Sufi saints) fairs in central India.
West Bengal, Maharashtra, and Odisha are not associated with the Dhamoni Urs Fair. Odisha is where the candidate incorrectly marked (RED highlight in the response sheet).

Correct Answer: Gujarat (Option 2)
Shikaar Nritya (hunt dance) is a traditional folk dance of Gujarat. It depicts the excitement and movements associated with hunting and is performed mainly by tribal communities in Gujarat during festivals and celebrations.
Meghalaya has traditional dances like Wangala (Garo tribe) and Nongkrem — Shikaar Nritya is not associated with it.
Andhra Pradesh is known for Kuchipudi classical dance and folk forms like Kolattam and Dhimsa .
Haryana is known for Ghoomar , Phag dance, and Dhamal folk dances.

Correct Answer: Geo-stationary satellite (Option 1)
Geo-stationary satellites orbit Earth at ~35,786 km altitude above the equator, appearing stationary relative to the ground. This allows them to continuously observe the same region of Earth's surface, making them ideal for weather monitoring, cloud tracking, and weather forecasting. India's INSAT/METSAT series (like Kalpana-1, INSAT-3D) are geo-stationary satellites used for meteorology.
Communication satellites — used for telephone, TV broadcasting, and internet transmission; not primarily for weather.
Reconnaissance satellites — used for military surveillance and intelligence gathering.
Astronomical satellites — used to observe celestial objects from space (e.g., Hubble Space Telescope).

Correct Answer: Azimul Haque (Option 2)
Azimul Haque was appointed as the CEO of the Delhi Waqf Board in January 2025. The Delhi Waqf Board manages waqf properties (Islamic endowment properties) in Delhi. The appointment was made by the Delhi government.
Faiz Ahmed Kidwai, Ashok Singh Thakur, and Virat Sunil Diwanji did not hold the position of CEO of the Delhi Waqf Board at this time.

Correct Answer: Ministry of Education (Option 1)
PM-YUVA (Prime Minister's Young Authors Award) is a mentorship programme for young and aspiring authors of India. PM-YUVA 3.0 was launched in March 2025 by the Ministry of Education under the National Book Trust (NBT), India. The scheme promotes young writing talent and aims to project India and its culture globally through literature.
Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship handles vocational training and entrepreneurship — not literary promotion.
Ministry of Culture handles art, heritage, and museums — the PM-YUVA scheme specifically falls under Education.
Ministry of Home Affairs handles internal security and administration.

Correct Answer: 5 (Option 1)
In May 2025, Prime Minister Narendra Modi approved the establishment of 5 National Centres of Excellence for Skilling as a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. These centres aim to provide world-class skill training in specialised sectors, upgrade infrastructure, and align India's workforce with global standards.
10, 8, and 3 are incorrect numbers — the approved number of National Centres of Excellence for Skilling under this scheme is 5.

Correct Answer: Advait Kottary (Option 2)
Advait Kottary is the author of 'Siddhartha: The Boy Who Became the Buddha', which received the Sahitya Akademi Yuva Puraskar (Young Writers Award in English) in 2025. The book retells the life of Siddhartha Gautama (the Buddha) for young readers.
Avinuo Kire is a Nagaland-based author known for works like 'Once Upon a Moontime .'
Tanuj Solanki is known for literary fiction works like 'Diwali in Muzaffarnagar.'
Kanishk Tharoor is known for 'Swimmer Among the Stars' and other literary works.

Correct Answer: IIT Kanpur (Option 2)
IIT Kanpur collaborated with the National Financial Reporting Authority (NFRA) to organise a hackathon focused on Large Language Models (LLMs) and Generative AI in April 2025. NFRA is India's independent audit regulator, and this initiative aimed to explore AI applications in financial reporting, auditing, and compliance.
IIT Delhi, IIT Madras, and IIT Bombay did not partner with NFRA for this specific hackathon in April 2025.

Correct Answer: Deep Ocean Mission (Option 3)
MATSYA 6000 is India's first indigenously developed crewed submersible (manned deep-sea vessel), designed to dive up to 6,000 metres below the ocean surface. It is a key component of India's Deep Ocean Mission, launched by the Ministry of Earth Sciences. MATSYA 6000 will carry three persons and support deep sea exploration for minerals, biodiversity, and energy resources.
Aditya L-1 Mission — India's first solar observatory mission placed in the L1 halo orbit to study the Sun.
Shukrayaan Mission — India's planned Venus orbiter mission.
Gagan Yaan Mission — India's human spaceflight programme to send Indian astronauts to low Earth orbit.

Correct Answer: 1948 (Option 1)
The Census of India is conducted under the provisions of the Census Act, 1948. This act provides the legal framework for conducting the decennial census (every 10 years) in India, including the powers of census officers, the duty of citizens to answer questions, and the confidentiality of individual data. India has been conducting census since 1872 (first synchronised census in 1881).
1965 — no major Census Act was enacted in this year.
1932 — the pre-independence era; the Census Act was not enacted then.
1954 — no Census Act was enacted in 1954.

Correct Answer: 2 (Option 1)
Mechanical energy is mainly composed of two types: (1) Kinetic Energy (KE) — the energy possessed by a body due to its motion (KE = ½mv²); and (2) Potential Energy (PE) — the energy stored in a body due to its position or configuration (e.g., gravitational PE = mgh ). Total mechanical energy = KE + PE, and in the absence of non-conservative forces, it is conserved (Law of Conservation of Mechanical Energy).
3, 4, or 5 types are incorrect. Mechanical energy is specifically classified into only two types — kinetic and potential energy.

Correct Answer: Subsidies (Option 4)
Subsidies are NOT capital expenditure — they are revenue expenditure of the government. Revenue expenditure is money spent on day-to-day functioning and does not create assets (e.g., salaries, subsidies, interest payments). Capital expenditure, on the other hand, creates or acquires assets or reduces liabilities.
Acquisition of land — is capital expenditure as it creates a physical asset.
Investment in shares — is capital expenditure as it creates financial assets.
Building for development — is capital expenditure as construction creates durable physical assets.

Correct Answer: Both i and ii (Option 3)
The Government of India Act 1858 (also called Act for the Better Government of India) was passed by the British Parliament after the revolt of 1857. Under this Act: Statement i: The Governor-General of India was indeed given the additional title of 'Viceroy' (representing the Crown) — Lord Canning became the first Viceroy ✓ . Statement ii: Queen Victoria's Proclamation of 1858 explicitly stated that the British would respect the religious beliefs, customs, and social practices of Indians, and would not interfere in their religion ✓ . Both statements are correct.
Only i — incorrect, as statement ii is also correct.
Only ii — incorrect, as statement i is also correct.
Neither — incorrect, as both statements are factually accurate.

Correct Answer: To create an acidic medium for enzyme action (Option 3)
Hydrochloric acid (HCl) secreted by the parietal cells in the stomach serves primarily to create an acidic environment (pH 1.5–3.5). This acidic medium: (1) Activates the enzyme pepsinogen into active pepsin for protein digestion; (2) Kills harmful bacteria in ingested food; (3) Denatures proteins, making them more accessible for enzyme action; (4) Aids in the absorption of minerals like calcium and iron.
To neutralize the food — HCl is an acid, not a neutralizing agent; it makes the stomach environment acidic, not neutral.
To create an alkaline medium — HCl creates an ACIDIC medium, not alkaline. The duodenum uses bicarbonate to neutralize stomach acid.
To avoid digestion of proteins — this is the opposite of what HCl does; it PROMOTES protein digestion by activating pepsin.