SSC CGL Geography: Real PYQ Questions (India & World)

Geography in SSC CGL General Awareness spans Indian physical geography, world geography, and current environment-related developments. This article compiles real, verified Geography questions extracted directly from official Tier 1 papers.

9 Real PYQ Questions

Q1. The Berach River, a southern-side tributary of the Banas River, originates from the hills in which district of Rajasthan?

1. Bharatpur  2. Jaisalmer  3. Bikaner  4. Udaipur

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4. Udaipur.

Q2. According to data available as of 2019, how many national parks were situated in India?

1. 140  2. 115  3. 104  4. 131

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3. 104. This figure has grown in subsequent years as new parks were designated.

Q3. In which province of China is Huangguoshu National Park located, which houses the world's largest waterfall cluster?

1. Jiangsu  2. Shandong  3. Guizhou  4. Yunnan

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3. Guizhou.

Q4. In 2019, Union Minister Harsh Vardhan launched the India Cooling Action Plan (ICAP). On which day was it released?

1. 15th February  2. 26th January  3. 27th February  4. 8th March

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4. 8th March.

Q5. Which of the following was a port city of the Indus Valley Civilization?

1. Kalibangan  2. Lothal  3. Rakhigarhi  4. Dholavira

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2. Lothal.

Q6. Which of the following is the largest lake in India?

1. Shivaji Sagar Lake  2. Indira Sagar Lake  3. Chilika Lake  4. Vembanad Lake

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4. Vembanad Lake. Located in Kerala, it's India's longest and largest lake by overall size. (Chilika Lake in Odisha is separately notable as India's largest brackish-water lagoon.)

Q7. Which is the correct sequence of oceans by size, from largest to smallest?

1. Pacific > Antarctic > Indian > Atlantic  2. Pacific > Indian > Antarctic > Atlantic  3. Pacific > Atlantic > Indian > Antarctic  4. Pacific > Indian > Atlantic > Antarctic

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3. Pacific > Atlantic > Indian > Antarctic.

Q8. Narali Poornima marks the end of the monsoon season in which Indian state?

1. Bihar  2. West Bengal  3. Maharashtra  4. Tamil Nadu

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3. Maharashtra. Celebrated primarily by coastal fishing communities along the Konkan coast.

Q9. The Shevaroy Hills are located in which state of India?

1. Chhattisgarh  2. Odisha  3. Rajasthan  4. Tamil Nadu

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4. Tamil Nadu. Located near Salem district.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q1. Why only 9 questions instead of 10?
We only publish questions we can independently verify with full confidence — one extracted question turned out to be miscategorized (an Economics question about Fisher's equation, not Geography), so we excluded it rather than force an unrelated fit.

Q2. Does Geography cover both Indian and world topics equally?
Based on this dataset, Indian geography (rivers, lakes, hill ranges, states) appears more frequently than world geography, though both are tested — this set reflects that natural balance.

Q3. Is current environmental policy (like ICAP) really "Geography," or Current Affairs?
It genuinely overlaps both categories — environment and climate policy questions often get tested under General Awareness broadly, without a strict subject boundary, so it's worth studying regardless of which category you mentally file it under.

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