Static GK is the largest part of General Studies in every state exam, and most of it is national. Indian polity, history and the national movement, geography of India, the Indian economy and general science appear in the syllabus of UPPSC PCS and PET, BPSC and BSSC, RPSC and RSSB, MPPSC and MPESB, HPSC and HSSC, and DSSSB and Delhi Police. The level changes from exam to exam. PET sets its subjects at NCERT secondary and senior secondary level, BSSC asks matric-level science, and RPSC sets the RAS Prelims at Bachelor's degree standard. This page brings together GK24's topic-wise GK notes tagged for state exams. Each note covers one topic in English and Hindi, as short facts and tables that can be revised in one sitting, and ends with multiple-choice questions and explanations. Start with Polity, History and Geography, then move to the Economy and Science. GK24 does not have state GK sections. As guidance, use these notes for the national part and prepare your state's history, geography, culture, economy and schemes from state board textbooks, the state budget and economic survey, and the commission's past papers. After each note, take its topic quiz and mark what you got wrong.
Which one of the following is an artificial lake?
The star-shaped lake at the heart of the Kodaikanal hill station in the Palani Hills was made by people, not by nature.
Read the full explanation →In India, 'extended producer responsibility' was introduced as an important feature in which of the following?
These rules, notified under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and in force from May 2012, made extended producer responsibility, or EPR, their central feature.
Read the full explanation →With reference to Indian judiciary, consider the following statements : 1. Any retired judge of the Supreme Court of India can be called back to sit and act as a Supreme Court judge by the Chief Justice of India with prior permission of the President of India. 2. A High Court in India has the power to review its own judgement as the Supreme Court does. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
Article 128 of the Constitution lets the Chief Justice of India, with the previous consent of the President, request any person who has held office as a Supreme Court judge to sit and act as a judge of the Supreme Court.
Read the full explanation →What is the application of Somatic Cell Nuclear Transfer Technology ?
Somatic cell nuclear transfer, or SCNT, is the technique used to clone an animal. Scientists take an egg cell and remove its nucleus.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following led to the introduction of English Education in India ? 1. Charter Act of 1813 2. General Committee of Public Instruction, 1823 3. Orientalist and Anglicist Controversy Select the correct answer using the code given below:
All three were steps on the road to English education in India.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following countries: 1. Armenia 2. Azerbaijan 3. Croatia 4. Romania 5. Uzbekistan Which of the above are members of the Organization of Turkic States ?
The Organization of Turkic States brings together countries whose main languages belong to the Turkic family. It began in 2009 as the Cooperation Council of Turkic Speaking States, often called the Turkic Council, under the Nakhchivan Agreement, and took its present name in 2021.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : The 'Stability and Growth Pact' of the European Union is a treaty that 1. limits the levels of the budgetary deficit of the countries of the European Union 2. makes the countries of the European Union to share their infrastructure facilities 3. enables the countries of the European Union to share their technologies How many of the above statements are correct?
Only statement 1 is correct. The Stability and Growth Pact, agreed in 1997, is the European Union's set of fiscal rules meant to keep public finances sound so that a shared currency is not weakened by one member's overspending.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following has/have occurred in India after its liberalization of economic policies in 1991? 1. Share of agriculture in GDP increased enormously. 2. Share of India's exports in world trade increased. 3. FDI inflows increased. 4. India's foreign exchange reserves increased enormously. Select the correct answer using the codes given below :
The reforms of 1991, launched during a balance of payments crisis, opened India to trade and foreign investment, and three of the listed changes followed.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements does not apply to the system of Subsidiary Alliance introduced by Lord Wellesley?
Earning a steady income was not the purpose of the Subsidiary Alliance. Lord Wellesley, Governor-General from 1798 to 1805, used the system to bring Indian states under British control without fighting a war for each.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017? 1. Pregnant women are entitled for three months pre-delivery and three months post-delivery paid leave. 2. Enterprises with crèches must allow the mother minimum six crèche visits daily. 3. Women with two children get reduced entitlements. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
The 2017 amendment raised paid maternity leave from 12 to 26 weeks, but not in the split the question gives.
Read the full explanation →A legislation which confers on the executive or administrative authority an unguided and uncontrolled discretionary power in the matter of application of law violates which one of the following Articles of the Constitution of India?
Article 14 guarantees equality before the law and the equal protection of the laws.
Read the full explanation →'European Stability Mechanism', sometimes seen in the news, is an
The European Stability Mechanism is a permanent rescue fund for the countries that use the euro. It was set up by a treaty among the eurozone members and began work in 2012, taking over from the temporary European Financial Stability Facility created during the sovereign debt crisis.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : 1. In the election for Lok Sabha or State Assembly, the winning candidate must get at least 50 percent of the votes polled, to be declared elected. 2. According to the provisions laid down in the Constitution of India, in Lok Sabha, the Speaker's post goes to the majority party and the Deputy Speaker's to the Opposition. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
India elects its Lok Sabha and State Assembly members by the first-past-the-post system. The candidate with the most votes in a constituency wins, even if that is well under half of the votes polled; with many candidates in the field, winners often get 35 or 40 percent.
Read the full explanation →With reference to Indian history, who among the following is a future Buddha, yet to come to save the world ?
In Buddhist belief Maitreya is the Buddha of the future, a bodhisattva who now waits in the Tushita heaven and will be born on earth when the teaching of Gautama Buddha has been forgotten.
Read the full explanation →With reference to communication technologies, what is/are the difference/differences between LTE (Long-Term Evolution) and VoLTE (Voice over Long-Term Evolution)? 1. LTE is commonly marketed as 3G and VoLTE is commonly marketed as advanced 3G. 2. LTE is data-only technology and VoLTE is voice-only technology. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Neither statement describes the real difference between the two. LTE is a fourth-generation mobile broadband standard and is sold to customers as 4G, not 3G. VoLTE is not a separate network at all: it is a way of carrying voice calls as data packets over that same LTE network, using…
Read the full explanation →At the national level, which ministry is the nodal agency to ensure effective implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006?
Section 11 of the Forest Rights Act, 2006 names the ministry dealing with tribal affairs, or an officer it authorises, as the nodal agency for carrying out the law.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : 1. High clouds primarily reflect solar radiation and cool the surface of the Earth. 2. Low clouds have a high absorption of infrared radiation emanating from the Earth's surface and thus cause warming effect. Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
Both statements swap the roles of high and low clouds. Low clouds such as stratus and stratocumulus are thick and bright from above.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : Statement-I : Switzerland is one of the leading exporters of gold in terms of value. Statement-II : Switzerland has the second largest gold reserves in the world. Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
Switzerland is one of the world's biggest gold exporters by value, but it does not hold the second largest official gold reserves.
Read the full explanation →Identify the crop on the basis of the following characteristics: 1. It is a kharif crop. 2. Aus, Aman and Boro are its three different growing periods in an agricultural year. 3. About one-fourth of the total cropped area of India is under its cultivation. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
Rice is mainly a kharif crop, and in West Bengal and the neighbouring states farmers grow three rice crops in a year: aus in the pre-monsoon and early monsoon season, aman in the main monsoon season with a winter harvest, and boro in winter and spring.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is a temple of the Vaishnavite tradition ?
The Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam, on an island between the Kaveri and Kollidam rivers near Tiruchirappalli, is dedicated to Vishnu as Ranganatha reclining on the serpent Adishesha.
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