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 a physical change?
Platinum only gets hot and may glow; it does not react, and on cooling the crucible is exactly as it was, so the change is physical.
Read the full explanation →A ray of light is incident on a plane mirror at an angle of 40° with respect to surface normal. When it gets reflected from the mirror, it undergoes a deviation of
For reflection at a plane mirror, the deviation is 180° − 2i, and with i = 40° this gives 180° − 80° = 100°.
Read the full explanation →Paul Allen, who died in October 2018, was the co-founder of
Paul Allen founded Microsoft with his school friend Bill Gates in 1975. Allen and Gates started the company in Albuquerque, New Mexico, to write software for the early personal computer Altair 8800, and the name came from "microcomputer software".
Read the full explanation →What is SWAYAM?
This is the full form of SWAYAM, the Government of India's free online course platform. SWAYAM was launched in 2017 by the Ministry of Education (then the Ministry of Human Resource Development).
Read the full explanation →The resistivity ρ of a material may be expressed in units of
Resistivity equals resistance multiplied by area and divided by length, which leaves the unit ohm × length.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements pertaining to the President's term of office is not correct?
Under Article 56, the President resigns by writing to the Vice-President of India, not to the Speaker of the Lok Sabha, so this statement is not correct.
Read the full explanation →The excess of total expenditure of Government over its total receipts, excluding borrowings, is known as
Fiscal deficit is total expenditure minus total receipts other than borrowings, so it shows how much the government must borrow in a year.
Read the full explanation →Rupa and Sachin observed an animal in their school garden. Rupa called it an insect while Sachin identified it as an earthworm. Which one of the following characteristics confirms that it is an insect ?
Jointed legs are the mark of the phylum Arthropoda, to which insects belong; an earthworm has no legs at all.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is the main reason of acid rains ?
These gases react with water in the air to form sulphuric and nitric acids, which fall as acid rain. Sulphur dioxide comes mainly from burning coal and oil in power plants and smelters, and nitrogen oxides from vehicle engines and high-temperature furnaces.
Read the full explanation →A metal wire of length l and diameter d has a resistance R. What would be the resistance of another wire of the same metal and of same length but having double the diameter ?
Resistance varies inversely with the area of cross-section, and doubling the diameter makes the area four times larger. The resistance of a wire is R = ρl/A, where ρ is the resistivity of the metal, l the length and A the cross-sectional area.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is the highest mountain in Africa ?
At about 5,895 m, it is the highest peak in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world. Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in north-eastern Tanzania, close to the Kenyan border.
Read the full explanation →The use of plastics has led to a number of environment-related problems. For this, which one of the following statements is correct?
Bacteria and fungi cannot break down most plastics, so plastic waste stays in soil and water for hundreds of years.
Read the full explanation →A motorcycle has initial velocity of 5 m/s. After 3 seconds, the velocity is 7 m/s. The displacement of the motorcycle in 3 seconds is :
With the velocity changing steadily from 5 m/s to 7 m/s, the average velocity is 6 m/s, and 6 m/s × 3 s = 18 m. For uniform acceleration, displacement s = ((u + v)/2) × t. Here u = 5 m/s, v = 7 m/s and t = 3…
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following is the correct scheme followed for classification of animals ?
This is the taxonomic hierarchy for animals, going from the broadest group down to the most specific. Linnaeus built this ladder of ranks, and each rank contains one or more ranks below it.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the Indian polity, consider the following statements : I. An Ordinance can amend any Central Act. II. An Ordinance can abridge a Fundamental Right. III. An Ordinance can come into effect from a back date. Which of the statements given above are correct?
An ordinance has the same force as an Act of Parliament, so it can amend a central law and can be retrospective, but like any law it cannot take away a Fundamental Right.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the 'Gram Nyayalaya Act', which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. As per the Act, Gram Nyayalayas can hear only civil cases and not criminal cases. 2. The Act allows local social activists as mediators/reconciliators. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Gram Nyayalayas hear both civil and criminal cases, and the Act lets social workers at the village level act as conciliators.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are true of the Fundamental Duties of an Indian citizen ? 1. A legislative process has been provided to enforce these duties. 2. They are correlative to legal duties. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
The Fundamental Duties are moral obligations that the Constitution itself does not enforce, and they are not the legal counterpart of any right.
Read the full explanation →With reference to the "Global Alliance for Climate-Smart Agriculture (GACSA)", which of the following statements is/are correct? 1. GACSA is an outcome of the Climate Summit held in Paris in 2015. 2. Membership of GACSA does not create any binding obligations. 3. India was instrumental in the creation of GACSA. Select the correct answer using the code given below :
GACSA is a voluntary alliance whose members take on no binding obligations, but it was not born in Paris and India did not drive its creation.
Read the full explanation →If you withdraw ₹1,00,000 in cash from your Demand Deposit Account at your bank, the immediate effect on aggregate money supply in the economy will be
Withdrawing cash only changes the form in which the money is held; the total stays the same.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements : 1. The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms of 1919 recommended granting voting rights to all the women above the age of 21. 2. The Government of India Act of 1935 gave women reserved seats in legislature. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The 1919 reforms gave no such right to all women, while the 1935 Act did reserve seats for women in the legislatures.
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