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.
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Sudarsan Pattnaik is a sand artist from Puri, Odisha, known for large sculptures on the beach that carry social messages.
Read the full explanation →According to which one of the following plans/reports, the decision with regard to the partition of Punjab and Bengal was to be taken on the basis of voting of the Members of the respective Legislative Assemblies?
The plan of 3 June 1947 provided that the Legislative Assemblies of Punjab and Bengal would meet in two parts, Muslim-majority and non-Muslim-majority districts, and vote on whether the province should be partitioned.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following goods are included to estimate food inflation in India ?
1. Wheat
2. Paddy
3. Tobacco
4. Sugar
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Wheat, paddy and sugar are food items counted in the food indices, while tobacco is not a food and is kept out of them.
Read the full explanation →The method used in separating a mixture of two miscible liquids having sufficient difference in their boiling points is :
Two liquids that mix completely but boil at clearly different temperatures can be separated by heating the mixture and condensing the vapour of the lower-boiling liquid first.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following British Commanders suffered defeat in the famous Battle of Chinhat during the 1857 Revolt?
Sir Henry Lawrence, Chief Commissioner of Awadh, led a British force out of Lucknow and was defeated by the rebels at Chinhat on 30 June 1857.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about Public Interest Litigation (PIL) is/are correct?
1. In India, it adheres to the strict requirements imposed by the doctrine of locus standi.
2. Letters to judges may be treated as petitions.
3. M. C. Mehta vs. Union of India was a PIL that expanded the scope of Article 21 and Article 32 of the Constitution of India.
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PIL in India relaxes the rule of locus standi, so statement 1 is wrong, while statements 2 and 3 are correct.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT provided for under the Directive Principles of State Policy ?
Article 43A speaks of workers' participation in the management of industries, not of local self-government.
Read the full explanation →The Constitution of India does not guarantee which one of the following as a fundamental right?
The 44th Amendment Act of 1978 removed the right to property from Part III, so it is no longer a fundamental right.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is/are not an official language(s) of the United Nations ?
1. Arabic
2. German
3. Spanish
4. Chinese
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German is not an official language of the United Nations, while Arabic, Spanish and Chinese are. The UN has six official languages: Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
Read the full explanation →2011 Census has divided the working population of India into four major categories. Which one of the following is NOT one of them ?
Census 2011 sorted workers into four economic categories: cultivators, agricultural labourers, household industry workers and other workers; domestic workers is not one of them.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following powers of the Supreme Court is also conferred on a High Court?
Article 129 makes the Supreme Court a court of record and Article 215 does the same for every High Court, with power to punish for its contempt.
Read the full explanation →The National Human Rights Commission was established under the statute of :
The NHRC is a statutory body set up on 12 October 1993 under this Act, which Parliament passed after an ordinance of September 1993.
Read the full explanation →With reference to ancient South India, the terms 'Vichitrachitta', 'Chitrakarapuli' and 'Chaityakari' refer to
Vichitrachitta, Chitrakarapuli and Chaityakari were titles (birudas) of the Pallava king Mahendravarman I, who ruled in the early seventh century.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was appointed by the Constituent Assembly of India as Head of the Sub-Committee for North-East Frontier (Assam) Tribal and Excluded Areas?
He chaired the North-East Frontier (Assam) Tribal and Excluded Areas Sub-Committee, which is why it is known as the Bordoloi Committee.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following had created the office of the Secretary of State for India ?
Passed after the Revolt of 1857, this Act ended the rule of the East India Company and created the office of the Secretary of State for India.
Read the full explanation →Dardic group of language belongs to which language family?
The Dardic languages form a branch of the Indo-Aryan group, which is part of the Indo-European family. Dardic languages are spoken in the north-west of the subcontinent: in Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan, Chitral and parts of Afghanistan.
Read the full explanation →The Satavahanas are identified in the Puranas by which one of the following epithets?
The Puranas call the Satavahana kings the Andhras or Andhra-bhrityas, so the dynasty is often named Andhra-Satavahana. The Satavahanas rose in the Deccan after the decline of the Mauryas and ruled from Pratishthana (Paithan) on the Godavari and later from Amaravati region.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following countries is NOT a part of the Arabian Peninsula ?
Libya lies in North Africa, west of Egypt, and is separated from the Arabian Peninsula by Egypt and the Red Sea.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following are the main features of 'Saracenic' architecture?
1. Arch
2. Vault and dome
3. Lintel and beam
4. Application of lime cement
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Saracenic, or Indo-Islamic, architecture is built on the true arch, the vault and dome, and lime mortar, while lintel and beam belong to the older Indian style.
Read the full explanation →Arrange the following events in the correct chronological order :
1. Formation of the Azad Hind Government
2. Setting-up of the Indian Legion
3. Beginning of the INA trials
4. The Bombay Naval Strike
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The Indian Legion came first (1942), then the Azad Hind Government (October 1943), then the INA trials (November 1945) and finally the Bombay naval strike (February 1946).
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