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.
The first atomic bomb was dropped on Hiroshima on which date?
The United States dropped an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima on that day, and the date is observed worldwide as Hiroshima Day.
Read the full explanation →The Second World War began in September 1939 with the German invasion of which country?
Germany invaded Poland on 1 September 1939, and Britain and France, which had guaranteed Polish independence, declared war on Germany two days later, turning the attack into a world war.
Read the full explanation →The Treaty of Versailles, which formally ended the First World War with Germany, was signed in which year?
The treaty was signed in the Hall of Mirrors at Versailles on 28 June 1919, five years to the day after the Sarajevo assassination.
Read the full explanation →The assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the immediate cause of the First World War, took place at which city?
The heir to the Austro-Hungarian throne was shot at Sarajevo in Bosnia on 28 June 1914 by Gavrilo Princip, a Serbian nationalist, and Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia a month later, after which the alliance system drew in the other powers.
Read the full explanation →The October Revolution of 1917 in Russia was led by which party and leader?
In the October Revolution, which took place on 7 November 1917 by the Western calendar, the Bolshevik party led by Lenin overthrew the provisional government and took power in Petrograd, with Leon Trotsky organising the Red Guards.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following improved the steam engine and patented the separate condenser in 1769?
Watt added a separate condenser to the earlier Newcomen engine, patenting it in 1769, which made the steam engine efficient enough to drive factories, mines, railways and ships, and the unit of power is named after him.
Read the full explanation →The American Declaration of Independence was adopted on 4 July 1776 and was drafted mainly by whom?
He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence adopted by the Continental Congress on 4 July 1776, and he later became the third President of the United States.
Read the full explanation →The book The Social Contract, which argued that sovereignty rests with the people, was written by whom?
His book The Social Contract, published in 1762, argued that legitimate political authority comes from the general will of the people and not from the divine right of a king, and it became the intellectual charter of the French Revolution.
Read the full explanation →The storming of the Bastille, which marked the beginning of the French Revolution, took place on which date?
On that day a Paris crowd attacked the Bastille, a royal fortress used as a prison, which stood for the arbitrary authority of the monarchy; the date is celebrated in France as the national day.
Read the full explanation →Mission Shakti, the umbrella scheme for women, is implemented by which ministry?
Mission Shakti is one of the three umbrella schemes of that ministry from 2021, along with Mission Vatsalya for child protection and Mission Poshan 2.0 for nutrition, and it has two parts, Sambal for safety and security and Samarthya for empowerment.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the child helpline number in India?
It is the round the clock emergency number for a child in need of care and protection, and it connects the caller to the child protection machinery under Mission Vatsalya and the Juvenile Justice Act.
Read the full explanation →The Maternity Benefit (Amendment) Act, 2017 raised the period of paid maternity leave to how many weeks?
The amendment of 2017 raised paid maternity leave for women in establishments covered by the Maternity Benefit Act from twelve weeks to twenty-six weeks for the first two children, and it also provided for a creche facility in establishments above a prescribed size and for work from home where the…
Read the full explanation →One Stop Centres set up for women affected by violence are popularly known by which name?
One Stop Centres, launched in 2015 and financed from the Nirbhaya Fund, are called Sakhi centres and bring medical aid, police assistance, legal aid, psychological counselling and temporary shelter for a woman affected by violence under one roof.
Read the full explanation →POSHAN Abhiyaan, the National Nutrition Mission, was launched in March 2018 from which district?
POSHAN Abhiyaan was launched there on 8 March 2018, International Women Day, with the aim of reducing stunting, undernutrition, anaemia among women and children and low birth weight through convergence of departments, use of technology and community mobilisation.
Read the full explanation →The Stree Manoraksha project aimed at extending mental health training to 6000 One Stop Centre functionaries across India was launched by whom in March 2022?
The project was launched in March 2022 by the Minister of Women and Child Development, who then held that office, in collaboration with the national mental health institute at Bengaluru, to train the staff of One Stop Centres in handling the mental health needs of women affected by violence.
Read the full explanation →Under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana, what cash incentive is paid to an eligible woman for her first living child?
The scheme, which began on 1 January 2017 and is run by the Ministry of Women and Child Development, pays this amount in instalments on conditions such as early registration of pregnancy and immunisation of the child, as partial compensation for the wages a woman loses during pregnancy and after…
Read the full explanation →The Integrated Child Development Services scheme, which runs the anganwadi system, was launched in which year?
The scheme was launched on 2 October 1975 and is the oldest and largest programme for children in India, delivering supplementary nutrition, pre-school education, immunisation, health check-ups, referral services and health education for mothers through anganwadi centres.
Read the full explanation →A Sukanya Samriddhi account can be opened in the name of a girl child before she completes which age?
Under the Sukanya Samriddhi Yojana, launched on 22 January 2015, a parent or legal guardian may open the account for a girl at any time before she completes the age of ten years, for a maximum of two girls in one family, and the account matures twenty-one years after it…
Read the full explanation →The Beti Bachao Beti Padhao scheme was launched in January 2015 from which place?
The scheme was launched on 22 January 2015 from Panipat because Haryana had one of the lowest child sex ratios in the country in the Census of 2011, and the launch was meant to carry the message from the worst affected region.
Read the full explanation →Digboi in Assam is known for which of the following?
Oil was struck at Digboi in upper Assam at the end of the nineteenth century and the refinery there, set up in 1901, is the oldest still in operation in the country.
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