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 journal was started by B. R. Ambedkar in 1920 to voice the grievances of the depressed classes?
He later ran Bahishkrit Bharat from 1927, Samata and Janata, which became Prabuddha Bharat.
Read the full explanation →The Ad Dharm movement, which asked its followers to register themselves as a separate religious community, was founded in Punjab by whom?
After years of work in the United States, Mangoo Ram returned to Punjab and founded the Ad Dharm movement in 1926, arguing that the so-called untouchable castes were the original inhabitants of the land and formed a religion of their own; the census of 1931 recorded lakhs of people as…
Read the full explanation →The book Gulamgiri, a sharp attack on caste and priestly domination, was written by whom?
Gulamgiri, meaning slavery, was published in 1873 in Marathi and compared the condition of the lower castes in India with that of enslaved people in the United States, dedicating the work to those who fought slavery there.
Read the full explanation →Who started the Self-Respect Movement in 1925 in the Madras Presidency?
He left the Congress in 1925 and launched the Self-Respect Movement, which rejected priestly ritual, conducted marriages without Brahmin priests and without religious ceremony, campaigned for widow remarriage and for women rights, and later turned into the Dravidar Kazhagam in 1944.
Read the full explanation →The Vaikom Satyagraha of 1924 took place in which princely state?
Vaikom lies in the former princely state of Travancore, in present-day Kottayam district of Kerala, and the satyagraha of 1924 and 1925 demanded that the lower castes be allowed to use the public roads around the Mahadeva temple there.
Read the full explanation →The Poona Pact of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and B. R. Ambedkar. What did it provide?
The Communal Award announced by Ramsay MacDonald in August 1932 gave the depressed classes separate electorates.
Read the full explanation →The Sree Narayana Dharma Paripalana (SNDP) Yogam was founded in 1903 under the inspiration of which social reformer?
The SNDP Yogam was founded in 1903 in Travancore under his inspiration, with Dr Palpu as the organiser and the poet Kumaran Asan as its first secretary, to work for the Ezhava community through schools, temples open to all and the slogan of one caste, one religion and one God…
Read the full explanation →The Mahad Satyagraha of 1927 was led by B. R. Ambedkar to secure which right?
In March 1927 Ambedkar led thousands of people to the Chavdar tank at Mahad in the Kolaba district of Bombay Presidency and drank its water, asserting that a public tank opened by a municipal resolution belonged to every citizen.
Read the full explanation →What is the name of Omprakash Valmiki autobiography in which he narrates a story of caste discrimination?
Omprakash Valmiki published Joothan in 1997, and it is the best known Dalit autobiography in Hindi; the title refers to the leftover food that upper-caste households gave to Dalit families, and the book records humiliation in school, in the village and at work.
Read the full explanation →Indian society is divided into 4 major castes. Which one of the following is not one of them?
The fourfold varna order of classical texts consists of Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya and Shudra.
Read the full explanation →Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by:-
He founded the Satyashodhak Samaj, or Truth Seekers Society, at Pune in 1873, the same year in which his book Gulamgiri appeared.
Read the full explanation →Paramparagat Krishi Vikas Yojana, launched in 2015, promotes which kind of farming?
The scheme, a component of the National Mission on Sustainable Agriculture, groups farmers into clusters, supports them with training and inputs for organic cultivation, and certifies the produce through the Participatory Guarantee System of India, in which groups of farmers inspect and vouch for one another.
Read the full explanation →Under the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana, what monthly pension is assured to a small or marginal farmer after the age of sixty?
The scheme, launched in 2019, is a voluntary and contributory pension arrangement for small and marginal farmers between eighteen and forty years of age; the farmer contributes a monthly amount that depends on the age of entry, the Union government contributes an equal amount, and a pension of three thousand…
Read the full explanation →Har Khet Ko Pani and Per Drop More Crop are components of which scheme?
Launched in 2015, it brings irrigation work under one umbrella with the Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programme for major and medium projects, Har Khet Ko Pani for creating new sources, Per Drop More Crop for drip and sprinkler micro-irrigation, and watershed development for rainfed areas.
Read the full explanation →The Kisan Credit Card scheme was introduced in which year, on the recommendation of the R. V. Gupta committee?
Acting on the report of the R. V. Gupta committee, the scheme was introduced in 1998 and the model was prepared by NABARD for commercial banks, regional rural banks and cooperative banks.
Read the full explanation →e-NAM, launched in April 2016, is
The electronic National Agriculture Market was launched on 14 April 2016 to connect regulated mandis across the States on a single internet platform, so that a trader sitting anywhere can bid for a lot after it is assayed, which widens the market for the farmer and reduces the hold of…
Read the full explanation →Which body recommends the minimum support price for agricultural crops in India?
Set up in 1965 as the Agricultural Prices Commission and renamed in 1985, it is an attached office of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare that studies costs of production and recommends the minimum support price for the mandated crops; the final decision is taken by the Cabinet Committee…
Read the full explanation →The Soil Health Card Scheme was launched in 2015 from which place?
The scheme was launched on 19 February 2015 from Suratgarh in Sri Ganganagar district, and it gives every holding a card showing the status of the main nutrients and the physical properties of the soil, with crop-wise advice on fertiliser and manure, renewed on a fixed cycle so that the…
Read the full explanation →Under the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana, what share of the sum insured is paid as premium by the farmer for kharif food crops?
The scheme fixed a uniform maximum premium for the farmer: two per cent of the sum insured for kharif food and oilseed crops, one and a half per cent for rabi food and oilseed crops, and five per cent for annual commercial and horticultural crops, with the balance of the…
Read the full explanation →Under PM-KISAN, how much income support is given to an eligible farmer family in a year?
PM-KISAN pays each eligible landholding farmer family two thousand rupees every four months, that is six thousand rupees a year, straight into an Aadhaar-seeded bank account; the whole cost is borne by the Union government because it is a central sector scheme.
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