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.
What was the largest unit of administration in the Chola empire?
The Chola empire was divided into mandalams, the largest provinces, which were frequently placed under royal princes or senior officers.
Read the full explanation →The Uttaramerur inscriptions, famous for describing the election of village committees, belong to which dynasty?
The inscriptions on the temple walls at Uttaramerur in Tamil Nadu, of the tenth century, set out in detail how the sabha of that brahmadeya village chose the members of its committees: who was qualified by landholding, house, learning and age, who was disqualified, and how name-tickets were drawn from…
Read the full explanation →The Chola naval expedition against the Srivijaya kingdom of South-East Asia was sent by which ruler?
Rajendra I, who ruled from 1014 to 1044, sent a fleet across the Bay of Bengal against the Sailendra kingdom of Srivijaya, in the Malay peninsula and Sumatra, and defeated its ruler Sangrama Vijayottunga Varman.
Read the full explanation →Who founded the imperial Chola dynasty by capturing Thanjavur from the Muttaraiyar chiefs?
Vijayalaya, about the middle of the ninth century, took Thanjavur from the Muttaraiyar chiefs who held the Kaveri delta as subordinates of the Pallavas, and from that base the imperial Chola line grew.
Read the full explanation →The Brihadisvara temple at Thanjavur was built by which ruler?
The temple at Thanjavur, known both as the Rajarajesvara temple after its builder and as the Brihadisvara temple, was completed in 1010 during the reign of Rajaraja I. Its vimana is one of the tallest of any medieval Indian temple and its walls carry long inscriptions recording grants, servants and…
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was considered the most powerful Chola ruler?
Rajaraja I, who ruled from 985 to 1014, is regarded as the most powerful Chola ruler.
Read the full explanation →Under which law does the Union government constitute a tribunal to decide an inter-state river water dispute?
Passed under Article 262, this Act requires the Union government to constitute a tribunal when a state asks for one and the dispute cannot be settled by negotiation, and the award of the tribunal, once notified, has the force of a decree of the Supreme Court.
Read the full explanation →The Mahanadi water dispute, for which a tribunal was constituted in 2018, is between which two states?
The Mahanadi rises in Chhattisgarh and flows into Odisha, where the Hirakud reservoir depends on its flow, so the barrages built upstream in Chhattisgarh brought a dispute that led the Union government to constitute a tribunal in 2018 under the Inter-State River Water Disputes Act, 1956.
Read the full explanation →The Sardar Sarovar project is built on which river, and which four states share its benefits?
The Sardar Sarovar dam stands on the Narmada in Narmada district of Gujarat, and the Narmada Water Disputes Tribunal, whose award came in 1979, divided the water among these four states and fixed the dam's height.
Read the full explanation →Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, the largest artificial lake in India by volume, is the reservoir of which dam?
The Rihand dam, in Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh, is built on the Rihand, a tributary of the Son, and the reservoir it created, Govind Ballabh Pant Sagar, is the largest artificial lake in India measured by volume of water stored.
Read the full explanation →The Tehri dam, the tallest dam in India, is built on which river?
The Tehri dam stands on the Bhagirathi in Tehri Garhwal district of Uttarakhand, close to the confluence with the Bhilangna, and at about 260 metres it is the tallest dam in India.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Gandhi Canal, the longest canal in India, takes off from which barrage?
The Indira Gandhi Canal, which was called the Rajasthan Canal when it was begun, starts at the Harike barrage in Punjab, just below the point where the Beas joins the Sutlej, and runs south-west through Haryana into the desert districts of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →The Kaveri water dispute involves which group of states and union territories?
The Kaveri rises in Karnataka at Talakaveri in the Brahmagiri hills, flows through Tamil Nadu to the delta, receives tributaries from Kerala and serves the Karaikal region of Puducherry, so all four are parties.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution empowers Parliament to provide for the adjudication of inter-state river water disputes?
Article 262 allows Parliament to make a law for the adjudication of any dispute about the use, distribution or control of the waters of an inter-state river or river valley, and to bar the Supreme Court and all other courts from such disputes.
Read the full explanation →The Damodar Valley Corporation, India's first multipurpose river valley project, was modelled on which authority?
The Damodar Valley Corporation was created by an Act of 1948 as an autonomous body for an entire river basin, with flood control, irrigation, power and navigation under one management, exactly on the pattern of the Tennessee Valley Authority set up in America in 1933.
Read the full explanation →The Nagarjuna Sagar project is located on which river?
The Nagarjuna Sagar dam is built across the Krishna at Nandikonda, on the border of Telangana and Andhra Pradesh, and is one of the largest masonry dams in the country.
Read the full explanation →The Hirakud dam, the longest dam in India, is built across which river?
The Hirakud dam was built across the Mahanadi in Sambalpur district of Odisha, and with its earthen dykes on both flanks it is the longest dam in the country.
Read the full explanation →The Bhakra Nangal project is built on which river?
The Bhakra dam stands on the Sutlej at Bhakra in Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, with the Nangal barrage downstream in Punjab, and the reservoir behind it is Govind Sagar.
Read the full explanation →The third stage of India's three-stage nuclear power programme is based on which element?
Homi Bhabha designed the programme around the fact that India has modest uranium but very large thorium reserves in the monazite sands of the Kerala coast.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first nuclear power station to be set up in India?
The Tarapur Atomic Power Station was the first nuclear power station in India and also the first in Asia, built with American collaboration and using boiling water reactors, unlike the pressurised heavy water reactors of the later Indian stations.
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