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 pollution causes Itai-Itai disease in human beings?
Itai-Itai disease was first identified in Japan among people who ate rice grown with water polluted by cadmium from mining waste.
Read the full explanation →As of March 2022, the common High Court for the states of Punjab and Haryana is located at _____.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court sits at Chandigarh and serves the States of Punjab and Haryana and the Union Territory of Chandigarh.
Read the full explanation →Power of High Courts to issue certain writs is included under which article of the Indian constitution?
It empowers every High Court to issue directions, orders or writs, including habeas corpus, mandamus, prohibition, quo warranto and certiorari, to any person or authority within its territory, for the enforcement of Fundamental Rights "and for any other purpose".
Read the full explanation →A judge of the High Court retires at the age of ________.
Under Article 217(1), a judge of a High Court holds office until he or she attains the age of 62 years.
Read the full explanation →When appointing judges to the High Courts, the President of India is required to consult which officials apart from the Chief Justice of India and the Chief Justice of the respective State?
Under Article 217(1), every judge of a High Court is appointed by the President by warrant under his or her hand and seal after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, the Governor of the State and, for any judge other than the Chief Justice, the Chief Justice of that…
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the oldest High Court?
It was established on 1 July 1862 under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861, which makes it the oldest High Court in India.
Read the full explanation →The first Indian woman judge of the Supreme Court of India was:
Justice M. Fathima Beevi, from Kerala, became the first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India in 1989, nearly forty years after the Court was set up.
Read the full explanation →Who was appointed as the first Chief Justice of independent India?
Justice Harilal Jekisundas Kania, who had been the last Chief Justice of the Federal Court, became the first Chief Justice of India when the Supreme Court began on 26 January 1950, and presided over its inauguration on 28 January.
Read the full explanation →Under the discretionary power of which Article of the Indian Constitution did the SC of India recognise sex work as a profession?
It allows the Supreme Court, in exercising its jurisdiction, to pass any decree or make any order necessary for doing "complete justice" in any case or matter pending before it.
Read the full explanation →Article 141 of the Indian Constitution declares that the law laid down by the Supreme Court is binding on ____.
Article 141 says the law declared by the Supreme Court shall be binding on all courts within the territory of India.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Indian Constitution empowers the Supreme Court to review its own judgements or orders?
It gives the Supreme Court the power to review any judgment it has pronounced or any order it has made, subject to the provisions of any law made by Parliament and the rules made by the Court under Article 145.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following articles of the Indian Constitution mentions the Supreme Court as a court of record?
It declares that the Supreme Court shall be a court of record and shall have all the powers of such a court, including the power to punish for contempt of itself.
Read the full explanation →Under which jurisdiction of the Supreme Court the dispute between the centre and states are included?
Under Article 131, the Supreme Court alone can hear, as a court of first instance, disputes between the Government of India and one or more States, between the Government of India and a State on one side and other States on the other, or between two or more States.
Read the full explanation →A judge of the Supreme Court can be removed only on the grounds of ______.
Under Article 124(4), a judge of the Supreme Court can be removed by an order of the President only after each House of Parliament, in the same session, presents an address supported by a majority of its total membership and by two-thirds of the members present and voting, on the…
Read the full explanation →According to a provision in Article 124 of the Constitution of India, a Supreme Court judge can hold office till the age of ______ years.
Article 124(2) says a judge of the Supreme Court shall hold office until he or she attains the age of 65 years.
Read the full explanation →In 1950, besides the chief justice of India, what was the number of other judges in the Supreme Court of India?
When the Supreme Court began in 1950, Article 124(1) provided for a Chief Justice of India and not more than seven other judges, eight in all, "until Parliament by law prescribes a larger number".
Read the full explanation →Acidic nature of soil is shown by high concentration of ______.
Soil acidity is measured on the pH scale, and pH depends on the concentration of hydrogen ions in the soil water.
Read the full explanation →In what form is the energy derived from the food that we eat is stored in our body?
The carbohydrates in our food are broken down into glucose, and the glucose that the body does not need at once is stored as glycogen, a branched chain of glucose units kept mainly in the liver and the skeletal muscles.
Read the full explanation →According to census 2011, the child sex ratio was ______ females per 1000 males.
The final figures of Census 2011 put the child sex ratio, counted for the age group 0 to 6 years, at 919 females per 1000 males.
Read the full explanation →The Comptroller and Auditor General of India is a ____________.
Article 148 of the Constitution provides for one Comptroller and Auditor General of India, so the office is held by a single person and not by a panel.
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