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 symbol was chosen by Ray Tomlinson to separate the user name from the host name in an email address?
Ray Tomlinson sent the first message between two computers on ARPANET in 1971 and needed a character that would never appear in a person's name.
Read the full explanation →Who is credited with inventing the World Wide Web?
Working at CERN in Switzerland, he proposed a system of linked documents in 1989, wrote the first browser and server, and put the first website online in 1991.
Read the full explanation →ARPANET, the forerunner of the internet, carried its first message in which year?
ARPANET was funded by the Advanced Research Projects Agency of the United States Department of Defense, and in 1969 it linked computers at four American universities and passed its first message between them.
Read the full explanation →In Gmail, the email address of the recipients can be entered in __________ field.
The To field of a mail window is meant for the addresses of the people the letter is written to.
Read the full explanation →Deleted emails are stored in
When a letter is deleted from a mailbox it is not wiped out at once. It is moved to a folder called Trash, or Bin in some services, and kept there for a fixed number of days so that a letter deleted by mistake can be restored.
Read the full explanation →Jhumpa Lahiri's story collection 'Interpreter of Maladies' won which of the following awards?
Interpreter of Maladies, her first book, is a collection of nine stories about Indian families in America, and it won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2000.
Read the full explanation →Who is the author of the novel 'The Guide', set in the town of Malgudi?
The Guide, published in 1958, is the story of Raju, a tourist guide who is taken for a holy man, and it is set in Malgudi, the imaginary south Indian town Narayan built across his books.
Read the full explanation →The only novel written by Emily Bronte is
Emily Bronte published it in 1847 under the pen name Ellis Bell, and it was the only novel she wrote before her death the following year.
Read the full explanation →'The White Tiger', which won the Booker Prize in 2008, was written by
The White Tiger, his first novel, is told as a series of letters by a driver who rises from a village to become a businessman in Bangalore, and it won the Booker Prize in 2008.
Read the full explanation →Who wrote the novel 'Pride and Prejudice'?
Pride and Prejudice was published in 1813 and follows Elizabeth Bennet and Mr Darcy through the manners and marriages of English country society.
Read the full explanation →The novel 'Animal Farm' was written by
Animal Farm, published in 1945, is a short novel in which farm animals drive out their owner and set up their own rule, which soon turns into the tyranny they had overthrown.
Read the full explanation →'The God of Small Things' was written by which author?
The God of Small Things, published in 1997, is set in Kerala and won the Booker Prize the same year, making her the first Indian woman to receive that award.
Read the full explanation →The novel 'Midnight's Children', which won the Booker Prize in 1981, was written by
Midnight's Children came out in 1981 and tells the story of children born at the hour of India's independence.
Read the full explanation →Who has written the book The End of India?
The End of India, published in 2003, is his book of essays written in English on communal violence and the danger it poses to the idea of India.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the author of the book 'Unfinished: A Memoir'?
Unfinished, published in 2021, is her memoir, written in English, and it recounts her school years in India and the United States, her win at a beauty pageant and her move from Hindi films to work abroad.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the author of the book 'Unaccustomed Earth'?
Unaccustomed Earth, published in 2008, is her second collection of short stories and, like most of her work, deals with Bengali families settled in the United States.
Read the full explanation →Who is the author of the book named "Oliver Twist"?
Oliver Twist, published in parts between 1837 and 1839, is his second novel and follows an orphan boy through a workhouse and the streets of London.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian filmmaker was honoured with the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 1967?
He received the award in 1967 in the category of journalism, literature and creative communication arts, for his films. His first film, Pather Panchali, had appeared in 1955, and he was later given the Bharat Ratna and an honorary Academy Award.
Read the full explanation →The International Booker Prize of 2022 was won by 'Tomb of Sand', the English translation of a Hindi novel written by
Her Hindi novel Ret Samadhi was translated into English by Daisy Rockwell as Tomb of Sand, and it won the International Booker Prize in 2022.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Indian woman to win the Booker Prize?
She won the Booker Prize in 1997 for her first novel, The God of Small Things, set in Kerala, and no Indian woman had won it before her.
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