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 dynasty of Delhi Sultanate ruled for the shortest time?
The Khalji or Khilji dynasty held the throne of Delhi only from 1290, when Jalaluddin Khalji seized power, to 1320, when Khusrau Khan was overthrown by Ghazi Malik.
Read the full explanation →The Contingency Fund of India, placed at the disposal of the President for meeting unforeseen expenditure, is provided for by which article?
Article 267 allows Parliament by law to establish a Contingency Fund of India, held at the disposal of the President so that advances can be made for unforeseen expenditure before Parliament authorises it; the amount is afterwards recouped from the Consolidated Fund through a supplementary appropriation.
Read the full explanation →The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) Act was enacted in India in which year?
The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act was passed by Parliament in 2003 and brought into force in 2004.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a direct tax in India?
A direct tax is one whose burden cannot be shifted: the person or company assessed both pays it and bears it.
Read the full explanation →Who was the chairman of the first Finance Commission of India, constituted in 1951?
K. C. Neogy chaired the first Finance Commission, which was constituted in 1951 under Article 280 soon after the Constitution came into force, and whose recommendations covered the sharing of income tax and union excise duties with the States.
Read the full explanation →The Annual Financial Statement, popularly called the Union Budget, is laid before Parliament under which article of the Constitution?
Article 112 requires the President to cause a statement of the estimated receipts and expenditure of the Government of India for every financial year to be laid before both Houses of Parliament, and that statement is the Annual Financial Statement.
Read the full explanation →Primary deficit is obtained by subtracting which of the following from the fiscal deficit?
Primary deficit equals fiscal deficit minus interest payments. Interest is the price of borrowing done in earlier years, so removing it leaves the gap created by the current year's own decisions on spending and taxation, which is why economists read the primary deficit as a measure of present fiscal discipline.
Read the full explanation →The State Finance Commission is a:
The State Finance Commission owes its existence directly to the Constitution: Article 243-I, added by the seventy-third Amendment, requires the Governor to constitute it every fifth year for the Panchayats, and Article 243-Y extends the arrangement to the Municipalities.
Read the full explanation →According to Article 243-I of the Constitution of India, a Finance Commission is constituted to review the financial position of the Panchayats:
Article 243-I, inserted by the seventy-third Constitutional Amendment of 1992, requires the Governor of a State to constitute a Finance Commission at the expiration of every fifth year to review the financial position of the Panchayats and to recommend how taxes, duties, tolls and fees should be divided between the…
Read the full explanation →Fiscal deficit of the Government of India is best defined as:
Fiscal deficit measures the whole amount the government must borrow in a year, because it compares everything it spends with everything it earns from taxes, non-tax revenue, recovery of loans and disinvestment, leaving borrowing out of the receipts side.
Read the full explanation →The Finance Commission of India submits its report to ________.
The Finance Commission is constituted by the President under Article 280, and it therefore makes its recommendations to the President.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is/are correct regarding the Finance Commission of India? A. The Finance Commission consists of a Chairman and four other members. B. The recommendations made by the Finance Commission are binding on the government and the government needs to grant funds according to the advice of the Commission. C. Article 280 of the Indian Constitution talks about the recommendations of the Finance Commission.
Statement A is correct: Article 280 provides that the Commission shall consist of a Chairman and four other members appointed by the President.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Constitution of India provides for the constitution of a Finance Commission?
Article 280 requires the President to constitute a Finance Commission at the expiration of every fifth year, or earlier if the President considers it necessary, consisting of a Chairman and four other members, and lists the matters on which it is to make recommendations.
Read the full explanation →In the Punjab plains, the strip of land lying between two rivers is called:
Doab, from the Persian words for two and water, is the name for the tract of land between two rivers.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a part of the Purvanchal or Eastern Hills?
The Purvanchal or Eastern Hills are the southward continuation of the Himalayas beyond the eastern bend of the Brahmaputra, and they are made up of the Patkai Bum, the Naga Hills, the Manipur Hills and the Mizo or Lushai Hills.
Read the full explanation →Majuli, the largest river island in the world, lies in which river?
Majuli lies in the Brahmaputra in Assam and is counted the largest river island in the world. The Brahmaputra carries an enormous load of silt from a young, rapidly eroding basin, and because its channel is braided and shifts often, it has built large islands and sandbars called chars.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the longest range of the Lesser Himalaya?
The Pir Panjal is the longest and most important range of the Lesser or Himachal Himalaya, running from the Jhelum through Jammu and Kashmir towards Himachal Pradesh and separating the Kashmir valley from the Jammu plains.
Read the full explanation →The Himalayas are an example of which type of mountains?
The Himalayas were raised when the northward-moving Indian plate collided with the Eurasian plate and the sediments of the shallow Tethys Sea between them were compressed into great folds and thrust upward.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest mountain peak lying in India's undisputed territory?
Kanchenjunga rises to 8,586 metres on the Sikkim-Nepal border and is the highest peak in India's undisputed territory, as well as the third highest in the world after Everest and K2.
Read the full explanation →The Nathu La pass connects which Indian state with Tibet?
Nathu La lies in eastern Sikkim on the old trade route from Gangtok to Lhasa and is one of the passes on India's border with the Tibet region of China; Jelep La, also in Sikkim, is the other.
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