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 one of the following cell organelles mainly functions as storehouse of digestive enzymes?
Lysosomes are small membrane-bound sacs filled with digestive enzymes, which is why they are called the storehouse of digestive enzymes.
Read the full explanation →The National Water Academy (NWA) is located at
The National Water Academy is at Khadakwasla, near Pune in Maharashtra. The Academy is run by the Central Water Commission under the Ministry of Jal Shakti.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following phenomena verifies the fact that light travels much faster than sound?
In a thunderstorm we see the lightning first and hear the thunder later, although both are produced at the same moment.
Read the full explanation →Who amongst the following was honoured with Gandhi Peace Prize for the year 2020 ?
Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangladesh, was named for the Gandhi Peace Prize 2020, awarded posthumously.
Read the full explanation →The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star is the highest civilian honour of which among the following countries?
The Grand Order of the Chain of the Yellow Star is the highest civilian award of Suriname, a country on the north-east coast of South America.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements related to Indian medicine system is not correct ?
This statement is false: Unani remains one of the systems under the Ministry of Ayush. AYUSH stands for Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy, and Sowa-Rigpa was added to the family in 2010.
Read the full explanation →What is an interactive combination of text, graphics, video, audio and images termed as ?
Multimedia means using several forms of media, such as text, graphics, audio, video, images and animation, together, often in a way the user can interact with.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following events : 1. Muslim League Resolution for Pakistan 2. Gandhi-Irwin Pact 3. Dandi March 4. Second Round Table Conference Which one of the following is the correct chronological order of the given events (earliest to latest) ?
The Dandi March came first in 1930, then the Gandhi-Irwin Pact and the Second Round Table Conference in 1931, and the Lahore Resolution for Pakistan in 1940.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following is important for cartilage but NOT a globin protein ?
Collagen is the main structural protein of cartilage, and it is a fibrous protein, not a globin. Globins are compact, folded proteins that hold a haem group and carry or store oxygen.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following Acts were repealed by Article 395 of the Constitution of India? 1. The Government of India Act, 1935 2. The Indian Independence Act, 1947 3. The Abolition of Privy Council Jurisdiction Act, 1949 4. The Government of India Act, 1919 Select the correct answer using the code given below.
Article 395 repeals the Indian Independence Act, 1947 and the Government of India Act, 1935, together with the laws that amended or supplemented the 1935 Act.
Read the full explanation →Consider the following statements about the Second Five-Year Plan : 1. It was drafted under the leadership of K. N. Raj. 2. It proposed that industries like electricity, railways, steel, machineries and communication could be developed in the public sector. 3. The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture very difficult. 4. The drafters found balancing industry and agriculture really easy. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?
The Second Plan put heavy and basic industries in the public sector, and its planners found it hard to balance industry with agriculture; but it was drafted under P. C. Mahalanobis, not K. N. Raj.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following radioactive substances enters/enter the human body through food chain and causes/cause many physiological disorders?
Strontium-90, iodine-131 and caesium-137 are all fission products that settle on soil, water and plants and reach people through food.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following statements with regard to Antrix Corporation Limited is correct?
Antrix is the commercial arm of ISRO, and ISRO works under the Department of Space. Antrix Corporation Limited was set up in Bengaluru in September 1992 as a government company wholly owned by the Government of India.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements relating to the historic Objectives Resolution, which was adopted by the Constituent Assembly, is/are correct? 1. The Objectives Resolution inspired the shaping of the Constitution through all its subsequent stages. 2. It was not just a resolution, but a declaration, a firm resolve and a pledge. 3. It provided the underlying philosophy of our Constitution. Select the correct answer using the code given below.
All three statements are correct: the Objectives Resolution guided every later stage of constitution-making and set out the philosophy the Constitution rests on.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following functions is not carried out by smooth endoplasmic reticulum?
Proteins are made on ribosomes, and the smooth endoplasmic reticulum has no ribosomes on its surface. The endoplasmic reticulum is a network of membrane tubes and sacs in the cytoplasm.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following rivers does not drain into Black Sea?
The Volga flows into the Caspian Sea, not the Black Sea. The Volga, about 3,530 km long, is the longest river in Europe.
Read the full explanation →When a light ray enters into glass medium from water at an angle of incidence 0°, what would be the angle of refraction?
An angle of incidence of 0° means the ray falls along the normal, and a ray along the normal passes into the next medium without bending.
Read the full explanation →The resolution adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 3 March, 2021 decided to celebrate the year 2023 as the International Year of
On 3 March 2021 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution, proposed by India, declaring 2023 the International Year of Millets.
Read the full explanation →Georgi Gospodinov Georgiev won the International Booker Prize, 2023 for the darkly comic novel by the name :
The Bulgarian writer Georgi Gospodinov won the International Booker Prize 2023 for Time Shelter, translated from Bulgarian by Angela Rodel.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the author of the book Four Stars of Destiny : An Autobiography?
Four Stars of Destiny is the autobiography of General M. M. Naravane, who served as India's Chief of the Army Staff.
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