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.
Who was the chairman of the States Reorganisation Commission appointed in 1953?
The States Reorganisation Commission was appointed in December 1953 with Fazl Ali as chairman, and it submitted its report in 1955.
Read the full explanation →Which article of the Indian Constitution empowers Parliament to form a new state by separating territory from an existing state?
It allows Parliament to form a new state by separation of territory, to unite two or more states, to increase or diminish the area of a state and to alter its boundaries or its name.
Read the full explanation →Haryana State was formed on 1st November, 1966 on the recommendation of which Committee?
The Parliamentary Committee headed by Sardar Hukam Singh, then Speaker of the Lok Sabha, examined the demand for a Punjabi-speaking state and recommended the division of Punjab.
Read the full explanation →Which state was formed first on the basis of language in independent India?
The Telugu-speaking Andhra State was carved out of the Madras province on 1 October 1953, the first time independent India accepted language as the ground for a new state, and in 1956 it was enlarged and renamed Andhra Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →In which year was a separate Andhra state formed after the linguistic reorganisation of the then Madras province?
Andhra State came into being on 1 October 1953 from the Telugu-speaking districts of the Madras province. The immediate cause was the death of Potti Sriramulu on 15 December 1952 after a fast unto death for a Telugu state, and the agitation that followed forced the Government's hand.
Read the full explanation →The Reserve Bank of India commenced its operations on which date?
The Reserve Bank of India Act was passed in 1934 and the Bank commenced operations on 1 April 1935, taking over note issue from the Controller of Currency and the management of government accounts and public debt from the Imperial Bank of India.
Read the full explanation →The National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was established in which year?
NABARD was set up on 12 July 1982 on the recommendation of the Committee to Review the Arrangements for Institutional Credit for Agriculture and Rural Development, chaired by B. Sivaraman.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first bank in India established with wholly Indian capital and Indian management?
It was registered in 1894 and opened at Lahore as the first bank floated entirely with Indian capital and run by Indian management, with Lala Lajpat Rai among those associated with its founding.
Read the full explanation →How many banks were nationalised in the second round of bank nationalisation in April 1980?
On 15 April 1980 the Government nationalised six more private banks, this time using a deposit cut-off of ₹200 crore.
Read the full explanation →The Imperial Bank of India was renamed the State Bank of India in which year?
The All India Rural Credit Survey Committee under A. D. Gorwala reported that rural credit needed a bank with branches across the country and in state partnership.
Read the full explanation →Which commission recommended the establishment of the Reserve Bank of India?
Formally the Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance, it reported in 1926 that the control of currency and of credit should not be split between the Government and the Imperial Bank but placed in one central bank.
Read the full explanation →When was the Indian Rupee de-linked from the Pound Sterling?
The rupee was tied to the pound sterling from colonial times and stayed pegged to it after independence. In 1975 the link was cut and the rupee was tied instead to a basket of currencies of India's major trading partners, with the Reserve Bank fixing the daily rate.
Read the full explanation →The Reserve Bank of India was fully nationalised and owned by the Government of India in which of the following years?
The Reserve Bank opened in 1935 as a shareholders' bank with privately held share capital.
Read the full explanation →Which among the following is the oldest joint stock bank in India?
It was founded in 1865 and is remembered as the oldest joint stock bank in India, a joint stock bank being one owned by shareholders rather than by a partnership of agency houses.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following years did the fourteen major Indian scheduled commercial banks get nationalised in India?
On 19 July 1969 the Government of India issued an ordinance taking over the fourteen largest Indian scheduled commercial banks, those whose deposits stood at ₹50 crore or more.
Read the full explanation →Which is the smallest country in the world by area?
Vatican City is an independent state of well under half a square kilometre lying entirely inside the city of Rome, and it is the smallest country in the world by both area and population.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest bay in the world?
The Bay of Bengal is the north-eastern arm of the Indian Ocean, bounded by India, Bangladesh, Myanmar and Sri Lanka, and it is the largest bay in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which is the longest mountain range on land?
The Andes run down the whole western edge of South America, through seven countries from Venezuela to the southern tip of Chile and Argentina, and form the longest mountain range above sea level.
Read the full explanation →Which is the deepest lake in the world?
Baikal lies in southern Siberia in Russia, fills a deep rift in the earth's crust and is the deepest lake in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest island in the world?
Greenland lies between the Arctic and the Atlantic, is covered almost entirely by an ice sheet and is an autonomous territory of Denmark.
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