Static general knowledge is six of the seven lines of the General Studies Paper-I syllabus in the UPSC CSE notice: History of India and the Indian National Movement; Indian and World Geography; Indian Polity and Governance; Economic and Social Development; Environmental Ecology, Bio-diversity and Climate Change; and General Science. The Commission tests understanding rather than recall, through statements to be judged correct or incorrect, pairs to be matched and assertion-reason items, and it likes the edges of a topic: a lesser-known provision of the Constitution, a river's tributary, a species' conservation status, the mandate of a statutory body. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for UPSC, written as short facts and tables, in English and Hindi, with each note linked to the current affairs and previous-year questions on the same topic. Start with Polity and Modern History, which carry the most questions, then Geography, the Economy, Environment, Ancient and Medieval culture and Science. Read a note, solve its PYQs, take its quiz, and come back to it in your monthly revision. A candidate who knows these notes and reads the daily current affairs has covered the syllabus the notice prescribes for Paper-I.
What is the minimum age prescribed for appointment as the Governor of a state?
Article 157 lays down only two qualifications for the office of Governor: the person must be a citizen of India and must have completed the age of thirty-five years.
Read the full explanation →Who administers the oath of office to the Governor of a state?
Article 159 says that every Governor shall, before entering upon his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation in the presence of the Chief Justice of the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to the state, or in his absence the senior-most judge of that court available.
Read the full explanation →What is the maximum number of ministers, including the Chief Minister, that Haryana may have?
Article 164(1A), inserted by the Constitution (Ninety-first Amendment) Act, 2003, says that the total number of ministers including the Chief Minister in a state shall not exceed fifteen per cent of the total number of members of the Legislative Assembly.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Governor of Haryana?
The correct answer is A, Dharma Vira, a senior member of the civil service who became the first Governor of Haryana when the state was created on 1 November 1966.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Minister of Haryana?
The correct answer is B, Pandit Bhagwat Dayal Sharma, who took office as the first Chief Minister of Haryana when the state was formed on 1 November 1966 under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966.
Read the full explanation →How many elected seats does the Haryana Vidhan Sabha have at present?
The Haryana Legislative Assembly has 90 elected seats, a strength it has had since 1977, of which 17 are reserved for the Scheduled Castes and none for the Scheduled Tribes, because no tribe is notified in the state.
Read the full explanation →On which date did Haryana come into existence as a separate state?
Haryana was created on that date under the Punjab Reorganisation Act, 1966, which divided the old state of Punjab on a linguistic basis, made Chandigarh a Union Territory to serve as the shared capital of both states, and transferred the hill areas to Himachal Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →In which year did Bihar become the first state in India to reserve fifty per cent of the seats in panchayati raj institutions for women?
Bihar amended its panchayat law and held the panchayat elections of 2006 with half the seats, and half the posts of chairperson, reserved for women, which made it the first state in the country to go beyond the constitutional minimum.
Read the full explanation →To whom does a State Public Service Commission present its annual report on the work done by it?
Article 323(2) requires a State Public Service Commission to present annually to the Governor a report on the work done by it.
Read the full explanation →The expenses of a State Public Service Commission are charged on which fund?
Article 322 says that the expenses of a State Public Service Commission, including the salaries, allowances and pensions payable to its members and staff, shall be charged on the Consolidated Fund of the State.
Read the full explanation →Who appoints the chairman and the members of the Bihar Public Service Commission?
Article 316(1) says that the chairman and other members of a State Public Service Commission shall be appointed by the Governor of the state, while those of the Union Public Service Commission are appointed by the President.
Read the full explanation →An advocate who is not already in government service must have practised for at least how many years to be appointed a district judge?
Article 233(2) provides that a person not already in the service of the Union or of the state shall be eligible to be appointed a district judge only if he has been an advocate or a pleader for not less than seven years and is recommended by the High Court…
Read the full explanation →A High Court is a court of record with the power to punish for its contempt under which Article?
It says that every High 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 →Which Article of the Constitution provides that there shall be a High Court for each state?
It is the opening article of Part VI, Chapter V of the Constitution and says that there shall be a High Court for each state.
Read the full explanation →The Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court became the separate High Court of Jharkhand on which date?
Jharkhand was carved out of Bihar on that date under the Bihar Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the Ranchi Bench of the Patna High Court became the High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court?
The correct answer is A, Sir Edward Maynard Des Champs Chamier, who became the first Chief Justice of the Patna High Court when it began sitting in 1916.
Read the full explanation →Before the establishment of the Patna High Court, the cases of Bihar were heard by which High Court?
Bihar formed part of the Bengal Presidency, and its appeals therefore went to the High Court at Calcutta, which had been established in 1862 under the Indian High Courts Act, 1861.
Read the full explanation →The Patna High Court was established in which year?
The Patna High Court was created by Letters Patent in February 1916 and began sitting on 1 March 1916, which is why its centenary fell in 2016.
Read the full explanation →In which case did the Supreme Court recognise a living will, or advance medical directive, as part of the right to die with dignity?
A Constitution Bench held that the right to die with dignity is part of the right to life under Article 21, and that an adult of sound mind may draw up an advance directive, popularly called a living will, refusing life support if he later becomes terminally ill or goes…
Read the full explanation →Hussainara Khatoon versus State of Bihar, 1979, is associated with which right under Article 21?
The petition, India's first reported public interest litigation, brought to light thousands of undertrial prisoners in Bihar jails who had been locked up longer than the maximum sentence for their alleged offence.
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