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.
Firozabad, a city in Uttar Pradesh, is famous for which of the following industries?
Firozabad has made glass bangles, chandeliers and glassware for generations and is called the bangle city of India.
Read the full explanation →Lucknow city of Uttar Pradesh is famous for which of the following handloom production centers?
Chikankari is the fine white shadow work embroidery of Lucknow, done with untwisted thread on muslin, cotton and georgette, and it carries a geographical indication tag in the name of the city.
Read the full explanation →In the method of irrigation, water is applied to a field by means of small, narrow field channel and is suitable for crops grown in rows. Since the water is not applied to the entire area, the consumption of water is less, is described by which method of irrigation?
In this method small narrow channels are run between the ridges on which a row crop stands, and only those channels are filled.
Read the full explanation →The best method of applying water to sandy undulating area is :
Sandy soil drinks water too fast for any surface method, and an uneven surface cannot be flooded evenly without heavy levelling.
Read the full explanation →The khadin system of water harvesting and farming is traditionally associated with which region of Rajasthan?
A khadin is an earthen bund built along the lower edge of a rocky slope in the desert.
Read the full explanation →The Bisalpur dam, the largest drinking water project of Rajasthan, is built on which river?
The Bisalpur dam stands on the Banas in Tonk district and was built mainly to supply drinking water, which it pipes to Jaipur, Ajmer and Tonk, besides irrigating land in Tonk itself.
Read the full explanation →Which is the uppermost dam of the Chambal Valley Project?
The four structures of the project stand in a fixed order from upstream to downstream, and the order itself is the question: Gandhi Sagar in Mandsaur district of Madhya Pradesh, then Rana Pratap Sagar at Rawatbhata in Chittorgarh, then Jawahar Sagar near Borawas in Kota, and last the Kota barrage…
Read the full explanation →The Chambal Valley Project is a joint venture of Rajasthan and which other state?
The Chambal rises at Janapav hill in the Vindhyan highlands of Madhya Pradesh and then flows along and through Rajasthan, so the two states built the valley scheme together and share its cost and its benefits equally.
Read the full explanation →Which is the oldest canal of Rajasthan, built in the reign of Maharaja Ganga Singh of Bikaner?
It was opened in 1927, draws Sutlej water from the Hussainiwala headworks near Ferozepur and carries it into Sri Ganganagar, which became the first and for long the only canal irrigated district of Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →By what name was the Indira Gandhi Canal known before 1984?
The project was planned by the engineer Kanwar Sain in 1948 under that name, the foundation stone was laid on 31 March 1958, and the canal was renamed the Indira Gandhi Canal in 1984.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Gandhi Canal takes off from which barrage?
It stands in Punjab just below the point where the Beas joins the Sutlej, so it can command the combined flow of the two rivers.
Read the full explanation →About 70% of the irrigation in Rajasthan is from:-
Although the Indira Gandhi Canal and the Chambal canals are the famous works of the state, they water only a part of it.
Read the full explanation →The Rewa district of Madhya Pradesh is known for which source of power?
The solar park built in Rewa district was among the largest single site solar parks in the country when it was commissioned, and part of its electricity is bought by the Delhi Metro, the first sale of solar power from such a park to a buyer outside the state.
Read the full explanation →The Indira Sagar project of Madhya Pradesh is built on which river?
Indira Sagar was built at Punasa in Khandwa district and is the largest reservoir of the state and the main storage of the Narmada valley plan, holding water for irrigation and power through the dry months.
Read the full explanation →Vindhyachal, the largest thermal power station in India, is located in which district?
The Vindhyachal station stands on the Singrauli coalfield, drawing coal from mines beside it and water from the Rihand system, and it is the largest thermal power station in the country.
Read the full explanation →Which district of Madhya Pradesh is the centre of its cement industry, based on local limestone?
The Vindhyan limestone of Satna is thick, pure and close to the surface, so cement works clustered there and the district became the cement capital of the state, with Damoh, Katni, Jabalpur and Neemuch following.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest coalfield of Madhya Pradesh?
The Singrauli field lies in the Gondwana basin of the east of the state and extends across the border into Sonbhadra in Uttar Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →The Malanjkhand copper deposit is located in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
Malanjkhand in Balaghat district is the largest copper ore deposit worked in India, mined and concentrated on the spot by Hindustan Copper, and the ore body lies in the ancient rocks of the Maikal range.
Read the full explanation →Diamonds are mined in which district of Madhya Pradesh?
Panna is the only place in India where diamonds are mined in any quantity.
Read the full explanation →On the basis of status of development, how are resources classified?
By status of development resources are grouped as potential resources, found in a region but not yet used; developed resources, surveyed and in use; stock, which exists but cannot be used for want of technology; and reserves, the part of the stock that can be drawn on in future with…
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