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.
Lonar Lake, a crater lake formed by a meteorite impact in basalt, is located in which district of Maharashtra?
Lonar Lake lies at Lonar in the Buldhana district of the Vidarbha region.
Read the full explanation →Kalsubai, the highest peak of Maharashtra, lies in which district?
Kalsubai stands in the Sahyadri range in the Ahmednagar district, at about one thousand six hundred and forty six metres, which makes it the highest point in Maharashtra, and a small temple at the summit draws a steady stream of trekkers along the route from Bari village.
Read the full explanation →Which city is known as the second or winter capital of Maharashtra?
Mumbai is the capital of Maharashtra, but Nagpur was given the status of the second capital under the Nagpur Pact when Vidarbha joined the new state, and one session of the state legislature is held there every year, usually in winter, which is why it is called the winter capital.
Read the full explanation →The state of Maharashtra was formed on which date?
On that day the bilingual Bombay State was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat under the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, after the Samyukta Maharashtra movement had pressed for a separate state for Marathi speakers.
Read the full explanation →Under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, within how many days of receiving the notice must the drawer make payment to avoid the offence?
The Section 138 timeline runs in three steps. The payee must give the drawer a written notice demanding payment within thirty days of receiving information from the bank that the cheque has been returned unpaid.
Read the full explanation →Under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, how many days of grace are allowed while computing the maturity of a bill or a promissory note payable after date?
Section 22 of the Act provides that the maturity of a promissory note or bill of exchange payable after a stated period is the day on which the period ends, and that three days of grace are added in computing that date.
Read the full explanation →When a cheque is crossed with the words 'not negotiable', what is the effect under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881?
Section 130 provides that a person taking a cheque crossed 'not negotiable' shall not have, and shall not be capable of giving, a better title than the person from whom they took it had.
Read the full explanation →How many parties are there to a bill of exchange?
A bill of exchange, defined in Section 5 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, is an unconditional order in writing by which the drawer directs another person, the drawee, to pay a certain sum to or to the order of the payee.
Read the full explanation →For how long is a cheque valid from the date written on it, under the present direction of the Reserve Bank of India?
The Reserve Bank of India directed that cheques, drafts, pay orders and banker's cheques would be payable for three months from the date of the instrument, with effect from 1 April 2012, cutting the earlier period of six months.
Read the full explanation →Two parallel transverse lines drawn across the face of a cheque, without the name of any bank, amount to which kind of crossing?
Section 123 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 provides that where a cheque bears across its face two parallel transverse lines, with or without words such as 'and company', that addition is a general crossing.
Read the full explanation →Dishonour of a cheque for insufficiency of funds in the account is dealt with under which section of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881?
Section 138 makes it a criminal offence to issue a cheque that is returned unpaid because the account has insufficient funds or because the amount exceeds the arrangement made with the bank.
Read the full explanation →Which section of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 defines a cheque?
Section 6 says a cheque is a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand, and it goes on to include the electronic image of a truncated cheque and a cheque in the electronic form, both added by the amendment…
Read the full explanation →The payment of a negotiable instrument becomes due
Section 22 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 says that the maturity of a promissory note or bill of exchange payable otherwise than on demand is the date on which it falls due, and the three days of grace are already counted in arriving at that date.
Read the full explanation →Negotiable Instrument Act was introduced in
The Negotiable Instruments Act was enacted in 1881 and came into force on 1 March 1882.
Read the full explanation →A cheque returned by bank marked NSF means that
NSF stands for not sufficient funds, and a bank writes it on the return memo when the balance in the drawer's account is less than the amount of the cheque.
Read the full explanation →A paper instructing the bank to pay a specific amount from a person's account to another person in whose name it has been issued is known as:
Section 6 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 defines a cheque as a bill of exchange drawn on a specified banker and not expressed to be payable otherwise than on demand.
Read the full explanation →Chapchar Kut, the spring festival at which the Cheraw bamboo dance is performed, is celebrated in which state?
Chapchar Kut is the best known festival of the Mizo, held in March once the jhum fields have been cleared and burnt and the villagers wait for the sowing rains.
Read the full explanation →Which Constitutional Amendment Act inserted Article 338A to provide for a separate National Commission for Scheduled Tribes?
Until 2003 a single National Commission for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes worked under Article 338.
Read the full explanation →The Sammakka Saralamma Jatara at Medaram, regarded as the largest tribal fair of India, is held in which state?
The Sammakka Saralamma Jatara, usually called the Medaram Jatara, is held at Medaram in the Mulugu district of Telangana, once in two years in the month of Magha.
Read the full explanation →The Hornbill Festival, held at Kisama every December and called the festival of festivals, belongs to which state?
The Hornbill Festival is held at the Naga Heritage Village at Kisama, near Kohima, from 1 to 10 December, and it opens on the day Nagaland became a state.
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