Saturday 14 July 2012

Important General Studies Bits




Koodiyattam is a traditional dance of Kerala.
National Institute of Virology is situated in Pune.
Sri Lanka is called 'Pearl of Orient'.
Formosa was the old name of Taiwan.
Shobha De is the author of the book Speed Post
Merdeka Cup is related with the game of Football.
The minimum temperature at which a combustible substance catches fire is called ignition temperature.
The temple of Konark was built by Narasimha of the Ganga Dynasty.
Rigveda Samhita denotes one-fourth of its hymns to Indra.
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) has not been signed by India.
Jadugoda mines are famous for uranium deposits

Capital formation in an economy depends on total production.
If the tax rate increases with the higher level of Income, it is called Proportional tax.
Raja Ravi Varma painted the master piece Hamsa Damayanti
In India, one rupee coins and notes and subsidiary coins are issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
National Development Council is the highest body that approves Five-Year Plans of India.
Prime cost is equal to Variable cost plus fixed costs.
Washing of peeled vegetables removes vitamin C from them.
Bank deposits that can be withdrawn without notice are called demand deposits.
The practice of selling goods in a foreign country at a price below their domestic selling price is called dumping.
The first metal to be used by man was copper.
The International Day for Elimination of Racial Discrimination is observed on 21st March.
'New Horizons' spacecraft was launched by NASA to study Pluto.

 A single tax that replaces State Taxes like surcharge, turnover tax, etc is called the Value Added Tax (VAT).
Nauru is the World's smallest republic. It has an area of 21 sq. km.
The metal used to make lightning conductors is Copper.
Paris is situated on river Seine.
The main function of IMF is to help to solve balance of payment problems of member countries.
Solar system was discovered by Galileo.
Human Rights Resolution was adopted by the UN in 1946.
Cholera bacillus was discovered by Robert Koch.
Tamralipti was an important port of the eastern coast during Gupta period.
The first aircraft to fly around the world without refueling was Voyager.
Haemorrhage is caused by the deficiency of Vitamin K.
International Women's Day is celebrated every year on March 8.
J.B. Say propounded the market law.
Triple vaccine is administered to a new-born child to immunize it against whooping cough,tetanus and diphtheria.

The book Unto the Last which influenced Gandhi was authored by John Ruskin.
Article 40 of the Indian Constitution provides for the institution of Panchayati Raj.
Attorney-General of India can be invited to give his opinion in the Parliament.
USA has an Unwritten Constitution.
Talwandi was the birth place of Guru Nanak.
Motilal Nehru and Chittaranjan Das were the founder members of the Swarajya Party.
The national song Vande Mataram has been written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyaya.
The Mohemmadan Anglo- Oriental College at Aligarh was founded by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan.
The famous Kohinoor diamond was produced from one of the mines in Golconda.
Buddha means The Awakened.

Gandhiji considered Khadi as a symbol of economic independence.
India Wins Freedom is the autobiography of Abul Kalam Azad.
A high growth rate of population is characterized by high birth and low death rates.
The Indian Sub-continent was originally a part of Gondwanaland.
The tropical grasslands are called Savannah.
The atmosphere of earth is heated mainly by Radiation.
Canada is the largest producer of uranium in the world.
Mudumalai Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the State of Tamil Nadu.
The narrow stretch of water connecting two seas is called Strait.
Naga, Khasi and Garo hills are located in Himalaya Ranges.
Laws of heredity were put forward by Mendel.
A device used for converting AC into DC is called rectifier.
Vitamin-A can be synthesized by Liver.
Fluid part of blood, devoid of corpuscles, is called Plasma.
The language used in writing the scientific name of animals is Latin.
Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given for excellence in the field of cinema.
The concept of 'General Will' was advocated by Rousseau.
Cabinet Secretary is the highest civil servant of the Union government.
In India, rain forests are found in N.E. Himalayas and Western Ghats.
Caustic potash is a by-product of soap-industry.
Ripe grapes contain Fructose.
Polythene is polymer of Ethylene.
Rayon is made from Cellulose.
Distilled water is pure water.
Silver bromide salt is used for making film for photography.
Bleaching powder is used for settling muddy water.
Phenol is widely used in the plastic industry for manufacturing Bakelite.
The World Environment Day is celebrated on 5th June.
To an astronaut sky appears dark.
Microwave transmission is used in environments where installing physical transmission
The word FTP stands for File Translate Protocol.
When milk is churned, the cream is separated due to Centrifugal force.
During Jahangir’s reign Sir Thomas Roe used to have regular attendance at the Moghul Court to secure commercial privileges.
Warren Hastings was the first Governor-General of Bengal.

By the Regulating Act the Governor-General of Bengal becomes the Governor-General of India.
Lord Rippon is associated with the introduction of the principle of local self-government in India.
Raja Ram Mohan Roy established the Calcutta Unitarian Committee.
Shah Alam II was an ally of Mir Qasim in the Battle of Buxar.
Rashtrakutas destroyed the Empire of Chalukyas of Badami.
Deficiency of Vitamin A causes Xerophthalmia.
Spleen breaks down the old red blood cells and stores iron from them.
Ohm's law does not apply to Conductors when there is change in temperature.
Infrared radiation has the longest wavelength.
There are 8 bones in the human cranium.
Fructose is the sweetest natural sugar.
Tropical dry deciduous types of forests are most widespread in India.
Katherine Mayo is the author of the book Mother India.
Rajiv Gandhi was the Prime Minister of India when the Anti- Defection Bill was passed.
Parliament has the powers to create a new All-India Service.
Deep litter and cage systems are associated with Poultry growing.
The National Institute of Water Sports is situated in Goa.
An emulsion is a colloid of a liquid in a liquid.
Percentage of carbon in steel ranges from 0.1 to 1.5.
Silver is not present in German-silver.
Ideal NPK ratio for Indian soils is 4 : 2 : 1.
A computer virus is a special kind of computer programme.
India has a coastline of 7500 kms.
Jawahar Tunnel is located in the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
The head office of the State Bank of India is located in Kolkata.
The full form of ECB is External Commercial Borrowing.
The major harmful gas emitted by automobile vehicles which causes air pollution is Carbon Monoxide.
The Indian Parliament is competent to enact law on a State subject if emergency under Article 352 is in operation.
Right to property was removed from the list of Fundamental Rights during the rule of Morarji Desai government.
The chapter on Fundamental Duties includes Duty to cherish and follow the noble ideals which inspired our freedom movement
Myanmar is
not a member of the SAARC.
The Supreme Court of India enjoys original, appellate and advisory jurisdictions.
The Arya Samaj was founded by Swami Dayananda Saraswati.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad started an Urdu Weekly, The Al-Hilal in 1912, but, on its being banned by the government, he founded the Al- Balagh in 1914.
High Courts were established in Calcutta, Bombay and Madras in 1861.
Annie Besant was the first Woman President of Indian National Congress.
Arabs were defeated in 738 A.D. by Pratiharas.
Brahmo Samaj was the first reformist movement to be started in the 19th century.
In India, the irrigation of agricultural land is carried out maximum by wells.

The four largest planets of the Solar System in decreasing sizes are: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune.
Process involved in the conversion of milk to curd is called Fermentation.
India is one of the largest producers of manganese ore in the world, along with China and Ukraine.
The Chipko Movement is related to Deforestation.
Baltora glacier is located in Karakoram ranges.
The largest producer of mica in the world is India.
The International Date Line is the 180° Longitude.
Jaundice is a symptom of disease of Liver.
A communication processor that connects dissimilar networks by providing the translation from one set of protocol to another is called Gateway.
Deficiency of Vitamin B6 in man causes anaemia.
Lotus is the national flower of India.
First successful heart transplantation was done by C.N. Barnard.
Yellow Fever is transmitted by Aedes mosquito.
Carbon dioxide is a major green house gas.
The lower-most layer of the atmosphere is called troposphere.
SRI technology is practiced for the cultivation of Rice.
Pasteurization is the process in which milk is heated to 63°C for 30 minutes.
The first-ever robot spacecraft to probe planet Venus was named Magellan.
Comets revolve around the Sun.
When a person walking in bright Sunlight enters a dark room, he is not able to see clearly for a little while because the iris is unable to dilate the pupil immediately.
If the soil pH is 9.2 it is graded as Alkaline.
China launched its first Lunar Orbiter Chang'e-1
Lime is used for the reclamation of acidic soil.
Reverse Mortgage Loan Scheme is launched specifically for helping Senior Citizens to avail loan by mortgage of their residential property.
The Foreign Exchange Reserves of India are kept in the custody of Reserve Bank of India.
The European Union has adopted Euro as a common currency.
An example of Single Cell Protein is spirulina.
The full form of IPO is Initial Public Offer.
The full form of NMCEX is National Multi Commodity Ex - change.
One Acre is equal to 0.4047 hectare.
National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology is situated at New Delhi.
Dhyanchand Award is given for excellence in the field of sports.
Heavy Water is normally used by Nuclear Power generation plants.
Benazir Bhutto is the author of the book Pakistan—The Gathering Storms.
A passive threat to computer security is called Malicious Intent.
WAP allows wireless mobile devices to access the Internet and its services such as the Web and e-mail.
Random access memory is normally used to initialize a computer system's hardware.
Full form of MICR technology used for clearance of cheques by banks is Magnetic Ink Character Recognition (technology).
All the information collected during database development is stored in a data warehouse.

The end-user query tool component is used by the data analyst to create the queries that access the database.
A network site license allows network users to share a single copy of software, which resides on the network server.
A polymorphic virus modifies its program code each time it attaches itself to another program or file.
The most important Rabi pulse crop in India is Chickpea.
Global Positioning Systems are useful for determining precise location (latitude and longitude) based on radio signal.
Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices (CACP) recommends Minimum Support Price.
NPV (Nuclear Polyhedrosis Virus) is Bio pesticide.

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