Important Bits In General Studies Which appeared in Various C.Exams

1)         The Darghah of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya lies in Delhi.

2)        ‘Purna Swarajya’ was announced in the Indian National Congress Session of Lahore.

3)         The chronological order of some events during the Indian National movement

a)Gandhi’s Champaran Satyagrah..

b)   Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

c)  Non-cooperation movement.

d)    Civil Disobedience Movement.

4)      The statement “Indian Nationalism was the child of the British Raj.” was made  R. Coupland

5)      The first President of the Sovereign Constituent Assembly for the Dominion of India was Sachidananda Sinha.

6)      The Pakistan resolution was adopted by the Muslim League in March 1940.

7)      The right described by B. R. Ambedkar as “The Heart and Soul of the Constitution” was Right to constitutional remedies.

8)      The Article of the Constitution of India which lays down the procedure for the amendment in the Constitution is 368.

9)      Under Article 32 of the Constitution of India Supreme Court safeguards the fundamental rights of the Indian citizens.

10)   The President of India may declare National Emergency if there is threat of

1. External aggression

2. Internal disturbances

11)   Uniform civil code is a Directive Principle of the State Policy.

12)   Istanbul city of Turkey is  called as ‘Gateway to the West’ .

13)   Falkland current flows along the Eastern coast of Argentina.

14)   The largest producer of petroleum in the world is Saudi Arabia.

15)   India played its 100th Cricket Test Match with Sri Lanka.

16)   Dada Sahab Phalke Award 2007 was given to Manna Dey.

17)   Tsunami killed hundreds of people in September 2009 in Samoa Islands.

18)  The winner of the Durand Cup 2009 is Mohun Bagan.

19)   The name of the new research station being set-up in Antarctica by India is Maitri.

20)  The working of a jet engine is based upon the conservation of Linear momentum.

21)  The law of planetary motion was enunciated by Keplar.

22)   Leprosy is caused by Bacteria.

23)  The gaseous pollutant responsible for acid rain is Sulphur dioxide.

24)  The unit of heredity in our body is called Gene.

25)   The Pakistani national who was awarded with ‘Bharat Ratna’ by the Indian Government
 Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan.

26)   ‘Ashtadhyayi’ was written by Panini.

27)   The number of Puranas is 18.

28)  The Mughal Emperor who granted duty-free trading facilities to the English in Bengal was Jahangir.

29)  The Thermometer suitable to measure 2000°C temperature is total radiation thermometer.

30)  The gas used for artificial ripening of green fruit is ethylene.

31)  Silent valley is situated in Kerala.

32)  The fastest computer of the world is Param-10000.

33)  The name of the ICBM developed by India with a strike range of more than 2000 km is Agni-II.

34)  Geneco technology is a technique for pre-information regarding genetic diseases.

35)  2, 4-D is an herbicide.

36)  The percentage of nuclear energy in India's total energy generation is 2%.

37)  The scientist who carried out researches both in the field of biology and physics is Jagdish Chandra Bose.

38)  Tetanus is a bacterial disease.

39)   An Offshore Patrol Vessel was inducted into Coast Guard in March 2010. It is named Vishwast.

40)  Presidents of USA and Russia recently signed a historic treaty committing their respective country to drastically reduce arms. It was signed on 08 April, 2010.

41)  Russia has agreed recently to construct 2 units of nuclear Reactor at Kudankulam in Tamil Nadu.

42)  Justice Gyan Sudha Misra is the fourth woman Judge appointed in the Supreme Court in India in April, 2010.

43)   A World Expo 2010 as a grand event to showcase the best achievements of human civilisation has been opened on May 1, 2010. This expo was opened In Shanghai.

44)  Air Force Exercise Garuda-2010 was held by India jointly with France and Singapore.

45)  Rajasthan bagged the ‘National Rural Health Mission Award’ of the Government of India in April, 2010.

46)  Kapil Dev has been included in the ‘Hall of Fame’ by I.C.C. in March, 2010.

47)  Winston Churchill said, ‘Imperialism’ is dead as ‘dodo’.

48)  The annual session of Muslim League in the year 1970 was held at Karachi.

49)  The Indian National Congress had launched the Non Co-operation Movement in the year 1920 .

50)  Ram Manohar Lohia made regular broadcast on Congress Radio operated during Quit India Movement.

51)  The following newspapers advocated revolutionary terrorism during the period of Indian freedom struggle.

1.Sandhya
2.Yugantar
3.Kaal

52)   The movement in India which became popular during the first World War was the Home Rule

       Movement.

53)   Abul Kalam Azad was the President of Indian National Congress for consecutive six years.

54)   Shaukat Ali and Mohammad Ali started the Khilafat Movement.

55)   Kakori Conspiracy Case took place in the year 1925.

56)   In the Interim Government (1946), Asaf Ali held the Railways Portfolio.

57)   The Province where Indian National Congress did not form ministry after the General election of 1937 was Bengal.

58)   The transfer of capital of British India from Calcutta to Delhi was affected during the period of Lord Hardinge.

59)   The leader of the Swadeshi Movement in Madras was Chidambaram Pillai.

60)   Indian depressed class was directly related to the Poona Pact of 1932.

61)   Subhas Chandra Bose had founded ‘Forward Bloc’ in the year 1939 A.D.

62)   The Gujarra minor rock edict, in which the name of Ashoka is mentioned, is located in Datia district of Madhya Pradesh.

63)   Burzahom Site has yielded skeleton of dog along with human skeleton in burial.

64)   Ashokan Pillar inscription VII is devoted to the principle of religious tolerance completely.

65)   The earliest evidence of agriculture in Indian sub-continent comes from Mehargarh.

66)   Megasthenese Mentions about the meeting of Sandrokottas (Chandragupta Maurya) with Alexander, the Great.

67)   The Sultan of Delhi who assumed the title of Alexander the Great was Alauddin Khalji.

68)   Khwaja Moinuddin Chisti was given the title of ‘Shaikh-ul-Hind’.

69)   Iltutmish introduced silver coin called ‘tanka’.

70)   ‘Permanent Settlement’ was introduced during the tenure of Lord Cornwallis.

71)    In Jahangir reign, the ‘Treaty of Chittor’ signed between Mughal and the Rana of Mewar.

72)   Zainul Abedin, the Medieval Indian ruler prior to Akbar has been referred to as the ‘Akbar of Kashmir’.

73)   The Bengali leader who opposed socio-religious reforms and support orthodoxy was Radhakant Deb.

74)   Varindra Ghosh was associated with Anushilan Samiti.

75)   The first Sultan of Delhi to have levied ‘Haqq-i-Sharab’ or irrigation tax was Firoz Tughlaq.

76)   The Sultan of Delhi who established a separate agriculture department and had planned the ‘rotation of crops’ was Mohammad Bin Tughlaq.

77)   As per world statistics 2008, what approximate percentage of world population lives in Asia was 61%.

78)   The State having highest scheduled caste population in India is Uttar Pradesh.

79)   Ujjain is situated at the bank of Kschipra River.

80)   Bagalihar Project lies on the Chenab River.

81)   Drakensberg is a mountain of South Africa.

82)   Benguela Current is a cold current of the South Atlantic Ocean.

83)   The Kalahari region of the world is associated with ‘Bushmen’.

84)   Gomti is the only tributary of River Ganges which rises in the plains.

85)   Uttar Pradesh holds the first place in India in the production of Wheat and sugarcane.

86)    The distance of Moon from the Earth is 384 thousand Kms.

87)   Japan is one of the leading industrial countries of the world because it has high technological capacity.

88)   The planet which is called twin sister of earth is Venus.

89)   The deepest lake of the World is Baikal Lake in Russia.

90)   The deepest trenches of the ocean are found in Pacific Ocean.

91)   Education which was initially a state subject was transferred to the Concurrent list by the 42nd Amendment.

92)   The Constitution is silent in the Directive Principles of State Policy about adult education.

93)    The Drafting Committee of the Constituent Assembly under Dr. B. R. Ambedkar had 6 other members.

94)   The distribution of legislative power between the centre and the states in the Constitution is given in Seventh schedule.

95)   The number of High Court of Judicature in India is Twenty one.

96)   Madhya Pradesh does not have a bicameral legislature.

97)   The cardinal features of political system in India are
1. It is a democratic republic.
2. It has a Parliamentary form of government.
3. The supreme power vests in people of India.
4. It provide for a unified authority

98)   The basis of determining dearness allowances to employees of India is Consumer Price Index.

99)   Narasinham Committee related to Banking structure reforms.

100)  Note issuing department of Reserve Bank of India should always possess the minimum gold stock worth Rs. 115 crore.