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

1)         Iris is the anterior part of Retina.

2)         The part of the tongue where the taste buds for sweet taste are located is Tip.

3)         Vitamin K is necessary for blood clotting because it plays a vital role in the synthesis of
       (A) Thromboplastin

       (B) Fibrinogen

       (C) Prothrombin

4)      Uttar Pradesh has the largest size of population.

5)      ‘Purna Swaraj’ day was first celebrated on January 26, 1930.

6)      Dr. M. S. Subbulakshmi has distinguished herself in the field of Vocal Music.

7)      Australia has recently signed the Kyoto Protocol.

8)      Water equivalent of a body is measured in Grams.

9)      The proposed site for private port in West Bengal is Kulpi.

10)   The most populous city of India in 2001 is Mumbai.

11)      Sodium chloride is electrovalent.

12)   Mahatma Gandhi edited ‘Harijan Patrika’.

13)   Production of heat due to flow of electric current through a conductor is given by Joule effect.

14)   When the temperature of a metal rises, its electrical resistance Increases.

15)   One of the famous tragedies of Shakespeare is Macbeth.

16)   The eminent Bengali dramatist who wrote ‘Abong Indrajit’ was Badal Sarkar.

17)   The ‘Subsidiary Alliance’ system was introduced by Lord Wellesley.

18)   The famous Ilbert Bill Controversy arose during the tenure of Lord Ripon.

19)   Aqua regia is a mixture of one part HNO3 and three parts HCl.

20)   Kuchipudi is a dance from Andhra Pradesh.

21)   Mumbai city is called Gateway of India.

22)   The native land of ‘Jim Corbett’ is India.

23)   Anhydrous CaO may be used to dry NH3 gas.

24)   The only Sultan of Delhi who exempted his subject from nearly 24 taxes was Firoz Tughlaq.

25)   The Council of Ministers is collectively responsible to The Lok Sabha.

26)   The Editor of the Magazine ‘Sambad-Pravakar’ was Iswar Chandra Gupta.

27)   The fuel in a nuclear reactor is Uranium.

28)   Article 368 of the Indian Constitution provides to the Parliament the power to amend the Constitution.

29)   Generally all the voters in the respective villages are the members of the Gram Sabha.

30)   The Chief Election Commissioner is appointed by the President.

31)   In bacteria, Both PS I and PS II photosynthesis is present.

32)   AC. is used in homes because it is economical in transmission.

33)   The Tattvabodhini Sabha was founded by Debendranath Thakur.

34)   Tyagaraja is the famous South Indian musician and saint, who was an exponent of Carnatic music.

35)   ‘Geeta-Govindam’ by Kavi Jaydev was written in Sanskrit.

36)   Kathakali dance is in the form of dance drama in Kerala and is usually performed in the open and lasts the whole night.

37)   If a new State of the Indian Union is to be created 1^ST Schedule of the Constitution must be amended.

38)   When water is heated from 0°C to 10°C its volume first decreases and then increases.

39)   Centre for DNA finger printing and diagnostics is situated at Hyderabad.

40)   The approximate age of the Aravalli range is 470 million years.

41)   In Article 75 is enshrined the appointment of the Prime Minister and Council of Ministers.

42)   Article 155 mentions the appointment of the Governor of a state.

43)   Article 164 provides for the appointment of Chief Minister and Council of Ministers of a State.

44)  World Ozone Day is observed on September 16.

45)   Under the Permanent Settlement of 1793, the Zamindars were required to issue pattas to the farmers which were not issued by many of the Zamindars. The reason was there was no official check upon the Zamindars.

46)   The Mongols under Chenghis Khan invaded India during the reign of Iltutmish.

47)   The most appropriate measure of a country’s economic growth is its Per Capita Real Income.

48)   The Supreme Court of India tenders advice to the President on a matter of law or fact only if he seeks such advice.

49)   2008 was observed as the International year of Coral Reefs.

50)   Mangroves in India account for about 5% of world’s mangrove vegetation.

51)   The major achievements of Lord Hastings were

(A) Suppression of Pindaris

(B) Treaty of Sagauli (1816)

(C) End of the Maratha Confederacy

52)  When Sindh was conquered in 1843 by the Britishers, the Governor-General was Lord Ellenborough.

53)   Ogaden region has been a source of conflict between which two countries Ethiopia and Somalia.

54)   During the time of the Mughal Emperor Jahangir, the English East India Company had established its first factory in India.

55)   As per Census of 2001 No. of million cities in India is 35 with Greater Mumbai topping the list while Rajkot as the smallest million city.

56)   Saudi Arabia has proven oil reserves—264•2 billion barrels (about 19% of the world total petroleum reserves) which is the highest of any country in the world.

57)   Norway is the second largest exporter of fish commodities after China in the world.

58)   The most important rocks from economic point of view are Dharwar rocks.

59)   The third battle of Panipat was fought between Marathas and Ahmad Shah Abdali in 1761 which gave crushing blow to the rising Maratha supremacy because Marathas were badly defeated in this battle.

60)   National Authority, Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) was set up under resolution of Cabinet Secretariat dated May 5, 1997 to fulfil the obligation enunciated in the Chemical Weapons Convention initially signed by 130 countries in a conference concluded in 1993. To prohibit stockpiling of chemical weapons.

61)   Madhya Pradesh ranks first in production of Soya bean.

62)   In 1815 Raja Rammohan Roy founded the Atmiya Sabha with objective to reform the Hindu Society.

63)   Punjab with 28•9% has the highest percentage of Scheduled Castes population in India.

64)   Saudi Arabia (first) U.S.A. (second) and Russia (third) are the three leading petroleum producing countries in decreasing order.

65)   The largest producer of silver in the world is Mexico.

66)   The Indian National Congress was founded by Allen Octavian Hume.

67)   Annie Besant arrived in India in 1893.

68)   The Mahadeo hills are located in Madhya Pradesh.

69)   To Kam Bakhash Aurangzeb gave title Deen Panah.

70)   Nadir Shah invaded India in 1739.

71)   During 1707 to 1759, in a span of just five decades Eight Mughal Emperors had ascended the throne.

72)   There are 6 departments in the Ministry of Home Affairs.

73)   According to 2001 census, the least urbanised State of India is Himachal Pradesh.

74)   Sikkim State will soon have its first Civil Airport.

75)   The objectives of the Mission Chandrayaan 1 are
(a) Preparing dimensional atlas of the lunar surface.
(b) Chemical Mapping of the entire lunar surface.
(c) Locating minerals in the soil of the moon.

76)   Karnataka had introduced a high tech food grain rationing system to ensure timely supply of the food grains to people living below poverty line.

77)   The following are the parts of India’s Money Market

               (A) Bill Markets
               (B) Call Money Market

               (C) Banks

               (D) Mutual Funds

78)   Equadore adopted its new constitution recently.

79)   Jammu & Kashmir got its first Rail link recently.

80)   Barack Hussain Obama belongs to Democratic Party.

81)   Stephen Harper whose name was in news recently is the Prime Minister of Canada.

82)   Tamil Nadu has announced that it will provide a special package of incentives to Employment Intensive Industries.

83)      Russia has decided to increase its co-operation in the field of energy with India.

84)      The following services are provided by the post offices in India.
(A) Savings Bank Scheme
(B) Retailing of Mutual Funds
(C) Sale of stamp Papers (Judicial)
(D) Life Insurance cover

85)      Mohammed Anni Nasheed is the newly elected President of   Maldives.

86)      Jean Marie Gustave Le Clezio is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2008.

87)      A national level commission of India has asked about twenty States to set up Law commissions in their States as early as possible.

88)      The measure taken by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) to ease the liquidity crunch in the country is cut in Cash Reserve Ratio and Statutory Liquidity Ratio.

89)      The author of the book ‘The Exile’ is Navtej Saran.

90)      Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan programmes is being implemented in all the districts of the country.

91)      The Govt. of India decided to provide a bonus price of Rs. 50 per quintal on paddy over and above its minimum support price of Rs. 850 per quintal.

92)      The author of the book ‘The Namesake’ is Jhumpa Lahiri.

93)      Besides USA India has signed Nuclear Agreement with France and is named as ‘Co-operation Agreement for Peaceful uses of Nuclear Energy’.

94)      ‘Merdeka Cup’ is associated with the game of Football.

95)      The National Games scheduled in 2011 will be organized in Goa.

96)      Cancer disease is not covered under Integrated Disease Surveillance project.

97)  The diseases covered under Integrated Disease Surveillance project are
         (A) Cholera
         (B) Tuberculosis
         (C) AIDS
         (D) Polio

98)   Banks are required to pay 10% percentage of their net bank credit to Priority Sector is advance.

99)  Competition (Amendment) Bill, 2007 has replaced MRTPC.

100)           A bill has been introduced in the Parliament to raise SBI authorised capital from Rs. 20 crore to  Rs. 5000 crore