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

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

1)         ‘Smart Money’ is a term used for Credit Card.

2)         The aim of differentiated Interest scheme was to provide concessional loans to Weaker Section  

          of Society.

3)         The first Industry to develop in India was the Cottage industry.

4)         The state having the highest Human Development Index in the year 2001 is Kerala.

5)         The Country which developed High Yield variety seeds for the first time is Mexico.

6)         The per capita daily calorie intake has been recommended for determining the poverty line

          inrural areas in India is 2400.

7)         In India Central Statistical Organisation and National Sample Survey is entrusted with the

         collection of data of capital formation.

8)         The duration which is related to XI Five Year Plan in India is 2007-12.

9)         Open market operations of RBI refer to buying and selling of shares.

10)     The smallest bone in the human body is Stapes.

11)     Sea horse is fish.

12)     The yellow colour of human urine is due to a pigment called Urochrome.

13)     The branch of study dealing with old age and aging is called Gerentology.

14)   The only Indian Governor General was C. Rajagopalachari.

15)   Emphysaema is a disease caused by environmental pollution in lungs of the body.

16)   Mountbatten Plan became the basis for Indian independence.

17)   The Indian who attended all the Three Round Table Conferences was B. R. Ambedkar.

18)   Rabindranath Tagore relinquished his Knighthood as a measure of protest against Jallianwala Bagh Massacre.

19)   The 52nd amendment to the Constitution of India deals with Defection.

20)   The Panchayati Raj was recommended by Balwantrai Mehta Committee Report, 1957.

21)   The President of India can nominate 12 members to Rajya Sabha.

22)   State Bank of India is the first in establishing its branch in China.

23)   8 IITs will be set up in the 11th Five Year Plan.

24)      Swavalamban Scheme is concerned with providing training and skills to women.

25)      Gondwana rock systems in India are the main source of coal deposits.

26)      Indian Overseas Bank is a public sector Commercial Bank.

27)      Gujarat has the longest coast line.

28)   The Commercial Banks were nationalised in 1969.

29)   Sikkim became a new state by 35th Amendment.

30)   Asia’s first human DNA Bank has been set up in Lucknow.

31)   The concept of ‘Fundamental Rights’ enshrined in the Indian Constitution was borrowed from U.S.A.

32)   The maximum strength of Lok Sabha has been fixed at 552.

33)   The State Legislative Assembly which has the maximum strength (number of members) is Uttar Pradesh.

34)   In India the Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee is appointed by Speaker of the Lok Sabha.

35)   The Constitution of India was adopted by the Constituent Assembly on November 26, 1949.

36)   Money bill is introduced in the Lok Sabha only.

37)   The revolutionary who involved in Kakori case had escaped the trial was Sachindra Nath Bakshi.

38)   The rate of exchange between the Copper Dam and Silver Rupaya under Sher Shah was 40: 1.

39)   The Durand line demarcated India’s border with Afghanistan.

40)   After the arrest of Gandhiji during the Salt Satyagraha, who took his place as leader of the movement was Abbas Tyabji.

41)   Shah Alam-II had granted Diwani to the East India Company.

42)   The ‘Nayanars’ were Saivites.

43)   Kharavela had strong leaning towards Jainism.

44)   The department of Public Works was established for the first time by Firoz Shah Tughlaq.

45)   Aryabhatta was of the view that the Earth revolves round the Sun.

46)   Jivaka, the famous physician of the time of Gautama Buddha, was associated with the court of Bimbisara.

47)   March 24 was observed as World Tuberculosis (TB) Day.

48)   Every solar eclipse takes place on new moon only.

49)   Hepatitis is caused by virus.

50)   Uranium dating methods is used to determine the age of the earth.

51)   Bauxite is an ore of Aluminium.

52)   Vitamin which promotes wound healing is Vitamin A.

53)   Jamun fruit is a rich source of iron.

54)   The difference (in years) between the Vikrama and Saka eras is 135 years.

55)   The city of Jaunpur was founded by Firoz Shah Tughlaq.

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

57)   The revolutionary who executed in the Gorakhpur Jail was Ramprasad Bismil.

58)      Sardar Bhagat Singh had changed the name of Hindustan Republic Association founded by Sachindra Sanyal to ‘Hindustan Socialist Republic Association’.

59)   Ptolemy Philadelphus with whom Ashoka had diplomatic relations was the ruler of Egypt.

60)   Telugu literature had its classical age under Krishnadeva Raya, the famous Vijayanagara king.

61)   The inscription belonging to Mauryan dynasty confirms the tradition that Lumbini was the birth place of Sakyamuni Buddha.

62)   The most toxic metal pollutant of the automobile exhaust is Lead.

63)   Titan is the largest moon or satellite of Saturn.

64)   An atom bomb is based on the principle of nuclear fission.

65)   Electron-volt is the unit for energy.

66)   The gas which under normal conditions produces pollution in the atmosphere is Carbon monoxide (CO).

67)      Maharashtra is the most urbanized states of India according to 2001 Census.

68)   National Dairy Development Board is located in Anand.

69)   The minimum age required for election to Rajya Sabha is 30 years.

70)   The tax levied and collected by the Union but distributed between Union and States Tax on income other than on agricultural income.

71)   On the river Chenab, the highest bridge of the world being constructed.

72)   UNO has fixed the target for ‘Education for All’ till the year 2015.

73)   The subjects on which both the Centre and State Governments can legislate are contained in the Concurrent List.

74)   Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan covers all children in the age group 6–14.

75)   Mixed economy means existence of both private and public sectors.

76)   Japan has the highest life expectancy at birth (in years).

77)   Laterite soil is found in Maharashtra.

78)   Damodar is a tributary of river Hugli.

79)   The train which was started on April 14, 2008 between Kolkata (India) and Dhaka (Bangladesh) has been named Maitri Express.

80)   White bud of maize is caused due to deficiency of Zn.

81)   The term ‘Siamese Twins,’ is used for the twins who are physically attached to each other.

82)   Dudhawa National Park is situated in the district of Lakhimpur Khiri.

83)   The major coffee producing state in India is Karnataka.

84)   Economic Planning is included in the Constitution of India in Concurrent List.

85)   Sangam Yojana is concerned with helping the invalids.

86)      After President’s signature on the recommendation of Delimitation Commission, Parliamentary and Assembly Constituencies with certain exemptions will be redefined. The following are exempted

1.       Arunachal Pradesh and Manipur

2.        Assam

3.        Nagaland

4.        Jharkhand

87)   D. K. Karve sustained efforts led to the establishment of the first women’s university in Bombay.

88)   G-8 organizations have set the target of reducing Greenhouse gas emissions by 50% by the year 2050.

89)      Ustad Amzad Ali Khan is an exponent of Sarod.

90)      Kuhu-O-Keka is written by Satyendra Nath Dutta.

91)      China’s national game is Table Tennis.

92)   The oldest oilfield in India is Digboi.

93)   In the alkane series methane is followed by Ethane.

94)   The term ‘Penhold Grip’ is associated with Table Tennis.

95)   Organic compound used for welding and artificially ripening of fruits is C2H4.

96)   In rabbit, the digestion of cellulose takes place in Colon.

97)   Rolland Garros is associated with Tennis.

98)   Calcium is essential for animals but not in plants.

99)   The circulation of blood in closed circulatory system was discovered by William Harvey.

100)  Keenan stadium is located at Jamshedpur.