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.

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.