General Knowledge - Politics.

General Knowledge - Politics.

Q-1    In which year Supreme Court of India was established?

          (a) 25^th Jan 1920                      (b) 26^th Jan. 1949

          (c) 26^th Jan. 1950                     (d) 28^th Jan. 1952

Ans.  (c) 26^th Jan. 1950

Explanation :-

 It was established in 26th Jan. 1950, on the same day when our country become republic. Before this it was named as Federal Court of India. 

Q-2    Delhi high court was formed in 1966 , In which year Bombay , Madras , Calcutta high courts were formed ?

          (a) 1963                                   (b)  1862

          (c) 1965                                   (d)  1977

Ans.  (b)  1862

Explanation :-

These high courts were established in 1862. Now names of these cities are changed. Bombay  becomes Mumbai , Madras becomes Chennai , Calcutta becomes Kolkata .

Q-3    In which year SCI ( Supreme Court of  India ) develop the arrangement of PIL 

             ( Janhit Yachika)   ?

          (a) 1985                                            (b)  1986                       

          (c) 1980                                             (d) 1988

Ans.  (c)  1980

Explanation :-

PIL ( Public Interest Litigation ) was developed in 1980 . With this arrangement if any person sends a letter to High Court or Supreme Court and it would be treat like PIL.

 Q-4  Who was the Poetess of famous poem “ kaya hai dushit , kahna hai unka ” ?

          (a) Uma Duggal                                 (b)  Amrita Shergill                          

          (c) Sohrabai                                      (d) Uma BAi

Ans.  (c)  Sohra Bai

Explanation :-

Sohrabai was the famous Poetess of Maharashtra and she was wife of famous poet Chokhamal in the fourteenth century. In this poem poetess depicts about untouchablity of body and purity of soul.  

Q-5  ----------- was the American Company responsible for Bhopal Gas Tragedy ?

          (a) Enron                                           (b) Union Carbide                            

          (c) Boeing                                          (d)  None of these

Ans.  (b)  Union Carbide        

Explanation :-

Union Carbide was responsible for this tragedy in 1984. The Poisonous gas was Methyl Isocyanides. Now Union Carbide sold this factory to Dow Chemical. 

  

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General Knowledge :- Science

          General Knowledge :- Science 

                 Branches of science

1-    Anatomy       :       The Science dealing with the structure of animals, plants or human body

2-    Acoustics     :        The study of sound.

3-    Astrology      :       The science that deals with the Influence of heavenly bodies on human                                                       affairs.

4-      Aeronautics  :       Study of fight.

5-      Chronology   :      The science of arranging time in periods and ascertaining the dates                                                    and historical order of past events.

6-      Ecology         :      The study of the relation of animals and plants to their surrounding                                                    animates and inanimate.

7-      Entomology   :     The study of insects .

8-      Horticulture    :    The science dealing with cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables and                                                 ornamental plants.

9-      Mycology       :    The study of fungi and fungus diseases.

10-  Ornithology     :   The study of birds.

11-  Philology         :   The study of written record (any languages ) and their authenticity etc .

Scientific Instruments  

1-      Barometer      :  Used for measuring the atmospheric Pressure.

2-      Audiometer    :  Used for measuring intensity of sound.

3-      Hygrometer    :  Used for measuring humidity in air .

Vitamin and Diet Deficiency 

Vitamin                                Disease                                Sources                      

Vitamin A                              Night Blindness                   Carrot, Milk, Eggs, Papaya

Vitamin B                              Beriberi                                 Pulses, Eggs, Groundnut

Vitamin B₂                            Celosias                                Liver, Milk, Meat

Vitamin B₆                            Anemia                                  Liver, Milk, Meat

Vitamin B₇                            Pellagra                                 Fish, Eggs.

Vitamin B₁₂                          Bloodlessness                      Liver, Eggs

Vitamin C                             Scurvy                                    Orange, Tomato, Lemon

Vitamin D                             Rickets                                  Sunlight, Eggs, Butter, Fish, Oil

 Vitamin E                            Sterility                                   Green vegetable, Milk, Liver

Vitamin K                             Delay in Blood Clotting        Green Vegetable

                                                             

Diseases and the parts of Body they Affect  

Disease                                                     Parts of Body affected         

Cataract                                                     Eyes

Diabetes                                                    Pancreas

Diphtheria                                                  Throat

Glaucoma                                                  Eyes

Goiter                                                         Front of the neck(due to enlargement of Thyroid gland)

Jaundice                                                    Liver

Polio                                                           Molar neurons

Typhoid                                                      Intestine

Malaria                                                       Spleen

Leukemia                                                   Blood

Rickets                                                       Bones

Atomic Energy And Space Research

Atomic Energy: Atomic Energy commission (AEC) was set up in August 1948. it is responsible for the application of atomic energy in India for peaceful purposes at tomboy near Bombay (Maharashtra ) there are :- 

(a) Bhabha Atomic research centre (BARC) and 

(b) six nuclear research reactors named as :- 

(i) Apsara 

(ii) cirrus 

(iii) Zerlina 

(iv) Purnima I 

(v) Purnima II 

(vi) Dhruva    :     Dhruva is the country’s biggest research reactor. 

There are seven Nuclear Power stations:

(i)   Kalpakkam near Chennai (Tamil Nadu)

(ii)  Rawatbhata  (Rajasthan)

(iii) Tarapur (Maharashtra)

(iv)  Narora , Bulandshahar (U.P.) 

(v)   Kakrapar (Gujarat). 

(vi)  Kaiga (Karnataka) 

(vii) Kudankulam (Tamilnadu).

Atomic Blast By India :-  On May 18, 1974 India carried out an underground “ peaceful nuclear explosion experiment” at Pokhran (Rajasthan) at 8.05 a.m. at a depth of more than 100 meters and thus she became the world’s sixth nuclear power  :  The first five being USA, Russia, UK, France  and China.

Space Research: -  In June 1972, Space Commission was setup. The Thumba Equatorial Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) in Kerala was dedicated to the U.N.O. in February 1968. The satellite Launching Station has been established at Sriharikota in Andhra Pradesh.

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Geographical Surnames - National Sobriquets

Geographical Surnames -   National Sobriquets

      Surnames                                    Places Name

1.    Bengal’s Sorrow                                         Damodar River

2.    City of Palaces                                            Kolkata

3.    Gateway of India                                         Mumbai

4.    Pink city                                                       Jaipur

5.    Paris of India                                              Jaipur

6.    Manchester of India                                   Ahmedabad

7.    Kashmir of south                                         Kerala

8.    Son of sea                                                   Lakshadweep

9.    Queen of Mountains                                   Mussoorie

10.  Iron city                                                        Jamshedpur

11.  Hollywood of India                                       Mumbai

12.  Scotland of east                                          Meghalaya

13.  City of Nababs                                             Lucknow

14.  City of temples & Ghats                              Varanasi

15.  Land of five Rivers                                       Punjab

16.  City of Golden Temple                                Amritsar

17.  Garden of India                                            Bangalore

18.  Spice Garden of India                                 Kerala

19.  City of Lakes                                                Srinagar

20.  Twin city                                                        Hyderabad

21.  City of seven Islands                                    Mumbai

22.  Diamond Harbor                                          Kolkata

23.  Switzerland of India                                      Kashmir

24.  Rice Bowl                                                      Chhattisgarh

25.  Fruit Bowl                                                       Himachal Pradesh

26.  Ganga of south                                             Cauvery

27.  Pitsburg of India                                           Jamshedpur

28.  City of Bridges                                              Srinagar

29.  Resisdence of God                                      Allahabad 

30.  A Cross-road of  (Quadrivial)                      Kanpur

         National Highways                           

31.  Heart of India                                                 Delhi

32.  Black River                                                    Sharda

33.  City of Festivals                                             Madurai

34.  Queen of  Deccan                                          Pune

35. Sorrow of Bihar                                               Kosi River 

National Capital Territory and Union Territories

National Capital Territory  and  Union Territories

General Knowledge Based on Indian states , Capital, Governor & Chief Minister

Important General Knowledge Based on Indian states , 

 Capital, Governor and Chief Minister 

** Now Chief Minister of Arunachal Pradesh is Kalikho Pul  [19 Feb. 2016(current)]** 

General Knowledge - History Tips

General Knowledge - History Tips

            1.   Gandhara School of art is associated with Kanishka.

2.       Samudragupta has been called  “ Hindu Napoleon”.

3.       In England the Labour party was in power when India achieved Independence.

4.       Maurya is India’s oldest dynasty.

5.       Tulsidas lived during the reign of Babar.

6.       The Idol worship in India dates back to the pre – Aryan period.

7.       The famous Persian poet Amir Khusru lived at the court of Ala-ud-din khilji.

8.       Non-Cooperation movement resolution was passed in Calcutta session of Indian National Congress.

9.       The Indian National Congress declared complete Independence as its goal in 1929.

10.    A.O. Hume founded Indian National Congress in 1885. W.C. Banerjee was its first president and Mrs. Annie Besant was its first woman president. Mrs. Sarojini Naidu was its first Indian woman president.

11.    Clement Attlee was the British Prime Minister during whose period India achieved Independence.

12.    The famous Saint Sheikh Salim Chisti lived at Ajmer.

13.    Among the early Aryans the principal means of earning a living was farming.

14.    ‘Rudra’  was the God of war of the Rigvedic Aryans.

15.    The famous Chinese pilgrim Fahien visited India in 5^th century during the reign of Chandragupta Vikramaditya.

16.    The battle of Plassey was fought between the English and the Nawab of Bengal in the year 23^rd June 1757. Clive laid the foundation of the British Empire by winning it.

17.    Megasthenes was a the court of Chandragupta Maurya.

18.    The first battle of Panipat was fought between the Babar and Ibrahim Lodhi in the year 1526. It laid the foundation of the Mughal Rule in India.

19.    Banaras Hindu University was founded by Madan Mohan Malaviya.

20.    Mohenjo Daro is located in Sindh.

21.    Harsha Vardhana wrote Ratna Vali.

22.    The first Governor-General of free India was Lord Mountbatten.

23.    The Portuguese were the first Europeans to trade with India.

24.    Mughal painting flourished during the reign of Shahjahan.

25.    The first railway line in India was opened in the year 13^th April 1853. It started from Bombay and ended at Thana under the Governor-Generalship of Lord Dalhousie.

26.    Sati was abolished by Lord William Bentinck helps the Indian Raja Ram Mohan Rai.

27.    The second battle of Panipat was fought in the year 1556. Barium Khan (Akbar’s General),defeated Hemu (The Hindu General).

28.    Chandragupta Maurya is usually regarded as the first “Historical Emperor of India”.

29.    English was made the medium of higher education in India during the time of lord William Bentinck in the year 1835.

30.    Quit India Movement 1942 Led by Gandhiji asking the British to leave India.

31.    Swaraj Party 1922 led by Gandhiji decision to call off the civil disobedient movement , led

to the formation of the Swaraj Party Initiated by Motilal Nehru.

32.    India was partitioned by the Mountbatten plan of 3^rd June 1947. 

33.     Dandi March 1930 led by Gandhiji launched the movement to break the salt law.

34.    Khilafat Movement 1920 led by Mohamed. Ali and Shaukat Ali led the restoration of Khilafat alienating Muslims from the British.     

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General Knowledge History (Tips)

            General Knowledge History (Tips)

            1.    The first Non–Aligned summit was held in 1931 in the City of Belgrade.

2.       A resolution for complete Independence of India was passed in congress session held in Lahore.

3.       Ajanta caves are situated in the state of  Maharashtra.

4.       Guru Gobind Singh was the founder of Khasa 13 April 1699.

5.       Tripitakas is a sacred book of  Buddhism.

6.       Lenin was the Leader of the 1917 Russian Revolution.

7.       The slogan “ Liberty, Fraternity And Equality” was raised in the French Revolution.

8.       The tragedy of  Jallianwala Bagh took place during the Viceroyalty of Lord Chelmsford

9.        The date 6^th April 1930, in Indian history is known for Dandi March by Mahatma Gandhi.

10.    The Surat Congress session is known for split between the moderate and the extremists.

11.    Use of greased cartridges was the main reason for the Sepoy Mutiny of 1857 first War of Independence due to the dis-satisfaction of the Indian soldiers.

12.    The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of Gujrat.

13.    Bal Gangadhar Tilak said, “ Freedom is my birth – right and I shal have it”.

14.    Vishnu Gupt was the real name of Chanakya.

15.    The city of Amritsar was founded in the year 1577 by Guru Ram Das.

16.    Mian Mir laid the foundation stone of the Golden Temple.

17.    Voilent incidence at Chauri Chaura was the main cause behind Gandhiji’s decision to called off  the “Non – cooperation Movement”. Mob clashed with police, killing 22 policemen.

18.    In the year  1946 Cabinet mission (of Britain) visited India. In 1946, the Indian Naval Mutiny against British took place..

19.    American Revolution – French Revolution – Russian Revolution – Chinese Revolution is the correct chronological order.

20.    If tradition is to be believed, it was Taxilian Brahmin who raised to power a Youngman as mighty king of India, in the fourth century B.C. This personage was Chanakya.

21.    Nalanda University was associated with Harshavardhana.

22.    Charaka was associated with ancient system of medicine.

23.    The celebrated astronomers Aryabhata Varahamihira of ancient India lived during the Gupta period.

24.    In 12^th century A.D. Jayadeva composed Gita Govinda in Sanskrit.

25.    The Indians invented the decimal notation in Arithmetic.

26.    Brahma, Vishnu and Mahesh constitute the “ Hindu Trinity” And also called Generator, operator, destroy .

27.    Subhash Chander Bose organized I.N.A. and he gave the call “ Dilli Chalo”.

28.    East India Company was given power to rule by Regulating Act.

29.    Civil Disobedience movement was withdrawn by Gandhi – Irwin Pact.

30.    The number of Puranas is 18.

31.    Mahavira was the 24^th Tirthankara.

32.    Iron was not known to the Indus people.The script of Indus Valley civilization is not yet deciphered.The Indus Valley civilization was primarily Urban.

33.    The Gandhara school of Art, was also known as Indo – Greek Art.

34.    Somnath temple is situated in Gujarat.

35.    The word ‘Veda’ means knowledge.

36.    The rule of East India Company came to an end by the revolt of 1857.

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