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GENERAL STUDIES EXAMINERs FAVOURITES COMPILATION OF IMPORTANT QUESTIONS:

Ancient India
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Harappan Civilization discovered in - 1921

The local name of Mohanjodaro is -Mound of the Dead
The Indus Valley Civilization discovered by DR Sahni
Patnjali is known for the compilation of - Yoga Sutra
Satyameva Jayate has been adopted from which book? Mundaka Uparishad
Which Veda contains an account on magical charms and spells?Atharavaveda
The city of Pataliputra found by Udayin
Buddha belonged to Sakya clan
Buddha Charita wrote by Asvaghosha
The last Mauryan emperor was Brihadratha
Saka era started by Kanishka (AD 78)
The First king issued gold coins in India by Indo - Greeks
The subject matter of Ajanta painting pertains to - Buddhism
First major inscription in classical Sanskrit is that of - Rudradaman
Which Gupta King was known as the Napolean of India?
Samudragupta

Medieval India
1. The Khajuraho temples built by -Chandela
2. The four mathas in the four corners of India by Shankaracharya
3. The Somnath temple destroyed by Mahmud Ghaznavi, was
dedicated to Lord Siva
4. Ibn Batuta traveler come from - Morocco
5. Which Sultan founded a town where now stands Agra? - Sikandar
6. The author of Ain- i- Akbari was Abul Fazal.
7. Ibadatkhana at Fatehpur Sikri was built by Akbar
8. The Sun temple of Konark was build by Narasimhadeva (Gang Dynasty)
9. Ibn Batuta as the Chief Qazi of Delhi was appointed by Mohammad bin - Tughlaq
10. Diwan I Musta Kharaji was established by Alauddin Khaliji
Modern India
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Who was the Governor General of Bengal? Warren Hastings

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The trade monopoly of East India company was ended by which act?- Charter Act of 1833
Adigranth or Guru Granth Saheb was compiled by Guru Arjun Dev
Satyarth Prakesh was written by Swami Dayanand Saraswati
The theory of economic drain in his book Poverty and Un British Rule in India was given by -Dada Bhai Naoroji
India was of Independence 1857 is written by Begum Hazarat
The first Indian to become member of the British Parliament Dada bhai Naoroji
The last British Viceroy of India Lord Mountabatten
For Which movement did Gandhiji give the slogan, Do Or Die?-Ouit India Movement
Which Committee was appointed by the British Government to investigate in Jallianwala Bagh massacre? Hunter
Commission
Who was known as the Frontier Gandhi? Khan Abdul Gaffar
Who was called the Iron Man of India? Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel
The leader of Bardoli Satyagrah (1928) was Sardar Ballabhbhai Patel
The author of Neel Darpan was Dinbandhu Mitra

GEOGRAPHY
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The first person to use the word geography was

Erastosthenes (276 194 BC)
The First presented the India on the world map Tolmie
10 latitude give the seperatio of 111 kms
10 Longitude is equal to 4 (minutes)
The Closest capital to tropic cancer Ranchi
3 capitals are above to Tropic of Cancer Jaipur, Aizwol, Agarthala
The atmosphere layer which reflects radio waves is known as - Lonosphere
Which State is known as the name of Black Water? - Andaman and Nicobar
Which latitude divides India into two parts? 23 0
The largest delta in the world is The delta of Ganga
The type of climate in India is Monsoon
Most of the iron in India is found in Dharwar Rocks
Ozone layer is found in Stratosphere
Ring of fire refers to Circum Pacific Seismic belt
Willy Willy is the tropical cyclone occurring in Coast of North west Australia
On which river, the Baglihar Hydro- powr project is located? Chenab
The term Rugur refers to Black cotton Soil
Which two peninsular rivers flow through troughs? Narmad and Tapi
How much area does India cover of the total geographical area of the world? 2.42 %
The length of the Indian coastline is 7516.6 km

IMPORTANT BOUNDARY LINES

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Durand Line
Hinderberg line
49th Parallel
Mac Mohan Line
Maginot Line

Between Pakistan and Afghanistan

Between Germany and Poland
Between USA and Canada
Between India and Tibet / China
Between France and Germany

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38th Parallel
Oder Neisse Line
Radcliffe Line
17th Parallel

Between North and South Korea

Between Germany and Poland
Between India and Pakistan
Between India and Pakistan

INDIAN POLITY
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The Constitution of India was adopted on 26th November 1949

The Constituent Assembly of India started functioning from :- 9th December , 1946
The Constituent Assembly took time to frame the Constitution of India 2 years 11 months 18 days
The concept of written constitution, first born was USA
The constitution of India is Partly rigid, partly flexible
The word Secularism was inserted in the Preamble of the Indian Constitution by 42nd Amendment
The Preamble to the constitution declares India as A sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic
The item Education belongs to the Concurrent List
How many languages have recongnised by the Constitution? 22
The number of Union Territories in India is 7
Part of the Indian Constitution deals with Fundamental Rights- Part III
Constitutional Amendment deleted the Right to Property from the list of Fundamental Rights 44th Amendment
Articles of Indian Constitution guarantees freedom to press
Article 19
In year Fundamental Duties of citizens were introduced by
42nd Amendment 1976
Rashtrapati Bhawan was designed by - Edwin Lutyens
A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force For six months
In Article of the Constitution of India can be the President of
India be impeached Article 61
In India, the President is elected by Single Transferable Vote
The first woman to become the Prime Minister of a country
Sirimavo Bhandharnaike
The Father of Indian economic reform - Manmohan Singh

INDIAN ECONOMY
These revolutions aim at the increased production in the
respective sector. What are they?
REVOLUTIONS

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1. Pink Revolution
2. Yellow Revolution
etc.)
3. Brown Revolution
4. Silver Revolution
5. Golden Revolution
6. Black Revolution
7. Red Revolution

Onion, Prawns
Oil seeds, (mustard, Sunflower
Leather
Egg (Poultry)
Honey, Apiculture, Horticulture
Petroleum
Tomato, Meat

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Round Revolution
Potato
Grey Revolution
Fertilizer
A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for - 60 days
Which was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the 'Heart and Soul' of the Constitution?- Right to Constitutional
Remedies
An individual's actual standard of living can be assessed by - Disposable Personal Income
Fa hien visited India during the reign of - Chandragupta II
The land locked sea is Aral Sea
Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of - Uncontrolled fusion reaction
Tropospher is the hottest part of the atmosphere because - It is heated by the Earth's surface
The outermost layer of the Sun is called - Corona
The tissue in man where no cell division occurs after birth is - Nerves
The warm blooded animals are - Whales
Syrinx is the voice box in - Birds
The largest ecosystem of the Earth is - Biome
Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic - Fibre glass
Who coined the word 'Geography'? - Eratosthenese
The ecological hot spot of India is Western Ghats
The term Micro Economics and Macro Economics were coined by - J.M. Keynes
Tetra ethyle lead (TEL) is An antioxidant
A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force - For six months

MISCLANEOUS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

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'Eutrophication' is associated with - Nitrates and Phosphates

'Dry ice' is the condense form of - carbon dioxide
A reduction reaction involves - addition of nitrogen
An antiknock for petrol is - Lead tetraethyl
The systems of government is bi-centralism an essential feature
is - Federal system
Monopolist resorts to price discrimination depending upon the - Elasticity of demand
Economic planning is an essential feature of - Socialist economy
The Central Drug Reasearch Institute of India is located at - Lucknow
The cereals was among the first to be used by man - Wheat
If a resistive wire is elongated, its resistance - increases
The sweet taste of fruits is due to - Fructose
The three tier Panchayat Raj system in India was proposed by the Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
Under the Article of the Constitution is the President's Rule introduced in a State due to the failure of the
constitutional machinery - Article 356
Brown Revolution is - Growth of food procession and soft drinks industries in India
Golden Revolution refers to - Horticulture
Rusting of iron requires - oxygen and water
The 'Break Even' point is - Total revenue equals total cost
The method of Impeachment of the President of India is adopted from - U.S.A

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Generally, the soil of the northern plans of India has been formed by - Aggradation
Hiuen Tsang visited India during the reign of Harshavardhana
The communal electorate was introduced for the first time in India in - 1909
Sea breeze is formed during Day time
A geostationary satellite revolves round the earth from - West to East
Cement is formed by strongly heating a mixture of - Limestone and clay
Glass is a - Supercooled liquid
Lambert's law is related to - Illumination
The Drafting of the Constitution was completed on - 26th January, 1950
The judges of the Supreme Court retire at the age of - 65 years
The call of Back to the Vedas was given by - Swami Dayanand Saraswati
Red data book gives information about species are - Endangered
The time period of a pendulum when taken to the Moon would - Increase
White lung disease is prevalent among the workers of - Pesticide industry
An artificial ecosystem is represented by - Aquarium
The optimum dissolved oxygen level (in mg/ litre) required for survival of aquatic organisms is 4 6
The System of Dyarchy was introduced in India in - 1919
The minerals is found in Monazite sand is - Thorium
Which plant is called 'Herbal Indian Doctor? - Amla
The pH of Human blood is 7.4
Optical fibres are based on the phenomenon of -Total Internal Reflection
Mirage' is an example of -Refraction and total internal reflection of light
The element which is used for vulcanizing rubber - Sulphur
For the election of President of India, a citizen should have completed the age of - 35 years
A member of Parliament will lose his membership of Parliament if he is continuously absent from Sessions for - 60 days
Which was described by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar as the 'Heart and Soul' of the Constitution?- Right to Constitutional
Remedies
An individual's actual standard of living can be assessed by - Disposable Personal Income
Fa hien visited India during the reign of - Chandragupta II
The land locked sea is Aral Sea
Hydrogen bomb is based on the principle of - Uncontrolled fusion reaction
Tropospher is the hottest part of the atmosphere because - It is heated by the Earth's surface
The outermost layer of the Sun is called - Corona
The tissue in man where no cell division occurs after birth is - Nerves
The warm blooded animals are - Whales
Syrinx is the voice box in - Birds
The largest ecosystem of the Earth is - Biome
Which type of glass is used for making glass reinforced plastic - Fibre glass
Who coined the word 'Geography'? - Eratosthenese
The ecological hot spot of India is Western Ghats
The term Micro Economics and Macro Economics were coined by - J.M. Keynes
Tetra ethyle lead (TEL) is An antioxidant
A Presidential Ordinance can remain in force - For six months

PHYSICS: IMPORTANT INVENTIONS & INVENTORS

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Air conditioning: Willis Carrier, U.S., 1911.

Balloon: Joseph and Jacques Montgolfier, France, 1783.
Barometer: Evangelista Torricelli, Italy, 1643.
Bicycle: K. Macmillan, Scotland, 1839
Bifocal Lens: Benjamin Franklin, U.S., c.1760.
Calculating machine: Pascal, France, 1642.
Camera: Hand-held: George Eastman, U.S., 1888.
Cine Camera: Friese-Greene, Britain, 1889.
Centigrade scale: A. Celsius, France, 1742.
Cinematograph: Thomas Alva Edition, USA, 1891.
Integrated Circuit : Jack S. Kilby, U.S., 1959.
Clock: Pendulum clock: Christian Huygens, The Netherlands, 1656.
Mechanical clock: Hsing and Ling-Tsan, China, 1725.
Computers: Charles Babbage, Britain, 1834.
Conservation of electric charge: Benjamin Franklin, U.S., 17511754.
Diode Bulb: Sir J.S. Fleming, 1904
Dynamite: Alfred Nobel, Sweden, 1867.
Dynamo: Michael Faraday, England, 1831.
Electric Appliances: Fan: Schuyler Wheeler, U.S., 1882.
Flatiron:- Henry W. Seely, U.S., 1882.
Stove:- Hadaway, U.S., 1896.
Washing machine:- Alva Fisher, U.S., 1906.
Electric cooking utensil: (first) patented by St. George LaneFox, England, 1874.
Electric generator (Dynamo): Michael Faraday, England, 1831.
Electric Iron: H.W. Seeley, USA, 1882.
Electric lamp: Thomas Alva Edison, U.S., 1879.
Electromagnet: William Sturgeon, England, 1824.
Electron: Sir Joseph J. Thompson, England, 1897.
E = mc2: Albert Einstein, Switzerland, 1907.
Electric Motor: Michael Faraday, England, 1822.
Evolution Theory: Charles Darwin, England, 1858.
Exclusion principle: Wolfgang Pauli, Germany, 1925.
Expanding universe theory: Edwin P. Hubble, U.S., 1929.
Law of falling bodies: Galileo Galilei, Italy, 1590.
Fiber optics: Narinder Kapany, England, 1955.
Elementary Geometry: Euclid, Alexandria, Egypt, c. 300 B.C.
Gunpowder: China, c.700.
Gyroscope: Lon Foucault, France, 1852.
Halley's Comet: Edmund Halley, England, 1705.
Helicopter:-

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Double rotor: Heinrich Focke, Germany, 1936.

Single rotor: Igor Sikorsky, U.S., 1939.
Holograph: Dennis Gabor, England, 1947.
Internal combustion Engine: Fundamental theory established by: Sadi Carnot, France, 1824.
Two-stroke: Etienne Lenoir, France, 1860;
Four-stroke: Nikolaus Otto, Germany, 1876;
Diesel: Rudolf Diesel, Germany, 1892;
Rotary: Felix Wankel, Germany, 1956.
Jet propulsion: Engine: Sir Frank Whittle, England, Hans von Ohain, Germany, 1936
Aircraft: Heinkel He 178, 1939.
Laser:First the theoretical work(Inventor): Charles H. Townes, Arthur L. Schawlow, U.S., N. Basov, A. Prokhorov, U.S.S.R.,
1958. First working model: T. H. Maiman, U.S., 1960.
Law of Gravitation: Sir Isaac Newton, England, c.1665 (published 1687).
Laws of Motion: Isaac Newton, England, 1687.
Laws of Planetary motion: Johannes Kepler, Germany, 1609, 1619.
LCD (liquid crystal display): Hoffmann-La Roche, Switzerland, 1970.
Lightning rod: Benjamin Franklin, U.S., 1752.
Locomotive:- Steam powered: Richard Trevithick, England, 1804.

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