Static GK -1 Flashcards
Dance,Sobriquets,Schedules, International Organisations, National Parks
How much is the difference of time between any two consecutive longitudes?
1) 10 minutes
2) 14 minutes
3) Four minutes
4) 30 minutes
Four minutes because there are total 360° in the whole complete round in 24 hours. So for every one hour Earth rotates 15°. So for every 1° the time difference for to longitudes will be four minutes.
Article 280
Finance Commission - 4+1 members
Constitution Amendment
1) 86th amendment
2) 91st amendment
3) 99th amendment
1) 2002 - Right to Education - Article 21-A
2) 2003 - max minister 15% of the total members of LS
3) 2014 - 124-A National Judicial Appointment Commission (NJAC) came instead of Collegium sysytem. Now NJAC was declared unconstitutional and Collegium System is followed.
Below city is situated beside which river? Lahore, Pakistan -> River Indus -> River Sutlej -> River Chenab -> River Ravi
River Ravi
2) Closest star to earth?
3) Brightest star for earth?
4) Father of Ecology?
5) Who discovered double helical structure of DNA?
6) Who discovered neutron?
7) Who discovered electron?
8) Who named the elements Carbon, Hydrogen and Oxygen?
9) Muriatic Acid?
10) Khajuraho temples were built by?
A) James Chadwick B) Lord Mount Batten C) Sirius D) Antoine Lavoisier E) Francis Crick F) James Watson G) Alexander Von Humboldt H) J J Thompson
2) Proxima Century
3) Sirius ( Dog Star)
4) Alexander Von Humboldt
5) James Watson and Francis Crick
6) James Chadwick -1932 Nobel Prize for Physics
7) J J Thompson
8) Antoine Lavoisier
9) HCl
10) Chandela Kings in Chhatrapur, MP, UNESCO site, total 85 temples, 25 remaining
Founder and Capital of below Dynasty is?
Wadiyar Dynasty
1) Jai Singh (Vijayaditya) - Vengil
2) Pushmitra Sung Patliputra
3) Shishunag - Rajgrah (Madhya Pradesh)
4) Yaduray Wadiyar - Mysore
5) Sri Gupta - Patliputra
Yaduray Wadiyar - Mysore
Military(Army/Navy/Air Force/ Terrorism) Excercise held between? Nomadic Elephant -> Singapore -> US -> Sri Lanka -> Mongolia
India and Mongolia
Name the largest lake of India.
Name the largest fresh water lake of World.
Name the largest lake of the world
1) Chilika Lake
2) Lake Baikal, (Serbia) Russia
3) Caspian Sea
The Philosophy of Bomb book is written by?
B C Vohra - in this he told that Bhagat SIngh believed in Marxism n was secular
Below city is situated beside which river?
Jaunpur
River Gomti
Below Dance/ Festival is related to which state?
Gambhira, Chhau, Santhali, Alkao, Domni
West Bengal
Where is the below Research Institute present? Central Forest Research Institute -> Haryana -> Dehradun -> Delhi -> Mumbai
Dehradun, Uttrakhand
Name the tallest statue of India.
Where is Mount Cotopaxi located?
Where is Lake Titicaca?
Statue of Unity, Gujarat
Where is Mount Cotopaxi located - Andes Mountain, Ecuador
Where is Lake Titicaca? - border of Peru and Bolivia
Article 315
UPSC - no fixed members
Constitution Amendment
100th amendment
2015 - ratified the land boundary agreement between India and Bangladesh
1) National Parks/ Wildlife Sanctuary/ Biosphere Reserve in
Indravati National Park
Kanger Valley National Park
Guru Ghasi Das (Sanjay) National Park
Chattisgarh
Schemes for Women Empowerment
1) Nirbhaya Yojana
2) Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme
1) Nirbhaya Yojana - CCTV installation, SOS security, helpline number - 112 (by Amit Shah) - in 3 stages
2) Mahila Police Volunteer Scheme - every village will have a Volunteer Women who will work in shadows and inform circle inspector of any women related criminal matters - paid Rs 1000 per month
Founder and Capital of below Dynasty is?
Sathwahan Dynasty
1) Simukh - Prathisthan (Andhra Pradesh)
2) Vasudev (Vigraharaj) - Ajmer
3) Vajrahast - Puri
4) Bimbisar - Rajgrah, Patliputra
Simukh - Prathisthan (Andhra Pradesh)
Article 52
about President
Below term is used in which game?
Pull Hall, The Green, Bunker, Par, Lie, Bogey, PGA Tour and Master open, United States Open
Tee, Caddie, Bogey, Hole, Link
Golf
Name the place where below grass fields are found
Composed Grass
1) Africa
2) South America
3) Brazil
4) India
5) New Zealand
6) Argentina
7) Europe
8) Australia
9) North America
Preiri - North America Savana - Africa (junglee ghas) Pampas - South America (Argentina) Daunce - Australia Composed Grass - Brazil Veld Grass fields - South America Canterbari grass - New Zealand (most costly grass) Stepies Grass - Europe Scutch Grass - most common in India (known as - dhurwa)
Who among the following invented bifocal lens, Cyclotron and Hydrogen Bomb?
1) Benjamin Franklin
2) Evangelista Torricelli
3) Edward Teller
4) Ernest Lawrence
Benjamin Franklin - Bifocal Lens
Ernest Lawrence - Cyclotron
Edward Teller - Hydrogen Bomb
In which year below company was established?
1) Portuguese East India Company
2) English East India Company
3) Dutch East India Company
4) Danish East India Company
5) French East India Company
1) Portuguese East India Company - 1498
2) English East India Company - 1600
3) Dutch East India Company - 1602
4) Danish East India Company - 1616
5) French East India Company - 1664
Sobriquet for Madagascar (Island Country in Indian Ocean)
- > Land of Morning Calm
- > Holy Land
- > Island of Cloves
- > Eighth Continent
- > Island of Cloves
- > Eighth Continent