Category: General Studies

Class 8th History Notes for SSC CGL, HPSC, UPSC

Class 8th History Notes for SSC CGL, HPSC, UPSC
1. Indian mirror was published in – Calcutta,
2. Indian mirror Newspaper was started by – Devendra Nath Tagore in 1862 (English)
3. Congress demanded reduction of revenue, cut in military expenditure, and more funds for irrigation.
4. Bal Gangadhar Tilak raised the slogan, “Freedom is my birthright and I shall have it!”
5. Kesari, a Marathi newspaper edited by Bal Gangadhar Tilak
6. When Bengal partitioned In 1905 – Viceroy Curzon
7. The movement Vande Mataram in deltaic Andhra region was known as -The Swadeshi Movement
8. Lala Lajpat Rai was also an active member of the Arya Samaj
9. A group of Muslim landlords and nawabs formed the All India Muslim League at Dacca in 1906
10. League supported the partition of Bengal

All About Fundamental Duties

Q. Fundamental Duties took From?
Ans. USSR (Now Russia)

Q. Fundamental Duties of citizens were added?
Ans. by the 42nd Amendment

Q. 42nd Amendment Year?
Ans. 1976

Q. Government during 42nd Amendment?
Ans. National Congress and Indira Gandhi was PM

Q. Fundamental Duties added upon the recommendations of?
Ans. Swaran Singh Committee

Q. Number of Fundamental Duties?
Ans. Originally 10, Currently 11

Q. Last Fundamental Duties added by?
Ans 86th Amendment in 2002

Static GK Quiz 1

Q. Buddha, dhamma, sangha are known as
Ans. Triratna

Q. Buddha means?
Ans. enlightened one

Q. The idea of Pakistan was first conceived by
Ans. Muhammad Iqbal

Q. Cabinet mission came to India in
Ans 1946

Q. The famous rock cut temple of Kailash is at
Ans Ellora

Q. What was the original name of Nur Jahan?
Ans. Mehrunnisa

Q. Name the capital of Pallavas?
Ans Kanchipuram

Q. Name of Mughal emperor in India when East India Company was formed?
Ans Akbar

Q. Mihira bhoj is related to which dynasty?
A Pratihar

Some Of Important Authors and Their Books

Some Of Important Authors and Their Books:-
My experiments with Truth – Mahatma M.K.Gandhi
Far from the Madding Crowd – Thomas Hardy
Geetanjali – Rabindra Nath Tagore
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich – Alexander Solzhenitsyn
The Merchant of Venice – William Shakespeare
The Moon and Six pence – Somerset Maughan
Pilgrim’s Progress from this world to that which is to come – John Bunyan
A Tale of Two Cities – Charles Dickens
Utopia – Sir Thomas Moor
Origin of species- Charles Darwin
David Copperfield – Charles Dickens
A passage to India – E.M.Forster
Gulliver’s Travels -Jonathan Swift
Discovery of India – Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru
The Vicar of Wakefield – Oliver Goldsmith
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire – Edward Gibbon
The Lady of the Last Minstrel – Sir Walter Scott
Pride and Prejudice – Jane Austen
Time Machine- H.G. Wells
Arthashastra – Kautilya
Le Contract Social – Jean Jacques Rousseau
Avigyan Sakuntalam –Kalidas
Anand Math – Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay
Mein Kampf -Adolf Hitler
Ain-i-Akbari- Abul Fazal – Akbar-Nama Abul Fazal
Shakuntala – Kalidas
War and peace – Leo Tolstoy
A Dangerous place – D.P. Moynihan
Raghuvamsa – Kalidas
Adventures of Sherlock Holmes – Arthur Conan Doyle
Adventures of Tom Saweyer – Mark Twain
Agni Veena – Kazi Nazrul Islam
Alice in Wonderland – Lewis Carrol
Ancient Mariner – Coleridge
Animal Farm – George Orwell
Anna Karenina – Tolstoy
Antony and Cleopatra – Shakespeare
Arms and the Man – G.B.Shaw
Around the World in eighty days – Jules Verne
Baburnama – Babur
Ben Hur – Lewis Wallace
Bhagwat Gita – Ved Vyas
Bisarjan – R.N.Tagore
Canterbury Tales – Chaucer
Chitra – R.N.Tagore
Count of Monte Cristo- Alexander Dumas
Crime and Punishment- Dostoevsky
Das Kapital- Karl Marx
Divine Comedy- Dante
Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde- Stevenson
Don Quixote- Cervantes
Dr.Zhivago- Boris Pasternak
For whom the Bell Tolls – Ernest Hemingway
Forsyte Saga- John Galsworthy
Freedom at Midnight – Dominique Lapierre
Gathering Storm- Winston Churchill
Geet Govind- Jaya Dev
Gora- R.N. Tagore
Hamlet – Shakespeare
Harsha Charit- Bana Bhatt
Hunchback of Notre Dame- Victor Hugo
Hungry Stones – R.N.Tagore
Illiad- Homer
Invisible Man- H.G.Wells
Ivanhoe Walter – Scott
Jungle Book- Rudyard Kipling
Kadambari- Bana Bhatt
Kidnapped- R.L.Stevenson
Kumar Sambhav- Kalidas
Mahabharata- Vyas
Man and Superman – G.B.Shaw
Meghdut – Kalidas
Mother – Maxim Gorky
Odyssey Homer
The Post Office – R.N.Tagore
Principia – Issac Newton
Ramayana -Valmiki
The Tempest Shakespeare
Sunny Days – Sunil Gavaskar
The One Day Wonders – Sunil Gavaskar
Bachelor of Arts – R.K.Narayan
Chandalika – Rabindra Nath Tagore
Comedy of Errors – William Shakespeare
Glimpses of World History – Jawaharlal Nehru
Guide – R.K.Narayan
Hindu View of Life – Dr.S.Radha Krishnan
Hungry Stones – Rabindra Nath Tagore
India Divided – Dr.Rajendra Prasad
My Truth – Indira Gandhi
Wealth of Nations – Adam Smith

All About President Of India – Power, Oath, Salary, Impeachment, Articles etc

The Union Executive consists of President, Vice-President & Prime Minister, council of ministers, attorney general of India. President is the head of the Union Executive.
Articles 52 to 78 in Part ‘5’ deal with Union executive
President – Article 52
Election (Article 54):-
President of India elected by electoral college members. Electoral college consists of elected members of both houses of Parliament, elected members of states & union territories legislative assemblies
Qualifications Of President:-
1. He should be a citizen of India
2. Have completed the age of 35
3. Should be qualified for election as a member of Lok Sabha
4. He must not hold any office of profit
Oath (Article – 60):-
Oath of Office to the President is administered by the Chief Justice of India.
Removal Of President (Article – 61):-
The only ground for impeachment of President is “violation of constitution”. Impeachment is a quasi-judicial.
Impeachment charges can be initiated by either House of Parliament.
These charges should be signed by 1/4 members of that house in which impeachment is initiated.
A 14 days notice is given to President.
The resolution is then passed by 2/3 of the total membership of that house an then it is sent to other house for investigation.
If the other house also passed the impeachment resolution by majority of 2/3 of total members of that house then President stands removed from his office.
No President has so far been impeached.
Tenure of President
5 Years (He can resign anytime by addressing the resignation letter to Vice-President)
Powers:-
Executive Powers
Legislative Powers
Military Powers
Diplomatic Powers
Financial Powers
Emergency Powers
Judicial Powers

What is Money Bill?

What is Money Bill?
Money Bills – Article 110
Lok Sabha Speaker decides a bill is money bill or not
It is introduced only in Lok Sabha
It can be introduced only on the recommendation of President
It cannot be amended or rejected by Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha can hold the bill for maximum 14 Days
It can be rejected or approved but cannot be returned by President

Important Facts Of Ancient India & All About Ancient Civilization

SSC may ask questions on ancient India. Here are all important facts.
Oldest Civilization:- Indus Civilization (2500 BC to 1750 BC)
Harappa:-
River – Ravi
Country – Pakistan
Excavator – Daya Ram Sahni (1921)
Facts – 6 Granaries in row, Working floors, cemetery, Mother Goddess (Matridevi)
Mohenjodaro:-
River – Indus
Country – Pakistan
Excavator – RD Bannerji (1922)
Facts – Great Granary, Great Bath, shell strips, Pashupati Mahadeva, painted seal, a fragment of woven cotton, maximum numbers of seals found, 7 times flood signs
Chanhudaro:-
River – Indus
Country – Pakistan
Excavator – N. G. Majumdar (1931)
Facts – City without citadel, Inkpot, Bead makers
Kalibanga:-
River – Ghaggar
Country – Rajasthan, India
Excavator – Amalanand Ghosh (1951)
Facts – Pre Harappan, Ploughed field surface
Lothal:-
River – Bhogava
Country – Gujarat, India
Excavator – S.R. Rao (1954)
Facts – Dockyard, Rice husk, Fire Altars
Banawali:-
River – Ghaggar
Country – Haryana, India
Excavator – R. S. Bist (1973)
Facts – found large quantity of barley (oat)
Dholavira:-
River – Luni
Country – Gujarat, India
Excavator – J. P. Joshi (1967-68)
Facts – Site was divied into 3 parts, Unique water management system
Surkotada:-
Country – Gujarat, India
Excavator – J. P. Joshi
Facts – Bones of horse
Main Crop of Indus Civilization:-
Barley

Common Diseases & Their Cause Asked in Exams

Common Diseases & Their Cause Asked in Exams
Diseases can be caused by Virus, Bacteria, Protozoa and Worm etc.
Disease caused by Viruses:
1. Chicken pox – Varicella-zoster virus.
2. Small Pox – Variola virus.
3. Common Cold – Rhinovirus.
4. AIDS – HIV.
5. Measles – Measles virus.
6. Mumps – Mumps virus.
7. Rabies – Rabies virus (Rhabdoviridae family).
8. Dengue fever – Dengue virus.
Disease caused by Bacteria:
1. Whooping Cough – Borde tella pertussis.
2. Diphtheria – Coryne bacterium diphtheriae.
3. Cholera – Vibrio cholerae.
4. Leprosy – Mycobacterium leprae.
5. Pneumonia – Streptococcus pneumoniae.
6. Tetanus – Clostridium tetani.
7. Typhoid – Salmonella typhi.
8. Tuberculosis – Mycobacterium tuberculosis.
9. Plague – Yersinia pestis.
Disease Caused by Protozoans:
1. Malaria – Anopheles mosquitoes
2. Amoebic dysentery – Entamoebahistolytica
3. Sleeping sickness – Trypanosomabrucei
4. Kala azar – Leishmaniadonovani

Chronologically Questions Based on Mahatma Gandhi Life

Chronologically Questions Based on Mahatma Gandhi Life:-
Q.1 Date Of Birth Of Mahatma Gandhi?
Ans. 2 October 1869, Porbandar

Q.2 Autobiography of M. K. Gandhi
Ans. The Story of My Experiments with Truth

Q.3 Sails for England?
Ans. 1888

Q.4 Leaves for South Africa?
Ans. 1893

Q.5 Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on?
Ans. Return of Mahatma Gandhi to India 9th January Every Year.

Q. When did the Congress (Gandhi) started its non cooperation movement?
Ans – 1920

Q. When was civil disobedience movement started?
Ans On March 12, 1930.

Q. From Where Gandhi led the Dandi March?
Ans. He started from his base, Sabarmati Ashram, near the city of Ahmedabad. He walked for 240 miles (390 km) to the coastal village of Dandi. He reached there on 24th day to Dandi to produce salt without paying the tax.

Q When Gandhi broke the salt laws?
Ans – at 6:30 am on 6 April 1930

Q. How many round table conferences were held?
Ans 3

Q. What is Gandhi–Irwin Pact?
Ans. It was a political agreement signed by Mahatma Gandhi and Viceroy of India, Lord Irwin on 5 March 1931 before the second Round Table Conference in London.

Q. Which Round Table Conference did Gandhi attend?
Ans. Second Round Table Conference
(On August 29, 1931, Gandhi sailed for England in SS Rajputana ship to attend the Second Round Table Conference)

Q. Who was sole representative of the Indian National Congress in 2nd Round Table Conference?
Ans. Gandhi Ji

Q. Simla Conference?
Ans. Simla Conference was held in 1945. It was meeting between the Viceroy and the major political leaders of British India at Simla

Q. Gandhi Ji was assassinated ?
Ans. 30 January 1948, New Delhi