General Awareness for various competitive examinations

General Awareness for various competitive examinations

General Awareness/GK/General Knowledge- One-Liners

1-The RBI provides short-term loans to its clients (keeping collateral) which is called the repo rate

2-ECOMARC is a symbol related to Goods safe for environment

3-National Rural Development Institute is located at Hyderabad

4-Jelep La Pass is located in Sikkim

5-World Habitat Day is observed on October 3

6-Vitamin D is also known as Calciferol

7- Molecule is the smallest possible unit of a chemical compound

8-The study of the contours and qualities of mind from the shape of the skull is known as Phrenology

9-The vegetation found in saline soil is termed as Halophytes

10-Fructose is the chemical name of Fruit Sugar

11-Dynamo is a device which transforms mechanical energy into Electrical energy

12-International Labour Day is observed on May 1

13-Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport is located in Amritsar

14-The acid generally stored in batteries is Sulphuric acid

15- Igneous rocks rocks are also called Volcanic rocks

16-Cumulo-nimbus clouds are also known as thunderstorm clouds

17-The gap between the Government’s total spending and the sum of its revenue receipts and non-debt capital receipts is called Fiscal Deficit.

18-Article 50 of the Indian Constitution deals with the separation of judiciary from executive

19-Panchayati Raj has received Constitutional status with the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act

20-The first general elections in India were held in 1951

21-Directive Principle of State Policy deals with the Constitution elaborating the concept of a welfare state

22-The Nicobar island territory was called the Swaraj by the Indian National Army.

23-Sarojini Naidu became the Congress first Indian woman president at its Kanpur Session, 1925

 

 

 

 

24-Dhondu Pant is better known as Nana Saheb

25- Ibrahim Lodi was the first sultan of Delhi killed in the battlefield.

 

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