General Studies – Miscellaneous
1- The First Counter-Terrorism Conference, 2015, organised by India Foundation in association with Sardar Patel University of Police, Security and Criminal Justice, was held in Jaipur.
2-Delhi has declared ‘house sparrow’ as its State bird
3-The book Indian Parliamentary Diplomacy-Speaker’s Perspective has been written by Meira Kumar
4-Famous personality ‘Lia van Leer’ has passed away recently. She was the pioneer of Israeli cinema
5-M. Veerappa Moily has written the book Shree Ramayana Mahanveshanam
6-‘Solar Impulse 2’ is a Solar-powered plane
7-‘Jan Rath’ is a name given to low-cost AC bus service started by Uttar Pradesh government
8-Uttar Pradesh government has recently decided to celebrate 2015-16 as Kisan Year
9-The largest share of revenue of Uttar Pradesh government comes from trade tax
10- The logo of ‘Make in India’ programme is Lion
11-Which one of the following groups of compounds is called ‘accessory dietary factor ’? -Vitamins
12-The gas used for inflating the tyres of aeroplanes, is nitrogen
13-‘Red ink’ is prepared from eosin
14-Percentagewise which gas is the most abundant in the atmosphere ?- Nitrogen
15- Cow milk is yellowish white-in colour due to the presence of casein
16-Dara Shikoh was given the title of ‘Shah Buland Iqbal’ by Shahjahan
17-‘Saptaparni Cave’ is situated in Rajgriha
18-‘Gopatha Brahmana’ is associated with Atharvaveda
19- Originally, the Mahabharata was known as Jayasamhita
20-Vallabhi University was situated in Gujarat
21-The largest and the most evolved rock-cut Chaitya hall of the Hinayana phase is situated at Karle
22-In Lord Chelmsford Viceroyalty, the ‘Rowlatt Act’ was passed.
23-Boycott of British goods was adopted as a national policy in 1905
24-The headquarters of the Ghadar Party was in San Francisco
25-The strategy of ‘Divide and Rule’ was adopted by Lord Curzon
26-Dadabhai Naoroji is known by the title of ‘The Grand Old Man’
27-Dr. Rajendra Prasad was the President of Indian Constituent Assembly
28-Newly adopted tricolour flag of freedom first hoisted on December 31, 1929
29-The Sarkaria Commission was set-up for reviewing the relations between the Centre and States
30-‘Judicial Activism’ in India is related to public interest petition.