General Awareness - Test 1

India defeated Pakistan in the inaugural IBSF Snooker Team World Cup in Doha. The Indian combine of Pankaj Advani and Manan Chandra came back from 0-2 down in the best-of-five final to clinch it with a margin of 3-2. The Indian team was awarded $15,000 (nearly Rs. 10 lakh) for winning the tournament.

Keynesian economists justify government intervention through public policies that Monetary policy could also be used to stimulate the economy. The Great Depression (1929-39) was the deepest and longest-lasting economic downturn in the history of the Western industrialized world.

Laffer curve shows the relationship between the tax rate and tax collection.

Charles’ lawis an experimental gas law that describes how gases tend to expand when heated. A modern statement of Charles' law is:When the pressure on a sample of a dry gas is held constant, the Kelvin temperature and the volume will be directly related

The statement that e.m.f. leads current is true for a circuit containing inductance and resistance.

Solid Carbon dioxide is also known as Dry ice.

Lead Oxide (PbO₂) is not a type of peroxide.

Synovial fluid is a thick fluid found in small quantities at the joint

Plasma is  a clear ,straw coloured liquid component of blood liquid after the red cells, white cells & platelets have been removed.It is the single largest component of human blood, comprising about 55 percent, and contains water, salts, enzymes, antibodies and other proteins.

Gleevec is a medicine marketed by Novartis and is used to cure different types of cancers.

Both bana bhatt and Hiuen Tsang gave information regarding society and economy under harsha.

Meerut conspiracy case of 1929 is related to communism, where by the communist were arrested for organizing the Indian railway strike. The main aim of the Britishers, through this trial was to check growing influence of communism

The English Education Act was a legislative Act of the Council of India in 1835 giving effect to a decision in 1835 by William Bentinck, the Governor-General of British India to reallocate funds the East India Company was required by the British Parliament to spend on education and literature in India. In the same year, British Government designated English as the medium of education for schools and universities.

Babur has written his biography i.e. Baburnama which is also known as Tuzk-e Babri. Babur and Jahangir are the only two emperors of Mughal Empire who wrote their own biographies. Baburnama is also known to be the first true autobiography in the Islamic literature. Baburnama was written in Chagatai Turkic, which was Babur’s mother tongue.

The key factors that led the states to accept integration into India were, the efforts of Lord Mountbatten, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel and V. P. Menon. Patel was the political head of the States Department, which was in charge of relations with the princely states.

Kunchikal Falls, also called Kunchikal Abbe, is located near Masthikatte-Hulikal bordering Udupi-Shimoga districts of state of Karnataka. Kunchikal falls is formed by Varahi river. Kunchikal falls cascades down rocky boulders and total height of fall is 455 meters.

Deccan trap is a flood basalt province which was formed due to outpouring of large amount of lava.

1. Red Soil in India are poor in phosphorus, nitrogen and lime contents.
2.The red soils cover a large portion of land in India.
3. It is found in Indian states such as Tamil Nadu, southern Karnataka, north-eastern Andhra Pradesh and some parts of Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh and Odisha.

Ignition temperature is the temperature at which something catches fire and burns on its own. The ignition temperature of paper is between 218 - 246 degree celsius.

Hachure are parallel lines used in hill-shading on maps, their closeness indicating steepness of gradient.

Part XX of Article 368 empowers the Parliament to amend Constitution by way of addition, variation or repeal of any provision according to the procedure laid down therein, which is different from the procedure for ordinary legislation.

Article 368 has been amended by the 24th and 42nd Amendments in 1971 and 1976 respectively. New clauses 368 (1) and 368 (3) were added by the 24th Amendment in 1971, which also added a new clause (4) in article 13 which reads, "Nothing in this article shall apply to any amendment of this Constitution made under article 368."

The writ Habeas Corpus is issued against-

• Non-performance of public Duty

• The unlawful arrest and detention

• Exercise of power without Jurisdiction

• Violation of natural justice

Schedule 10 was added after 52^nd amendment and is related to the provision of Anti-defection.

The Chairman and other members of a State Public Service Commission shall be appointed by the Governor of the State whereas for Union Public Service Commission's Chairman and other members  shall be appointed by President.

Magahi writer Shesh Anand Madhukar, who has been working extensively for the development of the language, was honoured with this year's Sahitya Akademi Bhasha Samman award. The second writer of Magahi language to be given the award, Madhurkar was conferred the award, comprising a Rs 1 lakh cheque and a memento, by Sahitya Akademi President Vishwanath Prasad Tiwari.