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General Awareness Quick Revision

Static GK anchors + everyday science + Indian polity/history/economy.

Indian polity essentials

  • Preamble: Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic, Republic; Justice, Liberty, Equality, Fraternity.
  • Fundamental Rights Art 12–35; DPSP 36–51; Fundamental Duties 51A (11).
  • Art 14 equality; 19 six freedoms; 21 life; 21A education; 32 constitutional remedies (heart & soul).
  • Amendments: 42nd (mini constitution), 44th (right to property removed), 73rd/74th (Panchayati/Municipal).
  • President: Art 52; PM leads govt; Rajya Sabha 245 max; Lok Sabha 552 max.
  • Supreme Court: Art 124; High Court: Art 214; CAG Art 148.

Ancient & medieval history

  • Indus Valley (2500 BCE): Mohenjo-daro, Harappa, Dholavira, Lothal (dockyard).
  • Vedic period: 4 Vedas — Rig, Sama, Yajur, Atharva.
  • Mauryan: Chandragupta → Bindusara → Ashoka (Kalinga 261 BCE).
  • Gupta 'Golden Age': Chandragupta II Vikramaditya; Aryabhata, Kalidasa.
  • Delhi Sultanate: Slave, Khilji, Tughlaq, Sayyid, Lodi.
  • Mughals: Babur (1526 Panipat), Akbar (Din-i-ilahi), Shah Jahan (Taj), Aurangzeb.

Modern history & freedom struggle

  • Battle of Plassey 1757; Buxar 1764; Regulating Act 1773.
  • 1857 revolt; INC founded 1885 (A O Hume).
  • Partition of Bengal 1905; Swadeshi movement.
  • Gandhi: Champaran 1917, Kheda 1918, Non-Cooperation 1920, Civil Disobedience 1930 (Dandi), Quit India 1942.
  • Cabinet Mission 1946; Independence 15 Aug 1947; Constitution 26 Jan 1950.

Geography — India & world

  • Longest river India: Ganga; peninsular: Godavari; west-flowing: Narmada, Tapi.
  • Highest peak India: Kanchenjunga (Sikkim).
  • Tropic of Cancer: 8 Indian states (Gujarat→Mizoram).
  • Standard Meridian: 82.5°E (Mirzapur, UP).
  • Highest peak world: Everest (8848 m).
  • Largest desert: Sahara; Largest ocean: Pacific; Longest river: Nile.
  • Continents 7; Oceans 5.

Economy basics

  • GDP, GNP, NNP; per capita income = NNP/population.
  • Fiscal deficit = total expenditure − total revenue (excluding borrowings).
  • RBI est. 1935; nationalised 1949; issues currency (except ₹1 – Finance Ministry).
  • SEBI (1988, statutory 1992) regulates stock market.
  • GST introduced 1 July 2017 (101st amendment).
  • 5 year plans replaced by NITI Aayog (2015).

Everyday science

  • SI units: force N, energy J, power W, pressure Pa, frequency Hz.
  • Vitamins: A (retinol, night blindness), B1 (thiamine, beriberi), B12 (cobalamin, anaemia), C (ascorbic, scurvy), D (rickets), K (bleeding).
  • Blood: RBC (haemoglobin), WBC (immunity), platelets (clotting); universal donor O⁻, recipient AB⁺.
  • Diseases: diabetes (insulin), malaria (Plasmodium, Anopheles), TB (Mycobacterium), COVID-19 (SARS-CoV-2).
  • Common metals: rusting Fe₂O₃·xH₂O; galvanisation = Zn coating.
  • Speed of light 3×10⁸ m/s; sound 343 m/s in air.

Books, authors, awards

  • Discovery of India — Nehru; My Experiments with Truth — Gandhi; Wings of Fire — Kalam.
  • Nobel: Rabindranath Tagore (Lit 1913), CV Raman (Phy 1930), Mother Teresa (Peace 1979), Amartya Sen (Econ 1998), Kailash Satyarthi (Peace 2014).
  • Bharat Ratna highest civilian; Padma Vibhushan next.
  • Sports: Arjuna, Dronacharya (coach), Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna (renamed Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna 2021).

Static miscellaneous

  • National animal tiger; bird peacock; flower lotus; tree banyan; fruit mango.
  • Currency: India ₹, UK £, Japan ¥, USA $, Bangladesh Taka.
  • First: PM Nehru; President Rajendra Prasad; Woman PM Indira Gandhi; Woman President Pratibha Patil.
  • UN founded 1945 (24 Oct); HQ New York; SG António Guterres.
  • WHO HQ Geneva; UNESCO Paris; IMF & World Bank Washington DC.

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