GK: PSC / ADRE / SSC / CTET / TET â Last Minute Revision Sheet
1. “The Nation is Making” āύāĻžāĻŽā§° āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨāĻāύ āĻā§āύ⧠⧰āĻāύāĻž āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who wrote the book “The Nation is Making”?
Ans: Surendranath Banerjee (āϏā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āύāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§)
Explanation: This book is an autobiographical work of nationalist leader Surendranath Banerjee. āĻāĻ āĻā§ā§°āύā§āĻĨāĻāύ āϏā§ā§°ā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āύāĻžāĻĨ āĻŦā§āύāĻžā§°ā§āĻā§ā§° āĻāϤā§āĻŽāĻā§ā§ąāύā§āĻŽā§āϞāĻ ā§°āĻāύāĻžāĨ¤
2. āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§ā§ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻšā§ā§ąāĻžā§° āϏāĻĒā§āύ āĻĻā§āĻāĻž āĻā§āϞāϤāĻžāύ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Which Sultan dreamed of becoming the second Alexander?
Ans: Alauddin Khilji (āĻāϞāĻžāĻāĻĻā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻāĻŋāϞāĻāĻŋ)
Explanation: He admired Alexander the Great and wanted to build a vast empire. āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāϞā§āĻāĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻžā§° āĻŽāĻšāĻžāύāĻ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§°āĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋ āĻŦā§āĻšā§ āϏāĻžāĻŽā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ āĻāĻĸāĻŧāĻŋāĻŦ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
3. āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§°āĻŽāĻžāĻĻāĻŋāϤā§āϝ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ āĻā§āύ⧠? Who adopted the title “Vikramaditya”?
Ans: Chandragupta II (āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§ā§ āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻā§āĻĒā§āϤ)
Explanation: After defeating the Shakas, he assumed the title Vikramaditya. āĻļāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻā§ā§° āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϤ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϧāĻŋ āĻā§ā§°āĻšāĻŖ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
4. “āĻāĻāĻ” āĻā§āύāĻāύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Cuttack was the old capital of which state?
Ans: Odisha (āĻā§°āĻŋāώā§āϝāĻž)
Explanation: Cuttack served as the ancient capital of Odisha. āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§°āĻŋāώā§āϝāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻŖāĻŋ ā§°āĻžāĻāϧāĻžāύ⧠āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
5. “āĻā§°āĻŽ āĻĒā§āĻāĻž” āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°ā§ ? Who celebrates Karam Puja ?
Ans: Tea Tribe community (āĻāĻžāĻš āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§)
Explanation: It is celebrated by tea garden tribal communities as a harvest festival. āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āĻāĻž āĻāĻžāĻš āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻāĻžā§° āĻāĻĻāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϏ⧠āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
6. “āύ⧰āĻž-āĻāĻŋāĻāĻž” āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§ā§° āĻāύ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŋ ? What is another name of Nora-Chiga Bihu?
Ans: Porag (āĻĒāĻā§°āĻžāĻ)
Explanation: It is an agricultural folk Bihu. āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§° āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋāϤ āϞā§āĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§āĨ¤
7. āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ą āĻā§āύ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°ā§ ? Who celebrates the Murung Festival ?
Ans: Apatani tribe (āĻāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§)
Explanation: Murung is a traditional festival of the Apatani tribe. āĻŽā§ā§°ā§āĻ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϤāĻžāύāĻŋ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āĻĒā§°āĻŽā§āĻĒā§°āĻžāĻāϤ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāĨ¤
8. āϏā§ā§°āĻā§āώ āĻĒā§ā§°āϏā§āϤā§āϤāĻā§°āĻŖāϤ āĻā§āύāĻŦāĻŋāϧ āĻŽā§āϞ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāĻšā§āϤ āĻšā§ ? Which element is used to make solar cells ?
Ans: Silicon (āĻāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻāύ)
Explanation: Silicon converts solar energy into electricity. āĻāĻŋāϞāĻŋāĻāύ āϏā§ā§°āĻļāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻĻā§āϝā§ā§āϞ⧠⧰ā§āĻĒāĻžāύā§āϤ⧰ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
9. āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? Which is the satellite of Earth ?
Ans: Moon (āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§°)
Explanation: The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite. āĻāύā§āĻĻā§ā§° āĻĒā§āĻĨāĻŋā§ąā§ā§° āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻĒāĻā§ā§°āĻšāĨ¤
10. āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ā§°āĻā§āύ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻā§ąāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžā§° āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who discovered Hydrogen?
Ans: Henry Cavendish (āĻšā§āύ⧰⧠āĻā§āĻā§āĻŖā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ)
Explanation: Hydrogen was discovered in 1766. ā§§ā§ā§Ŧā§Ŧ āĻāύāϤ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻĄā§ā§°āĻā§āύ āĻā§ąāĻŋāώā§āĻā§āϤ āĻšā§āĨ¤
11. āϏā§ā§°āĻāĻāϤ⧰ āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝāĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°āĻŋāĻ āϤāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦ āĻā§āύ⧠āĻāĻāĻŦāĻĸāĻŧāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who proposed the heliocentric theory?
Ans: Copernicus (āĻāĻĒāĻžā§°āύāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻ)
Explanation: He stated that planets revolve around the Sun. āĻā§ā§°āĻšāϏāĻŽā§āĻš āϏā§ā§°ā§āϝ⧰ āĻāĻžā§°āĻŋāĻāĻĢāĻžāϞ⧠āĻā§ā§°ā§ āĻŦā§āϞāĻŋ āϤā§āĻāĻ āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
12. āĻāĻžāĻĒā§° SI āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻŋ ? What is the SI unit of pressure?
Ans: Pascal (āĻĒāĻžāϏā§āĻā§āϞ)
Explanation: Pressure is measured in Pascal. āĻāĻžāĻĒ āĻĒāĻžāϏā§āĻā§āϞ āĻāĻāĻāϤ āĻŽāĻžāĻĒāĻž āĻšā§āĨ¤
13. āĻāĻĒā§āύāĻŋ RKB Digital Academy ā§° āύāĻŋā§āĻŽā§ā§āĻž āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āύā§āĻāĻŋ ? Are you a regular member of RKB Digital Academy ?
Ans: No (āύāĻšā§)
Explanation: Personal information-based question. āĻāĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϝāĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝāĻāĻŋāϤā§āϤāĻŋāĻ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļā§āύāĨ¤
14. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āϏāĻļāϏā§āϤā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāύā§ā§° āĻ
āϧāĻŋāύāĻžā§āĻ āĻā§āύ ? Who is the Supreme Commander of Indian Armed Forces ?
Ans: President of India (ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ)
Explanation: The President is the constitutional head of the armed forces. āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻ
āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋ āϏ⧰ā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āĻ āĻ
āϧāĻŋāύāĻžā§āĻāĨ¤
15. ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύ āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻāϤ āĻāϞā§āϞā§āĻ āĻāĻā§ ? Under which Article is the Governor appointed ?
Ans: Article 155 (āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§§ā§Ģā§Ģ)
Explanation: Governor is appointed by the President. ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°āĻĒāϤāĻŋā§ā§ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞ āύāĻŋāϝā§āĻā§āϤ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
16. ā§Šā§ā§§(āĻ) āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ āϏā§āϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŋāϤ ? Article 371(C) is related to which state ?
Ans: Manipur (āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°)
Explanation: It provides special provisions for Manipur. āĻŽāĻŖāĻŋāĻĒā§ā§°ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻŦā§āĻ¯ā§ąāϏā§āĻĨāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
17. ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āϏāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋ āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻž āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ? When was the National Planning Committee formed ?
Ans: 1938
Explanation: Formed under Jawaharlal Nehru. āĻā§ąāĻžāĻšā§°āϞāĻžāϞ āύā§āĻšā§°ā§ā§° āĻ
āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώāϤāĻžāϤ āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
18. āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āĻā§°ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ? How many Fundamental Duties are there ?
Ans: 11
Explanation: Added through constitutional amendments. āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āϏāĻāĻļā§āϧāύ⧰ āĻā§°āĻŋā§āϤ⧠āϏāĻāϝā§āĻāύāĨ¤
19. āĻā§āύā§āĻĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻāύā§āύā§āύ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāώāĻĻ āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻž āĻāĻ āύ āĻšā§āĻāĻŋāϞ ? When was the National Development Council formed ?
Ans: 6 August 1952
Explanation: It helps in national planning coordination. ā§°āĻžāώā§āĻā§ā§°ā§ā§ āĻĒā§°āĻŋāĻāϞā§āĻĒāύāĻž āϏāĻŽāύā§āĻŦā§ā§° āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
20. ā§Šā§ā§§(āĻ) āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ āĻ
āύā§āϏ⧰āĻŋ āĻā§āύ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝ⧰ ā§°āĻžāĻā§āϝāĻĒāĻžāϞāĻ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āώ āĻĻāĻžā§āĻŋāϤā§āĻŦ āĻāĻā§ ? Article 371(B) gives special responsibility to the Governor of which state?
Ans: Assam (āĻ
āϏāĻŽ)
Explanation: For administration of tribal areas. āĻāύāĻāĻžāϤā§ā§ āĻ
āĻā§āĻāϞ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻļāĻžāϏāύ⧰ āĻŦāĻžāĻŦā§āĨ¤
21. āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ āĻāĻā§°āĻž āϏāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋā§° āĻ
āϧā§āϝāĻā§āώ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who was the Chairman of the Drafting Committee ?
Ans: Dr. B. R. Ambedkar
Explanation: He is the chief architect of the Constitution. āϤā§āĻāĻ āϏāĻāĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻžāύ⧰ āĻŽā§āĻā§āϝ āϏā§āĻĨāĻĒāϤāĻŋāĨ¤
22. āĻāĻā§°āĻž āϏāĻŽāĻŋāϤāĻŋāϤ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§° āϏāĻĻāϏā§āϝ āĻā§āύ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who represented Assam in the Drafting Committee ?
Ans: Mohammad Saadulla
Explanation: He was Assam’s representative. āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋāϧāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
23. āĻ
āύā§āĻā§āĻā§āĻĻ ā§§ā§¯ āϤ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāϧ⧰āĻŖā§° āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻž āĻāĻā§ ? How many freedoms are guaranteed under Article 19 ?
Ans: 6
Explanation: Six fundamental freedoms are given. ā§ŦāĻāĻž āĻŽā§āϞāĻŋāĻ āϏā§āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āύāϤāĻžāĨ¤
24. āĻ
āϏāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§° āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻž āĻāĻāĻāύāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻāύ ? Which pilgrimage scheme is launched by Assam government ?
Ans: Punya Tirtha Yojana (āĻĒā§āĻŖā§āϝ āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻĨ āϝā§āĻāύāĻž)
Explanation: Provides pilgrimage assistance. āϤā§ā§°ā§āĻĨāϝāĻžāϤā§ā§°āĻžā§° āϏā§āĻŦāĻŋāϧāĻž āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°ā§āĨ¤
25. āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§° āĻāĻžāϤā§ā§ āĻĢāϞ āĻā§āύāĻā§ ? What is the state fruit of Assam ?
Ans: Kaji Nemu (āĻāĻžāĻāĻŋ āύā§āĻŽā§)
Explanation: Declared by Assam Government. āĻ
āϏāĻŽ āĻā§°āĻāĻžā§°ā§ āϏā§āĻŦā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻā§āĨ¤
26. ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍–ā§¨ā§Š āĻŦā§°ā§āώāϤ āĻ
āϏāĻŽāϤ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻš āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ āĻļāϤāĻžāĻāĻļ āĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϧāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻāĻā§ ? By how much did Assam’s revenue increase in 2022–23 ?
Ans: 30.7%
Explanation: Compared to the previous year. āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦā§ąā§°ā§āϤ⧠āĻŦāĻā§°ā§° āϤā§āϞāύāĻžāϤāĨ¤
27. ⧍ā§Ļ⧍⧍–ā§¨ā§Š āĻŦā§°ā§āώāϤ āĻ
āϏāĻŽā§ āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ā§°āĻžāĻāĻš āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ? How much revenue did Assam collect in 2022–23 ?
Ans: âš19,715 crore
Explanation: Collected by Finance (Taxation) Department. āĻŦāĻŋāϤā§āϤ āĻŦāĻŋāĻāĻžāĻā§ āϏāĻāĻā§ā§°āĻš āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
28. āĻŽā§-āĻĄāĻžāĻŽ-āĻŽā§-āĻĢāĻŋ āĻā§āϤāĻŋā§āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻā§°āĻž āĻšā§ ? When is Me-Dam-Me-Phi celebrated?
Ans: 31 January
Explanation: Ahom community ancestor worship festival. āĻāĻšā§āĻŽ āĻāύāĻā§āώā§āĻ ā§ā§° āĻĒā§ā§°ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§ā§°ā§āώ āϏā§āĻŽā§°āĻŖ āĻā§āĻ¸ā§ąāĨ¤
29. ā§°āĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϞāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§ā§°ā§āϤāĻŋā§° āĻāĻā§āĻāϤāĻž āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύ ? What is the height of Ram Lalla’s idol ?
Ans: 51 inches
Explanation: Installed in Ayodhya Ram Temple. āĻ
āϝā§āϧā§āϝāĻžā§° ā§°āĻžāĻŽ āĻŽāύā§āĻĻāĻŋā§°āϤ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύāĨ¤
30. ā§°āĻžāĻŽāϞāĻžāϞāĻžā§° āĻĒā§ā§°āϤāĻŋāĻŽā§āϰā§āϤāĻŋ āĻā§āύ⧠āύāĻŋā§°ā§āĻŽāĻžāĻŖ āĻā§°āĻŋāĻāĻŋāϞ ? Who sculpted the idol of Ram Lalla?
Ans: Arun Yogiraj (āĻ
ā§°ā§āĻŖ āϝā§āĻā§ā§°āĻžāĻ)
Explanation: A renowned Indian sculptor. āĻāĻžā§°āϤ⧰ āĻĒā§ā§°āĻā§āϝāĻžāϤ āĻāĻžāϏā§āĻā§°āĨ¤
31. The currency of Japan is:
A) Yuan B) Won C) Yen D) Ringgit
Ans: C) Yen
Explanation: The official currency of Japan is the Japanese Yen (¥).
32. Which city is known as the “Pink City” of India?
A) Udaipur B) Jaipur C) Jodhpur D) Bikaner
Ans: B) Jaipur
Explanation: Jaipur, the capital of Rajasthan, is popularly known as the Pink City because many buildings in its old city area are painted pink.
33. Which gas is most abundant in Earth's atmosphere?
A) Oxygen B) Carbon dioxide C) Nitrogen D) Hydrogen
Answer: C) Nitrogen
Explanation: Nitrogen makes up about 78% of Earth's atmosphere, making it the most abundant gas.