General Studies Questions [Mix & Previous Years MCQs]

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Raleigh’s El Dorado expedition, also known as Raleigh’s first voyage to Guiana, was an English military and exploratory expedition led by Sir Walter Raleigh that took place during the Anglo-Spanish War in 1595. The expedition set out in February 1595 to explore the Orinoco River on the northeast tip of South America in an attempt to find the fabled city of El Dorado.

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The Primatial Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary Assumed Into Heaven and St Adalbert, also known as the Esztergom Basilica, is an ecclesiastic basilica in Esztergom, Hungary, the mother church of the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, and the seat of the Catholic Church in Hungary. It is dedicated to the Saint Mary of the Assumption and Saint Adalbert. It is the largest church and the tallest building in Hungary.

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The official name of Latvia is Republic of Latvia. Latvia lies in the North Europe. The form of government in Latvia is Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Republic.

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The Servants of India Society was formed in Pune, Maharashtra, on June 12, 1905 by Gopal Krishna Gokhale, who left the Deccan Education Society to form this association. Along with him were a small group of educated Indians, as Natesh Appaji Dravid, Gopal Krishna Deodhar and Anant Patwardhan who wanted to promote social and human development and overthrow the British rule in India. The Society organized many campaigns to promote education, sanitation, health care and fight the social evils of untouchability and discrimination, alcoholism, poverty, oppression of women and domestic abuse.

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The English East India Company was founded in 1600. Akbar was Mughal Emperor from 1556 until his death in 1605. During his regime, the East India Company discontinued calling itself subject of the Mughal Emperor and issuing coins in his name.

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Muhammad bin Tughlaq established the Diwan-i-Amir-Kohi to enhance agriculture in the Doab, dividing it into development blocs for loan distribution and superior crop cultivation. He promoted crop rotation, new irrigation methods, and attempted a token currency system, which failed. His reign included the construction of canals and wells to support agriculture.

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Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq served as the governor of Multan, and then that of Dipalpur (both in presentday Pakistan) during the reign of Alauddin Khilji. Earlier, he served as the imperial guard of Jalaluddin Khalji. Ghiya-suddin founded Tughluq dynasty after the fall of Khilji dynasty in 1325 AD.

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In economics, fixed costs are business expenses. It does not depend on the level of goods or services produced by the business. They are related to time, such as salary or rent paid per month, and are often referred to as overhead costs. For some employees, salaries are paid at monthly rates. This is a fixed cost. On the other hand, the hours of hourly workers paid in wages can often vary, so this type of labor cost is a variable cost.

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Services performed by a housewife in her home are not included in production. This activity is called ‘non-economic activity’ because we know that an economy considers production to be related only to economic activities.

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Rolling plan is a plan which is designed to continue over a period of time and is subject to regular review and updating. It was recommended by Professor Gunnar Myrdal, a Swedish economist, for developing countries in his book, ‘Indian Economic Planning in its Broader Setting.’