General Studies Questions [Mix & Previous Years MCQs]

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Thermal power based on coal accounts for nearly 59% of power generation in India. Hydroelectricity contributes 17%, Natural Gas: 9%, Renewable Energy Resources: 12%, Nuclear Power: 2%, etc. India’s electricity sector consumes about 72% of the coal produced in the country.

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Members to the Rajya Sabha from following states: Uttar Pradesh- 31 Rajasthan-10 Maharashtra-18 Madhya Pradesh-11

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Article 39A is a directive Principle of State policy under Part IV of Indian constitution. It deals with Equal justice and free legal aid. It states that the State shall secure that the operation of the legal system promotes justice, on a basis of equal opportunity, and provide free legal aid, by suitable legislation or schemes or in any other way, to ensure that opportunities for securing justice are not denied to any citizen by reason of economic or other disabilities.

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The Strait of Gibraltar is a narrow strait that connects the Atlantic Ocean to the Mediterranean Sea and separates Gibraltar and Peninsular Spain in Europe from Morocco in Africa.

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Edaphic is a nature related to soil. Edaphic qualities may characterize the soil itself, including drainage, texture, or chemical properties such as pH. Edaphic may also characterize organisms, such as plant communities, where it specifies their relationships with soil.

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The Parliament is the highest legislative body in India and Japan, with Japan’s Parliament called the Diet. Both countries have a bicameral system: Japan’s Upper House is the House of Councillors and the Lower House is the House of Representatives, which holds more power. In Japan, all international treaties must be ratified by Parliament, while in India, only Cabinet approval is needed. Japan’s Constitution establishes a unitary state, whereas India’s Constitution defines a quasi-federal state.

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The Three Gorges Dam in China is the largest hydroelectric dam with an installed capacity of 22,500 MW on the Yangtze River. The Baihetan Dam, also on the Yangtze’s tributary Jinsha River, has a capacity of 16,000 MW. Africa’s largest dam, the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam, is under construction on the Blue Nile River in Ethiopia. The Tarbela Dam in Pakistan, located on the Indus River in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, is the largest by volume.

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Wilhelm Roentgen, a German mechanical engineer and physicist, received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901 for producing and detecting electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range known as X-rays or Rontgen rays. He termed “X-rays”, using the mathematical designation (“X”) for something unknown.

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• Agoris was a Tantric movement, now extinct, and said to have consisted of two branches–the pure (suddha) and the dirty (malin). Aghoris were the successors of the Kapalika cult.
• Among the female divinities worshipped were Sitala, Parnagiri Devi (the tutelary goddess of ascetics) and Kali.
• No religious or caste distinctions were allowed, nor was imageworship, and all adherents were required to be celibate. Cannibalism, animal sacrifices and other cruel rites were practised.
• All kinds of refuse was eaten including excrement (but never horse meat).
• Each guru was accompanied by a dog, as was Siva in his Bhairava aspect. The Aghori yogins were buried and not cremated.

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The kulintang is a traditional musical instrument from the Philippines, consisting of a row of small gongs played melodically. It is particularly associated with the Maguindanao and Maranao peoples of Mindanao, reflecting the Philippines’ rich musical traditions.