States PCS: Uttar Pradesh GK Questions for UPPSC Examinations

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The new Rupee symbol of India was designed by an Indian academic and designer D Udaya Kumar in 2010. The sign has been placed at the position of U+20B9 in the Unicode character set.

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Guru Shikhar, a peak in the Arbuda Mountains of Rajasthan, is the highest point of the Aravalli Range. It rises to an altitude of 5,676 feet (1722 meters). It is 15 km from Mount Abu and a road from there leads almost to the top of the mountain. A cave at the summit contains a temple of Dattatreya, an incarnation of Lord Vishnu.

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Borneo is a giant and rugged island in Southeast Asia’s Malay Archipelago. It is shared by the Malaysian states of Sabah and Sarawak, Indonesian Kalimantan and the tiny nation of Brunei.

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Razia Sultana, was a ruler of the Delhi Sultanate in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent. She is the first female Muslim ruler of the Indian Subcontinent. She ruled from 1236 to 1240. She succeeded her father Shams-ud-din Iltutmish and turned into the Sultanate of Delhi in 1236.

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Precipitation is any form of water, such as rain, snow, sleet, or hail, that falls to the ground from the atmosphere. Fog is not a form of precipitation, but is rather a type of cloud that forms close to the ground and can produce moisture that condenses into dew or frost.
The various types of precipitation are Rain, Snow, Drizzle, glaze, Sleet and Hail. Fog is not considered precipitation because it does not fall to the ground in liquid or solid form like rain, snow, sleet, or hail.

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The Treaty of Yandabo was signed by the British (General Sir Archibald Campbell) and the Burmese side on 24 February 1826. The first Anglo-Burmese War came to cessation through this treaty. The State of Assam was annexed with British territory of India after the Treaty of Yandabo.

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lysotrophic nutrition or Saprotrophic nutrition is a process of chemoheterotrophic extracellular digestion which is involved in the processing of decayed organic matter. It occurs in saprotrophs, and is most often associated with fungi and soil bacteria.

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Calcutta was a significant point of the revolutionary activities. That is why the capital transfer from Calcutta to Delhi took place in 1911. During the Delhi Durbar on 12 December 1911, George V along with Queen Mary made the announcement of transferring the capital.

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The terms “Fixed to Floating” and “Floating to Floating” refer to types of interest rate swaps. In a Fixed to Floating swap, one party pays a fixed interest rate while receiving a floating rate, typically linked to a benchmark like LIBOR. In a Floating to Floating swap, both parties exchange floating rates, often based on different benchmarks. Interest rate swaps are commonly used for hedging against interest rate risk and managing cash flow. The global market for interest rate swaps is substantial, with trillions of dollars in notional amounts traded annually.

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The C is correct option. This is because Purchase of securities in the Open Markets would lead to more liquidity system and more liquidity means more money will chase the same goods.