States PCS: Uttar Pradesh GK Questions for UPPSC Examinations

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People suffering from acidity are given antacid tablets, containing magnesium hydroxide which neutralizes excess HCl produced in stomach.

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Veteran Bengali actor Santu Mukhopadhyay recently passed away of cardiac arrest at Kolkata. He was known for his roles in Bengali films such as ‘Sansar Simante’ and ‘Bhalobasa Bhalobasa’.
The actor has performed in several memorable films and his acting career spanned a period of over four decades. He was born in 1951 in Kolkata and his debut movie was ‘Raja’ in the year 1975. The actor also featured in television serial shows and advertisements.

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The Reserve Bank of India recently announced that it will regulate the entire activities of Payment Aggregators (PAs). Payment Aggregators enable the e-commerce sites and merchants to accept various payment instruments from the customers.
As per the guidelines on regulation of PAs and Payment gateways (PGs), the existing PAs should attain a net-worth of Rs 15 crore by March 31, 2021 and a net-worth of Rs 25 crore on or before March 31, 2023. Thereafter the net-worth of Rs 25 crore shall be maintained at all times.

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The National Commission for Women (NCW) has recently launched a WhatsApp number, where people can report cases of domestic violence.The head-quarters of NCW is New Delhi.
As per the announcement of NCW, the cases of domestic violence have seen a big increase during the lockdown period resulting from coronavirus pandemic. This WhatsApp number service will be operated in addition to the existing online complaint links and emails and only for the period of lockdown.

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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has recently announced that the two NASA astronauts will be sent to the space station on May 27,
The mission is set to be carried out aboard the Falcon 9 rocket of SpaceX, the US-based private space company owned by Elon Musk. After ending its 30-year space shuttle program in 2011, NASA has been relying on the Russian space agency Rocosmos for launching its astronauts to space station.

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It was Bagehot who pointed out, ‘the cabinet is a hyphen that joins the buckle that binds the executive and legislative departments together.’ Bagehot was a British journalist. He wrote extensively on governments and economies.

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Lord Warren Hastings, the governor of Bengal abolished the dual administration system in the year 1772. After that, the actual Diwani right was handed over to the Company.

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William Bentinck abolished the Provincial Court of Appeal and Circuit. After that, the Bengal Presidency was divided into 20 parts and in each division, a commissioner was appointed who is responsible for performing the same duty as the judge of the Provincial Court of Appeal. Apart from that, the commissioners were responsible for supervising the revenue and police also.

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The Speaker of legislative assembly is empowered to appoint the chairman of all the committees of the assembly and supervises their functioning. He himself is the chairman of the Business Advisory Committee, the Rules Committee and the General Purpose Committee.

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The 73rd amendment act provides for the reservation of seats for scheduled castes and scheduled tribes in every panchayat, that is, at all the three levels in proportion of their population to the total population in the panchayat area.