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Important Questions of History

25/5/2017

1. Iqta in Medieval India meant (CDS, 2016)
   (a) land assigned to religious personnel for spiritual
   (b) land revenue from different territorial units assigned to army officers
   (c) charity for educational and cultural activities
   (d) the rights of the Zamindar
Answer: (b) land revenue from different territorial units assigned to army officers
Explanation: Iqta was Islamic practice of tax farming that was introduced by Iltutmish in Delhi Sultanate. It was basically grant of revenue from territory in lieu of salary. this grant was not hereditary.

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Our Constitution

24/5/2017

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Some Important Questions of Our Constitution:

1. How many words are there in Indian Constitution?
Answer: There are 117,369 words in its English language version.

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Significant Dates of Geography

24/5/2017

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1609: Thomas Harriot becomes the first person to use a telescope aimed at the sky and sketches the moon. Later he made the first maps of the moon.

1610: Galileo Galilei publishes scientific observations of the moon in Sidereus Nuncius (Starry Messenger).

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Solved Paper - CDS

23/5/2017

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Solved Paper UPSC - CDS-II (2013)
Section- General Knowledge (Part- 4) Held on : 08-09-2013

91. Which bank is limitied to the needs of agriculture and rural finance?
   (a) SBI
   (b) NABARD
   (c) IFC
   (d) RBI
Answer: (b) NABARD

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Compendium GK - History

23/5/2017

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1. The capital of the Satavahana rulers was :
- Pratishthana (Paithan)
2. Emperor Akbar abolished Jaziya tax in :
- 1564
3. Who is the writer of 'Humayunnama'?
- Gulbadan Begum

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Solved Parer - CDS

22/5/2017

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Solved Paper UPSC - CDS-II (2013)
Section- General Knowledge (Part-3) Held on : 08-09-2013

61. The Saudi Arabia Government has recently decided to strictly implement a law called Nitaqat law. As a result :
(a) 10% jobs in Saudi should be reserved for Saudi nationals
(b) 50% jobs in Saudi should be reserved for Saudi nationals
(c) A foreigner will be allowed to work in Saudi Arabia for a maximum period of 10 years
(d) Foreigners' job contracts in Saudi Arabia will be on year to year basis
Answer: (d) Foreigners' job contracts in Saudi Arabia will be on year to year basis

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Compendium GK - Indian National Movement

22/5/2017

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1. Who invited Mahatma Gandhi to Champaran to lead the movement against the oppression of the indigo cultivation?
- Raj Kumar Shukla
2. Name of the person who was regarded by Mahatma Gandhi as his political guru?
- Gopal Krrishna Gokhale

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Harappan/Indus Civilization

22/5/2017

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Important points of Harappan/Indus Civilization :

The Harappa Civilisation, named after Harappa- the first discovered site.
The Harappa Civilisation is also known as the Indus valley Civilisation , because the largest concentration of settlement-along the Indus river.
Alexander Cunningham – He was the first Director-General of ASI. He Began excavations around mid nineteenth century.
John Marshall – He was the DG of ASI in 1927 and first professional Archaeologist of India. But he excated horizontlly and all finds were grouped together even when they were found at different stratigraphic layers. This caused loss of very valuable information regarding.
R.E.M. Wheeler – He followed the stratigraphy of excavations rather than just excavating horizontally.
The most accepted period - 2500 BC - 1750 BC.

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Question On Number System asked in Various Exams

21/5/2017

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1. In a division sum, the remainder is 0. A student mistook the divisor by 12 instead of 21 and obtained 35 as quotient. What is the correct quotient? (SSC 2003)
   (a) 0
   (b) 12
   (c) 13
   (d) 20

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Divisibility Rules

20/5/2017

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Divisibility Rules are important (and easy as well) because these are useful in questions of Number System asked in Various Exams. To know if a number is divisible by another number or not, we must know these rules. Divisibility Rules help you know whether a number is divisible by another number (leaving no remainder) without actually doing the division. In this post, I will explain you these Rules in the simplest manner so that you can understand them well and use to solve your questions easily, precisely and quickly.

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