General Knowledge (Static)

The Rowlatt Act was passed in 1919, giving the British colonial authorities in India power to suppress political activities and detain individuals without trial. This controversial law led to widespread protests and the Jallianwala Bagh massacre.

Panini was a renowned Sanskrit grammarian from ancient India (circa 4th century BCE) who wrote the Ashtadhyayi, a comprehensive treatise on Sanskrit grammar. His work is foundational to linguistics and influenced language studies worldwide.

 Option (3) is correct.

The Trimurti sculpture at Elephanta Caves (near Mumbai) depicts the three-faced Shiva representing the Hindu trinity of Brahma (creation), Vishnu (preservation), and Shiva (destruction). This 6m tall masterpiece is from the 6th century CE.

English is the official language of Nagaland, used for government and administrative purposes. While Nagamese (a creole language) is widely spoken as the lingua franca among different Naga tribes, English has constitutional status as the state language.

BIFR (Board for Industrial and Financial Reconstruction) was established in 1987 to revitalize sick industrial units in India. It provided financial and managerial assistance to help companies recover from financial distress.

V.S. Naipaul, a Nobel laureate, wrote 'A House for Mr. Biswas' (1961), 'The Mimic Men' (1967), and 'A Bend in the River' (1979). 'A woman life' is not among his published works.

India established its first research station in Antarctica in 1984, named Dakshin Gangotri. It was followed by Maitri station in 1989. Gangotri is a glacier in India, and Aruna is not related to Antarctic missions.

A camera lens forms a real, inverted image on the film/sensor plane. This means the image is both upside down (inverted vertically) and reversed from left to right (inverted horizontally). This is how all simple lenses form real images.

Water has much higher specific heat capacity than land, meaning it takes more energy to change its temperature. This causes oceans to heat and cool slowly compared to land. Viscosity affects fluid flow, not thermal response rate. Transparency does not significantly affect heating/cooling rates.

Dayanand Saraswati, founder of the Arya Samaj in 1875, coined the slogan 'Back to the Vedas' as part of his reform movement. He advocated a return to Vedic principles and rejected later religious corruptions.

Electronics manufacturing uses components that are easily transportable and not tied to specific raw material sources. Sugar requires sugarcane, textiles require cotton/fiber, and paper requires wood - all are geographically tied to agricultural or forest resources.

Malayalam, spoken primarily in Kerala, is a Dravidian language. Bhojpuri, Dogri, and Oriya (Odia) are Indo-Aryan languages from different branches of the Indo-European language family.

Aphelion is the point in an object's orbit where it is farthest from the Sun. Apogee/perigee refer to Earth's orbit specifically, while perihelion is the closest point to the Sun.

'No taxation without representation' was the slogan of the American Colonies during the 1760s-1770s, protesting British taxes without colonial representation in Parliament. It became a rallying cry of the American Revolution.

The correct chronological sequence is: Partition of Bengal (1905), Jallianwale Bagh massacre (1919), Simon Commission Report (1927), Quit India movement (1942). Option B matches this timeline.

George Orwell authored 'Animal Farm' (1945), 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' (1949), and 'Homage to Catalonia' (1938). 'Finding the Centre' is a 1984 work by V.S. Naipaul. Note: Option C has a typo - it should be 'Nineteen Eighty-Four'.

Kourou is in French Guiana (II), Baikonur is in Kazakhstan (IV), Edwards Air Force Base is in the USA (I), and Cape Canaveral is also in the USA (I). Note: Baikanour has a spelling error - should be Baikonur. The matching pairs are consistent and only option D gets all four correct.

The retina is the light-sensitive layer at the back of the eye that contains photoreceptor cells (rods and cones) which convert light into neural signals. The cornea is the transparent front surface, the sclera is the white outer layer, and the iris controls pupil size. Only the retina contains actual nerve endings for sight.

Drupkas (also spelled Drukpas or Bhutanese people) are the ruling elite in Bhutan. The term comes from 'Druk' meaning dragon, referring to the Thunder Dragon kingdom of Bhutan. This is a specific fact about Bhutanese political structure and elite class.

Full convertibility of the rupee means a single exchange rate determined daily by market forces in a free foreign exchange market. This implies unrestricted convertibility at a market-determined rate, not a fixed RBI rate or multiple rates. Option B captures this correctly - the rate is determined on a day-to-day basis.

Castor and Pollux are the Gemini twins in Greek/Roman mythology - twin brothers who were transformed into the constellation Gemini. They are not Biblical characters, fictional characters, or rivers. This is a classical mythology reference.

Nagarjunasagar is in Andhra Pradesh (3), Idukki is in Kerala (1), Damodar Valley is in West Bengal (2), and Salal Project is in Jammu and Kashmir (5). Option A correctly matches A-3, B-1, C-2, D-5. These are all major dam projects in India.