General Awareness for Competitive Exams

National Debt refers to liabilities of the government. Insurance policies are private contracts between an individual and an insurance company, not government debt.

Real wage is the nominal wage adjusted for inflation. It represents the actual purchasing power of the money earned by a worker.

The crude birth rate is defined as the number of live births occurring among the population of a given geographical area during a given year, per 1,000 mid-year total population of the given geographical area during the same year.

Dadabhai Naoroji, known as the Grand Old Man of India, made the first attempt to estimate the national income of India in 1867-68.

According to Article 108 of the Indian Constitution, if a bill is passed by one House and rejected by the other, a joint sitting is called. The bill must then be passed by a simple majority of the total number of members of both Houses present and voting.

Personal disposable income is the amount of money that an individual has available for spending and saving after income taxes (direct taxes) have been deducted from their personal income.

The President of India is the head of state and the constitutional head of the executive of the Union, while the Prime Minister is the head of the government.

Under Article 110 of the Indian Constitution, the Speaker of the Lok Sabha has the final authority to decide whether a bill is a Money Bill or not.

The Vice-President of India is elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament (both elected and nominated members).

National Income accounts for the value of goods and services produced. Lottery winnings are considered transfer payments or windfalls, not income generated from productive economic activity.

The Fundamental Duties were added to the Indian Constitution by the 42nd Amendment Act in 1976, upon the recommendation of the Swaran Singh Committee.

Albert Einstein famously said this about Mahatma Gandhi following his assassination in 1948, expressing his deep admiration for Gandhi's non-violent philosophy.

The States Reorganisation Act, which reorganized the boundaries of Indian states and territories along linguistic lines, was passed in 1956.

The Cabinet Mission arrived in India in 1946 to discuss the transfer of power from the British government to Indian leadership.

Rana Kumbha built the Vijay Stambha (Tower of Victory) in Chittorgarh Fort to commemorate his victory over the combined armies of Malwa and Gujarat.

The Dandi March, which violated the Salt Laws, marked the beginning of the Civil Disobedience Movement in 1930.

Agni is a family of medium to intercontinental range ballistic missiles developed by India's Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO).

The Portuguese were the first Europeans to arrive in India (Vasco da Gama in 1498) and were the last to leave (Goa was liberated in 1961).

The Trans-Siberian Railway is the longest railway line in the world, connecting Moscow in the west to Vladivostok on the Pacific coast in the east.

Battle of Wandiwash 1760— from 1744, the French and English fought a series of battles for supremacy in the Carnatic region. In the third Carnatic war, the British East India Company defeated the French forces at the battle of Wandiwash ending almost a century of conflict over supremacy in India.
The battle gave the British trading company a far superior position in India compared to other Europeans.

A planimeter is a measuring instrument used to determine the area of an arbitrary two-dimensional shape on a map or drawing.

The Cauvery (Kaveri) river flows eastward and drains into the Bay of Bengal, whereas the Periyar, Narmada, and Tapti flow westward into the Arabian Sea.

The Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Academy (IGRUA) is a premier flying training institute located at Fursatganj, near Rae Bareilly in Uttar Pradesh.