General Studies

Al-Biruni was a Persian scholar who accompanied Mahmud of Ghazni during his invasions of India.

The National Calendar of India is based on the Saka Era, with Chaitra as its first month.

Coup d'etat refers to a sudden, illegal, and often violent seizure of power from a government.

Zimbabwe joined the United Nations on August 25, 1980, following its independence.

The 1955 Bandung Conference in Indonesia was the first large-scale Afro-Asian conference and the birthplace of the Panchsheel principles.

Nitrogen makes up the majority of the Earth's atmosphere but is not a greenhouse gas, unlike methane, water vapor, and carbon dioxide.

The Pentagon is the headquarters building of the United States Department of Defense.

The UN Secretariat is the executive arm of the United Nations, led by the Secretary-General.

Emperor Jahangir is buried in the Tomb of Jahangir, located in Shahdara Bagh in Lahore, Pakistan.

The capital of India was officially shifted from Calcutta to Delhi in 1911 during the Delhi Durbar.

Cuba has historically been the world's leading sugar producer, earning it the nickname 'Sugar Bowl of the World'.

The Preamble, Fundamental Rights, and Directive Principles of State Policy collectively aim to secure economic justice in India.

Mahatma Gandhi started the newspaper 'Indian Opinion' in 1903 while living in South Africa.

The Central Water Commission is the apex technical organization in India for water resources development and management.

The Government Museum is located in New Delhi, often referring to the National Museum.

The Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) of the United Nations consists of 54 member states. These members are elected by the General Assembly for overlapping three-year terms.

Lala Hardayal was a prominent Indian revolutionary and a founding member of the Gadar Party, which was established in 1913 in the United States to fight for India's independence from British rule.

Kandla Port, located in Gujarat, was the first port in India to be designated as a Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and has a long-standing free trade zone.

In the PSLV-C9 mission, IMS-1 (Indian Microsatellite-1) was a microsatellite, while the others listed (NLS-4, NLS-5, and RUBIN-8A) were nano satellites.

The Reserve Bank of India was established on April 1, 1935, in accordance with the provisions of the Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934.

During the Janata Party government (1977-1979), Charan Singh and Jagjivan Ram served simultaneously as Deputy Prime Ministers under Prime Minister Morarji Desai.

Article 343(1) of the Indian Constitution states that the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in Devanagari script.

The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences was first awarded in 1969 to Ragnar Frisch and Jan Tinbergen.