General Knowledge (Static)

In the Mauryan administration, 'Hiranya' refers to a tax paid in cash, whereas 'Bhaga' was the king's share of the produce (usually in kind).

Seleucus I Nicator was a general of Alexander the Great who fought a war against Chandragupta Maurya, making them contemporaries.

The ruins of the Vijayanagara Empire are located at Hampi, which is a UNESCO World Heritage site in present-day Karnataka. The other options are not the primary archaeological centers for this empire.

The Manu Smriti is an ancient legal text of Hinduism that outlines the laws, duties, and social codes for different classes and stages of life. It is primarily a foundational text of ancient Indian law.

Krishnadevaraya was the ruler of the Vijayanagara Empire from 1509 to 1529. Babur, the founder of the Mughal Empire, mentions Krishnadevaraya as one of the most powerful rulers in India in his autobiography, the Baburnama.

The Bijak is the foundational collection of verses and teachings of the poet-saint Kabir. It remains a central text for the Kabir Panth.

The Adhai Din Ka Jhonpra mosque in Ajmer was commissioned by Qutb-ud-din Aibak, the founder of the Delhi Sultanate.

Jawaharlal Nehru moved the Objectives Resolution in the Constituent Assembly, which eventually formed the basis for the Preamble of the Indian Constitution.

The Moplah rebellion, also known as the Malabar rebellion, occurred in 1921 in the Malabar region of Kerala.

The Muhammedan Anglo-Oriental Defence Association was established in 1893 by Theodore Beck and Sir Syed Ahmad Khan to keep Muslims away from the Congress, but it was primarily organized by Beck.

The All India Muslim League adopted the goal of self-government within the British Empire during its 1912 session in Lucknow.

J.B. Kripalani was the President of the Indian National Congress at the time of India's independence in August 1947.

Chloroquine is a well-known medication used to prevent and treat malaria.

In metallurgy, a flux is a substance added to the ore to combine with impurities to form a fusible material called slag, which can be easily removed.

Friedrich Wohler synthesized urea from ammonium cyanate in 1828, which was the first time an organic compound was produced from inorganic precursors.

Fluorescent tubes contain a small amount of mercury vapor and an inert gas like argon to facilitate the electrical discharge that produces ultraviolet light, which then excites the phosphor coating.

DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) was widely used as an effective insecticide to control pests and diseases like malaria.

A sprayer works on Bernoulli's principle, where a high-velocity stream of air creates a region of lower pressure, causing the liquid to rise up the tube.

Liquids tend to minimize their surface area due to surface tension. A single larger drop has a smaller surface-area-to-volume ratio than two smaller drops, making it more energetically favorable.

Weight is the force of gravity minus the buoyant force of the surrounding medium. In a vacuum, there is no buoyant force, so the object records its true weight, which is the maximum possible.

The ionosphere contains a high concentration of ions and free electrons, which allows it to reflect radio waves, enabling long-distance communication.