SSC GS QUESTION ASKED IN 2017 EXAM

Q1. What is the name of Acid found in Ants?
Ans-Formic Acid


Q2. Who verifies President Impeachment?
Ans- Both Houses

Q3. How many types of Writs are there in the Constitution?
Ans- Five(5)

Q4. Which is the largest state in terms of Area in India?
Ans- Rajasthan

Q5. Which is the largest state with maximum coastline?
Ans- Gujarat

Q6. Galileo's law also known as?
Ans- Law of Inertia

Q7. The function of Xylem in plants?
Ans- Transportation of water

Q8. Itai-itai disease is caused by?
Ans-Cadmium Poisoning

Q9. What is the full form of LAN?
Ans- Local Area Network

Q10. What is Railway Vikalp scheme?
Ans- Vikalp scheme will give waitlisted passengers berths in other trains at no extra cost.

Q11. What is important for food security?

Q12. Questions related to storage, MSP, Fair price store etc?

Q13. Which film is the winner of Oscar 2017?
Ans. Moonlight

Q14. The highest production of opium in India?

Q15.Cholera was discovered by?
Ans. Robert Koch

Q16.Who is the ex officio president of the Indian Parliamentary Group?
Ans. Speaker of Lok Sabha

Q17. Who built Vijay Stambh?
Ans. Rana Kumbha

Q18.Monument built by Maharana Pratap Singh?

Q19.Which country was involved in Jal Sanrakshan Samjhauta with India?
Ans. Israel

Q20.The writer of the book"citizen and society'?
Ans. Mohammad Hamid Ansari

Q21.Different women players of cricket,  hockey?


1)How many fundamental duties are in the Constitution of India?
Ans. Eleven (11)

Q2.Who said the following quote " Back To Vedas"?
Ans. Dayanand Saraswati

Q3. What is part-IV of Indian Constitution?
Ans. Directive Principles of State Policy

Q4. Bulb filament is made of ?
Ans. Tungsten

Q5. Which book is written by Sania Mirza?
Ans. Ace Against Odds

Q6. Rover cup is related to which sport?
Ans. Football

Q7.Raja Todar Mal is related to which empire?
Ans. Finance Minister of the Mughal empire

Q8.Who invented dynamite?
Ans. Alfred Nobel

Q9.A question related to National Development Council.

Q10. Trees that lose all their leaves once a year are called?
 Ans- Deciduous

Q11.  What transports water from the roots to leaves in plants?
Ans- Xylem transports water and solutes from the roots to the leaves.

Q12.Anaemia is the loss of ?
Ans. Blood (Iron Deficiency)

Q13. Which of the following is not a vector quantity?
Ans- Speed

Q14. Question related to primary,  secondary and tertiary sector?
Ans.

Q15. What is gain of electron called?
Ans. Reduction

Q16. Disease caused by female anopheles?
Ans. Malaria

Q17.Dandiya is a folk dance of which state?

Q18. From which part of the plant saffron is obtained?

Q19. Freezing point of water in fahrenheit is?

Q20. Directive principle of state policy comes in which schedule?

Q1. Who got Literature 2016 Noble Price?
Ans. Bob Dylan


Q2. Villi is found in which part of human body?
Ans. Small Intestine

Q3. Which living organism is segmented from head to tail?
Ans.

Q4. From which country India adopt Presidentship?
Ans. USA

Q5. Synapse is the gap between?
Ans. A synapse is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron.

Q6. Who is the musician in the Raja Agrsen's Palace?
Ans.

Q7. Duge-the Hightest brigde formed in 2016 by which country?
Ans. China

Q8. One question from book and author.
Ans.

Q9. Who is the architecture of Lucknow?
Ans.

Q10. How much increment in 7th pay commission?
Ans.

Q11. Who is know for Hindu Muslim unity in Lucknow session?

THE FRAMING OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION (PART 1 HISTORY BACKGROUND) POLITY.

THE FRAMING OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION

HISTORY  OF CONSTITUENT DEVELOPMENT : 
Indian constitution was framed by a constitutional assembly but many constitutional experiment introduced by the British govt. before the making of the present constitution so, it can be said that Indian administration structure is considered as a legacy of the British rule.
The British rule in India can be divided in to two parts:

1. Company rule (1757-1858)
2. Crown rule (1858-1947)

CONSTITUTIONAL EXPERIMENTS BEFORE 1858:

To establish trade with the eastern world , in 1599 the East India company was formed & monopoly right of trade was provided for 15 years to east india company by then British queen Elizabeth 

                   On  22 oct 1764 , with the victory of English in the BATTLE OF BEXURE, beginning of company rule was started .To regulate the company affair the (first) british parliment in 1773 passed a bill called regulating act 1773.

(EXTRA FACT: BATTLE OF BEXURE ) BUXAR IS LOCATED NEAR RIVER GANGA (BENGAL) . BATTLE WAS BETWEEN THE FORCES UNDER COMMAND OF THE BRITISH EAST INDIAN COMPANY  LED BY HECTOR MUNRO AND THE COMBINED ARMIES OF 

• MIR QASIM
• THE NAWAB OF BENGAL
• THE NAWAB OF AWADH
• THE MUGHAL EMPEROR SHAH ALAM

 (A)       COMPANY RULE (1757-1858)

REGULATING ACT 1773:

1.This was the first step taken by the British govt. to control & regulate the affair of the east India company in India , i.e ( forbidden to engage in private trade , accept presents or bribes etc)

That also means governance of east Indian company was put parliamentary  control.

2. It set up govt. in calacutta presidency , consist of a governer general and a council of 4 member who excercise their authority jointly (one chief judge & 3 other )

 

3. sir Eliza Emphiy was appointed as first chief justice.

4. the governor of Bengal was made the governor general of all  three presidencies (Bombay , madras & calacutta).

5. Warren hasting was the first governor general of bengal & last governor of bengal.

 6. British crown established a supreme court ( fort Williams 1774) in Bengal

7. At that time British PM was LORD NORTH

8 End of the dual govt.

PITTS ACT OF 1784:

It was enacted to improve upon the provisions of regulating act of 1773 to bring better discipline 

2. Board of control of six member(including 2 cabinet ministers)

& set up to guide & supervise the affair of the company in India.

this act was named after british Pm  WILLAM PITT.

CHARTER ACT OF 1813:

Company was deprived of its trade monopoly in india except trade of tea and trade with china .This made company a more an administrative body.

Christen missionaries were also premitted to india & preach their religion.

 CHARTER ACT OF 1833:

It completely abolished the monopoly , i.e including tea trade and trade with china

2. council get full power regarding revenue , single budget for the country was prepared  by the governor general

3. governor general of Bengal was made the governor general of India & the first governor general  of India was WILLIAM BENTICK.

4.A  law member ( with out the power to vote ) was added  to the executive council of the governor general and this increased the strength of council to four . Macaulay was the first law member 

 CHARTER ACT OF 1853:

The number of  members of court of directors was reduced from 24 to 18 of which 6 were to be nominated by the crown.

Legislature was treated for the first time as separated from the executive .

act followed a report of then governor general LORD DALHOUISE.

3. A separate governor of Bengal as appointed.

4. Recruitment was to be done through competitive exam i.e recruitment of civil servants of the company ( including India)

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1858:

This act is also called good government because it aimed at revamping of administrative in wake of 1857 revolt.

it transferred the govt. territories an revenues of India from east India company to the  British crown. The governor general now represent the crown in India and he was called as the VICE ROY OF INDIA . Lord canning was appointed as the first Vice Roy  of India and the power of British crown were to be exercised by a new officer called the SECRETARY OF STATE OF INDIA.

EXTRA FACT: LORD DALHOUISE WAS  CALLED THE FATHER OF CIVIL SERVANT.

        (B) CROWN RULE (1858-1947)

INDIAN COUNCIL ACT (1909) OR MORLEY MINTO REFORM.

MORLEY was the secretary of state and MINTO was the vice Roy

of India.

It changed the name of central  legislature council to the Imperal legislature & for the first time the seat in the legislature bodies were reserved on the basis of religion for muslim . this  newly introduced system is called COMMUNAL REPRESENTATION .Muslim community were given the right to elect their representative .this is known as the separate electorate . 

MORLEY MINTO Were regarded as the father of separate electorate in India.

An element of election was also introduced in the Central 

legislative council.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1919 OR MOUNTAGUE- CHELMSFORD REFORM.

montague was Secretary of state and chelmsford was viceroy of india. 

1.Dual government was introduced called DIARCHY SYSTEM.

2. Central legislature is made bi cameral for the first time

through this act. the first house was called central legislature assembly and the second house is called council of states.

3. communal representation was further extended to sikh , european and anglo indian .

 4. Devolution rule

5 Public service commission was established first time by this act

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935:

This act is based on one white paper of 1932 prepared by the british govt. on the basis of 3rd round table conference .

and based on the principle of federation & parliamentary system.

2. this act provided for the ALL INDIA FEDERATION consisting of british province and the princely states

 ALL INDIA FEDERATION CONSISTS OF 11 BRITISH PROVINCES AND 6 CHIEF COMMISSIONAIRES AREA AND THE PRINCELY STATES WHO DESIRE TO BE PART.

3. DIARCHY SYSTEM was introduced at center

4. RESIDUAL power were to be with the governor general only.

5.Power was divided as

• state list
• central list
• concurrent list

6. BURMA ( Myanmar) was separated by this act.

7. Federal bank ( reserve bank of India) was established 

8. Indian council of secretary of state was abolished

9.Governor was the head of the provincial executive 

10.  The federal legislature ( central legislature was to have bi chamber

• the council of state (permanent body with one- third of  its member being vacated after every two years )
• the federal assembly (duration was fixed for 5 years)

(EXTRA FACTS: 

RBI NATIONALIZED ON 1 JAN 1949. RBI 

ACT WAS INTRODUCED IN 1934

OS BORNE SMITH WAS THE INAUGURAL OFFICE HOLDER

C. DESHMUKH WAS THE FIRST INDIAN GOVERNOR OF RBI)

INDIAN INDEPENDENCE ACT 1947:

It is based on famous  MOUNT BATTEN plan and passed by the British parliament in 1947(July) and act received ascent of British crown on 18 July 1947 and become effective on 15 august 1947 

2. at that time  CLEMANT AATTLY was the pm of British 

lord LWIS MOUNTBATTEN WAS GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA.

 Through this act India attained independence and become independent  state and thus two domains states  INDIA AND PAKISTAN  came in to existence  

THE  rule of British crown was abolished .

3.  on 3 June 1947 announcement of the partition was made . 

 

IMPORTANT SOURCES OF INDIAN CONSTITUTION

1) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ACT 1935

1. Federal scheme 
2. Office of governor
3. Role of federal judiciary
4. Emergency power & administrative structure of both center and state
5. Service commission

2) BRITISH CONSTITUTION(UK CONSTITUTION)

1. Law making process
2. rule of law
3. single citizenship
4. Electoral system
5. civil services
6. bicameral parliamentary system
7. Legislation
8. speaker in lok sabha
9. parliamentary form of govt.
10. office of cag
11. Writs jurisdiction of the courts
12. office of the speaker & his role

3) AMERICAN CONSTITUTION(USA)

1. FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS 
2. Independent judiciary
3. supreme court
4. Impeachment process of supreme court and high court
5. Impeachment of president
6. procedure for the removal of judges of supreme and high court
7. preamble
8. role of vice president as the chairmen of rajya sabha
9. written constitution

4) CANADIAN CONSTITUTION

1. Federation with strong center(federal system)
2. residuary power given to the parliament
3. NAME;     THE UNION OF INDIA
4. Appointment of state governor

5) IRISH CONSTITUTION (IRELAND)

Directive principal of state policies

Manner of election of the president

nomination of certain member in the legislature

6) AUSTRALIAN CONSTITUTION

1. Principal of co-operative federalism (center & state).
2. Freedom of inter- state trade,commerce & intercourse(article 301).
3. The idea of concurrent list.
4. Joint sitting of parliament .

6) SOUTH AFRICA

1. Procedure for the constitutional amendment (art. 368)
2. Election of member of rajya sabha

7) JAPANESE CONSTITUTION.

1. Procedure established on law , i.e law on which supreme court function

8)  FRENCH CONSTITUTION.

1.   Principle of liberty, equality and fraternity.
2. republic

9) U.S.S.R CONSTITUTION

1. FUNDAMENTAL DUTIES
2. FIVE YEAR PLAN 

10) GERMANY CONSTITUTION:Emergency provisions and suspension of fundamental rights during emergency.

IMPORTANT ALLOYS AND METALS AND TRICKS TO REMEMBER ALLOYS (CHEMISTRY)

IMPORTANT ALLOYS 

To remember this  TRICK you have to REMEMBER these basic points

1.    SOLDIER  =  SOLDER,

         BRA     =   BRASS

2.  She is wearing bracelets on both arms

• one is made up of  Bi(bismuth)
• the other is made of  (Ni nickel)

3 In one hand she is holding a  : ROSE

and in other hand there is          : BRA

4.She is wearing shoes which can be remember as SEXY BOOTS

Sb = antimony(Sexy boot)

5. REMEMBER  only  these 3  basic metals or alloy

•  SOLDER : TIN( Sn)  + LEAD(Pb)
•   BRASS   : COPPER (Cu) +ZINE(Zn)
• BRONZE : COPPER(Cu)  + TIN (Sb)

PRACTICE THESE TRICK WITH DRAW  

Now these alloys can be easily remembered as:

important symbols:

Sn : TIN

Pb : LEAD

Cu: COPPER

Zn : ZINC

Sb  : ANTIMONY

Ni  : NICKEL

Cr:  Chromium

FE : IRON

AL  :ALUMINIUM

Mg:  MAGNESIUM

Mn : MANGANESE

HG: MERCURY

IMPORTANT ALLOYS:

GUN METAL:           (PB+ SN ) SOLDER + (ZN + CU)  BRASS

TYPE METAL :               (SN + PB) +SB (ANTIMONY)

GERMAN SILVER :            NI + BRASS( CU +ZN)

ROSE METAL :      (PB+ SN ) SOLDER + BI

      

OTHER IMPORTANT ALLOYS

DELTA METAL:              BRASS + Fe

ROLLED GOLD :            Cu +Al

MONEL METAL:             Cu +Ni

MAGNALIUM:                 Mg +Al

DURALUMIN:                  AL+ Cu + Mg + Mn

STAINLESS STEEL:        Fe+ Cr+Ni+ C

NICKEL STEEL:              IRON + Ni

amalgum : alloy in which one component is mercury.

USES OF IMPORTANT ALLOYS:

         ALLOYS                                               USES IN

Brass:	making utensils
Bronze:	making coins, bell and utensils
German Silver:	making utensils
Rolled gold:	making cheap ornaments
Gun metal:	making gun, barrels, gears and bearings
Delta metal:	making blades of aeroplane
Munz metal:	making coins
Dutch metal:	making artificial ornaments
Monel metal:	For base containing container
Rose metal:	For making automatic fuse
Solder:	For soldering
Magnalium:	For frame of aeroplane
Duralumin:	For making utensils
Type metal:	In printing industry
Bell metal:	For casting bells, statues
Stainless steel:	For making utensils and surgical cutlery
Nickel steel:	For making electrical wire, automobile parts

GOVERNOR -GENERAL & VICEROY OF INDIA

                 IMPORTANT POINTS RELATED TO THE  

            GOVERNOR GENERALS AND VICEROY

FIRST GOVERNOR OF BENGAL: ROBERT CLIVE

FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF BENGAL: WARREN HASTING

FIRST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA: WILLIAM BENTICK

FIRST  VICEROY AND LAST GOVERNOR GENERAL OF INDIA: LORD CANNING

LAST VICEROY OF  BRITISH INDIA: LORD MOUNTBATTEN

FIRST VICEROY OF INDEPENDENT INDIA: LORD MOUNTBATTEN

FIRST INDIAN VICEROY & LAST VICEROY OF INDEPENDENT INDIA: RAJGOPALACHRI

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS :

LORD CURZON
1899-1905 : PARTATION OF BENGAL

LORD MINTO :
 INDIA COUNCIL ACT OF 1919 0R THE MORLEY MINTO REFORM

LORD CHEMSFORD :
ROWLATT ACT OF 1919 , JALLIANWALA BAGH MASSACRE 13 APRIL 1919

LORD CORNILLIS : WAS THE FATHER OF POLICE IN BRITISH PERIOD.

LORD READING: ONLY JEWISH VICEROY OF INDIA

LORD MAYO : ONLY VICEROY TO BE ASSASSINATED IN INDIA.

IMPORTANT GOVERNOR GENERALS:

1)WARREN HASTING:  

• BROUGHT DUAL GOVT. OF BENGAL TO END BY THE REGULATING ACT 1773
• FOUNDED ASIATIC SOCIETY OF BENGAL ( 1784)
• INTRODUCED FIRST ENGISH TRANSLATION OF THE GITA WRITTEN BT CHARLES WIKINS
• WARS: THE FIRST ANGLO MARATHA WAR (1776 - 1782)

  2 ) LORD  CORNWALLIS:

•  DID THE PERMANENT SETTLEMENT OF BENGAL( CALLED ZIMIDARY  SYSTEM)
• FATHER OF CIVIL SERVICES
• FATHER OF POLICE IN BRITISH INDIA

 3) SIR JOHN SHORE   

4)LORD  WILLESLEY :

• ADOPTED POLICY OF SUBSIDARY ALLIANCE SYSTEM
• HE DEFEATED THE MYSORE UNDER TIPU SULTAN IN FOURTH ANGLO MYSORE WAR 1799

5) GEORGE BARLOW :

6)LORD MINTO - I : (1807- 1813)

• TREATY OF  AMRITSAR WITH MAHARAJA  RANJIT SINGH(1809
• CHARTER ACT OF 1813 WAS PASSED

7)LORD HASTINGS : (1813-1823)

ANGLO- NEPAL WAR(1814-16) WAS FOUGHT DURING HIS REIGN WHICH ENDED WITH THE TREATY OF SAGAULI 1816

8)LORD WILLIAM BENTICK (1828-1835)

• PROHIBITED THE SATI 1829
• ELIMINATION OF THUGS 1830
• MADE ENGLISH HAS A MEDIA OF HIGHER EDUCATION
• SUPPRESSED FEMALE INFANTICIDE & CHILD  SACRIFICE.

9)SIR CHARLES METCALFE (1835-1836)

• ABOLISHED RESTRICTION ON VENACULAR PRESS CALLED LIBERATOR OF THE PRESS

10)   LORD AUCKLAND 1836-1842 

• FIRST AFGHAN WAR  ( IN HIS  REIGN)

11) LORD DALHOUSE: (1848 -1856)
OPEN FIRST RAILWAY IN 1853 FROM BOMBAY TO THANE)
FIRST TELEPHONE LINE 1853 CALCUTTA TO AGRA.
INTRODUCED POSTAL SYSTEM
WORK ON GRAND TRUNK ROAD
MADE SHIMALA THE SUMMER CAPITAL
STARTED ENGINEERING COLLEGE IN ROORKE.
1854- WOODS DISPATCH ( PROPERLY ARTICULATED SYSTEM OF EDUCATION PRIMARY TO UNIVERSITY