AFCAT GK QUICK REVISION NOTES
SET II
Military Choice is back here with some important GK revision notes that are very important for your coming AFCAT written exam.
These revision notes for AFCAT written exam will cover all important areas of general knowledge.
17 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUICK REVISION NOTE FOR AFCAT
- Samudragupta is depicted both as a muscular warrior flaunting the "marks of hundreds of wounds received in battle" as well as a poet and a musician. He was given the title of Kaviraja.
- In January 1899, Lord Curzon was appointed Viceroy of India. Under his viceroyalty, the event of 2nd Delhi Darbar in 1903 and Partition of Bengal in 1905 took place.
- The Article 326 of the Indian Constitution grants universal adult suffrage, according to which, every adult citizen is entitled to cast his/her vote in all state elections. The right to vote is not restricted by caste, race, sex, religion or financial status.
- The algae float to the surface during the day & sink at night is due to photosynthesis. In Day time, the algae is producing oxygen. When enough Oxygen is produced during the day under water, it gets trapped in bubbles which lifts it up to the surface of the water.
- Freedom at Midnight by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins, which primarily focuses on India’s independence movement during 1946 and 1948, is one of the inspirations for the 2017 film Viceroy's House.
- The Spree River is a river that flows 400km through the Saxony, Brandenburg and Berlin states of Germany, and in the Ústà nad Labem region of the Czech Republic.
- The Commonwealth games is an international multi-sport event. The event was first held in 1930, and, has taken place every four years since then (exception of 1942 and 1946, which were cancelled due to World War II).
- After two failed attempts undertaken by the Indian Army, it was finally on May 20, 1965, when for the first time, Avtar Singh Cheema (1933–1989): along with 8 others stepped the highest peak in the world, Mount Everest.
- Asiatic Society of Bengal, founded on Jan. 15, 1784, by Sir William Jones, a British lawyer and Orientalist, was meant to encourage Oriental studies.
- World Poetry Day is celebrate on 21st March. A decision to proclaim 21 March as World Poetry Day was adopted during UNESCO’s 30th session held in Paris in 1999. The International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination is also observed annually on 21 March.
- The Centre-States relations constitute the core elements of the federalism. They work together in the field of environmental protection, terror control, family control and socio-economic planning.
- The Himalayas is the highest and the youngest mountain ranges in the world. It extends from west to east for about 2,500 km. Himalaya means "abode of snow" with an estimated 15,000 glaciers throughout the range.
- Air Marshal Subroto Mukerjee on 1 April 1954, became the first Indian Commander-in-Chief as well as Chief of Air Staff of the Indian Air Force.
- "Satyameva Jayate" is a mantra from the ancient Indian scripture Mundaka Upanishad. it was adopted as the national motto of India in May 1949.
- The international border of India is the third largest in the world after China and Russia. India shares its political borders with Pakistan and Afghanistan on the west and Bangladesh and Myanmar on the east. The northern boundary with the province of China, Tibet, Nepal and Bhutan.
- The French Revolution was an event of war in modern European history, that began in 1789 and ended in the late 1790s with the ascent of Napoleon Bonaparte. Like the American Revolution before it, the French Revolution was influenced by Enlightenment ideals.
- 8 major types of farming practiced in India - 1. Subsistence Farming, 2. Shifting Agriculture, 3. Plantation Agriculture, 4. Intensive Farming, 5. Dry Agriculture, 6. Mixed and Multiple Agriculture, 7. Crop Rotation, 8. Terrace Cultivation.
These important General Knowledge points can be very helpful in the upcoming CDS and NDA exam also.
Good Luck.
