AFCAT GK QUICK REVISION NOTES
SET I
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.
20 GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUICK REVISION NOTE FOR AFCAT
- The revolt of 1857 was a combination of political, socio-religious, economic, and military cause. However, the use of greased cartridges was the immediate cause for this revolt. During this mutiny, Lord Canning was the Governor-General of India.
- When the territories of Dadra and Nagar Haveli passed from Portuguese rule to Indian Union rule in 1954, VirgÃlio Fidalgo was the Portuguese administrator of Nagar Haveli.
- Great Falls is a series of waterfalls on the Potomac River. Potomac river is located along the mid-Atlantic Ocean coast of the United States and flows into the Chesapeake Bay.
- Acceleration is the rate of change of velocity of a body with respect to time. When a body is accelerated its speed will always change.
- The United Nations is an international organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up of 193 Member States.
- The BrahMos is a short-range ramjet supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from submarine, ships, aircraft, or land. It is the world's fastest anti-ship cruise missile in operation with a top speeds of Mach 2.8 to 3.0.
- Capacity of doing work by a body is called its energy, whereas energy developed in a body due to work done on it is called mechanical energy.
- Historian A V Smith called Samudragupta as the Napoleon of India because of his great military conquests, as he never lost any battle. He was the fourth ruler of the Gupta Empire and the son and successor of Chandragupta I.
- Dadabhai Naoroji, the Grand Old Man Of India, in his famous book Poverty and UnBritish Rule in India wrote his Drain Theory. Drain theory showed how India’s wealth was going away to England.
- Citizenship Act 1955 was enacted by the Parliament. Article 11 gave powers to the Parliament of India to regulate the right of citizenship by law. The President of India is termed the first Citizen of India.
- Baglihar is a famous Hydroelectric Power Project built across the river Chenab in Jammu & Kashmir.
- United Nations Messenger of Peace is a title designated to those who have agreed to help focus worldwide attention on the work of the United Nations. Vijay Amritraj, a former tennis player, was the first Indian to be designated this award in 2001.
- There are four types of bone: long bones, short bones, flat bones and irregular bones. The femur, or thigh bone, is the longest, heaviest, and strongest bone in the entire human body.
- The structure of the sun : [structure of sun]
Core ( innermost part of the sun where nuclear fusion occurs), Radiation Zone, Convection Zone, Photosphere ( the part of sun which we see ), Chromosphere ( thick red orange later if atmosphere ), and Corona ( the outermost part of the sun. )
- The Indian Institute of Science was founded in 1909 as a result of the joint efforts of Jamsetji Nusserwanji Tata, the Government of India and the Maharaja of Mysore (Krishnaraja Wodeyar IV who donated over 370 acres of land for this initiative ).
- List of Gallantry Awards in the Face of Enemy or Wartime Gallantry Awards -
Param Vir Chakra (PVC), Mahavir Chakra (MVC), Vir Chakra, Sena Medal/ Nao Sena Medal/ Vayu Sena Medal, Mention in Dispatches, Chiefs of Staff Commendation Card.
- On November 17, 1869, the Suez Canal connecting the Mediterranean and Red Seas was officially opened at Egypt’s Port Said. The canal took more than 15 years to plan and build.
- Rajatarangini is a metrical legendary and historical chronicle of the kings of Kashmir. It was written in Sanskrit by Kashmiri historian Kalhana in the 12th century CE.
- It was on January 26, 1930, that the Indian National Congress at its Lahore session passed a resolution demanding ‘poorna swaraj’ or full freedom. That's why, even though the Constitution had passed on Nov 26 1949, it came into force from Jan 26 1950 and replaced the 1935 Government of India act.
- An idea for a Constituent Assembly of India was proposed in 1934 by M. N. Roy. It became an official demand of the Indian National Congress in 1935, and was accepted by the British in August 1940.
These important General Knowledge points can be very helpful in the upcoming CDS and NDA exam also.
Good Luck.
