MCQs based on Indian Economy useful for UPSC/SSC/RBI

• Ministry responsible for calculating GDP in India: The Central Statistics Office (CSO) under the Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI)

• The ___ seeds were popularly called the 'dwarf' variety of seeds: HYV seeds

• ___ first conceived the idea of GDP in 1934: Simon Kuznets

• IIP stands for: Index of Industrial Production

• Ministry of Statistics and Program Implementation (MoSPI) came into existence as an Independent Ministry on: 15 October 1999

Various Services offered after clearing UPSC

I) All India Services

1. Indian Administrative Service (IAS)
2. Indian Police Service (IPS)
3. Indian Forest Service (IFoS)

II) Group 'A' Services

1. Indian Foreign Service (IFS)
2. Indian Revenue Service (IRS)
3. Indian Corporate Law Service (ICLS)
4. Indian Trade Service (ITS)
5. Indian Audit and Accounts Service (IA&AS)
6. Indian Civil Accounts Service (ICAS)
7. Indian Railway Accounts Service (IRAS)
8. Indian Defense Accounts Service (IDAS)
9. Indian Post and Telecommunication Accounts and Finance Service (IP&TAFS)
10. Indian Postal Service (IPoS)
11. Indian Information Service (IIS)
12. Indian Ordnance Factories Service (IOFS)
13. Indian Defence Estates Service (IDES)
14. Indian Railway Traffic Service (IRTS)
15. Indian Railway Personnel Service (IRPS)
16. Indian Railway Protection Force (Assistant Security Commissioner)


III) Group 'B' Services

1. Armed Forces Headquarters Civil Service (AFHQCS)
2. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Civil Service (DANICS)
3. Delhi, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli Police Service (DANIPS)
4. Pondicherry Civil Service
5. Pondicherry Police Service

Heads of Paramilitary Forces of India

Heads of the 7 Divisions of the CAPF (Central Armed Police Forces) are as follows:

1. Assam Rifles: Lt. Gen Sukhdeep Sangwan (Director General)

2. Border Security Force (BSF): VK Johri (Director General)

3. Central Industrial Security Force (CISF): Rajesh Ranjan IPS (Director General)

4. Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF): Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar IPS (Director General)

5. Indo-Tibetan Police Force (ITBP): SS Deswal (Director General)

6. National Security Guards (NSG): Sudeep Lakthakia (Director General)

7. Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB): Kumar Rajesh Chandra IPS (Director General)

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source: google search

Firsts........

• First Payments Bank of India: Airtel Payments Bank
• First Woman DGP of Puducherry: S. Sundari Nanda
• First Indian State to introduce Universal Basic Income: Sikkim
• First Internet Search Engine: Archie
• First Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI): John Mathai (1955)
• India's First Dinosaur and Fossil Park: Gujarat
• The First National Flag of India is said to be hoisted on: August 7, 1906 Parsee Bagan Square (Green Park) in Kolkata

Source: Google Search

Enrich your Vocabulary: 10 Words a Day

1. Youthquake: a significant cultural, political or social change arising from the actions or influence of young people

2. Emancipation: freeing; liberation; release

3. Gumption: common sense; horse sense; initiative

4. Uncouth: uncivilized; uncultured; unpolished

5. Relegate: lower in rank/status; downgrade

6. Treacherous: unfaithful; disloyal

7. Melange: a varied mixture; medley; blend

8. Frantically: in a confused and reckless manner

9. Nuisance: irritant

10. Culmination: the highest or the climatic point of something, especially as attained after a long time; pinnacle; highest point

Heads

• Uzbekistan President: Shavkat Mirziyoye
• Brazil President: Jair Bolsonaro
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Headquarters

• ESAF: Thrissur, Kerala
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Maharashtra Specific General Knowledge for MPSC Exam

• Highest Award presented annually by the Maharashtra State Government: Maharashtra Bhushan
• Maharashtra Bhushan Award first awarded: 1996
• Maharashtra Bhushan Award is given for: a remarkable contribution in the fields of  Literature, Arts, Sports, Science, Social Work, Journalism, Public Administration, and Health Services
• The first recipient of Maharashtra Bhushan Award: Purushottam Laxman Deshpande (Literature) in 1996 
• The first recipient of Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi Literature: Laxmanshastri Joshi  (Vaidik Sanskruticha Vikas) in 1955
• Sahitya Akademi Award for Marathi Literature 2018: Ma.Su. Patil (Sarjanprerana ani Kavitwashodh)

sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maharashtra_Bhushan_Award

              https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Sahitya_Akademi_Award_winners_for_Marathi

Headquarters of Intergovernmental Organizations in Asia

• ADB (Asian Development Bank): Manila, Philippines

• APEC (Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation): Singapore

• ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations): Jakarta, Indonesia (Secretariat HQ)

• BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation): Dhaka, Bangladesh (Secretariat)

• INBAR (International Network for Bamboo and Rattan): China (Secretariat HQ)

• MGC (Mekong Ganga Cooperation) estd in: Vientiane, Laos

• MRC (Mekong River Commission): Vientiane, Laos

• PEMSEA (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia): Quezon City, Philippines

• SAARC (South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation): Kathmandu, Nepal

• SEAMEO (Southeast Asian Ministers of Education Organization): Thailand, Bangkok (Secretariat HQ)

• TCS (Trilateral Cooperation Secretariat): Seoul, South Korea

• GCC (Gulf Cooperation Council): Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Divisions of Asia

1. Central Asia

• Kazakhstan
• Kyrgyzstan
• Uzbekistan
• Tajikistan
• Turkmenistan

2. East Asia

• China
• Mongolia
• North Korea
• South Korea
• Japan
• Hong Kong
• Taiwan
• Macau

3. South Asia

• Sri Lanka
• Bangladesh
• India
• Afghanistan
• Pakistan
• Nepal
• Bhutan
• Maldives

4. Southeast Asia

• Brunei
• Cambodia
• Indonesia
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Myanmar
• Philippines
• Singapore
• Thailand
• Timor Leste
• Vietnam
• Christmas Island
• Cocos Islands

5. Western Asia

• Georgia
• Armenia
• Azerbaijan
• Turkey
• Cyprus
• Syria
• Lebanon
• Israel
• Palestine
• Jordan
• Iraq
• Iran
• Kuwait
• Bahrain
• Saudi Arabia
• Qatar