Summary of "GS For SSC Exams 2025 | GS Practice Set #10 | GK GS MCQs For All Competitive Exams, GS By Naveen Sir"
Summary of GS For SSC Exams 2025 | GS Practice Set #10
GK GS MCQs For All Competitive Exams, GS By Naveen Sir
Main Ideas and Concepts Covered
1. Introduction and Revision Importance
- Naveen Sharma welcomes students and stresses the importance of revision, especially in the last few days before exams.
- Encourages students to utilize weekends for revision and continuous practice.
2. Previous Practice Set Questions Recap
- Dashavatara temple location: Uttar Pradesh.
- International Environment Protection Day: 26th November.
- Vice President’s oath: Article 69.
- Indian National Congress session in Faizpur, 1937, with Nehru as president.
- Janani Suraksha Yojana launch year: 2005.
3. Folk Dances and Cultural Knowledge
- Various Indian folk dances and their states:
- Chupat dance – Uttarakhand
- Sikmari dance and Snow Lion – Sikkim
- Bhotia dance – Sikkim
- Yaksham – West Bengal
- Chholia and Chachari – Uttarakhand
- Guga and Lur – Haryana
- Hojagiri and Sangrai – Tripura
- Kojagiri – Maharashtra
- Zeliang Hota – Nagaland
- Cheraw – Mizoram
- Lum and Tum – Mizoram
- Thangata (martial art dance) – Kerala (Kalari Pattu is mother of martial arts)
- Palkamb, Mallakhamb – traditional Indian sports
- Pung Cholom – Manipur
- Tapu and Wancho dances – Arunachal Pradesh
- Laho – Meghalaya
- Jhumura, Bagroomba, Kali Gopal, Ankiya Naat, Bihu – Assam
4. Awards and Recognitions in Music and Culture
- MG Awards (Tamil Nadu)
- Kalimamani and Pampuhar Awards (Tamil Nadu and Nagaland)
- Kumar Gandharva Award (since 1992, Madhya Pradesh)
- Kalidas Samman (since 1980)
- Tansen Music Festival (Gwalior, MP)
- Iqbal Award (Madhya Pradesh)
- Janachari Award (Karnataka)
- Nandi Award (Andhra Pradesh)
- Devdaarth Smriti Award (Chhattisgarh)
- National Award for Classical Dance named after Saroja Vaidyanathan (Bharatanatyam exponent)
- Padma Bhushan awarded to Saroja Vaidyanathan in 2013
5. Monasteries and Buddhist Sites in India
- Phodong, Rumtek, Lingdam monasteries – Sikkim
- Tawang Monastery – Arunachal Pradesh (largest in India)
- Tabo, Kegonpa, Nako – Himachal Pradesh
- Bylakuppe (Droeling) – Karnataka
- Ghumth – West Bengal
- Deekshabhoomi – Maharashtra
- Alchi Gompa – Jammu and Kashmir
- Hemis Monastery – Ladakh
- Mahabodhi Temple – Bihar
6. BIMSTEC (Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical and Economic Cooperation)
- Member countries: Bangladesh, India, Myanmar, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Bhutan, Nepal
- Maldives is not a member
- Established on 6 June 1997 (Bangkok Declaration)
- Headquarters: Dhaka
- Original members: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Thailand
- Nepal and Bhutan joined in 2004
7. International Days and Events
- International Yoga Day: 21 June (longest day in Northern Hemisphere)
- First celebrated in 2015
- 2025 theme: “Yoga for One Earth One Health”
- Yoga city: Rishikesh
- International Rainforest Day: 22 June
- International Olympic Day: 23 June
- International Refugee Day: 20 June
- World Thinking Day: 22 February
- World Water Day: 22 March
- Earth Day: 22 April
- World Biodiversity Day: 22 May
- World Brain Day: 22 July
- Indian National Flag adoption: 22 July
8. Football (Soccer) Facts
- Distance between penalty spot and goal line: 12 yards
- Distance between goalposts: 7.32 meters
- Goalpost height: 8 feet
- Field length: 90 to 120 meters; width: 45 to 91 meters
- Match duration: 90 minutes (two halves of 45 minutes) with 15-minute break
- Extra time can extend up to 30 minutes
- FIFA founded in 1904 in Paris; headquarters in Zurich
- All India Football Federation formed in 1937; joined FIFA in 1948
- First FIFA World Cup held in 1930
9. Autobiographies of Sportspersons
- Undisputed Truth – Mike Tyson
- Standing My Ground – Matthew Hayden
- The Soul of a Butterfly – Muhammad Ali
- Crossing the Boundary – Kevin Pietersen (Australia)
- Six Machine – Chris Gayle
- Both Feet on the Ground – David Beckham
- No Spin – Shane Warne
- True Colors – Adam Gilchrist
- How I Play Golf – Tiger Woods
- Roy on the Rise – Andrew Symonds
10. Indian Constitution Articles Related to Council of Ministers and PM
- Article 69: Vice President’s oath
- Article 74: PM appointment and council of ministers
- Article 75: Council of Ministers
- Collective responsibility to Lok Sabha
- Appointment by President on PM’s advice
- Tenure during President’s pleasure
- Article 76: Attorney General of India
- Article 77: Executive powers exercised in President’s name
- Article 78: Duties of Prime Minister
- Prime Ministers from Rajya Sabha: Indira Gandhi
- PMs not members of Parliament at appointment: PV Narasimha Rao, Chaudhary Charan Singh (never became MP within 6 months)
- Prayagraj known as “City of Prime Ministers” (7 PMs from there)
- Youngest PM: Rajiv Gandhi
- Oldest PM: Morarji Desai
- First Acting PM: Gulzari Lal Nanda
- First Indian PM to visit USA: Jawaharlal Nehru (1949)
- Narendra Modi is the 9th PM
11. Indian National Congress and Freedom Movement
- Congress formed on 28 December 1885
- Viceroy during formation: Lord Dufferin
- Partition of Bengal in 1905 by Lord Curzon; protests started on 7 August 1905 in Kolkata (Town Hall)
- Swadeshi Movement started by Krishna Kumar Mitra (13 July 1905)
- Leaders of Swadeshi Movement:
- Delhi: Syed Haider Raza
- Punjab: Lala Lajpat Rai
- Bal Gangadhar Tilak called “Lokmanya” and “Father of Indian Unrest”
- Newspapers by Tilak: Maratha (English), Kesari (Marathi)
- Books by Tilak: Arctic Home of the Vedas, Geeta Rahasya
- Mandalay Jail imprisonment: 1908–1914
- Home Rule League started by Annie Besant (April 1916 in Belgaum)
- Deccan Education Society formed in Pune, 1884 by Bal Gangadhar Tilak and Ganesh Agarkar
- Fergusson College established in 1885
12. Peasant Movements and Communist Party
- All India Kisan Congress first session in Lucknow, 1936
- Chairman: Swami Sahajanand Saraswati
- Secretary: N. Jinga
- Communist Party’s peasant wing established in Kanpur, 1925
- Awadh Kisan Sabha established in 1920 by Baba Ramchandra
13. Forests and Environment
- Types of forests:
- Tropical moist deciduous: Terai region
- Tropical evergreen: Western Ghats (Sahyadri)
- Alpine forests: Arunachal Pradesh
- Silent Valley National Park: Kerala
- Mangrove forests:
- Largest: Sundarbans (West Bengal) formed by Ganga and Brahmaputra
- Second largest: Coringa (Andhra Pradesh)
- Rhizophora species common
- Highest increase in mangrove cover: Andhra Pradesh, followed by Maharashtra
- Forest cover in India: 21.76%; tree cover: 3.41%; total: 25.17%
- Forest cover increase since 2021: 1445 sq km
- States with maximum forest cover increase: Chhattisgarh (684 sq km)
- Forest fires common in Uttarakhand and Odisha
- Most fertile soil: Alluvial soil (43% area)
- Old alluvium: Bangar soil
- New alluvium: Khadar soil
- Fertile crops: Paddy, wheat, maize
14. Economics and National Income
- GDP: Gross Domestic Product (most common measure)
- India’s GDP at independence: ₹2,000 crores
- Current GDP (2025 IMF estimate): $4.3 trillion
- National Income calculated by Central Statistical Organisation (CSO), now merged into NSO (2019)
- First scientific national income calculation: 1931–32
- Dadabhai Naoroji’s Drain Theory and book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India (published 1901)
- National Income Committee formed in 1949; first report in 1954
15. Health Missions and Schemes
- National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) started in 2005
- National Urban Health Mission (NUHM) started in 2013
- National Health Mission (NHM) started in 2013
- PM Jan Arogya Yojana launched on 23 September 2018 (largest health insurance scheme)
- National Digital Health Mission launched on 15 August 2020
16. Basic Physics and Chemistry Concepts
- Physical quantities:
- Distance (never negative)
- Velocity (can be positive/negative)
- Acceleration (can be positive/negative)
- Vector quantities require magnitude and direction (e.g., velocity, acceleration, impulse, momentum)
- Scalar quantities have magnitude only (e.g., volume, temperature, energy, time, mass, speed)
- Atomic number (Z) and mass number (A) basics
- Number of neutrons = Mass number (A) – Atomic number (Z)
- Examples with potassium, carbon, sodium, calcium, zinc
- Periodic table order and atomic numbers briefly mentioned
17. Biology and Zoology
- Largest group of animals: Arthropoda (includes cockroach, shrimp, crab, butterfly, fly, mosquito)
- Three-chambered heart found in frogs
- Four-chambered heart found in humans, birds, bats, crocodiles
- Honeybee has five brothers (segments)
- Cockroach has 13 brothers (segments)
- Amphibians and most reptiles have three-chambered hearts; crocodiles are an exception with four chambers
18. Recent Awards and Honors
- Ramanujan Prize (for mathematicians under 32) started in 2005; 2024 recipient: Alexander Dunn
- Maharashtra Bhushan Award recipients
- Ramsar Award recipient: Jai Shri Venkatesan
- Digital Transformation 2025 Award
- Gold Mercury Award recipient: Dalai Lama (from Tibet; entered India in 1959; Nobel Prize 1989)
- Pravasi Bharatiya Award recipient: Syed Anwar Khurshid
- Maharaja Hari Singh Award recipient: Manoj Sinha
19. Health and Disease Eradication
- WHO awarded for eradicating Trachoma (eye disease)
- Malaria eradication target: 2030
- Tuberculosis eradication target: 2025
- HIV/AIDS test: ELISA
- Kala Azar elimination aimed for 2023
20. National Parks and Biodiversity
- Kaziranga National Park (Assam) – second highest butterfly diversity in India; UNESCO World Heritage Site since 1985
- Namdapha National Park – highest butterfly diversity
- Simlipal National Park – 107th National Park in India (Odisha)
- Mukur and Intaki National Parks mentioned
21. Motivational and Exam Tips
- Emphasis on discipline, engagement, and consistent practice
- Encouragement to maintain decorum and focus
- Reminder about importance of revision and preparation
Methodology / Instructions for Students
- Revise consistently, especially on weekends.
- Practice previous sets and answer questions.
- Use mnemonic tricks and word-link methods to remember facts.
- Focus on important dates, articles, and awards.
- Remember locations of cultural dances, monasteries, and national parks.
- Know the details of Indian Constitution articles related to the executive.
- Understand basics of economy, health schemes, and international organizations.
- Prepare for frequently asked questions on sports, literature, and science.
- Maintain discipline and engagement in studies for success.
Speakers / Sources Featured
- Naveen Sharma (Naveen Sir) — Main instructor and speaker throughout the video.
This summary captures the core content, concepts, and instructions presented in the video for SSC and other competitive exam aspirants.
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