General Awareness for SSC Flashcards
Static GK most asked in SSC exams.
- Bharatanatyam
- Classical dance of Tamil Nadu.
- Kathakali
- Classical dance-drama of Kerala.
- Mohiniyattam
- Classical dance of Kerala.
- Kuchipudi
- Classical dance of Andhra Pradesh.
- Odissi
- Classical dance of Odisha.
- Manipuri
- Classical dance of Manipur.
- Kathak
- Classical dance of North India (Uttar Pradesh).
- Sattriya
- Classical dance of Assam – recognised by Sangeet Natak Akademi in 2000.
- How many classical dances does Sangeet Natak Akademi recognise?
- Eight.
- Bihu
- Folk dance of Assam.
- Garba
- Folk dance of Gujarat.
- Ghoomar
- Folk dance of Rajasthan.
- Lavani
- Folk dance of Maharashtra.
- Yakshagana
- Folk dance-drama of Karnataka.
- Panthi and Raut Nacha
- Folk dances of Chhattisgarh.
- Gitanjali
- Rabindranath Tagore – Nobel Prize in Literature, 1913.
- The Discovery of India
- Jawaharlal Nehru.
- Wings of Fire
- A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (with Arun Tiwari).
- The Story of My Experiments with Truth
- Mahatma Gandhi.
- Hind Swaraj
- Mahatma Gandhi (1909).
- Arthashastra
- Kautilya (Chanakya).
- Anandamath
- Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay – source of 'Vande Mataram'.
- Godan
- Munshi Premchand.
- Poverty and Un-British Rule in India
- Dadabhai Naoroji – drain of wealth theory.
- Indica
- Megasthenes.
- Rajatarangini
- Kalhana – history of Kashmir.
- Akbarnama
- Abul Fazl.
- Baburnama (Tuzuk-i-Baburi)
- Babur.
- The God of Small Things
- Arundhati Roy – Booker Prize, 1997.
- The White Tiger
- Aravind Adiga – Booker Prize, 2008.
- Midnight's Children
- Salman Rushdie – Booker Prize, 1981.
- 12 January
- National Youth Day – birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.
- 25 January
- National Voters' Day.
- 28 February
- National Science Day – discovery of the Raman Effect (1928).
- 8 March
- International Women's Day.
- 22 March
- World Water Day.
- 7 April
- World Health Day.
- 5 June
- World Environment Day.
- 21 June
- International Day of Yoga.
- 1 July
- National Doctors' Day – birth anniversary of Dr. B.C. Roy.
- 29 August
- National Sports Day – birth anniversary of Major Dhyan Chand.
- 5 September
- Teachers' Day – birth anniversary of Dr. S. Radhakrishnan.
- 2 October
- Gandhi Jayanti and International Day of Non-Violence.
- 14 November
- Children's Day – birth anniversary of Jawaharlal Nehru.
- 26 November
- Constitution Day (Samvidhan Divas).
- 10 December
- Human Rights Day.