Summary of GS For SSC Exams 2025 | GS Practice Set #02 | GK GS MCQs For All Competitive Exams, GS By Naveen Sir

Summary of the Video: "GS For SSC Exams 2025 | GS Practice Set #02 | GK GS MCQs For All Competitive Exams, GS By Naveen Sir"

Main Ideas and Concepts Covered:

This extensive video by Naveen Sharma is a comprehensive General Studies (GS) practice and lecture session aimed at SSC and other competitive exams preparation for 2025. It covers a wide range of topics including history, geography, polity, awards, culture, science, sports, economy, and current affairs, structured as a practice set with explanations and important facts.

Key Topics and Lessons:

1. General Instructions for Practice:

Revise each practice set for 5-10 minutes after completion.
After completing 5 sets, revise all together.
Revise periodically (e.g., every 10 days) for retention.
Aim for a perfect score (5/5) in each set.

2. Culture and Arts:

Kathakali dance: Associated with Kerala; famous families include Kavangal family.
Important Kathakali personalities: Chatunni Panikkar (Padma Shri 2006), Sadanam P Balakrishnan (Padma Vibhushan 2024), Margi Vijay Kumar (Sangeet Natak Akademi Award 2023).
Classical dances of India: Kathak (North), Bharatanatyam, Kuchipudi, Mohiniyattam, Odissi (South), Manipuri and Sattriya (Northeast).
Australian Kathakali promoter: Lewis Lightfoot.
Sangeet Natak Akademi and awards like Ustad Bismillah Khan Yuva Puraskar.

3. International Organizations and Awards:

UNO established on 24 October 1945; UN Day celebrated on 24 October.
Nobel Prize origin: Norway, capital Oslo; first awarded in 1901.
Posthumous Nobel Prize recipients: Only two (Erik Axel Karlfeldt and Dag Hammarskjöld).
UN Secretariat head is called Secretary-General; first was Trygve Lie (Norway).
Current UN Secretary-General: Antonio Guterres (Portugal).
First Asian UN Secretary-General: U Thant (Myanmar).

4. Indian Awards and Honours:

Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award, followed by Padma Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan, and Padma Shri.
Posthumous Bharat Ratna recipients total 20.
First posthumous Bharat Ratna: Lal Bahadur Shastri (1966).
First female posthumous Bharat Ratna: Aruna Asaf Ali (1997).
Foreign Bharat Ratna recipients include Abdul Ghaffar Khan and Nelson Mandela.
Sachin Tendulkar: First sportsperson and youngest Bharat Ratna awardee (2014).
First musician Bharat Ratna: M.S. Subbulakshmi (1998).
Other notable awardees: Lata Mangeshkar, Pandit Ravi Shankar, Bismillah Khan.

5. Indian History and Polity:

Constituent Assembly:
- First meeting: 9 December 1946; first temporary president Sachchidanand Sinha.
- Permanent president: Dr. Rajendra Prasad (from 11 December 1946).
- Objective Resolution presented by Nehru on 13 December 1946, accepted on 22 January 1947.
- Constitution adopted on 26 November 1949; came into effect on 26 January 1950.
- Key committees: Drafting Committee (headed by B.R. Ambedkar), Advisory Committee (Sardar Patel, J.B. Kripalani, H.C. Mukherjee).
- Total members: 389 before partition; 299 remained after partition.
- Women members: 15 initially; 12 remained after partition.
European trading companies:
- British first temporary factory in Masulipatnam (1611).
- First permanent factory in Surat (1613).
- French factory in Surat (1668).
- Danish factory in Tranquebar (1616).
Battles:
- Battle of Plassey (1757) - start of British rule.
- Battle of Buxar (1764) - British victory; Nawabs involved: Mir Qasim, Shuja-ud-Daula; Mughal emperor Shah Alam II.
Carnatic Wars and Anglo-Mysore Wars:
- Three Carnatic Wars (1746-48, 1749-54, 1756-63).
- Anglo-Mysore Wars (four wars between 1767-1799).
- Treaties: Axela Seppel Treaty, Treaty of Pondicherry, Treaty of Mangalore, Treaty of Srirangapatna.

6. Geography and Demographics:

National Waterways

Notable Quotes

— 105:35 — « Because your hand might also be sitting on that pen. Yes, you will feel pain too. But friends, there is no fun without pain. See, this is called struggle. When we work hard, only then will the things that are ours be there in the future that you will give us happiness. »

— 109:24 — « No matter how great the goal is, grow up, you'll get it. You will get it my friend. But for this you have to see that you can stop wasting your time unnecessarily. Can you stop him from missing it? That you can keep some of your next few months with concentrated study. »

— 110:10 — « If you forget everything else then the same thing happens automatically that Arjun's target will be on the eye. And that should be your goal. »