General Knowledge Questions

Voter Verifiable Paper Audit Trail (VVPAT) machines are used during election process to verify that the vote polled by a voter goes to the correct candidate. VVPATs are a second line of verification particularly and are particularly useful in the time when allegations around Electronic Voting Machines' tampering crop up.

Part IV (dealing with Directive Principles of State Policy) and Part IVA(dealing with Fundamental Duties) are not applicable to the state.Articles 19(1)(f) and 31(2) of the Constitution are still applicable to Jammu and Kashmir.An amendment made to the Constitution of India does not apply to thestate unless it is extended by a presidential order.Article 35A of theIndian Constitution is an article that empowers the Jammu and Kashmir state's legislature to define “permanent residents” of the state and provide special rights and privileges to those permanent residents

The Mahanadi is a major river in East Central India. It drains an area of around 141,600 square kilometres and has a total course of 858 kilometres Mahanadi is also known for the Hirakud Dam. The river flows through the states of Chhattisgarh and Odisha. Mahanadi river in central India, rising in the hills of southeastern Chhattisgarh state. 

As per guidelines of the RBI, payments banks can accept demand deposits – savings and current – up to a maximum of ?1 lakh per customer. To overcome this restriction of holding a maximum balance of ?1 lakh per customer, payments banks have entered into tie-ups with mainline banks so that balances over ?1 lakh can be converted into fixed deposits with the latter. 

Rajnish Kumar, 59, the senior most of the managing directors at State Bank of India (SBI), became the 25th chairman of the country’s largest lender, succeeding Arundhati Bhattacharya.