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UPSC NDA & NA General Studies (GAT - Part B) Flashcards
50 question-and-answer cards covering General Studies (GAT - Part B) as it is examined in UPSC NDA & NA. 24 of them are printed below, taken from across the deck — no signup, no paywall on the preview.
24 sample cards from the General Studies (GAT - Part B) deck
Sampled from the end of the deck, so these are different cards from the ones shown on the syllabus page.
Who chaired the Drafting Committee of the Indian Constitution?
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.
How many Fundamental Rights are guaranteed by the Indian Constitution, and name them.
Six: Right to Equality, Right to Freedom, Right against Exploitation, Right to Freedom of Religion, Cultural and Educational Rights, and Right to Constitutional Remedies.
What are the Directive Principles of State Policy, and in which part of the Constitution are they found?
Non-justiciable guidelines for the State to establish a just society; found in Part IV (Articles 36-51).
Which article of the Constitution describes the Right to Constitutional Remedies, called by Ambedkar 'the heart and soul' of the Constitution?
Article 32.
What is the Preamble's description of India in terms of its political nature?
A Sovereign, Socialist, Secular, Democratic Republic (Socialist and Secular added by the 42nd Amendment, 1976).
Name the three organs of the Indian government and their core functions.
Legislature (makes laws), Executive (implements laws), and Judiciary (interprets laws).
What are the two Houses of the Indian Parliament called?
Lok Sabha (House of the People / lower house) and Rajya Sabha (Council of States / upper house).
Who is the constitutional head of the Indian Union, and who is the real executive head?
The President is the constitutional (nominal) head; the Prime Minister is the real executive head.
What is the maximum strength of the Lok Sabha and the normal term of its members?
Maximum 552 members; a normal term of 5 years.
Who is the constitutional head of a State, appointed by the President?
The Governor.
What is the apex court of India, and who heads it?
The Supreme Court of India, headed by the Chief Justice of India.
What is the Five Year Plan system, and which body originally formulated India's plans?
A centralised economic programme setting development goals over five years; originally formulated by the Planning Commission (set up 1950).
On which economic model was the First Five Year Plan (1951-56) based, and what was its primary focus?
The Harrod-Domar model; its primary focus was agriculture and irrigation (e.g., dams).
The Second Five Year Plan (1956-61) was based on which model and emphasised what?
The Mahalanobis model, emphasising rapid industrialisation and heavy/basic industries.
Which body replaced the Planning Commission in 2015?
NITI Aayog (National Institution for Transforming India).
What is India's official foreign policy stance during the Cold War, championed by Nehru?
Non-Alignment (the Non-Aligned Movement, NAM), avoiding alliance with either the US or USSR bloc.
What were the Panchsheel principles in India's foreign policy?
The Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence, including mutual respect for sovereignty, non-aggression, non-interference, equality, and peaceful coexistence.
Define the basic economic concepts of microeconomics and macroeconomics.
Microeconomics studies individual units (households, firms, prices); macroeconomics studies the economy as a whole (GDP, inflation, unemployment).
What is the difference between GDP and GNP?
GDP is the total value of goods and services produced within a country's borders; GNP is GDP plus net income earned by residents from abroad.
Define inflation and name its two main demand-side and cost-side types.
Inflation is a sustained rise in the general price level; types include demand-pull inflation and cost-push inflation.
What is a cooperative, and what is its guiding principle?
A voluntary association of people who jointly own and democratically control an enterprise, guided by self-help and mutual benefit ('one member, one vote').
What was Operation Flood, and who led India's cooperative dairy movement?
A programme that made India the world's largest milk producer (the 'White Revolution'); led by Verghese Kurien (Amul/AMUL cooperative model).
What is a 'mixed economy', the model adopted by India?
An economic system combining both public (government) and private sector enterprise, blending capitalism and socialism.
What is mechanisation in agriculture, and which programme used it to boost food-grain output in the 1960s-70s?
Replacing manual/animal labour with machines (tractors, harvesters) and modern inputs; used in the Green Revolution, led by M.S. Swaminathan.
What this deck covers
The General Studies (GAT - Part B) deck follows the UPSC NDA & NA General Studies (GAT - Part B) syllabus — 4 chapters and 17 topics — so questions land on material that is genuinely examinable rather than trivia around it. That works out to roughly 12.5 cards per chapter.
Answers are written to be recallable, not just readable — averaging about 100 characters, which is long enough to carry the reasoning and short enough to say out loud.
A deck like this earns its keep on the second and third pass. Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then use the cards to find the specific facts that have not stuck.
General Studies (GAT - Part B) flashcards FAQ
How many General Studies (GAT - Part B) flashcards are in this UPSC NDA & NA deck?
50 cards. This page previews 24 of them, sampled evenly across the deck so you can judge the difficulty before installing anything.
Are these UPSC NDA & NA flashcards free?
Yes. The preview here is free to read with no signup, and the full 50-card deck is free inside the Examius app.
What do the General Studies (GAT - Part B) cards cover?
They follow the UPSC NDA & NA General Studies (GAT - Part B) syllabus — 4 chapters and 17 topics — so the questions track what is actually examinable.
How should I use these flashcards?
Read the syllabus first so you know the shape of the subject, then drill the deck. Examius schedules each card with spaced repetition, so cards you keep missing come back sooner and ones you know drift further apart.