Easy GK Questions with Answers

Since all firms in perfect competition sell identical products and face the same market price, the market demand curve is determined by horizontally summing the individual firm's demand curves. Therefore, the market demand curve coincides with the demand curve of a single firm in perfect competition.

Samavartana (IAST: Samāvartana), or Snana, is the ceremony associated with the end of formal education and the Brahmacharya asrama of life.

Gender Budget Statement was first introduced in Budget 2005-06. On the basis of the information furnished by the Ministries/ Departments, the Gender Budget Statement is prepared. This Statement indicates, in two parts, the budget provisions for schemes that are substantially meant for the benefit of women.

Banabhatta was the court poet of king Harshavardhana. Banabhatta wrote Harshvardhan's biography Harshacharita in Sanskrit. Harshavardhana was born in 590 AD. He belonged to the Vardhana dynasty. He ruled North India from 606 AD to 647 AD. Kannauj city, present-day Uttar Pradesh was his capital. The Chinese Traveller Xuanzang visited the king and wrote about his reign. Emperor Samudragupta's court poet was Harisena.

The Fourth Five-Year Plan, spanning from 1969 to 1974, was implemented during the tenure of Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister, aimed at rectifying past shortcomings. It was developed following the Gadgil Formula and prioritized achieving growth with stability, as well as promoting self-reliance.