Archive · 19 August 2025
3 APPSC Facts
One from Polity, one from History, one from Current Affairs. Deterministic selection for this date — same 3 cards every time.
HC can hear election petitions for which offices?
Answer: MPs and MLAs — HC has original jurisdiction over election disputes.
Appeal from HC election petition lies to SC; Presidential/VP election disputes go directly to SC.
Jallianwala Bagh massacre — date and who ordered firing?
Answer: 13 April 1919 — General Dyer ordered firing on unarmed crowd in Amritsar.
Crowd gathered on Baisakhi day; 379 officially killed (thousands injured); Dyer later commended by British.
Current Affairs·Books Authors High FrequencyWhich book won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction 2025?
Answer: 'James' by Percival Everett — a retelling of Huckleberry Finn from Jim's perspective.
The novel reimagines the classic from the enslaved character Jim's point of view.
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