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Static GK questions asked in previous year papers of SSC, Banking, Railway and other exams, with the exam and year, answers and explanations.

244 previous-year questions

Q241.Static GKAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPPSC Civil Service 2012 Official PaperMedium

Where was the 17th SAARC (2011) Conference held?

  1. A.Male
  2. B.Dhaka
  3. C.Colombo
  4. D.Addu City
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Correct answer: D. Addu City

The seventeenth SAARC summit was held in November 2011 at Addu City in the Maldives, the country's second largest urban area, on Addu Atoll in the far south of the chain, and its theme was building bridges.

Q242.Static GKAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 3 (General Studies) 2012 OEasy

Who was the first woman Prime Minister in the world?

  1. A.Sirimavo Bandaranaike
  2. B.Benazir Bhutto
  3. C.Margaret Thatcher
  4. D.Indira Gandhi
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Correct answer: A. Sirimavo Bandaranaike

She took office in Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, in July 1960 and so became the first woman anywhere in the world to head a government as Prime Minister.

Q243.Static GKAsked in: Bihar · BPSC AE Paper 3 (General Studies) 2012 OEasy

The headquarters of UNESCO is at

  1. A.New York
  2. B.Paris
  3. C.Geneva
  4. D.Rome
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Correct answer: B. Paris

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization was founded in 1946 and works from Paris in France.

Q244.Static GKAsked in: Bihar · BSSC CGL Prelims Paper 2, 2011Easy

Maginot line exists between which country?

  1. A.Namibia and Angola
  2. B.USA and Canada
  3. C.France and Germany
  4. D.Germany and Poland
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Correct answer: C. France and Germany

The Maginot Line was the chain of concrete forts that France built along its border with Germany. It is named after Andre Maginot, the French war minister who pushed the project through, and it was built in the 1930s after the First World War to stop another German invasion.