Static GK GK Notes

Miscellaneous static facts: first in India, superlatives, capitals and currencies.

49 topics748 MCQs244 previous-year questions111 quizzesUpdated 19 October 2026

Static GK is the part of general awareness that does not change with the news: facts about India and the world that stay the same year after year. The topics here run in syllabus order, from First in India and First in the World, the Highest, Longest and Largest in India, National Symbols of India, and Countries, Capitals and Currencies, to Inventions and Inventors, Monuments of India and Their Builders, Boundary Lines such as Durand, McMahon and Radcliffe, Military Exercises of India, and Banks, Companies and Their Taglines.

Almost every exam asks it because the questions are one-liners: a fact, four options, no working. SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS and GD ask which state has the longest coastline or where a research institute is located. RRB NTPC and Group D lean on railway zones, dams and national parks. IBPS PO, SBI Clerk and RBI Assistant use headquarters, taglines and currencies as quick questions in General Awareness, and state PSC papers add their own state's symbols and firsts.

On this page the notes follow the syllabus order, and each topic ends with its own practice MCQs. Previous-year questions are tagged with the exam and year, so you can see how SSC or RRB has framed a fact before. Mixed quiz sets draw from all topics for revision before an exam, and GK24 keeps every note in English and Hindi.

Topic-wise notes

1
First in India: Men and Women
The first holders of high office, the first in the armed forces, science, space, sport and adventure, and the women who came first, with the pairs SSC, Railway and State exams ask.
24 MCQs12 previous-year questions
2
First in the World
Firsts of the world in space, exploration, world politics, science, medicine and sport, with the names, countries and years SSC, Railway, Banking and State exams ask.
15 MCQs5 previous-year questions
3
Highest, Longest and Largest in India
The superlatives of India: highest peaks, longest rivers and highways, largest states, lakes, deserts, parks and monuments, with the pairs SSC, Railway and State exams ask.
10 MCQs
4
Highest, Longest and Largest in the World
World superlatives for exams: highest peaks, longest rivers, largest oceans, deserts, lakes, islands and countries, with the climate extremes and records that change.
13 MCQs3 previous-year questions
5
National Symbols of India
The flag, emblem, anthem, song, calendar, currency symbol and the national animal, bird, flower, tree, fruit, river and aquatic animal, with the dates and laws exams ask.
16 MCQs6 previous-year questions
6
State Symbols and Nicknames
State animals, birds, trees and flowers of the Indian states, with the nicknames of cities, states and regions that competitive exams ask year after year.
13 MCQs2 previous-year questions
7
Countries, Capitals and Currencies
Capitals and currencies of India and its neighbours, countries with more than one capital, currency families such as dinar, rial and peso, and the pairs exams repeat.
17 MCQs6 previous-year questions
8
International Organisations and Headquarters
The United Nations and its agencies, the Bretton Woods institutions, regional groups and their headquarters cities, founding years and functions, with the pairs SSC and Railway exams ask.
35 MCQs29 previous-year questions
9
Indian Organisations and Headquarters
Headquarters of Indian regulators, banks, space and defence laboratories, surveys, research councils, public sector undertakings, railway zones and sports bodies, with the founding years exams ask.
18 MCQs7 previous-year questions
10
Famous Personalities and Their Nicknames
Sobriquets and titles of Indian and world figures, from Bapu and Netaji to the Missile Man and the Flying Sikh, with who gave the title and the pairs SSC, Railway and Banking exams ask.
14 MCQs2 previous-year questions
11
Inventions and Inventors
The invention and inventor pairs that papers repeat: telephone, radio, television, X-rays, penicillin, dynamite, the transistor and the web, with years and the traps between discovery and invention.
10 MCQs3 previous-year questions
12
Indian Defence Forces and Missiles
Command structure of the Army, Navy and Air Force, their commands and academies, defence days, gallantry awards, the CAPFs, joint exercises and the missiles of India.
32 MCQs23 previous-year questions
13
ISRO and India's Space Programme
The founding of ISRO, its centres and launch vehicles, the satellite families, and the missions from Aryabhata to Chandrayaan-3 and Aditya-L1, with the facts exams ask.
12 MCQs2 previous-year questions
14
Indian Railways: Zones and Facts
Zones of Indian Railways and their headquarters, the first trains, gauges, production units, record bridges and tunnels, and the static facts asked in every exam.
17 MCQs7 previous-year questions
15
Dams, Bridges and Power Plants
Major dams of India with their rivers and reservoirs, the bridges exams ask about, and the nuclear, thermal and hydro power stations with their states.
15 MCQs6 previous-year questions
16
Famous Cities and Their Nicknames
The sobriquets of Indian and world cities, from the Pink City and the Manchester of India to the Big Apple and the Eternal City, arranged for quick revision.
16 MCQs4 previous-year questions
17
Airports, Ports and Metro Cities
India’s international airports and the names they carry, the major seaports of the east and west coasts with the feature each is known for, and the metro rail systems in the order they opened.
10 MCQs
18
Parliaments of the World
The names of the legislatures of the world, country by country, with their houses, the oldest and largest parliaments, and the features the Indian Parliament borrowed from other constitutions.
12 MCQs1 previous-year questions
19
Abbreviations and Full Forms
Full forms of the organisations, banking and payment terms, international bodies, science acronyms, schemes, space and defence abbreviations that SSC, Railway and banking papers ask.
14 MCQs2 previous-year questions
20
Newspapers of the Freedom Struggle
Newspapers and journals of the national movement with their founders, languages and years, the firsts of Indian journalism, and the press laws from 1799 to 1931.
11 MCQs1 previous-year questions
21
Monuments of India and Their Builders
The monuments examiners pair with their builders: Sultanate and Mughal buildings, Chola, Chandela and Ganga temples, Rajput forts, Deccan domes and the colonial landmarks with their architects.
14 MCQs4 previous-year questions
22
Famous Monuments of the World
The monuments of the world and where they stand, the New Seven Wonders, the ancient wonders and the superlatives exams ask about.
13 MCQs2 previous-year questions
23
Statues, Towers and Modern Landmarks of India
The tall statues, minarets, victory towers, bridges and modern landmarks of India, with the builders, places and heights that static GK questions turn on.
14 MCQs3 previous-year questions
24
Boundary Lines: Durand, McMahon, Radcliffe and Others
The named boundary lines of the world with the countries they separate, the year and the person behind each, the parallels of latitude used as borders, and the lines on India own frontiers.
12 MCQs2 previous-year questions
25
Geographical Epithets of the World
Nicknames of countries, cities, rivers and regions of the world and of India, with the reason behind each epithet, as asked in SSC, Railway and Banking exams.
12 MCQs2 previous-year questions
26
National Symbols of Other Countries
National animals, birds, flowers, trees and emblems of countries around the world, with India as the reference point, as asked in SSC, Railway and State exams.
11 MCQs1 previous-year questions
27
The UN and Its Specialised Agencies
The United Nations Charter, the six principal organs, the Security Council, and the specialised agencies with their headquarters and founding years, as SSC, Railway and State exams ask them.
33 MCQs22 previous-year questions
28
SAARC, ASEAN, BIMSTEC and Regional Groupings
Founding years, declarations, members and secretariats of SAARC, ASEAN and BIMSTEC, with IORA, SCO, APEC and the other groupings exams pair them with.
25 MCQs16 previous-year questions
29
Military Exercises of India with Other Countries
Names of India's joint military exercises, the partner country and service in each, multilateral drills and India's own exercises, with the facts SSC, Railway, Defence and State exams ask.
22 MCQs12 previous-year questions
30
Important Commissions and Committees of India
Constitutional, statutory and executive bodies with the commissions and committees on backward classes, education, Centre-State relations, panchayats, banking and taxation, and the inquiry commissions exams ask about.
14 MCQs4 previous-year questions
31
Research Institutes of India and Their Locations
Where India's research institutes are: ISRO and atomic centres, DRDO laboratories, CSIR labs, the agricultural and medical councils and the old surveys, city by city.
17 MCQs7 previous-year questions
32
National Highways, Expressways and Tunnels
Classification of Indian roads, the highway numbering rule, NH-44 and the NHDP corridors, the major expressways with lengths, the Atal and other long tunnels, and NHAI, NHIDCL and BRO.
11 MCQs1 previous-year questions
33
Indian Postal System and PIN Codes
History of the posts in India from 1727 to the Post Office Act 2023, the six-digit PIN code and its nine zones, the postal network, and famous post offices asked in exams.
14 MCQs2 previous-year questions
34
Banks, Companies and Their Taglines
Taglines of Indian public and private sector banks, insurers and well known companies, together with the mottoes of the armed forces, the broadcasters and the Supreme Court.
11 MCQs1 previous-year questions
35
Old and New Names of Countries and Cities
Old and new names in one place: countries such as Siam, Ceylon, Gold Coast and Upper Volta, world cities, renamed Indian cities and states, and the renamed islands and landmarks.
14 MCQs3 previous-year questions
36
Important Treaties and Agreements of India and the World
Treaties of the British conquest of India, India's agreements with its neighbours, the settlements that redrew Europe and the modern conventions, with the years and parties SSC, Railway and State exams ask.
13 MCQs2 previous-year questions
37
Samadhis and Tombs of Famous Personalities
The samadhis of Indian leaders in the Raj Ghat complex and elsewhere, and the famous tombs of the Sultanate and Mughal periods with their builders and places, as asked in SSC, Railway and State exams.
12 MCQs1 previous-year questions
38
Indian Cities and Their Founders
Who founded Jaipur, Hyderabad, Ahmedabad, Fatehpur Sikri, Amritsar, Jamshedpur and the other cities of India, with the years and the dynasties, as asked in SSC, Railway and State exams.
12 MCQs
39
Wars and Major Military Operations of Independent India
Every war and major operation of independent India for exams: 1947-48, Operation Polo, Goa 1961, the 1962 and 1965 wars, 1971 and Bangladesh, Siachen, Kargil and the evacuation missions, with dates and code names.
14 MCQs6 previous-year questions
40
Founders of Important Organisations and Institutions
Founders of important organisations and institutions for exams: reform samajs, political bodies of the freedom struggle, research institutes, cooperatives and international organisations.
14 MCQs4 previous-year questions
41
World Religions: Founders, Holy Books and Places of Worship
Static GK on world religions: founders, holy books, places of worship and holy cities of Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism and the faiths of China and Japan.
11 MCQs
42
Mottoes of Indian and International Organisations
The mottoes exams ask about: Satyameva Jayate and the state emblem, the mottoes of the three services and the central armed police forces, of the Supreme Court, ISRO, DRDO and the public broadcasters, and of the UN bodies, Interpol, NATO and the Olympic movement.
12 MCQs2 previous-year questions
43
Newspapers and News Agencies of the World
News agencies of every major country, the leading newspapers of the world, India's own agencies, the firsts of journalism and the press freedom bodies, with the facts SSC, Railway and Banking exams ask.
10 MCQs
44
India's Foreign Policy: Panchsheel, Non-Alignment and Act East
India's foreign policy for exams: Article 51, the Panchsheel principles, non-alignment and NAM summits, landmark treaties, the Gujral Doctrine, Look East to Act East, Neighbourhood First, SAGAR and India's groupings.
20 MCQs8 previous-year questions
45
Tribes of the World and Their Regions
Tribes of the world for exams: Masai, Pygmy, Bushmen, Bedouin and Tuareg of Africa and Asia, Sami and Inuit of the cold lands, Amazon and Oceanic tribes, their homes and herding.
10 MCQs
46
Ranks and Regiments of the Indian Armed Forces
Ranks of the Army, Navy and Air Force with their equivalents, the five star ranks, famous regiments with their centres and mottoes, the service academies and the service days.
17 MCQs7 previous-year questions
47
Premier Institutes of India: IITs, IIMs and AIIMS
Founding years, cities, foreign partners and Acts of India's premier institutes for exams: IIT Kharagpur, IIM Calcutta and Ahmedabad, AIIMS New Delhi, IISc, TIFR and the entrance tests.
10 MCQs
48
Famous Buildings and Official Residences of the World
Official residences of presidents and prime ministers, landmark buildings and the cities they stand in, and the buildings that house parliaments and defence ministries, as SSC, Railway and State exams ask them.
10 MCQs
49
Birthplaces of Famous Personalities
The birthplaces SSC, Railway and State exams ask: leaders, reformers, scientists and saints with their towns, present-day states, and the places now in Pakistan and Bangladesh.
11 MCQs

Frequently Asked Questions

Which static GK topics are asked most in SSC CGL and CHSL?

First in India, national symbols, superlatives such as the highest, longest and largest, capitals and currencies, headquarters of organisations, monuments and their builders, dams and power plants, and Indian defence and space facts come up most often. Boundary lines, nicknames of cities and important commissions appear less often but are easy marks. Cover the syllabus in order, then revise from the previous-year questions to see which facts SSC repeats.

Is static GK asked in bank exams like IBPS PO and SBI Clerk?

Yes. The General Awareness section of IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk, SBI PO, SBI Clerk and RBI Assistant mixes current affairs with banking awareness and a smaller share of static GK. The static questions usually come from headquarters of banks and organisations, taglines, capitals and currencies, national parks, dams, airports and important days. They are few, but they take almost no time if you have revised the lists.

What kind of static GK do RRB NTPC and Group D ask?

The General Awareness section of RRB NTPC and RRB Group D covers static GK alongside science and current affairs. Railway papers like Indian Railways zones and headquarters, the longest and highest places in India, national symbols, dams and rivers, monuments, first Indians in various fields, and full forms of abbreviations. The questions are direct, so a topic-wise list with regular revision is enough.

What is the difference between static GK and current affairs?

Static GK is fixed information: national symbols, capitals, the first Indian to do something, the highest peak or the longest river. Current affairs is news that changes: appointments, awards, schemes, sports results. Exams need both, and they often overlap; a new expressway or a new missile test becomes a current-affairs question first and a static GK fact later. Keep the static lists updated with such changes.

How should I revise static GK without forgetting the facts?

Study one topic at a time in syllabus order, then attempt that topic's MCQs the same day. Come back to its previous-year questions after a week; the facts an exam has already asked are the ones most worth remembering. Mixed quiz sets that draw from all topics are the best test before an exam because they show which lists have faded. Short, repeated sessions beat one long reading.

Is static GK useful for state PSC exams?

Yes. State PSC and state SSC papers ask general static GK about India and the world, and add state-specific facts: the state's symbols, nicknames, dams, national parks, first personalities and institutions. The India and world topics here cover the common part; for the state-specific part, use the Indian States and UTs subject alongside this one.