Static General Knowledge makes up the rest of the General Awareness section in RRB NTPC, and the notices name its topics: General Science and Life Science up to Class 10, History of India and the freedom struggle, Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and the world, Indian Polity and Governance, Indian Economy, Art and Culture, Indian Literature, Monuments and Places, Flora and Fauna, Famous Personalities, the UN and other world organisations, environmental issues, Transport Systems in India, Important Government and Public Sector Organisations, Common Abbreviations, and Basics of Computers and Computer Applications. RRB frames these as short factual questions: the unit of a physical quantity, the year of a battle, the article of the Constitution, the river a city stands on, the full form of an abbreviation, the headquarters of an organisation. GK24's GK notes on this page cover each topic in English and Hindi, arranged the way the syllabus lists them, with the facts RRB tends to ask placed first. Work through one topic at a time, note the lists (national parks, dances, articles, schedules, awards), and pair each topic with its quiz on GK24 to check what has stayed with you.
How many Indian villages were without 4G connectivity in 2026, according to the Department of Telecommunications?
The Department of Telecommunications reported that the number of villages without 4G connectivity has come down to this figure in 2026.
Read the full explanation →Sea Vigil is described as a build-up to which larger exercise of the Indian Navy?
Sea Vigil is treated as a build-up to it, and the two exercises read together address the entire spectrum of maritime security challenges, from the defence of the coast to operations far out on the high seas.
Read the full explanation →Exercise Sea Vigil was conceptualised in which year, and in response to which event?
The exercise was conceived in that year to validate the measures that had been instituted to strengthen maritime security in the aftermath of the attacks on Mumbai, which came by sea.
Read the full explanation →Which edition of the pan-India coastal defence exercise Sea Vigil is being held in November 2026?
Sea Vigil-26 is the fifth edition of the pan-India coastal defence exercise and is being held from 11 to 19 November 2026 with the Indian Navy acting as the lead coordinating agency.
Read the full explanation →Which plan of action did the first BIMSTEC Health Ministers Meeting adopt?
Along with the unanimously adopted Joint Ministerial Statement, this plan was accepted at Colombo and gives the grouping a structured roadmap for cooperation in disease surveillance, pandemic preparedness, digital health, traditional medicine, the One Health approach and the development of a health workforce.
Read the full explanation →India announced that it will host the BIMSTEC Centre of Excellence in Traditional Medicine at which institution?
At Colombo the Union Health Minister announced India’s commitment to hosting the BIMSTEC Centre of Excellence in Traditional Medicine at this institute, and the Joint Ministerial Statement welcomed the initiative.
Read the full explanation →The first BIMSTEC Health Ministers Meeting was held in which city?
The first meeting of the health ministers of the BIMSTEC countries took place in Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital, on 11 November 2026, and Sri Lanka’s Minister of Health and Mass Media, Nalinda Jayatissa, chaired the proceedings.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following paid tributes at the function as Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha?
The correct answer is P. C. Mody, who paid his respects in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Rajya Sabha.
Read the full explanation →Maulana Abul Kalam Azad served as independent India's first minister in charge of which portfolio?
In the tribute offered on his birth anniversary, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad was recalled as a spirited soldier of the freedom struggle, a great educationist and the first Education Minister of independent India, and as a recipient of the Bharat Ratna.
Read the full explanation →Who unveiled the portrait of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad in the Central Hall of the building now called Samvidhan Sadan?
It hangs in the Central Hall of Samvidhan Sadan, the building earlier known as Parliament House, and it is before this portrait that tributes were offered on 11 November 2026.
Read the full explanation →Which course was the National Overseas Scholarship holder pursuing at University College London?
The student had aimed at postgraduate study in that very field at a globally reputed institution, and the scholarship enabled him to take the degree at University College London in the United Kingdom.
Read the full explanation →Under the National Overseas Scholarship, what amount of tuition fees was met for the student's MSc at University College London?
That was the tuition component of the comprehensive assistance given under the scheme, which also covered airfare, visa fees, insurance and other admissible academic expenses.
Read the full explanation →The National Overseas Scholarship Scheme is administered by which Union ministry?
It is this ministry that runs the National Overseas Scholarship and that placed on record how the scheme carried a Scheduled Caste student from Maharashtra to a postgraduate programme at University College London in 2025-26.
Read the full explanation →The show cause notice issued by NHAI in this case proposes debarment of the agency and its owners and directors for what period?
Considering the gravity of the incident at the Bijwasan Fee Plaza, the authority issued a show cause notice proposing that the agency and also its owners and directors be barred from participating in future NHAI tenders for a year.
Read the full explanation →What monetary penalty did NHAI impose on the user fee collection agency at the Bijwasan Fee Plaza?
Along with debarring M/s Riddhi Siddhi Associates from any ongoing or future tender of the authority for one month, NHAI imposed a penalty of that amount on the firm for the misbehaviour of its personnel with road users.
Read the full explanation →The Bijwasan Fee Plaza, where the misbehaviour with road users took place, is located on which national highway?
The National Highways Authority of India placed the Bijwasan Fee Plaza on that highway when it described the incident of 5 November 2026, in which personnel of the user fee collection agency misbehaved with road users.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following was organised by the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation on 8 October 2026 under Special Campaign 6.0?
The department held that felicitation for sanitation workers, together with a health camp for them, on 8 October 2026 to recognise their contribution and support their well-being.
Read the full explanation →How many grievances were disposed of during the dedicated one-day event held under Special Campaign 6.0 by the Ministry of Women and Child Development?
That is the number of grievances settled on the dedicated one-day event of 30 October 2026, when field functionaries and the community took part on a large scale.
Read the full explanation →Over which period in 2026 was Special Campaign 6.0 for Swachhata and disposal of pending matters conducted?
Both the Ministry of Women and Child Development and the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation state that the drive to institutionalise Swachhata and clear pending references ran through that window, and that States and Union Territories held a dedicated one-day event within it on 30 October 2026.
Read the full explanation →In which year were India-Egypt bilateral relations elevated to the level of a Strategic Partnership?
According to the Ministry of Defence, the two countries lifted their bilateral relationship to a Strategic Partnership in that year, after signing a Memorandum of Understanding on Defence Cooperation in September 2022.
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