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.
In which year was the Namami Gange Programme launched?
The Namami Gange Programme was launched in that year as an integrated conservation mission with the twin objectives of effective abatement of pollution and the conservation and rejuvenation of the National River Ganga.
Read the full explanation →The Sengol crafted by Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj was presented to which leader?
The tribute states that the historic Sengol was presented to the former Prime Minister, and the craftsman who helped make it has now passed away, drawing the Prime Minister's condolences.
Read the full explanation →In which year was the Sengol given a place of pride in the new Parliament building?
In his message the Prime Minister recalled that many years after the sceptre was made, it was in that year that his government had the honour of installing the Sengol in the new Parliament building, and he met Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj around the same time to convey gratitude for his…
Read the full explanation →Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj, whose death was mourned by the Prime Minister, is remembered for crafting which object?
The Prime Minister said that Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj would always be remembered for his effort in crafting the historic sceptre that was presented to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and that in 2023 the government had the honour of giving it a place of pride in the new Parliament building.
Read the full explanation →Which awards will be conferred by the Chief of the Army Staff at the conference?
The Chief of the Army Staff is to confer these awards to recognise excellence in environmental sustainability, resource management and the promotion of a strong aviation safety culture within the force.
Read the full explanation →Who chairs the Army Commanders' Conference, the apex-level biannual forum of the Indian Army?
The conference is the apex-level biannual forum of the Indian Army and is chaired by the COAS, who also confers the Green Military Stations and Aviation Flight Safety awards during the event.
Read the full explanation →Which document is to be released by the Raksha Mantri at the Army Commanders' Conference that began on 21 October 2026?
A key highlight of the conference is its release by the Raksha Mantri, and the document is intended to give the Indian Army an overarching framework for meeting the challenges created by the changing character of warfare and by future conflicts.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following did the President NOT say at the award ceremony?
Her point was the opposite in spirit: art should not be confined to galleries but should also travel to schools, universities, public spaces and wider sections of society, which makes option C a statement she did make.
Read the full explanation →The Grand Prize winners of which event were felicitated along with the Lalit Kala Akademi awardees?
Besides giving away the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the artists of the 65th National Exhibition of Art, the President felicitated the Grand Prize winners and the artists who received Honourable Mentions at the third edition of the Print Biennale India, which is the Akademi's platform devoted to printmaking.
Read the full explanation →Who presented the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the selected artists of the 65th National Exhibition of Art?
President Droupadi Murmu handed over the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the artists selected for the 65th National Exhibition of Art at a ceremony in New Delhi, and at the same function she felicitated the Grand Prize winners and the Honourable Mentions of the third Print Biennale India.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Indian Struggle 1920 - 1942'?
Netaji wrote The Indian Struggle, his own political account of India's freedom movement. Bose wrote the first part, covering 1920 to 1934, while living in Europe for medical treatment; it was published in London in 1935 and was banned in India by the British government.
Read the full explanation →The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0 °C is known as
Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is defined as the pressure of a 760 mm column of mercury at 0 °C. In 1643 Evangelista Torricelli showed that air pressure holds up a column of mercury about 760 mm (76 cm) tall in a glass tube, inventing the mercury barometer.
Read the full explanation →Most ozone gas (about 90%) is located in the atmospheric layer of
About 90% of the atmosphere's ozone lies in the stratosphere, forming the ozone layer. The stratosphere extends from the top of the troposphere, about 8 km at the poles and 18 km at the equator, up to about 50 km.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following Union Territories of India is the smallest in geographical area?
With a land area of only about 32 square kilometres, Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territory of India. Lakshadweep is a group of 36 coral islands in the Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast, of which only about ten are inhabited.
Read the full explanation →Sound and light waves are
Sound travels as compressions and rarefactions, while light is a transverse electromagnetic wave. In a longitudinal wave the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth along the direction in which the wave moves.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following statements correctly defines the Infant Mortality Rate (IMR)?
IMR is a rate, so it compares infant deaths with live births in the same year. An infant is a child who has not yet completed one year of life.
Read the full explanation →Under which theme did ICAR-IARI, New Delhi, observe Swachh Bharat Diwas during the campaign?
ICAR-IARI in New Delhi observed Swachh Bharat Diwas on 2 October 2026 on this theme, with a series of cleanliness activities across the institute and a call for sustained participation in keeping the campus clean and healthy.
Read the full explanation →Who is the Secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education and Director General of ICAR, who addressed the Swachh Bharat Diwas programme at ICAR-IARI?
Speaking at the Swachh Bharat Diwas programme of ICAR-IARI in New Delhi, he appreciated the cleanliness drive, asked for Swachhata to be treated as a year-round and team-based activity, and said a better workplace environment supports the well-being of employees as well as the advancement of science.
Read the full explanation →Swachhata Special Campaign 6.0 of DARE and ICAR is being observed during which period?
The campaign is a month-long exercise and it opened on 2 October 2026, the birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, with cleanliness drives at ICAR establishments across the country and a floral tribute to Gandhi.
Read the full explanation →How many ICAR institutes are taking part in Swachhata Special Campaign 6.0 along with its Regional Centres, ATARIs and Krishi Vigyan Kendras?
The Indian Council of Agricultural Research is running the month-long campaign along with its 114 institutes, Regional Centres, Agricultural Technology Application Research Institutes and Krishi Vigyan Kendras, which makes the drive national in reach.
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