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.
Which Mughal emperor took the regnal title Alamgir?
On his accession in 1658 he took the title Alamgir, conqueror of the world, and because he lived austerely and copied the Quran he was also called Zinda Pir, the living saint.
Read the full explanation →What was the original name of Nur Jahan, the wife of Jahangir?
She was the daughter of Mirza Ghiyas Beg, whom Jahangir honoured with the title Itmad-ud-Daula, and after her marriage to the emperor in 1611 she was styled Nur Mahal, light of the palace, and then Nur Jahan, light of the world; coins were struck in her name along with the…
Read the full explanation →The title Sikandar-i-Sani, the second Alexander, was adopted by which ruler?
The ambition announced by the title matched his record: the conquest of Gujarat, Ranthambore, Chittor, Malwa and the Deccan campaigns of Malik Kafur, besides the market control regulations and the first systematic measurement of land for revenue.
Read the full explanation →Which ruler of the Delhi Sultanate assumed the title Zil-i-Ilahi, the shadow of God?
Ruling from 1266 to 1287 over a sultanate weakened by factions, he raised the throne above the nobility by claiming Zil-i-Ilahi and Niabat-i-Khudai, deputy of God, and by making courtiers perform sijda, prostration, and paibos, kissing the feet.
Read the full explanation →Which Sultan of Delhi was popularly called Lakh Baksh, the giver of lakhs?
The founder of the Slave or Mamluk dynasty was called Lakh Baksh for his lavish charity, and he began the Qutb Minar at Delhi and the Adhai Din ka Jhonpra at Ajmer.
Read the full explanation →Which Gupta ruler assumed the title Vikramaditya after defeating the Western Kshatrapas?
He conquered the territories of the Western Kshatrapas in Gujarat and Malwa, which gave the Guptas access to the western ports, and he used the titles Vikramaditya, Simhavikrama and Devashri; the Chinese pilgrim Fa-hien visited India in his reign.
Read the full explanation →The title Trisamudratoyapitavahana, one whose horses drank the water of three seas, belongs to which ruler?
The Nasik cave inscription issued by his mother Gautami Balashri praises the Satavahana ruler as Trisamudratoyapitavahana and as Ekabrahmana, and credits him with destroying the Shakas, Yavanas and Pahlavas.
Read the full explanation →Which Gupta ruler is described as Sarvarajochchetta, the uprooter of all kings?
The Allahabad pillar inscription, a prashasti composed by his court poet Harisena, lists his campaigns in the Ganga valley, the Deccan and the frontier states and calls him Sarvarajochchetta; the same inscription gives him Kaviraja for his learning, and his coins show him playing the veena.
Read the full explanation →In his own inscriptions, the Mauryan emperor Ashoka is referred to by which titles?
Ashoka edicts almost never use his personal name; they speak of Devanampiya Piyadassi, the beloved of the gods and of pleasing appearance.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following states is the Kolleru Lake located?
Kolleru is a large shallow freshwater lake lying between the deltas of the Krishna and the Godavari, fed by the Budameru and Tammileru streams; it is a natural flood balancing reservoir for the two deltas and an important wintering ground for pelicans and other water birds.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest freshwater lake in India?
It lies in the Kashmir valley in Jammu and Kashmir, is fed by the Jhelum and occupies a tectonic depression, which makes it the largest freshwater lake of India.
Read the full explanation →The Iguazu Falls lie on the border of which two countries?
The Iguazu river falls in a horseshoe of hundreds of separate cascades just above its junction with the Parana, and the two countries have national parks on either side of the fall.
Read the full explanation →Which lake is the lowest water body on the land surface of the earth?
It lies in the Jordan rift valley between Israel and Jordan, more than four hundred metres below sea level, and its extreme salinity, caused by heavy evaporation with no outlet, lets a swimmer float easily.
Read the full explanation →Lake Victoria in Africa is the source of which river?
The White Nile leaves Lake Victoria at Jinja in Uganda and flows north through Lake Kyoga and Lake Albert to meet the Blue Nile at Khartoum, where the Nile proper begins.
Read the full explanation →Lake Titicaca, the highest navigable lake in the world, lies on the border of which two countries?
Lake Titicaca lies on the Altiplano of the Andes at about 3,810 metres above sea level and carries regular boat traffic, which is why it is called the highest navigable lake in the world.
Read the full explanation →Which of the five Great Lakes of North America lies entirely within the United States?
Of the five lakes remembered by the word HOMES, Huron, Ontario, Michigan, Erie and Superior, only Michigan lies wholly in the United States; the international boundary with Canada runs through the other four.
Read the full explanation →The Niagara Falls lie between which two of the Great Lakes?
The Niagara river carries the water of Lake Erie to Lake Ontario, and on the way it crosses the Niagara escarpment, a band of hard dolomite, which produces the Horseshoe, American and Bridal Veil falls on the border of Canada and the United States.
Read the full explanation →The Victoria Falls are situated on which river?
The falls lie on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe, where the Zambezi drops into a basalt gorge; the local name Mosi-oa-Tunya means the smoke that thunders, and the missionary explorer David Livingstone named them after Queen Victoria in 1855.
Read the full explanation →Angel Falls, the highest waterfall in the world, is located in which country?
Angel Falls, called Salto Angel in Spanish, drops about 979 metres from the Auyan Tepui, one of the flat topped table mountains of the Guiana highlands, and is fed by the Churun river, a tributary of the Caroni.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest lake in the world by surface area?
It is a landlocked salt lake bordered by Russia, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan, Iran and Azerbaijan, the remnant of the ancient Tethys sea, and is called a sea only by custom.
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