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 did India become a full member of the Combined Maritime Forces?
India's association with the Combined Maritime Forces came in two steps: it first joined as an Associate Partner in 2022 and then took up full membership in 2023.
Read the full explanation →How many nations make up the Combined Maritime Forces partnership served by CTF 154?
The Combined Maritime Forces is a partnership of 47 nations, and CTF 154 is the one task force within it that is given over wholly to training, running professional courses and capacity building so that member navies can work with one another at sea.
Read the full explanation →In which city did the Indian Navy hand over command of Combined Task Force 154?
The ceremony at which the Indian Navy gave up command of Combined Task Force 154 was held at Manama in Bahrain on 14 October 2026, and it closed the first spell in which India headed a task force of the Combined Maritime Forces.
Read the full explanation →A snowboard pulled up by a tow rope travels at the rate of 5 m/s up a mountain. If 3000 watt of power is used, what force was applied to it ?
Power equals force times velocity, so the force is 3,000 W divided by 5 m/s, which is 600 N. Power is the rate of doing work: P = W/t. Work is force times distance, W = F × d, so P = F × d/t, and since d/t is the…
Read the full explanation →When a longitudinal wave moves through a certain medium, the quantity which is transmitted through the medium is
A wave carries energy from one place to another, while the particles of the medium only vibrate about their fixed positions.
Read the full explanation →Zayed Medal is the top civilian honour of
The Order of Zayed is the highest civilian decoration of the UAE. The medal is named after Sheikh Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan, the founding father of the UAE and its first President from 1971 until his death in 2004.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following conservation laws is a consequence of the Newton's third law of motion?
Equal and opposite forces acting for the same time give equal and opposite changes in momentum, so the total stays the same.
Read the full explanation →National Technology Day is observed on
The day marks the Pokhran nuclear tests of 11 May 1998. On 11 May 1998 India carried out the Shakti series of nuclear tests at Pokhran in Rajasthan, under Operation Shakti; two more tests followed on 13 May.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following properties decreases across the periodic table from left to right and increases from top to bottom?
Atoms get smaller along a period and larger down a group. Moving from left to right in a period, electrons are added to the same shell while the nuclear charge rises by one at each step.
Read the full explanation →A sound wave of frequency of 2 kHz has a wavelength of 35 cm in a given medium. How long will it take to travel a distance of 2.1 km through the medium?
The speed of the wave is frequency times wavelength, 700 m/s, and 2,100 m at 700 m/s takes 3 seconds.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following structure is NOT found in prokaryotes ?
Prokaryotes have no true nucleus, so there is no membrane around their genetic material. Prokaryotes are the simplest cells: bacteria and cyanobacteria (blue-green algae).
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements about BHAVYA is correct?
The scheme period stretches from FY2026-27 to FY2031-32, and the per-acre assistance supports internal roads, power supply, water networks, drainage, common effluent treatment, value-added infrastructure and technology-enabled administration, with up to a quarter of approved funding available for external road, rail and last-mile logistics connectivity.
Read the full explanation →What share of GDP does the National Manufacturing Mission aim for manufacturing to reach, and by when?
India’s manufacturing sector at present contributes roughly 16 to 17 per cent of GDP and employs more than 27 million workers, and the National Manufacturing Mission sets the goal of lifting that contribution to a quarter of the economy by 2035.
Read the full explanation →How many industrial parks are to be developed under BHAVYA, and how many in its first phase?
BHAVYA proposes a nationwide rollout of 100 plug-and-play industrial parks, and in the first phase up to 50 of them are to be selected through challenge mode across two selection rounds, judged on project readiness, land availability and industrial potential.
Read the full explanation →What is the outlay of the Bharat Audyogik Vikas Yojna (BHAVYA)?
That is the outlay with which BHAVYA was notified on 10 April 2026 after Cabinet approval in March 2026, and it funds the development of 100 plug-and-play industrial parks with assistance of up to Rs 1 crore per acre.
Read the full explanation →At which meeting was the setting up of the ASEAN-India Defence Think Tank Forum announced?
The Raksha Mantri made the announcement there on 31 October 2025, on the sidelines of the 12th ADMM-Plus, and the forum held in New Delhi is the follow-through on that commitment.
Read the full explanation →The year 2026 has been designated as the ASEAN-India Year of which kind of cooperation?
Speaking at the forum, the Raksha Mantri noted that this year has been designated the ASEAN-India Year of Maritime Cooperation and treated it as a chance to convert shared interest into practical steps: better sharing of maritime information, closer work between navies and coast guards, and the ability to respond…
Read the full explanation →What is the full form of MAHASAGAR, cited by the Raksha Mantri at the forum?
At the forum the Defence Minister placed MAHASAGAR alongside SAGAR, which expands to Security and Growth for All in the Region, and said both, together with the Act East policy, argue for open and multipolar cooperation channelled through ASEAN-led mechanisms that sit at the centre of India’s Indo-Pacific vision.
Read the full explanation →Where was the first ASEAN-India Defence Think Tank Forum held in October 2026?
The maiden ASEAN-India Defence Think Tank Forum was convened at the Manohar Parrikar Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses in New Delhi, where Raksha Mantri Rajnath Singh addressed delegates from India and all eleven ASEAN member states across a two-day programme.
Read the full explanation →What was the weight of the WPI Food Index, and what inflation did it record in September 2026?
The WPI Food Index is a composite built from food articles within the Primary Articles major group and manufactured food products within the Manufactured Products group, and it carries a weight of 24.99 per cent in the index.
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