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.
India shares its longest international land border with which country?
The correct answer is C, Bangladesh, with a boundary of about 4,096 kilometres, the longest India has with any country; it runs along West Bengal, Assam, Meghalaya, Tripura and Mizoram.
Read the full explanation →Which neighbouring country of India is NOT a part of Commonwealth Games?
The correct answer is A, China, which was never a British territory and is therefore not a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, so it does not take part in the Commonwealth Games.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian state among the following does NOT have a border with Nepal?
Nepal touches five Indian states, namely Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim, so options A, B and C are all genuine Nepal border states and only Assam is not.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following neighbouring countries of India has the smallest area?
Of the four countries offered here Bhutan is by far the smallest, a landlocked Himalayan kingdom whose border with India runs about 699 kilometres along Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh.
Read the full explanation →How many countries does India share its land borders with?
India has a land boundary with Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Read the full explanation →The Sweet Revolution in India is related to the production of
The Sweet Revolution is the term used for the drive to raise honey production and beekeeping in India, supported by the National Beekeeping and Honey Mission.
Read the full explanation →Which state is the largest producer of lac in India?
The correct answer is B, Jharkhand, the leading lac producing state of India, which also explains why the country's lac research institute stands at Namkum near Ranchi.
Read the full explanation →The gum which coats the silk fibre and is removed by degumming is
The silkworm's silk gland secretes a protein called fibroin, and over it a second protein, sericin, which acts as a gum and hardens the cocoon; boiling the cocoon softens the sericin so the filament can be reeled, and removing it afterwards is called degumming, which gives silk its lustre and…
Read the full explanation →The Central Silk Board, set up in 1948, has its headquarters at
The Central Silk Board was constituted under the Central Silk Board Act, 1948 and works under the Ministry of Textiles with its headquarters in Bengaluru, from where it runs the country's sericulture research and seed organisation.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a host plant of the lac insect?
The correct answer is D, castor, which is the host of the eri silkworm and has nothing to do with lac culture.
Read the full explanation →Lac is secreted by which insect?
The correct answer is A, Kerria lacca, earlier named Laccifer lacca, a tiny scale insect whose female settles on the twigs of a host tree, sucks its sap and secretes the resin we call lac.
Read the full explanation →The waggle dance by which honey bees communicate the direction and distance of a food source was explained by
The correct answer is A, Karl von Frisch, who decoded the dance language of bees: a round dance for a source near the hive and a waggle or tail-wagging dance for a distant one, in which the angle of the straight run shows the direction of the food relative to…
Read the full explanation →In a honey bee colony, drones develop from
The queen can lay both fertilised and unfertilised eggs; the unfertilised ones develop into haploid males called drones, a form of parthenogenesis, while fertilised eggs give rise to diploid females.
Read the full explanation →Which honey bee gives the highest yield of honey but cannot be domesticated?
The correct answer is C, Apis dorsata, the rock bee, the largest of the Indian honey bees, which builds a single huge comb on cliffs and tall buildings and yields the most honey per colony, yet is fierce and cannot be kept in hives.
Read the full explanation →The eri silkworm is reared on the leaves of which plant?
The eri silkworm, Samia ricini, feeds on castor leaves, and its silk is called ahimsa silk because the moth is allowed to emerge before the cocoon is used, leaving a broken fibre that is spun like cotton instead of being reeled.
Read the full explanation →Muga silk, famous for its natural golden colour, is produced mainly in which state?
Muga silk comes from Antheraea assamensis, reared on Som and Soalu trees of the Brahmaputra valley, and Assam's muga carries a Geographical Indication tag.
Read the full explanation →What is the scientific name of the mulberry silkworm?
The correct answer is B, Bombyx mori, the mulberry silkworm, the only fully domesticated insect of the silk group and the source of most of the world's raw silk.
Read the full explanation →Who chaired the valedictory function of the Defence Correspondents Course at Tezpur?
Lieutenant General Neeraj Shukla, who holds that command, chaired the closing ceremony at Tezpur at the end of the three-week course taken by 24 journalists.
Read the full explanation →How many journalists took part in the Defence Correspondents Course that concluded at Tezpur?
The course was made up of 24 journalists, who went through legs with the Navy, the Air Force and the Army before the programme closed at Tezpur.
Read the full explanation →At which place did the Defence Correspondents Course conclude?
The Defence Correspondents Course ended there once the participating journalists had completed the Navy, Air Force and Army legs of the programme, and the valedictory function was held at the same place.
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