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 city hosted the third edition of the Indian Lighthouse Festival?
The Indian Lighthouse Festival has moved along the coast in three editions: the first was held at Fort Aguada in Goa in 2023, the second at Puri in Odisha in 2024, and the third at Visakhapatnam in 2026.
Read the full explanation →Along which river is India setting up its first lighthouses on an inland waterway?
Four lighthouses are being established along this river at Pandu, Bogibeel, Silghat and Biswanath Ghat, and together they will be the first lighthouse infrastructure India places on an inland waterway rather than on the sea coast.
Read the full explanation →Where is the 77-metre Lighthouse Museum, planned as the tallest of its kind in the world, coming up?
The Lighthouse Museum of 77 metres forms part of the National Maritime Heritage Complex at Lothal, an archaeological site tied to ancient seaborne trade, and it is estimated at ₹266.11 crore.
Read the full explanation →How many lighthouses stand along India’s coastline?
India maintains 205 lighthouses along a coastline that stretches beyond 11,000 km, and these towers are looked after by the Directorate General of Lighthouses and Lightships under the Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways.
Read the full explanation →Fit India Sundays on Cycle is organised by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports along with which of the following?
The campaign is run by the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports in collaboration with the Cycling Federation of India, which is the national federation for the sport, the Raahgiri Foundation, which works on reclaiming streets for walking and cycling, and MY Bharat, the ministry's youth platform.
Read the full explanation →Which of the athletes joining the 94th Fit India Sundays on Cycle won two bronze medals at the Aichi-Nagoya Asian Games?
The correct answer is Parul Chaudhary, who won two bronze medals at the Asian Games, one in the women's 3000m steeplechase and the other in the 5000m. Option A, Prachi Chaudhary, is wrong, and the similarity of the two names is exactly what such a question tests: she won a…
Read the full explanation →In which city was the 94th Fit India Sundays on Cycle organised, with Namo Ghat as the starting point?
The ride went from Namo Ghat to the Diksha Mandap of Sampurnanand Sanskrit University, and both of those landmarks are in Varanasi, in Uttar Pradesh; the start was at 6 in the morning.
Read the full explanation →What is the theme of the 94th edition of Fit India Sundays on Cycle?
The 94th edition of the ride, held in Varanasi, was built around this theme, which joins the weekly fitness drive to the effort to keep young people away from substance abuse and sets both in the frame of a developed India.
Read the full explanation →Which tribal icons did the Vice-President recall while urging the AIIMS Deoghar graduates to serve remote and tribal areas?
The Vice-President recalled the legacy of Birsa Munda, Sidho-Kanhu and Tilka Manjhi, all of them figures of tribal resistance closely associated with the region around Deoghar, and used their memory to ask the graduates to carry their knowledge into villages, tribal communities and the remotest parts of the country.
Read the full explanation →According to the Vice-President, the number of medical colleges in India has grown from 387 before 2014 to what figure?
Speaking about the expansion of medical education and health infrastructure, the Vice-President said the country had 387 medical colleges before 2014 and now has 846, and he presented institutions such as AIIMS Deoghar as proof of development that is balanced and inclusive.
Read the full explanation →Of the students who graduated at the second convocation of AIIMS Deoghar, how many were women?
The Vice-President pointed to this with satisfaction, saying that it showed the country moving from the empowerment of women towards development led by women, and that it showed how education allows women to realise their potential.
Read the full explanation →AIIMS Deoghar, whose second convocation was addressed by the Vice-President, is located in which state?
Deoghar lies in the Santhal Pargana region of Jharkhand, and the Vice-President described the convocation as a celebration of that region's aspirations, speaking of what the institute means for tribal and rural communities around it.
Read the full explanation →What is the distinctive feature of the format of the BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Sports Demonstration Games 2026?
The Games have deliberately been designed as a non-competitive platform: the purpose is to demonstrate traditional and indigenous sporting practices, to document them, and to let practitioners from different countries exchange knowledge, with emphasis on the cultural meaning of each game.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following traditional sports will India showcase at the BRICS Demonstration Games 2026?
Mallakhamb is a gymnastic form performed on a wooden pole or a hanging rope, Yogasana has been shaped into a competitive sport in India in recent years, and Kalaripayattu is a martial art associated with Kerala.
Read the full explanation →In which city will the BRICS Traditional and Indigenous Sports Demonstration Games 2026 be held?
The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is organising them together with the Government of Gujarat, which is the clue that fixes the host state and therefore the city.
Read the full explanation →The emergency-item resolution adopted at the 153rd IPU Assembly dealt mainly with which subject?
The text taken up as the emergency item sought urgent parliamentary action to address climate-related disasters and to strengthen resilience in the Himalayan region and other vulnerable regions, a subject of obvious concern to India and its neighbours.
Read the full explanation →Who led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation to the 153rd IPU Assembly?
The correct answer is the Deputy Chairman of the Rajya Sabha, Harivansh, who led the Indian Parliamentary Delegation at Arusha and was one of the three members who cast India's votes for the IPU presidency.
Read the full explanation →The 153rd Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union was held in which city?
The Assembly was held there from 5 to 9 October 2026, and the outcome document it adopted on its final day is accordingly named the Arusha Communiqué.
Read the full explanation →Who has been elected President of the Inter-Parliamentary Union at its 153rd Assembly?
The correct answer is Milton Dick, the Speaker of the House of Representatives of Australia, who was declared elected after a secret ballot in the IPU Governing Council on the closing day of the Assembly.
Read the full explanation →At which Air Force Station did the Defence Minister address the participants of Exercise Tarang Shakti 2026?
Air Force Station Jodhpur, in Rajasthan, was where the Defence Minister spoke to the aircrews and ground teams of the second edition of Tarang Shakti.
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