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 sector contributed the largest share of these access and benefit sharing receipts?
The agri-seed sector accounted for the largest share of the receipts at Rs 7.16 crore, well ahead of every other category.
Read the full explanation →How much did the National Biodiversity Authority receive under the Access and Benefit Sharing framework during April to September 2026?
The National Biodiversity Authority received that amount from users of India biological resources in the half year from 1 April 2026 to 30 September 2026, under the Biological Diversity Act, 2002, as amended in 2023, read with the Access and Benefit Sharing Regulations.
Read the full explanation →On how many selected non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs were trade margins capped in February 2019?
In February 2019, on the direction of the Government, the pricing authority capped trade margins on 42 selected non-scheduled anti-cancer drugs, using Paragraph 19 of the Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013.
Read the full explanation →Which body will take the decision and issue the notification capping these margins?
Two bodies have distinct roles here, and the question turns on telling them apart.
Read the full explanation →How much are cancer patients expected to save every year because of the wider margin cap?
The Department of Pharmaceuticals expects the cap on margins for non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines to save patients about Rs 2,500 crore every year, mainly by reducing what they spend from their own pockets on treatment.
Read the full explanation →At what level have margins in the supply and sale of non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines been capped?
The Government has approved a ceiling on the margins charged while non-scheduled anti-cancer medicines move through the supply chain to the patient, and that ceiling is fixed at 30 per cent of the MRP.
Read the full explanation →Wood's Despatch sent by the Court of Directors of the East India Company in 1854 was related to ___________.
Wood Despatch of 1854 was a scheme of education, and it is often called the Magna Carta of English education in India.
Read the full explanation →The cells having well-organized nucleus with a nuclear membrane are designated as _______.
A cell whose nucleus is well organised and bounded by a nuclear membrane is called a eukaryotic cell. The word comes from the Greek eu, meaning true, and karyon, meaning kernel or nucleus.
Read the full explanation →When did the Indian Army liberate Goa from the Portuguese and declare it a Union Territory?
Indian forces entered Goa in December 1961 in Operation Vijay, ending four and a half centuries of Portuguese rule. The Portuguese had held Goa since 1510, when Afonso de Albuquerque took it, and they refused to leave after 1947 even though the French had handed over their settlements.
Read the full explanation →The element with atomic number 59 lies in which block of the Periodic Table?
Atomic number 59 is praseodymium, a lanthanide, and the lanthanides and actinides together make up the f-block. A block is named after the sub-shell that the last electron enters.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is one of the main mineral constituents of the continental mass of the earth?
Silica, or silicon dioxide, is one of the chief mineral constituents of the continental crust of the earth. The continental crust is made largely of granitic rock, which geologists call sial because silica and alumina dominate it.
Read the full explanation →On 15 August 1947, the first prime minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, raised the Indian National Flag above the _________ of Red Fort in Delhi.
Jawaharlal Nehru hoisted the national flag over the Lahori Gate of the Red Fort on 15 August 1947, and every Prime Minister has addressed the nation from its ramparts on Independence Day since.
Read the full explanation →During the reign of which of the following Pallavas, Hiuen Tsang visited the Pallava capital Kanchi?
The Chinese pilgrim Hiuen Tsang reached Kanchi around 640 CE, when Narasimhavarman I was on the Pallava throne. Narasimhavarman I, who ruled about 630 to 668 CE, took the title Mamalla, meaning great wrestler, and gave his name to Mamallapuram.
Read the full explanation →A mixture of cement, gravel, coarse sand and water is called _______.
Concrete is the building material made by mixing cement with coarse aggregate such as gravel, fine aggregate such as sand, and water.
Read the full explanation →Which are the most widespread forests in India?
These monsoon forests cover the largest part of India, so they are the most widespread forest type in the country.
Read the full explanation →Which newspaper was founded by Mahatma Gandhi in South Africa in 1903?
Gandhi started Indian Opinion at Durban in 1903 to put the case of Indians settled in South Africa before the public.
Read the full explanation →Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest ruler of the _______ Empire in the 2nd century CE.
Gautamiputra Satakarni was the greatest ruler of the Satavahana dynasty, which held the Deccan in the 2nd century CE. He ruled roughly from 106 to 130 CE, with Pratishthana (modern Paithan on the Godavari) as his capital.
Read the full explanation →India shares its land boundaries with which countries in the east?
On the east, India has a land boundary with Myanmar and Bangladesh. India shares land borders with seven countries.
Read the full explanation →Garo-Khasi range is located in which Indian state?
The Garo, Khasi and Jaintia hills lie in Meghalaya and together form the Meghalaya plateau. This plateau is a detached block of the peninsular plateau, separated from the main Chota Nagpur plateau by the Malda gap.
Read the full explanation →How many Indian states share border with Bhutan?
Four Indian states touch Bhutan: Sikkim, West Bengal, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. The India-Bhutan boundary is about 699 kilometres long.
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