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.
The completion of ten years is traditionally marked as which anniversary?
In the traditional table of anniversary names, the tenth year is the tin anniversary, the materials rising in value as the years increase from paper in the first year to silver, gold and diamond in the longer spans.
Read the full explanation →A period of one hundred and fifty years is called by which name?
One hundred and fifty years is a sesquicentennial, the prefix sesqui meaning one and a half, so the word reads as one and a half centuries.
Read the full explanation →The seventy-fifth anniversary of India's independence was observed from 2021 under which name?
The seventy-fifth year of independence was observed from 2021 as the Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav, and in the scheme of anniversary names seventy-five completed years are a platinum jubilee in Indian official usage.
Read the full explanation →In the usage now standard in India, the diamond jubilee marks the completion of how many years?
The diamond jubilee, the Hirak Jayanti, marks sixty completed years in the usage now standard in India, and the figure is natural because sixty years completes a full cycle in the traditional Indian calendar.
Read the full explanation →The golden jubilee of an institution marks the completion of how many years?
The golden jubilee marks fifty completed years and is called the Swarna Jayanti in Hindi, the name taken from the gift of gold traditionally made on a fiftieth wedding anniversary.
Read the full explanation →The completion of twenty-five years is celebrated as which anniversary?
Twenty-five completed years are marked as a silver jubilee, called the Rajat Jayanti in Hindi, rajat being the word for silver, and the name comes from the old custom of giving silver on the twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
Read the full explanation →The Name You Can Bank Upon is the tagline of which bank?
The Name You Can Bank Upon is the line by which Punjab National Bank is best known, and the bank is headquartered at New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →The Small Industries Development Bank of India, SIDBI, has its headquarters in which city?
SIDBI, the Small Industries Development Bank of India, is headquartered at Lucknow in Uttar Pradesh, and it is the one major development financial institution not based in Mumbai, which is precisely why it is asked so often.
Read the full explanation →The Banker to Every Indian is the tagline of which bank?
The State Bank of India, the largest bank in the country, is known by the line The Banker to Every Indian, and it has also used Pure Banking, Nothing Else.
Read the full explanation →Bank of Maharashtra has its head office in which city?
Bank of Maharashtra is headquartered at Pune, and its tagline is One Family One Bank.
Read the full explanation →Which two public sector banks have their head offices at Chennai?
Both Indian Bank, whose tagline is Your Own Bank, and Indian Overseas Bank, whose tagline is Good People to Grow With, are headquartered at Chennai, and their similar names make them easy to keep together.
Read the full explanation →Canara Bank is headquartered in which city?
Canara Bank has its head office at Bengaluru in Karnataka, and its tagline is Together We Can.
Read the full explanation →UCO Bank has its headquarters in which city?
UCO Bank is headquartered at Kolkata and is the public sector bank most often asked about in connection with that city; its tagline is Honours Your Trust.
Read the full explanation →Punjab National Bank has its head office in which city?
Punjab National Bank is headquartered at New Delhi, as is Punjab and Sind Bank, so both the public sector banks with Punjab in their names are based in the capital rather than in the state.
Read the full explanation →India's International Bank is the tagline of which bank?
India's International Bank is the line by which Bank of Baroda is best known, and it reflects the bank's long presence in overseas markets.
Read the full explanation →The head office of Bank of Baroda is in which city?
Bank of Baroda has its head office at Vadodara in Gujarat, the city formerly called Baroda, from which the bank takes its name, and that link between the name and the city is the simplest way to remember the fact.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Reserve Bank of India is located in which city?
The Reserve Bank of India has had its central office at Bombay, now Mumbai, since 1937, and it has stayed there ever since.
Read the full explanation →Raja Harishchandra, India's first full-length feature film, was released in which year?
Raja Harishchandra, written, produced and directed by Dadasaheb Phalke, was released in 1913 and is recognised as the first full-length Indian feature film; the Dadasaheb Phalke Award takes its name from its maker.
Read the full explanation →Which singer received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in the year 2000?
Asha Bhosle, the playback singer with one of the longest careers in Indian film music, received the Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2000.
Read the full explanation →Amitabh Bachchan was named for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for which year?
Amitabh Bachchan was named for the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for the year 2018, and the honour was presented at the National Film Awards ceremony that followed.
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