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 first Union Territory of India to run 100 percent on solar energy is:
Diu, on the coast of Gujarat, was declared the first union territory in India to run entirely on solar power.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Kannada writer to receive the Jnanpith Award?
Kuppali Venkatappa Puttappa, known by his pen name Kuvempu, received the Jnanpith Award for his epic Sri Ramayana Darshanam and was the first writer in Kannada to be so honoured.
Read the full explanation →Talakaveri, the source of the Kaveri river, lies in which district of Karnataka?
The Kaveri rises at Talakaveri on the Brahmagiri hills in Kodagu district, the old Coorg, and flows east and then south-east across Karnataka into Tamil Nadu before reaching the Bay of Bengal.
Read the full explanation →The Krishna Raja Sagara dam in Karnataka is built across which river?
The Krishna Raja Sagara dam, usually shortened to KRS, stands across the Kaveri near Mysuru and was built under the direction of Sir M. Visvesvaraya during the reign of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, after whom it is named; the Brindavan Gardens lie below it.
Read the full explanation →Asia's first hydroelectric power station was set up at which place in Karnataka?
The hydroelectric station built at Shivanasamudra on the Kaveri in 1902 was the first of its kind in Asia, and its power was carried to the Kolar Gold Fields, then one of the deepest mining operations in the world, over what was at the time the longest transmission line in…
Read the full explanation →The group of monuments at Pattadakal in Karnataka was built by which dynasty?
Pattadakal on the Malaprabha river was a ceremonial centre of the Chalukyas of Badami, who built there a group in which the northern nagara style and the southern dravida style stand side by side, the Virupaksha temple being the largest.
Read the full explanation →Hampi, on the banks of the Tungabhadra, was the capital of which empire?
Hampi in Vijayanagara district, on the south bank of the Tungabhadra, was the capital of the Vijayanagara empire founded in 1336, and its ruins, including the Virupaksha temple and the stone chariot of the Vittala temple, are a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Read the full explanation →The monolithic statue of Gommateshwara at Shravanabelagola was raised by whom?
The figure of Gommateshwara, also called Bahubali, stands about fifty-seven feet high on Vindhyagiri hill at Shravanabelagola in Hassan district and was raised by Chavundaraya, a minister and general of the Western Ganga kingdom, towards the end of the tenth century.
Read the full explanation →The headquarters of the Indian Space Research Organisation is located in which city?
ISRO has its headquarters at Antariksh Bhavan in Bengaluru, which also holds the U R Rao Satellite Centre and the ISRO Telemetry, Tracking and Command Network.
Read the full explanation →Which is the highest peak in Karnataka?
Mullayanagiri, in Chikkamagaluru district in the Baba Budangiri range of the Western Ghats, rises to about one thousand nine hundred and thirty metres and is the highest point in Karnataka.
Read the full explanation →Jog Falls in Karnataka is formed on which river?
The Sharavathi is a west-flowing river of Karnataka, and at Jog in Shivamogga district it drops in four separate cascades named Raja, Rani, Rocket and Roarer, making one of the highest waterfalls in India.
Read the full explanation →Mysore State was renamed Karnataka in which year?
The state was created on 1 November 1956 under the States Reorganisation Act with the name Mysore State, and it was renamed Karnataka on 1 November 1973, a day now observed every year as Karnataka Rajyotsava.
Read the full explanation →The journals Young India and Navajivan, started in 1919, were edited by:
Gandhi took over the English weekly Young India and the Gujarati weekly Navajivan in 1919 and used them to explain satyagraha, the Rowlatt agitation and the non-cooperation movement; in 1933 he began Harijan.
Read the full explanation →Who is called the Liberator of the Indian Press?
As acting Governor-General, Charles Metcalfe repealed the Licensing Regulations of 1823 through the Press Act of 1835, often called the Metcalfe Act, and freed Indian newspapers from the need for a licence; for this he is called the Liberator of the Indian Press.
Read the full explanation →The Marathi fortnightly Mooknayak, started in 1920, was launched by:
Ambedkar launched the Marathi fortnightly Mooknayak, meaning leader of the voiceless, in 1920 to argue the case of the depressed classes, and he followed it with Bahishkrit Bharat in 1927 and Janata in 1930.
Read the full explanation →The English weekly Comrade was founded by:
Mohammad Ali Jauhar founded the English weekly Comrade at Calcutta in 1911 and shifted it to Delhi, and he started the Urdu daily Hamdard in 1913; he was later a leader of the Khilafat movement and president of the Congress at its Coconada session in 1923.
Read the full explanation →The Vernacular Press Act of 1878 was passed during the viceroyalty of:
The Vernacular Press Act was passed in 1878 under Lord Lytton and applied only to newspapers printed in Indian languages, not to English papers, which is why it was called the Gagging Act.
Read the full explanation →The Persian journal Mirat-ul-Akhbar was brought out by:
Ram Mohan Roy brought out Mirat-ul-Akhbar in Persian from 1822, besides the Bengali Sambad Kaumudi from 1821, and he closed the Persian journal in protest when the Licensing Regulations of 1823 required a licence to print.
Read the full explanation →The Urdu weekly Al-Hilal was started by:
Azad launched the Urdu weekly Al-Hilal in 1912 to carry the nationalist argument to Urdu readers and to oppose the separatist politics of the time.
Read the full explanation →The newspapers Kesari and Mahratta were started by:
Tilak, along with G. G. Agarkar, started the Marathi weekly Kesari and the English weekly Mahratta in 1881. The articles in Kesari brought him two sedition trials, and in 1908 he was sentenced to six years' transportation, which he served at Mandalay in Burma, where he wrote the Gita Rahasya.
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