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.
Where is the tomb of Sher Shah Suri located?
The tomb of Sher Shah Suri stands at Sasaram in the Rohtas district of Bihar, the town where he grew up.
Read the full explanation →When did Shuja-ud-daulah and Shah Alam sign treaties at Allahabad with Robert Clive?
Robert Clive signed the two Treaties of Allahabad in August 1765, the year after the English won the Battle of Buxar.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is a lever that can be moved in several directions to control the movement of an image on a computer monitor or similar display screen ?
A joystick is an input device with a stick fixed in a base that can be tilted in several directions, and the movement of the stick moves an image or a pointer on the screen in the same direction.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is enforceable by the Indian Constitution?
Fundamental rights are the one set of provisions here that a court can enforce directly.
Read the full explanation →Which country is called the 'Coffee Bowl of the World'?
Brazil is called the Coffee Bowl of the World because it grows and sends out more coffee than any other country and has done so for more than a century.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following shortcut key is used to repeat the last command or action, if possible, in MS-Excel 365?
In MS Excel 365, Ctrl + Y repeats the last command or action wherever repeating it is possible, so if you have just made a cell bold or inserted a row, pressing Ctrl + Y does the same thing again at the new position.
Read the full explanation →'Avesta', also called 'Zend-Avesta', is the sacred book of:
The Avesta, also called the Zend-Avesta, is the sacred book of the Zoroastrians, the followers of the prophet Zarathustra or Zoroaster of ancient Iran.
Read the full explanation →In the Battle of Swally (1612) the British fought against the ______.
The Battle of Swally was fought in November 1612 off Suvali, a village near Surat on the Gujarat coast. A small English squadron under Captain Thomas Best defeated a larger Portuguese fleet, and the victory ended the belief that the Portuguese could not be beaten at sea in Indian waters.
Read the full explanation →74th Constitutional Amendment Act gave Constitutional recognition to municipalities by adding ________.
The 74th Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992 inserted a new Part IX-A titled The Municipalities into the Constitution, and it came into force on 1 June 1993.
Read the full explanation →Which State won the Vijay Hazare Trophy in 2017-18?
Karnataka won the 2017-18 Vijay Hazare Trophy, beating Saurashtra in the final played in Delhi.
Read the full explanation →In which Indian state is bamboo drip irrigation system a very old practice?
Bamboo drip irrigation is a two-hundred-year-old practice of the Khasi and Jaintia hills of Meghalaya.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was nominated for the prestigious Laureus World Sports Awards in 2019?
The wrestler Vinesh Phogat was nominated in 2019 for the Laureus World Sports Award in the Breakthrough of the Year category, the first Indian athlete to be shortlisted in that category.
Read the full explanation →The Planning Commission was set up by the Government of India in the year:
The Planning Commission was set up in March 1950 by a resolution of the Union Cabinet, not by the Constitution or by an Act of Parliament, so it was an extra-constitutional and non-statutory body.
Read the full explanation →Why was the year 1757 an important year for the English East India Company in India?
The Battle of Plassey was fought on 23 June 1757 on the bank of the Bhagirathi near Palashi in Bengal, and Robert Clive's small Company force defeated Nawab Siraj-ud-daulah there.
Read the full explanation →Which juice secreted by the organs in the alimentary canal plays an important role in the digestion of fats?
Fat is digested in the small intestine by these two secretions working together.
Read the full explanation →With which Mughal ruler is the Moti Masjid in Agra associated?
The Moti Masjid, or Pearl Mosque, inside the Agra Fort was built by Shah Jahan in white marble between 1648 and 1654, and it takes its name from the pearl-like glow of the stone.
Read the full explanation →What was the capital of the Mauryan empire?
Pataliputra, today's Patna, stood where the Son joins the Ganga, and it was the capital of the Mauryan empire founded by Chandragupta Maurya in about 322 BCE with the help of Chanakya.
Read the full explanation →Rs. 50 banknote of Mahatma Gandhi (New) series has base colour of ______.
The Reserve Bank of India issued the fifty-rupee note of the Mahatma Gandhi (New) series in August 2017 with fluorescent blue as its base colour.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is NOT a sedimentary rock?
Granite is an igneous rock, not a sedimentary one. It forms when magma cools slowly deep inside the crust, so its crystals of quartz, feldspar and mica are large enough to see; because it cooled below the surface it is called an intrusive or plutonic rock.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deals with the Right against Exploitation?
The Right against Exploitation is given by Articles 23 and 24 in Part III of the Constitution. Article 23 forbids traffic in human beings, begar and other forms of forced labour, and lets the State impose compulsory service for a public purpose without discrimination.
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