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RRB NTPC GK Questions 2026

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.

RRB NTPC GK Questions with Answers

Q14081.Awards & HonoursMedium

The Saraswati Samman is given by which of the following organisations?

  1. A.Sahitya Akademi
  2. B.Bharatiya Jnanpith
  3. C.K. K. Birla Foundation
  4. D.Ministry of Culture
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Correct answer: C. K. K. Birla Foundation

The foundation instituted the Saraswati Samman in 1991 for an outstanding literary work in any of the languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution, published in the previous ten years, and the award carries the largest cash prize of any Indian literary honour.

Q14082.Awards & HonoursAsked in: SSC CHSL · 13 April 2021, Shift 3Medium

Who among the following was awarded the 55th Jnanpith Award?

  1. A.Amitav Ghosh
  2. B.Raghuveer Chaudhari
  3. C.Chandrashekhara Kambara
  4. D.Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri
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Correct answer: D. Akkitham Achuthan Namboothiri

The Malayalam poet, known simply as Akkitham, received the 55th Jnanpith Award, given for the year 2019. The Jnanpith is instituted by Bharatiya Jnanpith and is regarded as the highest literary award in India.

Q14084.Sports GKHard

Which of the following statements about the national game of India is correct?

  1. A.Hockey was declared the national game in 1928
  2. B.Cricket was declared the national game in 1983
  3. C.India has not declared any sport as its national game
  4. D.Kabaddi was declared the national game in 1950
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Correct answer: C. India has not declared any sport as its national game

The Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports has made it clear that the Government of India has not declared any sport to be the national game of the country.

Q14095.Sports GKAsked in: SSC MTS · 18 Oct 2021, Shift 3Medium

Who among the following has been the first sportsperson to receive the Padma Shri award from the Government of India?

  1. A.Manpreet Singh
  2. B.Milkha Singh
  3. C.Balbir Singh Dosanjh
  4. D.Dhanraj Pillay
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Correct answer: C. Balbir Singh Dosanjh

The correct answer is C, Balbir Singh Dosanjh, the hockey centre forward known as Balbir Singh Sr. He won Olympic gold with India in 1948, 1952 and 1956, scored five goals in the 1952 final against the Netherlands, and in 1957 became the first sportsperson of any game to be…

Q14097.Important Days & DatesMedium

Rashtriya Ekta Diwas, or National Unity Day, is observed on 31 October as the birth anniversary of

  1. A.Indira Gandhi
  2. B.Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
  3. C.Dr B. R. Ambedkar
  4. D.Subhas Chandra Bose
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Correct answer: B. Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

As the first Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister he brought the princely states into the Indian Union, which is why his birthday is kept as National Unity Day, with the Run for Unity held across the country.

Q14098.Important Days & DatesHard

United Nations Day is observed on 24 October every year because on that date in 1945

  1. A.the Charter of the United Nations came into force
  2. B.the Second World War ended
  3. C.the first General Assembly was held
  4. D.India became a member of the United Nations
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Correct answer: A. the Charter of the United Nations came into force

The Charter of the United Nations, signed at San Francisco in June 1945, came into force on 24 October 1945 after it had been ratified by the required number of states, and the United Nations counts that day as the day it came into being.

Q14100.Important Days & DatesMedium

Indian Air Force Day is celebrated on 8 October to mark which event?

  1. A.The raising of the Indian Air Force in 1932
  2. B.The first Indian fighter aircraft flight in 1947
  3. C.The founding of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited
  4. D.The victory in the 1971 war
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Correct answer: A. The raising of the Indian Air Force in 1932

The Indian Air Force was raised on 8 October 1932 as an auxiliary force, and that date is kept every year as Air Force Day, usually with a parade and a fly past at an air force station.