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.
Till which date has the ESIC New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 been extended?
The Employees' State Insurance Corporation began running the New Amnesty Scheme, 2025 from 1 October 2025, and the window was originally set to shut on 30 September 2026.
Read the full explanation →India signed an agreement in 2016 to develop a strategic port in one of its neighbouring countries. What is the name of the port?
In May 2016 India signed agreements with Iran to develop the port of Chabahar, along with a trilateral transit pact with Iran and Afghanistan.
Read the full explanation →Two identical solid pieces, one of gold and other of silver, when immersed completely in water exhibit equal weights. When weighed in air (given that density of gold is greater than that of silver)
Silver is less dense, so a silver piece takes up more volume, loses more weight to buoyancy in water, and must therefore be heavier in air to show the same weight under water.
Read the full explanation →Silver articles turn black when kept in the open for longer time due to the formation of
Silver reacts with traces of hydrogen sulphide in the air and forms a black coating of silver sulphide. This slow attack on a metal by its surroundings is called corrosion, and on silver it is usually called tarnishing.
Read the full explanation →The direction of acceleration in uniform circular motion is along the
In uniform circular motion the acceleration points towards the centre of the circle, at right angles to the velocity. In uniform circular motion the speed stays the same, but the direction of motion changes at every point, so the velocity keeps changing and the body is accelerating.
Read the full explanation →The 'Ramsar Convention' relates to which one of the following areas ?
The Ramsar Convention is the international treaty for the conservation and wise use of wetlands. It was signed on 2 February 1971 at Ramsar, a town in Iran on the Caspian Sea, and came into force in 1975.
Read the full explanation →A new species of pit-viper was discovered in 2019 and named after the State in which it was found. Identify the State from among the following :
The species was named Trimeresurus arunachalensis, the Arunachal pit viper, after the state where it was found. Pit vipers are venomous snakes with a heat-sensing pit between each eye and nostril, which lets them detect warm-blooded prey in the dark.
Read the full explanation →The inner lining of the human small intestine has numerous finger-like projections called :
Villi are tiny finger-like folds of the inner lining of the small intestine that greatly increase its surface for absorbing digested food.
Read the full explanation →India became a member of which one of the following in 2016?
India joined the MTCR as its 35th member on 27 June 2016. The MTCR was set up in 1987 by the G7 countries as an informal group that limits the spread of missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles able to carry weapons of mass destruction.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following planets of our solar system has least mass?
Mercury is both the smallest and the least massive of the eight planets, with only about 5.5 per cent of the mass of the Earth.
Read the full explanation →Which one of the following oxides shows both acidic and basic behaviour?
Zinc oxide is amphoteric: it reacts with acids as a base and with strong alkalis as an acid, giving a salt and water in both cases.
Read the full explanation →Calcium oxide reacts vigorously with water to produce slaked lime whose solution is used for white-washing walls. This slaked lime reacts with component (A) in air to form a thin layer of component (B) to give a shiny finish. What are the components (A) and (B)?
Slaked lime on the wall slowly absorbs carbon dioxide from the air and turns into a thin, shiny layer of calcium carbonate.
Read the full explanation →Chronologically arrange the following Indian-origin astronauts on the basis of their flying into space starting with the first: 1. Sunita Williams 2. Rakesh Sharma 3. Sirisha Bandla 4. Kalpana Chawla Select the correct answer using the code given below:
Rakesh Sharma flew in 1984, Kalpana Chawla in 1997, Sunita Williams in 2006 and Sirisha Bandla in 2021. Squadron Leader Rakesh Sharma became the first Indian citizen in space on 3 April 1984, aboard the Soviet Soyuz T-11, and told Indira Gandhi that India looked 'saare jahan se achha'.
Read the full explanation →Cheetahs were recently re-introduced to India from Africa. From which language is the name 'Cheetah' derived ?
The word comes from the Sanskrit 'chitraka', meaning the spotted or speckled one, and reached English through the Hindi 'cheeta'.
Read the full explanation →Which one among the following countries does not share its territorial boundary with Ukraine ?
Lithuania lies on the Baltic Sea to the north of Belarus, and Belarus separates it completely from Ukraine.
Read the full explanation →What are the four human blood types in ABO blood group typing?
The ABO system sorts blood by the antigens present on the surface of red blood cells, and it has exactly these four groups.
Read the full explanation →A current through a horizontal power line flows in east to west direction. What will be the direction of magnetic field at a point directly below it when viewed from east end ?
Seen from the east end, the current flows away from the observer, and by the right-hand thumb rule the field lines around it are clockwise circles in a plane perpendicular to the wire.
Read the full explanation →PM MITRA Parks relate to which one of the following industries?
PM MITRA stands for PM Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks, a scheme of the Ministry of Textiles to build large, world-class textile parks.
Read the full explanation →The Headquarters of Eastern Railway Zone of Indian Railway is located at
The Eastern Railway zone of Indian Railways has its headquarters at Fairlie Place in Kolkata. Eastern Railway was formed in 1952 out of the East Indian Railway, one of the oldest railway companies in India, whose first train in the east ran from Howrah to Hooghly in 1854.
Read the full explanation →If some object is weighed when submerged in water, what will happen to its weight compared to its weight in air ?
When an object is weighed under water, the water pushes up on it with a buoyant force, so it seems lighter than in air; this reduced reading is its apparent weight.
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