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 Ranji Trophy, India's national first-class championship, is named after
The tournament began in the 1934-35 season and Bombay won that first edition; Mumbai has remained by far its most successful team.
Read the full explanation →Which team won the first men's T20 World Cup, held in 2007?
The first men's T20 World Cup was staged in South Africa in 2007, and India beat Pakistan in the final at Johannesburg under M. S. Dhoni, a match remembered for its last over.
Read the full explanation →Which country has won the men's ODI Cricket World Cup the greatest number of times?
Australia has won the one-day World Cup six times, in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023, and its run of three in a row between 1999 and 2007 is unmatched.
Read the full explanation →England were declared champions of the 2019 Cricket World Cup on the basis of
England and New Zealand finished level after fifty overs each at Lord's, and the Super Over that followed was tied as well.
Read the full explanation →The 1987 Cricket World Cup, the first held outside England, was hosted by
The 1987 tournament, sponsored as the Reliance Cup, was the first taken away from England and the first in which an innings was cut from 60 overs to 50, the length used ever since.
Read the full explanation →Who captained India to victory in the 2011 Cricket World Cup?
India beat Sri Lanka in the final at the Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai on 2 April 2011, and Dhoni, who finished the chase himself, was named player of the match; Yuvraj Singh was player of the tournament.
Read the full explanation →India won the 1983 Cricket World Cup final at which ground?
India beat West Indies in the final on 25 June 1983 at Lord's in London, defending a total of 183 and winning by 43 runs; Mohinder Amarnath was named player of the match and Kapil Dev was the captain who received the trophy on the famous balcony.
Read the full explanation →Which team won the first Cricket World Cup, held in 1975?
The first World Cup was played in England in 1975 over 60 overs an innings, and West Indies beat Australia in the final at Lord's under Clive Lloyd.
Read the full explanation →Anti-Terrorism Day is observed in India on 21 May to mark the anniversary of
The day was declared soon afterwards, and on it offices and institutions take a pledge against violence and terrorism in all its forms.
Read the full explanation →World Oceans Day is observed on
The day draws attention to the part the oceans play in the climate, in the oxygen we breathe and in the livelihoods of coastal communities, and it sits three days after World Environment Day.
Read the full explanation →National Statistics Day is observed in India on 29 June, the birth anniversary of
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis founded the Indian Statistical Institute, gave statistics the measure known as the Mahalanobis distance and shaped the model used in the Second Five Year Plan, and the Government of India keeps his birthday as Statistics Day.
Read the full explanation →The International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking is observed on
The United Nations keeps this day to strengthen action against the production, trafficking and abuse of narcotic drugs, and the same date is also the International Day in Support of Victims of Torture.
Read the full explanation →World Blood Donor Day, observed on 14 June, marks the birth anniversary of the scientist who discovered
The day falls on the birth anniversary of Karl Landsteiner, whose discovery of the blood groups made safe transfusion possible and won him the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Read the full explanation →The International Day of Yoga is observed on 21 June. In which year was it observed for the first time?
India proposed the day at the United Nations in 2014 and the General Assembly adopted the resolution in December of that year, so the first observance came on 21 June 2015.
Read the full explanation →World Environment Day is observed every year on
The United Nations General Assembly designated the day after the Conference on the Human Environment held at Stockholm in 1972, and it has been observed since 1973.
Read the full explanation →World No Tobacco Day is observed on
The day closes the month and is meant to draw attention to the harm caused by tobacco in every form and to the policies that reduce its use.
Read the full explanation →World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day is observed on 8 May, the birth anniversary of
He shared the first Nobel Peace Prize, and the movement observes his birthday as its day.
Read the full explanation →National Technology Day is observed in India on 11 May because on that day in 1998 India
On 11 May 1998 India carried out nuclear tests at Pokhran in Rajasthan, and the same day brought the first test flight of the indigenous Hansa aircraft and a successful test of the Trishul missile.
Read the full explanation →International Nurses Day, observed on 12 May, marks the birth anniversary of
Her work with wounded soldiers in the Crimean War and the training school she founded afterwards turned nursing into a trained profession, and the day carries her name in every account of it.
Read the full explanation →World Press Freedom Day is observed every year on
The day is kept to remind governments of their duty towards freedom of expression and to mark the risks journalists take in their work, and it is the first of the international observances in the month.
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