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.
A barometer is used to measure which of the following?
A mercury barometer balances the pressure of the atmosphere against a column of mercury, which stands about 76 centimetres high at sea level.
Read the full explanation →The weight of a body on the surface of the moon is about how much of its weight on the surface of the earth?
Weight equals mass times the acceleration due to gravity, and the acceleration due to gravity on the moon is about one-sixth of its value on the earth because the moon has a much smaller mass and a smaller radius.
Read the full explanation →The upward force experienced by a body immersed in a fluid is equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by it. This statement is known as
It states that a body immersed wholly or partly in a fluid experiences an upward buoyant force equal to the weight of the fluid displaced, so the apparent loss in weight of the body equals the weight of the displaced fluid.
Read the full explanation →Hydraulic brakes used in automobiles work on which principle?
Pascal's law states that pressure applied to an enclosed fluid is transmitted undiminished in every direction to all parts of the fluid and to the walls of the container.
Read the full explanation →The escape velocity from the surface of the earth is approximately
Escape velocity is the minimum speed a body must be given so that it leaves the gravitational pull of the planet and never returns.
Read the full explanation →The value of acceleration due to gravity on the earth is maximum at which of the following?
The earth is flattened at the poles, so the distance from the centre is least there, and since g varies inversely as the square of that distance, g is largest at the poles.
Read the full explanation →What is the SI unit of pressure?
Pressure is thrust per unit area, so its unit is one newton per square metre, and this unit is named the pascal after Blaise Pascal.
Read the full explanation →Sambhar Lake, a Ramsar site in Rajasthan, is known as
Sambhar Lake lies west of Jaipur in Rajasthan, has no outlet to the sea and loses water only by evaporation, so salts brought in by seasonal streams accumulate in it.
Read the full explanation →The Montreux Record, maintained under the Ramsar Convention, is a register of
The Montreux Record names sites already on the Ramsar list where the ecological character has changed, is changing or is likely to change because of pollution, drainage, encroachment or other human interference.
Read the full explanation →Which is the largest biosphere reserve of India in terms of area?
Designated in 2008 in Gujarat, it covers the largest area of any biosphere reserve in India, taking in the marine national park and sanctuary of the gulf together with its islands, coral reefs, mangroves and mudflats, which support corals, dugongs, dolphins and large numbers of migratory shorebirds.
Read the full explanation →In a biosphere reserve, which zone is legally protected and allows no human activity except non-destructive research?
The core zone is the innermost and the only strictly protected part of a biosphere reserve, usually already notified as a national park or a wildlife sanctuary.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following pairs of wetlands were the first two Ramsar sites designated in India?
Both were placed on the Ramsar list in 1981 and were the first Indian wetlands to be so recognised.
Read the full explanation →The Man and the Biosphere Programme, under which biosphere reserves are recognised, was launched by which organisation?
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization launched the Man and the Biosphere Programme in 1971 as an intergovernmental scientific programme to improve the relationship between people and their environment, and the sites recognised under it form the World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Read the full explanation →Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national park in the world, is situated on which lake?
Loktak, in Manipur, is the largest freshwater lake of north-east India, and its surface carries phumdis, thick floating mats of vegetation, soil and organic matter that rise and fall with the water level.
Read the full explanation →Which was the first biosphere reserve to be designated in India?
The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve, spread across Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka in the Western Ghats, was designated in 1986 as the first biosphere reserve of India, and in 2000 it also became the first Indian reserve to be included in the UNESCO World Network of Biosphere Reserves.
Read the full explanation →World Wetlands Day is observed every year on which date?
The Ramsar Convention was signed on 2 February 1971, and that anniversary is observed each year as World Wetlands Day to draw attention to the services wetlands provide, such as flood control, groundwater recharge, water purification and habitat for migratory birds.
Read the full explanation →The Ramsar Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed in which year?
The Convention on Wetlands of International Importance was signed on 2 February 1971 in the Iranian city of Ramsar, on the shore of the Caspian Sea, which gave the treaty its popular name.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following was the first Vice President of India?
The philosopher and teacher Dr S. Radhakrishnan was India's first Vice-President, from 1952 to 1962, serving two full terms. He then became the second President of India (1962–67).
Read the full explanation →The Vice President of India can be removed from office by__________.
Under Article 67(b), the Vice-President can be removed by a resolution of the Rajya Sabha passed by a majority of all its then members, an "effective majority", and agreed to by the Lok Sabha by a simple majority.
Read the full explanation →Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the election of the Vice-President?
It provides that the Vice-President shall be elected by the members of an electoral college consisting of the members of both Houses of Parliament, elected and nominated alike, by proportional representation through the single transferable vote and by secret ballot.
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