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.
At what level does a Panchayat Samiti operate a Panchayati Raj structure?
The Panchayat Samiti is the middle tier of Panchayati Raj and works at the block level.
Read the full explanation →The Chairman of the State Public Service Commission is appointed by
Under Article 316, the Chairman and the other members of a State Public Service Commission are appointed by the Governor.
Read the full explanation →Under which Article(s), the Speaker can allow any member of the House to speak in his/her mother tongue?
Article 120 fixes the language of Parliament, and its proviso lets the presiding officer allow a member to speak in the mother tongue.
Read the full explanation →Which revolutionaries were hanged in the 'Kakori Train Robbery Case'?
Both were sentenced to death in the Kakori case and hanged in December 1927. On 9 August 1925, members of the Hindustan Republican Association stopped a train at Kakori near Lucknow and took away government money to fund their fight.
Read the full explanation →In 1940, Vinoba Bhave started individual Satyagraha from
Vinoba Bhave lived in his ashram at Pavnar near Wardha and began the individual Satyagraha from there on 17 October 1940.
Read the full explanation →Who introduced the system of Mahalwari Settlement in Bengal?
Holt Mackenzie, a Company official, devised the Mahalwari system in 1822 for the North-Western Provinces of the Bengal Presidency.
Read the full explanation →Who among the following headed the two Boundary Commissions set up to delineate the international frontiers between India and Pakistan in 1947?
The British lawyer Sir Cyril Radcliffe chaired both the Punjab and the Bengal Boundary Commissions in 1947. Each commission had four judges, two named by the Congress and two by the Muslim League, and when they could not agree the final decision fell to Radcliffe.
Read the full explanation →Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on 2nd October as a national festival. In which year was Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth anniversary?
Mahatma Gandhi was born on 2 October 1869 at Porbandar in Gujarat, so his 150th birth anniversary fell on 2 October 2019.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following dance form is popularly performed in Telangana state?
Perini Shiva Thandavam is a vigorous warrior dance of Telangana, performed by men in praise of Lord Shiva. It flourished under the Kakatiya kings of Warangal, whose soldiers danced it before going to battle.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following is the biggest Biosphere Reserve of India in terms of geographical area?
The Kachchh Biosphere Reserve in Gujarat, notified in 2008, covers about 12,454 square kilometres and is the largest biosphere reserve in India by area.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following options DO NOT fit in the 3 R's of waste management?
The 3 R's of waste management are Reduce, Reuse and Recycle; Refuse is not one of them. Reduce means creating less waste in the first place, such as buying fewer packaged goods and switching off lights to save power.
Read the full explanation →Where is Angel Falls located?
Angel Falls, in the Canaima National Park of Venezuela, is the highest uninterrupted waterfall in the world, with a total height of about 979 metres and a single unbroken drop of about 807 metres.
Read the full explanation →Which Indian city is known as 'The City of Palaces'?
Kolkata earned the name City of Palaces in the colonial era for the grand mansions built by British officials and rich Bengali families along its main streets.
Read the full explanation →In which of the following cities is the Headquarters of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj located?
The Ministry of Panchayati Raj is a Union ministry, and like every ministry of the Government of India it works from the national capital, New Delhi.
Read the full explanation →RBI was nationalized in ________.
The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised on 1 January 1949 under the Reserve Bank of India (Transfer to Public Ownership) Act, 1948.
Read the full explanation →Who was the first Deputy Chairman of the Planning Commission of India?
Gulzarilal Nanda became the first Deputy Chairman when the Planning Commission began work in 1950, and he later became interim Prime Minister twice, in 1964 and 1966.
Read the full explanation →The Regional Rural Banks Act was passed in which year by the Government of India?
Regional Rural Banks were set up under the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976, after the Narasimham Working Group of 1975 recommended small banks close to the villages.
Read the full explanation →The Rana Pratap Sagar Dam is built on the river __________.
Rana Pratap Sagar Dam stands on the Chambal at Rawatbhata in the Chittorgarh district of Rajasthan. It is one of the four structures of the Chambal Valley Project: Gandhi Sagar Dam upstream in Madhya Pradesh, then Rana Pratap Sagar, Jawahar Sagar and the Kota Barrage in Rajasthan.
Read the full explanation →Shillong is the capital of ________.
Shillong is the capital of Meghalaya, the hill state whose name means abode of the clouds. Meghalaya was carved out of Assam and became a full state on 21 January 1972, the same day as Manipur and Tripura.
Read the full explanation →Which of the following statements is INCORRECT about soil formation?
Altitude and slope, which together make up relief, decide how much soil collects at a place, not how fast humus forms.
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