Important Static Awareness Questions for all bank exams

Q1. Where is the permanent secretariat of the SAARC?
(a) Kathmandu
(b) Islamabad
(c) New Delhi
(d) Colombo
(e) None of the above

Q2. Which is the India's largest and the oldest museum?
(a) Allahabad Museum
(b) National Museum, New Delhi
(c) Indian Museum, Kolkata
(d) Salar Jung Museum, Hyderabad
(e) None of the above

Q3. Which is post-harvest folk dance in Assam?
(a) Ankia Nat
(b) Bihu
(c) Raut Nacha
(d) Namgen
(e) Bardo Chham

Q4. Which is India's largest library with a collection of over 190 million volumes of reading and information material?
(a) National Book Trust
(b) National Reading and Education centre
(c) National Educational Resource Centre
(d) National Library
(e) None of the above

Q5. Zawar (Rajasthan) is famous for..?
(a) Iron
(b) Ship manufacturing
(c) Coal
(d) Salt
(e) Zinc mines

Q6. Where was the headquarters of European Union located?
(a) Brussels
(b) Paris
(c) London
(d) Rome
(e) None of the above

Q7. Which are the main crops of Arunachal Pradesh?
(a) Rice, maize, millet, wheat, mustard
(b) Rice, tobacco, oilseeds, jute, cotton
(c) Tea, jute, rice, cotton, silk
(d) All of the above
(e) None of the above

Q8. Which is the state with largest urban population?
(a) West Bengal
(b) Goa
(c) Kerala
(d) Maharashtra
(e) Uttar Pradesh

Q9. Where is the sports stadium, Green Park, located?
(a) Jamshedpur
(b) Cuttack
(c) Kanpur
(d) Patiala
(e) Mumbai

Q10. Which is the place of worship for Judaism?
(a) church
(b) Synagogue
(c) Monastery
(d) First temple
(e) None of the above

Q11. Ajanta Caves are located in the State of 
(a) Punjab
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Madhya Pradesh
(e) Maharashtra

Q12. The oldest mountains in India are 
(a) Himalayas
(b) Aravalis
(c) Satpura
(d) Vindhyas
(e) None of the above

Q13. Tha crop which is sown with the commencement of Monsoon is 
(a) Kharif Crop
(b) Rabi Crop
(c) Cash Crop
(d) Industrial crop
(e) None of the above

Q14. Where is the famous Virupaksha temple located? 
(a) Srikalahasti
(b) Bhadrachalam
(c) Chidambaram
(d) Hampi
(e) None of the above

Q15. Name the State where density of population is the lowest 
(a) Mizoram
(b) Sikkim
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Goa
(e) Meghalaya

Solutions

S1. Ans(a)

Sol. South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation Secretariat is based in Kathmandu, Nepal. It coordinates and monitors implementation of activities, prepares for and services meetings, and serves as a channel of communication between the Association and its Member States as well as other regional organisations.

S2. Ans(c)

Sol. Indian Museum in Kolkata is the largest museum in India. It is the ninth oldest regular museum of the world and oldest institution of its kind in Asia Pacific region. Indian Museum is a multipurpose and multi disciplinary institution of national importance. The museum was established at the Asiatic Society, the earliest learned body in the country on 2nd February 1814. Dr. Nathaniel Wallich, a Danish botanist, was the founder curator of the museum.

S3. Ans(b)

Sol. Although the origins of Bihu dance are unknown, the first official record of it is said to be when the Ahom king Rudra Singha invited Bihu dancers to perform at the Rang Ghar fields for the Rongali Bihu. The Bihu is a group dance in which males and females dance together, but maintain separate gender roles. In general, females follow stricter line or circle formations. The male dancers and musicians enter the dancing area first, maintain their lines and follow synchronized patterns.

S4. Ans(d)

Sol.  The National Library on the Belvedere Estate in Alipore, Kolkata,is the largest library in India by volume and India's library of public record. It is the largest in India with a collection in excess of 2.2 million books.

S5. Ans(e)

Sol. Zawar is a settlement located in Udaipur District, Rajasthan, India, approximately 40 km from the lake city Udaipur. It stretches some 10 kilometers along the banks of the Gomati River. It is close to Lake Jaisamand, Asia's largest artificial lake) it is one of the oldest zinc mines of the world. Zawar is a township created by mining company Hindustan Zinc Limited, for extraction of zinc and lead.

S6. Ans(a)

Sol. The European Union (EU) is a politico-economic union of 28 member states that are located primarily in Europe.  The EU has developed an internal single market through a standardised system of laws that apply in all member states. EU policies aim to ensure the free movement of people, goods, services, and capital within the internal market. Brussels in Belgium is considered the capital of the European Union, having a long history of hosting the institutions of the European Union within its European Quarter. 

S7. Ans(a)

Sol. Among the crops grown in A.P are rice, maize, millet, wheat, pulses, sugarcane, ginger, and oilseeds. Arunachal is also ideal for horticulture and fruit orchards.

S8. Ans(d)

Sol. According to Census of India, urban population in Maharashtra would be 8.13 crore, while in UP it would cross 6.75 crore. The other states that make up the top five states are Tamil Nadu (5.37 crore), Gujarat (3.67 crore) and West Bengal (3.53 crore). Lakshadweep will have the least number of urban population at around 24,000.

S9. Ans(c)

Sol. Green Park Stadium is a 33,000 capacity floodlit multi-purpose stadium located in Kanpur, India, and the home of the Uttar Pradesh cricket team. The stadium is under the control of the Sports Department Uttar Pradesh. It is the only international cricket stadium in Uttar Pradesh that has hosted many international cricket matches of both Test and One Day format.

S10. Ans(b)

Sol. The synagogue is the Jewish place of worship, but is also used as a place to study, and often as a community centre as well. Orthodox Jews often use the Yiddish word shul (pronounced shool) to refer to their synagogue. In the USA, synagogues are often called temples.

S11. Ans(e)

Sol. The Ajanta Caves in Aurangabad district of Maharashtra state of India are about 30 rock-cut Buddhist cave monuments which date from the 2nd century BCE to about 480 or 650 CE.

S12. Ans(b)

Sol. The Aravalli range are the oldest fold mountains in India. The northern end of the range continues as isolated hills and rocky ridges into Haryana state, ending in Delhi.

S13. Ans(a)

Sol. Kharif crops are usually sown with the beginning of the first rains in July, during the south-west monsoon season.

S14. Ans(d)

Sol. Virupaksha Temple is located in Hampi 350 km from Bangalore, in the state of Karnataka in southern India. It is part of the Group of Monuments at Hampi, designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

S15. Ans(c)

Sol. While the National Capital Region area of Delhi possesses the highest of the population density 2011 among the states of India having a statistics of 11,297 per square kilometre, the state of Arunachal Pradesh has the lowest record of population density having just 17 per square kilometre.

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