Important Static Awareness Questions for all bank exams

Q1. With which state is the Phulkari embroidery associated? 
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) Uttar Pradesh
(e) Madhya Pradesh

Q2. What is the name of India's longest river bridge, built over the river Ganga at Patna? 
(a) Rabindra Setu
(b) Vidyasagar Setu
(c) Mahatma Gandhi Setu
(d) Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge
(e) None of the above

Q3. 'Tamasha' is the popular folk theatre of which state? 
(a) Punjab
(b) Gujarat
(c) Karnataka
(d) West Bengal
(e) Maharashtra

Q4. What is the boundary line demarcating India and China known as? 
(a) Curzon Line
(b) Durand Line
(c) McMahon Line
(d) RadCliffe Line
(e) None of the above

Q5. Which water body seprates the Africa from the Europe?
(a) Suez Canal
(b) Panama Canal
(c) Palk Strait
(d) Strait of Gibraltar
(e) None of the above

Q6. On the banks of which river is the city of Jammu, the winter capital of Jammu & Kashmir, situated? 
(a) Ravi
(c) Tawi
(c) Tapti
(d) Gomti
(e) Ganga

Q7. Which passenger train service connects Kolkata (India) with Dhaka (Bangladesh)? 
(a) Thar Express
(b) Samjhauta Express
(c) Dosti Express
(d) Himsagar Express
(e) Maitree Express

Q8. Which state is known as the 'Spice Garden of India'? 
(a) Kerala
(b) Karnataka
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
(e) Gujarat

Q9. Which Asian country is known as the 'Land of the White Elephants'?  
(a) Thailand
(b) Indonesia
(c) Malaysia
(d) Singapore
(e) Sri Lanka

Q10. Which city is served by the Veer Savarkar Airport?  
(a) Nasik
(b) Nagpur
(c) Mumbai
(d) Port Blair
(e) Dehradun

Q11. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Nagpur
(c) Indore
(d) Kanpur
(e) Banglore

Q12. In which state is the Kanchenjunga, the second highest mountain peak in India, located? 
(a) Sikkim
(b) Jammu & Kashmir
(c) Himachal Pradesh
(d) Uttarakhand
(e) Assam

Q13. In which pilgrimage city of India would you come across the world's longest corridor? 
(a) Dwarka
(b) Varanasi
(c) Rameshwaram
(d) Tirupati
(e) Mathura

Q14. To which ocean does Panama Canal connect the Pacific Ocean? 
(a) Arctic Ocean
(b) Antarctic Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean
(d) Indian Ocean
(e) None of the above

Q15. Which Indian city you would be in if you were standing on world's longest railway platform? 
(a) Jabalpur (M.P.)
(b) Kharagpur (W.Bengal)
(c) Mughalsarai (U.P.)
(d) Secunderabad (A.P.)
(e) Gorakhpur (U.P.)

Solutions

S1. Ans.(a)

Sol. Phulkari embroidery technique from the Punjab region literally means flower work, which was at one time used as the word for embroidery, but in time the word “Phulkari” became restricted to embroidered shawls and head scarfs.

S2. Ans.(c)

Sol. Mahatma Gandhi Setu. Mahatma Gandhi Setu (also called Gandhi Setu or Ganga Setu) is a bridge over the river Ganges connecting Patna in the south to Hajipur in the north of Bihar. Its length is 5,750 metres (18,860 ft) and it is the longest river bridge in India.

S3. Ans.(e)

Sol. Tamasha is a traditional form of Marathi theatre, often with singing and dancing, widely performed by local or travelling theatre groups within the state of Maharashtra, India. It has also been the subject of several Marathi films.

S4. Ans.(c)

Sol. The McMahon Line is a line agreed to by Britain and Tibet as part of the Simla Accord, a treaty signed in 1914. It is the effective boundary between China and India, although its legal status is disputed by the Chinese government.

S5. Ans.(d)

Sol. The Mediterranean Sea is the body of water that separates Europe, Africa and Asia. The Mediterranean Sea is connected to the Atlantic Ocean by a narrow passage called the Strait of Gibraltar. It is between the southern tip of Spain and northern Morroco.

S6. Ans.(b)

Sol. Jammu is the largest city in the Jammu Division and the winter capital of state of Jammu and Kashmir. It is situated on the banks of the Tawi River. It is administered by a municipal corporation.

S7. Ans.(e)

Sol. The Maitree Express or Moitree Express Dhaka-Kolkata Express is an International passenger train serving the railway connecting the Bangladeshi capital of Dhaka and the Indian state West Bengal's capital Kolkata.

S8. Ans.(a)

Sol. Kerala has been a major spice exporter since 3000 BCE, according to Sumerian records and it is still referred to as the "Garden of Spices" or as the "Spice Garden of India". Kerala's spices attracted ancient Babylonians, Assyrians and Egyptians to the Malabar Coast in the 3rd and 2nd millennia BCE.

S9. Ans.(a)

Sol. Thailand is called the "Land of White Elephants." The white elephant has meaning in the history of Buddha and represents fertility and knowledge. Today, the white elephant is a symbol of Thailand and symbolizes rule of justice and that there will be peace and prosperity in the country.

S10. Ans.(d)

Sol. Veer Savarkar International Airport also known as Port Blair Airport, is a customs airport located 2 km south of Port Blair and is the main airport of the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.

S11. Ans.(d)

Sol.  It was established in the year 1983 by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) to carry out basic strategic and applied research on major pulse crops. It is situated on Grand Trunk Road and is about twelve kilometer from Kanpur Central Railway Station towards New Delhi.

S12. Ans.(a)

Sol. The mountain Kangchenjunga is located at the border of India and Nepal in the great Himalayas range,Sikkim. Kangchenjunga section contains five peaks and the region has twelve more peaks over 7,000 m. The Nanda Devi is situated in the Garhwal Himalayas region in the state of Uttarakhand.

S13. Ans.(c)

Sol. Ramanathaswamy Temple is a famous Hindu temple dedicated to god Shiva located on the island of Rameswaram in the state of Tamil Nadu, India.The temple has the longest corridor among all temples in world.

S14. Ans.(c)

Sol. The Panama Canal is a man-made 48-mile (77 km) waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a key conduit for international maritime trade.

S15. Ans.(e)

Sol. The longest railway platforms are: Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India:1,366.33 m (longest in the world) Kollam Junction.

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