Important Static Awareness Questions for all bank exams

Q1. The Central Rice Research Station is situated in...?

(a) Chennai
(b) Bangalore
(c) Cuttack
(d) Quilon
(e) None of the above

Q2. Mount Everest is located in?
(a) India
(b) Nepal
(c) Tibet
(d) China
(e) None of the above

Q3. The first chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission was ?
(a) Dr.H.J.Bhabha
(b) Dr.C.V.Raman
(c) Dr.A.P.J.Abdul Kalam
(d) Dr.Vickram Sarabhai
(e) Dr. Sekhar Basu

Q4. The largest river in India is ?
(a) Yamuna
(b) Bramaputra
(c) Kaveri
(d) Ganga
(e) None of the above

Q5. Sharavati projects is in ?
(a) Orissa
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala
(d) Karnataka
(e) None of the above

Q6. Country that was called as Land of Rising Sun ?
(a) Russia
(b) Japan
(c) Korea
(d) Holland
(e) None of the above

Q7. The currency notes are printed in ...?
(a) New Delhi
(b) Nasik
(c) Nagpur
(d) Bombay
(e) Pune

Q8. The head quarters of world trade organisation is in ...?
(a) Montreal
(b) Seatle
(c) Geneva
(d) The hague
(e) None of the above

Q9. In which state is Jog falls located.......?
(a) Maharastra
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Tamil nadu
(d) Kerala
(e) Karnataka

Q10. The first English Newspaper in India was started by.....?
(a) Dadabhai Noroji
(b) JA Hickey
(c) Lord William Bentinck
(d) Rabindranath Tagore
(e) None of the above

Q11. The Lok Sabha is also known as....?
(a) Council of states
(b) Parliament
(c) The House of the People
(d) The Upper House
(e) None of the above

Q12. Who among the first lady Governor of an Indian state? 
(a) Mrs Sarojini Naidu
(b) Miss Padmaja Naidu
(c) Mrs Sucheta Kripalani
(d) Mrs Tarakeshwari Sinha
(e) None of the above

Q13. The first Indian to swim across English Channel was.....?
(a) P.K Banerji
(b) Arati Saha
(c) Mihir Sen
(d) V.Merchant
(e) None of the above

Q14. Chandigarh was designed by.....? 
(a) Le Corbousier
(b) Edward Lutyens
(c) Christopher
(d) Michelongo
(e) None of the above

Q15. The highest waterfall of the world is ...? 
(a) Jog Falls
(b) Angel
(c) Ribbon
(d) Gavarine
(e) Tugela Falls

Solutions

S1. Ans(c)

Sol. The National Rice Research Institute is situated near Bidyadharpur village on the Cuttack-Paradip Road, Odisha, India. It is one of the premier national research institutes under the Indian Council of Agricultural Research.

S2. Ans(b)

Sol. Mount Everest, also known in Nepal as Sagarmatha and in Tibet as Chomolungma, is Earth's highest mountain. Its peak is 8,848 metres (29,029 ft) above sea level. Mount Everest is located in the Mahalangur mountain range in Nepal.

S3. Ans(a)

Sol. Homi Jehangir Bhabha was an Indian nuclear physicist, founding director, and professor of physics at the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research. Colloquially known as father of the Indian nuclear programme. Present chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission is Dr. Sekhar Basu.

S4. Ans(d)

Sol. Ganga is the longest river of India. The total length of the Ganga river from its source to its mouth (measured along the Hughli) is 2525 km of which 1450 km is in the Uttar Pradesh, 445 km in Bihar and 520 km in West Bengal. The remaining 110 km stretch of the Ganga forms the boundary between Uttar Pradesh and Bihar.

S5. Ans(d)

Sol. Sharavati is a river which originates and flows entirely within the state of Karnataka in India. It is one of the few westward flowing rivers of India and a major part of the river basin lies in the Western Ghats. The famous Jog Falls are formed by this river.

S6. Ans(b)

Sol. Japan is called the "land of the rising sun" because from China it appears that the sun rises from the direction of Japan. The Japanese people call their country "Nippon" or "Nihon," which literally translated means "source of the sun."

S7. Ans(b)

Sol. The Rupee, or more specifically the Indian rupee (symbol: ?; ISO code: INR) is the official currency of the Republic of India. The issuance of the currency is controlled by the Reserve Bank of India. Currency notes are printed at the Currency Note Press in Nashik, the Bank Note Press in Dewas

S8. Ans(c)

Sol. Geneva is a city in Switzerland that lies at the southern tip of expansive Lac Léman (Lake Geneva). Surrounded by the Alps and Jura mountains, the city has views of dramatic Mont Blanc. Headquarters of Europe’s United Nations and the Red Cross, it’s a global hub for diplomacy and banking.

S9. Ans(e)

Sol. Located on the border of Shimoga and Uttara Kannada districts of Karnataka, Jog waterfalls is the highest waterfall In the state and is regularly mistaken as the highest waterfalls of India. Also known as Gerosappa Falls or the Joga Falls, these falls are one of the most important attractions in all of South India.

S10. Ans(b)

Sol. Hickey's Bengal Gazette was an English newspaper published from Kolkata (then Calcutta), India. It was the first major newspaper in India, started in 1780. It was published for two years. Founded by James Augustus Hicky, a highly eccentric Irishman who had previously spent two years in Jail for debt.

S11. Ans(c)

Sol. The Lok Sabha (House of the People) is the lower house of India's Bicameral-Parliament, with the higher house being the Rajya Sabha. Members of the Lok Sabha are elected by adult universal suffrage and a first-past-the-post system to represent their respective constituencies, and they hold their seats for five years or until the body is dissolved by the President on the advice of the council of ministers.

S12. Ans(a)

Sol. Sarojini Naidu was the first Indian woman to become the president of the Indian National Congress and the first woman to become governor of Uttar Pradesh. She began writing at the age of 13.

S13. Ans(c)

Sol. Mihir Sen, who inspired Arati Saha to swim across the English Channel was a record-breaking Indian swimmer. He became the first Asian man to swim across the English Channel when he swam from Dover to Calais in a time of 14 hours and 45 minutes on 27th September 1958.

S14. Ans(a)

Sol. Chandigarh, the dream city of India's first Prime Minister, Sh. Jawahar Lal Nehru, was planned by the famous French architect Le Corbusier. Picturesquely located at the foothills of Shivaliks, it is known as one of the best experiments in urban planning and modern architecture in the twentieth century in India.

S15. Ans(b)

Sol. World's Highest Waterfall. Angel Falls (Salto Ángel) in Venezuela is the highest waterfall in the world. The falls are 3230 feet in height, with an uninterrupted drop of 2647 feet. Angel Falls is located on a tributary of the Rio Caroni.

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