General Awareness practice

Static GK Questions with Answers

Static GK questions in SSC CGL, CHSL, MTS, RRB NTPC/Group D and bank mains papers cover facts that do not change from year to year: national symbols, important days, awards, books and authors, and international organisations. They are quick scoring questions if you have revised the lists. Tip: revise by category, such as symbols, days or awards, so that each list is memorised once and not re-learned.

Key facts

National animal: tiger; national bird: peacock; national flower: lotus; national fruit: mango; national tree: banyan; national aquatic animal: Ganges river dolphin
The national flag was designed by Pingali Venkayya; it has saffron, white and green bands with the 24-spoke Ashoka Chakra in navy blue
The national anthem Jana Gana Mana was written by Rabindranath Tagore; the national song Vande Mataram was written by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
The national motto Satyameva Jayate is taken from the Mundaka Upanishad
Tagore won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for Gitanjali; C. V. Raman won the Physics Nobel in 1930; Mother Teresa won the Peace Nobel in 1979
The Bharat Ratna was instituted in 1954; C. Rajagopalachari, S. Radhakrishnan and C. V. Raman were among the first recipients
Important days: National Youth Day on 12 January, Republic Day on 26 January, National Science Day on 28 February, World Environment Day on 5 June, Teachers' Day on 5 September, Children's Day on 14 November, Constitution Day on 26 November
The United Nations was founded on 24 October 1945 with its headquarters in New York; the WHO is headquartered in Geneva
The IMF and World Bank are headquartered in Washington, D.C.; UNESCO is headquartered in Paris
Books and authors: The Discovery of India by Jawaharlal Nehru, Wings of Fire by A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, Anandmath by Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay, Godan by Premchand
Arthashastra was written by Kautilya

Worked examples

Q1. Who designed the Indian national flag? (A) Pingali Venkayya (B) Rabindranath Tagore (C) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay (D) Lala Lajpat Rai

Tagore wrote the national anthem and Bankim the national song.
Pingali Venkayya is credited with designing the flag.

Answer: (A) Pingali Venkayya

Q2. The motto 'Satyameva Jayate' is taken from which text? (A) Rigveda (B) Bhagavad Gita (C) Mundaka Upanishad (D) Arthashastra

The Arthashastra is a work on statecraft, not a source of the motto.
The motto comes from the Mundaka Upanishad.

Answer: (C) Mundaka Upanishad

Q3. National Youth Day is celebrated on: (A) 12 January (B) 26 January (C) 28 February (D) 5 September

26 January is Republic Day, 28 February is National Science Day and 5 September is Teachers' Day.
12 January is the birth anniversary of Swami Vivekananda.

Answer: (A) 12 January

Shortcuts that save time

Learn days by month, in order, so that a date question can be answered by listing what falls in that month and ruling out the rest.
Pair a headquarters with its organisation as a set of five (UN, WHO, IMF, World Bank, UNESCO). Wrong options usually swap two of them.
Skip questions where you can narrow only to two options by pure feel; Static GK has plenty of certain questions, so protect your score.

Where this appears

SSC CGL Tier-1	General Awareness section
SSC CHSL Tier-1	General Awareness section
SSC MTS	General Awareness section
RRB NTPC CBT-1	General Awareness section
RRB Group D CBT	General Awareness section
Bank PO/Clerk Mains (IBPS, SBI)	General Knowledge & Current Affairs section

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