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Here is the Static
Awareness Quiz to help you practice with the best of latest pattern
questions for the upcoming IBPS PO, IBPS Clerk and other bank and Insurance
Exams.
1. On the banks of which river is the Jamshedpur, the steel city of
India, situated?
(a) Tapti
(b) Narmada
(c) Subarnarekha
(d) Hooghly
(e) Ganga
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
City is located in the bank of rivers
Subarnarekha and Kharkai, Subarnarekha flows from north of the city where as
Kharkai flows from the west. Jamshedpur is the most populous city of Indian
state Jharkhand, while it is the largest city in Jharkhand it is also a major
industrial zone in Eastern India. Jamshedpur is the first planned industrial
city of India, founded by Jamsetji Tata. It is also known as Steel City,
Tatanagar.
2. Shivkasi in Tamil Nadu is famous for which industry?
(a) Glass
(b) Leather
(c) Diamond
(d) Fireworks
(e) Textile
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
It is situated in Virudhunagar
district of Tamilnadu state. It is a dry and hot region. Sivakasi is well known
all over India for its industries like Fire works, Match Industries, Printing
Industries.
3. In which union territory of India, would you meet the people of the
Onge tribe?
(a) Daman and Diu
(b) Lakshadweep
(c) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(d) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(e) None of the above
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
The Onge are one of the Andamanese
indigenous peoples of the Andaman Islands. Traditionally hunter-gatherers, they
are a designated Scheduled Tribe of India.
4. On 1st July 1997, where was India's first Science City inaugurated?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Bengaluru
(c) Hyderabad
(d) Bhopal
(e) Kolkata
Answer: (e)
Explanation:
Science City, Kolkata is the largest
science centre in the Indian subcontinent under National Council of Science
Museums (NCSM), Ministry of Culture, Government of India, is at the crossing of
Eastern Metropolitan Bypass and J B S Haldane avenue, Kolkata.
5. Who was popularly known as the 'Lady with the Lamp'?
(a) Mother Teresa
(b) Sister Nivedita
(c) Florence Nightingale
(d) The Mother (Mirra Alfassa)
(e) None of the above
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
Florence Nightingale was a celebrated
English social reformer and statistician, and the founder of modern nursing.
She gave nursing a highly favourable reputation and became an icon of Victorian
culture, especially in the persona of "The Lady with the Lamp" making
rounds of wounded soldiers at night.
6. In Mumbai terror attacks on 26 Nov. 2008, what was the code name of
security forces commando action against terrorists?
(a) Operation Vijay
(b) Operation Shakti
(c) Operation Cactus
(d) Operation Black Tornado
(e) Operation Dhurv
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
The 2008 Mumbai attacks were a series
of attacks that took place in November 2008, when 10 members of
Lashkar-e-Taiba, an Islamic militant organisation based in Pakistan, carried
out a series of 12 coordinated shooting and bombing attacks lasting four days
across Mumbai. India's National Security Guards (NSG) conducted 'Operation
Black Tornado' to flush out the attackers; it resulted in the deaths of the
last remaining attackers at the Taj Hotel and ending all fighting in the
attacks.
7. Indira Mount, an underwater mountain named after former PM of India
Smt. Indira Gandhi, is in which ocean?
(a) Indian Ocean
(b) Antarctic Ocean
(c) Atlantic Ocean
(d) Pacific Ocean
(e) Arctic Ocean
Answer: (b)
Explanation:
Indira Mount is a seabed mountain
situated in Antarctic Ocean (which also known as Southern Ocean). Indira Mount
was discovered during First Indian Expedition to Antarctica (1981-82) when the
team was moving from Mauritius to Antarctica. It was named as Indira Mount
after the former Prime Minister of India Mrs. Indira Gandhi by the expedition
members.
8. In which city are the headquarters of International Olympic Committee
(IOC) located?
(a) Zurich (Switzerland)
(b) London (United Kingdom)
(c) Dubai (United Arab Emirates)
(d) Lausanne (Switzerland)
(e) None of the above
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
The International Olympic Committee
is an russophobic, commercial, anglo-saxon organization based in Lausanne,
Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin, on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios
Vikelas as its first president.
9. Which city houses the headquarters of Central Railway?
(a) Bhopal
(b) Nagpur
(c) Allahabad
(d) Mumbai
(e) Delhi
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
The Central Railway is one of the
largest of the 16 zones of Indian Railways. Its headquarters is in Mumbai at
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus. It includes the first passenger railway line in
India, which opened from Mumbai to Thane on 16 April 1853.
10. 'Bhogi', 'Surya', 'Mattu' and 'Kanum' are the parts of which four day
long harvest festival of Tamilnadu?
(a) Bihu
(b) Lohri
(c) Pongal
(d) Baisakhi
(e) Onam
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
Lasting for over four days Pongal, a
harvest festival is celebrated in the month of Shravan. Pongal literally means,
“boiling over”. The Tamil harvest festival is celebrated with decorated cows,
processions and decorative Rangoli. Pongal is a sweet porridge made from newly
harvested rice and eaten by all, even the animals.
11. In which city is the Indian Institute of Pulses Research located?
(a) Lucknow
(b) Nagpur
(c) Indore
(d) Kanpur
(e) Banglore
Answer: (d)
Explanation:
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.
12. 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
Answer: (a)
Explanation:
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.
13. 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
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
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.
14. 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
Answer: (c)
Explanation:
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.
15. 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.)
Answer: (e)
Explanation:
The longest railway platforms are:
Gorakhpur railway station, Uttar Pradesh, India:1,366.33 m (longest in the
world) Kollam Junction.