Static Awareness Questions || 08 – 02 – 2019

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Dear Aspirants,
Welcome to Mentor for Bank Exams. Here we are providing the Most Important  Static Awareness Quiz with reference to the previous memory based questions 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. NTPC Dadri or National Capital Power Station (NCPS) owned and operated by NTPC is located in
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) West Bengal
c) Uttar Pradesh
d) Haryana
e) None of these
Answer: C)
Explanation:
NTPC Dadri or National Capital Power Station (NCPS) owned and operated by NTPC is located in the Gautam Budh Nagar district of Uttar Pradesh, about 48km from the Indian capital New Delhi.

2. The Nokrek National Park (NNS) is located in
a) Assam
b) Odisha
c) Madhya Pradesh
d) Uttarakhand
e) Meghalaya
Answer: E)
Explanation:
The Nokrek National Park (NNS) is located in West Garo Hills district of Meghalaya

3. Priyadharshini Suresh is related with which sport?
a) Cricket
b) Badminton
c) Hockey
d) Athletics
e) Chess
Answer: D)
Explanation:
Priyadharshini Suresh is related with Athletics.

4. Where is the headquarter of DBS Bank?
a) Singapore
b) Canada
c) Switzerland
d) Japan
e) South Africa
Answer: A)
Explanation:
DBS Banks is a multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Marina Bay, Singapore. The company was known as The Development Bank of Singapore Limited. The bank was set up by the Government of Singapore in July 1968 to take over the industrial financing activities from the Economic Development Board.

5. Ottawa is the Capital of which of the following country?
a) Netherlands
b) Australia
c) Austria
d) Canada
e) Ireland
Answer: D)
Explanation:
Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada.


6. Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a book titled ‘My Journey from Marxism-Leninism to Nehruvian Socialism’. Name the author of this book _____________.
a) Jagdish Bhagwati
b) C H Hanumantha Rao
c) Amartya Sen
d) Arvind Subramanian
e) Bimal Jalan
Answer: B)
Explanation:
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh released a book titled ‘My Journey from Marxism-Leninism to Nehruvian Socialism’ by former Planning Commission and Finance Commission member C H Hanumantha Rao.

7. The famous Bisket Jatra festival 2018 held in which country?
a) Bhutan
b) Japan
c) Nepal
d) Sri Lanka
e) India
Answer: C)
Explanation:
In Nepal the famous Bisket Jatra celebrated in Bhaktapur and other parts of Kathmandu valley. The nine day annual festival marks beginning of Nepali new year.

8. The Tilaiya Dam is a concrete gravity dam build across the Barakar River at Tilaiya in which state?
a) Uttar Pradesh
b) Meghalaya
c) Assam
d) Jharkhand
e) West Bengal
Answer: D)
Explanation:
The Tilaiya Dam is a concrete gravity dam build across the Barakar River at Tilaiya in Koderma district of Jharkhand.

9. The under-construction Lakhwar Dam on Yamuna River situated in which state?
a) Madhya Pradesh
b) Odisha
c) Gujarat
d) Uttarakhand
e) None of these
Answer: D)
Explanation:
Lakhwar-Vyasi Dam project on Yamuna River, includes under-construction Lakhwar Dam and Power Station, Vyasi Dam, Hathiari Power Station and Katapathar Barrage, near the Lakhwar town in Kalsi block of Dehradun district of Uttarakhand in India, for the purpose of irrigation of 40,000 hectare land and total 927 MW hydroelectric power generation.

10. Who is the President of Egypt ?
a) Sherif Ismail
b) Nubar Pasha
c) Ahmed Sisi
d) Abdel Fattah al-Sisi
e) None of these
Answer: D)
Explanation:
Under the various iterations of the Constitution of Egypt, the president is also the Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces and head of the executive branch of the Egyptian government. The current president is Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, in office since 8 June 2014.