Expected Static GK Questions
Expected Static GK Questions
17). Which of the following Country-Capital-   23). Which is the largest river island in India?
Currency are miss matched?                         a) Subansiri
    a) Latvia-Riga-Lats                            b) Majuli
    b) Kosovo-Pristina-Euro                        c) Bhramaputra
    c) Morocco-Rabat-Dirham                        d) Bhavani Dwepam
    d) Qatar-Doha-Peso                             e) None of these
    e) Somalia-Mogadishu-Somali shilling       Answer: b)
Answer: d)
                                               24). The book “One Part Woman” has
18). World Health Organisation is located at   been authored by whom?
Geneva, Switzerland. Who is the President?         a) Nanda Devi
    a) Mukhisa Kituyi                              b) Perumal Murugan
    b) Margaret Chan                               c) Arundhati Roy
    c) Klaus Schwab                                d) Gautam Bhatia
    d) Peter Maurer                                e) None of these
    e) Irina Bokova                            Answer: b)
Answer: b)
25). The Dampa Tiger Reserve is located in        31). What is the capital of “Kyrgyzstan”?
which state of India?                                 a) Tashkent
    a) Mizoram                                        b) Dushanbe
    b) Nagaland                                       c) Beirut
    c) Tripura                                        d) Bishkek
    d) Arunachal Pradesh                              e) Banjul
    e) Karnataka                                  Answer: d)
Answer: a)
                                                  32). “Kolkata” is located on the bank of the
26). The “Silent Valley National Park” is         ____________ River.
situated in the state of __________                   a) Hooghly
    a) Karnataka                                      b) Teesta
    b) Kerala                                         c) Damodar
    c) Tamil Nadu                                     d) Mahananda
    d) Andhra Pradesh                                 e) Subamarekha
    e) Telangana                                  Answer: a)
Answer: b)
                                                  33). Who is the president of “Sri Lanka”
27). The “National Maritime Day” is observed in   at present?
India on __________                                   a) Mahindra Rajapaksa
    a) 5th April                                      b) Chandrika Kumaratunga
    b) 17th April                                     c) Maitripala Sirisena
    c) 18th April                                     d) Ranasinghe Premadasa
    d) 22nd April                                     e) William Goppalawa
    e) 23rd April                                 Answer: c)
Answer: a)
                                                  34). “International Development Association”
28). The “Gorumara National Park” is located in   (IDA) is an international financial institution. It
the Indian State of __________                    is headquartered in __________
    a) Arunachal Pradesh                              a) New York
    b) Himachal Pradesh                               b) Washington D.C.
    c) West Bengal                                    c) London
    d) Goa                                            d) Paris
    e) Sikkim                                         e) Geneva
Answer: c)                                        Answer: b)
29). “Madrid” is the capital of __________        35). The “Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium”
    a) Denmark                                    (Fateh Maidan) is a cricket stadium located in
    b) Netherlands                                __________
    c) Spain                                          a) Bengaluru, Karnataka
    d) Austria                                        b) Chennai, Tamil Nadu
    e) Finland                                        c) Hyderabad, Telangana
Answer: c)                                            d) Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
                                                      e) Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
30). “Tarapur Atomic Power Station” located in    Answer: c)
which State?
    a) Gujarat                                    36). “Okhla Bird Santuary” located in
    b) Uttar Pradesh                              which among the following Indian state?
    c) Haryana                                        a) Uttar Pradesh
    d) Karnataka                                      b) Maharashtra
    e) Maharashtra                                    c) Rajasthan
Answer: e)                                            d) West Bengal
                                                      e) Kerala
Answer: a)                                             c) Tamil Nadu
                                                       d) West Bengal
37). “The Employees’ Provident Fund                    e) None of the above
Organization” [EPFO] is a statutory body of         Answer: d)
Government of India under the Ministry of
Labour & Employment. It is headquartered at          43). River Yamuna is located in which state?
__________                                             a) Uttar Pradesh
    a) Mumbai                                          b) Orissa
    b) Kolkata                                         c) Uttaranchal
    c) New Delhi                                       d) Madhya Pradesh
    d) Chennai                                         e) None of the above
    e) Lucknow                                      Answer: a)
Answer: c)
                                                    44). River Musi is in which city?
38). “Kalinga Prize” associated with which of the       a) Patna
following fields?                                       b) Bengaluru
    a) Science                                          c) Hyderabad
    b) Literature                                       d) Vishakhapatnam
    c) Sports                                           e) Vijayawada
    d) Journalism                                   Answer: c)
    e) Music
Answer: a)                                          45). Headquarters of United Nations
                                                    Development Programme (UNDP) is located at
39). “World Pneumonia Day” annually observed            a) Geneva
on __________                                           b) Washington
    a) September 12th                                   c) London
    b) November 12th                                    d) New York
    c) August 12th                                      e) Paris
    d) July 12th                                    Answer: d)
    e) December 12th
Answer: b)                                          46). Headquarters of International Atomic Energy
                                                    Agency is located at
40). What is the currency of “Italy”?                   a) Vienna
    a) Pound                                            b) Montreal
    b) Krone                                            c) Rome
    c) Euro                                             d) The Hague
    d) Franc                                            e) None of the above
    e) Riel                                         Answer: a)
Answer: c)
                                                    47). Bandhavgarh National Park is located in
41). Kanchendzonga is the highest peak in India         a) Rajasthan
located at                                              b) Madhya Pradesh
    a) Jammu and Kashmir                                c) West Bengal
    b) Sikkim                                           d) Assam
    c) Himachal Pradesh                                 e) Orissa
    d) Uttarakhand                                  Answer: b)
    e) None of the above
Answer: b)                                          48). Indian Wild Ass Sanctuary is located in
                                                    which state?
42). Sandakphu is the highest peak of                   a) Tamil Nadu
_________, India.                                       b) Andhra Pradesh
    a) Manipur                                          c) Gujarat
    b) Kerala                                           d) Karnataka
   e) Arunachal Pradesh
Answer: c)                                          50). Name the bird sanctuary located at
                                                    Nellore, Andhra Pradesh?
49). Sultanpur Bird Sanctuary is located in which       a) Karnala Bird Sanctuary
city?                                                   b) Atapaka Bird Sanctuary
    a) Kochi                                            c) Pulicat Lake Bird Sanctuary
    b) Shimoga                                          d) Najafgarh Drain Bird Sanctuary
    c) Coochbehar                                       e) Nelapattu Bird Sanctuary
    d) Gurgaon                                      Answer: e)
    e) Jamnagar
Answer: d)
1). World’s longest bridge is ________?                  8). Hirakud Dam is located in which of the
a) Danyang – Kunshan Grand Bridge                        following state?
b) Lake Pontchartrain Causeway                           a) Odisha
c) Sultan Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah Bridge                b) Gujarat
d) Vasco da Gama Bridge                                  c) Maharashtra
e) Penang Bridge                                         d) Rajasthan
Answer: a)                                               e) None of these
2). Balpharam National Park is located in which of the   Answer: a)
following states?                                        9). The Bihu dance is a folk dance of which of
a) Bihar                                                 the following state?
c) Manipur                                               a) Assam
c) Jharkhand                                             b) Meghalaya
d) Odisha                                                c) Tripura
e) Meghalaya                                             d) West Bengal
Answer: e)                                               e) None of these
3). The Nagarjuna Sagar Dam is in which state?           Answer: a)
a) Andhra Pradesh                                        10). Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose International
b) Karnataka                                             Airport is located in
c) Telangana                                             a) Kolkata
d) Maharashtra                                           b) New Delhi
e) Kerala                                                c) Chennai
Answer: a)                                               d) Patna
4). Currency of Vietnam is _________                     e) None of these
a) Peso                                                  Answer: a)
b) Kwacha                                                11). Lokesh Rahul is associated with which sports?
c) Dong                                                  a) Badminton
d) Shekel                                                b) Cricket
e) None of these                                         c) Boxing
Answer: c)                                               d) Wrestling
5). Capital of Mizoram                                   e) None of these
a) Itanagar                                              Answer: b)
b) Shillong                                              12). The Keibul Lamjao National Park is located
c) Agartala                                              in which state of India?
d) Aizawl                                                a) Tripura
e) None of these                                         b) Nagaland
Answer: d)                                               c) Manipur
6). Mina is the tribe of _________.                      d) Assam
a) Arunachal Pradesh                                     e) None of these
b) Andhra Pradesh                                        Answer: c)
c) Himachal Pradesh                                      13). The Aadi Perukku festival is celebrated in
d) Uttar Pradesh                                         which among the following states?
e) None of these                                         a) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: e)                                               b) Kerala
7). Grampani Sanctuary is located at ________?           c) Telangana
a) Diphu, Assam                                          d) Tamil Nadu
b) Gangtok, Sikkim                                       e) None of these
c) Dehradun, Uttarakhand                                 Answer: d)
d) Junagarh, Gujarat                                     14). The Farm festival of Hareli is celebrated in
e) None of these                                         which state of India?
Answer: a)                                               a) Punjab
                                                         b) Haryana
c) Chhattisgarh                                        c) Warsaw
d) Jharkhand                                           d) Helsinki
e) None of these                                       e) Stockholm
Answer: c)                                             Answer: e)
15). The National Handloom Day is celebrated on        22). “Veer Savarkar International Airport” located in
which day in India?                                    __________
a) August 6                                            a) Andaman & Nicobar Islands
b) August 7                                            b) Pondicherry
c) August 5                                            c) Daman & Diu
d) August 8                                            d) Dadra & Nagar Haveli
e) August 9                                            e) Lakshadweep
Answer: b)                                             Answer: a)
16). “Where India Banks” is which bank’s               23). The 5 “BRICS” countries represent over
tagline_____________                                   __________ % of the world population.
a) Allahabad Bank                                      a) 36%
b) Andhra Bank                                         b) 42%
c) Bank of Maharashtra                                 c) 48%
d) Bank of Baroda                                      d) 38%
e) None of these                                       e) 44%
Answer: b)                                             Answer: b)
17). Pulitzer prize is given in which field_________   24). Who is the author of the “Making
a) Journalism                                          India Awesome”?
b) Mathematics                                         a) Anita Nair
c) Architecture                                        b) Ashwin Sanghi
d) Science                                             c) Shobha De
e) None of these                                       d) Chetan Bhagat
Answer: a)                                             e) Amish Tripati
18). Which of the following is the folk dance          Answer: d)
of Odissa and Andhra Pradesh?                          25). “International Maritime Organization” [IMO]
a) Changu                                              headquartered in __________
b) Karagam                                             a) New York
c) Dumhal                                              b) Vienna
d) Lavani                                              c) Rome
e) None of these                                       d) London
Answer: a)                                             e) Brussels
19). World Economic Outlook is published               Answer: d)
by__________                                           26). 18th edition of “Asian Games” [2018] will be
a) International Monetary Fund (IMF)                   hosted by __________
b) World Bank                                          a) China
c) Institute for Economic and Peace                    b) Japan
d) World economic forum                                c) Indonesia
e) None of these                                       d) Malaysia
Answer: a)                                             e) Turkey
20). Currency of United Arab Emirates is               Answer: c)
a) Dinar                                               27). The Commonwealth Heads of Government
b) Dirham                                              Meeting [CHOGM] headquartered in ____________
c) Riyal                                               a) London
d) Taka                                                b) Ottawa
e) None of these                                       c) Canberra
Answer: b)                                             d) Wellington
21). What is the capital of “Sweden”?                  e) Kuala Lumpur
a) Amsterdam                                           Answer: a)
b) Oslo
28). Who is the Cabinet Minister of “Electronics &   d) Manila
Information Technology”?                             e) Hanoi
a) JagatPrakashNadda                                 Answer: a)
b) Kalraj Mishra                                     35). What is the currency of “Algeria”?
c) D V SadanandaGowda                                a) Dinar
d) Ravi Shankar Prasad                               b) Shekel
e) Harsh Vardhan                                     c) Shilling
Answer: d)                                           d) Lira
29). “Carolina Martin” (Spain) is associated with    e) Pound
which of the following?                              Answer: a)
a) Badminton                                         36). “National Sports Day” is celebrated on the
b) Tennis                                            August ___________
c) Chess                                             a) 27th
d) Shooting                                          b) 25th
e) Archery                                           c) 29th
Answer: a)                                           d) 26th
30). Who is the “Cabinet Minister of Personnel,      e) 30th
Public Grievances & Pensions, Department of Atomic   Answer: c)
Energy and Department of Space”?                     37). What is the capital of “Malaysia”?
a) Arun Jaitley                                      a) Kuala Lumpur
b) Venkaiah Naidu                                    b) Manila
c) Nitin Gadkari                                     c) Lima
d) Narendra Modi                                     d) Suva
e) Menaka Gandhi                                     e) Sana
Answer: d)                                           Answer: a)
31). “Swami and Friends” book authored by            38). __________ is India’s largest state by Area.
___________                                          a) Rajasthan
a) V S Naipaul                                       b) Tamil Nadu
b) R K Narayan                                       c) Maharashtra
c) Salman Rushdie                                    d) Madhya Pradesh
d) Amit Chaudari                                     e) Uttar Pradesh
e) V.V. Giri                                         Answer: a)
Answer: b)                                           39). Who is the “Cabinet Minister of Home Affairs”?
32). “National Handloom Day” is observed on          a) Rajnath Singh
__________                                           b) Manohar Parikkar
a) August 7th                                        c) Narendra Modi
b) August 3rd                                        d) Suresh Prabhu
c) August 17th                                       e) Nitin Gadkari
d) August 12th                                       Answer: a)
e) August 5th                                        40). BRICS Summit – 2016 will be hosted by
Answer: a)                                           __________
33). Which country will host “2022 Winter            a) Durban
Olympics”?                                           b) Brasilia
a) China                                             c) Ufa
b) Turkey                                            d) Panaji
c) Kazakhstan                                        e) Shanghai
d) Japan                                             Answer: d)
e) South Korea                                       41). “National Journalism Day” is observed on
Answer: a)                                           __________
34). What is the capital of “South Korea”?           a) 17th August
a) Seoul                                             b) 17th September
b) Pyongyang                                         c) 17th December
c) Phnom Penh                                        d) 17th November
e) 17th October                                   c) Sweden
Answer: d)                                        d) Portugal
42). CENSUS 2011 was ________ CENSUS after        e) Finland
Independence.                                     Answer: d)
a) 6th                                            47). What is the currency of “Saudi Arabia”?
b) 8th                                            a) Riyal
c) 7th                                            b) Dinar
d) 9th                                            c) Riel
e) 5th                                            d) Lira
Answer: c)                                        e) Shilling
43). Who is current Cabinet minister for Road     Answer: a)
Transport, Highways & Shipping?                   48). Bank formed by BRICS countries is known as
a) Radha Mohan Singh                              ___________
b) Nitin Gadkari                                  a) New Capital Bank
c) D V Sadananda Gowda                            b) New Investment Bank
d) Narendra Singh Tomar                           c) New Development Bank
e) Kalraj Mishra                                  d) New Progressive Bank
Answer: b)                                        e) New Economic Bank
44). What is the currency of “Malaysia”?          Answer: c)
a) Baht                                           49). Who is the Prime Minister of United Kingdom at
b) Dollar                                         present?
c) Ringgit                                        a) Sir John Major
d) Euro                                           b) Tony Blair
e) Peso                                           c) Gordon Brown
Answer: c)                                        d) Theresa May
45). As per CENSUS 2011, which of the following   e) David Cameron
District has highest literacy rate?               Answer: d)
a) Kottayam                                       50). “Shivasamudram Hydro Power Project”
b) Aizawl                                         is situated in which state?
c) Serchhipp                                      a) Karnataka
d) Mahe                                           b) Tamil Nadu
e) Ernakulum                                      c) Andhra Pradesh
Answer: c)                                        d) Telangana
46). “Lisbon” is a capital of __________          e) Kerala
a) Netherlands                                    Answer: a)
b) Ireland