Static Awareness Quiz

Q1. Who is the governor of Chhattisgarh? 

(a) Dr. Najma A. Heptulla

(b) Balramji Dass Tandon

(c) Om Prakash Kohli

(d) N. N. Vohra

(e) Vajubhai Vala
Balram Das Tandon is an Indian politician and the present Governor of Chhattisgarh. In his adult hood for some years he was a pracharak of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), and a leader of Bharatiya Janata Party from Punjab.

Q2. Who is current Road Transport and Highways Shipping Minister in Narendra Modi government? 

(a) Manohar Parrikar

(b) Kalraj Mishra

(c) Jagat Prakash Nadda

(d) Nitin Jairam Gadkari

(e) Anant Geete

Nitin Jayram Gadkari is an Indian politician and the current Minister for Road Transport and Highways and Shipping. Gadkari earlier served as the President of the Bharatiya Janata Party from 2010-2013. He is also known for the works during his tenure as a Public Works Department Minister in the state of Maharashtra when he constructed a series of roads, highways and flyovers across the state including the Yashwantrao Chavan Mumbai–Pune Expressway.

Q3. Capital of Argentina is? 

(a) Nassau

(b) Bridgetown

(c) Yerevan

(d) Buenos Aires

(e) Manama

Argentina is a massive South American nation with terrain encompassing Andes mountains, glacial lakes and Pampas grassland, the traditional grazing ground of its famed beef cattle. The country is famous for tango dance and music. Buenos Aires is Argentina’s big, cosmopolitan capital city. Its center is the Plaza de Mayo, lined with stately 19th-century buildings including Casa Rosada, the iconic, balconied presidential palace. Currency is peso.

Q4. Sasan Gir National Park is situated in which of the following Indian state? 

(a) Assam

(b) Madhya Pradesh

(c) West Bengal

(d) Gujarat

(e) Rajasthan

Sasan Gir National Park is one of the most popular national parks in Gujarat for its thriving population of the Asiatic Lion. The rare species of animals found here are Asiatic Lions, Leopards, Sloth Bears, Jungle Cats, Spectacled Cobra and several rare species of birds are also found here.

Q5. World Tourism Day is observed on which of the following date? 

(a) September 16

(b) April 27

(c) September 27

(d) October 3

(e) February 30

Since 1980, the United Nations World Tourism Organization has celebrated World Tourism Day on September 27. This date was chosen as on that day in 1970, the Statutes of the UNWTO were adopted. The adoption of these Statutes is considered a milestone in global tourism.

Q6. Which city is served by Raja Bhoj Airport? 

(a) Indore

(b) Kozhikode

(c) Bhopal

(d) Dehradun

(e) Kochi

Raja Bhoj Airport is the primary airport serving Bhopal in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. It is located in Gandhi Nagar area which lies 15 km north-west of Bhopal city center on National Highway 12.It is the second busiest airport in Madhya Pradesh after Devi Ahilya Bai Holkar Airport in Indore.

Q7. Which city is also known as Leather City of the World?

(a) Kanpur

(b) Ranchi

(c) Lucknow

(d) Ludhiana

(e) surat

The Indian city of Kanpur, right next to the Ganga carries the nickname “Leather City of the World”, because it’s the center of India’s leather production. 5000 people in approximately 400 tanneries working at starvation wages with the highly toxic Chrome-IV, which is used for process of leather tanning.
     

Q8. Name of the parliament of Japan is......

(a) Diet

(b) Congress

(c) Eduskusta 

(d) Seimas

(e) Majlis 

Diet, also called Imperial Diet, Japanese Kokkai (“National Assembly”), or Teikoku Gikai (“Imperial Assembly”), the national legislature of Japan. The National Diet is Japan's bicameral legislature. It is composed of a lower house called the House of Representatives, and an upper house, called the House of Councillors. Both houses of the Diet are directly elected under parallel voting systems.

Q9. Kadana dam is in which of the following state? 

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Gujarat

(c) Bihar

(d) Karnataka

(e) Andhra Pradesh

Kadana Dam is an earthen and masonry dam on the Mahi River in Mahisagar district of Gujarat, India. The dam was constructed between 1979 and 1989. The dam supports a pumped-storage hydroelectric power-station.

Q10. Kaiga Nuclear Power Plant is in which of the following Indian state ? 

(a) Odisha

(b) Rajasthan

(c) Tamil Nadu

(d) Gujarat

(e) Karnataka

Kaiga Generating Station is a nuclear power generating station situated at Kaiga, near the river Kali, in Uttar Kannada district of Karnataka, India. The plant has been in operation since March 2000 and is operated by the Nuclear Power Corporation of India.

Q11. What is the Currency of Saudi Arabia? 

(a) Marka

(b) Riyal

(c) Leone

(d) Koruna

(e) Tala

Saudi Arabia is a desert country encompassing most of the Arabian Peninsula, with Red Sea and Persian (Arabian) Gulf coastlines, Known as the birthplace of Islam. The Saudi riyal is the currency of Saudi Arabia. It is subdivided into 100 halalas. The Saudi qirsh is 5 halalas.

Q12. Kanha National Park is situated in which of the following Indian state? 

(a) Maharashtra

(b) Rajasthan

(c) West Bengal

(d) Madhya Pradesh

(e) Gujarat
Spread across a massive 940 sq kilometers, Kanha National Park is the largest national park in Madhya Pradesh. The park is characterized by grassy meadows and open bamboo forests. The rare animal species found in the park are Tigers, Leopards, Wild dogs, Jackals and Sloth bear etc.

Q13. Ghoomar is the folk dance of which of the following state?

(a) Uttar Pradesh

(b) Haryana

(c) West Bengal

(d) Rajasthan

(e) Gujarat

The traditional folk dance from the royal Rajasthan,performed by women’s of the Bhil tribes along with other Rajasthani communities. Ghoomar in among the list of world’s top 10 most amazing local dances from India.

Q14. Ujani Dam is in which of the following state? 

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Andhra Pradesh

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Maharashtra

(e) Gujarat

Ujjani Dam, also known as Bhima Dam or Bhima Irrigation Project, on the Bhima River, a tributary of the Krishna River, is an earthfill cum Masonry gravity dam located near Ujjani village of Madha Taluk in Solapur district of the state of Maharashtra in India.

Q15. Sardar Patel Stadium is in which of the following city? 

(a) Raipur

(b) Kochi

(c) Jaipur

(d) Motera

(e) Kolkata

The premier Cricket stadiums of India is located in the Motera locality of Ahmedabad,Gujarat. Sardar Patel Stadium is also known as Motera Stadium, comes under the West Zone cricket and owned by Gujarat Cricket Association. The day-and-night games venue is equipped with good floodlights and has an official capacity of 54,000 spectators