Static Awareness Quiz

Q1. Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research, established in 1971, is located at?

(a) Indore

(b) Kolkata

(c) Trombay, Maharashtra

(d) Kalpakkam, Chennai

(e) Gujrat
Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) is one of India's premier nuclear research centres. It is the second largest establishment of the Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), next to Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), located at Kalpakkam, 80 km south of Chennai, India.

summit which year did Sir Edmund Hillary reach the summit of Mount Everest?

(a) 1952

(b) 1953

(c) 1954

(d) 1955

(e) 1956

Edmund Percival Hillary, born in Auckland New Zealand in the year 1919, was the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest together with Sherpa Tenzing Norgay on May 29, 1953. A man with a heart !! Died on the 11 January 2008, a sad loss to New Zealand.

Q3. India's first fast breeder neutron reactor was..?

(a) Zerlina

(b) Apsara

(c) Purnima-I

(d) Kamini

(e) None of the above

KAMINI (Kalpakkam Mini reactor) is a research reactor at Indira Gandhi Center for Atomic Research in Kalpakkam, India. It achieved criticality on October 29, 1996. It is the world’s only thorium-based experimental reactor, as of 2006. KAMINI was the first reactor in the world designed specifically to use uranium-233 fuel.

Q4. Human Rights Day is on......

(a) 10 December

(b) 24 February

(c) 15 May

(d) 21 July

(e) 19 January 

The date was chosen to honour the United Nations General Assembly's adoption and proclamation, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the first global enunciation of human rights and one of the first major achievements of the new United Nations.

Q5. India became a member of the United Nations in........

(a) 1963

(b) 1960

(c) 1951

(d) 1959

(e) 1945

Technically, India was a founding member in October 1945, despite it being a British colony. India, Canada, South Africa, New Zealand and Australia were all British colonies but were given independent seats in the United Nations General Assembly. 

Q6. India has....

(a) largest turmeric production

(b) largest ginger production

(c) largest tea production

(d) All of the above

(e) Only (a) and (b)

Dry ginger is produced mainly in Kerala, a major share of which is exported. World production for ginger in 2009 was 1,618,627 metric tonnes. India is the largest producer, consumer and exporter of turmeric in the world. Indian turmeric is considered to be the best in the world market because of its high curcumin content. India accounts for about 80 per cent of world turmeric production and 60 per cent of world exports.

Q7. India's first indigenously built submarine was?

(a) INS Shalki

(b) INS Delhi

(c) INS Vibhuti

(d) INS Savitri

(e) None of the above

INS Shalki (S46) is a Shishumar-class diesel-electric submarine of the Indian Navy.[2] The submarine was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was launched in 1987 by the late Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.  Arihant, India's first indigenously built nuclear submarine.

Q8. India played its first cricket Test Match in.....

(a) 1918

(b) 1928

(c) 1932

(d) 1948

(e) 1954

An Indian cricket team toured England in the 1932 season under the title of the "All-India" team. This was the second tour of England by an Indian team, following the first in 1911. One Test match was played at Lord's Cricket Ground. This was the first Test match ever played by India. England won by 158 runs after scoring 259 and 275-8 declared while India was bowled out for 189 and 187.

Q9. How many Lok Sabha seats does Goa have?

(a) 2

(b) 3

(c) 4

(d) 5

(e) 10

Goa is a state in southwest India, bounded by Maharashtra to the north and Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its western coast. It is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Goa is one of India's richest states with a GDP per capita two and a half times that of the country.

Q10. How much districts are there in Tamil Nadu?

(a) 24

(b) 26

(c) 28

(d) 30

(e) 32

The state of Tamil Nadu, in southern India is divided into 32 districts. Villupuram is the largest district by area whereas Chennai is the smallest but also the most populated and densely populated.

Q11. In which year during World War I, USA declared war on Germany, Britain defeated Turkey and captured Baghdad and Jerusalem?

(a) 1917

(b) 1918

(c) 1919

(d) 1920

(e) 1914

On April 6, 1917, the United States Congress declared war upon the German Empire; on April 2, President Woodrow Wilson had asked a special joint session of Congress for this declaration.

Q12. Who is the present Chief Minister of Assam?

(a) Sarbananda Sonowal

(b) Dr. Mukul Sangma

(c) Laxmikant Parsekar

(d) T R Zeliang

(e) None of the above

Sarbananda Sonowal (born 31 October 1961) is an Indian politician who has been Chief Minister of Assam since 2016. Previously he served as Union Minister for Sports & Youth Affairs and Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Skill Development in the Narendra Modi Government

Q13. In which of the following state Rihand Dam situated ?

(a) Madhya Pradesh

(b) Gujrat

(c) Uttar Pradesh

(d) Karnataka

(e) Bihar

The Rihand dam has been built across Rihand River a tributary of Sone river, near Pipri in the Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh. The concrete gravity dam has its maximum height that is 91m.  The reservoir made by Rihand dam is known as Govind Ballabh Pant (GBP) reservoir.

Q14. In UNO, the new members are admitted to the General Assembly on the recommendation of ____ and ____ the members of the General Assembly should vote in favour.

(a) Security Council; one-third

(b) Security Council; two-thirds

(c) International Court of Justice; two-thirds

(d) International Court of Justice; one-third

(e) None of the above

If the Security Council recommends the applicant State for membership, the General Assembly shall consider whether the applicant is a peace-loving State and is able and willing to carry out the obligations contained in the Charter and shall decide, by a two-thirds majority of the members present and voting, upon its application for membership.

Q15. How much districts are there in Meghalaya?

(a) 12

(b) 7

(c) 11

(d) 8

(e) 10

Meghalaya is a state in the north-east India. The name means "the abode of clouds" in Sanskrit and other Indo-Iranian languages. As of 2011, the state has a population of 2,964,007 and is the 23rd most populous in the country. Meghalaya covers an area of approximately 300 kilometres in length and about 100 kilometres in breadth. This state is bounded to the north by Assam and by Bangladesh to the south. The capital is Shillong, known as the "Scotland of the East".