Static GK Quiz for Upcoming Exams Set 259

Static GK Questions for IBPS RRB, IBPS PO/Clerk, RBI Assistant, NIACL, OICL, NABARD, Bank of Baroda and other competitive exams.

1. The Harangi Dam is built in which state?
   A) Himachal Pradesh
   B) Madhya Pradesh
   C) Haryana
   D) Jharkhand
   E) Karnataka
   
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     Option E
   Some Extra: The Harangi dam is built across river Cauvery and located eight km from Kushalanagar in Karnataka. Behind the dam is a vast reservoir. On the banks of the reservoir stands a temple of Basavanna.
2. The Keenan Stadium is located in which of the following state?
   A) Jharkhand
   B) Madhya Pradesh
   C) Bihar
   D) Haryana
   E) Rajasthan
   
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     Option A
   Some Extra: Keenan Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium and an International Cricket Stadium in Jamshedpur, Jharkhand. It is currently used mostly for cricket and football matches. 
3. Kanger Ghati National Park is located in____________
   A) Gujarat
   B) Madhya Pradesh
   C) Chhattisgarh
   D) West Bengal
   E) Assam
   
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     Option C 
4. Buddha Nullah Canal is located in which state?
   A) Madhya Pradesh
   B) Bihar
   C) Rajasthan
   D) Punjab
   E) Maharashtra
   
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     Option D 
5. Libreville is the capital of which country?
   A) Eritrea
   B) Gabon
   C) Kosovo
   D) Malawi
   E) Moldova
   
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     Option B
   Some Extra: Currency-CFA franc
6. Nal Sarovar Lake is situated in which state?
   A) Gujarat
   B) Rajasthan
   C) Himachal Pradesh
   D) Jammu & Kashmir
   E) Assam
   
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     Option A
7. The headquarter of Consumers International is located at_____________
   A) Paris
   B) Vienna
   C) London
   D) New York
   E) Rome
   
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     Option C
   Some Extra: Consumers International is the membership organisation for consumer groups around the world. Founded on 1 April 1960, it has over 250 member organisations in 120 countries.
8. Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station is currently the biggest thermal power plant in India. It is located in which state?
   A) Jharkhand
   B) Haryana
   C) Bihar
   D) Madhya Pradesh
   E) Uttarakhand
   
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     Option D
   Some Extra: Vindhyachal Thermal Power Station in the Singrauli district of Madhya Pradesh, with an installed capacity of 4,760MW, is currently the biggest thermal power plant in India. It is a coal-based power plant owned and operated by NTPC.
9. Who is the Chairman of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)?
   A) Prakash Mishra
   B) Ram Sewak Sharma
   C)  Sudhir Kumar Gupta
   D) Sanjeev Bansal
   E) Suresh Chandra Panda
   
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     Option B 
10. The 2018 NATO Summit will be held in which country?
    A) Bucharest, Romania
    B) Lisbon, Portugal
    C) Chicago, United States
    D) Warsaw, Poland
    E) Brussels, Belgium
    
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      Option E 
11. One Life Is Not Enough is an autobiography by________
    A) I K Gujral
    B) A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
    C) K. Natwar Singh
    D) L. K. Advani
    E) Khushwant Singh
    
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      Option C
    Some Extra: One Life Is Not Enough is an autobiography by K. Natwar Singh, former Minister of External Affairs and senior Indian National Congress politician.
12. The International Shooting Sports Federation (ISSF)
    A) Munich, Germany
    B) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
    C) Dubai, UAE
    D) Zurich, Switzerland
    E) Dublin, Ireland
    
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      Option A
    Some Extra:

    The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) is the governing body of the Olympic Shooting events in Rifle, Pistol and Shotgun disciplines, and of several non-Olympic Shooting sport events.

    Headquarters: Munich, Germany

    President: Olegario Vázquez Raña

    Founded: 1907
13. Rourkela is counted amongst the beautiful cities of Orissa. The city is located along the bank of which river?
    A) Mahanadi
    B) Brahmani
    C) Subarnarekha
    D) Godavari
    E) Nagavali
    
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      Option B 
14. Lezim is a widely performed tribal dance form of which state?
    A) West Bengal
    B) Nagaland
    C) Haryana
    D) Maharashtra
    E) Assam
    
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      Option D 
15. The Environmental Performance Index is published by_______
    A) World Bank Group
    B) UNDP
    C) World Economic Forum
    D) Transparency International (TI)
    E) Economist Intelligence Unit
    
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      Option C

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