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Top 50 Static GK Questions for Railway www.gradeup.co 1 www.gradeup.co 1. Which state will celebrate ‘Chapchar Ans. B Kut’, the biggest and most important Sol. festival of the state, on March 6, 2020? * The 23rd National Youth Festival 2020 A. Arunachal Pradesh started from 12-16 January at Lucknow, B. Nagaland C. Manipur Uttar Pradesh. D. Mizoram E. Meghalaya * This festival is celebrated on the birth Ans. D anniversary of Swami Vivekananda. The Sol. NYF 2020 is organized by the Ministry of • The Mizoram government and Youth Affairs and Sports and State organizing committee under the Government of Uttar Pradesh. chairmanship of Chief Minister * The theme of the 23rd National Youth Zoramthanga decided to celebrate Festival 2020 is “FIT YOUTH FIT INDIA”. Chapchar Kut, the biggest and most The theme is in line with Prime Minister important festival of the Mizos, on March Narendra Modi’s vision for New India to 6, 2020. be a fit India and Ek Bharat Shrestha • While March 5 will be celebrated as pre- Bharat. The event aims to promote the festival, which would be graced by Art knowledge and ideas of the Youth. and Culture Minister R Lalzirliana as "Kut Pa" or the "father of the festival". 4. 31st International Kite Festival 2020 • Theme: "Promotion of Mizos' culture inaugurated in which state of India? and moral code" A. Maharashtra B. Bihar C. Gujarat D. Uttar Pradesh 2. The 5th edition of Science Film Festival E. Rajasthan of India (SCI-FFI 2020) has begun in Ans. C which city of India? Sol. A. Panaji, Goa • The 31st International Kite Festival was B. New Delhi, Delhi inaugurated by Gujarat governor Acharya C. Bhubaneswar, Odisha Devvrat and CM Vijay Rupani at D. Kolkata, West Bengal Sabarmati Riverfront in Ahmedabad. E. Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh Ans. A 5. Who was the head of the International Sol. Jury of the International Film Festivals of • The 5th edition of Science Film India? Festival of India (SCI-FFI 2020) has A. Robin Campillo B. John Bailey begun in Goa’s capital city Panaji. C. Zhang Yang D. Lynne Ramsay • The four-day festival was inaugurated E. Ramesh Sippy by the CM of Goa, Pramod Sawant. Ans. B • Films that have been selected to be Sol. screened at the event are ‘Mission ● Mr. John Bailey, Cinematographer and Mangal’, Antariskaham 9000 KMPH’, Ex. President of the Academy of Motion ‘Everest’, ‘Aamorie’, ‘Terminator: Dark Pictures Arts and Sciences will chair the Fate’, ‘Geostorm’ and ‘Virus’. International Jury of 50th International • A special workshop titled ‘Million Film Festival of India (IFFI). SoUL’ will also be conducted by IIT ● French filmmaker Mr. Robin Campillo Bombay on training about making solar who was also a member of the Cannes lamps. International Jury 2019, renowned Chinese filmmaker Mr. Zhang Yang and 3. 23rd National Youth Festival 2020 is Ms. Lynne Ramsay, who is one of the being celebrated in which city of India leading lights of young British cinema will from 12th to 16th January 2020? be the co-jurors. A. New Delhi B. Lucknow ● Eminent Filmmaker, Mr. Ramesh Sippy C. Kolkata D. Ahmedabad is the Indian member in the International E. Pune Jury. 2 www.gradeup.co 6. Bangkok is the capital of which • These 40 days are when the chances of country? snowfall are the highest and the A. Vietnam B. Thailand maximum temperature drops C. Malaysia D. Singapore considerably. E. Indonesia Ans. B 10. Which among the following temples Sol. believed to be the first among the twelve ● Bangkok, Thailand’s capital, is a large jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva? city known for ornate shrines and vibrant A. Mallikarjuna Swam street life. The boat-filled Chao Phraya B. Mahakaleshwar C. Omkareshwar River feeds its network of canals, flowing D. Somnath E. Kedarnath past the Rattanakosin royal district, home Ans. D to opulent Grand Palace and its sacred Sol. Wat Phra Kaew Temple. • The Somnath temple located in PrabhasPatan near Veraval in Saurashtra 7. What is the Capital and Currency of on the western coast of Gujarat. Portugal? • It is believed to be the first among the A. Madrid And Euro twelve jyotirlinga shrines of Shiva. B. Athens And Euro • It is an important pilgrimage and tourist C. Sicily And Peso spot of Gujarat. D. Lisbon And Euro • Reconstructed several times in the past E. Bucharest And Leu after repeated destruction by several Ans. D Muslim invaders and rulers and Sol. Portuguese, the present temple was • Capital of Portugal is Lisbon and reconstructed in Chaulukya style of Hindu Currency is Euro. temple architecture and completed in • Prime Minister of Portugal Antonio Costa May 1951. arrived. 11. Which among the following is the 8. What is the Capital and Currency of largest temple of Bhubaneswar? Ethiopia? A. Lingaraja temple B. Nageshwar A. Cairo And Pound C. Kashi Vishwanath D. Trimbakeshwar B. Addis Ababa And Birr E. Grishneshwar C. Asmara And Nakfa Ans. A D. Gitega And Franc Sol. E. Kigali And Franc • Lingaraja Temple is a Hindu temple Ans. B dedicated to Shiva and is one of the Sol. oldest temples in Bhubaneswar, the * The capital of Ethiopia is Addis Ababa capital of the East Indian state of Odisha. and currency is Ethiopian birr. • The temple is the most prominent landmark of Bhubaneswar city and one of 9. What is Chillai-Kalan? the major tourist attractions of the state. A. A Buddhist festival in Leh monastery • The Lingaraja temple is the largest B. Folk Dance of Tamil Nadu temple in Bhubaneswar. C. Local Dialect of Manipur • The central tower of the temple is 180 D. Folk Song of Kerala ft (55 m) tall. E. 40-day harshest winter period in • The temple represents the quintessence Kashmir of the Kalinga architecture and Ans. E culminating the medieval stages of the Sol. architectural tradition at Bhubaneswar. • The 40-day harshest winter period in Kashmir (known as 'Chillai-Kalan') 12. Kamakhya Temple situated in which has begun with the upper reaches of the hill of Guwahati city in Assam? valley receiving snowfall. A. Nilachal Hill B. Khasi hills 3 www.gradeup.co C. Jaintia hills D. Garo hills • It is located in the state of Gujarat, E. Lushai hills India. It is the world's tallest statue with Ans. A a height of 182 metres (597 ft). Sol. • It is located on a river island facing the • The Kamakhya Temple is also known as Sardar Sarovar Dam on river Narmada in Kamrup-Kamakhya temple is a Hindu Kevadiya colony, 100 kilometres (62 mi) temple dedicated to the mother goddess southeast of the city of Vadodara. Kamakhya. • It was designed by Indian sculptor Ram • It is one of the oldest of the 51 Shakti V. Sutar and was inaugurated by Indian Pithas. Prime Minister Narendra Modi on 31 • Situated on the Nilachal Hill in western October 2018, the 143rd anniversary of part of Guwahati city in Assam, India. Patel's birth. • It is the main temple in a complex of individual temples dedicated to the ten 15.Which among the following brackish Mahavidyas of Saktism : Kali, Tara, water lagoon is the second largest lagoon Sodashi, Bhuvaneshwari, Bhairavi, after Chilika Lake in India? Chhinnamasta, Dhumavati, Bagalamukhi, A. Pangong Tso Matangi and Kamalatmika. B. Pulicat Lake C. Kerala Backwaters 13. In which city Mahakaleshwar D. Sambhar Salt Lake Jyotirlinga temple is located? E. Kutch Salt Marsh A. Delhi B. Ahmadabad Ans. B C. Allahabad D. Ujjain Sol. E. Nagpur Pulicat Lake is the second largest brackish Ans. D water lagoon in India, after Chilika Lake. Sol. It covers islands Irrukam, Venadu and • Mahakaleshwar Jyotirlinga is a Hindu several smaller ones. It is located in the temple dedicated to Lord Shiva and one Coromandel Coast in the southeastern of the twelve Jyotirlingams, shrines which coast region of the Indian subcontinent. are said to be the most sacred abodes of Lord Shiva. 16. Fateh Sagar Lake is situated in which • It is located in the ancient city of Ujjain city? in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. A. Fatehpur B. Lucknow • The temple is situated on the side of the C. Kolkata D. Udaipur Rudra Sagar lake. E. Jaipur • The presiding deity, Lord Shiva in the Ans. D lingam form is believed to be Sol. Fateh Sagar Lake is situated in the Swayambhu, deriving currents of power city of Udaipur in the Indian state of (Shakti) from within itself as against the Rajasthan. It is an artificial lake named other images and lingams that are ritually after Maharana Fateh Singh of Udaipur established and invested with mantra- and Mewar, constructed north-west of shakti. Udaipur, to the north of Lake Pichola in the 1680s. 14. On which river bank Statue of Unity is It is one of the four lakes of the Udaipur built? city; the other three being: A. Kosi B. Narmada • the Lake Pichola (within the Udaipur C. Krishna D. Yamuna town), E. None of these • Udai Sagar Lake, 13 kilometres (8.1 mi) Ans. B to the east of Udaipur, and Dhebar Lake Sol. • The Statue of Unity is a colossal or Jaisamand Lake, 52 km (32 mi) south statue of Indian statesman and east of Udaipur. independence activist Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel (1875–1950) who was the first 17. Namdapha national park is situated in Home Minister of independent India. ______. 4 www.gradeup.co A. Meghalaya B. Manipur • On 6 December 2018, the central C. Sikkim government approved the project. D. Arunachal Pradesh E. Assam 20.Ujh multipurpose dam project is being Ans. D built on Ujh river which is tributary of: Sol. A. Tapti River B. Beas River Namdapha national park is situated in C.
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