Static GK Test: April 21, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

• ‘Lessons Life Taught Me Unknowingly’ is an autobiography of Anupam Kher.
• It was published on 5 August 2019 by Penguin Random House.
• He is also author of the best-selling book ‘The Best Thing about You Is You!’.
• He was awarded Padma Sri in 2004 and Padma Bhushan in 2016.
• He also served as chairman of FTII from Oct 2017 to Oct 2018.

• Dadabhai Naroji was the president of the congress session held in Calcutta in 1906.
• The resolution of Swadeshi was adopted in the 1906 Calcutta session of the Indian National Congress.
• Sir Dadabhai Naoroji also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India".

• Taiwan is not as member of ASEAN.
• ASEAN stands for Association of Southeast Asian Nations and it was formed in 1967 under Bangkok Declaration.
• ASEAN has 10 member countries which are as follow-
• Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Philippines and Indonesia.
• Its secretariat is located at Jakarta, Indonesia and 8^th august is observed as ASEAN Day.
• India ASEAN relation include
  1) 10.6% India’s overall trade with ASEAN
  2) 11.28% of our total export goes to ASEAN
  3) ASEAN Indian Business council was established in 2003

• Patents are granted in the technological field to inventors for their innovation and inventions.
• Patents are generally granted for 20 years.
• When a person develops a new unique technology, then he can apply for Patent

• Zero degrees latitude is the line designating the Equator and divides the Earth into two equal hemispheres (north and south).
• The closest country to 0°, 0° is the African country of Ghana which lies about 614 km (382 mi) to the north of this confluence.
• The closest piece of land to 0°, 0° is a small islet offshore of Ghana, between Akwidaa and Dixcove at the latitude and longitude coordinates of 4°45′30″N, 1°58′33″W. The distance from this islet to 0°, 0° is about 570 km.

• The Panama Canal is an artificial 82 km waterway in Panama that connects the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific Ocean. The canal cuts across the Isthmus of Panama and is a conduit for maritime trade.
• The Panama Canal is a constructed waterway that connects the Atlantic and Pacific oceans across the Isthmus of Panama. It is owned and administered by Panama, and it is 40 miles long from shoreline to shoreline. Ships can cross going in either direction, and it takes about 10 hours to get from one side to the other.

Nelumbo Nucifera is scientific name of Indian Lotus flower. It is often called a water lily. It is able to grow in variable water conditions and in low light intensity. The genome of the sacred lotus was sequenced in May 2013. It is the national flower of India and Vietnam. Lotus is the normal pedestal for divine figures in Buddhist art and Hindu art, and often seen in Jain art.

Thwaites Glacier also known as Doomsday Glacier is located at Antarctic. Surface of this glacier exceeds 2 Kms every year near its grounding line. In 1967, Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names named this glacier after a glacial geologist, geomorphologist Fredrik T. Thwaites (1883–1961). This glacier has potential to raise sea levels.

The Countering America's Adversaries Through Sanctions Act, (CAATSA., is a United States federal law that imposed sanctions on Iran, North Korea, and Russia. The bill was passed by the Senate on 27 July 2017, 98–2, after it passed the House 419–3.

Release of water from Daudhan Dam reservoir during the non-monsoon period (November to May) will be 1,834 MCM to Madhya Pradesh.