Static GK Test: July 1, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

The International Day of Families is observed on the 15th of May every year to provide an opportunity to promote awareness of issues relating to families and to increase the knowledge of the social, economic and demographic processes affecting families In 1993, the General Assembly of United Nations decided that 15 May of every year should be observed as The International Day of Families.

Bulgaria is a country in South-Eastern Europe. The capital of Bulgaria is Sofia.

• Stockholm is the capital and Krona is the currency of Sweden.
• Sweden is a Scandinavian nation with thousands of coastal islands and inland lakes, along with vast boreal forests and glaciated mountains.

The Great Victoria Desert is an interim Australian bioregion, is a sparsely populated desert area in Western Australia and South Australia. The Great Victoria Desert is the largest desert in Australia. It consists of sand dunes, small sandhills, grassland plains, areas with closely packed pebbles (called desert pavement or gibber plains) and salt lakes.

Recently, the 600-MW Kakatiya thermal power plant Stage-II has been commissioned at Bhoopalapally in Warangal, Telangana. This is the first major power plant to be commissioned after the formation of the new State of Telangana in June 2014.

Kaziranga National Park is a national park in the Golaghat and Nagaon districts of the state of Assam, India.
Note:- Kaziranga is home to the highest density of tigers among protected areas in the world, and was declared a Tiger Reserve in 2006.

Kolleru Lake is one of the largest freshwater lakes in India located in state of Andhra Pradesh 15 kilometers away from the city of Eluru.
Note:-Kolleru is located between Krishna and Godavari deltas.

Tarapur Atomic Power Station (T.A.P.S.) is located in Tarapur, Maharashtra, India.
Note:- It was initially constructed with two boiling water reactor (BWR) units of 210 MWe each initially by Bechtel and GE under the 1963 123 Agreement between India, the United States, and the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).

Shoolpaneshwar Wildlife Sanctuary is located in the Narmada district of Gujarat.

Sandi Bird Sanctuary is a bird sanctuary in Hardoi district of Uttar Pradesh, India.