Static GK Test: June 30, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

Rakesh Sharma became the first citizen of India to go into space when he flew aboard the Soviet rocket Soyuz T-11 blasted off from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakh Soviet Socialist Republic on 2 April 1984.

Sikkim has become India’s first fully organic state by implementing organic practices on around 75,000 hectares of agricultural land.

M.S. Swaminathan is an Indian geneticist and international administrator, renowned for his leading role in India's Green Revolution a program under which high-yield varieties of wheat and rice seedlings were planted in the fields of poor farmers.

The World Population Day is observed across the world on July 11 to attention on the urgency and importance of population issue.

Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project, is a run-of-the-river power project on the Chenab River in the state of Jammu and Kashmir. Recently, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has launched the 450 MW Baglihar Hydro Electric Project stage-II. Stage-I of the project of similar installed capacity was commissioned in 2008.

The UNESCO world heritage site Elephanta Island will soon get completely electrified by Independence Day 2016. The island is famous for its Hindu cave sculptures depicting the cult of Shiva. It is located in Mumbai Harbour, east of Mumbai, Maharashtra.

Periyar National Park is a protected area in the districts of Idukki, Kottayam and Pathanamthitta in Kerala, India.
Note:-It is notable as an elephant reserve and a tiger reserve.

Budapestis the capital and Forint is the currency of Hungary.
Note:- Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Its capital, Budapest, is bisected by the Danube River.

Hirakud Dam is built across the Mahanadi River, about 15 kilometres from Sambalpur in the state of Odisha in India. Behind the dam extends a lake, Hirakud Reservoir, 55 km long. It is one of the first major multipurpose river valley projects started after India's independence.

• The Sankosh is one of the major north bank tributaries of the Brahmaputra river.
• Sankosh river forms the boundary between Assam and West Bengal.
• It originates from the snow-clad greater Himalayan ranges of Tibet.
• In Bhutan, the river is known as Mo-chu and in the plain of Assam beyond Srirampur is known as Gangadhar.
• It crosses a distance of 214 km in Bhutan and 107 km in India.
• The river Sankosh is formed by the confluence of two major tributaries. The Pochu from the east and Panakh or Mo-chu on the west.