Static GK Test: May 19, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

• Ezer Weizman was the first president of Israel to visit India in 1997.
• In 2003, Ariel Sharon was the first Israeli Prime Minister to visit India.
• In 2000, L.K Advani became the first Indian minister to visit the state of Israel.
• Pranab Mukherjee became the first President of India to visit Israel from October 13 to 15, 2015.

• The National Education day is celebrated on 11 November.
• The day is celebrated in the honour of birthday of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad, the first Education Minister of India.
• On 11 September 2008, the Ministry of Human Resource Development (HRD) announced to celebrate this day every year.

• Dadabhai Naoroji authored the book ‘Poverty and Un-British Rule in India’.
• His book Poverty and Un-British Rule in India brought attention to the draining of India's wealth into Britain.
• In this book, he explained the Drain of wealth theory.
• Dadabhai Naoroji was known as the "Grand Old Man of India".

• Swami Vivekananda Airport is formerly known as Raipur Airport.
• It is the primary airport serving the state of Chhattisgarh.
• It is the 28^th busiest airport in India by passenger traffic and 29^th busiest by aircraft movement.
• On 24 January 2012, the airport was renamed after Swami Vivekananda.

Birhor, Bondo, Didayi, Dongria-Khond, Juangs, Kharias, Kutia Kondh etc Tribes belongs to Odisha.

• All the above given tribes are recognised as Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups.
• Odisha is the highest contributor of PVTGS with 13 tribal groups. These 13 Tribal groups are- Birhor, Bondo, Didayi, Dongria-Khond, Juangs, Kharias, Kutia Kondh, Lanjia Sauras, Lodhas, Mankidias, Paudi Bhuyans, Soura, Chuktia Bhunjia.

• “Long walk to Freedom” is the autobiography of South African President Nelson Mandela.
• It was first published in 1994 by Little Brown & Co.
• The book profiles his early life, coming of age, education and 27 years in prison.

• Florence Nightingale was called the ‘Lady with a lamp’.
• She gained the nickname 'the Lady with the Lamp' during her work at Scutari.
• She is famous for her nursing work during the Crimean War.
• Sarojini Naidu is known as The Nightingale of India.

• UNITAR stands for United Nations Institute for Training and Research.
• It is a dedicated training arm of the United Nations system.
• It was Established in 1963 and Its Headquarters is in Geneva.

• Damayanti Joshi is a famous Kathak Dancer.
• She was the only dancer from Bombay to perform at UNCTAD II.
• She received the Padma Shri in 1970.
• Pandit Birju Maharaj is the world famous Kathak dancer.

• The first scientist to be awarded two Nobel Prizes Marie Curie.
• Marie Curie got the first Nobel Prize for physics in 1903.
• She got the second Nobel prize for chemistry in 1911.