Static GK Test: July 26, 2022 - Bank Exams MCQ

• The FIFA World Cup, 2022 scheduled to be held in Qatar.

• The championship has been held every four years since 1930 except in 1942 and 1946.

• France is the current Champion which won its 2^nd title.

• The latest tournament was held in Russia in 2018.

• The first tournament was held in 1930 in Uruguay.

• Brazil is the only teamto have played in every tournament and Brazil had won five times the world cup.

● Rajmohan’s Wife, published in 1864 by Bankimchandra Chattopadhyay, is generally regarded as the first Indian novel in English.

● Important books of Amitav Ghosh:- The Circle of Reason (1986), The Shadow Lines (1988), The Calcutta Chromosome (1995), The Hungry Tide (2004), Sea of Poppies (2008), River of Smoke (2011), Flood of Fire (2015), The Great Derangement: Climate Change and the Unthinkable (2016), etc.

● Sikandara tomb is the tomb of the Mughal emperor Akbar. This tomb is an important Mughal architectural masterpiece. It was built in 1605–1613 by his son Jahangir and is situated in 119 acres of grounds in Sikandra, Uttar Pradesh.

● Akbar was the third Mughal emperor, who reigned from 1556 to 1605. Akbar succeeded his father, Humayun, under a regent, Bairam Khan, who helped the young emperor expand and consolidate Mughal domains in India.

● Sattriya is a dance form.

● It is a classical dance of Assam.

● The dance form was introduced in the 15th century A.D.

● ‘Devanampiya’ and ‘Piyadassi’ were the titles adopted by King Ashoka.

● Ashoka was an Indian emperor of the Maurya Dynasty.

● Kanishka is also called ‘Second Ashoka’.

• The inaugural Saraswati Samman was given to Harivanshrai 'Bachchan' in 1991.

• It was given to him for his four-volume autobiography, Kya Bhooloon Kya Yaad Karoon, Needa Ka Nirman Phir, Basere Se Door and Dashdwar se Sopan Tak.

• The Saraswati Samman was instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation.

• It consists of ₹15,00,000, a citation and a plaque.

• In India, the National Consumer Day is observed every year on December 24.

• This day is observed to spread awareness to about consumer importance, their rights, and responsibilities.

• National Consumer Day 2020 was celebrated with the theme “The Sustainable Consumer”.

• The World Consumer Rights Day is observed on 15 March.

• The Leshan Giant Buddha is a UNESCO World Heritage site located in China.

• The Leshan Giant Buddha is a 71-metre tall stone statue which built between 713 and 803, depicting Maitreya.

• The Leshan Giant Buddha lies at the confluence of the Min River and Dadu River in the southern part of Sichuan province in China.

• Major World Heritage sites of China are following:-

• Mausoleum of the first Qin Emperor

• Mogao Caves

• Mount Tai

• The Great Wall

• Lushan National Park

• Temple of Heaven

• Summer Palace

• In 1996, a treaty regarding the sharing of the water of Ganga at Farakka was signed between India and Bangladesh.

• Some important treaties of India:-

• India Nepal treaty – treaty signed in 1996 for development of Mahakali river

• India – China – MoU was signed between china and india on Brahmaputra river.

• India – Bhutan - In 1979, A joint expert team was formed.

• Indus- water treaty – treaty was signed in 1960 at Karachi.

• Nek Chand Saini is best known for transforming trash and debris into the Rock Garden of Chandigarh.

• Nek Chand Saini is known for building the Rock Garden of Chandigarh, an eighteen-acre sculpture garden in Chandigarh.

• He was awarded from “Padma Shri” in 1984.

• A Rock Garden is also in Darjiling, West Bengal. It is also known as Barbotey Rock Garden.

• Chandigarh is a district and union territory in India. It serves as the capital of the two neighboring states of Haryana and Punjab.