Static GK
Important Public sector banks their Headquarters and Tagline
Name Of Bank
Taglines
ers
1. Bank of Baroda
Vadodara
2. Allahabad Bank
Kolkata
A TRADITION OF TRUST
3. UCO Bank
Kolkata
4. United
Bank
of
India
5. Indian Bank
6.
Indian
Chennai
Overseas
Bank
7. Punjab
National
Bank
8. Oriental
Bank
of
Commerce
9. Punjab
and
Sind
Bank
10. Bharatiya Mahila
Bank
Kolkata
Chennai
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
New Delhi
THE
NAME
YOU
CAN
BANK
UPON
WHERE EVERY INDIVIDUAL IS
COMMITTED
WHERE SERVICE IS A WAY OF
LIFE
Empowering
Empowering India.
Women,
Hyderabad
Bangalore
Manipal,
Karnataka
FINANCIAL PARTNER
Bangalore
Mangalore
16. SIDBI
17. Union
Lucknow
Bank
of
India
18. Bank of India
India
20. Dena Bank
Bank
of
BEYOND
BANKING
CENTRAL TO YOU SINCE 1911
Mumbai
Mumbai
BANKING
NOTHING
Mumbai
Of
Maharashtra
RELATIONSHIP
Mumbai
India
23.Bank
Mumbai
Mumbai
21. State
pune
2.
3.
Airport Name
Lal Bahadur Shastri
International Airport,
Choudhary Charan
Singh International
Airport
Amausi Airport
Subhash Chandra Bose
Airport (DumDum
Airport)
Anna (Meenambkam)
Place
Varanasi
States
Lucknow
Uttar Pradesh
Lucknow
Kolkata
West Bengal
Chennai
Tamil Nadu
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.
International Airport
Sardar Vallabh bhai
Patel International
Airport
Calicut International
Airport
Aranmula International
Airport
Kamapagowada
International Airport
Dr. Babasaheb Ambedkar
International Airport
Chhatrapati Shivaji
International Airport
Indira Gandhi
International Airport
Guru Ramdasji
(Rajasansi) International
Airport
Devi Ahiyabai Holkar
International Airport
Veer Savarkar
International Airport
Rajeev Gandhi
International Airport
Lokpriya Gopinath
Bordoloi International
Airport
Loknayak Jai Prakash
Narayan International
Airport
Goa International
Airport
Raja Bhoj International
Airport
Birsa Munda Airport
Agatti Aerodrome
Swami Vivekananda
Airport
Jolly Grant Airport
Ahmedabad
Gujarat
Kozhikode
Pathanamthitt
a
Kerala
Kerala
Bengaluru
Karnataka
Nagpur
Maharashtra
Mumbai
Delhi
New Delhi
Amritsar
Punjab
Indore
MP
Port Blair
A&N
Hyderabad
Telangana
Guwahati
Assam
Patna
Bihar
Goa
Goa
Bhopal
MP
Ranchi
Agatti
Raipur
Jharkhand
Lakshadweep
Chhattisgarh
Dehradun
Uttrakhand
5.
6.
Words Used
Games
Drop
Let, Smash, Deuce, Uber Cup, Thomas cup
Bishop, Checkmate, Knight
Cover Drive, Boundary, L.B.W.(Leg Before
Wicket), C.W.B.(Caught Behind Wicket) ,
Ashes , Googly, Duleep Trophy, Ranji Trophy,
Wisden Trophy
Hitter, Batter
Caddie, Tee, Par, Put
Rowing
Badminton
Chess
Cricket
Baseball
Golf
Archery
Hockey
Basketball
Billiards
Boxing
Football
Tennis
Shooting
Horse
Racing
Temples
States
Guwahati, Assam
Assam
Tamil Nadu
Madurai, Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu
Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Kerala
Karnataka
Bangalore (Karnataka)
Amritsar, Punjab
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Gaya, Bihar
Jammu & Kashmir
Haryana
Odisha
Jaipur
Kamakhya Temple
Sukresvara temple
Mahabalipuram Temple
Meenakshi temple
Brihadeeswarar Temple
Kanchipuram Temple
Srisailam Temple
Tirupathi Temple
Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple
Shabarimala ayyappa temple
Gomateshwra Temple
Virupaksha Temple
Golden temple
Somnath temple
Siddhivinayak Temple
Mahabodhi Temple
Amarnath Temple
Markandeshwar Temple
Konark Sun Temple
Birla Mandir
Power Station
District
State
Sonebhadr
a
Sonebhadr
a
Sonebhadr
a
Sonebhadr
Uttar
Pradesh
Uttar
Pradesh
Uttar
Pradesh
Uttar
a
Shahjahanpur
Udupi
Pradesh
Uttar
Pradesh
Karnataka
Bellary
Karnataka
Salem
Bellary
Tamil
Nadu
Karnataka
Vishakapatna
m
Baran
Sambalpur
Andhra
Pradesh
Rajasthan
Odisha
Angul
Jaisalmer
Odisha
Jharkhand
Bokaro
Jharkhand
Bardhaman
West
Bengal
Bihar
Singrauli
Madhya
Pradesh
19.
SantSingaji (TPP)
East Nimar
20.
Betul
Kutch
Madhya
Pradesh
Madhya
Pradesh
Madhya
Pradesh
Gujarat
Tapi
Gujarat
Jamnagar
Gujarat
Gondia
Amravati
Chandrapur
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
Nagpur
Maharash
tra
Chhattisgar
h
Chhattisgar
h
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
21
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.
Begusarai
Birsinghpur
Durg
Bilaspur
Korba
Chhattisgar
h
State
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Kerala
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Rajasthan
Uttarakhand
Uttarakhand
Assam
Assam
Maharashtra
Maharashtra
J&K
J&K
Odisha
Odisha
Odisha
Karnataka
Karnataka
Uttar Pradesh
Gujarat
Tamilnadu
Telangana
Himachal Pradesh
Haryana
(Gurgoan)
West Bengal
Atomic Power
Station Name
Kundakulam
Nuclear Power
Plant
Kakrapar
Nuclear power
Narora
Nuclear Power
Plant
Tarapur
Atomic power
station
Jaitapur
Nuclear Power
Project
Kaiga Nuclear
power station
Gorakhpur
Atomic Power
Station
Rajasthan
Atomic Power
Station
Mithivirdi
nuclear power
plant
Location
State (District)
Kundankulam
Tamil Nadu
(Tirunelveli)
Kakrapar
Gujarat (Surat)
Narora
Uttar
Pradesh(Bulandshahr)
Tarapur
Maharashtra (Thane)
Madban
Maharashtra
(Ratnagiri)
Kaiga
Karnataka (Uttar
Kannada)
Haryana (Fatehabad)
Fatehabad
Rawatbhata
Rajasthan
(Chittorgarh)
TalajaTaluka
Gujarat(Bhavnagar)
River
Narmada
State
Gujarat
Krishna
Ravi
Bhagirathi
Chambal
Telangna/Andhra Pradesh
Punjab
Uttarakhand
Madhya Pradesh
Narmada
Madhya Pradesh
Periyar
Chenab
Krishna
Chenab
Koyna
Rihand
Tapi
Narmada
Jhelum
Bhagirathi
Sutlej
Periyar
Yamuna
Kaveri
Mahanadi
Chambal
Chambal
Rajasthan
SBI
SBI
SBI
SBI
SBI
SBI
SBI
federal bank
ICICI
AXIS Bank
AXIS Bank
AXIS BANK+AIRTEL
Hdfc Bank
Hdfc Bank
Bank of India
Kotak Mahindra Bank
Canara Bank
Bank of Maharashtra
Tancet Holdings
RBL Bank
Some Important Committees 1. to revisit civil services examination pattern - B S Baswan committee
2. review the existing agricultural tenancy laws of states, including hilly states and schedule
areas - T Haque Expert Group on Land Leasing
3. restructuring water agencies- Mihir Shah Committee
4. assess situation in FTII by Union Government - SM Khan-headed team
5. to review PPP Cell functioning - Ministry of Railways constituted Ajay Shankar Committee
6. to reinvestigate 1984 anti-Sikh riot cases - The SIT was constituted on recommendation of
Mathur Committee
7. to classify Caste Census data, 2011 - Panagariya Committtee
Chief
Chief
Chief
Chief
of
of
of
of
the
the
the
the
Jharkhan
d
Uttarakh
and
Andra
Pradesh
Chhattisg
arh
Arunacha
l Pradesh
Himachal
Pradesh
Goa
Assam
Chhanu,
Sarahul,
Jat-Jatin,
Karma, Danga, Bidesia, Sohrai.
Gadhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari,
Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli.
Kuchipudi
(Classical),
Ghantamardala,
(Ottam
Thedal, Mohiniattam, Kummi,
Siddhi, Madhuri, Chhadi.
Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Dagla,
Pali, Tapali, Navrani, Diwari,
Mundari.
Mask dance (Mukhauta Nritya),
War dance.
Jhora, Jhali, Chharhi, Dhaman,
Chhapeli, Mahasu, Nati, Dangi,
Chamba, Thali, Jhainta, Daf,
Stick dance etc.
Mandi, Jhagor, Khol, Dakni etc.
Bihu,
Bichhua,
Natpuja,
Maharas,
Kaligopal,
Bagurumba, Naga dance, Khel
Gopal, Tabal Chongli, Canoe,
Jhumura Hobjanai etc.
Meghalay
a
Manipur
Ellora,
Jawahar
Tunnel,
Banihal
Pass (J & K)
Sunderbans (W. Bengar)
Madhya Pradesh
Corridor of Ramnathswami
Temple
at
Rameswaram
(Tamil Nadu)
The
highest Jog or Garsoppa (Karnataka)
Waterfall
The
Longest Grand Trunk Road (Kolkata
Road
to Delhi)
The
highest Buland Darwaza, Fatehpur
Gate way
Sikri( U.P.)
The
Longest The Ganga (2640 km. long)
River
The
Largest Indian Museum, Kolkata
Museum
The
largest Gol Gumbuz, Bijapur (in
Dome
Karantaka)
The
tallest Gomateswara (Karnataka)
Statue
The
largest State Bank of India
Public
Sector
Bank
The
biggest Rabindra Setu or Howrah
canti
lever Bridge (Kolkata)
Bridge
The
Longest Indira
Gandhi
Canal
or
Canal
Rajasthan Canal (Rajasthan)
The
Longest Gorakhpur (U.P.)
Railway
Platform
The
biggest Yuva Bharti (Salt Lake)
Stadium
Stadium Kolkata
The
most Mumbai (Maharashtra)
populous City
The largest Sea Anna Indira Gandhi Bridge
(Tamil Nadu)
Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
St.
Thomas
Church
Palayar, Trichur (Kerala)
NH-7
(Varanasi
Kanyakumari)
at
to
Gujarat
Devtal
Lake,
Gadhwal
(Uttarakhand)
Chilka Lake (Orissa)
Kolleru
Pradesh)
Lake
(Andhra
Amarnath (J & K)
Godawari
Hirakud Dam (Orissa)
Param Vir Chakra
Bharat Ratna
Golden Temple, Amritsar
Marina Beach (Chennai)
Road at Khardungla, (in
Leh-Manali Sector)
Govind Sagar ( Bhakhra
Nangal)
Siachen Glacier
Sport
Hockey
Basket
Ball
Bridge
Polo
Athletic
s
Air
Racing
Billiards
Boxing
Stadium
Sports
Places
Indoor
Games
Athletics
Delhi
Cricket
Delhi
Football
Hockey
Hockey
Hockey &
others
Cricket
Cricket
Cricket
Cricket
Cricket
Cricket
Delhi
Delhi
Delhi
Mumbai
Headingley Manchester
Cricket
Horse
racing
Horse
racing
Cricket
Cricket
Black Heath
Rugby
Football
Lawn
Tennis
Football
Football
Wimbledon
Wembley Stadium
Brookland
Twickenham
Putney Mart Lake
Rugby
Football
Boat race
Trent Bridge
Cricket
White City
Dog race
Hurlington
Polo
Henlay
Regata
Brisbane, Melbourne,
Perth, Syndey
Yankee Stadium
Cricket
Boxing
Delhi
Mumbai
Mumbai
Kolkata
Kanpur
Jamshedpur
Chennai
Cuttack
England
(U.K.)
Melbourn
(Australia)
England
(U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
London (U.K.)
London (U.K.)
London (U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
England
(U.K.)
Australia
New York
(USA)
Baseball
Forest Hill
Sendy Lodge
Tennis
Golf
New York
(USA)
USA
Scotland
Country
United States of
America
Spain
Canada
India
Russia
Scotland
England
Japan
Australia
Pakistan
China
Sports
Baseball
Bullfighting
Ice Hockey
Hockey
Chess
Rugby
Football
Cricket
Ju-Jitsu
Cricket
Hockey
Table
Tennis
Court, Campus or Field Associated with Sports
Court/
Campus/
Field
Court
Diamond
Ring
Course
Pool
Board
Mat
Arena
Vellodrome
Field
Track
Pitch
Greens
Rink
Range
Games Sports
Tennis, Badminton, Net Ball, Handball,
Volleyball, Squash, Kho-kho, Kabaddi
Baseball
Sketing, Boxing
Golf
Swimming
Table tennis
Judo, Karate, Taikwondo
Horse riding
Cycling
Polo, Football, Hockey
Athletics
Cricket
Bowls
Curling, Ice hockey
Shooting, Archery
Number of Players in Some Popular Sports/Games
Sports
Baseball
Rugby football
4
7
9
7
11
7
6
1 or 2
(Singles & Doubles
respectively)
5
Several individuals compete
simultaneously
1
1
2
13 or15
Several individuals compete
simultaneously
12
S.n
o
1.
2.
1.
Mumbai
Nagpur
Bengaluru
2.
Mangalore Airport
Mangalore
UTTAR PRADESH
1.
Varanasi
3.
Amausi Airport
WEST BENGAL
Lucknow
1.
Kolkata
2.
Bagdogra Airport
Siliguri
2.
Lucknow
TAMIL NADU
Chennai International
Airport
Tiruchirapalli International
Airport
Anna (Meenambkam)
International Airport
Chennai
Tiruchirapalli
Chennai
KERALA
1.
2.
3.
1.
Thiruvananthp
uram
Kozhikode(Kera
la)
Pathanamthitta
GUJARAT
Ahmedabad
Name of the
Airport
City
State/UT
1.
Delhi
New Delhi
Amritsar
Punjab
Indore
MP
Port Blair
A&N
Hyderabad
Telangana
Guwahati
Assam
Patna
Bihar
Goa
Goa
Bhopal
MP
10.
Indira Gandhi
International
Airport
Guru Ramdasji
(Rajasansi)
International
Airport
Devi Ahiyabai
Holkar
International
Airport
Veer Savarkar
International
Airport
Rajeev Gandhi
International
Airport
Lokpriya Gopinath
Bordoloi
International
Airport
Loknayak Jai
Prakash Narayan
International
Airport
Goa International
Airport
Raja Bhoj
International
Airport
Gaya Airport
Gaya
Bihar
11.
Tulihal Airport
Imphal
Manipur
12.
Shillong Airport
Shillong
Meghalaya
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
Ranchi
Jharkhand
14.
Birsa Munda
Airport
Agatti Aerodrome
Agatti
15.
Dabolim Airport
Lakshadwee
p
Goa
16.
Raipur
Chhattisgar
h
17.
Swami
Vivekananda
Airport
Jolly Grant Airport
Dehradun
Uttrakhand
18.
Dimapur Airport
Dimapur
Nagaland
19.
Patnaik Airport
Odisha
20.
Pakyong Airport
Bhubanesw
ar
Gangtok
21.
Lengpui Airport
Aizawl
Sikkim
Mizoram
Field
Peace, Literature, Medicine, Physics, Chemistry
(From 1901) and Economics (From 1969)
Journalism (From 1917)
Film (From 1929)
Literature (From 1929)
Music (From 1958)
Government (Public) Service, Social Service,
Journalism, Literature, Communication and
International Understanding (From 1957)
Agriculture (From 1992)
Civilian Awards
Bharat Ratna, Padma Vubhushan, Padma Bhushan and Padma Shri are the various civilian awards.
Bharat Ratna
a) It is the premier civilian award, to serve the nation.
b) The various fields are scientific achievements literary, scientific accomplishment, as well as the gratitude of
community service of the highest category. From 2011, the Prime Minister and the Home Minister of India
changed the qualified criterion to permit sportsmen for receiving the award.
c) This was first given to C. Rajagopalachari, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan & C. V. Raman in 1954.
d) In 2015, this was given to Madan Mohan Malaviya(posthumous) & Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
Padma Vubhushan
a) Ranking wise the second award is the Padma Vibhushan in the Indian Republic. It awarded people from
various fields including government service to distinguish extraordinary service for the country.
b) It was firstly awarded to Satyendra Nath Bose, Zakir Hussain, Balasaheb Gangadhar Kher, Jigme Dorji
Wangchuk, Nand Lal Bose, V. K. Krishna Menon in 1954.
c) In 2015 it was awarded to, L. K. Advani, Amitabh Bachchan, Parkash Singh Badal, Veerendra Heggade, Dilip
Kumar, Rambhadracharya, M.R. Srinivasan, Kottayan Katankot Venugopal & Aga Khan IV.
Padma Bhushan
a) The Padma Bhushan is the highest civilian award third in rank in the Indian Republic,and comes after the
Bharat Ratna and the Padma Vibhushan. The President of India launched this award on 2nd January 1954.
b) In 1954, 23 were given Padma Bhushan and in 2015, 20 were given Padma Bhushan award.
Padma Shri
a) Padma Shri or Padmashree is the fourth award high in order in the Indian Republic, after the Bharat Ratna, the
Padma Vibhushan and the Padma Bhushan.
b) It is awarded by the Government of India.
c) It is awarded to citizens of India for their distinguished contribution in several fields including Education,
Literature, Arts, Science, Industry, Social Service, Medicine, Sports and Public Affairs.
d) In 1954, 18 were given Padma Shri award and in 2015, 75 were selected for Padma Shri award.
Sports Awards
Dronacharya Award
a) Instituted in 1985, the Dronacharya Award is presented by the Indian Government for brilliance in sports
coaching.
b) This was first given to O.M. Nambiar, Om Prakash Bhardwaj & Bhalchandra Bhaskar Bhagwat. In 2014, this
was given to Jose Jacob & N.Lingappa.
Dhyan Chand Award
a) The Dhyan Chand Award is the highest lifetime achievement award in sports and games in India and is
presented by the Indian Government.
b) It was initiated in 2002.
c) It was firstly given to Aparna Ghosh, Ashok Diwan & Shahuraj Birajdar. In 2015, this was given to Romeo
James, Shiv Prakash Mishra & T.P.P.Nair.
Literary Awards
Jnanpith Award: It is presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a trust founded by the publishers of the The Times of
India. The award was instituted in 1961, and its first recipient, in 1965, was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara
Kurup. For the year 2014, it was awarded to Bhalchandra Nemade.
Vyas Samman: First awarded in 1991, it is awarded annually by the K.K. Birla Foundation. To be eligible for the
award, the literary work must be in the Hindi language and have been published in the past 10 years. In 1991, it
was given to Dr. Ram Vilas Sharma & for the year 2014 it was given to Kamal Kishore Goyenka.
Saraswati Samman: for outstanding prose or poetry literary works in any Indian language listed in Schedule VIII
of the Constitution of India. Instituted in 1991 by the K. K. Birla Foundation.
In 1991, it was given to Harivansh Rai Bachchan & for the year 2014, Veerappa Moily was awarded with this
award.
Stadiums in Bangladesh
Stadiums in England
Edgbaston- Birmingham
Headingley- Leeds
Lord's- London
Stadiums in India
Basin Reserve-Wellington
Eden Park-Auckland
Jade Stadium-Christchurch
McLean Park-Napier
Stadiums in Pakistan
Gaddafi Stadium-Lahore
Kingsmead-Durban
Newlands-Cape Town
P.Saravanamuttu Stadium-Colombo
R.Premadasa Stadium-Colombo
Stadiums in Zimbabwe