General Knowledge - SBI Clerk Preparation

Vienna is the capital and largest city of Austria.

The service sector (tertiary sector) accounts for the largest share of India's GDP, significantly outpacing both the agricultural and industrial sectors.

Acetylene gas is widely used for the artificial ripening of fruits because it acts similarly to the plant hormone ethylene, triggering the ripening process.

The Tapti River originates in the Betul district of Madhya Pradesh, in the Satpura range, and flows westward.

The official currency of Bhutan is the Ngultrum.

Commonwealth Day is observed on the second Monday of March, not on any of the dates listed in options A, B, or C. Since none of these specific dates are correct, option D (none of these) is the right answer.

Long Walk to Freedom is the autobiography of Nelson Mandela, detailing his early life, coming of age, and 27 years in prison.

Lala Amarnath was the first Indian cricketer to score a century in a Test match, achieving this feat against England in 1933.

Dolly the sheep was the first mammal to be cloned from an adult somatic cell, created by researchers at the Roslin Institute in Scotland.

The normal human diploid cell contains 46 chromosomes, arranged in 23 pairs.

The Indian Constitution currently lists 11 Fundamental Duties, as added by the 42nd Amendment (originally 10) and the 86th Amendment (the 11th duty).

G.V. Mavalankar served as the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha from 1952 to 1956.

Amartya Sen was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics.

Raghuram Rajan was appointed as the chairman of the Committee on Financial Sector Reforms in 2007 by the Planning Commission of India.

P. Sainath, a journalist known for his reporting on rural India, was awarded the Ramon Magsaysay Award in 2007 for Journalism, Literature, and Creative Communication Arts.

The book 'Gifted' was written by Nikita Lalvani, a British author of Indian origin.

UTI Bank was rebranded as Axis Bank in 2007 to avoid confusion with the Unit Trust of India, which is a separate entity.

In ancient Indian literature, the terms 'Aparanta' and 'Pratichya' refer to the western regions of India.

The International Date Line is an imaginary line on the surface of the Earth that runs from the North to the South Pole and demarcates one calendar day from the next. It passes through the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

The Volga is the longest river in Europe and flows through central Russia into the Caspian Sea. It is an endorheic basin, meaning it does not flow into an ocean.

India is a highly populated country with a large domestic demand for staple grains. Consequently, the majority of its agricultural land is dedicated to food crops like rice and wheat rather than cash or plantation crops.

Tropical deciduous forests, also known as monsoon forests, are widespread in India. The Siwalik range, located at the foothills of the Himalayas, receives significant rainfall and supports these types of forests.