Static GK is an important part of the Banking and Insurance exams. Most of the static GK Questions asked in these exams are from the recent news. For example, the capital or currency of a country may be asked for such a country with whom India has signed an agreement recently or where our politicians made a visit recently.
In this post, we will cover up such Static GK that is in news in the month of August 2021. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.
Current Static GK in News – August 2021
Headquarters
International
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) – New York, United States [August 02, 2021]
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Washington, D.C., United States [August 04, 2021]
- World Bank – Washington, D.C., United States [August 04, 2021]
- Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) – Beijing, China [August 10, 2021]
- Asian Development Bank (ADB) – Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines [August 10, 2021]
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) – Jakarta, Indonesia [August 13, 2021]
- World Resources Institute (WRI) – Washington, D.C., United States [August 25, 2021]
- Universal Postal Union (UPU) – Bern, Switzerland [August 28, 2021]
National
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) – Mumbai [August 05 & 06, 2021]
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – New Delhi [August 07 & 08, 2021]
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Mumbai [August 07 & 08, 2021]
- Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) – Kolkata [August 07 & 08, 2021]
- Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) – Lucknow [August 11, 2021]
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – Bengaluru [August 13, 2021]
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) – Mumbai [August 13, 2021]
- Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) – New Delhi [August 19, 2021]
- Broadcast Audience Research Council (Barc), India – Mumbai[August 24, 2021]
- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) – Hyderabad[August 31, 2021]
Banks
- State Bank of India – Mumbai [August 03, 2021]
- IndusInd Bank – Pune [August 04, 2021]
- HDFC Bank – Mumbai [August 04, 2021]
- Suryoday Small Finance Bank – Navi Mumbai [August 07 & 08, 2021]
- DBS Bank – Mumbai [August 09, 2021]
- RBL Bank – Mumbai [August 13, 2021]
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank – Bengaluru [August 20, 2021]
- Kotak Mahindra Bank – Mumbai [August 21, 2021]
- Indian Bank – Chennai [August 21, 2021]
- ICICI Bank – Vadodara [August 26, 2021]
- HSBC Bank India – Mumbai [August 27, 2021]
- Punjab National Bank – New Delhi [August 28, 2021]
- Bank of Maharashtra – Pune [August 28, 2021]
- UCO Bank – Kolkata [August 28, 2021]
- IDBI Bank – Mumbai [August 31, 2021]
Country – Capital, Currency
- Armenia – Capital: Yerevan; Currency: Armenian dram [August 03, 2021]
- Myanmar – Capital: Naypyitaw; Currency: Myanmar kyat [August 03, 2021]
- Iran – Capital: Tehran; Currency: Iranian rial [August 04, 2021]
- UAE – Capital: Abu Dhabi; Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham [August 09, 2021]
- Russia – Capital: Moscow; Currency: Russian ruble [August 09, 2021]
- Saudi Arabia – Capital: Riyadh; Currency: Saudi riyal [August 13, 2021]
- Afghanistan – Capital: Kabul; Currency: Afghan afghani [August 16, 2021]
- United Kingdom – Capital: London; Currency: Pound sterling [August 18, 2021]
- Zambia – Capital: Lusaka; Currency: Zambian kwacha [August 18, 2021]
- Malaysia – Capital: Kuala Lumpur; currency: Malaysian ringgit [August 18, 2021]
- Vietnam – Capital: Hanoi; Currency: Vietnamese dong [August 19, 2021]
- Qatar – Capital: Doha; Currency: Qatari Riyal [August 25, 2021]
- Kazakhstan – Capital: Nur-Sultan; Currency: Kazakhstani tenge [August 26, 2021]
- Maldives – Capital: Male; Currency: Maldivian rufiyaa [August 27, 2021]
- Italy – Capital: Rome; Currency: Euro[August 28, 2021]
- China – Capital: Beijing; Currency: Renminbi [August 28, 2021]
- Pakistan – Capital: Islamabad; Currency: Pakistani rupee [August 28, 2021]
- Mongolia – Capital: Ulaanbaatar; Currency: Mongolian tögrög [August 28, 2021]
- Thailand – Capital: Bangkok; Currency: Thai baht [August 28, 2021]
- Germany – Capital: Berlin; Currency: Euro [August 29, 2021]
Books & Author
- In An Ideal World – Kunal Basu [August 03, 2021]
- Balakot Air Strike: How India Avenged Pulwama – Manan Bhatt[August 05 & 06, 2021]
- How The Earth Got Its Beauty – Sudha Murty [August 11, 2021]
- The Earthspinner – Anuradha Roy [August 11, 2021]
- The Dream of Revolution: A Biography of Jayaprakash Narayan – Bimal Prasad and author Sujata Prasad [August 18, 2021]
- Operation Khukri – Major General Rajpal Punia and Damini [August 20, 2021]
- Mission Domination: An Unfinished Quest – Boria Majumdar and Kushan Sarkar[August 25, 2021]
- Address Book: A Publishing Memoir In the time of COVID – Ritu Menon [August 25, 2021]
- Accelerating India: 7 Years of Modi Government – Shri K J Alphons [August 27, 2021]
Miscellaneous
- CONCACAF Gold Cup – Football [August 04, 2021]
- Durand Cup – Football [August 13, 2021]
- Kaziranga National Park (KNP) – Assam[August 15, 2021]
- Siachen Glacier – Karakoram, Ladakh [August 16, 2021]
- Mount Manirang – Himachal Pradesh[August 20, 2021]
- Hisar Airport (Maharaja Agrasen International Airport) – Haryana [August 22 & 23 2021]
- Connaught Place – Delhi [August 24, 2021]
- Safe Cities Index 2021 – Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) [August 25, 2021]
- 2021 Global Manufacturing Risk Index – Cushman & Wakefield [August 26, 2021]
- Army Sports Institute (ASI), Pune (Neeraj Chopra Stadium) [August 29, 2021]
- Jallianwala Bagh Smarak – Amritsar, Punjab [August 30, 2021]