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 2022. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.
Current Static GK in News – August 2022
Headquarters
International
- World Bank – Washington, D.C., United States[August 02]
- International Dairy Federation (IDF) – Brussels, Belgium [August 04]
- UN Security Council (UNSC) – New York, United States[August 04]
- United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) – Paris, France[August 05]
- International Telecommunication Union (ITU) – Geneva, Switzerland[August 09 & 10]
National
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Mumbai[August 03]
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC) – Mumbai [August 04]
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) – Mumbai[August 06 & 07]
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) – New Delhi [August 08]
Sports Federations
- International Chess Federation (FIDE) – Lausanne, Switzerland [August 08]
Banks
- Unity Small Finance Bank (SFB) Limited – New Delhi [August 06 & 07]
- Indian Bank – Chennai [August 06 & 07]
Rating Agencies
- Morgan Stanley – New York, United States[August 11]
Country – Capital, Currency
- Zimbabwe Capital: Harare; Currency: United States Dollar [August 01]
- South Korea Capital: Seoul; Currency: South Korean won[August 01]
- United States Capital: Washington, D.C.; Currency:United States Dollar[August 01]
- Japan Capital: Tokyo; Currency: Japanese yen[August 01]
- Philippine Capital: Manila; Currency: Philippine peso[August 01]
- Maldives Capital: Male; Currency: United States Dollar, Maldivian rufiyaa[August 02]
- Côte d’Ivoire Capital: Yamoussoukro; Currency:West African CFA franc[August 02]
- France Capital: Paris; Currency: Euro, CFP franc[August 04]
- Colombia Capital: Bogota; Currency: Colombian peso [August 08]
- Singapore Capital: Singapore; Currency: Singapore dollar[August 11]
- Papua New Guinea Capital: Port Moresby; Currency: Papua New Guinean kina [August 12]
Miscellaneous
- Wembley Stadium – London [August 01]
- Maldivian President – Ibrahim Mohamed Solih [August 02]
- Koonthankulam Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu [August 04]
- Satkosia Gorge – Odisha [August 04]
- Nanda Lake – Goa [August 04]
- Gulf of Mannar Marine Biosphere Reserve – Tamil Nadu [August 04]
- Ranganathituu BS – Karnataka [August 04]
- Vembannur Wetland Complex – Tamil Nadu [August 04]
- Vellode Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu [August 04]
- Sirpur wetland – Madhya Pradesh [August 04]
- Vedanthangal Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu [August 04]
- Udhayamarthandapuram Bird Sanctuary – Tamil Nadu [August 04]
- Kalinga Stadium – Bhubaneswar, Odisha [August 06 & 07]