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 January 2022. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.
Current Static GK in News – January 2022
Headquarters
International
- New Development Bank(NDB) – Shanghai, China [January 01, 2022]
- Google – California, United States [January 06, 2022]
- International Solar Alliance (ISA) – Gurugram, Haryana, India [January 08, 2022]
- United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) – Rome, Italy [January 08, 2022]
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) – Beijing, China [January 08, 2022]
- Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) – Vienna, Austria[January 09, 2022]
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) – Washington, D.C., United States [January 10, 2022]
- Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) – Beijing, China [January 11, 2022]
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) – Washington, D.C., United States [January 12, 2022]
- European Parliament – Strasbourg, France[January 12, 2022]
- World Bank – Washington, D.C., United States [January 13, 2022]
- UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UN-DESA) – New York, United States [January 14, 2022]
- World Economic Forum (WEF) – Cologny, Switzerland [January 17 & 18, 2022]
- International Labour Organisation (ILO) – Geneva, Switzerland [January 20, 2022]
- Microsoft Corporation – Washington, United States [January 20, 2022]
- European Parliament – Strasbourg, France [January 20, 2022]
- UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – Geneva, Switzerland [January 22, 2022]
- UN Development Programme (UNDP) – New York, United States [January 23, 2022]
- Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) – Colorado, United States [January 23, 2022]
- North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) – Brussels, Belgium [January 24, 2022]
- World Customs Organization (WCO) – Brussels, Belgium [January 26, 2022]
- Transparency International – Berlin, Germany [January 27, 2022]
- World Gold Council (WGC) – London, United Kingdom [January 29, 2022]
- Meta – California, United States [January 30, 2022]
National
- Reserve Bank of India (RBI) – Mumbai [January 01, 2022]
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) – Mumbai [January 02 & 03, 2022]
- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) – Hyderabad [January 04, 2022]
- NTPC Ltd. – New Delhi [January 04, 2022]
- Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) – New Delhi [January 05, 2022]
- Vistara Airlines – Gurugram [January 05, 2022]
- National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) – Mumbai [January 07, 2022]
- Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) Limited – Mumbai[January 09, 2022]
- Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) – Mumbai[January 10, 2022]
- Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) – New Delhi [January 10, 2022]
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) – New Delhi[January 12, 2022]
- Forest Survey of India (FSI) – Dehradun in Uttarakhand [January 14, 2022]
- Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) – Bengaluru [January 14, 2022]
- Internet And Mobile Association of India (IAMAI) – Mumbai [January 16, 2022]
- Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited, (IREDA) – New Delhi [January 20, 2022]
- Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative (IFFCO) – New Delhi [January 21, 2022]
- NITI Aayog – New Delhi [January 23, 2022]
- Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) – New Delhi [January 24, 2022]
- Election Commission of India (ECI)- New Delhi [January 25, 2022]
- Spices Board of India – Kochi, Kerala [January 26, 2022]
- TVS Motor Company – Chennai [January 28, 2022]
- Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL) – New Delhi [January 30, 2022]
- National Association of Software and Service Companies (NASSCOM) – New Delhi [January 30, 2022]
- Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce & Industry (FICCI) – New Delhi [January 30, 2022]
- Life Insurance Corporation (LIC)- Mumbai [January 31, 2022]
Sports Federations
- International Cricket Council (ICC) – Dubai, United Arab Emirates [January 13, 2022]
- Badminton World Federation (BWF) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [January 16, 2022]
- Asian Hockey Federation – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia[January 16, 2022]
- Asian Football Confederation (AFC) – Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [January 20, 2022]
Banks
- State Bank of India (SBI) – Mumbai [January 01, 2022]
- RBL Bank Ltd – Mumbai [January 01, 2022]
- Equitas Small Finance Bank Limited – Chennai[January 01, 2022]
- Punjab National Bank – New Delhi[January 04, 2022]
- ICICI Bank – Vadodara [January 05, 2022]
- HDFC Bank – Mumbai [January 05, 2022]
- IndusInd Bank – Mumbai [January 05, 2022]
- Airtel Payment Bank – New Delhi[January 06, 2022]
- CSB Bank – Thrissur [January 09, 2022]
- Ujjivan Small Finance Bank – Bengaluru [January 14, 2022]
- Paytm Payments Bank Ltd (PPBL) – Noida [January 16, 2022]
- Indian Bank – Chennai [January 20, 2022]
- Unity Small Finance Bank Limited – New Delhi [January 22, 2022]
- City Union Bank – Kumbakonam, Tamil Nadu [January 26, 2022]
- Andhra Pradesh Mahesh Co-op Urban Bank – Hyderabad, Telangana [January 26, 2022]
- Bank of Baroda – Vadodara[January 30, 2022]
- Indian Mercantile Cooperative Bank Ltd – Lucknow [January 31, 2022]
Rating Agencies
- ICRA Ltd. – Gurugram, India [January 01, 2022]
- India Ratings and Research (Ind-Ra) – Mumbai [January 08, 2022]
- Brickworks Ratings – Bengaluru [January 08, 2022]
- UBS Securities- Zurich, Switzerland [January 13, 2022]
Country – Capital, Currency
- Egypt – Capital: Cairo; Currency: Egyptian pound [January 01, 2022]
- France – Capital: Paris; Currency: Euro, CFP franc [January 02 & 03, 2022]
- Sudan Capital: Khartoum; Currency: Sudanese pound [January 05, 2022]
- Russia – Capital: Moscow; Currency: Russian ruble[January 06, 2022]
- Antigua and Barbuda – Capital: Saint John’s; Currency: Eastern Caribbean dollar[January 08, 2022]
- Kazakhstan – Capital: Nur-Sultan; Currency: Kazakhstani tenge [January 13, 2022]
- Sri Lanka – Capitals: Colombo, Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte; Currency: Sri Lankan rupee [January 15, 2022]
- Philippines – Capital: Manila; Currency: Philippine peso[January 15, 2022]
- Nicaragua Capital: Managua; Currency: Nicaraguan cordoba. [January 16, 2022]
- United Arab Emirates – Capital: Abu Dhabi; Currency: United Arab Emirates dirham [January 17 & 18, 2022]
- Mali – Capital: Bamako; Currency: West African CFA franc [January 17 & 18, 2022]
- Japan – Capital : Tokyo; Currency : Japanese yen [January 20, 2022]
- Mauritius- Capital: Port Louis; Currency : Mauritian rupee [January 21, 2022]
- Israel – Capital: Jerusalem; Currency: Israeli Shekel [January 22, 2022]
- Indonesia – Capital: Jakarta ; Currency: Indonesian rupiah [January 23, 2022]
- Barbados Capital: Bridgetown; Currency: Barbados Dollar [January 23, 2022]
- Armenia Capital: Yerevan; Currency: Armenian dram [January 26, 2022]
- China – Capital: Beijing; Currency: Renminbi [January 27, 2022]
- Iran – Capital; Tehran; Currency: Iranian rial [January 27, 2022]
- Kyrgyzstan – Capital: Bishkek; Currency: Kyrgyzstani som[January 28, 2022]
- Republic of Tajikistan – Capital: Dushanbe; Currency: Tajikistani somoni [January 28, 2022]
- Turkmenistan- Capital: Ashgabat; Currency – Turkmenistani manat [January 28, 2022]
- Republic of Uzbekistan – Capital: Tashkent; Currency: Uzbekistani soʻm[January 28, 2022]
- Netherlands – Capital: Amsterdam; Currency: Euro[January 29, 2022]
Miscellaneous
- Maharaja Bir Bikram (MBB) Airport- Agartala, Tripura [January 06, 2022]
- Ekta Nagar railway station (former Kevadiya railway station) – Narmada district of Gujarat [January 10, 2022]
- Van Vihar National Park and Zoo – Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh [January 13, 2022]
- Pench Tiger Reserve (PTR) – Madhya Pradesh [January 19, 2022]
- India Gate – New Delhi [January 24, 2022]
- Babu Banarasi Das Indoor Stadium – Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh [January 24, 2022]
- Sathyamangalam Tiger Reserve – Erode district of Tamil Nadu [January 29, 2022]
- Bardia National Park – Nepal [January 29, 2022]
- Sultan Qaboos Sports Complex – Muscat, Oman [January 30, 2022]
- Jawaharlal Nehru Indoor Stadium – Cuttack, Odisha [January 31, 2022]