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 September 2020. The content is arranged category wise for your quick revision.
Current Static GK in News – September 2020
Headquarters
International
- European Investment Bank- Luxembourg, Luxembourg [September 02, 2020]
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)- Geneva, Switzerland [September 04, 2020]
- Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)- Beijing, China [September 05, 2020]
- BIMSTEC- Dhaka, Bangladesh [September 05, 2020]
- UN Environment Programme (UNEP)- Nairobi, Kenya [September 06, 2020]
- International Solar Alliance (ISA)- Gurugram, India [September 09, 2020]
- Asian Development Bank (ADB)- Manila, Philippines [September 09, 2020]
- World Bank- Washington, D.C., U.S [September 09, 2020]
- United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)- New York, United States [September 10, 2020]
- World Health Organization (WHO)- Geneva, Switzerland [September 10, 2020]
- Mastercard- New York, US [September 12, 2020]
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- Jakarta, Indonesia [September 13, 2020]
- Citigroup- New York, United States [September 13, 2020]
- United Nation’s Commission on Status of Women (UNCSW)- New York, United States [September 16, 2020]
- United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC)- New York, United States [September 16, 2020]
- Badminton World Federation (BWF)- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia [September 16, 2020]
- United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)- Geneva, Switzerland [September 24, 2020]
- South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)- Kathmandu, Nepal [September 27, 2020]
- World Heart Federation- Geneva, Switzerland [September 29, 2020]
- Amnesty International – London, United Kingdom [September 30, 2020]
- United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) – New York, United States [September 30, 2020]
National
- Life Insurance Corporation- Mumbai [September 02, 2020]
- Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO)- New Delhi [September 08, 2020]
- Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI)- Hyderabad [September 27, 2020]
- Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI)- Mumbai [September 28, 2020]
- Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR)- New Delhi [September 29, 2020]
- ICRA Limited- Gurgaon [September 29, 2020]
- Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI)- New Delhi[September 30, 2020]
Banks
- Reserve Bank of India- Mumbai; Governor- Shaktikanta Das [September 01, 2020]
- ICICI Bank- Mumbai; MD-CEO- Sandeep Bakhshi [September 04, 2020]
- State Bank of India- Mumbai; Chairman- Dinesh Kumar Khara [September 04, 2020]
- RBL Bank- Mumbai [September 05, 2020]
- Small Industrial Development Bank of India (SIDBI)- Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh [September 05, 2020]
- South Indian Bank- Thrissur, Kerala [September 05, 2020]
- Punjab & Sind Bank- New Delhi [September 05, 2020]
- IDFC First Bank- Mumbai [September 06, 2020]
- Bandhan Bank- Kolkata [September 19, 2020]
- Canara Bank- Bengaluru [September 20, 2020]
- Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) headquarters- Dharwad, Karnataka [September 20, 2020]
- HDFC Bank- Mumbai [September 21, 2020]
- Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)- Mumbai [September 23, 2020]
- Lakshmi Vilas Bank- Chennai [September 29, 2020]
Country – Capital, Currency
- Japan- Tokyo, Yen [September 01, 2020]
- United Arab Emirates (UAE)- Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Dirham [September 01, 2020]
- Australia- Canberra, Australian Dollar [September 02, 2020]
- Lebanon- Beirut, Lebanese Pound [September 03, 2020]
- Saudi Arabia- Riyadh, Saudi Riyal [September 05, 2020]
- Russia- Moscow, Russian Ruble [September 05, 2020]
- France- Paris, Euro, CFP Franc [September 11, 2020]
- Denmark- Copenhagen, Danish krone [September 16, 2020]
- Italy- Rome, Euro [September 17, 2020]
- New Zealand- Wellington, New Zealand Dollar [September 18, 2020]
- Mexico- Mexico City, Mexican Peso [September 18, 2020]
- Maldives- Male, Maldivian Rufiyaa [September 21, 2020]
- Canada- Ottawa, Canadian Dollar [September 23, 2020]
- Mali- Bamako, West African CFA Franc [September 24, 2020]
- Belarus- Minsk, Belarusian Ruble [September 25, 2020]
- Somalia- Mogadishu, United States Dollar, Somali Shilling [September 26, 2020]
- Sri Lanka- Colombo (Commercial) Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (Administrative), Sri Lankan Rupee [September 27, 2020]
- Denmark- Copenhagen, Danish Krone [September 27, 2020]
Schemes
- ‘Mission Karmayogi’- National Programme for Civil Services Capacity Building (NPCSCB). [September 03, 2020]
- ‘Gandagi Bharat Chhodo-MP’- Madhya Pradesh [September 03, 2020]
- SVAYEM Scheme- Assam (Stands for Swami Vivekananda Assam Youth Empowerment) [September 07, 2020]
- ‘YSR Sampoorna Poshana’ scheme- Andhra Pradesh [September 10, 2020]
- ‘GARIMA’ Scheme- Odisha [September 13, 2020]
- “Arthika Spandana” programme- Karnataka [September 18, 2020]
- Mukhyamantri Mahila Utkarsh Yojana (MMUY)- Gujarat [September 19, 2020]
- ‘Moksha Kalash Yojana-2020’- Rajasthan [September 25, 2020]
- Mukhyamantrir Grammya Paribahan Achoni- Assam [September 25, 2020]
- Mukhyamantri Kisan Kalyan Yojna- Madhya Pradesh [September 28, 2020]
Books & Author
- ‘The Big Thoughts of Little Luv’- Karan Johar [September 02, 2020]
- ‘The Commonwealth of Cricket: A Lifelong Love Affair with the Most Subtle and Sophisticated Game Known to Humankind’- Ramachandra Guha [September 04, 2020]
- “Let Us Dream”- Pope Francis [September 05, 2020]
- “The Little Book of Green Nudges”- UN Environment Programme (UNEP) [September 06, 2020]
- ‘My Life in Design’- Gauri Khan [September 15, 2020]
- “The Handmaid’s Tale”- Margaret Atwood (Canada) [September 19, 2020]
- ‘Azadi: Freedom. Fascism. Fiction.‘- Arundhati Roy [September 19, 2020]
- “A Promised Land.”- Memoir of Barack Obama [September 20, 2020]
- “Kitchens of Gratitude”- Vikas Khanna [September 23, 2020]
- “Voices of Dissent”- Romila Thapar [September 24, 2020]
- Neena Gupta will to come out with her memoir titled ‘Sach Kahun Toh’ [September 25, 2020]
- ‘A bouquet of flowers’ – Dr. Krishna Saksena [September 30, 2020]
Miscellaneous
- BRICS Nations- Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa [September 07, 2020]
- Global Economic Freedom Index- published by Fraser Institute, Canada [September 12, 2020]
- Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)- 10 members- Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, Philippines, Vietnam, Brunei, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia, Laos [September 13, 2020]
- Arun Jaitley Memorial Sports Complex- Jammu and Kashmir [September 15, 2020]
- Thomas Cup and Uber Cup related to – Badminton [September 16, 2020]
- Fiumicino International Airport (FCO)- Rome, Italy [September 17, 2020]
- IBSA is a Forum of three countries including India, Brazil and South Africa. [September 18, 2020]
- Union Minister for Ministry of Food Processing Industries- Narendra Singh Tomar [September 19, 2020]
- Kosi Rail Mega Bridge- Bihar [September 19, 2020]
- Fed Cup is related to?- Tennis [September 19, 2020]
- CICA stands for the ‘Conference on Interaction & Confidence Building Measures in Asia’- The Secretariat of CICA is based at Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan. It has 27 member states including India [September 25, 2020]
- United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 26) to be held in Glasgow, Scotland [September 25, 2020]
- Ganga Avalokan Museum- Haridwar [September 30, 2020]
- Web portal Dharani- Telangana