SBI PO Mains 2026 Static GK Revision MCQs | Last 6 Months | Class 01

Main ideas / purpose of the video

• The instructor is doing Static GK Revision MCQs (last ~6 months “current static”) for:
  • SBI PO Mains 2026
  • IBPS PO Mains (coming soon; prelims close to SBI PO)
• The focus is on topics that repeatedly appear in exams and are often connected to things “in the news”, such as:
  • International organizations (headquarters, formation year, leadership)
  • Government schemes/initiatives (full forms, ministry, agenda)
  • Major parks / tiger conservation facts
  • Sports and military exercise current-news linkages
• Teaching style:
  • The instructor emphasizes that each question can generate multiple MCQs.
  • Learners are urged to remember patterns like headquarters + key fact + full form.
  • He frequently frames facts as: “Remember this because at least 5 questions can be made from it.”

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Methodology / instruction-like guidance (as taught)

• Subscribe / join the channel (encouragement before starting).
• Exam targeting logic
  • The session covers common “static current affairs” for both SBI PO Mains and IBPS PO Mains due to a small exam gap.
• Revision strategy
  • For “in-news” static concepts (e.g., ICAO, UNESCO), memorize:
    • Headquarters (city + country)
    • Established year (where relevant)
    • Leadership / current head (where claimed)
• MCQ approach
  • For each organization/topic, learners choose among options (e.g., headquarters cities, ministry names).
  • He encourages a “at least 5 questions from one question” way of thinking.

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Key GK concepts and facts emphasized

1) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

• Headquarters: Montreal, Canada
• Also highlighted as based in Montreal: WADA (World Anti-Doping Agency)
• Formation year: 1947
• Current leader (as stated): Juan Carlos Gomez (spelling noted to verify)
• Exam-style connections mentioned:
  • Both ICAO and WADA are tied to Montreal, Canada
  • ICAO is described as an international specialized agency of international civil aviation

2) World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)

• Full form: World Anti-Doping Agency
• Headquarters: Montreal, Canada

3) Headquarters comparison set (Geneva vs Montreal)

• Geneva-based organizations (Switzerland): examples listed include:
  • WHO (as the example for Geneva)
  • ILO, WIPO, and others (general reminder: these are in Geneva, Switzerland)

4) Dengue vaccine: Q-Denga

• Vaccine name: “Q-Denga” (spelled “Q Denga” in subtitles)
• Developed by: Takeda Biopharmaceuticals
• Approval authority (as stated): DCGI
  • Full meaning given: Drug Controller General of India
• Exam linkage: “static from current affairs” (vaccine approvals are often asked)

5) Drone Federation of India (DFI)

• Headquarters (as stated): New Delhi
• Timeline (as stated):
  • Name brought in 2017
  • Officially established: 2019
• Sector/technology acronym reminder:
  • UAV = Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
• Mentioned linkage: “chips manufactured in India” + ties with drone ecosystem

6) Kaziranga National Park

• Location: Assam
• Why in news: Assam floods; Kaziranga is the first national park to get submerged
• Famous for: single-horned rhinoceros
• UNESCO claim: included as UNESCO World Heritage (Natural Site)
• Additional linkage: Kaziranga Tiger Reserve associated with the same region
• Geography logic taught:
  • Monsoon rivers/tributaries + Brahmaputra brings silt, covering low areas → flooding impacts Kaziranga
• Nearby GI-tag examples in Assam (as listed):
  • Buxa honey
  • Tezpur litchi
  • Gamosa
  • Judima rice wine

7) Asian Development Bank (ADB)

• Headquarters: Mandaluyong, Metro Manila, Philippines
• Established: 1966
• Member countries: 69
• Latest member (as stated): Israel
• Current leader (as stated): Masato Kanda
• Anchor fact taught: ADB support mentioned as $850 million to India (USD amount stated)
• Philippines micro-facts mentioned:
  • Capital: Manila
  • Currency: Peso

8) UNESCO World Heritage Committee session + Sarnath (Varanasi)

• 48th session venue (as stated): Busan, South Korea
• UNESCO added India’s 45th World Heritage Site:
  • Sarnath, Varanasi
• Sarnath-associated facts:
  • Linked to Gautam Buddha’s first sermon to five disciples
  • Dhammastupa mentioned
  • Link to the national emblem origin from Sarnath facts (as referenced)

9) UNESCO organizational trivia + DG (as stated)

• UNESCO full form: United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
• Headquarters: Paris, France
• Established: 1945
• Current DG (as stated): Khaled Al Enani / Khalid Al Enani (spelling said to verify)
  • Country: Egypt
  • Background: former Cultural Minister of Egypt
• UNESCO Creative Cities Network
  • Term used: UCCN / UNESCO Creative City Network
  • Cities in India included: nine (as stated)
  • Examples mentioned: Varanasi, Gwalior, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Lucknow, Jaipur

10) NIDAR initiative (drones)

• NIDAR full form (as stated): National Innovation Challenge for Drone Applications and Research
• NIDAR 2.0
  • Launched as “NIDAR 2.0”
• Sub-version launch tied to “SWAYAM” in subtitles
• “Under which initiative” choices suggested included:
  • Make in India / Digital India / Startup India / … / PM Gati Shakti (options discussed)
• Ministry / umbrella (as stated):
  • SWAYAM under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)
  • Mentioned minister: Ashwini Vaishnav
• Goal taught:
  • By 2030, India to be a global hub of drones

11) WAVES (World Audio Visual & Entertainment Summit)

• WAVES summit location (as stated): Jio Convention Center, Mumbai, Maharashtra
• Year mentioned: 2025
• Ministry it comes under (as stated): Ministry of Information and Broadcasting
• Link: described like an “application” similar to OTT

12) International Olympic Committee (IOC)

• Headquarters: Lausanne, Switzerland
• Established: 1894
• Current President (as stated): Kirsty Coventry (from Zimbabwe; swimmer)
• Previous President (as stated): Thomas Bach (fencing)
• Olympics hosting anchors mentioned:
  • 2024 host country referenced (subtitles messy)
  • 2028: Los Angeles (LA)
  • 2032: Brisbane, Australia
  • 2036: not confirmed; India “trying” to host

13) “MISTY Scheme” (mangroves)

• Expansion (as stated): Mangrove Initiative for Shoreline Habitats and Tangible Incomes
• Theme: Mangrove plantation
• Top state (as stated): West Bengal
  • Rationale mentioned: India has largest mangroves (Sundarbans)
• Second position: Andhra Pradesh
• Benefits taught:
  • Stops soil erosion
  • Protects coasts from cyclones/tsunamis
• Example protected area referenced:
  • Bhitarakanika National Park (Odisha) and saltwater crocodile habitat link
• Andhra Pradesh funding mentioned:
  • Government allotment to plant mangroves

14) Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) HQ + related agencies

• “Rome set” taught:
  • FAO HQ and major bodies referenced: Rome, Italy
  • World Food Programme (WFP) mentioned as part of the same set
• Additional connection mentioned:
  • India + WFP fertilized rice collaboration for children/refugees in war zones (“fertilized rice” support)

15) Chola copper plates return to India

• Origin: Leiden University Library
• Country: Netherlands (Leiden mentioned)
• Assigned state in India: Tamil Nadu
• Tamil Nadu recall pointers taught (examples):
  • GI tags
  • state festivals (example: Pongal)
  • cultural pointers (CM/Governor referenced generally)

16) Jallikattu / bull fighting festival

• Festival name in Tamil Nadu context: Jallikattu
• Mentioned “Kil(al)i village” in news (connection explained via current-news linkage)

17) FIFA (World Football body)

• FIFA headquarters (as stated in subtitles): Zurich, Switzerland
• Current chief (as stated): Gianni Infantino
• Came (as stated): 21 May 1904
• First FIFA World Cup match (as stated): 1930
• FIFA World Cup 2026 host countries (as stated):
  • USA, Canada, Mexico
• Mascots named in subtitles:
  • Clutch and Maple and (Jayu/Juay) (partially garbled)

18) NIVA / NeVA (paperless legislatures)

• Full form (as stated): National e-Vidhan Application
• Ministry (as stated): Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs
• Agenda (as stated):
  • Make Vidhan Sabhas paperless
  • Move to digital information online
  • Example referenced: Uttar Pradesh tablet usage

19) Skyroot / “Sky Route Aerospace” HQ

• Headquarters location (as stated): Hyderabad
• Founders described (as stated):
  • Ex-ISRO scientists
  • Vikram One satellite/rocket orbit mentioned

20) Telangana festival and Hyderabad institutional facts

• Festivals mentioned:
  • Bathukamma (Telangana)
  • Sammakka/Saralbonalu / Asha Bonalu (Asha Bonalu referenced)
• Airports reiterated:
  • Begumpet Airport (for a Wings India Summit venue)
  • Rajiv Gandhi International Airport (in Hyderabad)
• Institutional mention:
  • IRDAI: headquarters in Hyderabad
  • Expanded name: Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India

21) ISSF World Cup & shooting-related trivia

• World Cup held in Hangzhou, China (recently)
• Prior venue mentioned: Munich
• Final venue mentioned: Rome, Italy (month: December)
• Medal summary taught (as stated):
  • India got 4 medals: 1 gold, 1 silver, 2 bronze
  • Athletes mentioned:
    • Manu Bhaker (bronze)
    • Isha Singh (gold)
  • Two more athletes mentioned but partially garbled

22) Exercise Pitch Black (Air Force, multilateral)

• Type: multilateral Air Force exercise
• Venue: Darwin Air Base, Darwin, Australia
• Participating from India (as stated): Rafael (likely refers to Dassault Rafale; stated as “Rafael”)
• Event name: Exercise Pitch Black

23) Tiger conservation (NTCA, International Tiger Day, Project Tiger, reserves)

• International Tiger Day: 29 July
• NTCA full form: National Tiger Conservation Authority
• India’s largest tiger reserve (as stated):
  • Nagarjunasagar Srisailam Tiger Reserve
• Coverage area (as stated): about 3728 sq km
• Spread across: Andhra Pradesh and Telangana
• Additional claim set:
  • MP described as a Tiger State with most tiger reserves
  • Jim Corbett National Park: highest number of tigers
  • Kaziranga National Park: highest tiger density (as stated)
• Periyar:
  • Periyar Tiger Reserve
  • Periyar River linked to Sabarimala Temple on river banks
  • Sabarimala deity: Lord Ayyappa / Lord Aiyan

24) Project Tiger

• Launched: 1973
• Emergency imposed: 1975 (timeline mentioned)
• Launched by / connected to:
  • Government of India via NTCA (as stated)
• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Launch location (as stated): Jim Corbett National Park
• Geography historical point taught:
  • Jim Corbett region was part of Uttar Pradesh at the time
  • Later split: Uttarakhand formed in 2000 (as stated)

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Sources / speakers featured (as named in the subtitles)

• Vaibhav Srivastava (speaker/teacher)
• Unspecified “friends/students” (audience comments referenced; no reliable individual names identified)
• Referenced public figures/organizations in content (not necessarily interviewed):
  • Juan Carlos Gomez (ICAO head as stated)
  • Takeda Biopharmaceuticals (Q-Denga developer)
  • Masatokanda (ADB leader as stated)
  • Kirsty Coventry (IOC president as stated)
  • Thomas Bach (previous IOC chief as stated)
  • Gianni Infantino (FIFA chief as stated)
  • Khaled Al Enani / Khalid Al Enani (UNESCO DG as stated)
  • Indira Gandhi (Project Tiger brought during her tenure as stated)
  • Bhupendra Yadav (mentioned as speaking in Parliament about tiger data)