RRB NTPC General Knowledge Paper 2016 Shirt I
RRB NTPC Graduate Paper 2016 Shift I
| 1 | How much is one decalitre ?
(a) 10 Kilolitre (b) 10 Litre (c) 100 Litre (d) 10 Centilitre |
| 2 | Which river used to be called the “Sorrow of Bengal”?
(a) Brahmaputra (b) Hooghly (c) Bhagirathi (d) Damodar |
| 3 | In BRICS, which country is denoted by B ?
(a) Bangladesh (b) Belgium (c) Brazil (d) Bahrain |
| 4 | Mrinalini Sarabhai was related to
(a) Film Actress (b) Scientist (c) Classical Dancer (d) Playback Singer |
| 5 | What was the name of Maharana Pratap’s horse?
(a) Bulbul (b) Chetak (c) Hayagriva (d) Badal |
| 6 | Who is thought to have invented the thermo scope ?
(a) Galileo Galilei (b) Copernicus (c) Isaac Newton (d) J.Kepler |
| 7 | Who is hacker ?
(a) A person who sells goods in the street. (b) A person who uses computers to gain unauthorized access to data (c) A person who only sells computers online (d) A person who records phone calls |
| 8 | Arteries carry blood, that is filled with
(a) Oxygen (b) Carbon Dioxide (c) Toxins (d) Lipids |
| 9 | Which of this is not a memorial to a dead person ?
(a) Bibi ka Maqbara (b) Taj Mahal (c) Charminar (d) Itmad Ud Daulah |
| 10 | In which state is Karla, famous for its Buddhist caves, located ?
(a) Maharashtra (b) Uttar Pradesh (c) Uttarakhand (d) Madhya Pradesh |
| 11 | When was the Indian Constitution amended for the first time ?
(a) 1949 (b) 1951 (c) 1952 (d) 1953 |
| 12 | With which sport is Karnam Malleshwari associated?
(a) Tennis (b) Swimming (c) Athletics (d) Weightlifting |
| 13 | Which was the first satellite to orbit our Moon ?
(a) Luna 2 (b) Luna 10 (c) Apollo 10 (d) Apollo 11 |
| 14 | Which of the following is true ?
(a)1 GB = 1024 MB (b) 1 GB = 1,000,000 KB (c) 1 GB = 10,000 MB (d) 1 GB = 1,00,000 KB |
| 15 | World Tuberculosis (TB) day is observed on ?
(a) 28th March (b) 24th March (c) 24th May (d) 28th May |
| 16 | Who gave the slogan ‘ Do or Die’ during India’s freedom struggle ?
(a) Veer savarkar (b) Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose (c) Mahatma Gandhi (d) Subramanya Bharti |
| 17 | The function of the lens in our eyes is to
(a) Cover the eyes (b) Send messages of images to the brain (c) Change the focal distance of the eye (d) Protects eyes from injury |
| 18 | How many moons does the planet Mars have?
(a) 1 (b) 2 (c) 4 (d) 3 |
| 19 | In India who is the executive head of the state ?
(a) Prime Minister (b) The President (c) The Governor (d) None of these |
| 20 | Which is the capital of Cyprus ?
(a) Nicosia (b) Polis (c) Lamaca (d) Araddipou |
| 21 | Who invented Penicillin ?
(a) Ian Fleming (b) Alexander Fleming (c) Stephen Hawking (d) Alexander Graham Bell |
| 22 | Aruna Asaf Ali is remembered for hoisting the Indian National Congress Flag at
(a) Non-cooperation Movement (b) Civil Disobedience Movement (c) Self-rule Movement (d) Quit India Movement |
| 23 | In 2014, the _____ Lok Sabha was elected.
(a) 16th (b) 19th (c) 14th (d) 23rd |
| 24 | Which boxer is nicknamed ‘The Real Deal’ ?
(a) Mike Tyson (b0 Mohammed Ali (c) Evander Holyfield (d) Joe Louis |
| 25 | The Rowlatt act was passed in which year ?
(a) 1919 (b) 1921 (c) 1923 (d) 1916 |
| 26 | Which among the below choices can cause a Tsunami (also known as harbor wave)
(a) Under sea earthquakes (b) Typhoon (c) volcanic eruptions on land (d) Drought |
| 27 | When did Vasco Da Gama land in India ?
(a) 1492 (b) 1498 (c) 1948 (d) 1857 |
| 28 | From the following which is an example of a single-celled organism?
(a) Protozoa (b) Anthropods (c) Echinoderms (d) Annelids |
| 29 | Which of the following is also called ‘Marsh Gas’ ?
(a) Propane (b) Ethane (c) Methane (d) Butane |
| 30 | Where can you find the Golden Temple of Dambulla?
(a) Amritsar (b) Sri Lanka (c) Indonesia (d) Malaysia |
| 31 | Emperor Ashoka was the successor of ?
(a) Chandragupta Maurya (b) Bindusara (c) Susima (d) Dasharatha |
| 32 | The dance form Kurchipudi originated from which part of India ?
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Maharashtra (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha |
| 33 | Who is believed to have built the Konark Temple ?
(a) Raja Kulothunga (b) Narasimha Deva I (c) Vishnugopa (d) Mahipala |
| 34 | What is the desert adjoining the Thar desert called in Pakistan ?
(a) Gobi (b) Cholistan (c) Sukkur (d) Mirpur |
| 35 | Science of the study of preserved remains or traces of animals, plants, and organisms from the remote past is called
(a) Anthropology (b) Archaeology (c) Paleontology (d) Pharmacology |
| 36 | Atomic weight of an element is compared with which of the following to get the atomic weight of that element ?
(a) Oxygen (b) Carbon (c) Hydrogen (d) Nitrogen |
| 37 | What is the shape of the Earth ?
(a) Perfect hemisphere (b) Mostly flat (c) Perfect sphere (d) Oblate sphere |
| 38 | Which two teams played the first official international cricket match?
(a) England and Australia (b) England and West Indies (c) USA and Canada (d) Australia and India |
| 39 | Which is the smallest continent ?
(a) Australia (b) Antarctica (c) Africa (d) South America |
| 40 | As the frequency of a wave increases, what happens to its wavelength ?
(a) It increases (b) It remains same (c) it decreases (d) None of these |
Answer –
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| b | d | c | c | b | a | b | a | c | a |
| 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 |
| B | d | b | a | b | c | c | b | a | a |
| 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 |
| b | d | a | c | a | a | b | a | c | B |
| 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 |
| b | c | b | b | c | c | d | c | a | C |