GK Questions asked in Railway RRB NTPC Exam - 2 April 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are the General Awareness questions asked in today’s (02/04/2016) Railway RRB Exam 2016. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. All the Best. We will add more questions shortly. 

1. Cultivation of saffron is done in which state? - Jammu and Kashmir

2. Study of organisms and their environment? - Ecology

3. The image formed on the retina of human eyes is? - Real and inverted

4. Which country got Independence in 2011? - South Sudan

5. Capital of Gujarat? - Gandhinagar

6. Jallianwala Bagh Massacre took place in which year? - 1919

7. Who designed the building of the Indian Parliament? - Sir Edwin Lutyens

8. The king Ashoka belonged to which dynasty? - Maurya dynasty

9.  In which Olympic year did women participated in all events for first time? - 2012 London Olympics

10. Periodic Table of elements was invented by? - Dmitri Mendeleev

11. First man who reached outer space? - Yuri Gagrin

12. If we double the resistance of wire, the effect on voltage would be? - Voltage would get decrease

13. Sri Lanka got Independent in which year? - 1948

14. The term "Wood shot/Hairpin shot" is associated with which sport? - Badminton

15. From where our Indian Constitution has borrowed Emergency provision? - Germany

16. Which planet has no satelites? - Mercury and Venus

17. Which monument was built by Shah Jahan in Delhi? - Jama Masjid

18. Which recently discovered creature lives without water for 10 years? - Kangaroo Rat

19. River Brahmaputra doesn't flows in which country? - Myanmar

20. X-rays was discovered by? - Wilhelm Roentgen

21. Currency of Korea? - South Korean Won

22. Fastest acting anti-rabies injection was developed by which country? - India

23. What is minimum age required to become Prime Minister of nation? - 25 years

24. NaCl is what (Options: Salt, Water, Sugar and one more option)? - It's a salt

25. In which cells Mitochondria doesn't exists? - Erythrocytes (red blood cells)

26. Which country would host 2019 Rugby World Cup? - Japan

27. Air conditioner was invented by? - Willis Carrier
28. Which monument was built to commemorate the eradication of plague? - Charminar
29. Father of Indian Space Programmes? - Dr. Vikram Sarabhai
30. Which was first geostationary satellite launched in India? - Ariane Passenger Payload Experiment (APPLE) in 1981
31. Molecular formula for sugar? - C12H22011
32. Height of badminton net above ground level? - 1.524 meter
33. Which of following colour has least wavelength? - Violet
34. Which of following element is found in room temperature? - Bromine
35. Who introduced Orthodox Christianity in Russia? - Vladimir
36. Kidney stone is caused by? - Calcium Oxalate
37. Noble prize recipient of India in 2014 for peace? - Kailash Satyarthi
38. First President of INC? - W.C. Bannerjee
39. Mughal dynasty was established by? - Babar
40. Which thing was discovered by Alexander Fleming? - Penicillin
41. White desert in India? - Rann of Kuch desert
42. Oldest oil reserves in India? - Digboi
43. How many tastes buds are present in tongue? - 5
44. How many bones a Infant baby have? - Around 300
45. On which planet frozen water is found? - Pluto
46. Tennis is played on which surface? - Hard, Grass and Clay courts.
47. National song of India was composed by? - Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
48. First woman President of Pakistan? - Dr. Fehmida Mirza

49. What is tri colour ratio of Indian National Flag? - Width : Length = 2:3

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GK Questions asked in Railway RRB NTPC Exam - 29 March 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are the General Awareness questions asked in today’s (29/03/2016) Railway RRB Exam 2016. This will be useful for those having exams in coming days. All the Best. 

1. Radar full form? - Radio Detection And Ranging

2. What is tomato? - Fruit

3. Which person holds the record of winning maximum gold in olympics? - Michael Phelps

4. Chandrashekhar Limit is applied to? - Mass

5. Lemur are found in? - Madagascar

6. Bhimbetka caves are approximately how many years old? - 30,000 years

7. Chemical name of Baking soda? - Sodium Bicarbonate

8. Chief Justice of India retirement age? - 65 years

9. Kamarup kingdom is in which state? - Assam

10. No. of medals for India in 2012 Olympics? - 6 medals

11. Who gives oath to the President? - Chief Justice of India

12. Tallest building in world? - Burj Khalifa

13. SPM full form? - Suspended Particulate Matter

14.  Which language is used in ideographs? - China and Japan

15. Berlin wall demolished in which year? - 1989

16. Zika virus spread by? - Aedes mosquito

17. Father of geometry? - Euclid

18. 2015 TIME person of the year? - German Chancellor Angela Merkel

19. Which river flows through Karnataka and TN? - Kaveri

20. DPT full form? - Diphtheria, Pertussis, Tetanus

21. Oscar winner director from India? - Satyajit Ray

22. Swej nahar is in which country? - Egypt(Mediterranean Sea to Red Sea)

23. What is graphene? - Allotrope of carbon.

24. What is umami? - 5th basic taste of tongue

25. Highest grand slams winner male? - Roger Federer

26. Aurum is which metal? - Gold

27. Which team won the maximum football world cup? - Brazil

28. Last Mughal emperor? - Bahadur Shah Zafar

29. Environment day is observed on? - 5 June

30. Which is landlocked country? - Kyrgyzstan

31. Quit India Revolution date? - 8 August 1942

32. Currency of Thailand? - Thai baht

33. Din-i-illahi founder? - Mughal emperor Akbar

34. Granite is an example of which rock? - Igneous rock

35. Smallest bone in human body? - Stapes

36. Name of father of Subhash chandra bose? - Janakinath Bose

37. Organ that can grow and regenerate? - liver

38. Which country invented paper? - China

39. Unesco headquarters? - Paris

40. Gases Causing greenhouse effect? - water vapor, carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone.

41. Interpol headquarters? - Lyon, France

42. 'Tee' term associated with which sports? - Golf

43. Who is Chief justice of India? - Justice TS Thakur

44. Who is known as semant(Frontier)  Gandhi? - Khan Abdul Gaffar khan

45. National song of India is written by? - Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

46. Where is Kunchilal water falls? - Karnataka

47. Largest non polar desert in the world? - Sahara

48. Where is the island of Sychelles located? - Mahe

49. Land locked country? - Liechtenstein in Central Europe, surrounded by Switzerland and Austria

50. Pollination by wind is called? - Anemophily or wind pollination

51. Brightest star in our sky? - Sirius A

52. A Passage to Infinity: Medieval Indian Mathematics from Kerala and Its Impact written by? - George Gheverghese Joseph

53. Mangalyan launched from which place? - Sriharikota

54. RBI was Nationalised in which year? -  1949

55. Queen berry rules in which game? - Modern boxing

56. A Deep crack in glacier is called? - Crevasse

57. Largest fresh water lake in India? - Lake Baikal

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GK MCQ Quiz for Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical)

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful GK Questions for upcoming Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical) for selection of Assistant Station Master, Goods Guard, Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Traffic Assistant, Senior Time Keeper etc. Attempt quiz & share your reviews. 

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1) ‘ALU’ stands for

(a) Algebraic Logic Unit

(b) Algorithmic Logic Unit

(c) Arithmetic Logic unit

(d) None of above

2) The only state of India, where common civil code provision is applicable

(a) Goa

(b) Jammu & Kashmir

(c) Kerala

(d) Assam

3) The minimum age required to becomes a member of rajya sabha is-

(a) 21 years

(b) 25 years

(c) 30 years

(d) 35 years

4) The NABARD was established in which year?

(a) 1970

(b) 1975

(c) 1977

(d) 1982

5) "The turbulent years: 1980-1996" is the book written by?

(a) Pranab Mukherjee

(b) Kailash satyarthi

(c) Dr. K. K. Mohammad

(d) Keneth Baker

6) Which one of the following is the primary sector of India’s economy?

(a) Agriculture

(b) Industry

(c) Cooperative

(d) None of the above

7) Who was the chairman of 7th Central pay commission?

(a) Arvind Pangadia

(b) Ashok Kumar Roy

(c) Ashok Kumar Mathur

(d) Anil Sinha

8) Export – Import (Exim) bank was set up in the year?

(a) 1981

(b) 1982

(c) 1985

(d) 1989

9) Tipu Sultan was the ruler of?

(a) Hyderabad

(b) Madurai

(c) Mysore

(d) Vijya Nagar

10) Who wrote the famous song ‘Saare Jahan Se Achcha Hindustan Hamara’?

(a) Sahir Ludhianvi

(b) Sir Sayyad Ahmed Khan

(c) Sir Muhammad Iqbal

(d) Bahadur shah Zafar

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Useful GK Questions for Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical)

Hi Aspirants, here are some useful General Knowledge (GK) Questions useful and expected in the upcoming Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical) scheduled to start on 28 March 2016 for selection of Assistant Station Master, Goods Guard, Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Traffic Assistant, Senior Time Keeper etc. Attempt quiz & share your reviews. 

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1)  The Finance Commission is appointed for every ____ year?

(A) 3

(B) 4

(C) 5

(D) 6

2) National Institute of Oceanography is located at?

(A) Calcutta

(B) Chennai

(C) Mangalore

(D) Panaji

3)  The C. K. Nayudu Trophy is related to which sport?

(A) cricket

(B) Hockey

(C) Football

(D) Chess

4) All India Radio commenced operations in?

(A) 1926

(B) 1936

(C) 1945

(D) 1947

5) The joint session of the two houses is presided by?

(A) the speaker

(B) the president

(C) chairman of Rajyasabha

(D) none of these

6) Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet

(A) Mercury

(B) Venus

(C) Saturn

(D) Neptune

7) The earliest known Indian script is

(A) Mori

(B) Devanagari

(C) Brahmi

(D) Kharosti

8) How many times the preamble was amended

(A) once

(B) twice

(C) thrice

(D) four times

9) The state with the lowest population in India is

(A) Goa

(B) Tripura

(C) Mizoram

(D) Sikkim

10) The Simon Commission was appointed in

(A) 1927

(B) 1928

(C) 1929

(D) 1930

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Download Admit Card of Railway RRB Exam 2016

Hi Aspirants, Railway Recruitment Board has released the admit card/Call letter of  Computer Based Test for recruitment of Non Technical Popular Categories (Graduate) for the posts of Assistant Station Master (ASM), Clerk, Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk (ECRC), Commercial Apprentice (CA), Traffic Assistant (TA), Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum typist, Senior time Keeper.

As per the schedule, the Computer Based Test will be conducted from 28th March till 30th April 2016.

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English Quiz for Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical) & LIC AAO 2016

Hi Aspirants..Here are some useful questions for Railway RRB Exam 2016 (Non Technical) & LIC AAO 2016. Attempt the quiz and share your score. 

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1)  I am not going to contest Lok Sabha seat_____ Trivandrum.

(a) Of

(b) At

(c) From

(d) By

Ans. (c) From

2)  Ancy belongs _____ the upper strata of the society.

(a) Of

(b) From

(c) To

(d) For

Ans. (c) To

3) "I am annoyed_____ Him_____ what he has done to me."

(a) By; in

(b) With; against

(c) At; for

(d) With; for

Ans. (d) With; for

4) Arrange the Jumpled sentence correctly between (1) and (6).

1. There are people

P. To be able to say

Q. Not because they enjoy the book

R. Who read a book

S. But because they want

2. That they have read it.

(a) PSQR

(b) SQPR

(c) RSPQ

(d) RQSP

Ans. (d) RQSP

5) Changing one’s mind too quickly

(a) Changeableness

(b) Vacillation

(c) Versatility

(d) Instability

Ans. (b) Vacillation

6) Work for which no regular salary is paid

(a) Honourable

(b) Honorary

(c) Temporary

(d) Ad hoc

Ans. (b) Honorary

7) A book containing information on all subjects

(a) Dictionary

(b) Appendix

(c) Informative

(d) Encyclopaedia

Ans. (d) Encyclopaedia

8)  One who is neither intelligent nor dull

(a) Commoner

(b) Mediocre

(c) Tolerable

(d) Diligent

Ans. (b) Mediocre

9) Scarcity of rain or water

(a) Drought

(b) Draught

(c) Dryness

(d) Dehydration

Ans. (a) Drought

10) Choose the word opposite in meaning to the given word .

GLORIOUS

(a) Sad

(b) Painful

(c) Cowardly

(d) Humiliating

Ans. (d) Humiliating

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Expected GK Questions for Railway RRB Exam 2016

Hi Apsirants..Here are some expected General Knowledge Questions useful for upcoming Railway RRB Exam 2016 Non-Technical for selection of Assistant Station Master, Goods Guard, Commercial Apprentice, Traffic Apprentice, Enquiry cum Reservation Clerk, Junior Accounts Assistant cum Typist, Senior Clerk cum Typist, Traffic Assistant, Senior Time Keeper etc. Attempt quiz & share your reviews. 

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1) Which of the following facts is wrong?

(a) First Postal Stamp was issued in India in October, 1854

(b) First Postal Stamp was issued in May, 1840 in England

(c) Pin code system was started from 15 August 1982

(d) Six digit Pin code system in India was started on 15 August 1972

2) In case of disagreement over an ordinary bill between the two House of Parliament, the bill will

(a) be set to the President of India for assent

(b) be lapsed

(c) be moved in a joint sitting of the Parliament

(d) be referred to the Supreme Court

3) The book “Namesake’ is written by?

(A) Jhumpa Lahiri

(B) Amitava Ghosh

(C) Bhavana Chauhan

(D) Kiran Desai

4) Which amendment to the Constitution of India made the Right to Education a fundamental right for children in the age group of 6-14 Years?

(A) 83rd

(B) 86th

(C) 91st

(D) 94th

5) Which Article of the Constitution empowers amendment in the Constitution of India?

(A) Article 368

(B) Article 356

(C) Article 357

(D) Article 359

6) The uprising of 1857 was described as the First Indian War of  Independence by

(A) S. N. Sen

(B) R. C. Mazumdar

(C) B. G. Tilak

(D) V. D. Savarkar

7) Who was the first Indian Woman president of the Indian National Congress?

(A) Rajkumari Amrit Kaur

(B) Annie Besant

(C) Vijaylakshmi Pandit

(D) Sarojini Naidu

8) From which Constitution did our Constitution borrow the concept of Directive Principles of the State Policy?

(A) Canada

(B) Ireland

(C) United Kingdom

(D) Germany

9) Who was the first chairman of the Planning Commission of India?

(A) K. C. Pant

(B) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar

(C) C. Rangarajan

(D) Jawahar Lal Nehru

10) The confluence of rivers Alaknanda and Bhagirathi take place at

(A) Devaprayag

(B) Rudraprayag

(C) Allahabad

(D) Varanasi

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