RRB-NTPC 2016 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 376
GK

What is the highest forum for discussion and debate on public issues and national policy in India?

A
Supreme Court
B
Parliament
C
President's Office
D
Election Commission
Question 377
GK

Why are lipids important in the cell membrane structure of living organisms?

A
They store genetic information.
B
They catalyze biochemical reactions.
C
They form a barrier that controls what enters and leaves the cell.
D
They provide instructions for protein synthesis.
Question 378
GK

When considering the dimensions of electric charge, which fundamental units must be combined to express it in terms of SI base quantities?

A
length and time
B
mass and current
C
current and length
D
current and time
Question 379
GK

Which of the following committees has focused on tax reforms in India?

A
Malhotra Committee
B
Vijay L Kelkar Committee
C
Narasimham Committee
D
Rangarajan Committee
Question 380
GK

What should come in place of '?' in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? YKQ QCI IUA AMS ?

A
SEK
B
RAD
C
KFY
D
PEG
Question 381
GK

In the following triads, each group of letters is related to the subsequent one following a certain logic. Select from the given options, the one which follows the same logic. LIES - ILSE - LSIE FROG - RFGO - FGRO

A
LUCK - UCLK - CLUK
B
PALE - ALEP - LEPA
C
SCAM - MSCA - AMSC
D
CUPS - UCSP - CSUP
Question 382
GK

Each letter in the word KNIFERS is arranged in the English alphabetical order. How many letters are there in the English alphabetical order between the letter which is third from the left and the one which is third from the right in the new letter cluster thus formed?

A
4
B
7
C
3
D
5
Question 383
GK

Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-cluster pairs are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which is the one that does not belong to that group? (Note: The odd one out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter-cluster pairs.)

A
GK – YP
B
QU – IB
C
HL-ZS
D
WA-OH
Question 384
GK

What should come in place of '?' in the given series? 45 ? 63 81 105 135

A
51
B
53
C
52
D
54
Question 385
GK

Dinesh starts from Point A and drives 20 km towards West. He then takes a left turn, drives 18 km, turns left and drives 21 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 28 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 1 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90° turns only unless specified.)

A
11 km to the North
B
10 km to the South
C
11 km to the South
D
10 km to the North
Question 386
GK

Each vowel in the word WONDERLANDS is changed to the letter immediately following it in the English alphabetical order AND each consonant is changed to the letter immediately preceding it in the English alphabetical order. Which of the following letters will appear exactly twice in the group of letters thus formed?

A
F
B
R
C
Q
D
M
Question 387
GK

G is the father of Y. Y is the son of J. M is the brother of W. W is the son of J. How is G related to W?

A
Brother
B
Husband
C
Father
D
Son
Question 388
GK

If '+' means '−', '−' means '×', '×' means '÷', '÷' means '+', then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 21 − 4 ÷ 10 + 36 × 4 = ?

A
89
B
90
C
85
D
84
Question 389
GK

If 'P' stands for '÷', 'Q' stands for '×', 'R' stands for '+' and 'S' stands for '−', then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? 40 R 16 P 4 S 3 Q 5 = ?

A
30
B
32
C
25
D
29
Question 390
GK

In a certain code language, A x B means 'A is the father of B', A ≠ B means 'A is the son of B', A ÷ B means 'A is the daughter of B' and A ₹ B means 'A is the sister of B'. Based on the above, how is C related to M if 'C ÷ D ₹ E ≠ L x M'?

A
Sister
B
Sister's daughter
C
Daughter
D
Mother's mother
Question 391
GK

What should come in place of ? in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? MNO PQR STU VWX ?

A
YZA
B
YYZ
C
YZB
D
YAZ
Question 392
GK

Seven boxes E, F, G, H, I, J and R are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only two boxes are kept below E. Only one box is kept above R. Only one box is kept between R and H. G is kept immediately above J. F is kept at some place below I. How many boxes are kept between I and F?

A
Zero
B
Three
C
One
D
Two
Question 393
GK

Refer to the following letter series and answer the question. (Counting to be done from left to right only.) (Left) K D A Z Z X L E L A R A E P E Y U Z F U Q P (Right) How many such vowels are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a consonant?

A
7
B
8
C
5
D
6
Question 394
GK

What should come in place of '?' in the given series? 92 109 143 194 262 ?

A
351
B
347
C
345
D
349
Question 395
GK

Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully. Assuming that the information given in the statements is true, even if it appears to be at variance with commonly known facts, decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement(s). Statements: All beads are chairs. All beads are monks. Conclusions: (I) Some chairs are monks. (II) All monks are beads.

A
Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows
B
Only conclusion (II) follows
C
Only conclusion (I) follows
D
Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
Question 396
GK

Seven boxes A, B, R, U, P, T and S are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only four boxes are kept above U. Only one box is kept above R. Only one box is kept between R and A. S is kept immediately above T. P is kept at someplace below B. How many boxes are kept between B and S?

A
Four
B
Three
C
Two
D
One
Question 397
GK

KR 19 is related to NM 6 in a certain way. In the same way, MV 11 is related to PQ -2. To which of the following is CS 7 related, following the same logic?

A
HJ -9
B
KL 7
C
GH 7
D
FN -6
Question 398
GK

Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only one box is kept above C. A is not the topmost box. Only two boxes are kept below D. G is kept below D but above F. E is kept below A. How many boxes are kept between A and E?

A
Two
B
None
C
One
D
Three
Question 399
GK

In the following triad, each group of letters is related to the subsequent one following a certain logic. Select, from the given options, the one which follows the same logic. DENY - DYNE - YNED HUGE - HEGU - EGUH

A
CLOT - LCOT - TLOC
B
TURN - TRUN - NRUT
C
LOST - LTSO - TSOL
D
GROW - GRWO - ROWG
Question 400
GK

If 2 is added to each odd digit and 1 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 7281654, which of the following digits will be third from the left in the new number thus formed?

A
1
B
3
C
9
D
7