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 CourtB
ParliamentC
President's OfficeD
Election CommissionQuestion 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 timeB
mass and currentC
current and lengthD
current and timeQuestion 379
GK
Which of the following committees has focused on tax reforms in India?
A
Malhotra CommitteeB
Vijay L Kelkar CommitteeC
Narasimham CommitteeD
Rangarajan CommitteeQuestion 380
GK
What should come in place of '?' in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? YKQ QCI IUA AMS ?
A
SEKB
RADC
KFYD
PEGQuestion 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 - CLUKB
PALE - ALEP - LEPAC
SCAM - MSCA - AMSCD
CUPS - UCSP - CSUPQuestion 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
4B
7C
3D
5Question 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 – YPB
QU – IBC
HL-ZSD
WA-OHQuestion 384
GK
What should come in place of '?' in the given series? 45 ? 63 81 105 135
A
51B
53C
52D
54Question 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 NorthB
10 km to the SouthC
11 km to the SouthD
10 km to the NorthQuestion 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
FB
RC
QD
MQuestion 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
BrotherB
HusbandC
FatherD
SonQuestion 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
89B
90C
85D
84Question 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
30B
32C
25D
29Question 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
SisterB
Sister's daughterC
DaughterD
Mother's motherQuestion 391
GK
What should come in place of ? in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? MNO PQR STU VWX ?
A
YZAB
YYZC
YZBD
YAZQuestion 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
ZeroB
ThreeC
OneD
TwoQuestion 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
7B
8C
5D
6Question 394
GK
What should come in place of '?' in the given series? 92 109 143 194 262 ?
A
351B
347C
345D
349Question 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) followsB
Only conclusion (II) followsC
Only conclusion (I) followsD
Both conclusions (I) and (II) followQuestion 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
FourB
ThreeC
TwoD
OneQuestion 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 -9B
KL 7C
GH 7D
FN -6Question 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
TwoB
NoneC
OneD
ThreeQuestion 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 - TLOCB
TURN - TRUN - NRUTC
LOST - LTSO - TSOLD
GROW - GRWO - ROWGQuestion 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
1B
3C
9D
7