RRB-NTPC 2016 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 701
GK

What should come in place of the ‘?’ in the given series? 7 11 20 24 46 50 ?

A
98
B
96
C
100
D
102
Question 702
GK

In a row of 122 students facing north, Ccd is 54 th from the right end. If Vks is 17 th to the left of Ccd, what is Vks's position from the left end of the line?

A
52 nd
B
53 rd
C
56 th
D
54 th
Question 703
GK

What should come in place of the '?' in the given series? 8 6 9 23 87 ?

A
421
B
429
C
437
D
433
Question 704
GK

Av, Bg, Ck, Dq, Et, Fx and Gp are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre. Bg sits second to the right of Av. Gp sits second to the left of Av. Dq sits third to the right of Gp. Ck sits to the immediate right of Fx. How many people sit between Et and Ck when counted from the left of Et?

A
Two
B
Three
C
None
D
One
Question 705
GK

What should come in place of '?' in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? URW GDI SPU EBG ?

A
QNS
B
LIN
C
NJP
D
PLR
Question 706
GK

Seven boxes, B, C, D, E, Q, R and S, are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Only one box is kept above E. Only two boxes are kept between C and E. B is kept immediately above E. Only Q is kept immediately below S. D is kept at some place below B and at some place above R. How many boxes are kept between B and S?

A
Three
B
Four
C
One
D
Two
Question 707
GK

MJ 8 is related to OM -6 in a certain way. In the same way, RW 12 is related to TZ -2. To which of the following is UR 1 related, following the same logic?

A
KKO -12
B
YT -10
C
WU -13
D
UH -5
Question 708
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
ZB - PH
B
SU-KA
C
UW-MC
D
MO -  EU
Question 709
GK

In a certain code language, 'DOLT' is coded as ‘4963’ and ‘LOTS'  is coded as ‘6435’. What is the code for ‘S’ in the given code language?

A
6
B
5
C
4
D
3
Question 710
GK

Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two sets of pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. QVI : KZJ USH : OWI

A
LQG : FUH
B
CNK : WRJ
C
BRH : VVF
D
AHL : UMK
Question 711
GK

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? FHD GIE HJF IKG ?

A
JKM
B
JLH
C
JMG
D
JKG
Question 712
GK

Seven people H, I, J, K, W, Y and Z are sitting around a circular table facing the center of the table. Only one person sits between H and W when counted from the left of W. Z sits third to the right of I. J sits third to the left of K. Z sits to the immediate right of J. Y is not an immediate neighbor of J. How many people sit between Y and W when counted from the right of Y?

A
Two
B
One
C
Three
D
Four
Question 713
GK

If ‘A’ stands for ‘÷’, ‘B’ stands for ‘x’, ‘C’ stands for ‘+’ and ‘D’ stands for ‘-‘, what will come in place of the question mark ‘?’ in the following equation? \(81\ A\ 3\ D\ 7\ B\ 2\ C\ 16 = ?\)

A
24
B
21
C
29
D
32
Question 714
GK

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? GAO 81, EYM 75, CWK 69, AUI 63, ?

A
YRJ 50
B
XRF 55
C
XSF 52
D
YSG 57
Question 715
GK

If ‘A’ stands for ‘+’, ‘B’ stands for ‘−’, ‘C’ stands for ‘×’, and ‘D’ stands for ‘÷’, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? \(25\ A\ 51\ D\ 3\ B\ 6\ C\ 5 = ?\)

A
12
B
14
C
15
D
10
Question 716
GK

In a certain code language, A % B means ‘A is the sister of B’ A € B means ‘A is the son of B’ A = B means ‘A is the father of B’ A ? B means ‘A is the daughter of B’ Based on the above, how is B related to X if 'B % C ? O € P = X'?

A
Mother's mother
B
Mother
C
Wife
D
Brother's daughter
Question 717
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 tigers are chairs. All chairs are monks. Conclusions: (I) Some monks are chairs. (II) All tigers are monks.

A
Only conclusion (II) follows
B
Only conclusion (I) follows
C
Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows
D
Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
Question 718
GK

Refer to the following series and answer the question. (Counting to be done from left to right only.) (All numbers are single-digit numbers only.) (Left) 3 5 8 9 7 4 1 5 9 6 2 3 6 5 8 7 4 1 5 9 8 6 3 2 1 5 4 7 8 4 1 2 5 9 8 7 4 1 5 6 2 3 9 8 7 8 9 7 5 1 (Right) How many such odd digits are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a perfect cube and immediately followed by an even digit? (NOTE: 1 is also a perfect cube.)

A
6
B
5
C
4
D
8
Question 719
GK

Refer to the following series and answer the question. (Counting to be done from left to right only.) (All numbers are single-digit numbers only.) (Left) 7 5 9 2 7 9 4 1 5 1 7 8 3 2 8 4 1 2 3 8 2 7 9 (Right) How many such odd digits are there, each of which is immediately preceded by an odd digit and also immediately followed by an even digit?

A
Three
B
Two
C
One
D
None
Question 720
GK

FR 6 is related to KN -6 in a certain way. In the same way, LU 9 is related to QQ -3. To which of the following is LS 14 related, following the same logic?

A
QO 2
B
YT 8
C
PR 0
D
GT 6
Question 721
GK

Mr. Vasu starts from Point A and drives 23 km towards the south. He then takes a left turn, drives 19 km, turns left and drives 36 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 19 km, turns left drives 9 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 5 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 4 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-degree turns only unless specified.)

A
8 km to the north
B
7 km to the south
C
4 km to the west
D
5 km to the east
Question 722
GK

In a certain code language, ‘VIBE’ is coded as ‘4395’ and ‘BITE’ is coded as ‘5914’. What is the code for ‘T’ in the given code language?

A
1
B
5
C
4
D
9
Question 723
GK

Select the set in which the numbers are related in the same way as are the numbers of the following sets. (NOTE: Operations should be performed on the whole numbers, without breaking down the numbers into their constituent digits. E.g. 13 – Operations on 13 such as adding/subtracting/multiplying etc. to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (14, 7, 21) (56, 28, 42)

A
(114, 57, 72)
B
(242, 121, 134)
C
(346, 173, 188)
D
(62, 31, 45)
Question 724
GK

In a row of 15 students facing the north, Yusuf is 10th from the right end. If Suman is 4th to the left of Yusuf, what is Suman's position from the left end of the line?

A
1st
B
2nd
C
4th
D
3rd
Question 725
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 man out is not based on the number of consonants/vowels or their position in the letter cluster.)

A
XA – TU
B
RF – NB
C
MJ – IF
D
PL – LH