RRB-NTPC 2016 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1101
GK

Based on the alphabetical order, three of the following four 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
TTV
B
ZYB
C
KJM
D
FEH
Question 1102
GK

Refer to the following letter series and answer the question. (Counting to be done from left to right only)  (Left) R C X Z H M E D F T B S I K A Q Y O W G U (Right)  How many such consonants are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a consonant and also immediately followed by a consonant?

A
9
B
7
C
8
D
10
Question 1103
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:  Some fishes are watches.  No watch is an octopus.  Conclusions:  (I) Some fishes are octopus.  (II) Some watches are fishes.

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 1104
GK

All 145 people are standing in a row facing north. Ccd is 24th from the right end while Vks is 26th from the left end. How many people are there between Ccd and Vks?

A
92
B
94
C
95
D
98
Question 1105
GK

The position(s) of how many letters will remain unchanged if each letter in the word SERVANT is arranged in the alphabetical order?

A
3
B
2
C
1
D
0
Question 1106
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
FJ-LP
B
HL-NR
C
DH-JN
D
JO-QU
Question 1107
GK

What should come in place of '?' in the given series based on the English alphabetical order?  COV ERX GUZ IXB ?

A
LBE
B
KAD
C
LAC
D
MAD
Question 1108
GK

Select the triad that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two sets of triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern.  BATH –HBAT –THBA  TOYS –STOY -YSTO

A
TOMB -OMTB -MTOB
B
CART - ACTR - CTAR
C
ABLE-EABL-LEAB
D
LOVE- OVEL -VELO
Question 1109
GK

Select the triad which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern.  DF – HJ – LN  GI – KM –OQ

A
AC – EG – IK
B
EB – IG – NL
C
ME – QK – XQ
D
HI – MP – SU
Question 1110
GK

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if '+' and '−' are interchanged and '×' and '÷' are interchanged?  558 × 31 − 18 ÷ 17 + 321 = ?

A
3
B
33
C
24
D
16
Question 1111
GK

Pqr ranked 71st from the bottom and 39th from the top in his class. How many students are there in his class?

A
109
B
113
C
107
D
108
Question 1112
GK

Seven people H, I, J, K, W, Y and Z are sitting in a row facing north. No one sits to the left of H. Only four people sit between H and I. Only three people sit to the right of W. Z sits to the immediate left of J. Y is not an immediate neighbor of W. How many people sit between Y and W?

A
Three
B
One
C
Four
D
Two
Question 1113
GK

In a certain code language, 'depth salad road' is coded as ' ok oh wc' and 'salad shirt rat' is coded as 'ut cu oh'. How is 'salad' coded in the given language?

A
ok
B
oh
C
wc
D
ut
Question 1114
GK

Based on the alphabetical order, three of the following four 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
FCZ
B
TQN
C
EBY
D
BZV
Question 1115
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 ants are wings. No logs are wings.  Conclusion (I): No logs are ants.  Conclusion (II): Some wings are ants.

A
Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow
B
Only conclusion (I) follows
C
Only conclusion (II) follows
D
Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows
Question 1116
GK

In a certain code language,  A ÷ B means 'A is the son of B',  A # B means 'A is the wife of B',  A + B means 'A is the brother of B' and  A & B means 'A is the father of B'.  How is S related to H if 'S ÷ D # R & Y + H'?

A
Father
B
Son
C
Husband
D
Brother
Question 1117
GK

What will come in place of '?' in the following equation, if '+' and '-' are interchanged and 'x' and '÷' are interchanged?  94 ÷ 5 + 262 - 24 x 6 = ?

A
212
B
209
C
210
D
211
Question 1118
GK

What should come in place of the '?' in the given series?  15 22 40 67 105 152 ?

A
210
B
156
C
165
D
167
Question 1119
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.)  18, 200  17, 189

A
22, 246
B
19, 211
C
16, 176
D
24, 264
Question 1120
GK

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

A
None
B
Two
C
One
D
Three
Question 1121
GK

What should come in place of ? in the given series based on the English alphabetical order?  LMO STV ZAC GHJ ?

A
NNP
B
MPQ
C
NPP
D
NOQ
Question 1122
GK

Select the pair which follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern.  DGD−ADA  ILI−FIF

A
ACY−WZW
B
ADA−WAW
C
ACY−XAX
D
ADA−XAX
Question 1123
GK

X is the mother of F. F is the sister of T. U is the father of K. K is the son of T. How is X related to K?

A
Mother's mother
B
Mother's sister
C
Sister
D
Mother
Question 1124
GK

Mr. Vasu starts from Point A and drives 25 km towards the north. He then takes a left turn, drives 17 km, turns left and drives 9 km. He then takes a right turn, drives 5 km, turns left and drives 20 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 29 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
9 km to the south
C
10 km to the east
D
7 km to the west
Question 1125
GK

If 2 is added to each odd digit and 1 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 163742, how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

A
None
B
One
C
Two
D
Three