RRB-NTPC 2016 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 1801

Which new weapon led to Mangal Pandey’s agitation as a sepoy of the 34th Bengal Native Infantry?

Brown Bess musket

Matchlock gun

Enfield rifle

Snider rifle

Question 1802

Find the area of an equilateral triangle with side 8 cm (correct to 2 decimal places).

29.91 sq. cm.

27.71 sq. cm.

26.61 sq. cm.

24.41 sq. cm.

Question 1803

In which type of wave do particles of the medium move parallel to the direction of wave propagation?

Longitudinal wave

Transverse wave

Electromagnetic wave

Surface wave

Question 1804

What term describes a situation in which a person is employed but not in the desired capacity, in terms of compensation, hours, or skill level?

Part-time employment

Involuntary employment

Low wage employment

Underemployment

Question 1805

Harshavardhana’s biography Harshacharita was composed in Sanskrit by which of the following court poets?

Ravikirti

Surasena

Vishnu Sharma

Banabhatta

Question 1806

Which Article deals with the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court?

Article 141

Article 32

Article 124

Article 131

Question 1807

What should come in place of ‘?’ in the given series? 30 28 25 20 13 ?

Question 1808

Which event best signalled the decline of Portuguese power in India and the emergence of British and Dutch influence?

Battle of Plassey (1757)

Establishment of Madras by the English (1639)

Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle (1748)

Anglo-Persian capture of Hormuz (1622)

Question 1809

Amit invested equal amounts at simple interest and compound interest, compounded annually, for 2 years at the same rate of 4% per annum. In the end, he noticed a difference of ₹52 between the two interests earned. What was the amount (in ₹) invested in each case?

31600

32500

31750

32850

Question 1810

LFGK is related to RKKN in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, GMOP is related to MRSS. To which of the following is COLU related, following the same logic?

ITPX

JUQZ

HSOX

GWNZ

Question 1811

In Windows 11, which built-in tool opens immediately when a user presses the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + Esc?

File Explorer

Task Manager

Control Panel

Settings

Question 1812

Which Supreme Court case, decided in April 2025, led to the 16th Presidential Reference under Article 143 concerning timelines for assent to State Bills?

State of Tamil Nadu vs Governor of Tamil Nadu

Nabam Rebia vs Deputy Speaker, Arunachal Pradesh

S.R. Bommai vs Union of India

Kaiser-I-Hind Pvt. Ltd. vs National Textile Corporation

Question 1813

According to the Gandhian principles incorporated in the Directive Principles of State Policy, the State shall endeavor to promote:

Large-scale corporate farming

Industrialization in urban areas

Cottage industries on an individual or cooperative basis in rural areas

Foreign trade agreements

Question 1814

Momentum of an object is defined as the product of its mass and velocity, hence what are its SI units?

kg m s–1

kg m s–2

kg m s

g m s–1

Question 1815

Under the Greenhouse Gases Emission Intensity Target Rules, 2025, if an obligated entity fails to meet targets, then environmental compensation is linked to carbon credit prices. The compensation for shortfall is:

A fixed penalty per tonne decided by SPCBs

Three times the average traded price of carbon credit certificates

Twice the average traded price of carbon credit certificates

Equal to the average traded price of carbon credit certificates

Question 1816

The length, breadth and height of a room are 20m, 10m and 6m, respectively. If the rate of painting the four walls and the ceiling of the room is ₹15/square metre, then find the total cost.

₹6500

₹8400

₹7200

₹9200

Question 1817

In traditional development economics, development primarily meant:

Growth of per capita real income

Rise in national income levels

Increase in employment opportunities

Expansion of industrial production

Question 1818

Seven people B, C, D, O, P, Q and R are sitting around a circular table facing the center of the table. Only two people sit between R and P when counted from the left of P. Only three people sit between C and O when counted from the left of C. P sits to the immediate right of O. B sits to the immediate right of Q. Who sits fourth to the left of D?

Question 1819

Which of the given letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the following series to make it logically complete? QBL 8 EPZ 16 SDN 24 GRB 32 ?

CNE 41

MSY 42

KDU 42

UFP 40

Question 1820

What is the legal consequence if an Indian citizen voluntarily acquires the citizenship of a foreign country after the commencement of the Constitution?

He/She ceases to be an Indian citizen

Indian citizenship is suspended for three years

Citizenship is retained subject to conditions

Dual citizenship is permitted

Question 1821

A trader gives $5\%$ discount on the marked price of an article and gives 2 articles free for buying 14 articles and gains $33\%$ in the entire transaction. Assuming a customer pays for 14 articles, the marked price of an article is what percent more than its cost price?

52%

60%

68%

58%

Question 1822

At the 2025 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) meeting, Chinese President Xi Jinping proposed the establishment of a global AI governance body. What is the name of this proposed organization?

International AI Forum (IAIF)

International Artificial Intelligence Organization (IAIO)

Global AI Council (GAIC)

World Artificial Intelligence Cooperation Organization (WAICO)

Question 1823

RAFI is related to TELQ in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, NEGL is related to PIMT. To which of the following is JRTB related, following the same logic?

LVZI

LVZJ

KTWE

ZLKT

Question 1824

Read the given statements 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 conclusion(s) logically follow(s) from the statement. Statements: All cars are tram. All cars are rickshaw. All cars are bus. Conclusions: (I) All trams are bus. (II) Some buses are rickshaws.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Question 1825

A shopkeeper purchased 32 dozens of articles at the rate of ₹102 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of ₹68. What percentage profit did he make?

697%

702%

700%

701%

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