RRB-NTPC 2021 Questions

04 Sep 2021 • Shift 1

83 Questions AvailableTake as Test

Question 1

Arithmetic

Which reformer is known for his efforts to promote widow remarriage and women's education in Bengal?

Keshab Chandra Sen

Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar

Debendranath Tagore

Swami Vivekananda

Question 2

Arithmetic

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution provides for the power of the President to specify the Scheduled Tribes under the Constitution?

Article 342

Article 343

Article 336

Article 340

Question 3

Arithmetic

Which of the following Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs) were granted 'Miniratna' Category-I status by Defence Minister Rajnath Singh in May 2021?

Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL)

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL)

Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL)

Munitions India Limited (MIL)

Question 4

Arithmetic

In 2021, the Central government selected which of the following start-ups to build India's first indigenous artificial intelligence (AI) large language model (LLM)?

Sarvana

Sarvam

Srijan

Sarvshresht

Question 5

Arithmetic

What does the abbreviation 'MAN' stand for in computer networking?

Mobile Area Network

Medium Access Network

Main Access Node

Metropolitan Area Network

Question 6

Arithmetic

As of June 2021, how many languages are listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Indian Constitution?

Question 7

Arithmetic

President Droupadi Murmu conferred how many Kirti Chakras, including four posthumous, during Phase-I of the Defence Investiture Ceremony 2021 in May 2021?

Fifteen

Nine

Six

Twelve

Question 8

Arithmetic

Tuhin Kanta Pandey succeeded whom as the chairman of the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) in March 2021?

Ajay Tyagi

UK Sinha

Madhabi Puri Buch

CB Bhave

Question 9

Arithmetic

Which of the following states was NOT formed through the State Reorganisation Act of 1956?

Rajasthan State

Goa State

Mysore State

Bombay State

Question 10

Arithmetic

Which Article of the Indian Constitution directs the State for promotion of cottage industries in rural areas?

Article 41

Article 36

Article 55

Article 43

Question 11

Arithmetic

Which of the following is the first African country to sign the International Solar Alliance (ISA) in April 2021?

Senegal

Lesotho

Mauritius

Egypt

Question 12

Arithmetic

Which of the following plateaus lies between the Western Ghats and Eastern Ghats?

Chhota Nagpur Plateau

Deccan Plateau

Malwa Plateau

Meghalaya Plateau

Question 13

Arithmetic

Which organisation unveiled the strategic report titled 'Designing a Policy for Medium Enterprises' emphasising their role in India's development?

Reserve Bank of India

Ministry of MSME

Confederation of Indian Industry (CII)

NITI Aayog

Question 14

Arithmetic

Which Article of the Indian Constitution deals with the distribution of legislative powers between the Union and the States?

Article 368

Article 240

Article 280

Article 246

Question 15

Arithmetic

What pigment do petunias have that gives them a reddish-purple colour in an acidic environment (low pH)?

Anthocyanins

Carotenes

Betalains

Lycopene

Question 16

Arithmetic

Which of the following organisations oversees the Kutiyattam Kendra located in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India?

Kerala Tourism Department

Ministry of Education

UNESCO

Ministry of Culture

Question 17

Arithmetic

Which of the following officers managed stores and the supply of weapons like spears and swords during the Gupta period?

Ranabhandagarika

Sandhivigrahika

Kumaramatya

Mahadandanayaka

Question 18

Arithmetic

Which two places are in the news due to the approval of Greenfield airports for better connectivity by the Central Government on 5 May 2021?

Pakyong and Kalaburagi

Navi Mumbai and Itanagar

Kota and Puri

Shirdi and Kannur

Question 19

Arithmetic

Why is the net sown area low in hilly states like Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand?

Due to urban expansion

Because of steep slopes and thin soil layers

Because of poor soil fertility

Due to frequent floods

Question 20

Arithmetic

Which one of the following Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aims to ensure access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy for all?

Goal 12

Goal 5

Goal 7

Goal 10

Question 21

Arithmetic

According to an official report released in April 2021, AI-based real-time forest monitoring system has been implemented for the first time in which state sensitive forest divisions?

Assam

Odisha

Gujarat

Madhya Pradesh

Question 22

Arithmetic

Which of the following is a primary memory of a computer?

Hard Disk

CD-ROM

Floppy Disk

RAM

Question 23

Arithmetic

Which mineral helps in the formation of insulin granules, digestion, metabolism and functioning of the male prostate?

Iron

Zinc

Phosphorus

Nickel

Question 24

Arithmetic

In India, Red Bull India Private Limited (RBIL) has imported and sold Red Bull Energy Drink and its variants since ________.

2005

2007

2000

2002

Question 25

Arithmetic

Which of the following Indian space missions captured its first image of a solar flare in February 2021?

Aditya-L1

AstroSat

Mangalyaan-2

Chandrayaan-3

Question 26

Arithmetic

In 1947, the Indian economy was marked by deep poverty. Which sector dominated the Indian economy at the time of independence?

Agricultural sector

Industrial sector

Services sector

Manufacturing sector

Question 27

Arithmetic

In which year did India officially start economic liberalisation?

1995

2000

1985

1991

Question 28

Arithmetic

Select the right bank tributary of the Indus River system.

Jhelum River

Ravi River

Kabul River

Chenab River

Question 29

Arithmetic

What is the main function of carbohydrates in the body?

It is crucial for growth.

It regulates hormones.

It provides energy.

It insulates the body.

Question 30

Logical

The Lower Palaeolithic period in India, including the Acheulian phase, spans approximately how many years BP?

6,00,000–1,50,000 years BP

1,65,000–31,000 years BP

1,00,000–10,000 years BP

40,000–12,000 years

Question 31

Logical

Who organises Lok Adalats in India?

Bar Council of India

National and State Legal Services Authorities

Law Commission of India

Advocate General of State

Question 32

Logical

Which novel earned Percival Everett the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 2021?

Erasure

The Trees

James

Glyph

Question 33

Logical

In which of the following institutes was 'Shri S. Ramakrishnan Centre of Excellence in Fluid and Thermal Science Research' launched in March 2021?

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Question 34

Logical

Which of the following states of India has Konkani as a prominently spoken language?

Assam

Tripura

Goa

Arunachal Pradesh

Question 35

Logical

Which of the following is a major difference between planted and natural vegetation?

Presence of fruits

Place of origin

Human supervision involved

Number of leaves

Question 36

Logical

What does the term 'net sown area' refer to?

Total area cultivated with crops during the year

Total area under irrigation

Land covered with forests

Land left uncultivated for more than five years

Question 37

Logical

What is the main aim of globalisation?

Limit foreign trade

Reduce employment

Increase local production

Integrate the Indian economy with the world

Question 38

Logical

The Non-cooperation Movement in 1920 included all the following, EXCEPT:

violent attacks on officials

refusal to pay taxes

boycott of British courts

closure of schools and colleges

Question 39

Logical

The average weight of Rupesh, Mandar and Ketan is 45 kg. If the average weight of Rupesh and Mandar is 43 kg and that of Mandar and Ketan is 49 kg, then the weight of Mandar (in kg) is:

Question 40

Logical

Neha, Rajat, and Avinash invest ₹1,430, ₹1,680, and ₹1,340, respectively, to start a business. If the profit at the end of the year is ₹1,780, then what is the share of Avinash in the profit?

₹537

₹536

₹533

₹538

Question 41

Logical

The LCM of the numbers 4.7 and 0.04 is:

9.4

0.94

0.094

Question 42

Logical

A woman travels 488 km at 61 km/hr, a second distance of 468 km at 78 km/hr and a third distance of 210 km at 35 km/hr. Find her average speed for the whole journey (in km/hr).

61.1

68.8

59.7

58.3

Question 43

Logical

If the third proportional of 50 and 30 is x, then what is the value of x?

Question 44

Logical

If 3 times Mary's present age is 22 years more than 5 times Dia's present age, and 3 times Dia's present age is 2 years less than Mary's present age, then what is the difference (in years) between the ages of Mary and Dia?

Question 45

Logical

If the radius of a sphere is increased to twelve times its original radius, then by how many times does its surface area increase?

128

144

164

Question 46

Logical

A man walks to a viewpoint and returns to the starting point by his car maintaining constant speed and thus takes a total time of 4 hours 30 minutes. He would have gained 2 hours by driving both ways. How long would it have taken for him to walk both ways with same walking speed?

6 hours 30 minutes

7 hours 30 minutes

5 hours 15 minutes

6 hours 45 minutes

Question 47

Logical

The cost of 10 pens and 3 pencils is ₹129. If the cost of a pen decreases by ₹6 and the cost of a pencil increases by ₹9, then the cost of 8 pens and 2 pencils is ₹72. What is the original cost of 9 pens and 16 pencils?

₹156

₹160

₹155

₹161

Question 48

Logical

Find the simple interest (in ₹) on ₹1,200 at an interest rate of 3% per month in 4 months.

144

Question 49

Logical

A book has a marked price of ₹500. During a festive sale, it is sold at a 10% discount. What is the amount of discount given?

₹60

₹50

₹45

₹40

Question 50

Logical

The sides of a triangle are 72 cm, 90 cm, and 54 cm. What is its area? (in $cm^2$)

1973

1944

1912

1954

Question 51

Logical

The H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of two numbers are 11 and 440, respectively. If one of the numbers is 55, find the other one.

Question 52

Abdul and Mohsin together invested ₹79,200 in a business. At the end of the year, out of a total profit of ₹14,400, Mohsin's share was ₹2,600. What was the difference between their investments?

₹52,000

₹50,600

₹49,800

₹51,400

Question 53

The income of Raman is ₹91,700. He saves 25% of his income. If his income increases by 27% and expenditure increases by 40%, then his savings will:

decrease by ₹2,751

increase by ₹2,753

decrease by ₹2,753

increase by ₹2,754

Question 54

An article listed at ₹500 is sold at successive discounts of 10% and 14%. The buyer wants to sell it at a profit of 15% after offering a 10% discount. What should be his list price (in ₹)?

484.5

485

494.5

474

Question 55

A trader claims to sell pulses at a profit of 48%, but also dishonestly uses a weight which is 12% less than what is mentioned on it. Find the total percentage of profit earned by the trader. (Round off the answer to the nearest whole number.)

63%

71%

68%

72%

Question 56

The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 80 and the third number is 108. Find the average of the remaining two numbers.

189

193.5

194.5

188

Question 57

If 1 is added to each even digit and 2 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 4562734, what will be difference between the highest and lowest digits in the number thus formed?

Question 58

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. CURD - RCUD - DRUC KIDS - DKIS - SDIK

SLAY - ASLY - LAYS

PEAT - EPAT - TEAP

TEAM - TAEM - MAET

WASH - SWAH - HSAW

Question 59

Seven people, I, J, K, L, M, N and O, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only two people sit to the left of K. Only three people sit between K and L. Only one person sits between L and J. N sits to the immediate left of I. M is not an immediate neighbour of L. How many people sit to the right of O?

Four

Two

Three

One

Question 60

HLOY is related to KNRA in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, TTAG is related to WVDI. To which of the given options is CZJM related, following the same logic?

FBOM

FOMB

FBMO

FMOB

Question 61

Riya starts from Point P and drives 8 km towards the south. Then she takes a right turn, drives 11 km, she turns right again and drives 14 km. She then takes a right turn and drives 15 km. Then she takes left turn and drives 2 km, she takes a left turn again and drives 4 km and stops at Point Q. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should she drive in order to reach Point P again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified.)

4 km towards the south

4 km towards the north

8 km towards the south

6 km towards the north

Question 62

In a certain code language, 'DONT' is coded as '1097' and 'NATO' is coded as '0187'. What is the code for 'A' in the given code language?

Question 63

This question is based on five, four-digit numbers given below. (Left) 4138 2345 6367 5353 1276 (Right) (Example: 6975 - First digit = 6, second digit = 9, third digit = 7 and fourth digit = 5) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) What will be the resultant if the second digit of the second largest number is multiplied to the second digit of the largest number?

Question 64

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 letter-cluster pair 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.)

KO-RN

NR-UP

AE-HC

QU-XS

Question 65

Town T is to the west of Town S. Town U is to the south of Town T. Town V is to the west of Town U. Town W is to the south of Town V. Town X is to the west of Town W. What is the position of Town X with respect to Town S?

Southwest

Southeast

Northwest

Northeast

Question 66

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? USR ROT OKV LGX ?

IDS

ICZ

JWZ

LKX

Question 67

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 561 560 562 561 563 562 564 ?

562

564

563

565

Question 68

Seven boxes F, G, H, M, N, O and P are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. O is kept immediately above F. G is kept immediately above M. Only P is kept above N. Only two boxes are kept above O. G is not kept at third position from the bottom. How many boxes are kept between H and P?

Four

Three

Two

One

Question 69

In a certain code language, 'LOAD' is coded as '5364' and 'GOLD' is coded as '4136'. What is the code for 'G' in the given code language?

Question 70

In a certain code language, 'A $\yen$ B' means 'A is the father of B', 'A # B' means 'A is the brother of B', 'A % B' means 'A is the son of B' and 'A = B' means 'A is the wife of B'. How is A related to D if 'A = S # G % E $\yen$ D'?

Brother's wife

Sister's brother

Sister's son

Brother's son

Question 71

Karan, Shiv, Ritu, Himani, Gunjan and Pari are sitting in a straight line, facing north. Karan sits third to the left of Himani. Himani sits second from the right end. Pari sits to the immediate left of Gunjan. Shiv does not sit next to Karan. Who sits second to the right of Gunjan?

Karan

Shiv

Ritu

Himani

Question 72

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 statements. Statements: All forks are spoons. Some forks are caps. Conclusions (I): Some spoons are caps. Conclusions (II): All caps are forks.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Question 73

RBNH is related to LVHB in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, TDPJ is related to NXJD. To which of the given options is BLXR related, following the same logic?

VFLR

VRFL

VFRL

VLRF

Question 74

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 to 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (48, 26, 15) (88, 46, 25)

(12, 6, 7)

(58, 34, 19)

(36, 20, 8)

(24, 14, 9)

Question 75

Each of the digits in the number 67849315 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. What will be the sum of the digits which are second from the left and third from the right in the new number thus formed?

Question 76

Refer to the following number, symbol series and answer the question that follow. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 6 \ & > 3 @ 8 * & @ 7 1 ^ @ 4 ? \ ? 4 5 < (Right) How many such numbers are there each of which is immediately preceded by a symbol and also immediately followed by a symbol?

Two

Four

Three

One

Question 77

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 conclusions logically follow(s) from the statements. Statements: All gardens are forests. All forests are meadows. Conclusions: (I) All gardens are meadows. (II) All meadows are forests.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Question 78

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 19 42 78 122 179 ?

234

244

243

204

Question 79

Based on the English alphabetical order, three of the following four letter-clusters are alike in a certain way and thus form a group. Which letter-cluster 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.)

NIO

KFM

TOV

QLS

Question 80

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 154 181 208 ? 262 289

242

235

228

260

Question 81

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? LSP 15 OOO 12 RKN 9 UGM 6 ?

DLV 4

XCL 3

DSR 9

XLC 7

Question 82

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 letter-cluster pair 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 pair.)

KO-RW

IM-PT

MQ-TX

FJ-MQ

Question 83

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if '+' and '-' are interchanged and '$\times$' and '$\div$' are interchanged? $14 \div 4 + 78 \times 13 - 13 = ?$