RRB-NTPC 2021 Questions

09 Sep 2021 • Shift 2

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Question 1

Arithmetic

The Tropic of Cancer passes through which two northeastern states of India?

Nagaland and Mizoram

Tripura and Nagaland

Tripura and Manipur

Tripura and Mizoram

Question 2

Arithmetic

Providing immediate assistance during a disaster is classified under which stage of disaster management?

Relief response

Prevention

Reconstruction

Preparation

Question 3

Arithmetic

The Advocates (Amendment) Bill, 2021, proposed which significant change to the legal profession?

Retirement age fixed at 60 for advocates

Dissolution of Bar Council of India structure

Recognising in-house counsel and corporate lawyers as "legal practitioners"

Ban on entry of foreign law firms in India

Question 4

Arithmetic

Which of the following is located in the northern part of the Eastern Ghats?

Mahendragiri hills

Nilgiri hills

Doddabetta hills

Anaimalai hills

Question 5

Arithmetic

Which state / union territory had the highest urbanisation in 2011, as per the Census of India data?

Delhi

Meghalaya

Assam

Chandigarh

Question 6

Arithmetic

Which Indian state is set to host the country's first AI-centric Special Economic Zone (SEZ)?

Maharashtra

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka

Chhattisgarh

Question 7

Arithmetic

Which of the following applications can help you NOT to create a file?

Paint

Notepad

MS-Word

Windows Explorer

Question 8

Arithmetic

The internal energy of gas is the ________.

only potential energies of its molecules when the box is at rest

sum of rotational, vibrational and potential energies of its molecules when the box is at rest

sum of kinetic and potential energies of its molecules when the box is at rest

sum of translational, rotational and vibrational energies of its molecules when the box is at rest

Question 9

Arithmetic

On which theme did the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) organise a conference for large-sized Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) in Chennai on 28 March 2021?

Shared Vision, Shared Responsibility: Strengthening the NBFCs

Advancing the Digital Disruptions in NBFCs

NBFCs: The Rise of the Indian Economy

The Future of NBFC Unfolds

Question 10

Arithmetic

Which Indian author won the Debut category at the KLF Book Awards in 2021 for 'The Many Lives of Syeda X'?

Anant Vijay

Rohit Manchanda

Neha Dixit

Gautam Choubey

Question 11

Arithmetic

What three-part economic strategy defined India's policy changes in the 1990s?

Liberalisation, Privatisation and Globalisation

Urbanisation, Industrialisation and Digitalisation

Nationalisation, Regulation and Protectionism

Devolution, Decentralisation and Deregulation

Question 12

Arithmetic

As of April 2021, under which pension scheme do the players who won silver or bronze medal in Asian or Commonwealth Games get a pension of ₹12,000 per month?

Panchayat Yuva Krida aur Khel Abhiyan

Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training Programme

Sports Fund for Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons

Pension to Meritorious Sportspersons

Question 13

Arithmetic

Which legal authority gives statutory status to Lok Adalats in India?

The Arbitration and Conciliation Act

The Civil Procedure Code

The Indian Penal Code

The Legal Services Authorities Act

Question 14

Arithmetic

Which of the following styles of temple architecture is predominantly found in North India?

Nagara

Dravidian

Baroque

Vesara

Question 15

Arithmetic

Why is infrastructure referred to as the 'wheels' of economic growth?

It is part of international trade.

It supports currency circulation.

It enables delivery of goods, services and access.

It helps in stabilising inflation.

Question 16

Arithmetic

Which of the following Directive Principles reflects Gandhian ideology?

Equal pay for equal work

Organisation of village panchayats

Uniform civil code

Separation of judiciary from the executive

Question 17

Arithmetic

Rajendra Chola I is known for his naval expeditions on the revived Sri Vijaya empire of:

Indonesia

Myanmar

Sri Lanka

Cambodia

Question 18

Arithmetic

Which of the following events led to the division of the Indian National Congress into Moderates and Extremists in 1907?

Surat Session

Arrival of Simon Commission

Partition of Bengal

Formation of Muslim League

Question 19

Arithmetic

Which single-window telecom regulator's April 2021 consultation on satellite-based spectrum assignment complements India's 6G backhaul ambitions?

TRAI

NIXI

WPC

NIC

Question 20

Arithmetic

Which foreign ruler invaded India in 1739, leading to the massacre of Delhi and further weakening the Mughal Empire?

Sher Shah

Ahmad Shah Abdali

Nadir Shah

Babur

Question 21

Arithmetic

Which constitutional body is empowered to adjudicate legal disputes between the Centre and one or more states in India?

Supreme Court of India

Inter-State Council

Election Commission

Finance Commission

Question 22

Arithmetic

Human development emphasises enlarging people's choices by improving health, education, and income. Which global organisation publishes the Human Development Index (HDI)?

United Nations Development Programme

International Monetary Fund

World Bank

World Economic Forum

Question 23

Arithmetic

In May 2021, the central government extended the tenure of Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) director Praveen Sood for a period of ________.

6 months

3 months

2 years

1 year

Question 24

Arithmetic

Who among the following has been re-elected as the President of Ecuador in May 2021?

Rafael Correa

Lenín Moreno

Daniel Noboa

Guillermo Lasso

Question 25

Arithmetic

Public health programmes enhance access to life-saving interventions and services. Which scheme aims to provide free health coverage to 50 crore beneficiaries in India?

Ayushman Bharat - PMJAY

PM-KISAN

National Rural Health Mission

Ujjwala Yojana

Question 26

Arithmetic

Sand dunes that form long ridges parallel to the coastline are most common ________.

along low sedimentary coasts

in estuarine regions only

along high rocky coasts

along tectonic plate boundaries

Question 27

Arithmetic

Which of the following institutes launched Bharat Cancer Genome Atlas in February 2021?

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay

Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar

Indian Institute of Technology, Madras

Indian Institute of Technology, Delhi

Question 28

Arithmetic

What is the direction of frictional force?

Along the normal to the contact surface

Opposite to the direction of relative motion

Perpendicular to the motion

Same as the direction of applied force

Question 29

Logical

Which of the following major events followed the death of Potti Sreeramulu?

Creation of linguistic minorities commission

Appointment of the States Reorganisation Commission

Formation of the Planning Commission

Formation of the Election Commission

Question 30

Logical

This freedom fighter did not share Gandhi's ideal of 'ahimsa' and 'satyagraha'. In 1941, he left his Calcutta home to Singapore via Germany and raised the Indian National Army. The leader in question is:

Subhash Chandra Bose

Mohan Singh

Jawaharlal Nehru

Captain Laxmi

Question 31

Logical

Which Article of the Constitution of India deals with the post of the Governor?

Article 74

Article 63

Article 112

Article 153

Question 32

Logical

Which Indian state hosted the International Millet Conference, 2021, to promote millet farming and trade?

Rajasthan

Telangana

Karnataka

Odisha

Question 33

Logical

Which of the following is used to access programs, files and settings in Windows 7?

Taskbar

Start Button

Control Panel

Notification Area

Question 34

Logical

Wet farming is least likely to be found among which the following Indian states?

Haryana

Assam

Manipur

Tripura

Question 35

Logical

What is the name of the ancient Indian text on dramaturgy and theatre?

Arthashastra

Manusmriti

Rigveda

Natya Shastra

Question 36

Logical

According to the Inter-Services Organisations (Command, Control and Discipline) Act, 2023-effective from May 2021-unified command authority has been granted over personnel from which branches of the Indian Armed Forces?

Navy and Air Force

Army and Navy

Army and Coast Guard

Army, Navy, and Air Force

Question 37

Logical

In which of the following states did the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) conduct the maiden flight-trials of the Stratospheric Airship Platform in May 2021?

Odisha

Karnataka

Punjab

Madhya Pradesh

Question 38

Logical

In covering a distance of 162 km, Anmol takes 3 hours more than Nikhil. If Anmol doubles his speed, then he would take 6 hours less than Nikhil. Anmol's speed is:

9 km/hr

3 km/hr

5 km/hr

4 km/hr

Question 39

Logical

What is the median of the following data? 24, 30, 40, 80, 15, 57, 78, 82, 39, 97, 82

56.5

57.5

Question 40

Logical

In a store, the price of a bicycle is ₹4,300, with a trade discount of 12%. What is the amount of the discount?

₹548

₹524

₹486

₹516

Question 41

Logical

The current population of a town is 16,362. It increases by 25% and 60% in two successive years but decreases by 50% in the third year. What is the population of the town at the end of the third year?

16,363

16,362

16,358

16,360

Question 42

Logical

Arun bought some pencils at the rate of ₹180 a dozen. He sold them for ₹18 each. His profit percentage is ________ %.

Question 43

Logical

An amount of ₹552 is divided among three persons in the ratio of 19 : 11 : 18. The difference between the largest and the smallest shares (in ₹) in the distribution is:

105

Question 44

Logical

If the radius of the base of a right circular cylinder is decreased by 19% and its height is increased by 102%, then what is the percentage increase (closest integer) in its volume?

12%

33%

26%

14%

Question 45

Logical

A TV is listed at ₹80,000. A customer can either avail of a single discount of 28% or two successive discounts of 20% and 10%. Which discount option is better, and what is the monetary difference?

Both the discount are the same ; ₹0

Single discount of 28%; ₹1,500

Two successive discounts of 20% and 10% ; ₹1,600

Single discount of 28%; ₹1,005

Question 46

Logical

Which of the following ratios is the greatest?

38 : 83

35 : 77

47 : 67

50 : 62

Question 47

Logical

The average of first 166 even numbers is

168

167

166.5

167.5

Question 48

Logical

The sum of two numbers is 84 and their L.C.M. is 245. What are the two numbers?

49, 35

42, 42

54, 30

47, 37

Question 49

Logical

₹87,400 were divided among A, B and C, such that 4 times the share of A = 9 times the share of B = 3 times the share of C. Find the share of A.

₹31,464

₹31,278

₹31,552

₹31,576

Question 50

Logical

A man goes to Nagpur from Visakhapatnam at a speed of 24 km/hr and returns to Visakhapatnam at speed of 40 km/hr, through the same route. What is his average speed (in km/hr) of the entire journey?

Question 51

Three pieces of timber that are 187 m, 102 m and 255 m long have to be divided into planks of the same length. What is the greatest possible length (in metres) of each plank?

Question 52

Four times the present age of P exceeds the present age of Q by 46 years. After 7 years, three times Q's age will be 41 years less than seven times P's age at that time. What is the present age (in years) of Q?

Question 53

What sum of money (in ₹) will amount to ₹2,160 at 5% per annum simple interest in 5 years?

₹1,728

₹8,640

₹1,678

1,778

Question 54

The product of two positive numbers is 11045. If the first number is five times the second number, then the sum of the two numbers is:

289

282

291

295

Question 55

A number, when increased by 60%, gives 3630. The number is:

1134.375

6806.25

2268.75

4537.5

Question 56

A sum of money triples itself at a certain rate of compound interest in 12 years. In how many years will it amount to 27 times of itself?

33 years

36 years

46 years

41 years

Question 57

AQWE is related to FVBJ in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, UKQY is related to ZPVD. To which of the following is JZFN related, following the same logic?

OEKS

OKIU

KIOP

OKIT

Question 58

OWLS is related to TRPO in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, YMTK is related to DHXG. To which of the following is ICBC related, following the same logic?

OWGX

NXFY

NWEX

MYEZ

Question 59

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 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.)

WA - SF

DY - ZD

ZG - VL

ME - HJ

Question 60

If 1 is added for each odd digit and 1 is subtracted from each even digit of the number 86435621, how many digits are repeated more than once in the new number formed?

None

One

More than two

Two

Question 61

Each of the digits in the number 6243514 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 62

In the following number-pairs, the second number is obtained by applying certain mathematical operations to the first number. 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.) 45, 165 21, 141

25, 155

38, 158

12, 122

32, 162

Question 63

If 2 is added to each even digit and 3 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 6325497, what will be the sum of the greatest and smallest digit in the number thus formed?

Question 64

A is the mother of G. G is the father of D. D is the son of T. Y is the father of T. How is A related to Y?

Daughter's husband's sister

Husband's mother

Husband's sister

Daughter's husband's mother

Question 65

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 9 25 50 82 123 ?

117

127

171

172

Question 66

In a certain code language, 'BEST' is coded as '5237' and 'SINK' is coded as '6142'. What is the code for 'S' in the given code language?

Question 67

Seven people, I, J, K, L, M, N and O, are sitting in a row, facing north. No one sits to the left of O. Only four people sit between O and I. Only three people sit to the right of K. J sits to the immediate left of N. L is not an immediate neighbour of K. Who sits at the rightmost end of the line?

Question 68

XSLE is related to AWOI in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, JIXU is related to MMAY. To which of the following options is SUGG related, following the same logic?

VYJK

VIKU

VJKU

VYKI

Question 69

Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 9 & # 3 % £ 4 7 & 2 $ * 5 Ω 6 1 @ 8 (Right) How many such symbols are there, each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by another number?

None

More than two

Two

One

Question 70

In a certain code language, 'WANT' is coded as '3517' and 'TIDE' is coded as '2146'. What is the code for 'T' in the given code language?

Question 71

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 97, 101, 110, 126, 151, ?

178

186

185

187

Question 72

What should come in place of ? in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? WGO GRA QCM ANY ?

KUK

YKK

KYK

KKY

Question 73

Manoj starts from Point A and drives 11 km towards the south. He then takes a right turn and drives 7 km, then turns right and drives 13 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 12 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 2 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and in which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified.)

4 km to the west

5 km to the east

5 km to the west

4 km to the east

Question 74

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.)

TWZ

LQR

YBE

PSV

Question 75

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 chairs are papers. No chair is a desk. Conclusions: (I): No paper is a desk. (II): All papers are chairs.

Only Conclusion II follows

Neither Conclusion I nor II follows

Both Conclusions I and II follow

Only Conclusion I follows

Question 76

If 2 is added to each odd digit and 1 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 6531874, what will be the sum of the digits which are second from the left and second from the right in the new number thus formed?

Question 77

Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Note: All numbers are single digit numbers only.) (Left) @ 8 < 8 @ < 3 ^ # + $ 6 2 ^ 1 ^ > $ (Right) If all the numbers are dropped from the series, which of the following will be seventh from the left?

Question 78

What should come in place of ? in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? RTM PRK NPI LNG ?

JKF

JLF

JLE

JKE

Question 79

Jwalith starts from Point Y and drives 25 km towards south. He then takes a left turn, drives 10 km. He then turns left and drives 25 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 7 km and stops at Point Z. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point Y again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified)

3 km towards west

6 km towards east

25 km towards south

7 km towards north

Question 80

Six people, A, B, C, D, E and F are sitting in a row, facing the north. Only two people are sitting to the right of C. A is sitting second to the left of D. B is sitting to the immediate right of A. F is sitting second to the right of D. Who is sitting second to the left of E?

Question 81

Seven boxes R, S, T, U, V, W and Z are kept one over the other, but not necessarily in the same order. Z is kept immediately above S. V is kept immediately above T. Only U is kept above W. Only two boxes are kept above Z. V is not kept at the third position from the bottom. How many boxes are kept between R and U?

One

Two

Four

Three

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 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.)

HF-DB

DB-ZX

VT-RP

OM-JK

Question 83

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 pins are bugs. All pins are rulers. Conclusions (I): Some bugs are rulers. Conclusions (II): All rulers are pins.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Question 84

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 1091 1092 1096 1105 1121 ?

1146

1136

1131

1141