RRB-NTPC 2021 Questions

13 Jun 2021 • Shift 1

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Question 1

Arithmetic

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 bikes are roads. Some roads are TVs. Some TVs are cups. Conclusions: (I) All roads are bikes. (II) All roads are TVs.

Both conclusion (I) and (II) follow

Only conclusion (II) follows

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows

Only conclusion (1) follows

Question 2

Arithmetic

If 25% of k is 10 less than 1800% of 10, then k is:

640

680

660

720

Question 3

Arithmetic

What is the main advantage of saving an MS PowerPoint presentation as a .pdf file?

It enables users to modify slides in any PDF viewer.

It reduces file size and prevents unwanted editing.

It allows all MS PowerPoint animations to run.

It automatically translates text into different languages.

Question 4

Arithmetic

If the third proportional of 36 and Z is 4, then what is the positive value of Z?

Question 5

Arithmetic

Select the triad that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. OL-QN-SU LI-NK-PR

SO-TR-VY

RO-TQ-VX

RO-TQ-VY

SO-TQ-VY

Question 6

Arithmetic

With reference to the 40th Amendment Act, 1976, which category of maritime zones came under the legislative jurisdiction of the Parliament?

Groundwater reserves

Territorial waters and EEZ

Inter-state river waters

Inland rivers and lakes

Question 7

Arithmetic

The compound interest earned in 1 year on ₹2,40,000 at the rate of 40% per annum, compounded quarterly, is:

₹1,12,281

₹1,11,384

₹1,10,519

₹1,12,269

Question 8

Arithmetic

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation if '÷' and '-' are interchanged and 'x' and '+' are interchanged? $89 \div 4984 - 89 \times 9 + 2 = ?$

Question 9

Arithmetic

On 4 April 2021, which bank of India has launched a verified WhatsApp channel for Financial Updates?

State Bank of India

Reserve Bank of India

Axis Bank

Bank of Baroda

Question 10

Arithmetic

The percentage profit earned by selling an article for ₹6,833 is equal to the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for ₹1,447. At what price should the article be sold (in ₹) to make a 45% profit?

6,003

6,001

6,002

6,005

Question 11

Arithmetic

A tap fills a cistern in 18 hours. Another tap empties the full tank in 19 hours. How long (in hours) will it take to fill one-third of the tank, if the tank is empty initially and both the taps are open together?

114

342

456

228

Question 12

Arithmetic

When was municipal governance first introduced in British India?

1687

1850

1919

1882

Question 13

Arithmetic

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if '+' and '-' are interchanged and 'x' and '÷' are interchanged? $405 \div 2 + 369 \times 9 - 32 = ?$

804

801

803

802

Question 14

Arithmetic

According to the 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 1992, which body functions as the foundation of the Panchayati Raj system, ensuring broad-based community participation?

Gram Sabha

Zila Parishad

Nyaya Panchayat

Gram Panchayat

Question 15

Arithmetic

A gas stove flame burns blue because of:

Hazardous combustion

Insufficient oxygen

Presence of hydrogen in the air

Complete combustion of fuel

Question 16

Arithmetic

JKL is related to KMO in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, PQR is related to QSU. To which of the following is XYZ related, following the same logic?

YZA

FED

ABC

YAC

Question 17

Arithmetic

Manjit has borrowed an amount of ₹2,20,000 from a bank to start a business. How much simple interest (in ₹) will he pay at a rate of 4% per annum after 2 years?

17,600

18,600

16,600

2,37,600

Question 18

Arithmetic

If an angle of a parallelogram is $27^\circ$ less than four - fifth of its adjacent angle, then find the smallest angle of the parallelogram.

$45^\circ$

$70^\circ$

$50^\circ$

$65^\circ$

Question 19

Arithmetic

The sum of three numbers x, y and z is 12 and their squares sum is 20. What will be the value of $x^3 + y^3 + z^3 - 3xyz$?

-305

305

504

-504

Question 20

Arithmetic

Three numbers are in the ratio 1:15: 7, and their LCM is 4830. Their HCF is:

Question 21

Arithmetic

This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 740 636 787 884 316 (Right) (Example- 697 - First digit = 6, second digit = 9 and third digit = 7) (NOTE: All operations to be done from left to right.) What will be the resultant if the second digit of the highest number is added to the third digit of the lowest number?

Question 22

Arithmetic

Vipul spends 55% of his income. If he saves ₹18,000, then his income (in ₹) is:

9,900

39,000

40,000

41,000

Question 23

Arithmetic

Which of the following statements is correct with reference to the industrial use of freon?

It is used in refrigeration and aerosol production.

It is used for textile dyeing.

It is primarily used in food processing and as a food preservative.

It is used as a pesticide and insecticide.

Question 24

Arithmetic

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. D sits third to the right of C. A sits second to the right of B. B is not an immediate neighbour of C. G sits to the immediate right of F. C sits to the immediate left of F. How many people sit between G and E when counted from the left of G?

Three

None

Two

One

Question 25

Arithmetic

If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 3762184, what will be the sum of the highest and lowest digits in the number thus formed?

Question 26

Arithmetic

A boat takes 27 minutes to go 40.6 km upstream. The ratio of the speed of the boat in still water to that of the stream is 8: 7. How much total time (in hours) will the boat take to go 77.7 km upstream and 52.5 km downstream?

3.7

0.9

2.2

1.1

Question 27

Arithmetic

Who won Best Directorial Debut for 'Madgaon Express' at IIFA Awards, 2021?

Kiran Rao

Sriram Raghavan

Biplab Goswami

Kunal Kemmu

Question 28

Arithmetic

Which among the following contains a collection of eight poetic anthologies from ancient Tamil literature?

Ettuttokai

Pattuppattu

Silappatikaram

Tolkappiyam

Question 29

Logical

Since December 2022, the functions of the National Anti-Profiteering Authority established in association with GST reforms have been transferred to which body in India?

Competition Commission

Directorate General of Trade Remedies

NITI Aayog

Reserve Bank of India

Question 30

Logical

Which of the following letter-number-clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? GOQ 35, HPR 32, IQS 29, JRT 26, ?

KSU 23

KPN 22

RQM 22

RPM 23

Question 31

Logical

G, H, I, J, K and X live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on, till the topmost floor is numbered 6. K lives on an odd numbered floor but not on the lowermost floor. Only two people live between K and G. Only two people live between I and H. X lives immediately below K. No one lives above I. How many people live between J and X?

Two

Three

Four

One

Question 32

Logical

Select the triad that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. SW-NR-IM IM-DH-YC

YC-TX-OS

UY-PT-LO

HL-DG-XB

FJ-AE-WZ

Question 33

Logical

In this question, a group of letters is coded by using numbers and symbols as per the table given below and the conditions which follow. Letter U M S J P T F E A Code 7 4 @ $ % * 6 2 3 Conditions: 1. If the 1st letter is a vowel and the 3rd letter is a consonant, both to be coded as the code of the consonant. 2. If the 1st and last letters are vowels, both are to be coded as 'N'. 3. If the 2nd and last letters are vowels, their codes are to be interchanged. What is the correct combination of codes (by following only the applicable condition(s)) for the following letters? SEMTU

@74 * 2

@24*2

@24*7

@74*7

Question 34

Logical

Who among the following was NOT a Mauryan ruler?

Brihadratha

Pushyamitra

Samprati

Devavarman

Question 35

Logical

______ recorded the highest population density in 2011, as per the 2011 Census of India.

Hyderabad

North East Delhi

Chennai

Mumbai Sub-Urban

Question 36

Logical

In a certain code language, 'A + B' means 'A is the sister of B' 'A - B' means 'A is the brother of B' 'A × B' means 'A is the wife of B' 'A ÷ B' means 'A is the father of B' Based on the above, how is M related to Q if 'M ÷ N - O + P × Q'?

Brother

Wife's Brother

Father

Wife's Father

Question 37

Logical

The Chotanagpur Plateau is drained by which river system?

Godavari

Krishna

Damodar

Tapi

Question 38

Logical

The revolt of 1857 broke out on 10 th May from which of the following places, when sepoys rose in rebellion and marched towards Delhi to restore Bahadur Shah II to the throne?

Mysore

Meerut

Kanpur

Awadh

Question 39

Logical

Which canal project plays a major role in irrigation in the Thar Desert?

Yamuna Canal

Indira Gandhi Canal

Tehri Canal

Sardar Sarovar Canal

Question 40

Logical

How many religious communities are covered under the 2019 Citizenship Amendment Act?

Question 41

Logical

Which country did PM Narendra Modi visit in March 2021 to attend its 57th National Day celebrations?

Mauritius

Fiji

Maldives

Seychelles

Question 42

Logical

The marked price of a smartwatch set is ₹640. It sells with two successive discounts of 30% and 25%. An additional 25% discount is given on cash payment. What is the selling price (in ₹) of the smartwatch set on cash payment?

249

252

253

251

Question 43

Logical

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? DK26, GN33, JQ40, MT47, ?

PV53

PW54

PV54

PW53

Question 44

Logical

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 46 55 78 87 110 119 ?

128

142

137

150

Question 45

Logical

Which global observance did UNESCO mark on 24 January 2021?

World Science Day

International Day of Peace

World Heritage Day

International Day of Education

Question 46

Logical

In February 2021, an avalanche struck a Border Roads Organisation camp in which location, resulting in eight fatalities?

Leh, Ladakh

Tawang, Arunachal Pradesh

Kargil, Ladakh

Mana, Uttarakhand

Question 47

Logical

Rohan starts from point A and drives 8 km towards the north. He then takes a left turn, drives 12 km, turns left and drives 11 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 14 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 3 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.)

3 km to the west

2 km to the west

3 km to the east

2 km to the east

Question 48

Logical

The Mahalwari system was prevalent in certain regions of northern and central India. From whom was the land revenue collected under the Mahalwari system?

Village head

Individual peasants

Religious institutions

Landlords

Question 49

Logical

Who among the following did Pankaj Advani defeat in the final of the 2021 Asian Snooker Championship?

Amir Sarkosh

Ahsan Ramzan

Habib Shalaby

Mohsen Bukshaisha

Question 50

Logical

If the average of four numbers is 40 and three of the numbers among four are 40, 42 and 55, what will be the fourth number?

Question 51

Logical

Under the SVAMITVA scheme, which modern technology is used to map land ownership in rural India?

Satellite Radar Imaging

Artificial Intelligence

Blockchain

Drone Surveying

Question 52

Logical

Select the triad that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. NK-RO-VX LI-PM-TV

JG-NK-RT

IG-NK-RU

IG-NL-RU

JG-NK-RU

Question 53

Logical

Which of the following sentences passed by a Sessions Judge requires mandatory confirmation by the High Court?

Imprisonment exceeding 10 years

Life imprisonment

Imprisonment exceeding 5 years

Capital punishment

Question 54

Logical

Uninterrupted and seamless chain of Input Tax Credit (ITC) is a mechanism to avoid cascading of taxes in which of the following taxes?

Angel tax

Equalisation levy

Countervailing duty

GST

Question 55

Logical

If 1 is added to each even digit and 1 is added to each odd digit in the number 7142568, what will be the sum of the first digit from the left and the first digit from the right in the new number thus formed?

Question 56

Logical

A swimmer can swim downstream at 40 km/hr and upstream at 26 km/hr. What is the speed of the swimmer in still water?

33 km/hr

26 km/hr

42 km/hr

40 km/hr

Question 57

At Aero India 2021, the DRDO unveiled a new technology to enhance aircraft launch capabilities for the Indian Navy. What is this technology called?

Electro-Magnetic Launch System (EMLS)

Magnetic Aircraft Launch System (MALS)

Integrated Launch Assist System (ILAS)

Advanced Catapult Mechanism (ACLM)

Question 58

The salaries of A, B, and C are in the ratio 3: 10: 8. If increments of 10%, 61%, and 20% are allowed respectively in their salaries, what will be the new ratio of their salaries?

30 : 165 : 98

35 : 163 : 102

34 : 167 : 103

33 : 161 : 96

Question 59

What is the function of subsidiary cells?

Secretion of enzymes for nutrient acquisition, defence and digestion

Transport of food through phloem

Support of guard cells in stomatal function

Absorption of light for photosynthesis

Question 60

A sphere with a radius of 53 cm is melted to form a cone with the same radius at its base. Find the height (in cm) of the cone.

219

215

205

212

Question 61

The cost of 6 pens and 5 pencils is ₹259. If the cost of a pen decreases by ₹9 and the cost of a pencil increases by ₹4, then the cost of 19 pens and 2 pencils is ₹90. What is the original cost of 13 pens and 2 pencils?

₹202

₹199

₹195

₹197

Question 62

Find the value of 'c' so that the quadratic equation $2x^2 – 3x + c = 0$ and $x^2 - 9x - 22 = 0$ may have one common root 11.

-157

-237

-107

-209

Question 63

What were 'privy purses'?

Travel allowances for royal families

Royal taxes

Loans from British government

Pensions paid to the princes after integration

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 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.)

AWRP

RNIG

HDVW

JFAY

Question 65

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

Question 66

Most of the Thar desert lies within India, spanning the states of ______.

Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, and Himachal Pradesh

Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, and Haryana

Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, and Madhya Pradesh

Rajasthan, Gujarat, Punjab, and Uttar Pradesh

Question 67

The sum of five numbers is 655. The average of the first two numbers is 77 and the third number is 129. Find the average of the remaining two numbers.

187

186

206

207

Question 68

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

Question 69

Which element on the Windows 11 desktop allows users to quickly access multiple open windows and virtual desktops?

Start Menu

Control Panel

File Explorer

Task View

Question 70

The mode of the observations 9, 6, 4, 2, 5, 2, 9, 2, 1, 9, 4, 5, 9, 9, 5, 4 and 8 is:

Question 71

Rituraj starts from Point A and drives 11 km towards South. He then takes a right turn, drives 9 km, turns right and drives 12 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 12 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 1 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° turns only, unless specified)

3 km to the west

1 km to the west

4 km to the west

2 km to the west

Question 72

Which characteristic of the CPU determines how many instructions it can process per second?

Cache size

Number of registers

Power consumption

Clock speed

Question 73

In March 2021, what ranking did Deepti Sharma achieve in the ICC Women's all-rounders rankings?

5th

3rd

4th

6th

Question 74

What is the NISAR satellite, launched in February 2021 and co-developed by ISRO and NASA, designed for?

Planetary exploration

Solar flare detection

Earth observation and climate monitoring

Deep space communication

Question 75

If the mode of the following data is 165, then what is the value of x? Class 150-155 155-160 160-165 165-170 170-175 Frequency 13 26 37 X 27

Question 76

What kind of architectural style is seen in the shikharas of the Jageshwar temple complexes in Uttarakhand, India?

Pyramidal towers

Flat brick shikharas

Buddhist stupas

Curvilinear shikharas

Question 77

In a certain code language, 'GIVE' is coded as '6482' and 'VOLT' is coded as '3671'. What is the code for 'V' in the given code language?

Question 78

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 892 890 886 880 872 ?

862

863

860

861

Question 79

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.)

JO - QM

LQ - SP

UZ - BY

EJ - LI

Question 80

Rudradaman, who ruled in the middle of second century AD territories of Mathura and Gujarat belonged to which dynasty?

Pahlavas

Shaka

Shunga

Pala

Question 81

India adopted a policy of Import Substitution Industrialisation (ISI) after independence. Which of the following was a common limitation faced by ISI-led strategy by the 1980s?

Excessive exports

Technological backwardness

Shortage of skilled labour

Lack of consumer demand

Question 82

A, B, C, D, E and F live on six different floors of the same building. The lowermost floor in the building is numbered 1, the floor above it, number 2 and so on, till the topmost floor is numbered 6. A lives on an odd numbered floor but not 3. The sum of floors on which C and A live is 4. Only 3 people live between E and F. B lives immediately above D. The sum of floors on which D and E live is 10. How many people live below F?

Question 83

In a certain code language, 'smooth long drive' is coded as 'zi ma tu' and 'challenging mountain drive' is coded as 'fo se zi'. How is 'drive' coded in the given language?

Question 84

A, B, C, D, G, H and I are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. Only three people sit between I and H when counted from the left of I. Only three people sit between A and G when counted from the right of G. C sits to the immediate right of A. B is an immediate neighbour of G as well as H. Who sits to the second to the left of D?

Question 85

In the context of managing multiple open applications within a graphical operating system, what is the typical behaviour initiated by pressing Ctrl + Tab?

It cycles through the open windows or tabs of the currently active application.

It minimises the currently active application window to the taskbar or dock.

It closes the currently active application window.

It opens a new tab or window within the currently active application.

Question 86

Which country ranked fourth in the Human Development Report 2021?

Lebanon

Zimbabwe

Sierra Leone

Denmark

Question 87

Two sets of numbers are given below. In each set of numbers, certain mathematical operation(s) on the first number results in the second number. Similarly, certain mathematical operation(s) on the second number results in the third number and so on. Which of the given options follows the same set of operations as in the given 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.) 6 - 12 - 15 - 30; 4 - 8 - 11 - 22

1 - 2 - 4 - 16

12 - 14 - 28 - 30

11 - 22 - 25 - 50

8 - 16 - 19 - 36

Question 88

For a regular polygon, the sum of the interior angles is 100% more than the sum of its exterior angles. Each interior angle of the polygon measures x°. What is the value of x?

100

125

140

120

Question 89

Which of the following key centres of the 1857 Revolt was recaptured from the rebel forces in September 1857?

Madras

Delhi

Surat

Bombay

Question 90

Which of these agricultural regions is best known for rice-wheat cropping system?

Western India

Indo-Gangetic Plains

Deccan Plateau

Eastern Coastal Plains

Question 91

Find a single discount (rounded up to two decimal places) to equal three consecutive discounts of 6%, 28% and 15%.

44.65%

42.63%

45.25%

42.47%

Question 92

Which of the following ratios is greatest?

16:57

28:60

17:53

24:54

Question 93

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

Question 94

In many Windows applications, pressing Alt + Spacebar typically invokes which of the following?

The Task Manager

The application's main menu bar

The system menu for the current window (containing options like Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, Close)

The 'Run' dialog box