RRB-NTPC 2021 Questions

19 Aug 2021 • Shift 2

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Question 1

Arithmetic

A flat or gently sloping surface left behind after river erosion, often with some resistant remnants, is known as:

Monadnock

Plateau

Floodplain

Peneplain

Question 2

Arithmetic

Wind energy is best harnessed in which of the following Indian states?

Madhya Pradesh

Bihar

Jharkhand

Gujarat

Question 3

Arithmetic

Which of the following practices is most suitable for preventing land degradation in arid areas?

Contour ploughing

Shifting cultivation

Shelterbelt plantation

Terrace farming

Question 4

Arithmetic

What was the focus of World Water Day, observed globally on 22 March 2021?

Water for peace

Water and climate change

Accelerating change

Glacier preservation

Question 5

Arithmetic

In some file management programs, which shortcut key combination is used to copy a selected item instead of moving it?

Alt + Del

Alt + F4

Alt + Ins

Alt + Tab

Question 6

Arithmetic

Which institution played a major role in supporting India's liberalisation policy during the 1991 crisis?

Reserve Bank of India

Election Commission of India

NITI Aayog

International Monetary Fund (IMF)

Question 7

Arithmetic

In the post-reform era, fiscal prudence became central to macroeconomic stability. Which of the following Acts was enacted in 2003 to institutionalise fiscal discipline in India?

Companies Act

Banking Regulation Act

FEMA Act

Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act

Question 8

Arithmetic

Which of the following options best describes the main function of an operating system?

Compiling high-level code

Displaying web pages

Managing computer hardware and software resources

Performing arithmetic operations

Question 9

Arithmetic

Which of the following powers is exercised by the Union Council of Ministers in India?

Conducting judicial reviews

Supervising state legislatures

Declaring war

Framing policies and advising the President

Question 10

Arithmetic

The Northern Plain of India is formed by the interplay of the three major river systems, namely the Indus, the Ganga and the _________, along with their tributaries.

Brahmaputra

Narmada

Damodar

Mahanadi

Question 11

Arithmetic

What is the relation between the frequency (f) and time period (T) of a sound wave?

$f = T$

$f = 1/T$

$f = T/2$

$f = 2T$

Question 12

Arithmetic

In organising the Rowlatt Satyagraha, Mahatma Gandhi was assisted by Abdul Bari of the Firangi Ulema group based in _________.

Kanpur

Patna

Aligarh

Lucknow

Question 13

Arithmetic

The All-India Services Act, 1951, allows which authority to frame rules for All-India service recruitment?

President of India

Central Government

The Parliament of India

Union Public Service Commission

Question 14

Arithmetic

Who became the youngest player to score over 700 runs in a single IPL season in 2021?

Sai Sudharsan

Ruturaj Gaikwad

Yashasvi Jaiswal

Shubman Gill

Question 15

Arithmetic

Dating back to 1639-1640 CE, which construction, located in Chennai, India, is historically known as the primary English defense post?

Sadras Dutch Fort

Fort St. George

Fort St. David

Gingee Fort

Question 16

Arithmetic

What is the primary objective of the Yashoda AI initiative launched by the National Commission for Women (NCW) in May 2021?

To promote traditional crafts among women artisans

To provide financial assistance to women entrepreneurs

To enhance AI literacy and digital awareness among women

To offer healthcare services to rural women

Question 17

Arithmetic

In which year did Paul Ehrlich receive the Nobel Prize for discovering the first chemotherapeutic agent, salvarsan?

1905

1908

1913

1901

Question 18

Arithmetic

Sanskrit language is mainly used for creating:

folk songs and pop music

tribal stories

modern novels

ancient religious texts and epics

Question 19

Arithmetic

How many seats did the BJP win in the February 2021 Delhi Assembly elections?

Question 20

Arithmetic

Which of the following is a government initiative aimed at improving urban infrastructure in Indian cities?

Atal Bhujal Yojana

Smart Cities Mission

Swachh Bharat Gramin

Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana

Question 21

Arithmetic

What significant space-related agreement did Bangladesh join in 2021?

The Moon Treaty

The Outer Space Treaty

The Artemis Accords

The SpaceX International Partnership

Question 22

Arithmetic

What was a key reform introduced by the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2021?

Clergy-only Waqf management

Audit exemption for Waqf assets

Abolition of old Waqf properties

Inclusion of Muslim women on Waqf Boards

Question 23

Arithmetic

Which missile defence system, named Sudarshan Chakra, was used by India to intercept drones and missiles during Pakistan's attempted strikes in May 2021?

Prithvi Air Defence

S-400 Triumf

Akashteer

Barak 8

Question 24

Arithmetic

Under Akbar, who was responsible for revenue and financial supervision across the entire Mughal Empire?

Vakil

Subadar

Mir Bakhshi

Diwan-i-Kul

Question 25

Arithmetic

What happens to excess carbohydrates in the body?

They are turned into proteins.

They are converted into amino acids and stored.

They are converted into fat and stored.

They are excreted immediately.

Question 26

Arithmetic

What is the key reason governments promote Public-Private Partnerships in infrastructure development?

To address fiscal constraints and reduce liabilities

To improve efficiency and innovation through private sector expertise

Due to lack of trained manpower

To privatise all national resources

Question 27

Arithmetic

Researchers of which university produced India's first gene-edited sheep?

Chandigarh University

IIT Madras

Sher-e-Kashmir University

IIT Kanpur

Question 28

Logical

Which one of the acts is known as the first step towards constitutional development in India?

Indian Councils Act, 1861

Regulating Act, 1773

Pitt's India Act, 1784

Charter Act, 1813

Question 29

Logical

Which of the following freedom fighters led the Rampa Rebellion of 1922 against forest laws?

Ashfaqullah Khan

Alluri Sitarama Raju

Jatindra Nath Das

Surya Sen

Question 30

Logical

Which season in India is characterised by high temperature and low humidity?

Retreating Monsoon

Cold Weather Season

Southwest Monsoon

Hot Weather Season

Question 31

Logical

What was one of the major characteristics of India's economy at the time of independence in 1947?

Self-sufficiency in manufacturing

Strong trade surplus

Heavy dependence on agriculture and low productivity

Dominance of the services sector

Question 32

Logical

In May 2021, India approved the execution model for which indigenous fifth-generation fighter aircraft program?

Advanced Medium Combat Aircraft (AMCA)

Medium Combat Aircraft (MCA)

HAL Twin Engine Deck Based Fighter (TEDBF)

Tejas Mk2

Question 33

Logical

In which of the following cities was the Sepak Takraw 2021 World Cup (ISTAF) held in India in March 2021?

Mumbai

Patna

Bengaluru

New Delhi

Question 34

Logical

Who led the Tamar tribal revolts against the British in India?

Tilka Manjhi

Sidhu Murmu

Ganga Narain Singh

Bhola Nath Sahay

Question 35

Logical

Which of the following is a primary function of the District Courts in India?

Advising the President of India

Hearing appeals from lower courts within the district

Settling disputes between Union and State governments

Issuing writs to enforce fundamental rights (without High Court)

Question 36

Logical

The average of first 150 odd natural numbers, is:

150.5

151

150

149.5

Question 37

Logical

If 2 times a son's age is added to his father's age, the sum is 36 years. If 2.5 times the father's age is added to the son's age, the sum is 72 years. What is the father's age (in years)?

Question 38

Logical

The HCF of two numbers is 9 and the product of the two numbers is 8100. How many pairs of numbers satisfy the given conditions?

Question 39

Logical

The product of two consecutive positive natural numbers is 650. The greater of the two numbers is:

Question 40

Logical

Prashant and Nisha have to travel from Delhi to Kanpur in their respective cars. Prashant is driving at 72 km/hr while Nisha is driving at 64 km/hr. Find the time taken by Nisha to reach Kanpur if Prashant takes 16 hours.

24 hours

18 hours

8 hours

20 hours

Question 41

Logical

An item is marked at ₹1,200. Successive discounts of 20% and 10% are given. What is the final selling price?

₹864

₹960

₹900

₹880

Question 42

Logical

Find the simple interest (in ₹) on ₹1,200 at an interest rate of 3% per month in 7 months.

252

Question 43

Logical

The H.C.F. and the L.C.M. of two numbers are 51 and 306 respectively. If one of the numbers is 102, find the other one.

102

204

175

153

Question 44

Logical

Nitin bought some sharpeners at the rate of ₹180/dozen. He sold them for ₹20 each. His profit percentage is _________ % (rounded off to two decimal places).

33.33

35.33

31.33

37.33

Question 45

Logical

Aanya has to reach Bangalore which is 861 km away in 15 hours. His starting speed for 8 hours was 37 km/hr. For the next 136 km his speed was 34 km/hr. By what speed he must travel now so as to reach Bangalore in the decided time of 15 hours?

141 km/hr

143 km/hr

147 km/hr

146 km/hr

Question 46

Logical

Evaluate: $16 + 12 \div 6 - 3 \times 4$

Question 47

Logical

If the 6-digit number N65M04 is divisible by 11, then which of the options below can give a possible correct relation between M and N?

$M - N = 1$

$M = N$

$M - N = -5$

$M + N = 5$

Question 48

Logical

Which of the following numbers divides 311916399?

Question 49

Logical

A shirt is marked at ₹800. A shopkeeper offers a discount of 25% on it. What is the selling price of the shirt after the discount?

₹600

₹650

₹700

₹750

Question 50

Logical

In an election between two candidates, 80% of the registered voters cast their vote and 20% of the votes polled were found invalid. The winning candidate got 60% of the valid votes and won the election by a margin of 2144 votes. How many voters were registered?

16749

16747

16753

16750

Question 51

An amount of ₹616 is divided among three persons in the ratio of 5: 12: 11. The difference between the largest and the smallest shares (in ₹) in the distribution is:

154

112

Question 52

The average weight (in kg) of a family of five members whose weights are 40 kg, 49 kg, 56 kg, 75 kg and 35 kg is:

Question 53

If 18% of first number is equal to two-fifths of second number, what is the ratio of first number to the second number?

20:9

16:10

21:6

18:7

Question 54

The perimeter of a square is 340 m. Its area (in $m^2$) is:

7204

7200

7207

7225

Question 55

Aman and Pawan together invested ₹76,500 in a business. At the end of the year, out of a total profit of ₹20,000, Pawan's share was ₹4,800. What was the difference between their investments?

₹39,780

₹40,609

₹39,923

₹41,601

Question 56

ABCD is a trapezium in which BC || AD and AC = CD. If $\angle ABC = 17^\circ$ and $\angle BAC = 125^\circ$, then what is the measure of $\angle ACD$ (in degree)?

$104^\circ$

$95^\circ$

$106^\circ$

$105^\circ$

Question 57

If 2 is added to each even digit and 4 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 925746, what will be difference between the highest and second lowest digits thus formed?

Question 58

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

One

Three

None

Two

Question 59

In a certain code language, 'WHAT' is coded as '3157' and 'HORN' is coded as '2416'. What is the code for 'H' in the given code language?

Question 60

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? UTP CBX KJF SRN ?

VZA

AZV

AVZ

VAZ

Question 61

A, B, C, D, E, F and G are sitting around a circular table facing the centre. Only two people sit between C and G when counted from the left of G. A sits third to the left of D. E sits to the immediate right of D. E sits second to the left of C. B is an immediate neighbour of A. How many people sit between B and E when counted from the right of B?

Question 62

What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if '+' and '÷' are interchanged, and '-' and 'x' are interchanged? $24 + 3 \times 10 - 2 \div 41 = ?$

Question 63

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.)

TQ-PM

ZW-VS

NK-II

IF-EB

Question 64

LEAV is related to SLHC in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, NGCX is related to UNJE. To which of the given options is IBXS related, following the same logic?

PIEZ

PZEW

PEZI

PIZE

Question 65

In a certain code language, A + B means 'A is the brother of B', A @ B means 'A is the wife of B', A ¥ B means 'A is the son of B' and A ÷ B means 'A is the father of B'. How is D related to G if 'D ¥ O ÷ I + N @ G'?

Wife's brother

Wife's brother's wife

Wife's father's sister

Wife's father

Question 66

VALG is related to YYOE in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, BWRC is related to EUUA. To which of the given options is HSXY related, following the same logic?

KQAW

LQBW

LPZV

JRBU

Question 67

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 chisels are hammers. No hammer is a maize. Conclusions (I): No chisel is a maize. Conclusions (II): Some maize are hammers.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Question 68

PXTQ is related to NVRO in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, MUQN is related to KSOL. To which of the given options is JRNK related, following the same logic?

PHLI

HPIL

PHIL

HPLI

Question 69

Seven boxes A, B, C, D, E, F and G are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. F is kept second from the bottom. Only three boxes are kept between F and C. E is kept at one of the positions below F. Only G is kept between C and D. B is kept at one of the positions above C. How many boxes are kept between C and D?

Question 70

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.)

ZJ - DD

CU - GO

HR - ML

XB - BV

Question 71

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.) 30, 125 25, 105

40, 155

35, 130

20, 85

15, 60

Question 72

If + means -, - means x, x means ÷ and ÷ means +, then what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? $21 + 70 \times 10 \div 5 - 2 = ?$

Question 73

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? CE 17 GI 19 KM 23 OQ 29 ?

RU 37

RT 37

ST 37

SU 37

Question 74

Vijay starts from his home and drives 5 km towards north. He then takes a left turn, drives 5 km, turns left, and drives 5 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 3 km and reaches his office. In which direction is the office with respect to his home? (Note: All turns are 90° turns only, unless specified.)

North

West

South-west

North-west

Question 75

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 9 23 49 83 129 183 ?

294

254

250

249

Question 76

Vslam starts from Point A and drives 17 km towards West. He then takes a left turn, drives 9 km, turns right and drives 5 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 12 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 22 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.)

4 km to the East

1 km to the South

2 km to the West

3 km to the South

Question 77

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 96 105 115 126 138 ?

151

120

150

152

Question 78

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 45 63 87 105 129 147 171 ?

189

193

185

197

Question 79

Seven people, A, B, C, D, P, Q and R, are sitting in a row, facing north. No one sits to the left of Q. Only four people sit between Q and D. Only three people sit to the right of R. C sits to the immediate left of P. B is not an immediate neighbour of R. Who sits third to the left of B?

Question 80

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.)

YG - BB

ND - QX

AP - DK

SJ - VE

Question 81

Seven boxes C, D, E, M, N, O and P are kept one over the other but not necessarily in the same order. Only two boxes are kept between O and M. Only E is kept above N. No box is kept below M. C is kept at some place below D but at some place above P. Which box is kept third above P?

Question 82

If 1 is added to each even digit and 2 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 8265943, how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

Three

Two

One

None

Question 83

This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 617 259 165 784 349 (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 third digit of the lowest number is subtracted from the second digit of the highest number?

Question 84

In a certain code language, 'BIRD' is coded as '7394' and 'DRIP' is coded as '4392'. What is the code for 'P' in the given code language?

Question 85

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. Statement: Some Googles are apples. Some apples are Amazons. Conclusions : I. Some Googles are Amazons. II. No Google is an Amazon.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.