RRB-NTPC 2021 Questions

29 Aug 2021 • Shift 1

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Question 1

Arithmetic

Which of the following is a private sector organisation in India?

SAIL

TISCO

ONGC

Indian Railways

Question 2

Arithmetic

Which of the following States enjoys special provisions under Article 371A due to its unique customary law and land ownership practices?

Sikkim

Mizoram

Nagaland

Manipur

Question 3

Arithmetic

Who among the following sent a telegram on 6 August 1857 stating, 'Our men are cowed by the numbers opposed to them and the endless fighting. Every village is held against us, the zamindars have risen to oppose us'?

Lieutenant Colonel William Lambton

Lord Cornwallis

Lieutenant Colonel Tytler

Robert Clive

Question 4

Arithmetic

What does ASCII stand for?

American Standard Code for Information Interchange

Auxiliary System for Communication and Interchange

Advanced Standard Coding in Information Industry

Automated System for Computer Information Interchange

Question 5

Arithmetic

Which of following sports events was clinched by Indian pair Manush Shah and Diya Chitale in April 2021?

WTT Contender Lagos 2021

WTT Contender Tunis 2021

WTT Star Contender Ljubljana 2021

United States Smash 2021

Question 6

Arithmetic

What is the mass percentage of sodium hypochlorite typically present in a commercial bleaching solution?

3.62%

5.46%

2.57%

10.85%

Question 7

Arithmetic

In which of the following cities was the Paramhansa Mandali founded to work for the abolition of caste?

Kanpur

Surat

Patna

Bombay

Question 8

Arithmetic

What is the name of the Indian Light Tank that achieved a major milestone in high-altitude firing trials in December 2024?

Arjun

Zorawar

Bhishma

Vijayanta

Question 9

Arithmetic

According to the India Justice Report 2021, which two states have the highest share of women judges at the High Court level at 33%?

Kerala and Andhra Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh and Odisha

Sikkim and Telangana

Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh

Question 10

Arithmetic

Select the correct sequence of steps to create a new folder on the desktop?

Right-click Taskbar → Select Folder → Press Enter

Click Start → Settings → New → Folder

Open File Explorer → Right-click Desktop → New Folder

Right-click Desktop → New → Folder

Question 11

Arithmetic

Which of the following factors DOES NOT directly influence population distribution in India?

Official language

Climate

Soil fertility

Topography

Question 12

Arithmetic

Article 6 deals with persons who migrated to India from _____.

Bangladesh

Sri Lanka

Pakistan

Nepal

Question 13

Arithmetic

Which area of the main stem and roots contains the spongy, soft parenchyma cells that carry and store nutrients for the plant?

Pith

Cortex

Metaxylem

Stele

Question 14

Arithmetic

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution deals with Union Territories?

Article 7

Article 1

Article 262

Article 239

Question 15

Arithmetic

Which of the following players completed 12,000 runs in T20 cricket and became eighth player to achieve the milestone in April 2021?

Ravindra Jadeja

MS Dhoni

Rohit Sharma

Virat Kohli

Question 16

Arithmetic

Which organisation published the 2021 edition of the 'State of the World’s Nursing' report?

International Labour Organization (ILO)

World Bank

UNICEF

World Health Organization (WHO)

Question 17

Arithmetic

Birch and Rhododendrons are found in which kind of forests?

Tropical Evergreen and Semi Evergreen forests

Tropical Thorn forests

Montane forests

Littoral and Swamp forests

Question 18

Arithmetic

The Visuddhimagga, a key Buddhist text, was written by which of the following scholars?

Nagarjuna

Aryadeva

Buddhaghosa

Vasubandhu

Question 19

Arithmetic

Who among the following presented the First Five-Year Plan on July 9, 1951?

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Rajendra Prasad

Jawaharlal Nehru

Purushottam Das Tandon

Question 20

Arithmetic

Which of the following is the first of eight Anti-Submarine Warfare Shallow Water Crafts (ASW SWCs) delivered to the Indian Navy on 8 May 2021?

Arnala

Kamorta

Kadmatt

Kiltan

Question 21

Arithmetic

After amalgamation of 26 Regional Rural Banks (RRBs) in fourth phase of amalgamation, as notified by Department of Financial Services (DFS) in 2021, how many RRBs will be left in the country?

Question 22

Arithmetic

In April 2021, a tri-services all women circumnavigation sailing expedition, 'Samudra Pradakshina' flagged off from:

Durgapur

Madurai

Trivandrum

Mumbai

Question 23

Arithmetic

The Kailasa Temple at Ellora is an example of which of the following types of architecture?

Wooden architecture

Rock-cut architecture

Islamic architecture

Colonial architecture

Question 24

Arithmetic

In which of the following years did the Government of Bengal pass the Calcutta Electric Lighting Act?

1895

1900

1911

1904

Question 25

Arithmetic

During May 2021, the 4th Europe-Africa Forum was organised in which location?

Nice

Marseille

Lyon

Paris

Question 26

Arithmetic

e-NAM is a key reform aimed at integrating agricultural markets in India. What is the primary goal of the e-NAM initiative?

Crop insurance

Minimum wage guarantee

Online trading of agricultural produce

Fertiliser subsidy

Question 27

Arithmetic

The RTI Act empowers citizens of India to seek information from which of the following?

Private companies

Foreign embassies

Non-governmental organisations

Government departments

Question 28

Arithmetic

Which programme was launched in 1953 to expand rural development more feasibly?

National Extension Service (NES)

Bharat Nirman Yojana

Jawahar Rojgar Yojana

Training for Rural Youth for Self-Employment

Question 29

Arithmetic

Which acid was first created from inorganic materials by Hermann Kolbe in 1845?

Sulphuric acid

Formic Acid

Citric Acid

Acetic Acid

Question 30

Arithmetic

Western disturbances mainly affect the weather of which region in India?

North-West India

Coastal Andhra Pradesh

Eastern Ghats

Deccan Plateau

Question 31

Logical

Which of the following transportation systems was primarily developed in India to serve colonial economic interests?

Inland waterways

Metro rail

Railways

Airways

Question 32

Logical

During the Indus Valley Civilisation, the presence of jewellery made from precious metals and semi-precious stones in small-town settings supports the argument that ____.

the civilisation was ruled by autocratic priest-kings

there was an equal access to material goods

there was strong social stratification

only the elite had access to luxury items.

Question 33

Logical

In 2021, ISRO sprouted which of the following seeds in space under microgravity conditions?

Soya bean seeds

Chickpea seed

Cowpea seeds

Kidney bean seeds

Question 34

Logical

Which of the following groups of people is said to have migrated into the late Indus Valley era India from Central Asia?

Dravidas

Mesopotamians

Aryans

Shakas

Question 35

Logical

What is the name of the indigenous electric trainer aircraft initiative launched by India in March 2021 to promote green aviation?

Green Hawk

E-HANSA

Vayu

Shakti

Question 36

Logical

When was the historic Paris Agreement on climate change adopted by world leaders during the UN Climate Change Conference (COP21)?

1999

2005

2012

2015

Question 37

Logical

Which of the following joint military exercises is conducted annually between the armies of India and Japan, with the sixth edition held near Mount Fuji in 2021?

Maitree

Shakti

Indra

Dharma Guardian

Question 38

Logical

Christian Stalker is the Federal Chancellor of which country?

Austria

Finland

Sweden

Norway

Question 39

Logical

The Right to Protection in respect of conviction for offences (including protection from double jeopardy and self-incrimination) is covered under:

Article 22

Article 20

Article 23

Article 21

Question 40

Logical

Which type of weathering is primarily involved in the enrichment of bauxite and other ores?

Mechanical weathering

Glacial weathering

Biological weathering

Chemical weathering

Question 41

Logical

The average runs scored by a batsman in 23 matches is 43. In the next 10 matches, the batsman scored an average of 16 runs. Find his average runs scored (rounded off to two decimal places) in all the 33 matches.

33.82

34.82

35.82

36.82

Question 42

Logical

Train A leaves station M at 6:25 AM and reaches station N at 3:25 PM on the same day. Train B leaves station N at 8:25 AM and reaches station M at 2:25 PM on the same day. Find the time when trains A and B meet.

11:43 AM

10:53 AM

12:13 PM

11:13 AM

Question 43

Logical

The marks scored by 10 students are given below. 17, 19, 12, 20, 19, 14, 15, 18, 19, 14 The mode of the given data is:

Question 44

Logical

If the sum of the interior angles of a regular polygon is equal to four times the sum of its exterior angles, then what is the number of diagonals in the polygon?

Question 45

Logical

Simplify: $x(2x - 3) + 2(x^2 - 4) + 16$

$4x^2 - 3x + 8$

$-4x^2 - 3x + 8$

$4x^2 - 3x - 8$

$-4x^2 - 3x - 8$

Question 46

Logical

A dealer offers successive discounts of 15% and 12% on a refrigerator marked at ₹25,000. What is the final selling price?

₹18,900

₹18,700

₹19,000

₹18,800

Question 47

Logical

I bought two pendants for ₹1,200. I sold the first one at a loss of 10% and the second at a gain of 14%. If, on the whole I made neither a loss nor a gain, find the cost price (in ₹) of the first pendant.

724

684

720

700

Question 48

Logical

Two pipes can fill a cistern, individually, in 36 min and 45 min, respectively. There is a pipe located at the bottom of the cistern to empty it. If all the three pipes are opened simultaneously, then the empty cistern gets filled in 70 min. How long will the pipe at the bottom of the tank take to empty the completely filled cistern if no other pipe is then open?

20 min

28 min

8 min

44 min

Question 49

Logical

The marked price of a shirt is ₹500. If the shopkeeper offers a 20% discount, what is the selling price of the shirt?

₹480

₹400

₹450

₹420

Question 50

Logical

Ishaan and Meghna have to travel from Delhi to Kanpur in their respective cars. Ishaan is driving at 90 km/hr while Meghna is driving at 65 km/hr. Find the time taken by Meghna to reach Kanpur if Ishaan takes 13 hours.

21 hours

27 hours

23 hours

18 hours

Question 51

Logical

A number, when increased by 70%, gives 3400. The number is:

6000

4000

2000

1000

Question 52

Logical

If the third proportional of 8 and 20 be x, then what is the value of x?

Question 53

Logical

Ritu, Sameer, and Isha invest ₹1,190, ₹1,060, and ₹1,350, respectively, to start a business. If the profit at the end of the year is ₹1,640, then what is the share of Isha in the profit?

₹613

₹614

₹617

₹615

Question 54

Logical

The HCF and the LCM of two numbers are 17 and 1224, respectively. If one of the numbers is 136, find the other one.

102

153

119

Question 55

Logical

Find the simple interest (in ₹) on ₹4,000 at 7.5% per annum rate of interest deposited on 4 February 2024 and withdrawn on 5 April 2024.

Question 56

If 3 times a mother's present age is 24 years more than 9 times her daughter's present age, and 4 times the daughter's present age is 2 years less than the mother's present age, then what is the difference (in years) between the ages of the mother and the daughter?

Question 57

The LCM of the numbers 5.3 and 0.4 is:

0.212

212

21.2

2.12

Question 58

The number 563607 is divisible by which of the following?

Question 59

In an election between two candidates, 80% of the registered voters cast their vote and 19% of the votes polled were found invalid. The winning candidate got 70% of the valid votes and won the election by a margin of 1458 votes. How many voters were registered?

5625

5622

5627

5623

Question 60

The cost of 2 pens and 15 pencils is ₹286. If the cost of a pen decreases by ₹4 and the cost of a pencil increases by ₹2, then the cost of 17 pens and 3 pencils is ₹128. What is the original cost of 11 pens and 8 pencils?

₹229

₹228

₹232

₹235

Question 61

Salman and Vivek together invested ₹33,900 in a business. At the end of the year, out of a total profit of ₹10,000, Vivek's share was ₹3,700. What was the difference between their investments?

₹8,814

₹9,547

₹8,840

₹9,551

Question 62

Sapna invested ₹20,300 on simple interest, partly at the rate of 8% per annum and partly at the rate of 6% per annum. If she earns equal interests from the two investments after 6 years, then find the sum invested at the rate of 8% per annum (in ₹).

8,699

8,697

8,702

8,700

Question 63

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 to/subtracting from/multiplying with 13 can be performed. Breaking down 13 into 1 and 3 and then performing mathematical operations on 1 and 3 is not allowed.) (45, 80, 5) (39, 30, 24)

(45, 72, 9)

(15, 10, 11)

(27, 6, 25)

(15, 0, 16)

Question 64

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.)

GJP

KNT

QIA

ORX

Question 65

All 79 students in a class are standing in a row facing north. Shantanu is 37th from the right end while Vani is 23rd from the left end. How many people stand between Shantanu and Vani?

Question 66

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

Question 67

IGBF is related to OMHL in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, KIDH is related to QOJN. To which of the given options is MKFJ related, following the same logic?

SQLP

QSLP

QSPL

SQPL

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. (Note: All numbers are single digit numbers only.) (Left) 6 2 & % 5 9 # 8 $ 7 + Ω @ 1 * £ 3 4 (Right) How many such symbols are there each of which is immediately preceded by another symbol and also immediately followed by a number?

Question 69

In a certain code language, ‘life is mysterious’ is coded as ‘qr gt ob’ and ‘give his life’ is coded as ‘ob ft rd’. How is ‘life’ coded in the given language?

Question 70

In a certain code language, ‘PEST’ is coded as ‘4597’ and ‘HEPS’ is coded as ‘7654’. What is the code for ‘H’ in the given code language?

Question 71

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? BGS 153, XLO 142, TQK 131, PVG 120, LAC 109, ?

FHA 98

GDZ 101

IDX 101

HFY 98

Question 72

Read the given statement(s) 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(s). Statements: All Wolves are Rhinoceroses. No Rhinoceroses are Kangaroos. Conclusions: I: No Kangaroos are Wolves. II: Some Kangaroos are Wolves.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Question 73

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.)

MOK

OQM

OSP

DFB

Question 74

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

Four

Two

Three

One

Question 75

What will come in the place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 25 − 9 × 3 + 4 ÷ 2 = ?

Question 76

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 991 990 992 991 993 992 994 ?

993

996

995

992

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 doors are carpets. No carpet is a mat. Conclusions: (I) No door is a mat. (II) No mat is a carpet.

Only conclusion (II) follows.

Only conclusion (I) follows.

Neither conclusion (I) nor (II) follows.

Both conclusions (I) and (II) follow.

Question 78

B is the brother of A. A is the wife of C. C is the father of K. K is the mother of S. How is B related to S?

Mother's mother's sister

Mother's sister's daughter

Mother's mother's brother

Mother's sister's son

Question 79

Vignesh starts from Point Y and drives 17 km towards south. He then takes a left turn, drives 25 km. He then turns right and drives 9 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 25 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° turns only unless specified.)

26 km towards east

26 km towards north

19 km towards south

13 km towards west

Question 80

What will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation, if ‘+’ and ‘−’ are interchanged and ‘×’ and ‘÷’ are interchanged? 12 ÷ 6 + 28 × 4 − 11 = ?

Question 81

L, M, N, O, Q, R and S are sitting around a circular table, facing the centre of the table. Only two people sit between O and R when counted from the right of O. Only two people sit between R and M. Only three people sit between O and N. L sits to the immediate left of Q. Who sits third to the left of S?

Question 82

Each of the digits in the number 5936814 is arranged in ascending order from left to right. What will be the sum of the digits which are second from the left and fourth from the right in the new number thus formed?

Question 83

Nilesh starts from Point Y and drives 17 km towards the north. He then takes a left turn and drives 31 km, then turns left and drives 45 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 23 km. He takes a right turn, drives 28 km and stops at Point Z. How far (shortest distance) and in which direction should he drive in order to reach Point Y again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified.)

61 km towards the west

58 km towards the west

54 km towards the east

49 km towards the east

Question 84

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series based on the English alphabetical order? DKC ZGY ? RYQ NUM

UDU

VCV

VCU

VDU

Question 85

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 112 101 90 79 68 ?

Question 86

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.)

MC - PY

YV - CR

PF - SB

JB - MX

Question 87

If 2 is added to each even digit and 1 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 9524367, then how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

Two

None

Three

One

Question 88

Seven people, A, B, C, D, P, Q and R, are sitting in a row, facing north. Only two people sit to the left of B. Only three people sit between B and Q. Only one person sits between Q and P. D sits to the immediate left of C. R is not an immediate neighbour of Q. How many people sit to the right of A?

Three

One

Two

Four

Question 89

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. RUST - URST - RSTU KITE - IKTE - KTEI

MINK - IMNK - KINM

MANY - AMNY - MNYA

SPOT - PSOT - POTS

VEIN - VIEN - NIEV

Question 90

Select the pair that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two pairs given below. Both pairs follow the same pattern. SDF : RCE MVZ : LUY

BGJ : AFI

RTY : SZU

ADH : BFJ

CNR : DOS

Question 91

This question is based on the five, three-digit numbers given below. (Left) 538 745 317 853 276 (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 highest number is added to the second digit of the lowest number?

Question 92

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 4 8 24 96 ? 2880

240

410

480

320