RRB-NTPC 2021 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 2576

The ratio of incomes of Seema and Darshan is $4: 3$. They save $₹15,000$ and $₹9,000$, respectively. If the ratio of their expenditures is $16: 17$, then what is the total expenditure (in $₹$) of Seema and Darshan?

14,850

13,000

15,000

16,000

Question 2577

Who discovered the Maski Ashoka Inscription?

James Prinsep

C Beadon

Christian Lassen

Lord Canning

Question 2578

Which statistical indicator is used to measure the depth of poverty by accounting for the extent to which individuals fall below the poverty line?

Poverty Gap Index

Dependency Ratio

Headcount Ratio

Gini Coefficient

Question 2579

In the Harappan civilisation, cire perdue or lost wax process was used to make statue of which material?

Stone

Bronze

Gold

Terracotta

Question 2580

In which year did Francois Martin establish Pondicherry, which later emerged as the Headquarters of the French in India?

1794

1612

1762

1674

Question 2581

Find the simple interest (in $₹$) if a sum of $₹350$ is borrowed for 2.5 years at 4% per annum rate of interest.

135

Question 2582

If + means -, - means $\times$, $\times$ means $\div$, and $\div$ means +, what will come in place of the question mark (?) in the following equation? $20 - 4 \div 7 + 12 \times 4 = ?$

Question 2583

When 1272, 2636 and 4209 are divided by the greatest number x, the remainder in each case is y. What is the value of $(3x - 14y)$?

-63

-65

-60

-61

Question 2584

Eight people, A, B, C, D, E, F, G and H, are sitting is a straight line facing south. B is sitting at one of the ends of the line. G is sitting to the immediate left of C. A is sitting to the immediate left of H and immediate right of C. Only 3 people are sitting to the right of E. D is sitting to the immediate left of B. Who is sitting to the immediate left of D?

Question 2585

Each of C, D, E, F, S, T and U has an exam on a different day of a week starting from Monday and ending on Sunday of the same week. S has the exam on Thursday and T has the exam on Saturday. F has the exam immediately before U. C has the exam on one of the days after E. D has the exam immediately after U. Who has the exam on the last day of the week?

Question 2586

Which of the following national parks is recognised as the world's only floating national park?

Sundarbans National Park

Bhitarkanika National Park

Keibul Lamjao National Park

Gulf of Mannar Marine National Park

Question 2587

In glycolysis, which enzyme catalyses the rate-limiting phosphorylation of fructose-6-phosphate?

Pyruvate kinase

Glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase

Phosphofructokinase-1 (PFK-1)

Hexokinase 

Question 2588

Which of the following statements accurately describes the behavior of continuing numbering from a previous list when inserting a new numbered list within the same document in MS Word?

MS Word automatically restarts the numbering from 1 for the new list, and there is no direct way to continue the previous sequence.

MS Word provides an option upon creating the new list to 'Continue from previous list', which needs to be explicitly selected.

Continuing numbering is only possible if both lists use the exact same numbering style and level.

MS Word automatically continues the numbering sequence from the previous list by default.

Question 2589

Which of the following companies assisted the Raja of Cochin in expelling the Portuguese from his kingdom in 1663?

Dutch East India Company

Spanish East India Company

British East India Company

French East India Company

Question 2590

Arjun marks the price of his article 50% more than its cost price. If he sells the article for ₹86,580 after allowing a discount of 26%, then what will be the cost price (in ₹) of the article?

77,999

78,002

78,003

78,000

Question 2591

Which of the following agricultural practices is called Ponam in Kerala and Podu in Odisha?

Plantation farming

Subsistence farming

Shifting cultivation

Commercial farming

Question 2592

A bank offers 7.8% compound interest per annum calculated on a half-yearly basis. A customer deposits ₹9,920 each on 1 January and 1 July of a year. At the end of the year, the amount he would have gained by way of interest is ______ (give your answer correct to 2 decimal places).

₹1,175.73

₹1,185.69

₹1,174.16

₹1,183.37

Question 2593

Find the area of a sector with a central angle of 150° in a circle with a radius of 12 cm.

$55\pi\ cm^2$

$72\pi\ cm^2$

$45\pi\ cm^2$

$60\pi\ cm^2$

Question 2594

A, B, C, D, R, S and T are sitting around a circular table facing the centre of the table. Only four people sit between B and D when counted from the right of B. B sits third to the left of C. T sits third to the left of R. S is an immediate neighbour of both D and C. How many people sit between A and S when counted from the right of A?

Three

One

Two

Four

Question 2595

MBKF is related to OGMK in a certain way based on the English alphabetical order. In the same way, QLOP is related to SQQU. To which of the given options is UVSZ related, following the same logic?

VBUD

WAUE

XZVF

WBTD

Question 2596

If 14 : A :: A : 56, find the positive value of A.

Question 2597

Which of the following best describes the underlying data structure that forms the basis of an electronic spreadsheet like MS Excel?

Relational database model with interconnected tables and fields

A hierarchical tree structure organizing data into nodes and branches

A two-dimensional grid composed of rows and columns intersecting to form cells

A linear sequence of data entries, similar to a text document

Question 2598

In May 2021, Jenu Kuruba families reoccupied their ancestral land in which of the following tiger reserves of India?

Hemis National Park

Nagarahole Tiger Reserve

Manas National Park

Sariska National Park

Question 2599

What significant achievement did Mohun Bagan Super Giant accomplish by winning the ISL 2024-25 title?

They won the title without losing a single match.

They won the title with a 100% win rate at home.

They became the second team to win both the ISL League Shield and ISL Cup in the same season.

They became the first team to win the ISL title twice.

Question 2600

One important outcome of British social reforms was ______.

spread of religious fundamentalism

increase in caste rigidity

decline in education

emergence of women in public life

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