RRB-NTPC 2021 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 2926
GK

In 1820-21, which tribal group led a revolt against the authorities in the area now known as West Singhbhum district of Jharkhand, which was later suppressed by the British?

A
Santhal tribes
B
Munda tribes
C
Khasi tribes
D
Ho tribes
Question 2927
GK

Anwar's salary is ₹11,000 per month. He spends ₹6,000 on house rent and ₹3,000 on bills, and the rest of the amount is his monthly savings. Find his savings (in ₹) in a year, if in the month of his birthday, he spent all his monthly savings on birthday celebrations.

A
24,000
B
18,000
C
22,000
D
20,000
Question 2928
GK

A dealer marks his goods at 65% above the cost price and allows a discount of 59% on the marked price. What is his gain or loss percentage (correct to two decimal places)?

A
33.53% loss
B
33.88% gain
C
32.35% loss
D
32.07% gain
Question 2929
GK

In September 2024, the Indian government constituted a high-level committee headed by which individual to examine the feasibility and implementation of the 'One Nation, One Election' proposal?

A
Justice BN Srikrishna
B
Venkaiah Naidu
C
Ram Nath Kovind
D
Justice RM Lodha
Question 2930
GK

HN 19 is related to DK 30 in a certain way. In the same way, JR 11 is related to FO 22. To which of the given options is SF 3 related, following the same logic?

A
NB 12
B
OC 14
C
NC 14
D
OB 12
Question 2931
GK

The ratio of three numbers is $20:14: 6$. If 65 percent of the first number is 39, what would be 50 percent of the difference of the third and second number?

A
11
B
14
C
12
D
10
Question 2932
GK

Which of the following letter-number clusters will replace the question mark (?) in the given series to make it logically complete? JQ29, LS36, NU43, PW50, ?

A
RX58
B
RY57
C
RY58
D
RX57
Question 2933
GK

A 250 m long train overtakes a man moving at a speed of 7 km/hr (in same direction) in 50 seconds. How much time (in seconds) will this train take to completely cross another 280 m long train, moving in the opposite direction at a speed of 28 km/hr?

A
36
B
54
C
49
D
50
Question 2934
GK

Refer to the following number and symbol series and answer the question that follows. Counting to be done from left to right only. (Left) 7 2 2 € 9 8 1 9 * 8 € 2 4 9 7 2 * & * 6 (Right) How many such numbers are there each of which is immediately preceded by a number and also immediately followed by a number?

A
6
B
8
C
7
D
5
Question 2935
GK

A shopkeeper purchased 83 dozens of articles at the rate of ₹560 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of ₹49. What percentage profit did he make?

A
8%
B
3%
C
5%
D
7%
Question 2936
GK

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 79 77.8 76.6 ? 74.2 73

A
74.8
B
76
C
75.4
D
74.6
Question 2937
GK

Which sector is the largest recipient of foreign direct investment in the first half of financial year 2024-25?

A
Mining sector
B
Manufacturing sector
C
Service sector
D
Agricultural sector
Question 2938
GK

If 1 is added to each odd digit and 2 is subtracted from each even digit in the number 3582147, then how many digits will appear more than once in the new number thus formed?

A
3
B
0
C
1
D
2
Question 2939
GK

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 is the letter-cluster pair that 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.)

A
IL - GJ
B
QT - OR
C
LJ - MK
D
KN - IL
Question 2940
GK

When saving an MS PowerPoint presentation, which of the following options would be most suitable if the primary goal is to ensure the presentation opens in slideshow view by default for recipients who may not have MS PowerPoint installed?

A
OpenDocument Presentation (.odp)
B
PDF (.pdf)
C
PowerPoint Show (.ppsx)
D
PowerPoint Presentation (.pptx)
Question 2941
GK

45 is related to 5 following a certain logic. Following the same logic, 81 is related to 9. To which of the following is 63 related, following the same logic? (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.)

A
7
B
9
C
8
D
6
Question 2942
GK

The inability to isolate intact DNA for structural studies prior to the 1950s was primarily due to which molecular feature?

A
DNA's high melting point
B
DNA's susceptibility to UV degradation
C
DNA's interaction with histone proteins
D
DNA's large polymeric nature and fragility
Question 2943
GK

Which of the following is known as the 'Steel City of India'?

A
Jamshedpur
B
Indore
C
Ankaleswar
D
Pilani
Question 2944
GK

According to the office of the Registrar General and Census Commissioner of India, a city with a population exceeding 10 million is classified as which type of urban settlement?

A
Metro town
B
Mega City
C
Town
D
Metropolitan City
Question 2945
GK

Capital account convertibility refers to free movement of capital across borders. Which of the following committees recommended full capital account convertibility?

A
Suresh Tendulkar Committee
B
Tarapore Committee
C
Ashok Mehta Committee
D
Rangarajan Committee
Question 2946
GK

Select the triad that follows the same pattern as that followed by the two triads given below. Both triads follow the same pattern. JQ-NU-RT MT-QX-UW

A
CJ-GN-KL
B
CJ-GN-KM
C
DJ-GM-KL
D
DJ-GN-KL
Question 2947
GK

What is the median of the following distribution? Class 150-200 200-250 250-300 300-350 350-400 Frequency 20 19 32 27 12

A
261
B
286
C
293
D
275
Question 2948
GK

The ratio of incomes of Seema and Darshan is $2 : 3$. They save ₹15,000 and ₹9,000, respectively. If the ratio of their expenditures is $12 : 19$, then what is the total expenditure (in ₹) of Seema and Darshan?

A
4,21,000
B
4,18,500
C
4,18,000
D
4,22,000
Question 2949
GK

What is the primary advantage of using a virtual file system (VFS) layer within an operating system?

A
To directly manage the physical storage devices
B
To handle the low-level details of file storage and retrieval for a single file system
C
To optimise disk access speeds for specific file system types
D
To provide a consistent interface for applications to access different file systems
Question 2950
GK

What should come in place of the question mark (?) in the given series? 882 880 876 870 862 ?

A
852
B
856
C
850
D
854