RRB-NTPC 2021 General Awareness

Practice subject-wise previous year questions

Question 3476

Which major port is NOT located on the western coast of India?

Cochin

Mangalore

Visakhapatnam

Kandla

Question 3477

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.)

FHC

LNJ

HJE

JLG

Question 3478

In which of the following locations was the PHDCCI International Week scheduled to be held in March 2021, which is postponed now?

Greater Noida

New Delhi

Surat

Mumbai

Question 3479

B starts from Point U and drives 5 km towards the South. He then takes a right turn, drives 2 km, turns right and drives 16 km. He then takes a right turn and drives 3 km, turns left and drives 1 km. He then takes a right turn, drives 2 km. He takes a final right turn, drives 12 km and stops at Point X. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point U again? (All turns are 90 degrees turns only unless specified).

3 km towards the East

3 km towards the West

5 km towards the South

7 km towards the North

Question 3480

Which of the following countries is completely landlocked and shares an open border with India?

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Nepal

Afghanistan

Question 3481

Which of the following tennis player captured the 2024 US Open Men's Singles title, marking his second Grand Slam win?

Novak Djokovic

Carlos Alcaraz

Jannik Sinner

Daniil Medvedev

Question 3482

If 1 is added to each even digit and 2 is subtracted from each odd digit in the number 9368547, what will be the sum of the digits which are third from the left and third from the right in the new number thus formed?

Question 3483

In a certain code language, 'FIGS' is coded as '3648' and 'ICED' is coded as '1285'. What is the code for 'I' in the given code language?

Question 3484

Which of the following Articles of the Indian Constitution states about the establishment of Election Commission in India?

Article 325

Article 324

Article 327

Article 326

Question 3485

Mr. KLM starts from Point A and drives 21 km towards the south. He then takes a left turn, drives 7 km, turns left and drives 26 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 11 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 5 km and stops at Point P. How far (shortest distance) and in which direction should he drive in order to reach Point A again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified)

4 km to the east

3 km to the west

7 km to the east

5 km to the west

Question 3486

What is the primary advantage of using 'Section Breaks' in an MS Word document compared to simply using 'Page Breaks'?

Section breaks automatically create a table of contents based on the headings within each section, a feature not available with standard page breaks.

Section breaks allow for different page numbering schemes, headers, and footers within the same document, while page breaks only force content to the next page.

Section breaks are primarily used to optimise the document's file size and performance, especially in long documents with numerous formatting changes.

Section breaks improve the document's file size and performance, especially in long documents with numerous formatting changes.

Question 3487

Which country reported its first-ever presumptive human case of H5 bird flu in November 2024?

Australia

United Kingdom

United States

Canada

Question 3488

The average of 10 observations is 40. It was realised later that an observation was misread as 32 in place of 43. Find the correct average.

44.1

41.1

42.1

40.1

Question 3489

As per the Union Budget 2021-26, a Maritime Development Fund with corpus of how much will be established?

₹10,000 crore

₹15,000 crore

₹25,000 crore

₹20,000 crore

Question 3490

If a + b = 24 and (a – b)² = 268, find the value of product of a and b.

110

140

Question 3491

Consider the following statements regarding the MEDEVAC operation conducted by Indian maritime forces in March 2021. 1. The Indian Navy evacuated injured crew members from MV Heilan Star, located in west of Goa. 2. A Sea King helicopter from INS Vikrant airlifted three injured crew members, including two Chinese and one Indonesian national. 3. The Indian Navy and Indian Air Force jointly coordinated the operation. 4. The rescued crew were flown to INS Hansa, Goa, for onward transfer to a civil hospital. Which of the above statements are correct?

Only 2 and 4

Only 1, 2 and 3

Only 1, 2 and 4

Only 1 and 3

Question 3492

If a : b :: b : c; c = 4a and b = 18, find the positive value of c.

Question 3493

Which of the following operating systems is most suitable for ethical hacking and cybersecurity tasks on laptops and desktops due to its pre-installed penetration testing tools?

Kali Linux

Ubuntu LTS

Windows 10

macOS Ventura

Question 3494

Find the simple interest (in closest integral ₹) on ₹3,000 at 6% per annum rate of interest for the period from 9 February 2024 to 10 April 2024.

Question 3495

The present cost of a house is ₹1,23,016. After a year, its cost will increase to ₹1,40,203. The percentage increase (rounded off to the nearest integer) in the cost of the house is:

10%

14%

17%

Question 3496

What percentage of households were classified as the poorest of the poor, as per SECC-2011?

0.89%

0.79%

0.59%

Question 3497

In February 2021, the Indian government announced a six-year program to boost the production of which agricultural commodity to reduce import dependence?

Rice

Wheat

Pulses

Sugar

Question 3498

What was a unique feature of Harappan town planning?

Underground temples

Circular forts

Irregular housing layout

Grid pattern streets

Question 3499

B is the father of C. Q is the sister of C. T is the only sister of Q. T is the child of S. M is the son of S's only son. How is S related to B?

Father's sister

Wife

Father's brother

Wife's mother

Question 3500

Mr. I starts from Point M and drives 1 km towards the south. He then takes a right turn, drives 3 km, turns left and drives 3 km. He then takes a left turn and drives 4 km. He takes a final left turn, drives 4 km and stops at Point N. How far (shortest distance) and towards which direction should he drive in order to reach Point M again? (All turns are 90-degree turns only unless specified.)

1 km towards the west

2 km towards the south

4 km towards the east

4 km towards the north

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