RRB General Knowledge Solved Paper

1. Who is known as the 'Iron Man of India'?

Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Lala Lajpat Rai

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Subhash Chandra Bose


2. In which of the following fields did Tenzing Norgay distinguish himself?

Boxing

Mountaineering

Archery

Hockey

3. Who was the first lady Prime Minister of the World?

Sirimavo Bhandranaike

Margaret Thatcher

Indira Gandhi

Golda Meir


4. Where is Central Potato Research Institute?

Shimla

Lucknow

Kanpur

Bhopal


5. With which field is 'Vikram Seth' associated?

Space Research

Literature

Journalism

Music


6. India's anti-tank missile is:

Akash

Agni

Prithvi

Nag

7. The major difference between the Moderates and the Extremists in the Congress Session of 1907 was regarding —

Education

Boycott

Satyagraha

Swaraj


8. Devaluation of currency helps in promoting—

imports

exports

tourism

national income


9. Which Indian State is the largest producer of cashew nuts?

Madhya Pradesh

Kerala

Assam

Andhra Pradesh


10. 1930 is associated with—

Presentation of Nehru Report

Dandi March

Second Round Table Conference

Lahore Congress


11. Indian Railways has recently decided to set up a new Wheel Axle factory at:

Chhapra

Harnaut

Jamalpur

Darbhanga


12. Match the following cities of South India with their States:

Coimbatore 1. Kerala
Cochin (Kochi) 2. Karnataka
Mangalore 3. Tamil Nadu
Vijayanagar 4. Andhra Pradesh

d-2

d-4

b3, d-4

d-2

13. With which of the following gland/organ is 'diabetes' associated?

Thyroid

Liver

Pancreas

Kidney


14. Cornea is a part of which of the following organs of human body?

Heart

Eye

Kidney

Ear

15. The blood cholesterol level in 100 ml of blood in a normal person varies between:

250 to 350 mg

150 to 250 mg

100 to 150 mg

50 to 100 mg


16. Choose the correct chronological order of dynasties:

Lodi, Slave, Tughlaq, Khilji

Slave, Tughlaq, Khilji, Lodi

Khilji, Lodi, Slave, Tughlaq

Slave, Khilji, Tughlaq, Lodi


17. Token currency was introduced in India for the first time by:

Firuz Shah Tughlaq

Muhammad bin Tughlaq

Alauddin Khilji

Qutubuddin Aibak


18. Which of the following pairs is incorrect?

Bairam Khan — Akbar

Jaswant Singh — Aurangzeb

Amir Khusrau — Jehangir

Ambar Malik — Humayun


19. Match the. following ancient books with their authors:

Mahabharata 1. Kalidasa
Kadambari 2. Panini
Meghadoot 3. Banabhatta
Asthadhyayi 4. Ved Vyas



d-4

d-2

d-4


20. Which of the following can be used for checking inflation temporari1y?

Decrease in taxes

Increase in wages

Decrease in money supply

None of these

21. With which aspect of Commerce are and associated?

Banking

Foreign Trade

Stock Market

Internal Trade


22. The Tenth Five-Year Plan pertains to which period?

2000-01 to 2004-05

2001-02 to 2005-06

2002-03 to 2006-07

2003-04 to 2007-08

23. Debt service ratio implies ratio between:

export and total payout on debt

import and total debt

domestic saving and• import

domestic saving and total debt

24 Who said, where wealth accumulates, men decay"?

Abraham Lincoln

Mao-Tse-Thng

Karl Marx

Goldsmith


25. Gresham's law in economic relates to:

distribution of goods and services

circulation of currency

supply and demand

consumption and supply

26. Which of the following statements regarding the Constituent Assembly is true?

1. It is not based on Adult Franchise
2. It resulted from direct elections
3. it was a multiparty body
4. it worked through several committees

l and 2

2 and 3

1 and 4

3 and 4

27. Which of the following bills cannot be introduced first in the Rajya Sabha?

Money Bills

Bills pertaining, to the powers of the Supreme court of State Judiciary

Bills proclaiming the state of emergency arising out of war or external aggression

Bills bringing a State under emergency rules


28. How long can a person continue to be a Minister without being a member of either Houses of the Parliament?

3 months

6 months

l year

No time limit


29. Centigrade and Fahrenheit scales give the same reading at:

—273°

—40°

—32°

100°


30. Match the scientists with their inventions:

Marconi 1. Gramophone
J.L. Baird 2. Radio
Alexander Graham Bell 3. Television
Thomas Alva Edison 4. Telephone

d-4

d-1

d-3

d-l


31. In the process of galvanization, an iron sheet is coated with:

aluminum

zinc

tin

chromium


32. Rate of evaporation does not depend upon:

temperature of the liquid

surface area of the liquid

mass of the liquid

air pressure


33. Which of the following process produce Hydrogen gas?

Electrolysis of water

Passing of steam over red hot iron

Reaction of zinc with hydrochloric acid

All of these


34. Match the following with their chemical formulae

Common Salt 1. Na2 SiO3
Alum 2. NaCl
Gypsum 3. K2SO4. Al2 (SO4)3 24H2O
Quartz 4. CaSO4. 2H2O

d-l

d-2

d-3

d-4


35. Which of the following is an element?

Ruby

Sapphire

Emerald

Diamond

36. Which of the following is true regarding a catalyst?
1. It increases the rate of reaction
2. It increases the activation energy
3. It reduces the activation energy
4. It is consumed in the reaction

1 and 2

1 and3

2 and 4

3 and 5

37. The hydraulic automobiles application of:

Archimedes' Principle

Pascal's law

Bernoulli's theorem

Faraday's law

38. Match the following countries with their capitals:
Nigeria 1. Luanda
Qatar 2. Abuja
Zambia 3. Lusaka
Angola 4. Doha

d-l

d-l

d-4

d-l

39. Which of the following planets orbits around the sun in backward direction from east to west?

Earth

Venus

Mercury

Jupiter

40. More than two third of world's tin comes from which country?

China

Malaysia

Nigeria

Brazil

41. The largest temple in the world

Meenakshi Temple

Angkor Vat

Pashupati Nath Temple of Nepal

Kashi Vishwanath Temple


42. Aryabhatta was India's renowned:

Poet

Physicist

Mathematician

Physician


43. Which of the following pair does not match?

Sariska Sanctuary Rajasthan

Kaziranga National Park Assam (Asom)

Ghana Bird Sanctuary Meghalaya

Shivpuri National Park Madhya Pradesh


44. Match the following hill stations of India with their states:

Gulmarg 1. Rajasthan

Dalhousie 2. Madhya Pradesh

Mt. Abu 3. Jammu and Kashmir

Panchmarhi 4. Himachal Pradesh

5. Uttaranchal

d-2

d-2

d-5

d-1


45. On which river the Pong Dam has been constructed?

Ganga

Tapti

Yamuna

Beas


46. Which country is the world's largest supplier of silk?

USA

Japan

China

India


47. Which one of the following does not contribute to development in India?

Technological research

Population growth

Diversification of industry

Increased saving

48. the highest water fall in India is located in the state of

Uttaranchal.

Jammu and Kashmir

Tamil Nadu

Karnataka


49. The President can proclaim emergency on the written advice of the:

Chief Justice

Vice-President

Prime Minister

Union Cabinet

50. The first state in India carved out on a linguistic basis was:

Andhra Pradesh

Orissa

Manipur

Kerala

1.C

2.B

3.A

4.A

5.B

6.D

7.B

8.B

9.B

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.C

14.C

15.C

16.D

17.B

18.C

19.C

20.C

21.C

22.C

23.A

24.D

25.B

26.C

27.A

28.B

29.B

30.D

31.B

32.C

33.A

34.A

35.D

36.B

37.B

38.A

39.C

40.A

41.B

42.C

43.C

44.A

45.D

46.C

47.B

48.D

49.C

50.A