GA For RRB NTPC

 

1. Rainfall caused by intense evaporation in equatorial areas is called                             .

(a)      Orographic rainfall

(b)      Cyclonic rainfall

(c)     Frontal rainfall

(d)      Convectional rainfall

 

Q2. Nandadevi peak is located in                      State.

(a)      Himachal Pradesh

(b)      Uttarakhand

(c)     Uttar Pradesh

(d)      Sikkim

 

Q3. Who among the following gave monistic theory of sovereignty?

(a)      Austin

(b)      Darwin

(c)     Aristotle

(d)      Marx

 

Q4. In which of the following States India's first Green Rail Corridor was launched in -

(a)      Karnataka

(b)      Maharashtra

(c)     Himachal Pradesh

(d)      Tamil Nadu

 

Q5. The relation between the consumer’s optimal choice of the quantity of a good and its price is very important and this relation is called the                  function.

(a)      Price

(b)      Substitution

(c)     Supply

(d)     
Demand

 

Q6. Name the catalyst used in the conversion of milk into curd?

(a)      Pepsin

(b)      Invertase

(c)     Lactase

(d)      Diastase

 

Q7. Provision was made in the Act of 1773, for the office of a Governor-General of

(a)      India

(b)      Fort William

(c)     Madras

(d)      Bombay

Q8. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the amendment

(a)      40th

(b)      42nd

(c)     44th

(d)      49th

 

Q9. The founder of Boy Scouts and Girl Guides movement was—

(a)      Charles Andrews

(b)      Robert Montgomery

(c)     Richard Temple

(d)      Baden Powell

 

Q10. The Sun Temple of Konark was built by Narasimhadeva I. To which dynasty did he belong to?

(a)      Somavamsi dynasty

(b)      Eastern Ganga dynasty

(c)     Suryavamsi Gajapati dynasty

(d)      Bhoi dynasty

 

Q11. The main constituents of pearls are

(a)      Calcium oxide and ammonium chloride

(b)      Calcium carbonate and magnesium carbonate

(c)     Aragonite and conchiolin

(d)      Ammonium sulphate and sodium carbonate

 

Q12. Amalgams are

(a)      Highly coloured alloys

(b)      Alloys which contain mercury as one of the contents

(c)     Alloys which have great resistance to abrasion

(d)      Alloys which contain carbon

 

Q13. Isotopes are separated by

(a)      Crystallisation

(b)      Sublimation

(c)     Distillation

(d)      Filtration

 

Q14.Siphon will fail to work if

(a)      The densities of the liquid in the two vessels are equal

(b)      The level of the liquid in the two vessels are at the same height

(c)     Both its limbs are of unequal length

(d)      The temperature of the liquids in the two vessels are the same

 

Q15.Tolkappiyam is associated with the

(a)      First Sangam period

(b)      Second Sangam period

(c)     Third Sangam period

(d)      Post-third Sangam period

Q16. Ustad Mansur was a famous painter in the region of

(a)      Shajahan

(b)      Akbar

(c)     Humayun

(d)      Jahangir

 

Q17.Who wrote the famous book - 'We the people'?

(a)      T.N.Kaul

(b)      J.R.D. Tata

(c)     Khushwant Singh

(d)      Nani Palkhivala

 

Q18.Journalist Day was celebrated for the first time all over the country on (a) Oct. 20, 1984

(b) Oct. 1, 1984

(c) Oct 28, 1984

(d) Oct. 8, 1984

 

Q19.Who wrote the line: ' A thing of beauty is a joy forever'?

(a)      John Keats

(b)      Robert Browing

(c)     P.B.Shelley

(d)      William Wordsworth

 

Q20. Which one of the following Committees is described as the 'twin sister' of the Estimates Committee?

(a)      Public Accounts Committee

(b)      Committee on Public Undertakings

(c)     Departmental Standing Committee

(d)      Privilege Committee

 

Q21. Which one of the following European trading companies adopted the “Blue Water Policy” in India?

(a)      Dutch company

(b)      French company

(c)     Portuguese company

(d)      British East India company

 

Q22.Which one of the following is correctly matched?

(a)      Brahmo Samaj - Annie Basant

(b)      Arya Samaj – Swami Dayanand Saraswati

(c)     Ram Krishna Mission - Keshab Chandra Sen

(d)      Theosophical Society – Vivekananda

 

Q23. The Arya Mahila Sabha was founded by ?

(a)      Durgabai Deshmukh

(b)      Raj Kumari Amrit Kaur

(c)     Nellie Sengupta

(d)      Pandit Ramabai

Q24. The Daily Weather Map of India is prepared and printed at                      

(a)      Kolkata

(b)      Mumbai

(c)     New Delhi

(d)      Pune

 

Q25. "Great Barrier Reef", the world's largest Coral reef is located in

(a)      Caribbean Islands

(b)      Australia

(c)     Philippines

(d)      Indonesia

 

Q26.In which year was All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) founded? (a) 1949

(b) 1999

(c) 1972

(d) 1997

 

Q27. Cockroach cannot survive in the water because its respiratory organ is -

(a)      Gill

(b)      Trachea

(c)     Book lung

(d)      Pulmonary sac

 

Q28. Which among the following is white phosphorus?

(a)      P1

(b)      P6

(c)     P4

(d)      P5

 

Q29. Alkali metals can -

(a)      Be highly unstable at room temperature

(b)      Vaporize at room temperature

(c)     Easily gain electrons

(d)      Easily lose electrons

 

Q30. Which one of the following cities of Iraq is located on Tigris river?

(a)      Baghdad

(b)      Basra

(c)     Kirkuk

(d)      None of these