RRB Group-D 6th Dec 2018-shift -1
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 1 Six years ago, a mother’s age was 6 times her daughter’s age. Three years hence the daughter would be one-third her mother’s age. The current age (in years) of the mother is:
A. 45
B. 39
C. 36
D. 42
Answer: D
Q. 2 A product reaches a buyer from the farmer through 3 middlemen with the intermediate profits of 10%, 20% and 30%, respectively. Finally, the seller keeps a profit of 15%. If the farmer has sold the product at ₹ X, then how much more percent did the buyer pay for it?
A. 100.97%
B. 93.35%
C. 97.34%
D. 86.56%
Answer: C
Q. 3 Elements in the Modern Periodic Table are arranged in ………. periods.
A. 6
B. 8
C. 5
D. 7
Answer: D
Q. 4 Plants that have lost their capacity to produce seeds reproduce by the method of:
A. Fission
B. Vegetative propagation
C. Multiple fission
D. Budding
Answer: B
Q. 5 Choose the option that closely resembles the mirror image of the given figure.
A. a
B. d
C. c
D. b
Answer: D
Q. 6 What are the organisms that eat other organisms called?
A. Holotrophic organisms
B. Parasitic organisms
C. Chemotrophic organisms
D. Saprotrophic organisms
Answer: A
Q. 7 Muscle contains special proteins called …………
A. lipoproteins
B. contractile proteins
C. glycol-proteins
D. nucleoproteins
Answer: B
Q. 8 Heating of ores in the absence of oxygen is called:
A. Extraction
B. Calcination
C. Roasting
D. Corrosion
Answer: B
Q. 9 Who inaugurated the first edition of Khelo India School Games (KISG) that was held from 31st January to 8th February 2018 at Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium?
A. The Chief Minister of Delhi
B. The Prime Minister of India
C. The Sports Minister
D. The Home Minister
Answer: B
Q. 10 The resistors of values 3 Ω , 6 Ω and 15 Ω are connected in parallel. What will be equivalent resistance in the circuit?
A. 0.8
B. 1.4
C. 2.1
D. 1.7
Answer: D
Q. 11 The total quantity of motion contained in the same body is called …………..
A. pressure
B. force
C. momentum
D. inertia
Answer: C
Q. 12 Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully and select which of the conclusions logically follow (s) from the statement(s).
Statement:
All vitamins are proteins. All proteins are fruits.
Conclusions:
1. Some vitamins are not fruits
2. Some fruits are vitamins
A. Either (1) or (2) follow
B. Only (1) follows
C. Both (1) & (2) follow
D. Only (2) follows
Answer: D
Q. 13 The momentum of an object is 50 kg and its mass is 10 kg. What is the velocity of the object?
A. 5 ms−1
B. 0.5 ms−2
C. 0.5 ms−2
D. 5 ms−1
Answer: D
Q. 14 The book ‘My Music, My Life’ is the autobiography of:
A. Anushka Shankar
B. Ravi Shankar
C. Zakir Hussein
D. Shankar Mahadevan
Answer: B
Q. 15 Using the given information, answer the question that follows.
Six friends are sitting around a circular table.
1. Soham is sitting adjacent to Nachiket.
2. Tushar is sitting opposite Pranav.
3. Swapnil is sitting equidistant to Soham and Pranav.
Who is sitting opposite Aniket?
A. Nachiket
B. Soham
C. Pranav
D. Swapnil
Answer: B
Q. 16 Which state of India is the leading producer of coarse cereals?
A. Karnataka
B. Kerala
C. Tamilnadu
D. West Bengal
Answer: A
Q. 17 A. 173 m long train crosses a 727 m long bridge in 40.5 seconds. What is the speed of the train?
A. 70 km/h
B. 85 km/h
C. 80 km/h
D. 75 km/h
Answer: C
Q. 18 ……….. is the leading coffee producer state in India.
A. Karnataka
B. Maharashtra
C. Telengana
D. Gujarat
Answer: A
Q. 19 The potential energy (P.E.) of a body at a certain height is 200 J. The kinetic energy possessed by it when it just touches the surface of the earth is:
A. zero
B. = P.E.
C. <P.E.
D. >P.E.
Answer: B
Q. 20 The spinal cord originates from:
A. Cerebellum
B. Medulla
C. Pons
D. Cerebrum
Answer: B
Q. 21 Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully and select which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement(s).
Statement:
Increased use of medicines puts down the innate healing sense of the body.
Conclusions:
I. There is an innate healing sense in the body.
II. Nowadays, we depend more on external medicine and do not allow the body to repair itself on its own.
A. Neither conclusion follows.
B. Both the conclusions follow.
C. Only conclusion I follows.
D. Only conclusion II follows.
Answer: C
Q. 22 The Swadesh Darshan Scheme is an initiative of which Ministry?
A. Finance
B. HRD
C. Tourism
D. Defence
Answer: C
Q. 23 ⅗th of Sarah’s amount is equal to 6/7th of Priya’s amount. Between them the duo has ₹ 3,570. How much money does Priya have?
A. ₹ 1,540
B. ₹ 2,100
C. ₹ 1,470
D. ₹ 1,400
Answer: C
Q. 24 …….. meristem is present at the base of the leaves or internodes on twigs.
A. Calary
B. Intercalary
C. Apical
D. Lateral
Answer: B
Q. 25 In a certain code, STAPLE is written as RSZOKD. How is DIGEST written in that code?
A. CHRDFS
B. CHDFRS
C. CHFDRS
D. CHDRFS
Answer: C
Q. 26 The ratio of the five angles of a pentagon is 2 : 3 : 4 : 4 : 5. What would be the measure of the greatest angle?
A. 120°
B. 125°
C. 140°
D. 150°
Answer: D
Q. 27 Three out of the four options given below are related in a particular way. Choose the option that is different or odd from the others.
A. Cat
B. Neigh
C. Frog
D. Goat
Answer: B
Q. 28 The most commonly used indicator in laboratories is:
A. Litmus
B. Phenolphthalein
C. Universal Indicator
D. Methyl Orange
Answer: E
Q. 29 If 3x2 + ax + 2 is perfectly divisible by x − 3, then the value of ‘a’ is:
A. -13
B. -12
C. -3
D. -9
Answer: A
Q. 30 What will be the mass of mercuric oxide if 92.6 g of mercury reacts with 7.4 g of oxygen?
A. 100 g
B. 85.2 g
C. 92.6 g
D. 7.4 g
Answer: A
Q. 31 The LCM of 88 and 220 is:
A. 220
B. 1100
C. 440
D. 880
Answer: C
Q. 32 Age of two persons are in the ratio of 5 : 7. 18 years ago, their ages were in the ratio of 8 : 13. Their current ages are:
A. 45 & 63 years
B. 50 & 70 years
C. 40 & 80 years
D. 45 & 75 years
Answer: B
Q. 33 Insert mathematical symbols in the place of ‘?’ to get the result of the given equation as 87:
((150?2)?2)?10 = 87
A. +, ×, ×
B. +, ÷, ÷
C. −, ×, ÷
D. ÷, +, +
Answer: D
Q. 34 How many players were named for Sultan Azlan Shah Cup and Commonwealth Games by the Hockey India?
A. 11
B. 25
C. 33
D. 22
Answer: C
Q. 35 P told Q, “Though I am the son of your father, you are NOT my brother”. How is Q related to P?
A. Sister
B. Father
C. Daughter
D. Son
Answer: A
Q. 36 If PHONE is written as RJQPG, then WATER can be written as ………..
A. YCVGT
B. YVCTG
C. YVCGT
D. YCVTG
Answer: A
Q. 37 The time pe iod of a vibrating body is 0.05 s. The frequency of waves it emits will be:
A. 200 Hz
B. 20 Hz
C. 2 Hz
D. 5 Hz
Answer: B
Q. 38 132 × 16 ÷ 23 + 4 =?
A. 792
B. 176
C. 264
D. 268
Answer: D
Q. 39 Let n be the number of different 5-digit numbers divisible by 4, with the digits 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9, no digit being repeated in the numbers. What is the value of n?
A. 8
B. 24
C. 168
D. 192
Answer: C
Q. 40 Choose the mirror image of the following figure.
Answer: C
Q. 41 Read the following table carefully and answer the question that is given below:
Classification of 100 students based on the marks obtained by them in English and Maths In an Examination.
What is the difference between the number of students passed with 20 as cut-off marks in English and those passed with 20 as cut-off marks in aggregate?
A. 12
B. 5
C. 6
D. 10
Answer: D
Q. 42 What type of a bank is NABARD?
A. Commercial Bank focused on Trade & Industry
B. Private Bank focused on Technological Development
C. Cooperative Bank focused on Social and Urban Development
D. Development Bank focused on Agricultural and Rural Development
Answer: D
Q. 43 The Brihadisvara Temple was desiged by the famous architect ………..
A. Sama Varma
B. Ravi Varma
C. Rama Varma
D. Govinda
Answer: A
Q. 44 A. body of mass 100 gm is rotating on a circular path of radius r with constant velocity. The work done in one complete revolution will be:
A. zero
B. (100/r) J
C. 100 r J
D. (r/ 100) J
Answer: A
Q. 45 Read the statements and decide whether the conclusion is true or false.
Statements:
1. Object A. is bigger than Q.
2. Object C. is bigger than S.
Conclusion:
The object S is smaller than Q.
A. Cannot say
B. Probably false
C. True
D. False
Answer: A
Q. 46 Who among the following has released the ‘India 2018’ book recently?
A. Sushma Swraraj
B. Manohar Parrikar
C. Narendra Modi
D. Smriti Irani
Answer: D
Q. 47 If the direction of applied force and direction, in which an object moves, are perpendicular to each other, then:
A. positive work is done
B. no power is released
C. no energy is released
D. no work is done
Answer: D
Q. 48 An object moving with a velocity of 50 comes to rest after 20 s. What is its initial velocity?
A. 0 ms−1
B. 50 ms−1
C. 0 ms−1
D. 10 ms−1
Answer: B
Q. 49 Pillow is related to Rest in the same way as Shoes are related to?
A. Run
B. Fly
C. Swim
D. Wear
Answer: A
Q. 50 Read the given statement(s) and conclusions carefully and select which of the conclusions logically follow(s) from the statement(s).
Statements:
Due to the rapid increase in the population in developing countries, there is a huge depletion of resources.
Conclusions:
I. The population of developing countries will not continue to increase in future.
II. It will be very difficult for the governments of developing countries to provide its people with a decent quality of life.
A. Only conclusion II follows
B. Neither conclusion I nor II follows
C. Either conclusion I or II follows
D. Only conclusion I follows
Answer: A
Q. 51 384 ÷ 25 × 3 + 8 =?
A. 12
B. 132
C. 3
D. 44
Answer: D
Q. 52 Find the number of triangles in the given figure:
A. 20
B. 28
C. 36
D. 24
Answer: D
Q. 53 Which is not a correct match of the below?
A. Aldehyde:—-OH
B. Amides:—-CONH2
C. Amines: —NH2
D. Carboxylic Acid:—COOH
Answer: A
Q. 54 A. sum of money was divided between A. and B. in the ratio 17:25. If B. gave ₹ 5 to A, the ratio would change to 3 : 4. What is the sum of money in question?
A. ₹ 196
B. ₹ 203
C. ₹ 217
D. ₹ 210
Answer: D
Q. 55 What will be the next term in the below series?
C3A1, G7E5, ……….?
A. I8K10
B. I9K11
C. K11I9
D. K10I8
Answer: C
Q. 56 If North-East becomes North, then what would West become?
A. North-West
B. South-West
C. North-East
D. South-East
Answer: B
Q. 57 With which of the following sport Sultan Azlan Shah cup is associated?
A. Kabaddi
B. Foot ball
C. Tennis
D. Hockey
Answer: D
Q. 58 Each question given below consists of a statement, followed by two arguments numbered I and II. You have to decide which of the arguments is a ‘strong’ argument.
Statement: Should speed driving be imposed heavy penalties?
Arguments:
I. Yes, speed driving, is one of the major causes of road deaths as per statistics.
II. No, speed driving helps a person to reach his destination soon.
A. Both I and II are strong.
B. Neither I nor II is strong
C. Only argument I is strong
D. Only argument II is strong
Answer: C
Q. 59 Who is the Director of the movie “Bahubali-2”, which was released in the year 2017?
A. Rajkumar Hirani
B. S.S.Rajarnouli
C. K.Vishwanath
D. Sanjay Leela Bhansali
Answer: B
Q. 60 A. statement is followed by two arguments. Decide which of the arguments is/are strong with respect to the statement.
Statement: Government should implement price control on medicines and medical devices.
Arguments:
I. Yes, price control in healthcare have the noble intension of enhancing patient welfare for poor and middle class people
II. No, health care organisations will end up inclining loses or making less margin.
A. Only II is strong
B. Only I is strong
C. Neither I nor II is strong
D. Either I or II is strong
Answer: B
Q. 61 Which of the numbers given below is rational?
A. 649
B. 681
C. 664
D. 636
Answer: C
Q. 62 Choose the Venn diagram that best represents the words:
India, Telangana, Hyderabad.
Answer: A
Q. 63 Which of the following quadrilaterals has four lines of symmetry?
A. Rhombus
B. Rectangle
C. Parallelogram
D. Square
Answer: D
Q. 64 In a computer game a builder can build a wall in 10 hours while a destroyer can demolish such a wall completely in 14 hours. Both the builder and the destroyer were initially set to work together on level ground. But after 7 hours the destroyer was taken out. What was the total time (in hours) taken to build the wall?
A. 35
B. 17
C. 24
D. 15
Answer: D
Q. 65 Atomic number of an element is:
A. Number of electrons
B. Total number of protons and neutrons
C. Total number of electrons and neutrons
D. Number of neutrons
Answer: E
Q. 66 Select the option that is related to the third term in the same way as the second term is related to the first term.
Wall : Brick :: Fabric : ?
A. Brick
B. Milk
C. Yarn
D. Wood
Answer: C
Q. 67 Who among the following was elected as the Madhya Pradesh Governor in January 2018?
A. Marnata Banerjee
B. Mayawati
C. Anandiben Patel
D. Aruna Jayanti
Answer: C
Q. 68 A. solid spherical metal ball of diameter 72 cm is melted and recast into small solid cones of diameter 6 cm and height 6 cm. Find the number of cones that can be formed using this melted metal.
A. 3,456 cones
B. 3,600 cones
C. 3,568 cones
D. 3,200 cones
Answer: A
Q. 69 Leela goes for a long drive towards the South. After some time she takes a 90° left turn and then takes a 45° left turn to enter a by-lane. Which direction is Leela heading towards?
A. South-East
B. South-West
C. North-East
D. North-West
Answer: C
Q. 70 A. rectangle with length 14 cm and width 3 cm is rotated along its length by 150°. What is the volume of the shape thus generated? (Use π = 22/7 )
A. 198 cm3
B. 220 cm3
C. 165 cm3
D. 192.5 cm3
Answer: C
Q. 71 Four words have been given of which three are alike in some way and one is different. Choose the odd one out.
A. BEFFILY
B. ABHORRED
C. ACCENT
D. EFFORT
Answer: E
Q. 72 The image formed by controlled rays of reflection that we get by extending the rays backwards:
A. Convex
B. Real
C. Plain
D. Virtual
Answer: D
Q. 73 The average marks obtained by a group of 25 students was 29. One student left the group as a result of which the average of the remaining students rose to 29.5. Afterwards, another student came in as a result of which the average marks of the group dropped to 28.8. What is the average of the combined marks obtained by the student who left and the one who joined?
A. 14
B. 14.5
C. 15
D. 13.5
Answer: B
Q. 74 Magnitude of displacement from initial position to final position is a ……….
A. curved line
B. straight line
C. semi circle
D. circle
Answer: E
Q. 75 IPC. Section 377, recently in the news deals about which of the following?
A. Dowry
B. Divorce
C. Same sex marriages
D. Domestic violence
Answer: C
Q. 76 Inlet Pipe A. can fill a cistern in 35 hours while outlet Pipe B. can drain the filled cistern in 40 hours. The two pipes are opened together when the cistern is empty, but the outlet pipe is closed when the cistern is three-fifths full. How many hours did it take in all to fill the cistern?
A. 185
B. 182
C. 184
D. 180
Answer: B
Q. 77 Consider the following question and decide which of the statements is sufficient to answer the question.
Question: Find the value of n, if
Statements:
A. Only 1 is sufficient
B. Only 2 is sufficient
C. Either 1 or 2 is sufficient
D. Both 1 and 2 are NOT sufficient
Answer: D
Q. 78 A. and B. can do a piece of work together in 9 days while A. alone can do it in 15 days. They start working together but B. leaves 3 days before the completion of the work. For how many days did A. and B. work together?
A. 7.2
B. 7.5
C. 8.1
D. 8
Answer: A
Q. 79 35 : 98 :: x : 140. What is the value of x?
A. 60
B. 50
C. 55
D. 65
Answer: B
Q. 80 The following table shows the pass percentage of results of four schools in the past four years. In which academic year did all the schools have pass percentage as more than 80?
A. 2012-13
B. 2014-15
C. 2015-16
D. 2013-14
Answer: C
Q. 81 Rabindranath Tagore received Nobel prize for Literature in 1913 for ………
A. Gora
B. Gitanjali
C. The Home and The World
D. Grain of Sand
Answer: B
Q. 82 Bahadur Shah, the last Mughal Emperor, was exiled to ……. for fear of another rebellion.
A. Mysore
B. Carnatic
C. Awadh
D. Burma
Answer: D
Q. 83 Who is the author of the book One Indian Girl? Amit Chauduri
A. Amit Chauduri
B. Chetan Bhagat
C. Vikram Chandra
D. Vikram Seth
Answer: B
Q. 84 Two friends enter a restaurant that has an entrance facing East. They were asked to take right and occupy a two-seater table. Which direction did they turn after entering the restaurant to occupy the seats?
A. East
B. West
C. South
D. North
Answer: D
Q. 85 The LCM of 76 and 57 is:
A. 114
B. 171
C. 152
D. 228
Answer: D
Q. 86 If North becomes North-East then what will North-East become?
A. East
B. West
C. North
D. South
Answer: A
Q. 87 Which of the below devices does not use intemted circuits?
A. Mobile phones
B. Computer
C. Camera
D. Television
Answer: C
Q. 88 Count the number of squares in the following figure.
A. 9
B. 15
C. 11
D. 8
Answer: C
Q. 89 What is ‘amu’ in the context of atoms and molecules?
A. Avegadro Mass Unit
B. Atomic Unified Mass Unit
C. Atomic Mass Unit
D. Atomic Molecule Unit
Answer: C
Q. 90 Bleaching powder is produced by the action of chlorine on dry slaked lime. Which of the following is the appropriate equation for this?
A. Ca(OH)2 + 2Cl = CaOCl2 + H2O
B. Ca(OH)2 + Cl = 2CaOCl2 + H2O
C. Ca(OH)2 + Cl2 = CaOCl2 + H2O
D. Ca(OH)2 + Cl2 = CaOCl2 + 2H2O
Answer: C
Q. 91 Who is the present Comptroller and Auditor General of India?
A. Rajiv Mehrishi
B. Amitabh Kant
C. Shashikanth Sharma
D. Mukul Rohatgi
Answer: A
Q. 92 Who among the following was the Prime Minister of India when Mandal Commission was constituted?
A. Manmohan Singh
B. Atal Bihari Vajpayee
C. VP Singh
D. Morarji Desai
Answer: D
Q. 93 Find the remainder when 1 + a + a2 + a3 + ….. + a2018 is divided by a − 1?
A. 2018
B. 2017
C. 2019
D. 0
Answer: C
Q. 94 If 8x = 4/2z then find x.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 1/2
D. 2/3
Answer: C
Q. 95 Which of the following is NOT a Fundamental Right provided in the Indian Constitution?
A. Right to Property
B. Right to Education
C. Right to Freedom
D. Right to Equality
Answer: A
Q. 96 We all know from our observation that water can exist in three states of matter.
Statements:
A. Solid, as ice
B. Liquid, as petrol and
C. Gas as O2
Which of the following statements is/are true?
A. only A. is true.B. and C. are false
B. A. and B. are true, C. is false
C. All are false
D. All are true
Answer: A
Q. 97 How many triangles are present in the below figure?
A. 16
B. 11
C. 14
D. 15
Answer: A
Q. 98 5/7 of a number is 2/3.What is the number?
A. 1/2
B. 15/7
C. 7/15
D. 14/15
Answer: D
Q. 99 That is the next term in this series?
22, 18, 40, 48, 58, ………
A. 90
B. 70
C. 78
D. 68
Answer: C
Q. 100 There are ……… parallel ranges of the Himalayas.
A. three
B. two
C. five
D. four
Answer: A