RRB NTPC 3 April 2016 (2nd Shift)
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q1. The Make In India Logo is made up of what?
A. Lion made of Cogs
B. Eagle Made of Steel
C. Chakra Made of Cotton
D. Tiger Made of Khadi
Answer: A
Q2. The median of the following numbers arranged in ascending order is 2.5, if so find x?
0, 1,1,2, 2, x, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7
A. 2
B. 3
C. 4
D. 0
Answer: B
Q3. How do Indians celebrate Holi?
A. By playing pranks on each other
B. By throwing coloured powder and water on each other
C. By Lighting Lamps
D. By setting pigeons free
Answer: B
Q4. X is the only daughter of Y’s grandfather’s only son. Y’s grandfather has only one child. How is X related
to Y?
A. Mother
B. Sister
C. Paternal Aunt
D. Grandmother
Answer: B
Q5. In Indian sport what does HIL stand for?
A. Himachal Indian Lions
B. Haryana. Indus League
C. Hockey India League
D. Hyderabad India League
Answer: C
Instructions: Study the following diagram and answer questions based on it
The diagram represents the likes of children in a society.
Q6. The difference between children who like leopard to those who like tiger is
A. 50
B. 35
C. 30
D. 5
Answer: B
Q7. How many children like both lion and leopard?
A.35
B. 55
C.90
D. 95
Answer: C
Q8. How many children who like lion, also like the tiger?
A. 5
B. 15
C. 35
D. 40
Answer: D
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q9. Find the missing (?) in the series
50, 49.5, ?, 45.5, 42, 37.5,
A. 49
B. 48
C. 47.5
D. 46
Answer: B
Q10. Malgudi Days is based on the works of which Indian Writer?
A. Shankar Nag
B. R. K. Lakshman
C. R.K. Narayan
D. Girish Kaniad
Answer: C
Q11 . Statements followed by some conclusions are given below.
Statements:
- Employees are well paid.
- Rajan earns well.
Conclusions:
- Rajan is an employee.
- Rajan is self-employed.
Find which of the given conclusions logically follows from the given statements.
A. Only conclusion I follows.
B. Only conclusion II follows.
C. Both I and II follow.
D. Neither T nor IT follows.
Answer: D
Q12. At what time did India Gain Independence of 15th August 1947?
A. Morning
B. Midevening
C. Midnight
D. Noon
Answer: C
Q13. A train having a length of 500 m passes through a tunnel of 1000 m in 1 minute. What is the speed of the train in Km/hr?
A. 75 Km/hr
B. 90 Km/hr
C. 87 Km/hr
D. 96 Km/hr
Answer: B
Q14. What is the science or art of designing and accelerating projectiles so as to achieve a desired performance called?
A. Ballistics
B. Catapulting
C. Ejection
D. Rocket Science
Answer: A
Q15. Find the similarity in the following: Orange, Peach, Olive, Chrome
A. All of them are fruits.
B. All of them are names of seasons
C. All of them are colours.
D. All of them are shades of orange.
Answer: C
Q16. What does WLAN stand for?
A. Wireless Local Area Network
B. Wide Local Area Network
C. Wind Light Atmospheric Nature
D. Wireless Local Area Node
Answer: A
Q17 . What does “Bicameral Legislature” mean?
A. Legislators are divided into 4 separate assemblies
B. Legislators are grouped as 1 assembly
C. Legislators are divided into 2 separate assemblies
D. Legislators are divided into 8 separate assemblies
Answer: C
Q18. Find the missing (?) in the series HG, LT, LK, MN, 9,
A. OP
B. PO
C. QP
D. PQ
Answer: B
Q19. A small shop owner keeps inventory satisfying the following criteria —
- Shampoo sachets that are priced between Rs.4 and Rs.10 per sachet.
- Chocolates in the price range of Re.1 and Rs.60 per piece.
- Dry fruits priced more than Rs.125 per 100 grams.
- Milk packets in the price range of Rs.21 and Rs.29 per litre.
Which list among the following will definitely NOT be found in his shop?
A. Shampoo A at Rs.4 per sachet, chocolate B at Rs.1.5 per piece and dry fruit C, at Rs.250 per 125 gram.
B. Shampoo P at Rs.5 per sachet, milk packet Q at Rs.23 per litre and dry fruit Rat Rs.150 per 100 gram.
C. Shampoo X at Rs.5 per sachet, chocolate Y at Rs.1 per piece and dry fruit Z at Rs.100 per 100 gram.
D. Shampoo L at Rs.4 per sachet, milk packet M at Rs.24.5 per packet, and chocolate N at Rs.35 per piece and dry fruit 0 at Rs.350 per 200 gram.
Answer: C
Q20. Which is the most abundant combustible natural gas?
A. Propane
B. Methane
C. Ethane
D. Butane
Answer: B
Q21. Which among the following is the Largest Freshwater Lake in India?
A. Dal Lake
B. Thol Lake
C. Pushkar Lake
D. Wular Lake
Answer: D
Q22. Manu sold a dozen watches for Rs.1454.64 per watch and made a profit of 16%. Find the cost price of the watches?
A. 1254.00
B. 1362.36
C. 15048.00
D. 16348.32
Answer: C
Q23. The famous camel trading event is a part of this annual fair.
A. Udaipur Mela
B. Thar Mela
C. Kumbh Mela
D. Pushkar Mela
Answer: D
Q24. What is the rate of change of position of an object with respect to a frame of reference, which is a function of time called?
A. Mechanics
B. Vector
C. Velocity
D. Magnitude
Answer: C
Q25. If DELHI is QRYUV, then BOMBAY is
A. OBZNOL
B. OZBNOL
C. OZBONL
D. OBZONL
Answer: D
Q26. If GOING is 38253 and CASUAL is 409106, then LOGICAL is
A. 6034286
B. 6834206
C. 6032486
D. 6832406
Answer: D
Q27. Manju takes 16 days to complete a work. If she works with her friend Jenny they complete it in 12 days. How many days will it take for Jenny to complete the work alone?
A. 48
B. 32
C. 36
D. 24
Answer: A
Q28. Solve 109 × 102 ÷ 103
A. 108
B. 106
C. 102
D. 105
Answer: A
Q29. If the circumference of a circle is 22 cm, find the area of the semicircle.
A. 38.5 sq.cm
B. 19.25 sq.cm
C. 44 sq.cm
D. 77 sq.cm
Answer: B
Q30. Find the interest on Rs.25000 at 12% p.a compounded annually for 3 years.
A. 9,000
B. 9,833.40
C. 10,123.20
D. 10,678.90
Answer: C
Q31. The LCM and HCF of 2 numbers are 168 and 6 respectively. If one of the numbers is 24, find the other.
A. 36
B. 38
C. 40
D. 42
Answer: D
Q32. Seeta said, “Ram’s only brother is the father of my son’s father”. How is Ram’s brother related to Seeta’s son?
A. Father
B. Grandfather
C. Maternal Uncle
D. Paternal Uncle
Answer: B
Q33. 78 books, 114 crayons and 141 notebooks were distributed to school children equally. It was found that 6 were left undistributed in each. What was the total number of children?
A. 9
B. 8
C. 13
D. 12
Answer: A
Q34. What are Vivipara?
A. Vertebrates that are born live
B. Type of cactus
C. Type of algae
D. A mollusk
Answer: A
Instructions: Read the following graph answer the questions below.
The bar chart represents percentage marks scored by four students U, V, W and X in History and Geography. Consider the bar chart and answer questions based on it.
Q35. Who scored the highest percentage in both the subjects combined?
A. Both V and W
B. V
C. W
D. U
Answer: D
Q36. What is the percentage difference in the total marks obtained in Geography and History?
A. 7.58%
B. 7%
C. 4.13%
D. 5.5%
Answer: D
Q37. What is the average percentage marks obtained in History by all students?
A. 78%
B. 75%
C. 72.5%
D. 70%
Answer: C
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q38. If and ax+y = a6 and x>y by 2 find x.
A. 1
B. 2
C. 3
D. 4
Answer: D
Q39. What is a Limerick?
A. A Type of Lime Stone
B. A form of poetry mostly in five-lines
C. A type of Theatre Play
D. A type of Word game
Answer: B
Q40. If Annual : One year, then Quinquennial :
A. Five years
B. Ten years
C. Hundred years
D. Thousand years
Answer: A
Q41. Andromeda is a
A. Galaxy neighboring the Milky way
B. Planet
C. Name of a black hole
D. Comet
Answer: A
Q42. Whose quote is “In practice of tolerance, one’s enemy is the best teacher”?
A. Gautama Buddha
B. Mahatma Gandhi
C. Barack Obama
D. The Dalai Lama
Answer: D
Q43. What is Shigmo?
A. A Goan Spring Festival
B. The tallest peak in Nilgiris
C. A type of Rangoli
D. One of the Names of Lord Shiva
Answer: A
Q44. In computers, what does Yosemite, Mavericks, Mountain Lion, Lion, Snow Leopard, Leopard, Tiger, Panther, Jaguar, Puma and Cheetah stand for?
A. Versions of Mac OS X
B. Types of Storage Servers
C. Macintosh Clones
D. PowerBooks
Answer: A
Q45. Rearrange the jumbled letters to make a meaningful word and then select the one which is different.
A. ENNI
B. NEO
C. EPPI
D. REETH
Answer: C
Q46. Solve = ? 13/12 × 285/96 ÷ 171/163 = ?
A. 32/3
B. 217/24
C. 7/8
D. 11/24
Answer: B
Q47. LIGO, Laser Interferometer Observatory was recently in the news. Why?
A. Discovery of water in Mars
B. Discovery of a diamond-filled star
C. Detection of Gravitational waves
D. Proving Big Bang theory as wrong
Answer: C
Q48. In which century did Portuguese merchants first land in Goa?
A. 14th
B. 15th
C. 16th
D. 17th
Answer: C
Q49. In 1999 who was the Prime Minister of Pakistan who was overthrown by a Military coup led by General Pervez Musharraf?
A. zulfiqar Ali Bhutto
B. Zia ul-Haq
C. Nawaz Sharif
D. Yusuf Raza Gilani
Answer: C
Q50. What is C6H6
A. Hydro Carbon
B. Hydro Chloric Acid
C. Benzene
D. Toluene
Answer: C
Q51. What is Oneirology, the study of?
A. Gods
B. Dreams
C. Sleep
D. Colour
Answer: B
Q52. Which was the host city of the first modern summer Olympic names held in 1896?
A. Athens
B. Paris
C. London
D. Amsterdam
Answer: A
Q53. I take a book from a library containing 378 pages to be returned in a week’s time. If I can read 14 pages an hour for three hours daily, for how long should it be renewed so that the book can be fully read?
A. 1 day
B. 3 days
C. 4 days
D. 2 days
Answer: D
Q54. Carl Sagan was
A. An American astronomer
B. British Physicist
C. French Astronaut
D. American President
Answer: A
Q55. Eggs sold by a shopkeeper over a week is given in the table below.
Eggs sold in dozens
If the price of one egg was Rs.2.50, how much more did he earn on Friday than on Monday?
| Day | Sales in Dozen |
| Sunday | 12 |
| Monday | 8 |
| Tuesday | 11 |
| Wednesday | 5 |
| Thursday | 9 |
| Friday | 10 |
| Saturday | 10 |
A. 25 rupees
B. 2.50 rupees
C. 5.00 rupees
D. 3.25 rupees.
Answer: C
Q56. The mean of the marks scored by 12 students of a class is 67.4. If the mean of another class consisting of 15 students is ‘ 72.3, fmd their combined mean?
A. 70.12
B. 69.85
C. 71.23
D. 68.94
Answer: A
Q57. If GUITAR = HTJSBQ, then VIOLIN =
A. WHPKHM
B. WHPKJM
C. WHKPHM
D. WHKPJM
Answer: B
Q58. A man walks at a certain speed and reaches his destination which is 6 km in lhr 40 minutes. If he runs the same distance in 1 hour 20 minutes what is the difference in speed?
A. 1 km/hr
B. 0.9 km/hr
C. 1.5 km/hr
D. 1.9 km/hr
Answer: B
Q59. What is “Binary Electronic Sequence Calculator” (BESK), created in 1953?
A. A Electronic computer
B. An alogous Computer
C. Digital Computer
D. A Banker’s Calculator
Answer: A
Q60. Find (90° – θ)
A. cos 90°
B. 1/2
C. 1
D. cos θ
Answer: D
Q61. What is India’s famous comic series started by Anant Pai called?
A. Raj Comics
B. Amar Chitra Katha
C. Tinkle
D. Chandamama
Answer: B
Q62. Find (x + y)2 − (x − y)2 ?
A. 2x2y2
B. 4xy
C. 2x2 + 2y2
D. x2 − y2 + 2xy
Answer: B
Q63. The area of a rectangle is 42sq.cm and its length is 7cm. Find its perimeter.
A. 14 cm
B. 21 cm
C. 26 cm
D. 24 cm
Answer: C
Q64. If by selling 20 cycles Vinay incurs a loss equal to the selling price of 2 cycles, find his loss percentage.
A. 10%
B. 11%
C. 131/2%
D. 91/11%
Answer: D
Q65. Read the following and answer the Q. based on it.
Proteins are used by the body for energy, metabolism, gene growth and maintenance. 10 to 35 percent of the daily calorie intake should ideally consist of proteins. They are found in all cells of the body. Hair and nail are made up of a protein called keratin, having sulphur bonds. Curlier hair has more sulphur links. Too much intake of proteins can sometimes lead to body weight.
Proteins …………
A. Are not used by the body for any of its functions.
B. Are required by the body in adequate quantities.
C. Makes hair shiny, lengthy and black.
D. Do not cause weight gain.
Answer: B
Instructions: Consider the following information and answer questions based on it.
Five pickles – mango, lime, tomato, gooseberry and garlic are kept in five jars, in a row, in a random order, from left to right.
- Gooseberry is not on either extremes.
- There is one jar between mango and garlic.
- Tomato is placed on the left side of lisme.
- The second jar from the left contains garlic.
Q66. There are two jars between which of the following
A. Lime and Gooseberry
B. Gooseberry and Tomato
C. Mango and Lime
D. Tomato and Mango
Answer: D
Q67. Lime is in the …… jar from left.
A. Fifth
B. Fourth
C. Third
D. First
Answer: A
Q68. The middle jar contains
A. Mango
B. Tomato
C. Gooseberry
D. Lime
Answer: C
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q69. What is an interstellar cloud of dust. hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases called?
A. Galaxy
B. Supernova
C. Nebula
D. Black Hole
Answer: C
Q70. Where is the mosque, Adhai din ka Jhonpra located?
A. Agra
B. Ajmer
C. Ahmedabad
D. Mt.Abu
Answer: B
Q71. What is the official language in Bhutan?
A. English
B. Hindi
C. Dzongkha
D. Khmer
Answer: C
Q72. If the mathematical operator ‘+’ means ‘x’ , ‘÷’ means ” —’ means ‘+’ and ‘x’ means ‘±’, find the value of
1 x 2 + 6 – 2 ÷ 7
A. 2
B. -2
C. 3
D. -1
Answer: B
Q73. When did Sikkim become a state of India?
A. 1975
B. 1973
C. 1972
D. 1950
Answer: A
Q74. What does PNR stand for?
A. Public Number in Railway
B. Passenger Name Record
C. Passenger Number Reservation
D. Priority Number in Reservation
Answer: B
Q75. A politician distributed 285 kg of sugar among the people of a village counting 1487. Find out how much sugar does each person get.
A. 1.91 kg
B. 191 kg
C. 0.191 kg
D. 19.1 kg
Answer: C
Q76. A sum borrowed at 6% p.a earns an interest which is 1/3rd of its principal in x years. Find x.
A. 55/9
B. 42/9
C. 63/7
D. 54/3
Answer: A
Q77. +91 is the country calling code for which nation?
A. Canada
B. U.S.A
C. India
D. China
Answer: C
Q78. What plant has the scientific name Solanum Tuberosum?
A. Potato
B. Tomato
C. Pumpkin
D. Onion
Answer: A
Q79. Which signs should be interchanged if the equation below needs to be true?
2÷16-2+6×1=0
A. x and —
B. — and +
C. — and ÷
D. + and x
Answer: C
Q80. Who is called India’s Child Surgeon?
A. Akrit Pran Jaswal
B. Tathalaat Avtar Tulsi
C. Nischal Narayanam
D. Sudhma Venna
Answer: A
Q81. Yash sells vegetables at 40 per kg and incurs a loss of 10%. If the total loss incurred is 144, what is the weight of vegetables sold? (Rounded off)
A. 36 kg
B. 32.40 kg
C. 35 kg
D. 39.2 kg
Answer: B
Q82. Name the inter-governmental organization to promote international co-operation?
A. NATO
B. UN
C. WHO
D. IGO
Answer: B
Q83. 1.08 tonne = ? kg
A. 10800
B. 108
C. 1080
D. 1.08
Answer: C
Q84. Looking at a photo, Anand said, “This man is the eldest son of my father’s mother-in-law”. How is Anand’s mother related to this man?
A. Mother
B. Daughter
C. Maternal Aunt
D. Sister
Answer: D
Q85. An assertion (A) and a reason (R) are given below.
Assertion (A): Leaves are green in colour.
Reason (R): Chlorophyll, a green pigment is present in leaves.
Choose the correct option.
A. Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A
B. Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
C. A is true, but R is false
D. A is false, but R is true
Answer: A
Q86. What is the opposite of Dharma?
A. Adharma
B. Karma
C. Moksha
D. Maya
Answer: A
Q87 A statement followed by some conclusions are given below.
Statement: The price of pulses has increased steeply. Conclusions:
I. People cannot buy pulses.
II. Pulses have become a rare commodity.
Find which of the given conclusions logically follow from the given statement.
A. Only conclusion I follows.
B. Only conclusion II follows.
C. Both I and II follow.
D. Neither I nor II follows.
Answer: D
Q88. Who has never been a Vice President of India?
A. Mohammad Hamid Ansari
B. A P J Abdul Kalam
C. Ramaswamy Venkataraman
D. Shankar Dayal Sharma
Answer: B
Q89. Solve: 1 + tan2 θ = ?
A. cos2 θ
B. sec2 θ
C. tan2 θ
D. 2
Answer: B
Q90 If x is an even number, what is the consecutive odd number?
A. x-1
B. x+1
C. x+2
D. x-2
Answer: B
Q91. Select the alternative that shows a similar relationship as the given pair -Truthful : Honest
A. Notwithstanding : Nevertheless
B. Including : Excluding
C. Winning : Losing
D. Procuring : Disposing
Answer: A
Q92. Four pairs of words are given. Find the odd one out.
A. Ear : Hearing
B. Tongue : Taste
C. Mouth : Speech
D. Light : Vision
Answer: D
Q93. If INSECT = @&*!#$ and OR = %?, then CISTERN =
A. #@*$!%&
B. #@*$?!&
C. #@*$!?&
D. #@*$%!&
Answer: C
Q94. How many litres of water can be stored in a tank of lm length, 1/2 m breadth, and 1/2 m tall?
A. 25,000
B. 250
C. 25
D. 2,500
Answer: B
Q95. What was recently discovered hidden under ice in Antarctica?
A. A massive mountain range
B. A lost Kingdom
C. A massive canyon system and lake
D. A huge Dinosaur Skeleton
Answer: C
Q96. Jane won a lottery and gets 1/3rd of the winning amount and donates Rs.6000 which is 1/6th , find how much the lottery was worth.
A. 36000
B. 18000
C. 54000
D. 108000
Answer: D
Q97. Find the difference between the place value and face value of the digit 9 in the number 229301?
A. 9292
B. 8991
C. 0
D. 220
Answer: B
Q98. The sum of two numbers is 437 and their product is 21982. Find the numbers.
A. 399 and 38
B. 295 and 142
C. 58 and 379
D. 323 and 114
Answer: C
Q99. What is the gravitational force exerted on a mass, called?
A. Stress
B. Inertia
C. Weight
D. Work
Answer: C
Q100. A bank agrees to lend a loan to Arvind of Rs.2,38,75,697 which falls short by 17% for starting his business. How much 4890203 more loan would he need?
A. 4890203
B. 4375303
C. 5700108
D. 5125533
Answer: A