RRB NTPC 22 April 2016 – Shift 2
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 1 Which of the following rebellions was NOT against restrictions imposed by the British rulers?
(A) Faqir and Sanyasi Rebellion
(B) The Indigo rebellion
(C) Santhal Rebellion
(D) Naxalbari Rebellion
Answer: D
Q. 2 Which country does Roger Federer represent in Lawn Tennis competitions?
(A) Serbia
(B) US
(C) Switzerland
(D) UK
Answer: C
Instructions: Read the following passage and answer the questions based on it.
(i) Radha, Rekha, Rakhi, Ragini, Rashmi, Reema and Renu are sitting around a circle facing the center.
(ii) Reema is not an immediate neighbor of Rashmi.
(iii) Radha is to the immediate right of Ragini.
(iv) Rekha is second to the left of Reema.
(v) Radha is third to the left of Renu.
Q. 3 Which of the following pairs of persons has the first person sitting to the immediate left of second person?
(A) Radha-Reema
(B) Rakhi-Rekha
(C) Reema- Rakhi
(D) Ragini-Rashmi
Answer: C
Q. 4 Who is second to the left of Ragini?
(A) Reema
(B) Rakhi
(C) Radha
(D) Rasluni
Answer: A
Q. 5 Which of the following groups has the first person sitting between the other two?
(A) Reema-Rasluni-Radha
(B) Rakhi-Ragini-Reema
(C) Renu-Rekha-Ragini
(D) Renu-Rekha-Rakhi
Answer: B
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 6 What is the chemical name of common salt that we eat?
(A) Sodium bicarbonate
(B) Sodium chloride
(C) Sodium salicylate
(D) Sodium hydroxide
Answer: B
Q. 7 If 39574 is written as XPLMD, and 0826 as TBNQ, then DBMTX will be coded as
(A) 48730
(B) 48603
(C) 48703
(D) 48743
Answer: C
Q. 8 The gland in the human body which secretes both enzymes and hormones is:
(A) Liver
(B) Pancreas
(C) Salivary gland
(D) Pituitary
Answer: B
Q. 9 Which one of the following countries’ official language is Dari, a form of Persian?
(A) Pakistan
(B) Bangladesh
(C) Nepal
(D) Afghanistan
Answer: D
Q. 10 Who is the current Minister of State for Commerce and Industry?
(A) Nirmala Sitharaman
(B) Vasundhara Raje Scindia
(C) Smriti Irani
(D) Sushma Swaraj
Answer: A
Q. 11 In India, most villages suffer due to one of the following and not the others:
(A) Air pollution
(B) Sound pollution
(C) Radiation pollution
(D) Water pollution
Answer: D
Q. 12 Given w = -2, x = 3, y = 0 & z = 1/2 . Then find the value 2x(w – z) .
(A) -9
(B) 9
(C) 8
(D) -8
Answer: A
Q. 13 Which of the following organizations were NOT formed outside India to help in the struggle for Indian independence?
(A) India House
(B) Gadar Party
(C) Hindustan Socialist Republican Association
(D) Berlin Committee
Answer: C
Q. 14 Two numbers are in ratio 4:9 and their HCF is 11. Their LCM is:
(A) 396
(B) 44
(C) 99
(D) 400
Answer: A
Q. 15 Ashok Pillar of Delhi has baffled scientists as it weathers all vagaries of weather and yet does not rust or corrode. Which is it made of
(A) Iron
(B) Bronze
(C) Terracotta
(D) Single rock stone
Answer: A
Q. 16 Interchanging which two signs will make the following equation correct? 15 + 3 × 9 − 4 ÷ 16 = 57
(A) −and+
(B) −and÷
(C) −and×
(D) +and÷
Answer: D
Q. 17 Which unit is used to measure Noise?
(A) Decibel
(B) Hertz
(C) Ohm
(D) Volt
Answer: A
Q. 18 An assertion and reason are given below.
Assertion: India is a Sovereign country.
Reason: Its parliament is placed in Delhi.
Choose the answer.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(C) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
(D) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
Answer: B
Q. 19 Below are given statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements
Statement:
Domestic demand has been increasing faster than the production of indigenous crude oil.
Conclusions:
I. Crude oil must be imported.
II. Domestic demand must be reduced.
(A) Only conclusion I follows.
(B) Only conclusion II follows.
(C) Neither I nor II follows.
(D) Both I and II follow.
Answer: C
Q. 20 A jug has two holes. The Ist hole alone makes the jug empty in 15 minutes and 2nd hole alone makes the jug empty in 20 minutes. If water leaks out at a constant rate, how long in minutes does it lake if both the holes together empty the jug?
(A) 4/7
(B) 7 4/7
(C) 8 5/7
(D) 87/4
Answer: D
Q. 21 Sharad introduced Meena as his son’s paternal grandfather’s only sister. How is Meena related to Sharad?
(A) Mother
(B) Sister
(C) Paternal Aunt
(D) Daughter
Answer: C
Q. 22 The length of a diagonal in cm of a rectangle of length 9 cm and width 6 cm is:
(A) 313
(B) ±313
(C) 35
(D) ±35
Answer: A
Q. 23 Degradation of global environment has not resulted in one of the following.
(A) Biodiversity loss
(B) Increased Carbon-di-oxide concentration in the atmosphere
(C) Exposure to UV radiations
(D) Landfills
Answer: D
Q. 24 A mobile bill costs Rs 10 for 3 minutes 30 seconds. What is the cost in rupees for 4 minutes 10 seconds?
(rounded to one decimal).
(A) 11.9
(B) 12
(C) 11.8
(D) 11.7
Answer: A
Q. 25 Satish Dhawan Space Centre is located in:
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Tamil Nadu
Answer: C
Q. 26 Bloodless surgery is done with
(A) Lasers
(B) Microneedles
(C) Scalpels
(D) Fine scissors
Answer: A
Q. 27 Compute 35968 ÷ 562 ÷ 8 = ?
(A) 80
(B) 512
(C) 8
(D) 521
Answer: C
Q. 28 Monica takes 9 hrs 15 minutes walking distance and riding back to the same place where she started. She could walk both ways in 11 hrs 12 minutes. The time taken by her to ride back both ways is:
(A) 7 hrs 18 min
(B) 7 hrs 35 min
(C) 7 hrs 45 min
(D) 7 hrs 15 min
Answer: A
Instructions: Read the table and answer the questions based on it.
The table below represents the distance (in km) travelled by six trucks on six different days of the week.
Q. 29 If to travel a given distance, the time taken by Truck Q on Friday was 8 hours, then what was its average speed on that 9 day?
(A) 37.75km/hr
(B) 42.50 km/hr
(C) 28.25 km/hr
(D) 32.25 km/hr
Answer: A
Q. 30 What is the average distance travelled by Truck S on all the days together?
(A) 296 km
(B) 1795/6 km
(C) 198 km
(D) 199 km
Answer: B
Q. 31 What is the total distance travelled by all the trucks together on Saturday’?
(A) 1623 km
(B) 1263 km
(C) 1362 km
(D) 1632 km
Answer: D
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 32 To prevent rancidity of oil (due to oxidation) in which potato chips are fried, the bags of chips are flushed with the gas
(A) Oxygen
(B) Hydrogen
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Chlorine
Answer: C
Q. 33 Mr. Piyush sold a bus for Rs.3400 with a loss of 15%. At what price should the bus be sold to get a profit of 15%?
(A) 4500
(B) 4300
(C) 4700
(D) 4600
Answer: D
Q. 34 If TRACTER =14 and TROLLEY = 14, then SCOOTER =
(A) 24
(B) 14
(C) 28
(D) 30
Answer: B
Q. 35 Choose the pair which is related in the same way as the words in the first pair from the given choices.
LUNG : MAN :: GILL : ……….
(A) FISH
(B) COW
(C) PEACOCK
(D) BIRD
Answer: A
Q. 36 Divide Rs.156 in the ratio 1:2:4:5. The rupees in the respective ratios are given by:
(A) 13, 26, 53 & 64
(B) 13, 26, 51 & 66
(C) 13, 26, 52 & 65
(D) 13, 25, 53 & 65
Answer: C
Instructions: Read the data given below and answer the questions based on it.
There were 3 sections namely A, B, and (C) in a test. Out of three sections, 33 students passed in Section A. 34 students passed in Section (B) and 32 passed in Section C. 10 students passed in Section (A) and Section B. 9 passed in Section (B) and Section C, 8 passed in Section (A) and Section C. The number of students who passed each section alone was equal and was 21 for each section.
Q. 37 The ratio of the number of students passed in one or more of the sections to the number of students who passed in Section 7 (A) alone is:
(A) 78/21
(B) 3
(C) 73/21
(D) 75/21
Answer: A
Q. 38 How many passed all the three sections?
(A) 3
(B) 6
(C) 5
(D) 7
Answer: B
Q. 39 How many passed only one of the three sections?
(A) 21
(B) 42
(C) 63
(D) 52
Answer: C
Instructions: For the following questions answer them individually
Q. 40 Which of the storage device of computers has now become obsolete?
(A) Floppy
(B) C(D) ROM
(C) Pen drive
(D) Hard disk
Answer: A
Q. 41 An assertion and reason are given below.
Assertion: Water is essential for life.
Reason: It is formed using three parts of Hydrogen and one part Oxygen.
Choose the answer.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(C) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
(D) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
Answer: D
Q. 42 Compute 7497 ÷ 147 − 8 =?
(A) -20
(B) 20
(C) 7497 / 116
(D) 7679 / 116
Answer: E
Q. 43 Bhimbetka caves are located in:
(A) Uttar Pradesh
(B) Madhya. Pradesh
(C) Andhra Pradesh
(D) Himachal Pradesh
Answer: B
Q. 44 If “÷” denotes “multiplication”, “−” denotes “addition”, “+” denotes “division” and “×” denotes “subtraction”, then which of the following is the value of the expression 19 ÷ 9 × 51 − 171 + 19
(A) 143
(B) 129
(C) 179
(D) 151
Answer: B
Q. 45 The Hubble Space Telescope, which belongs to , captured the first-ever predicted supernova explosion.
(A) USA
(B) UK
(C) Canada
(D) Russia
Answer: A
Q. 46 Which is the correct ascending order of the given numbers?
(A) 3/7, 0.3, 2/7
(B) 0.3, 2/7, 3/7
(C) 2/7, 0.3, 7/3
(D) 2/7, 3/7, 0.3
Answer: C
Q. 47 Which instrument does Dr. L. Subramaniam play?
(A) Sitar
(B) Sarod
(C) Violin
(D) Guitar
Answer: C
Q. 48 Among, the democratic countries of the world, which country’s constitution is the lengthiest and most detailed?
(A) US
(B) UK
(C) South Africa
(D) India
Answer: D
Q. 49 Monal Kumar travelled equal distance with speed of 3 lcmihr, 5 km/hr and 8 km/hr and takes a total time of 39.5 minutes. Find the total distance in km.
(A) 4
(B) 2
(C) 1
(D) 3
Answer: D
Q. 50 If “−” and “×” signs as well as “7” and “3” are interchanged, then which of the one following is correct?
(A) 20 × 1 − 7 = 3
(B) 1 × 20 − 7 = 20
(C) 3 − 7 × 1 = 20
(D) 20 − 3 × 1 = 7
Answer: C
Q. 51 Out of the FIFA World Cup awards which one is awarded to the best goalkeeper?
(A) Golden Boot
(B) Golden Ball
(C) Golden Glove
(D) Golden Cap
Answer: C
Q. 52 Choose the pair which is related in the same way as the words in the first pair from the given choices.
EDITOR : MAGAZINE :: ………. : DRAMA.
(A) PLAY
(B) ARTISTS
(C) STAGE
(D) DIRECTOR
Answer: D
Q. 53 To which country does the ‘MOST’ ( Microvariability and Oscillation of Stars ) Space Telescope belong?
(A) India
(B) Canada
(C) Russia
(D) USA
Answer: B
Q. 54 From the given series of jumbled letters separate the names of flowers and trees and select from the given choices the first letter of the name of flower and tree “saltoteuk”
(A) SR
(B) RE
(C) LK
(D) LT
Answer: D
Q. 55 If TIGER is coded as REGIT, how is LEOPAR(D) coded?
(A) DRAOPLE
(B) DRAPLED
(C) DRAPOEL
(D) DRAOPEL
Answer: C
Q. 56 Which one of the three rivers at Triveni Sanaarn, Allahabad, is an underground river?
(A) Ganges
(B) Yamuna
(C) Saraswati
(D) Kaveri
Answer: C
Q. 57 Mr. Yudish borrowed Rs.3500 at 4% per annum compound interest. The compound interest compounded annually for 2 years is:
(A) 285.6
(B) 3785.6
(C) 3758.6
(D) 258.6
Answer: B
Q. 58 Reema pointed towards a painting and said, “He is my son’s paternal grandfather’s only daughter-inlaw’s father’s father”. How is he related to Reema?
(A) Paternal Uncle
(B) Paternal Grandfather
(C) Maternal Grandfather
(D) Father
Answer: B
Q. 59 Mr. Yashwanth invested money in PD. How much will he get on maturity, if Rs.10000 is invested at 20% per annum compound interest for 6 months, compounded quarterly?
(A) 11025.25
(B) 11025
(C) 11025.75
(D) 11025.5
Answer: B
Q. 60 In November 2015, the Government of India announced an increase in FDI for ‘News and current affairs channels’ from 26% to
(A) 49%
(B) 51%
(C) 100%
(D) 75%
Answer: A
Q. 61 Sundarbans is the largest single block of tidal halophytic forest in the world.
(A) Woody shrubs
(B) Papyrus
(C) Mangrove
(D) Marsh
Answer: C
Q. 62 Which of the following is a branch of technology that deals with dimensions and tolerances of less than 100 nanometers, especially the manipulation of individual atoms and molecules?
(A) Biotechnology
(B) Femtotechnology
(C) Nanotechnology
(D) Microtechnology
Answer: C
Q. 63 The variance of a set of data is 144. Then the standard deviation of the data is:
(A) ±12
(B) 12
(C) 44
(D) 72
Answer: B
Q. 64 A shopkeeper cheats to the extent of 9% while buying and selling fruits, by using tampered weights. His total gain in percentage is:
(A) 18.25
(B) 18.81
(C) 18.75
(D) 18.5
Answer: B
Q. 65 Which of the following is a wrong example of friction?
(A) Washing machine pushed along a floor
(B) Sled sliding across snow
(C) (A) person sliding down a slide
(D) (A) person lifting a heavy object
Answer: D
Q. 66 If sin x = 4/5, then tanz/cotz = ?
(A) 13/9
(B) 3/4
(C) 9/16
(D) 16/9
Answer: D
Q. 67 Prior to independence, the first Indian jute mill was set up in ………..
(A) Gujarat
(B) Bengal
(C) Odisha
(D) Maharashtra
Answer: B
Q. 68 .css file extension usually refers to what kind of file?
(A) Image File
(B) System File
(C) Animation File
(D) Hypertext related File
Answer: D
Q. 69 The number of sides of a regular polygon whose exterior angles are each 45 is:
(A) 7
(B) 6
(C) 8
(D) 9
Answer: C
Q. 70 The cash difference between the selling price of an article at a profit of 2% and 14% is Rs.3. The ratio of two selling prices is:
(A) 17:19
(B) 17:20
(C) 19:20
(D) 17:53
Answer: A
Q. 71 If signs − and × , and numbers 5 and 14 are interchanged, then the value of 5 + 4 = 2 − 8 × 14 is
(A) 15
(B) 20
(C) 25
(D) 30
Answer: C
Q. 72 The most recently discovered link in human evolution is the discovery of fossils of:
(A) Lucy
(B) Homo naledi
(C) Homo sapiens
(D) Austiopithelines
Answer: B
Q. 73 Aquarium is a container in which there are living fish and aquatic plants. Which statement about aquarium is correct?
(A) It is human made ecosystem
(B) It is a natural ecosystem
(C) It is not an ecosystem at all
(D) It can only be termed a community
Answer: A
Q. 74 Simplify 24 ÷ 2−1 :
(A) 1/32
(B) 16
(C) 32
(D) 8
Answer: C
Q. 75 Correct expression of 0.0236 = ?
(A) 13/500
(B) 236/1000
(C) 2 36/1000
(D) 13/555
Answer: A
Q. 76 The other term for genetic engineering is:
(A) DNA fingerprinting
(B) DNA editing
(C) Recombinant DNA technology
(D) Gene therapy
Answer: C
Q. 77 The mode of the data -3, 4, 0, 4, -2, -5, 1, 7, 10, 5 is:
(A) 0
(B) 4
(C) -2
(D) 7
Answer: B
Q. 78 Mouma Das and Soumyajit Ghosh represent India in:
(A) Table Tennis
(B) Badminton
(C) Tennis
(D) Carrom
Answer: A
Q. 79 Compute of 54367 × 9999 =?
(A) 546315633
(B) 543655633
(C) 543651633
(D) 543615633
Answer: D
Q. 80 HIV is passed from one person to another in all of the following ways except:
(A) Mosquito bite
(B) Breast Feeding
(C) Sharing Needles
(D) Sexual Contact
Answer: A
Q. 81 Choose the pair which is related in the same way as the words in the first pair from the given choices.
CLIM(B) : TREE :: ……… : ……..
(A) ROW : SHIP
(B) RISE : TOP
(C) ASCEN(D) : CLIFF
(D) FILE : FINGER
Answer: C
Q. 82 Choose the pair which is related in the same way as the words in the first pair from the given choices.
ROASTER: DUTY:: INVENTORY: ………
(A) GOODS
(B) SALES
(C) EXPORT
(D) PRODUCTION
Answer: A
Q. 83 Yuvraj is Dipti’s mother’s father’s only granddaughter’s son’s cousin. How is Yuvraj related to Dipti?
(A) Nephew
(B) Son
(C) Maternal Uncle
(D) Grandson
Answer: A
Q. 84 The order of rotational symmetry of a rhombus is:
(A) 1
(B) 4
(C) 2
(D) 0
Answer: C
Q. 85 The first human to travel in space –
(A) Neil Armstrong
(B) Yuri Gagarin
(C) Edwin Aldrin
(D) Valentina Tereshkova
Answer: B
Q. 86 Which Hollywood star has been confirmed to act with Indian actor Rajnikanth in upcoming film Enthiran 2?
(A) Dwayne Johnson
(B) Vin Diesel
(C) Arnold Schwarzenegger
(D) Sylvester Stallone
Answer: C
Q. 87 Simplify 7x + 3x(x − 4) = ?
(A) 10x + 12
(B) 10x − 12
(C) 3x2 + 5
(D) 3x2 − 5
Answer: D
Q. 88 If the product of two numbers is 3192 and their LCM is 56 then their HCF is:
(A) 58
(B) 59
(C) 56
(D) 57
Answer: D
Q. 89 What is galvanized iron?
(A) (A) form of steel
(B) Zinc coated iron
(C) Pig iron
(D) Iron ore
Answer: B
Q. 90 The building up and movement of ships is based on:
(A) Archimedes’ principle
(B) Faraday’s laws
(C) Fleming’s right hand rule
(D) Newton’s 2nd law of motion
Answer: A
Q. 91 The mean deviation of the data 2, 9,9, 3, 6, 9, 4 from the mean is:
(A) 42/7
(B) 18/7
(C) 2.5
(D) 50/7
Answer: B
Q. 92 Prashanth is twice as good a sportsman as Tarun and together they finish a piece of work in 21 days. In how many days will Tarun alone finish the work?
(A) 42
(B) 63
(C) 84
(D) 50
Answer: B
Q. 93 Below are given statements followed by some conclusions. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance with the commonly known facts and then decide which of the given conclusions logically follow(s) from the given statements
Statements:
A. If all players play to their full potential, we will win the match.
B. We have won the match.
Conclusions:
I All players played to their full potential.
II. Some players did not play to their full potential.
(A) Only conclusion II follows
(B) Only conclusion I follows.
(C) Neither I nor II follows
(D) Both I and II follow.
Answer: B
Q. 94 Even before East India Company consolidated power, India was exporting fine textiles made of:
(A) only cotton
(B) only silk
(C) only nylon
(D) cotton and silk
Answer: D
Q. 95 If COUNTER is coded as NTERCOU, then ANALOGY is coded as
(A) LOGYAAN
(B) LOGAYNA
(C) LOGYANA
(D) LGOYNAA
Answer: C
Q. 96 If Tan(A) = 15/8 andTanB= 7/24 , then Tan((A) + B) = ?
(A) 416/87
(B) 87/416
(C) 304/297
(D) 297/304
Answer: A
Q. 97 Which of the following is NOT a fundamental right of an Indian Citizen?
(A) Right to Equality
(B) Right to Privacy
(C) Right to Life
(D) Right against Exploitation
Answer: B
Q. 98 Which one of the following insects cannot be called a ‘social insect’?
(A) Bees
(B) Crickets
(C) Termites
(D) Ants
Answer: B
Q. 99 Solve: -4 = −7 + 3x .
(A) -1
(B) 1
(C) 11/3
(D) -11/3
Answer: B
Q. 100 An assertion and reason are given below.
Assertion: The phenomenon of nuclear fission generates great energy.
Reason: The process in which a nucleus is broken into two parts is called nuclear fission.
Choose the answer.
(A) Both Assertion and Reason are true and Reason is the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(B) Both Assertion and Reason are true but Reason is not the correct explanation of the Assertion.
(C) Both Assertion and Reason are false.
(D) Assertion is true but Reason is false.
Answer: B