If you’re preparing for the Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) exam, this post is the perfect resource for you. We’ve compiled the complete General Knowledge questions set of from Shift 1 of the RRB NTPC 1 March, 2021 exam, along with solutions.
This will help you understand the exam pattern, identify key topics, and assess your preparation effectively. You can also practice this to check your preparation for the exam.
Complete RRB NTPC 1 March, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC CBT-I |
| Phase | 4 |
| Date | 01/03/2021 |
| Test Time | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 1 March, 2021 Shift 1 exam. We’ve provided all the questions from the General Awareness (GK) section along with solutions for each question.
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Q1: The Gommateshwara statue at Shravanabelagola is made of which material?
Marble
Limestone
Granite
Sandstone
Q2: Who wrote the book 'Tahqiq ma li-l-Hind'?
Ibn Sina
Al-Biruni
Ibn Battuta
Al-Khwarizmi
Q3: As of Jan 2021 how many UNESCO World Heritage sites does India have?
35
38
40
42
Q4: At which city's airport can one find the statue of Lal Bahadur Shastri?
Delhi
Kolkata
Varanasi
Mumbai
Q5: Of which following region is 'Viticulture' a specialty?
Amazon region
Mediterranean region
Saharan region
Arctic region
Q6: After Indian independence from the British Empire, Indian Prime Minister
Jawaharlal Nehru authorised the development of a nuclear programme headed by
_______.
Vikram Sarabhai
M. Visvesvaraya
Homi J Bhabha
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
Q7: Who among the following was elected as the President of the Indian
National Congress in the year 1938 and 1939?
Subhash Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q8: The full form of NRDWP is:
National Rural Drinking Water Project
National Rural Development and Water Programme
National Rural Development and Welfare Programme
National Rural Drinking Water Programme
Q9: Which decade was designated as International Decade for Drinking Water
and Sanitation by the UN?
2011-2020
2001-2010
1981-1990
1991-2000
Q10: The Assam Accord of 1985 was a Memorandum of Settlement signed between
_______ and leaders of AASU (All Assam Students' Union) in New Delhi in
1985.
Rajiv Gandhi
Morarji Desai
Indira Gandhi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Q11: The earliest members of the human species, homo sapiens, can be traced
back to:
Europe
Asia
Australia
Africa
Q12: Who wrote the famous poem 'Khoob Ladi Mardani'?
Sarojini Naidu
Amrita Pritam
Mahadevi Verma
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan
Q13: Which movement in pre-independent India gave impetus to cotton
production?
Civil Disobedience Movement
Quit India Movement
Swadeshi Movement
Non-Cooperation Movement
Q14: Which of the following nations announced in October 2019 that it will
withdraw from the 14-nation Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
Countries (OPEC) on 1st January 2020?
Iran
Venezuela
Saudi Arabia
Ecuador
Q15: Who among the following heads the Trade and Economic Relations
Committee (TERC)?
Finance Minister
Commerce Minister
President
Prime Minister
Q16: Who among the following created the Human Development Index (HDI), a
statistical tool used to measure a country's overall achievement in its
social and economic dimensions, in 1990?
Amartya Sen
Mahbub ul-Haq
Manmohan Singh
Muhammad Yunus
Q17: From which of the following nations did India receive the maximum FDI
equity inflows in the fiscal year 2019-20?
United States
Singapore
United Kingdom
China
Q18: _______ organs are those organs which have the same basic structural
design and origin but have different functions.
Rudimentary
Homologous
Analogous
Vestigial
Q19: The President of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) as of 31st December
2020 is:
Haruhiko Kuroda
Takehiko Nakao
Rajat Nag
Masatsugu Asakawa
Q20: 'Indradhanush 2.0' is associated with:
Rural Electrification
Women Empowerment
Adult Literacy
Children Vaccination
Q21: The revenue system introduced is _______ came to be known as the
'Ryotwari settlement'.
Punjab Province
Bengal Presidency
Bombay Deccan
Madras Presidency
Q22: What was India's first indigenously built aircraft carrier called?
INS Vikramaditya
INS Viraat
INS Vikrant
INS Shakti
Q23: In ________, the biggest industrialists of India got together and
drafted a joint proposal for setting up a planned economy in the country.
1950
1947
1942
1944
Q24: Which one of the following is NOT a file sharing app?
WeTransfer
Google Drive
Surfily
Dropbox
Q25: Which among the following is an output device in the context of
computer system?
Plotter
Keyboard
Mouse
Scanner
Q26: Tundra vegetation is found in the _______ Himalayan region.
Temperate
Alpine
Subtropical
Tropical
Q27: Name the underground water channels developed during ancient times in
which water drains using gravity via a slope for the purpose of irrigation.
Aqueducts
Reservoirs
Qanats
Canals
Q28: Sexually reproducing individuals have _______ copies of genes of the
same trait.
two
three
four
one
Q29: Which of the following determines that a chemical reaction has not
taken place?
Change in size
Change in temperature
Change in color
Change in state
Q30: The Atomic Energy Act of _______ prohibits private control of nuclear
power generation.
1984
1962
1974
1956
Q31: Which site has been removed from UNESCO's 'World Heritage in Danger'
list in 2019?
Selous Game Reserve
Birthplace of Jesus in Bethlehem
Hatra
Liverpool
Q32: Which of the following does NOT come under Gregor Mendel's Law of
Inheritance?
Law of Segregation
Law of Dominance
Law of Independent Assortment
Law of Biopies
Q33: 'PSD' is a file extension for which type of computer file?
Microsoft Word
Adobe Photoshop
Microsoft Excel
Adobe Acrobat
Q34: Which one of the following factors does NOT contribute to speciation
(when new species develop from the existing ones)?
Natural selection
Geographical isolation
Genetic mutation
Reproductive isolation
Q35: In 2003, _______ became the first Indian to win a medal at the IAAF
World Championships in Athletics.
Milkha Singh
Anju Bobby George
Dutee Chand
P.T. Usha
Q36: Who was the chairperson of the drafting committee of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR)?
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eleanor Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Q37: Banabhatta was the court poet of which king?
Akbar
Harshavardhana
Chandragupta Maurya
Ashoka
Q38: Electricity production using nuclear energy commenced in India in:
January 1972
November 1970
October 1969
December 1971
Q39: Gol Gumbaz is situated in which state?
Karnataka
Kerala
Tamil Nadu
Maharashtra
Q40: James Prinsep, an archaeologist, philologist and official of the East
India Company, deciphered Ashokan edicts (which were in the Brahmi script)
in the year:
1837
1847
1867
1857
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