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 10 January, 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 10 January, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 1 |
| Date | 10/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 10 January, 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: What is the name of the goods that are consumed?
Capital goods
Intermediate goods
Durable goods
Consumption goods
Q2: Which cyclone originated over the Gulf of Thailand in 2019?
Cyclone Amphan
Cyclone Pabuk
Cyclone Nisarga
Cyclone Fani
Q3: Who was the first chairman of the NITI Aayog?
Narendra Modi
Rajiv Gandhi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh
Q4: Which is the largest artery in the human body?
Carotid artery
Femoral artery
Aorta
Pulmonary artery
Q5: The ‘Poona Pact’ agreement of 1932 was signed between Mahatma Gandhi and
which of the following leaders?
B. R. Ambedkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas Chandra Bose
Vallabhbhai Patel
Q6: When was the Indian National Committee for Space Research formed?
1968
1972
1962
1958
Q7: What is the place where biological mining is done called?
Mining area
Extraction zone
Bio-mining site
Eco-mining region
Q8: What is the stream that is discharged?
Coastal current
Tropical current
Equatorial current
Polar current
Q9: On what basis are the names of different regions of India given?
Historical
Cultural
Gustatory
Geographical
Q10: An alloy of lead and tin is called:
Solder
Steel
Brass
Bronze
Q11: Which of the following nations developed the eco-friendly rocket
‘ANGARA’?
India
China
Russia
USA
Q12: Who among the following helped the British during the Santhal rebellion
and the 1857 revolt?
Rani Lakshmi Bai
Bahadur Shah Zafar
Mangal Pandey
Maharaja Mahtab Chand
Q13: When there is a lack of oxygen in our muscle cells, the breakdown of
pyruvate takes place and it is converted into:
carbon dioxide and water
lactic acid and energy
glucose and energy
fatty acids and energy
Q14: The Earth Summit is also known as:
Copenhagen Summit
Paris Summit
Rio Summit
Kyoto Summit
Q15: The Shimla Agreement of 1972 was signed between Indira Gandhi and:
Yahya Khan
Pervez Musharraf
Ayub Khan
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Q16: In which year did the construction of the Calcutta High Court building
start by which British architect?
In 1872, the British architect Walter Granville
In 1920, the French architect Le Corbusier
In 1900, the Indian architect Charles Correa
In 1944, the American architect McIntosh
Q17: ‘The Limits to Growth’ by Club of Rome was published in:
1968
1975
1972
1980
Q18: The crops that increase the natural fertility of soils through nitrogen
fixation are known as:
Legume crops
Fruit crops
Vegetable crops
Cereal crops
Q19: Who is the architect of the Second Five-Year Plan?
Indira Gandhi
Manmohan Singh
PC Mahalanobis
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q20: The Bokaro steel plant, which started its operation in 1972, was set up
in India with the assistance of:
USSR
Japan
USA
Germany
Q21: What is the reason that the environment is damaged due to the change in
the word of a small amount of land in the economic-land program?
Climate change
Urbanization
Season
Deforestation
Q22: Who is the author of ‘Economy of Permanence’?
Amartya Sen
Rabindranath Tagore
Mahatma Gandhi
JC Kumarappa
Q23: Is it possible to reduce the damage to agricultural land, how is it
visible (what is it called) in various contemporary media in India?
Education
Publicity
Propaganda
Awareness
Q24: Each kidney has a large number of filtration units called:
Tubules
Capillaries
Nephrons
Glomeruli
Q25: The scheme to facilitate regional air connectivity by making it cheap
and affordable is named as:
Vayu
Udan
Bharat
Akash
Q26: Chandrakanta, author of the popular fictional epic:
Premchand
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
Rabindranath Tagore
Devaki Nandan Kshattri
Q27: When rainfall is in excess of the soil moisture required by plants, it
is referred to as:
Wetland agriculture
Irrigated agriculture
Rainfed agriculture
Dryland agriculture
Q28: In which year was the International Atomic Energy Agency created?
1965
1957
1960
1955
Q29: Who became the first Indian Wrestler to fight at New York’s iconic
Madison Square Garden?
Sakshi Malik
Yogeshwar Dutt
Bajrang Punia
Sushil Kumar
Q30: Who among the following has been honoured with Croatia’s highest
civilian award in 2019?
Pranab Mukherjee
Narendra Modi
APJ Abdul Kalam
Ram Nath Kovind
Q31: Which among the following devices is used to measure the atmospheric
pressure?
Anemometer
Barometer
Hygrometer
Thermometer
Q32: Tansen, the famous singer of Mughal era, is associated with which
Indian music form?
Thumri
Ghazal
Khayal
Dhrupad
Q33: The Kamakhya temple is situated in the state of:
Bihar
Assam
Odisha
West Bengal
Q34: A data type similar to a contiguous set of data is called:
Set
List
Map
Array
Q35: The Warli Folk Painting is an art form of the state of:
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Q36: In which year was the Permanent Settlement brought into effect by the
East India Company?
1858
1757
1813
1793
Q37: Which of the following is a research reactor for atomic research in
Kalpakkam?
Dhruva
Kamini
Apsara
Cirus
Q38: The difference between the government’s total expenditure and its total
receipts excluding borrowing is called:
Budget deficit
Trade deficit
Current account deficit
Fiscal deficit
Q39: The port that is a protocol for transferring data to and from digital
devices is known as:
HDMI port
Ethernet port
Serial port
USB port
Q40: The government-imposed upper limit on the price of goods or services is
called:
Tax
Price ceiling
Price floor
Subsidy
Report Card
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Correct Answers: 0
Wrong Answers: 0
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