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 11 February, 2021 exam, along with solutions.
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Complete RRB NTPC 11 February, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 3 |
| Date | 11/02/2021 |
| Test Time | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 11 February, 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: Who was appointed as Finance Minister of India on 31st May
2019?
Sushma Swaraj
Arun Jaitley
Amit Shah
Nirmala Sitharaman
Q2: Who was the last Mughal emperor of India?
Aurangzeb
Alamgir II
Ahmad Shah Bahadur
Bahadur Shah II
Q3: The first on-line NISHTHA programme has been launched by the Ministry of
Human Resource Development in _______.
Maharashtra
Delhi
Andhra Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh
Q4: What does the SWAYAM scheme launched by Government of India aim to
achieve?
Entrepreneurial growth
Access, equity and quality of education
Skill India
Digital India
Q5: Name the Sarangi Player who won Padma Shri Award in 2014?
Sajjad Hussain
Asad Ali Khan
Ustad Sultan Khan
Ustad Moinuddin Khan
Q6: Which of the following acts in India was based on report of a committee
headed by the British Prime Minister Lord North?
Regulating Act 1773
Government of India act 1858
Pitts India Act 1784
Charter's Act 1793
Q7: Which of the following country other than India has Field Hockey as its
National Sport?
Bangladesh
Mongolia
Pakistan
Nepal
Q8: What is 'Jallikattu'?
A popular watersport enjoyed by the Marina beach, Chennai
A bull worship festival at Pashupatinath temple, Nepal
A traditional bull-taming sport popular in Tamil Nadu
The traditional name for "People's Leader" in Tamil
Q9: Which community of Rajasthan has been following block printing since the
last three centuries?
Khatik
Khatri
Chippa
Bishnois
Q10: The rate of doing work is called power. The unit of power is:
volt
ampere
kelvin
watt
Q11: Which Governor General of India Proposed the Vernacular press act in
1878?
Lord Hardinge
Lord Lytton
Lord Chelmsford
Lord Minto
Q12: Kumar Mangalam Birla Committee was set up to look into which of the
following areas of Indian economy?
Corporate governance
Customer services in banks
Corporate debt
Financial inclusion
Q13: The current (as on October 2020) United Nations Emblem was approved on
7 December 1946. What do the olive branches in the emblem symbolise?
Peace throughout the world
The national symbol of the Nation where the UN is head-quartered
The area of concern of the United Nations
Feeling of pride when associated with the UN
Q14: Who is the highest paid female athlete in the world in Forbes 2020 list
(in terms of net worth)?
Naomi Osaka
Maria Sharapova
Venus Williams
Danica Patrick
Q15: When was the United States Environmental Protection Agency established?
December 1980
December 1970
March 1979
January 1985
Q16: Which of the following best describes - 'A method of storing and
transmitting data in a particular coded form so that only those can read and
process it for whom it is intended. It includes encoding and decoding of
data'?
Cryptography
Cloud computing
Block chain
Programming
Q17: Kalbelia folk songs and dances belong to which Indian state?
Himachal Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Q18: What is the full form of VR in computer technology?
Visual Reality
Virtual Reality
Vocal Resonance
Visual Range
Q19: What is the name of India's first engineless train?
New India Express
Vande Bharat Express
Namami Bharat Express
Vande Mataram Express
Q20: How many days are taken by the moon to complete a single rotation on
its axis?
27.3 earth days
29.8 earth days
25.6 earth days
20 earth days
Q21: Which of the following is a tribe of Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
Ainus
Jarawa
Fulani
Tharu
Q22: The outer Himalayas is also known as _______.
Pir Panjal
Bomdi-La
Shiwaliks
Pamir Knot
Q23: Which country has hosted 35th ASEAN Summit in Oct-Nov 2019?
Singapore
Thailand
Laos
Philippines
Q24: Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was set up under the vision of:
Dr. CV Raman
Dr. Homi J Bhabha
Srinivasa Ramanujan
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Q25: What are transverse waves?
These are the waves which do not require medium for their propagation.
These are the longitudinal mechanical waves.
In these waves, the particles of the medium vibrate in the parallel
direction of propagation of the waves.
In these waves, the particles of the medium vibrate perpendicular to the
direction of propagation of the waves.
Q26: Which of the following is the correct chronological sequence of
pre-historic period of human activities and civilization?
Palaeolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, Neolithic Period
Metal age Period, Mesolithic Period, Palaeolithic Period
Mesolithic Period × duplicate options found. English Question 1 options 3,4,
, Neolithic Period, Palaeolithic Period
Neolithic Period, Mesolithic Period, Palaeolithic Period
Q27: What does Yellow revolution refer to?
Increasing the production of fish
Increasing the production of coffee
Increasing the production of oil seeds
Increasing the production of milk
Q28: What are the characteristics of the Indian missile Prithvi-II, which
was launched in October 2018?
It is an anti-tank guided missile.
It is a nuclear-capable long range ballistic missile.
It is a ballistic missile.
It is beyond visual range air-to-air missile.
Q29: Subsidiary Alliance, through which the British were responsible for
protecting their Indian allies from external and internal threats to their
power, was devised by:
Lord Bentinck
Lord Wellesley
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Curzon
Q30: In which year was the East India Company granted 'Diwani rights' (right
to collect revenues and decide civil cases of Bengal, Bihar and Orissa) by
Mughals?
1680
1765
1715
1800
Q31: National Testing Agency (NTA) was established in the year _______ to
Conduct entrance examinations.
2017
2015
2019
2020
Q32: What were the names of Facebook's artificial intelligence robots that
were shut down?
Cortana and Watson
Bob and Alice
Tom and Mary
Alexa and Siri
Q33: The force of attraction applied between molecules of the same substance
is called:
cohesive force
surface tension
adhesive force
capillarity
Q34: For communication, elephants can make noises as loud as 103 decibels
but they often use low frequency sound, some of which is passed through the
ground. These sounds are called:
plosives
ultrasound
supersonic sound
infrasound
Q35: The characteristic color of Marine Algae depends on the pigments
located in the plastids. Which pigment leads to 'Green' colour of the algae?
Phycocyanin
Carotene
Chlorophyll
Zeaxanthin
Q36:
The only active volcano of India is in ________.
Port Blair
Baratang
Barren Island
Narcondam Island
Q37: Animals often blend in with their surroundings for protection. Which of
the following do that?
Jerboa
Turtles
Chameleons
Cats
Q38: Which of the following is/are the transcontinental country/countries?
Laos
Saint Lucia
Trinidad and Tobago
Turkey and Georgia
Q39: What is the name of India's first Railway University?
Institute of Rail Management of India
National Rail and Transportation Insitute
Rashtriya Rail Vishwavidyalaya
Indian Rail and Roadways Institute
Q40: Who became the first Indian woman to be nominated as a member of the
International Olympic Committee (IOC)?
Sonia Gandhi
Sumitra Mahajan
Nita Ambani
Supriya Sule
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