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 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 11 January, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 1 |
| Date | 11/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 11 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: When was the Atomic Energy Commission set up to supervise atomic energy
activities in India?
December 1950
January 1948
August 1949
August 1948
Q2: Who wrote the lyrical poem 'My Mother at Sixty-Six'?
Kamala Das
Robert Frost
Rabindranath Tagore
Ashokamitran
Q3: A set of accounts that summarises a country's transactions with the rest
of the world is known as:
Balance of Budget
Capital Investment
Balance of Payments
Budget
Q4: Who won the Women's Singles title in the 2020 Australian Open Tennis
Tournament?
Sofia Kenin
Naomi Osaka
Petra Kvitova
Simona Halep
Q5: Name of the region where "The Great Depression of 1929" started.
South America
North America
Asia
Europe
Q6: In 2018, the Union Government constituted a group of eminent persons to
study the Special Economic Zones (SEZ) Policy of India. The group is chaired
by ______.
Ratan Tata
Baba Kalyani
Anil Ambani
Jaiprakash Gaur
Q7: Who among the following made the remark "South Africa was the making of
the Mahatma"?
Chandran Devanesan
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Jawaharlal Nehru
Bipin Chandra Pal
Q8: Imperial Bank of India was renamed as State Bank of India after
nationalization in the year ________.
1955
1953
1954
1950
Q9: The Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act (FRBMA) was
introduced in the year _______.
2004
2002
2007
2003
Q10: Covalent bonds are formed by the sharing of electrons between two atoms
so that both can achieve a completely filled _______ shell.
proper
centre
outermost
innermost
Q11: Which of the following is a single chip based device that is a complete
processor in itself and is capable of performing arithmetic and logical
operations?
Multiprocessing
Modem
Operating System
Microprocessor
Q12: A topical gel to protect the skin of farmers from pesticides is
developed by the:
National Botanical Research Institute
Indian Institute of Toxicology Research
Indian Agricultural Research Institute
Institute for Stem Cell Science and Regenerative Medicine
Q13: The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED)
that was held in Brazil in 1992 is known as:
N S Summit
BRICS Summit
Earth Summit
G-20 Summit
Q14: Who was the flag bearer at the opening ceremony for India at the
2018 Asian Games?
Manpreet Singh
Neeraj Chopra
Rani Rampal
P V Sindhu
Q15: Siraj ud-Daulah, the Nawab of Bengal, was defeated in the battle of
Plassey in the year:
1757
1756
1752
1755
Q16: Under which of the following Articles of the Constitution of India has
an Inter-State Council been constituted for coordinating in inter-state
disputes?
Article 263
Article 356
Article 352
Article 19
Q17: The states of Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand and Jharkhand were created in
the year _____.
1999
2000
2001
2002
Q18: Who is known as the founding father of Macroeconomics as a separate
discipline?
Adam Smith
Amartya Sen
Karl Marx
John Maynard Keynes
Q19: Which of the following countries has been removed from the 'Currency
Monitoring List' of major trading partners by the US Treasury Department in
2019?
Japan
South Korea
China
India
Q20: The nanosatellite designed and developed by Indian Institute of
Technology, Kanpur for the purpose to provide data for agriculture and
disaster monitoring was named as:
STUDSAT
Jugnu
ANUSAT
Kalamsat
Q21: Which of the following hills in India are known as the Blue Mountains?
Shivalik Hills
Nilgiri Hills
Garo Hills
Khasi Hills
Q22: Sanchi Stupa is situated near the city of _________.
Agra
Bhopal
Jhansi
Gwalior
Q23: Who among the following is known as the 'Father of Indian Cinema'?
Raj Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor
Satyajit Ray
Dadasaheb Phalke
Q24: Blood is a type of ________ tissue.
muscular
connective
epithelial
nervous
Q25: When was the First Round Table Conference started?
October 1929
September 1931
August 1932
November 1930
Q26: Lucknow is famous for which traditional art of embroidery?
Chikankari work
Phulkari
Patchwork
Kantha
Q27: Girnar Hills of Junagadh, Gujarat is famous for ________ Mangoes.
Totapuri
Kesar
Alphonso
Dasheri
Q28: The ability of the eye to focus on both, near and distant objects, by
adjusting its focal length, is called the _______ of the eye.
accommodation
refractiveness
suitability
adjustment
Q29: Ban Ki-Moon, the eighth Secretary General of UN, is from:
North Korea
China
South Korea
Japan
Q30: Kerosene oil rises up in a wick of lantern because of:
Capillarity
Osmosis
Diffusion
Gravitation
Q31: In the context of computers, the time taken to receive data from a
storage device or to obtain data from a peripheral unit is known as _______.
Time slicing
Time sharing
Downtime
Access time
Q32: Who was the first recipient of the Bharat Ratna award and the founder
of Swatantra Party (1959)?
K M Munshi
C Rajagopalachari
Baldev Singh
Jagjivan Ram
Q33: The Subsidiary Alliance was a non-intervention policy devised by
_______ in 1798.
Lord Bentinck
Lord Wellesley
Lord Cornwallis
Lord Irwin
Q34: The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) was established in:
1967
1957
1966
1955
Q35: What is the full form of SLR in the context of economics?
Statutory Liquidity Ratio
State Liquidity Ratio
Sterilisation Liquidity Ratio
Stocks Liquidity Ratio
Q36: On 23 August 2018, _____ launched the world's first blockchain bond
named 'bond-i'.
World Bank
Swiss Bank
State Bank of India
Reserve Bank of India
Q37: Sugarcane plants are one of the most efficient convertors of _________
into chemical energy.
water
sunlight
juice
air
Q38: Which one is not an e-shopping website from the
following?
www.pepperfry.com
www.jabong.com
www.flipkart.com
www.twitter.com
Q39: The Gateway of India was built in the traditional ________ style to
welcome King George V and Queen Mary to India in 1911.
Western
Indo-Saracenic style
European
Persian
Q40: Modern electrical generator works on _______ principle.
Magnetic Induction
Electromagnetic Induction
Electrical Induction
Electrical Energy
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