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 13 January, 2021 exam, along with solutions.
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Complete RRB NTPC 13 January, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 1 |
| Date | 13/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 13 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: The region where all of the light from the source is blocked is called:
Umbra
Antumbra
Penumbra
Shadow
Q2: In which of the following continent are the 6 most populated countries
located?
North America
South America
Asia
Africa
Q3: The Reserve Bank of India was established on 1 April _____ with a share
capital of Rs. 5 crore.
1940
1935
1945
1930
Q4: India's 'Statue of Unity' is situated in the state of:
Karnataka
Gujarat
Maharashtra
Tamil Nadu
Q5: Name the person who was appointed as the first Surveyor General of India
in 1815.
Abul Fazal
Ottoman
Bernier
Colin Mackenzie
Q6: Which of the following correctly depicts Indian Standard Time?
GMT - 5.30
GMT - 4.30
GMT + 5.30
GMT + 4.30
Q7: Who built the Buland Darwaza, which is located in Fatehpur Sikri?
Akbar
Shah Jahan
Noor Jahan
Babar
Q8: Which of the following is the headquarters of World Health Organisation?
New York
Paris
Geneva
Vienna
Q9: Biogas is an excellent fuel as it contains up to 75% ________.
sulphide
hydrogen
oxygen
methane
Q10: Which of the following principle is related to solar power systems?
Photoelectric effect
Photokinetic effect
Photosynthesis effect
Photovoltaic effect
Q11: Which of the following is NOT a part of the Indian Parliament?
State Legislative Assemblies
Lok Sabha
Rajya Sabha
President
Q12: Which of the following cities is known as 'The City of Palaces' India?
Kolkata
Jaipur
Lucknow
Patna
Q13: The NITI Aayog was formed by replacing the Planning Commission of India
on _______ 2015.
1st February
1st January
2nd April
2nd March
Q14: Name the place in India where one can find the Zero Mile Stone
consisting of four horses and a pillar made up of sandstone.
Surat
Itarsi
Bhopal
Nagpur
Q15: Under whose presidency did the Indian National Congress declare Poorna
Swaraj as its ultimate goal on December 19, 1929, at Lahore?
Subhash Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawahar Lal Nehru
VD Savarkar
Q16: Famous singer and Bharat Ratna awardee, Bhupen Hazarika, belongs to the
state of:
Odisha
West Bengal
Nagaland
Assam
Q17: United Nations Day is celebrated every year on:
4th November
30th October
26th June
24th October
Q18: The Swaraj Party was formed in the year _______.
1921
1930
1933
1923
Q19: Who was the First Governor General of free India?
Lord Irwin
Lord Wavel
Lord Mountbatten
Lord Willingdon
Q20: The 'Ganga Gram Project' is launched by the:
Ministry of Human Resource Development
Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation
Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports
Ministry of Rural Development
Q21: The _______ is a simple query language used for accessing, handling and
managing data in a relational database.
SQL
ISO
DDL
DML
Q22: Which of the following banks was established in India at Calcutta under
European Management (in 1770)?
Bank of India
Indus Bank of India
National Bank of India
Bank of Hindustan
Q23: ______ was Chef de Mission of the Indian contingent at the 2018
Asian Games.
Pawan Kumar
Vinayak Singh
Sushil Kumar
Brij Bhushan Saran Singh
Q24: In 1798, who became the Governor General and built a massive palace,
Government House, for himself in Calcutta?
Lord Bentinck
Lord Clive
Lord Wellesley
Lord Cornwallis
Q25: Who provided the basic theory about the nature of matter?
John Dalton
Lavoisier
Mandel
John Milton
Q26: Who built the Shahi (Royal) road to strengthen and consolidate his
empire from the Indus valley to the Sonar Valley in Bengal, and it was
renamed the GT road during the British period?
Aurangazeb
Sher Shah Suri
Bhahadur Shah Zafar
Alam Shah
Q27: Theophrastus is called the father of:
Physics
Botany
Chemistry
Zoology
Q28: In which year did the voting age for the Lok Sabha and the State
Legislative Assembly elections change from 21 to 18 years?
1988
1991
2001
1998
Q29: The C++ programming language was developed at AT & T Bell
Laboratories in the early _______ by Bjarne Stroustrup.
1970s
1980s
1990s
1960s
Q30: Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at:
Hyderabad
Mumbai
Bengaluru
Thiruvananthapuram
Q31: When did India's first biofuel-powered flight land at the Indira Gandhi
International Airport in New Delhi from Dehradun?
July, 2018
June, 2018
August, 2018
September, 2018
Q32: Aadhaar is a 12-digit unique number that is issued by the _______.
Unique Identification Association of India
Unique Indian Demographic Association of India
Unique Indian Digital Authority of India
Unique Identification Authority of India
Q33: How many times has India entered the ICC Men's Cricket
World Cup (ODI) finals?
Four
Three
One
Two
Q34: Who described the kingdom of Awadh as 'a cherry that will drop into our
mouth one day'?
Lord Henry Hardinge
Lord Wellesley
Lord Curzon
Lord Dalhousie
Q35: Name the first Indian Woman to be appointed to the International
Cricket Council (ICC) as a match referee.
Harpreet Kaur
Mithali Raj
Jhulan Nishit Goswami
GS Lakshmi
Q36: In which year did India conduct its second nuclear test in Pokhran?
1998
2001
1996
2003
Q37: Name the world famous scientist known for his theory of relativity.
Christian Bernard
Thomas Alva Edison
John Dalton
Albert Einstein
Q38: A collection of interrelated files and a set of programs that allow
users to access and modify these files is known as ______________.
Data files
Data analytic system
System management
Database management system
Q39: Who was the young economist involved in drafting the plan of the First
Five Year Plan (1951-1956)?
KN Raj
Swaran Singh
BV Keskar
PC Mahalanobis
Q40: Megalopolis a Greek word meaning "great city", was popularised by
______ (1957).
Jean Gottman
Griffin
Patrick
Lewis Mumford
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