RRB NTPC (2025) Exam Pattern, Syllabus & Selection Process

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 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 13 March, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:

Exam	RRB NTPC CBT-I
Phase	5
Date	13/03/2021
Test Time	10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 13 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: Which country is not the part of proposed TAPI gas pipeline?

Turkmenistan

Afghanistan

Iran

India

Q2: Which of the following former Indian test cricketers was NOT known for wicket keeping?

N. S. Tamhane

P. G. Joshi

B. S. Chandrasekhar

F. M. Engineer

Q3: Who among the following has served as the Prime Minister of India for the longest time?

Atal Bihari Vajpayee

Manmohan Singh

Jawaharlal Nehru

Narendra Modi

Q4: India's First Marine park is situated in:

Chennai

Jamnagar

Gulf of Kutch

Gulf of Mannar

Q5: Who among the following has been conferred the Padma Vibhushan in 2021?

Jagdish Chaudhary

Keshubhai Patel

Sudarshan Sahoo

Sumitra Mahajan

Q6: In 2008, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) began its collaboration with _____ to develop the GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system to help aircrafts accurately land over the Indian airspace.

Hindustan Aeronautics Limited

Airport Authority of India

Cochin Shipyard Limited

Pawan Hans Helicopters Limited

Q7: Bengali writer, Rabindranath Tagore became the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in the year _____ for his collection of poems called 'Gitanjali'.

1910

1913

1917

1953

Q8: 'Startup India' is a major initiative by the Government of India. In which year was it launched? 

2014

2016

2015

2017

Q9:

Arrange the names of the following Indian presidents in the descending order of their tenure.

A. Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed

B. Neelam Sanjiva Reddy

C. Dr. Zakir Hussain

D. Giani Zail Singh

C, A, B, D

D, B, C, A

D, B, A, C

D, A, C, B

Q10: A shared network within an organisation to provide connectivity to its staff is:

extranet

intranet

internet

telnet

Q11: _____ won the Bal Shakti Puraskar 2019 in the field of social service for his/her contribution to the environment. She/He is the youngest among all the award recipients.

Angel Vijay Deokule

Adrika Goyal

Eiha Dixit

Truptraj Atul Pandya

Q12: The headquarters of the World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) is located at:

Johannesburg, South Africa

Frankfurt, Germany

Madrid, Spain

Mandaluyong, Philippines

Q13: Asoka, arguably the most famous ruler of early India, conquered Kalinga. He was the grandson of _____.

Chandragupta II

Samudragupta

Chandragupta Maurya

Prabhavati Gupta

Q14: The unit of Force is:

gms-2

gms-1

Kgms-2

Kgms-1

Q15: In the state Emblem of India there is a quote saying 'Satyameva Jayate,' which is inscribed in Devanagari script. This quote has been taken from:

Mundaka Upanishad

Adhyatma Upanishad

Mantrika Upanishad

Katha Upanishad

Q16: When was the Reserve Bank of India established?

21st April 1930

1st April 1935

1st April 1925

1st April 1945

Q17: The headquarter of the Archaeological Survey of India is located in:

Jodhpur

New Delhi

Jaipur

Mumbai

Q18: Which causative agent is responsible for spreading swine flu?

Bacteria

Parasite

Virus

Fungi

Q19: Under the Clean India Mission, the Air Quality Index is a major initiative. When was it launched by the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change?

September 2014

September 2015

October 2014

October 2015

Q20: The elements that have intermediate properties between those of metals and non-metals are called metalloids. Which among the following is known as a metalloid?

Germanium

Iodine

Carbon

Copper

Q21: Which of the following Civic body has been declared best performing Municipal Corporation of India under PM Awas Yojana in December 2020?

Hyderabad

Chennai

Indore

Vishakhapatnam

Q22: Where did President Ram Nath Kovind inaugurate the Festival of Innovation & Entrepreneurship (FINE) on 15 March 2019?

Vadodara, Gujarat

Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh

Surat, Gujarat

Gandhinagar, Gujarat

Q23: In an election involving two candidates, 86 votes were declared invalid. The winning candidate secured 58% and won by 256 votes. The total number of votes polled is:

1686

1868

1668

1866

Q24: The work done by a force acting on an object is equal to the amount of force multiplied by the distance travelled in the direction of the force. Which of the following is NOT a unit of work?

Kgm2 /sec2

Kgm /sec2

Newton meter

Joule

Q25: There are three isotopes of hydrogen atom, namely Protium, Deuterium and Tritium. The respective atomic number and mass number of the isotope Tritium is:

1, 1

1, 2

3, 1

1, 3

Q26: When was India's first semi-high speed train Vande Bharat Express flagged off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

15th December 2018

15th March 2019

15th January 2019

15th February 2019

Q27: Which Article of the Constitution of India provides that there shall be a Council of Ministers with the Prime Minister as its head to aid and advice the president, who shall exercise his/her functions in accordance to the advice?

Article 79(1)

Article 73(1)

Article 74(1)

Article 72(1)

Q28: Where is the headquarters of the Zoological Survey of India?

New Delhi

Mumbai

Mysuru

Kolkata

Q29: Which of the following disease does NOT spread through the air?

Tuberculosis

Pneumonia

Cholera

Common cold

Q30:

Arrange the following events in their chronological order.

A. Jallianwala Bagh massacre

B. Non-Cooperation Movement and Khilafat Movement

C. Gandhi-Irwin Pact

D. Quit India Movement

E. Champaran Movement

E, A, C, D, B

A, B, C, D, E

E, A, B, C, D

E, B, A, C, D

Q31: In which year did Jawaharlal Nehru lay the foundation stone of the National Museum in New Delhi?

1965

1950

1955

1960

Q32: In which of the following decades was India's population growth recorded as a negative growth rate?

1921-1931

1901-1911

1931-1941

1911-1921

Q33: The National Tree of India is:

Peepal

Sal

Banyan

Mango

Q34: Which of the following is INCORRECT?

1 GB = 2³⁰ byte

1 GB = 2²⁰ byte

1 MB = 2¹³ bit

1 MB = 2¹⁰ KB

Q35: The fifth India International Science Festival (IISF) was held in November 2019 in:

Kolkata

Bengaluru

Chennai

New Delhi

Q36: Which of the following are the fastest seismic waves?

Secondary waves

Primary waves

Surface waves

Tidal waves

Q37: Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy for music, dance and drama, was the first national academy of the arts set up by the Republic of India. This academy is located in:

Mumbai

Bhopal

New Delhi

Bengaluru

Q38: In March 2019, the Indian Open international snooker tournament, under the aegis of the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association, was held at Kochi in Kerala. Who won the final of this tournament?

Anthony Hamilton

Matthew Selt

John Higgins

Lyu Haotian

Q39:

Ubuntu, Mint and Fedora are versions of:

Apple MAC OS X

Windows 10

MS DOS

Linux

Q40:

Arrange the following states of India in the decreasing order of sugarcane production in 2019.

A. Karnataka

B. Uttar Pradesh

C. Maharashtra

A, B, C

B, C, A

C, A, B

B, A, C

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