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 15 February, 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 15 February, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC CBT-I |
| Phase | 4 |
| Date | 15/02/2021 |
| Test Time | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 15 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: Choose the odd one out.
Jet Airways
Air Deccan
Kingfisher Airlines
Indigo Airlines
Q2: The asthenosphere is the extremely viscous, mechanically weak, and
ductile-deformable region of the upper ______ of the Earth.
core
mantle
crust
crust and core
Q3: Which of the following diseases is caused by bacteria?
Small pox
Rabies
Anthrax
AIDS
Q4: The 'DigiGaon' initiative was launched by the ______ Department.
Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare
Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology
Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Q5: What is 'EyeROV Tuna'?
Monorail
Missile
Underwater Drone
Heliport
Q6: Which radioisotope is used for the treatment of metastatic bone cancer?
Strontium - 89
Phosphorous - 32
Carbon - 14
Iodine - 131
Q7: Who was posthumously awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award at the 65th
National Film Awards?
Shammi Kapoor
Vinod Khanna
kader khan
Sridevi
Q8: Synapse is the point at which a nerve impulse passes _____.
from one neuron to the next
from one endocrine gland to another
from one epithelial cell to another
from the brain to the spinal cord
Q9: Which UN organisation is concerned with illicit trafficking and drug
abuse?
UNICEF
UNODC
UNEP
UNFPA
Q10: What is the full form of BHIM?
Bharat Interface for Money
Bharat Intraface for Money
Bheem Interface for Mobile
Bheem Intraface for Mobile
Q11: Which is the world's first handwritten needle book?
Devdas
Figure
Moti Mahal
Tavern
Q12: What is the full form of MB?
Microbyte
Minibyte
Megabyte
Macrobyte
Q13: What is the symbol of RBI?
pyramid and an eagle
Bengal tiger in front of a palm tree
Ashoka Pillar
dog in defensive position
Q14: Which is the most available and most intensively used soil for
agriculture in India?
Alluvial soil
Red Soil
Desert Soil
black soil
Q15: Involuntary actions like breathing, salivation and peristalsis are
controlled by ______.
hypothalamus
medulla oblongata
cerebrum
cerebellum
Q16: In 2018, the Uttar Pradesh government launched the ODOP scheme to
promote competitive and important products from a region so as to develop an
economic geographical model. What is the full form of ODOP?
One Domain One Product
One Division One Producer
One Department One Producer
One District One Product
Q17: Which programme was launched to trace missing and abandoned children
and reunite them with their families?
Operation Smile
Operation Kilkari
Operation Bachpan
Operation Rahat
Q18: Which of the following pairs is not correctly matched (UNESCO Natural
Heritage Site and its location)?
Sunderbans National Park - West Bengal
Sun Temple - Odisha
Elephanta Caves - Karnataka
Fatehpur Sikri - Uttar Pradesh
Q19: Which Prime Minister was born after India gained independence?
Narendra Modi
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Manmohan Singh
IK Gujral
Q20: Which of the following options is related to the 124th Constitutional
Amendment Bill?
National Commission for Backward Classes
Right to free and compulsory education up to the age of fourteen years
GST Bill
10% reservation for economically weaker sections of general category
Q21: Name the enzyme which is used to convert proteins into peptides.
Pepsin
Invertase
Zymase
Lactase
Q22: Who is the first Indian to create a record by winning two gold medals
in Para-Olympic Games?
sandeep choudhary
Pradeep
Neeraj Yadav
Devendra Jhajharia
Q23: In Tahngka Paintings, pictures of God _______ are drawn on clothes made
of cotton or silk.
Mahavir
Shiva
Vishnu
Buddha
Q24: Megaloblastic anaemia is caused by the deficiency of which vitamin?
Vitamin B9
Vitamin B2
Vitamin - A
Vitamin C
Q25: Which revolutionary organisation was founded by Barindra Kumar Ghosh in
Bengal?
Brati Samiti
Swadesh Bandhab Samiti
Sadhana Samaj
Anushilan Samiti
Q26: Who started a special program called 'Young Scientist Program (YUVIKA -
2019)' for school children?
NABARD
DRDO
ISRO
IRDA
Q27: Which of the following satellite has been dedicated as India's first
educational satellite?
HAMSAT
INSAT - 4A
GSAT - 3
CARTOSAT - 1
Q28: Who was the first woman judge to be appointed in the Supreme Court of
India?
R. Pandora
Gyan Sudha Mishra
Indira Banerjee
Fatima Beevi
Q29: Vijaya Mulye, who passed away in May, 2019, was a prominent figure in
the field of education. She can be credited with several innovative
educational animation films on Doordarshan. Which of the following films is
one of them?
When my tune and your tune merge
Music plays from every side
Better than rest of the world
one many and unity
Q30: Who is the founder of 'Youth Strike 4 Climate' movement which was also
nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize?
Nadia Murad
Greta Thunberg
Malala Yousafzai
Savita Halappanavar
Q31: Where did the first confirmed death due to COVID-19 occur in India?
Delhi
Kerala
Karnataka
Maharashtra
Q32: Who among the following referred to the "Sepoy Mutiny and the Revolt of
1857" as "neither the First, nor the National, nor the Freedom Struggle"?
S.N. Sen
RC Majumdar
Veer Savarkar
Jawaharlal Nehru
Q33: In which year a team of German and Italian archaeologists started
surface exploration at Mohenjodaro?
1955
1980
1970
1990
Q34: Kolhati language is spoken by people living in ______.
Bihar
Maharashtra
Odisha
Andhra Pradesh
Q35: What is the full form of NRHM?
National Rapid Health Mission
National Rights Human Mission
New Rural Health Mission
National Rural Health Mission
Q36: What type of satellite is APPLE?
Earth observation satellite
Remote sensing satellite
Meteorology satellite
Communication satellite
Q37: When was the 78th anniversary of the Quit India Movement celebrated?
8 August 2020
7 August 2019
5 August 2020
15 August 2018
Q38: In which year was the first World Environment Day (WED) celebrated?
1972
1979
1974
1980
Q39: Which of the following is not a type of social networking application?
Haptik
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
Q40: What is the shining surface of the Sun called?
chromosphere
photosphere
lithosphere
corona
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Total Questions Attempted: 0
Correct Answers: 0
Wrong Answers: 0
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