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 2 of the RRB NTPC January 16, 2021 exam, along with solutions.
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Complete GK questions of RRB NTPC January 16, 2021 Shift-2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 2 |
| Date | 16/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the RRB NTPC January 16, 2021 Shift 2 exam. We’ve provided all the questions from the General Awareness (GK) section along with solutions for each question.
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Q1: To which country does the famous 'Zulu' tribe belong?
South Africa
China
India
Pakistan
Q2: _________ is NOT an example of an insulator.
Human body
Diamond
Rubber
Glass
Q3: Name the major revolt inspired by Mahatma Gandhi against the forced cultivation of indigo.
Champaran Satyagraha
Dandi March
Non-Cooperation Movement
Munda uprising
Q4: The addition of which of the following adds fizz to soft drinks?
Acetic acid
Citric acid
Carbonic acid
Sulphuric acid
Q5: In which year did the East India Company acquire 'Diwani' rights over Bengal and Bihar?
1965
1765
1865
1675
Q6: Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE about fishes?
Fishes have only two chambers to their hearts.
Fishes have double circulation.
Blood is pumped through the fishes' gills and gets oxygenated.
Blood goes only once in one cycle through the heart of a fish.
Q7: _________ was the first bank that was established in India in 1770.
Bank of Baroda
Bank of Hindustan
Indian Bank
State Bank of India
Q8: Which of the following sites is NOT a part of the Indus Valley Civilization?
Uruk
Lothal
Harappa
Mohenjo Daro
Q9: Swachh Survekshan is an annual survey of cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation in cities and towns across India. Swachh Survekshan 2020 declared _________ as India's cleanest city.
Delhi
Mumbai
Jaipur
Indore
Q10: Which one of the following is NOT a web browser?
Wikipedia
Google Chrome
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Q11: In which year was the 'National Human Rights Commission' established in India?
1993
1857
1947
1950
Q12: ISRO launched India's first lunar probe mission in October 2008. Who was the Chairman of ISRO at that time?
K Kasturirangan
APJ Abdul Kalam
G Madhavan Nair
A S Kiran Kumar
Q13: The Vedas are considered the earliest literary record of Indo-Aryan civilisation. There are four Vedas: Rigveda, Samaveda, Yajurveda and the fourth one is _________.
Atharvaveda
Dhanurveda
Ayurveda
Shilpaveda
Q14: The ________ gland, which hangs by a thin stalk from the hypothalamus, is called the master gland of the human body.
pituitary
adrenal
thyroid
pancreas
Q15: Kidney failure is treated periodically on a kidney machine. The process is known as ________.
Excretion
Metabolism
Hemodialysis
Circulation
Q16: In which year was the new currency symbol of the Indian rupee officially adopted?
1995
2000
2010
2018
Q17: Which one of the following is NOT a sub-field of economic geography?
Geography of Resources
Geography of Tourism
Geography of Agriculture
Political Geography
Q18: When was National Rural Health Mission launched?
1st January 2000
15th August 2005
12th April 2005
30th December 2003
Q19: Factors that make a person's place of origin seem less attractive for reasons such as unemployment, poor living conditions and unpleasant climate are called _________ factors.
pull
climatic
negative
push
Q20: Which of the following is a pigment present in human blood that carries oxygen from our lungs to all parts of the body?
Lymph
Platelets
White blood cells
Haemoglobin
Q21: Name the country that has officially proclaimed 'Gross National Happiness (GNH)' as the measure of its progress.
India
Bhutan
Sri Lanka
Nepal
Q22: Which infantry battalion was involved in the killing of all its white officers in the Revolt of 1857?
41st Native Infantry
21st Native Infantry
1st Native Infantry
20th Native Infantry
Q23: Which article of the Constitution of India gives the parliament the power to amend the constitution?
Article 144
Article 368
Article 198
Article 356
Q24: ________ is a Serbian Australian motivational speaker born with tetra-amelia syndrome, a rare disorder characterised by the absence of all four limbs.
Nick Vujicic
Dave Ramsay
Tony Robbins
Lisa Nichols
Q25: A domain name is a unique name given to each website on the internet. The last part of the domain name is known as a domain extension. Which of the following is a domain extension of any government website?
.com
.mil
.net
.gov
Q26: Who wrote the book, 'Why I am Hindu'?
Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Shashi Tharoor
Narendra Modi
Manmohan Singh
Q27: Where is Sri Guru Ram Dass Jee International Airport located?
Shimla
Amritsar
Bareilly
Chandigarh
Q28: Who among the following was appointed as UNICEF's global Goodwill Ambassador in 2018?
Novak Djokovic
Millie Bobby Brown
Priyanka Chopra
Lilly Singh
Q29: A group of workers who are highly qualified, skilled and that do mental work are called:
White collar workers
Artisans
Plumbers
Farmers
Q30: The internet works by using a protocol called TCP/IP. What is the full form of TCP/IP?
Temporary Computer Protocol/Internet Protocol
Transmission Computer Programme/Internet Protocol
Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol
Tele Computer Protocol/Internet Protocol
Q31: Which of the following cities is known as “The Queen of the Arabian Sea'?
Mumbai
Kochi
Visakhapatnam
Port Blair
Q32: Who among the following got elected as the Head of the State for four times?
Vladimir Putin
Boris Yeltsin
Dmitry Medvedev
Viktor Zubkov
Q33: As of 31st October 2020, the United Nation comprises ________ member states.
193
100
250
150
Q34: Which was the first vehicle to soft-land safely on the surface of the Moon?
Ranger 6
Sputnik 25
Apollo 17
Luna 9
Q35: Who among following is NOT related with Indian Space Program?
K Sivan
Satyendra Nath Bose
AS Kiran Kumar
Satish Dhawan
Q36: Who was the first and only acting PM of India?
HD Deve Gowda
Gulzarilal Nanda
I K Gujral
VP Singh
Q37: Among the four words listed below, three are alike in some manner and one is different. Select the odd one.
Intelligence
Happiness
Fear
Anger
Q38: Which of the following films was NOT nominated for an Oscar award?
Mother India
Salaam Bombay
Karma
Lagaan
Q39: ________ is India's first multi-petaflop supercomputer that has been set up at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM), Pune. Developed at a cost of Rs. 450 crore, the supercomputer is used for weather and climate predictions.
Param
Pratyaksh
Pratyush
Aaditya
Q40: _________ was the first president of Indian National Congress.
J B Kriplani
Jawaharlal Nehru
Womesh Chandra Banerjee
Annie Besant
Q41: In which year was the Railway introduced by the British in India for passengers?
1385
1583
1953
1853
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