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Complete GK questions of RRB NTPC January 19, 2021 Shift-2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 2 |
| Date | 19/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the RRB NTPC January 19, 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: Which of the following tournaments of Tennis is played on a clay court?
Australian Open
Roland Garros
Wimbledon
US Open
Q2: Name the caves found in western India on the Island of Gharapuris which
received the UNESCO heritage site status in 1987.
Elephanta Caves
Ellora Caves
Ajanta Caves
Khajuraho Caves
Q3: Which of the following is used to detect cracks and flaws in metal
blocks?
Ultrasound
Sound Navigation and Ranging (SONAR)
Echo
Reverberation
Q4: Hindustan Steel Limited (HSL) was initially designed to manage which of
the following steel plants in India?
Rourkela
Bokaro
Durgapur
Bhilai
Q5: Which Indian airport is the world's first fully solar powered airport?
Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport
Chennai International Airport
Indira Gandhi International Airport
Cochin International Airport
Q6: Which one of these is the parent company of Google?
GV
Alphabet Inc.
Nest Labs
Calico
Q7: Slash and burn agriculture is known as Bewar in which state of India?
Rajasthan
Jharkhand
Madhya Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh
Q8: Udayin shifted the capital of Magadha from _______ to Patliputra.
Sarnath
Taxila
Kaushambi
Rajagrih
Q9: In which country, is the Five-Hundred-Metre Aperture Spherical Telescope
(FAST) for listening to alien life opened in 2020?
India
China
USA
Germany
Q10: In the context of the Indian Constitution, which of the following is
correctly matched?
Part III - Citizenship
Part III - Directive Principles of State Policy
Part III - Fundamental Duties
Part III - Fundamental Rights
Q11: Who received the Padma Bhushan for literature and education in 2020?
Ms. Gita Mehta
Shri Kailash Madbaiya
Shri Manoj Das
Shri Narsingh Dev Jamwal
Q12: Which city from the Harappan Civilization was almost exclusively
devoted to crafting production including bead making, shell cutting,
metalworking, seal making and weight make?
Harappa
Mohenjo Daro
Chanhudaro
Nageshwar
Q13: Name the chemist who proved that the atomic number of an element is a
more fundamental property than its atomic mass, which led to modification in
Mendeleev's Periodic Law table?
Johann Dobereiner
Henry Moseley
John Newlands
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
Q14: Name the Indian classical dance form which is believed to be revealed
by Lord Brahma to Bharata, a famous sage, who then codified this sacred
dance in a Sanskrit text called 'Natya Shastra'.
Kathak
Kathakali
Bharatanatyam
Odissi
Q15: What is the other name for Regur soil in India?
Red and yellow soil
Laterite soil
Alluvial Soil
Black soil
Q16: 'Champions of the Earth'-the UN's highest environmental honour, was
awarded to which Indian in 2018 ?
Narendra Modi
Piyush Goyal
Harsh Vardhan
CK Mishra
Q17: Which one among the following is NOT associated with the White
Revolution in India?
Norman Borlaug
Dr. Verghese Kurien
Amul
Anand
Q18: Who was the Chairman of Atomic Energy Commission at the time of India's
First nuclear Test at Pokhran in 1974?
Raja Ramanna
APJ Abdul Kalam
Homi Sethna
Rajagopala Chidambaram
Q19: How is nacre, the technical term for an extract from the inside of a
shell, better known as?
Onyx
Garnet
Mother-of-pearl
Opal
Q20: Under which scheme is pension provided to all people aged 60 years or
above and belonging to a household below the poverty line?
IGNOAPS
IGNWPS
NFBS
IGNDPS
Q21: Name the leader whose opposition led to the disappearance of all hopes
of compromise between the Congress and the Muslim League in 1928.
Jawaharlal Nehru
MR Jayakar
Muhammad Ali Jinnah
Sir Muhammad Iqbal
Q22: The SI unit of sound was named in honor of which physicist?
Albert Einstein
JC Maxwell
Werner Karl Heisenberg
Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
Q23: Panchpatmali in Koraput district, Odisha has large deposits of which
mineral?
Iron Ore
Copper
Bauxite
Manganese
Q24: As of October, 2020, who is the Economic Counsellor and Director of
IMF's Research Department?
Maurice Obstfeld
Christine Lagarde
Gita Gopinath
Raghuram Rajan
Q25: Who received the Padma Vibhushan in the field of art in the year 2020?
Shri Balwant Moreshwar Purandare
Shri Chhannulal Mishra
Shri Mohanlal Viswanathan Nair
Shri Budhaditya Mukherjee
Q26: In which year did the Government of India approve ISRO's proposal for
the first Indian Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-1?
2001
2003
2013
2008
Q27: Name the sodium compound which is used to permanently remove the
hardness of water.
Sodium hydrogen carbonate
Sodium hydroxide
Sodium carbonate
Sodium chloride
Q28: Which sub-atomic particle was discovered by J Chadwick?
Neuron
Electron
Proton
Neutron
Q29: When was the Indian Election Commission set up?
$15^{\text {th }}$ August, 1950
$25^{\text {th }}$ January, 1950
$26^{\text {th }}$ November, 1950
$25^{\text {th }}$ February, 1950
Q30: Which of the following is the shortcut for copying and pasting a file
on the desktop?
Right click on file and click on copy + right click and paste
$\mathrm{Ctrl} \mathrm{C}+\mathrm{Ctrl} \mathrm{V}$
$\mathrm{Ctrl} \mathrm{X}+\mathrm{Ctrl} \mathrm{V}$
$\mathrm{Ctrl} \mathrm {Z}+\mathrm{Ctrl} \mathrm{Y}$
Q31: Who is the winner of $7^{\text {th }}$ MS Swaminathan award for the
period 2017-2019?
Sumanta Kundu
C M Parihar
V Praveen Rao
J C Katyal
Q32: Andaman Teal is an example of which category of animal species?
Extinct species
Endemic species
Rare species
Normal species
Q33: Name the scheme launched by the Government of India in April, 2005,
that aims to provide accessible, affordable, accountable, effective and
reliable primary health care especially to the poor and vulnerable sections
of the population.
NSAP
AYUSH
NRHM
ICDS
Q34: As of October 2020, what percentage of stakes are owned by the
Government of India in SAIL?
$80 \%$
$75 \%$
$85 \%$
$70 \%$
Q35: What is MPLADS?
A scheme launched by the Madhya Pradesh government for the protection of
ladies
A scheme launched by the Maharashtra and Punjab governments for legal
assistance to deprived sections
A scheme launched by the Madhya Pradesh government for the protection of
lions and other endangered species
A scheme launched by the government of India which enables Members of
Parliament to do development work in their constituencies
Q36: Who among the following has not been India's Finance Minister?
T T Krishnamachari
Arun Jaitley
Yashwant Sinha
V K Krishna Menon
Q37: Which of the following is an audio file extension?
MOV
MP5
WMA
WMV
Q38: What is meant by Epigraphy?
Study of inscriptions
Study of maps
Study of coins
Study of skeletons
Q39: Name the daughter of one of the most important rulers in early Indian
history, Chandragupta II.
Parvatigupta
Lopamudra
Prabhavatigupta
Rudrama Devi
Q40: Where is the headquarters of the World Intellectual Property
Organisation (WIPO) situated?
Geneva
Paris
Beijing
Tokyo
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