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 January 20, 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 GK questions of RRB NTPC January 20, 2021 Shift-1 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 2 |
| Date | 20/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the RRB NTPC January 20, 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 one of the following is NOT an Office Package?
Microsoft office 2010
Libre
Quantum
WPS
Q2: Who is credited with developing the " C " language?
Dennis Ritchie
Yashwant Kanetkar
Bill Gates
Steve Rogers
Q3: What is the botanical name of common wheat?
Zea Mays
Hibiscus Rosa Sinensis
Brassica Campestris
Triticum Aestivum
Q4: As of October 2020, who is the Governor of the Reserve Bank of India?
Urijit Patel
Shaktikanta Das
Raghuram Rajan
Arvind Subramanian
Q5: Who wrote the famous Bangla novel 'Pather Panchali?
Rabindra Nath Tagore
Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay
Sharat Chandra Chattopaydhy
Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay
Q6: Albert Einstein was awarded the Nobel Prize for_______ in 1921.
Doppler Effect
Radioactivity
Photoelectric Effect
Theory of Relativity
Q7: How many nuclear power plants are in operation in India as of October
2020?
Five
Four
Eight
Seven
Q8: Name the famous biologist with whom the Galapagos Islands is associated.
Carl Linnaeus
Johann Gregor Mendel
Charles Darwin
Ernst Haeckel
Q9: Which country out of the following is NOT a member of the BRICS group?
India
South Africa
Brazil
Sri Lanka
Q10: Who proposed the laws of planetary motion?
Roger Bacon
Johannes Kepler
Isaac Newton
Galileo
Q11: Which one of the following is NOT associated with the Indian Freedom
Struggle?
Cripps Mission
Wavell Plan
Simon Commission
New Deal
Q12: Which one of the following ports is NOT located on the Eastern Coast of
India?
Kandla
Haldia
Tuticorin
Paradeep
Q13: Which constitutional amendment gave the Directive Principles precedence
over Fundamental Rights?
$44^{\text {th }}$
$43^{\text {rd }}$
$55^{\text {th }}$
$42^{\text {nd }}$
Q14: Which scheme of the Government of India provides for the delivery of
LPG cylinders to the below poverty line (BPL) families?
Ayushman
National Health Mission
National Social Assistance Programme
Ujjwala
Q15: Who is the writer of the book 'India Divided'?
Khushwant singh
Chaudhry Khaleequzaman
Mulkraj Anand
Rajendra Prasad
Q16: Which of the following financial inclusion schemes was launched in June
2015 to prompt the unorganised workforce to join the National Pension
Scheme?
Pradhan Mantri Jeevan Jyoti Bima Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana
Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana
Atal Pension Yojana
Q17: Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
Hukum Singh
G V Mavalankar
Purushottam Tandon
Rajendra Prasad
Q18: Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly of India after
independence?
C Rajgopalachari
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Acharya Narendra Dev
Dr. B R Ambedkar
Q19:
In which city is the headquarters of the International Rice Research Institute located?
Los Banos
New York
Paris
Rome
Q20: Who gave the term 'homo sapiens'?
G. J. Mendal
Darwin
C. Linnaeus
Miller
Q21: Who won the Orange Cap for maximum runs in IPL-2020?
Kieron Pollard
Kane Williamson
Chris Gayle
K L Rahul
Q22: Which one of the following is called a super-network or meta-network?
MAN
Internet
LAN
Server
Q23: As of October 2020, who is the President of Sri Lanka?
Chandrika Kumaratunga
Mahinda Rajapaksa
Gotabaya Rajapaksa
Ranil Wickramsinghe
Q24: What is the name of the web portal launched by the Department of
Telecommunications that will allow tracking of radiation emitted from mobile
towers within their locality and check for their compliance with the
Electro-Magnetic Field (EMF) emission norms defined by the government?
Tarang Kiran
Sanchar Seva
Tarang Sancharwith
Sanchar Gyan
Q25: In which country is the Taklamakan desert located?
Iraq
Mongolia
Yemen
China
Q26: Name the first lady President of the Indian National Congress.
Annie Besant
Indira Gandhi
Sarojini Naidu
Nellie Sengupta
Q27: Which country is the biggest producer of coffee in the world?
India
Vietnam
Colombia
Brazil
Q28: Which of the following strait connects the Atlantic Ocean with the
Pacific Ocean?
The Strait of Malacca
The Strait of Dardenelles
The Strait of Magellan
Palk Straits
Q29: Gulf Streams emanate from the gulf of:
Oman
Saudi Arabia
Mexico
Kuwait
Q30: In which city is the headquarters of Indira Gandhi National Centre for
Arts located?
Kolkata
Mumbai
New Delhi
Pune
Q31: Who won the Noble Peace Prize in 2007 for flagging environmental
issues?
Sierra Club
Inter Governmental Panel on Climate Change and Al Gore
World Wide Fund For Nature
Greenpeace
Q32: What was the name of the first Indian satellite launched into the
orbit?
Kalpana
Aryabhata
Bhaskara
Rohini
Q33: As of October 2020, who is the CEO of NITI Aayog?
Amitabh Kant
Arvind Panagariya
Rajesh Mohan
Rajiv Kumar
Q34: Which one of the following programmes is associated with the
development of road transport in India?
MNREGA
Golden Quadrilateral
NRHM
NREGP
Q35: Which is the largest island in the Mediterranean Sea?
Malta
Valetta
Crete
Sicily
Q36: Which newspaper did Mahatma Gandhi start in South Africa?
Indian Sociologist
Common Weal
Indian Opinion
National Herald
Q37: Which Indian wildlife sanctuary is the home for Asiatic Lions?
Gir
Sariska
Bandhavgarh
Kanha
Q38: Which architect has designed the India Gate in New Delhi?
Albert Speer
Laurie Baker
Edwin Lutyens
Le Courbusier
Q39: Who among the following received the Padma Vibhushan for the year 2020?
Nambi Narayan
George Fernandes
Bachendri Pal
Mohan Lal
Q40: Ram Prasad Bismil was hanged for $\qquad$ .
Chatgaon Armoury raid
Kakori train heist
Lahore Conspiracy
Meerut Conspiracy
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