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Complete GK questions of RRB NTPC January 20, 2021 Shift-2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 2 |
| Date | 20/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the RRB NTPC January 20, 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: Name the writ under which the court orders that the arrested person
should be presented before it or can order to set free an arrested person if
the manner or grounds of arrest are NOT lawful or satisfactory.
Certiorari
Mandamus
Habeas corpus
Quo Warranto
Q2: Who among the following is NOT a Cabinet Minister?
Minister of External Affairs
Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence
Minister of Law and Justice
Q3: At which university did Mahatma Gandhi make his first public appearance
in 1916 after returning from South Africa to India?
Aligarh Muslim University
Allahabad University
Banaras Hindu University
University of Mumbai
Q4: The International Criminal Police Commission (ICPC), predecessor to
INTERPOL was founded at ______ in 1923.
New York
Washington
Vienna
Geneva
Q5: Which place in India was known as "kala pani'?
Andaman Islands
Lakshadweep
Kerala's backwaters
Gulf of Kutch
Q6: Who along with Motilal Nehru formed the Swaraj Party within the Congress
to argue for a return to council politics?
BR Ambedkar
CR Das
Jawaharlal Nehru
Subhas Chandra Bose
Q7: What is another name for calcium oxide?
Lime soda
Quick lime
Baking soda
Cement
Q8: Name the Shiva temple near Taliparamba in Kerala, where women are
allowed to enter only after 8 p.m. A unique feature of this temple is the
absence of a flagstaff.
Gokarnanatheshwara Temple
Rameswaram Mahadeva Temple
Rajarajeshwara temple
Mallikarjun Temple
Q9: On heating gypsum at 373 K , it loses water molecules and becomes
calcium sulphate hemihydrate. This substance is used to make toys, materials
for decoration and smooth surfaces. What is this substance commonly known
as?
Cement
Clay
Alabaster
Plaster of Paris
Q10: The Ministry of Human Resource Development has designed a one stop
education portal which caters to the needs of students, starting from
elementary students to research, scholars, teachers and life-long learners.
What is the name of this portal?
SAKSHAT
PRASHIKSHAK
DIKSHA
PADHAI
Q11: Name the creation of Devaki Nandan Khatri which is considered to be the
first authentic work of prose in Hindi.
Gitanjali
Gita Govinda
Ratnavali
Chandrakanta
Q12: The first Pressurised Heavy Water Reactor (PHWR) of India in 1964 was a
Collaborative venture between Atomic Energy of __________ Ltd and NPCIL of
India.
Canada
USSR
Israel
France
Q13: "The Nice Guy Who Finished First" is the biography of which famous
sportsperson?
David Beckham
Rahul Dravid
Michael Phelps
Tiger Woods
Q14: What is the language spoken by a majority of the people in Lakshadweep?
Malayalam
Marathi
Konkani
Kannada
Q15: In February 2019, which communication satellite was launched by ISRO to
help in bulk data transfer for telecommunication applications?
GSAT-13
GSAT-31
GSAT-30
GSAT-32
Q16: Which of the following is a property of an ionic compound?
It is soluble in solvents such as kerosene and petrol.
It has a high melting point and boiling point.
It is hard and does not break easily.
It conducts electricity in the solid state
Q17: Name the book written by Mahatma Gandhi in 1909 that suggested the
British rule would come to an end if Indians didn't cooperate with them.
India of my dreams
Hind Swaraj
Constructive Programme - Its Meaning and Place
Village Swaraj
Q18: In which type of forests Tendu, Amaltas, Bael (Bengal Quince) are found
in India?
Mountain forests
Tropical thorny forests
Dry deciduous forests
Wet Deciduous Forests
Q19: Name the drainage pattern where the river originates from a hill and
flows in all directions.
Centripetal
Radial
Dendritic
Trellis
Q20: Government of India has set ambitious target of building ______ kms of
highways in FY21.
10000
1000
15000
5000
Q21: Which Mughal monument was designed by Ustad Ahmad Lahori and declared a
UNESCO World Heritage site in 1983?
Red Fort
Agra Fort
Taj Mahal
Humayun's Tomb
Q22: The National TB programme (NTP) was launched by the Government of India
in year ________ in the form of District TB Centre Model involved with BCG
Vaccination and TB treatment.
1960
1961
1963
1962
Q23: Which among the following is NOT an extension for a video file?
.mp4
.avi
.jpeg
.mov
Q24: Which of the following special trains can be taken to travel to
Lumbini, Bodhgaya, Sarnath and Kushinagar?
Buddha Express Special Tourist Train
Buddhist Tourist Train
Buddhist Circuit Tourist Train
Buddhist Train
Q25: When was the first Indian Cricket Club - The Calcutta Cricket Club
established?
1792
1793
1791
1790
Q26: Yakshagana is a folk performance of which Indian state?
Gujarat
Assam
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Q27: Name the British chemist who presented his atomic theory in 1808, on
conservation of mass and law of definite proportions, which was a turning
point in the study of matter.
Proust
John Dalton
Ernest Rutherford
Lavoisier
Q28: In 1930, who organised the Dalits into the Depressed Classes
Association and demanded separate electorates for them?
Mahatma Gandhi
BR Ambedkar
Abdul Gaffar Khan
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Q29: Where is the office of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
located in India?
Bangalore
Mumbai
Chennai
New Delhi
Q30: What is the scale for measuring a hydrogen ion concentration in a
solution?
OH scale
Hydrogen scale
dB scale
pH scale
Q31: Which flagship programme under the Ministry of Rural Development aims
to organise the rural poor women into their own institutions like self-help
groups and their federations, producers' collectives etc. and also ensure
their financial inclusion and livelihood support?
The National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP)
Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana
Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NRLM)
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Programme (MGNREGA)
Q32: Who was one of the founders of American computer company Sun
microsystems later acquired by oracle?
Vinod Khosla
Satya Nadella
Sunder Pichai
Sabeer Bhatia
Q33: Who among the following Nobel Prize winners is the founder of a
grassroots movement to combat deforestation?
Wangari Mathai
May-Britt Moser
Francoise Barre
Linda Buck
Q34: Which of the following river's section was declared as National
Waterway-2 in 1988?
Narmada
Ganga
Krishna
Brahmaputra
Q35: Which Indian state has declared Malkhamb as it state sport?
Madhya Pradesh
Haryana
Uttar Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Q36: Which of the following is NOT a part of the National Social Assistance
Programme?
Annapurna
Indira Gandhi National Disability Pension Scheme
AYUSH
Indira Gandhi National Widow Pension Scheme
Q37: Name the German chemist who grouped elements into triads in 1817.
Johann Wolfgang Dobereiner
Henry Moseley
John Newlands
Dmitri Ivanovich Mendeleev
Q38: From which Constitution has the Fundamental Rights in the Indian
Constitution drawn?
Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Switzerland
Q39: From where did India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C45)
successfully launch EMISAT and 28 international customer satellites on
$1^{\text {st }}$ April 2019?
Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou
UR Rao Satellite Centre
Satish Dhawan Space Centre
Spaceport in French Guiana
Q40: In which of the following states in India the 'rat hole mining' is
still practised?
Gujarat
Meghalaya
Maharashtra
Jharkhand
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