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 21 March, 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 21 March, 2021 Shift 2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC CBT-I |
| Phase | 5 |
| Date | 21/03/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 21 March, 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: Who is appointed as Asian Cricket Council President in Feb, 2021?
Anurag Thakur
Rajiv Shukla
Jay Shah
Saurav Ganguly
Q2: Where is the headquarters of International Committee of the Red Cross
situated?
New Delhi
New York
Prague
Geneva
Q3: Vikram Samvat calendar is ______ years ahead of the Gregorian calendar.
76.7
66.7
56.7
46.7
Q4: Which of the following scheme was launched in April 2020 to enable an
integrated property validation solution for rural India?
SAMARTH
UMANG
SVAMITVA
KUSUM
Q5: What is the real name of Babur?
Zahir-ud-din
Salim
Nashruddin
Khurrum
Q6: How much time is taken by sunlight to reach Earth?
9 min 32 sec
7 min 56 sec
8 min 20 sec
7 min 32 sec
Q7: Which of the following is also known as the 'tree frog'?
Rana tigrina
Toad
Salamandar
Hyla
Q8: Who gave the term 'homo sapiens'?
Miller
G. J. Mendal
C. Linnaeus
Darwin
Q9: Which of the following is NOT a classical dance style?
Dhamar
Mohiniattam
Bharatanatyam
Odissi
Q10: The United Nations adopted the 'Charter of
Economic Rights and Duties of States' in ______.
December 1974
December 1980
December 1977
December 1976
Q11: Which of the following countries does NOT share its land boundary with
India?
Tajikistan
china
Myanmar
Bangladesh
Q12: Mac is a type of personal computer made by:
Dell
HP
Acer
Apple
Q13: Which of the following countries has the highest male to female
population ratio in the world in 2019?
UAE
Bhutan
Latvia
Qatar
Q14: The Jim Corbett National Park was established in 1936 to save the
endangered species of:
Bengal tiger
Blue whale
White elephant
Peacock
Q15: The Ministry of Environment and Forest launched Vahini Scheme in ______
with the basic objective of encouraging people's participation in
environmental protection.
June 1992
July 1994
July 1990
June 1988
Q16: World Health Organization (WHO) gave its Tobacco Control Award for the
year 2019 to the health department of the Indian state of ______.
Kerala
Punjab
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Q17: How many colours are available in a computer monitor with 16 bits per
pixel depth?
256
65536
16
16777216
Q18: What is the motto of the Supreme Court of India?
Equal Justice for All
Yato Dharmastato Jayah
Satyamev Jayate
Yogakshemam Vahamyaham
Q19:
Out of the four words listed, three are alike in some manner and one is
different. Select the odd one.
Social Media
Facebook
WhatsApp
Twitter
Q20: Who founded the English newspaper 'Mahratta'?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Bipin Chandra Pal
Ashwini Kumar Dutt
Q21: The former Chief Justice of India, Ranjan Gogoi, was preceded by:
YK Sabharwal
JS Khehar
Dipak Mishra
TS Thakur
Q22: Which of the following organs secretes bile juice?
Kidney
Liver
Brain
Heart
Q23: Who is known as the 'Father of Indian Railways'?
Lord Ripon
Lord Dalhousie
Lord Minto
Lord Irwin
Q24: In 2019, ______ became the 24th Chief of the Naval
Staff of India.
Admiral Bimal Verma
Admiral Sunil Lamba
S Jaishankar
Admiral Karambir Singh
Q25: Suez canal is an artificial waterway that connects which of the
following seas?
Black sea and Mediterranean Sea
Mediterranean Sea and Red Sea
Black sea and Red Sea
Caspian sea and Mediterranean Sea
Q26: One Stop Centre scheme was launched on:
1st April 2016
1st April 2018
1st April 2017
1st April 2015
Q27: Students of Engineering college of ______ developed a Satellite named
as "SriShaktiSat" for ISRO in Jan, 2021.
Kolkata
New Delhi
Chennai
Coimbtore
Q28: To which of the following deities is the Dilwara Temple in Mount Abu
dedicated?
Jagannath
Badrinath
Kedarnath
Adinath
Q29: In which year was Service Tax imposed in India?
2002
1998
1995
1994
Q30: ______ enables a user to remotely access another computer and terminals
over the Internet.
UseNet
FTP
HTTP
Telnet
Q31: Through which of the following cities does Hudson River flow?
New York
Bangkok
London
Bonn
Q32: ISRO decided to open a Regional Academic Centre for Space at IIT ______
in December 2020.
Kharagpur
Varanasi
Kanpur
New Delhi
Q33: The jelly-like substance between the nucleus and cell membrane is
called ______.
Cytoplasm
Pleural
Amniotic
Otic
Q34: Who among the following artists is NOT a painter?
Rukmini Devi
Amrita Shergil
Nandalal Bose
Jamini Roy
Q35: In 2018, ______ was appointed as UNICEF India's first youth ambassador.
Hima Das
Mithali Raj
Sakshi Malik
Saina Nehwal
Q36: Where is the headquarters of SAARC Development Fund (SDF) established
by SAARC nations?
Thimphu, Bhutan
Dhaka, Bangladesh
Kathmandu, Nepal
Mumbai, India
Q37: Bengal Gazette, the first major newspaper in India, started in the year
______.
1770
1780
1775
1857
Q38: With which of the following does Article 72 of the Constitution of
India deal?
Composition and jurisdiction of Supreme Court of India
Right to freedom of speech
Appointment of Prime Minister
Pardoning power of the President
Q39: According to the law of diminishing marginal utility, as the amount of
a good consumed increases, the marginal utility of that good tends to
______.
improve
remain constant
diminish
first diminish and then improve
Q40: Which of the following country has launched "Hope Probe" mission to
Mars in July 2020?
UAE
India
China
France
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