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 27 February, 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 27 February, 2021 Shift 2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC CBT-I |
| Phase | 4 |
| Date | 27/02/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 27 February, 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 organisation was formed by Henry Dunant, the winner of the first
Nobel Peace Prize in 1901?
International Red Cross
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons
World Wide Fund for Nature
Medecins Sans Frontieres
Q2: As of December 2020, how many fundamental duties are enumerated in the
Constitution of India?
8
11
7
9
Q3: Which of the following is NOT a tributary of the Indus River?
Chenab
Gomti
Beas
Ravi
Q4: Which of the following policy adoptions by the Government of India is
NOT guided by the 'Directive Principles of State Policy?
Preparation of building by-laws
Uniform civil code
Promotion of village panchayats
Prohibition of consumption of alcoholic liquor
Q5: The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's Welfare of India has declared a
day of every year as 'National Women's Farmer's Day' on:
8 March
30 January
15 October
24 October
Q6: Which of the following sets of chromosomes lead to the birth of a girl
child?
XZ
XY
YY
XX
Q7: What is the common name of E300?
Vitamin D
Vitamin A
Vitamin B
Vitamin C
Q8: Who is appointed as the new managing director of LIC in January, 2021?
Sandeep Aggarwal
Siddhartha Mohanty
Rajiv Lochan
Soma Mondal
Q9: Who among the following was the first Chinese Citizen to win Nobel Peace
Prize?
Yu Jie
Liu Xia
Wang Dan
Liu Xiaobo
Q10: Which action did the Civil Disobedience Movement start?
Chauri-Chaura incident
Execution of Bhagat Singh
Arrest of Jawaharlal Nehru and Abdul Ghaffar Khan
Dandi March
Q11: Article 43 B in Part Ⅳ of the Constitution of India deals with:
Forest development
Village panchayats
Rural business hubs
Cooperative societies
Q12: Chandrayaan–1, India's first spacecraft mission to the moon, was
successfully launched by:
GSLV
PSLV–C11
RLV–TD
GSLV MkⅢ
Q13: Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana is for:
Provision of money for only BPL families
Printing of new currency after demonetisation
Provision of funding to non-corporate small business sector
Provision for foreign currency loans
Q14: Which of the following is NOT an internet browser?
Safari
Panda
Chrome
Firefox
Q15: Which honour did Gandhiji return in protest of the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre?
Kaiser-i-Hind
Jewel of the Commonwealth
Noor-i-Hind
Sher-i-Hind
Q16: Under which Viceroy was the Permanent Settlement of Bengal in 1793
introduced?
Charles Cornwallis
John Shore
Lord Dalhousie
Phillip Francis
Q17: Who was the head of the committee of the Draft National Education
Policy (NEP) 2019?
Vasudha Kamat
Shakila T Shamsu
K Kasturirangan
MK Sridhar
Q18: With which substance does silver react and turn black?
Sulphur
Magnesium
Carbon
Zinc
Q19: In which soil does cotton grow best?
Yellow soil
Black soil
Brown soil
Red soil
Q20: Which of the following is NOT a function of the Reserve Bank of India
(RBI)?
Banker to the government
Banker to the public
Lender of the last resort
Bank of currency issue
Q21: Which of the following architectural techniques has been used primarily
to decorate the Taj Mahal?
Tesserae
Relief
Pietra dura
Mosaic
Q22: Who is called the 'Father of Communal Electorate' in India?
Lord Hardinge
Lord Minto
Lord Curzon
Lord Morley
Q23: Manipuri classical dance form often depicts scenes from the life of God
_______.
Vishnu
Shiva
Ram
Krishna
Q24: Urdu is also referred to as:
Shauraseni
Farsi
Lashkari Zaban
Awadhi
Q25: Which of the following phyla of animals have jointed legs?
Arthropod
Nematode
Echinodermata
Annelida
Q26: Which is the largest river by volume in the world?
Indus
Amazon
Nile
Hwang Ho
Q27: Pradhan Mantri Urja Ganga project of Eastern India is related to:
Crude oil pipeline
Ganga cleaning project for Eastern India
Electricity transmission line for eastern India
Natural gas pipeline
Q28: British Prime Minister Winston Churchill received a Nobel Prize for:
Physiology
Economics
Peace
Literature
Q29: Out of the four organs listed, three are alike in some manner and one
is different. Select the odd one.
Kidney
Stomach
Liver
Large Intestine
Q30: Operating system of a computer is an example of:
System software
Application platform
Application software
Hardware
Q31: Which type of mirrors are commonly used in torches, searchlights and
vehicle headlights to get powerful parallel beams of light?
Cylindrical
Concave
Bifocal
Convex
Q32: Which of the following is a copper ore?
Magnetite
Haematite
Malachite
Chromite
Q33: India's first indigenous satellite launch vehicle is:
PSLV
ASLV
SLV–3
GSLV
Q34: Which of the following could be a description of the term 'Financial
Inclusion'?
Implementation of 'Know Your Customer' norm
Facility of transfer of money free of cost
Use of mobile phone for financial transactions
Delivery of financial services at affordable cost to the poor
Q35: After the signing of which treaty did the European Community come to be
known as the European Union?
The Treaty of Amsterdam, 1997
The Single European Act, 1986
The Treaty of Lisbon, 2007
The Treaty of Maastricht, 1992
Q36: Which of the following is NOT an Indian research base at Antarctica?
Dakshin Yamunotri
Maitri
Dakshin Gangotri
Bharati
Q37: Who among the following started the newspaper, 'Sambad Kaumudi'?
Rash Bihari Bose
Sisir Kumar Ghosh
Raja Ram Mohan Roy
Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar
Q38: Which of the following is NOT a correct pair of a UN organ and its
headquarters?
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - Vienna
World Health Organization (WHO) - New York
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) -
Paris
The International Court of Justice (ICJ) - The Hague
Q39: Which of the following pairs of thermal power plants and their
locations is NOT correct?
Panki – Uttar Pradesh
Korba – Chhattisgarh
Neyveli – Tamil Nadu
Talcher – Assam
Q40: Which of the following is NOT an internal part of the computer?
Video card
Flash drive
RAM
Motherboard
Report Card
Total Questions Attempted: 0
Correct Answers: 0
Wrong Answers: 0
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