RRB NTPC Previous Year Paper 3 March, 2021 Shift 1 | 40 GK MCQs
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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 3 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 3 March, 2021 Shift 1 Paper:
Exam
RRB NTPC CBT-I
Phase
4
Date
03/03/2021
Test Time
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the
3 March, 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: Where is the Sahara desert located?
Antarctica
South America
Australia
North Africa
Q2: In which year was the Indian national anthem sung for the first time at
the Indian National Congress Session?
1915
1911
1905
1920
Q3: Where is the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research situated?
Pune
Bengaluru
Delhi
Mumbai
Q4: The first meeting of the Constituent Assembly of India was held on:
2 October 1942
9 December 1946
15 August 1947
26 January 1950
Q5: Which Indian revolutionary assassinated Michael O'Dwyer?
Bhagat Singh
Subhas Chandra Bose
Chandrasekhar Azad
Udham Singh
Q6: Who used the term 'United Nations' first time?
Winston Churchill
Mahatma Gandhi
Jawaharlal Nehru
Franklin D Roosevelt
Q7: The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was awarded to:
Manmohan Singh
C. Rangarajan
Amartya Sen
Raghuram Rajan
Q8: In which sport did Meena Kumari Maisnam win the gold medal in Germany in
April 2019?
Boxing
Judo
Wrestling
Taekwondo
Q9: Which of the following is a lie detector machine?
Polygraph
X-ray
ECG
MRI
Q10: Who is the author of the book 'Why I Am a Hindu'?
Shashi Tharoor
Ramachandra Guha
Amartya Sen
Arundhati Roy
Q11: Which of the following is an input device?
Monitor
Mouse
Speaker
Printer
Q12: 'Mrignayani ka Mahal' is situated in:
Udaipur
Gwalior
Jodhpur
Jaipur
Q13: How many phases of the Lok Sabha election were held from 11 April to 19
May 2019?
Five
Seven
Six
Eight
Q14: Who is known as the 'Missile Man of India'?
Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
Vikram Sarabhai
Satish Dhawan
Homi J. Bhabha
Q15: The first Guru of the Sikh religion was:
Guru Tegh Bahadur
Guru Arjan Dev
Shri Guru Nanak Dev Ji
Guru Gobind Singh
Q16: Diffusion is a process by which:
glucose can move across the plasma membrane
proteins can move across the plasma membrane
water can move across the plasma membrane
oxygen can move across the plasma membrane
Q17: International Labour Organization was founded on:
28 June 1919
1 May 1919
24 October 1945
10 December 1948
Q18: Which of the following is NOT a type of animal tissue?
Epithelial tissue
Meristematic tissue
Muscular tissue
Nervous tissue
Q19: Who started the practice of 'sijda' in India?
Akbar
Ghiyas-ud-din Balban
Aurangzeb
Shah Jahan
Q20: The average weight of an adult human heart is about:
500 to 600 grams
350 to 450 grams
250 to 350 grams
150 to 250 grams
Q21: In which state is the archaeological site of Surkotada situated?
Madhya Pradesh
Rajasthan
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Q22: The first spacecraft to land on the Moon was the:
Luna 2
Sputnik 1
Apollo 8
Apollo 11
Q23: Kenduli Fair is celebrated in:
West Bengal
Odisha
Jharkhand
Bihar
Q24: Where is the Indira Gandhi International Airport located?
Mumbai
Delhi
Chennai
Kolkata
Q25: How many countries are members of SAARC?
Eight
Six
Nine
Seven
Q26: As of October 2020, Kim Jong-un is the 'Supreme Leader' of which
country?
Japan
North Korea
China
South Korea
Q27: The Indian Council of Medical Research has launched the 'Malaria
Elimination Research Alliance (MERA) India' in order to prioritize, plan and
scale up research to eliminate malaria from India by the year:
2030
2040
2025
2035
Q28: The next Kumbh mela at Ujjain will be held in which year?
2030
2029
2028
2026
Q29: Where are the headquarters of RBI located?
Hyderabad
Mumbai
Bengaluru
Delhi
Q30: The animals that eat both plants and animals are called:
carnivores
scavengers
omnivores
herbivores
Q31: Who was the first Governor-General of independent India?
C. Rajagopalachari
Rajendra Prasad
Jawaharlal Nehru
Lord Mountbatten
Q32: The 'father of modern botany' is:
Gregor Mendel
Carl Linnaeus
Robert Hooke
Charles Darwin
Q33: What is the targeted annual average growth rate in GDP as per the
Eleventh Five-Year Plan?
10%
7%
8%
9%
Q34: What are the shortcut keys to paste the copied text?
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + X
Ctrl + P
Ctrl + V
Q35: Which of the following is NOT a 'Maharatna' status company?
MTNL
Coal India
BHEL
Indian Oil Corporation
Q36: In which state is the Nanda Devi National Park located?
Himachal Pradesh
Arunachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Sikkim
Q37: In which year did Chauri Chaura incident take place?
1919
1920
1922
1925
Q38: Who coined the term 'protoplasm'?
Matthias Jakob Schleiden
Johanna Evangelist Purkinje
Antonie van Leeuwenhoek
Robert Hooke
Q39: The dance form 'Chhau' has originated from the state of:
Odisha
Haryana
Bihar
West Bengal
Q40: Which is the primary memory of a computer?
RAM
SSD
ROM
Hard Disk
Report Card
Total Questions Attempted: 0
Correct Answers: 0
Wrong Answers: 0
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