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 31 January, 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 31 January, 2021 Shift 2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 3 |
| Date | 31/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 31 January, 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 of the following gases makes up 78% of our atmosphere and also a
part of many molecules essential to life?
Nitrogen
Oxygen
Carbon
Helium
Q2: Which of the following are stored in the form of starch which serves as
an internal energy reserve to be used as and when
required by the plant?
sunlight
water
oxygen
carbohydrates
Q3: In which of the following places did the English open their 'factory' in
1611 on east coast of India?
Yanam
Tuticorin
Madras
Masulipatnam
Q4: When did the British army under Eyre Coote defeat Haider Ali at Porto
Novo and save Madras?
July 1771
July 1761
July 1781
July 1780
Q5: Which of the following state government's Medical and Health Departments
has been awarded by WHO (in the year 2019) for its achievements in the field
of tobacco control?
Punjab
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Bihar
Q6: Which of the following organisations incorporated New Space India
Limited (NSIL) on March 6, 2019, for commercially utilising research
development activities in the area of space?
ISRO
NASA
CSIR
DRDO
Q7: Who became the third Cricketer to receive the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna
award?
Rohit Sharma
Sachin Tendulkar
M S Dhoni
Virat Kohli
Q8: In which year did Indian National Congress observe 26 January as
Independence Day for the first time?
1930
1915
1947
1929
Q9: Rajiv Mehrishi has been elected as external auditor of which
international organisation from 2020 to 2023?
IMF
WHO
UNICEF
WTO
Q10: Who proclaimed the formation of a provisional government of the Azad
Hind on October 21, 1943?
Vir Savarkar
Subhash Chandra Bose
CR Das
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q11: In July 2016, the Capitol complex of which Union Territory was declared
as the UNESCO World Heritage site under the inscription of 'Architectural
work of Le Corbusier?
Chandigarh
Diu and Daman
Delhi
Pondicherry
Q12: How many heart chambers do mammals have?
single
two
three
four
Q13: In which of the following states is the Gambhira - a popular dance,
performed using various wooden masks?
Gujarat
West Bengal
Rajasthan
Telangana
Q14: _____ is a generic term, which refers to all the legal and regulatory
aspects of Internet and the World Wide Web.
Cookies
Tool
Hackers
Cyber law
Q15: UNESCO has named _______ as the World Capital of Architecture for 2020.
Sao Paulo
Salvador
Rio de Janeiro
Fortalezas
Q16: Name the Indian Executive who has been chosen for the Prestigious USIBC
Global Leadership Award 2020.
Indra Nooyi
Ajaypal Singh Banga
Lakshmi Mittal
N Chandrasekaran
Q17: Which of the following is a programme that translates each instruction
of high-level language and executes it before passing on to the next
instruction?
Interpreter
Multiprocessing
Assembler
Data Processing
Q18: How many nuclear power plants has the United States agreed to set-up in
India to strengthen bilateral security and civil nuclear cooperation between
the two nations?
Five
Eight
Six
Four
Q19: Who among the following became the fastest batsman to score 5000 runs
in the IPL?
Rohit Sharma
Suresh Raina
MS Dhoni
David Warner
Q20: Which of the following was introduced as the
101st Amendment of the Constitution of India on July 1,
2017?
Constitutional status of cooperatives
Replacing Orissa with Odisha
Goods and Service Tax
Land boundary agreement between India and Bangladesh
Q21: Which of the following Acts ended the trade monopoly of the Company in
India and opened it to all British subjects except tea?
Government of India Act, 1935
Regulating Act, 1773
Charter Act of 1813
Indian Council Act, 1861
Q22: The Union Cabinet has approved the continuation of the GSLV phase-4
programmes consisting of five GSLV flights during the period______.
2024-2028
2020-2023
2022-2025
2021-2024
Q23: Which of the following is the system designed to prevent unauthorised
access to or from a private network?
Packet filter
Firewall
Bridge
Repeater
Q24: The release of which hormone causes simultaneous increase in heartbeat
and breathing rate?
Adrenaline
Estrogen
Serotonin
Thyroxin
Q25: Which of the following ministries launched a theme song 'Hawa Aane De'
on air pollution in 2019?
Agriculture
Science and Technology
Human Resource
Environment, forest and climate change
Q26: Name the Metro Rail Corporation which has become the first ever project
in the country to receive power generated from a waste-to-energy plant.
Chennai metro
Mumbai metro
Delhi metro
Bangalore metro
Q27: Which are the top performing states in NITI Aayog's SDG India index
released in 2019?
Kerala, Himachal Pradesh
Maharashtra, Punjab
Assam, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh
Haryana, Goa, Gujarat
Q28: Who among the following is appointed as the deputy Governor of the
Reserve Bank of India in October 2020?
Hasmukh Adhia
Ashok Lavasa
Subhash Chandra Garg
Rajeshwar Rao
Q29: Which of the following Articles of the constitution refers to the Union
Budget as the Annual Financial Statement?
Article 101
Article 112
Article 113
Article 102
Q30: Which of the following statements about plant tissues is INCORRECT?
Phloem transports food from leaves to other parts of the plant.
Materials can move in both directions in xylem.
Xylem and phloem are complex tissues.
Xylem transports water and minerals.
Q31: Which Abhiyan was launched in 2014 on the birth anniversary of the
Father of the Nation?
Pulse Polio
Rashtriya Arogya Nidhi
Swachh Bharat
Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana
Q32: Which of the following is a folk dance of Maharashtra?
Baul
Bihu
Mando
Lavani
Q33: Which are the two main organs in the human body where the magnetic
field produced is significant?
Stomach and intestines
Liver and gallbladder
Lungs and liver
Heart and brain
Q34: Which of the following cities hosted the 4-day India International
Cherry Blossom festival in 2019?
Shillong
Imphal
Agartala
Guwahati
Q35: Which of the following articles provided that an Inter-State Council
can be formed by a Presidential Order?
Article 261
Article 263
Article 262
Article 264
Q36: Which of the following is India's highest ranked City in Safest City
category in the Mercer's 2019 Quality of Living Index?
Chennai
Delhi
Mumbai
Bangalore
Q37: Which of the following is related to the Arvind Subramanian Committee?
Mining policy
Rural credits
GST
Taxation of E-commerce
Q38: Whose 'State of the Global Climate' report has revealed record sea
level rise and exceptionally high land and ocean temperature over the past
four years?
Food and Agriculture Organisation
United Environment Programme
World Intellectual Property Organisation
World Meteorological Organisation
Q39: The Constitution of India provides for a ________ structure of
governance in the form of Parliamentary Democracy both at the Centre and the
State.
quasi-federal
federal
singular system
dual system
Q40: Which of the following cities of Tamil Nadu got a Geographical
Identification Tag for Turmeric cultivation in 2019?
Salem
Erode
Madurai
Coimbatore
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