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 July, 2021 exam, along with solutions.
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Complete RRB NTPC 31 July, 2021 Shift 2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 7 |
| Date | 31/07/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 31 July, 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: Fireworks get their colour from metal salts. Which of the following
metal salts produces green coloured firework display?
Gold
Calcium
Sodium
Barium
Q2: The introductory page of a website, typically serving as a table of
contents for the site is known as the _______.
Title Page
Home Page
Desk Page
Tool Page
Q3: India's first synthetic drug _____ was developed by Council of
Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR).
Norodin
Methaqualone
Laudanum
Ergoapiol
Q4: The ________ border is the world's fifth largest border.
India-Nepal
India-Myanmar
India-Bangladesh
India-Bhutan
Q5: As per UNESCO, Ellora caves are group of how many caves?
34
32
38
36
Q6: What is Linux?
App
Operating System
Hardware
Software
Q7: What is the traditional classical dance of Assam?
Kathak
Sattriya Nritya
Chhau
Bihu
Q8: A pixel is:
the smallest resolvable part of a picture
a picture stored in secondary memory
a programming language
a computer program
Q9: Argon is a commonly used gas to fill incandescent light bulbs because
argon is _______.
reactive
inert
abundant
lightest
Q10: In which of the following districts is the Dul Hasti Power Station
situated?
Donda
Poonch
Kishtwar
Anantnag
Q11: Who was the president of Indian National Congress in 1907?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Womesh Chandra Bannerjee
Rashbihari Ghosh
Dadabhai Naoroji
Q12: A wave has a frequency of 50 Hz and a speed of 36 m/s. What is the
wavelength of this wave?
0.36 m
2.78 m
0.72 m
1.39 m
Q13: Article 280 of the Constitution of India deals with _________.
Equality
Education
Privacy
Finance Commission
Q14: On whose death, Jawaharlal Nehru said "The light went away from our
lives"?
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Rabindranath Tagore
Subhash Chandra Bose
Mahatma Gandhi
Q15: 'Amir-al-Khayl' is an Arabic title that is usually translated
'Commander of the Faithful' or 'Leader of the Faithful'. Who among the
following was given this designation?
Malik Ikhtiar-ud-din Altunia
Naseeruddin Mohd
Jamal-ud-Din Yaqut
Muiz ud din Bahram
Q16: What was the main reason for boycotting Simon Commission?
The chairman was Sir John Simon.
All members of the commission were British.
All the members of the commission were inexperienced.
Lala Lajpat Rai was critically injured in a lathi charge related to the
commission.
Q17: Which of the following does not belong to short-lived climate
pollutants?
Black carbon
Hydroflurocarbons
Methane
Ammonia
Q18: Which ministry controls the 'Saubhagya Yojana' launched by the Central
Government in 2017?
Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas
Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers' Welfare
Ministry of Power
Ministry of Finance
Q19: Formaldehyde is used in which of the following options?
Refrigerators
Air conditioners
Perfumes
Fire extinguishers
Q20: The lethal war with Kalinga transformed the vengeful Emperor Ashoka to
a stable and peaceful emperor and he became a follower of _______.
Hinduism
Buddhism
Jainism
Vedanta
Q21: In 2019, Pune-based scientist _______ bagged the second prize of
ϵ25,000 in an international competition named 'Elsevier Foundation-ISC3
Green and Sustainable Chemistry Challenge', which is a German Chemistry
prize.
Ankur Patwardhan
Amar Gupta
Tapan Mishra
Meghnad Saha
Q22: Acid rains occur when the atmosphere is heavily polluted with:
NH3 and SO3
CO and CO2
SO2 and NO2
smoke particles
Q23: Currently, which state has the maximum number of Lok Sabha seats?
Maharashtra
Gujarat
Rajasthan
Uttar Pradesh
Q24: Which of the following nutrients is provided to plants from soil?
Nitrogen
Hydrogen
Carbon
Oxygen
Q25: In which of the following plant groups does the seeds develop inside an
ovary which then ripens to become a fruit?
Thallophyta
Pteridophyta
Angiosperms
Gymnosperms
Q26: Which two land masses does the Palk Strait separate?
North America and South America
Malay Peninsula and Indonesian island of Sumatra
India and Sri Lanka
Africa and Europe
Q27: Money bill can be introduced _________.
only in Lok Sabha
by either house of Parliament
only in Rajya Sabha
by neither Lok Sabha nor Rajya Sabha
Q28: Who wrote the book 'Capital and Growth'?
James Marshall
AR Rodon
Adam Smith
John Hicks
Q29: As of December 2020, who is the Chairman of the Insurance Regulatory
and Development Authority of India (IRDA)?
V S Narendra Chandra
Shubhash Chandra Khuntia
G R Surya Kumar
Pratibha Singh
Q30: India's first manned space mission have been targeted to launch by
Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) in the year ________.
2022
2024
2027
2025
Q31: The Institute of Forest Biodiversity (IFB) is situated in _______.
Hyderabad
Jammu
Kerala
Rajasthan
Q32: White one of the following articles of Indian Constitution deals with
the tenure of the President?
Article 55
Article 54
Article 53
Article 56
Q33: In which year the first electric train of India was introduced?
1925
1950
1920
1940
Q34: _______ introduced the famous Persian festival of 'Nauroz'.
Bughra Khan
Nasiruddin Mahmud
Shamsuddin Kayumars
Ghiyasuddin Balban
Q35:
In 2018, Piyush Goyal, Minister of Railways & Coal launched a mobile
app called ______. The app enables commuters to lodge complaints against
Indian Railways and check real-time feedback on the status of redressal of
these complaints.
Train Madad
Rail Yatri
Train App
Rail Madad
Q36: Which of the following launched the RISAT (Radar Imaging Satellite)?
PSLV-C48
PSLV-C43
PSLV-C37
PSLV-C46
Q37: As of December 2020 who is the governor of Sikkim?
Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil
VP Singh Badnore
Ganga Prasad
Banwarilal Purohit
Q38: Which of the following was Asia's first nuclear reactor?
CIRUS
Dhruva
ZERLINA
Apsara
Q39: Which organisation is termed as 'a Child of War'?
UNESCO
League of Nations
UNICEF
UNO
Q40: Among the following rivers, which is a good example of a superimposed
drainage system?
Gomti
Subarnarekha
Brahmaputra
Ganga
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