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 8 April, 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 8 April, 2021 Shift 2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC CBT-I |
| Phase | 6 |
| Date | 08/04/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the 8 April, 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: Qila Mubarak monument is situated in_____.
Haryana
Panjab
Uttar Pradesh
Rajasthan
Q2: In which plateau is the city of Hyderabad located?
Malwa
Meghalaya plateau
Deccan
Chota Nagpur
Q3: What is Vidyanjali project?
Volunteers in government schools to help scholastic work
Giving free uniform and clothes to government school children
Computer-aided instruction in government schools
Provision for tuition from class 1-8
Q4: With respect to Internet, the full-form of ISP is:
Individual Security Provision
Internet Service Provider
Individual Service Provider
Internet Security Provision
Q5: The metro City which hasn't undergone a name change since independence
is_____.
Chennai
Calcutta
Delhi
Mumbai
Q6: _____was Bairam Khan's son, who became an important person in Akbar's
court.
Abdul Rahim Khan-i-Khanan
Birbal
Abul Fazl
Amir Khusrow
Q7: In economics terminology, NSDL stands for :
National Securities Depositories Limited
National Stock Development Limited
National Securities Development Limited
National Shares Depositories Limited
Q8: Who among the following is considered as the first Law Officer of
Government of India?
Solicitor-General
Senior most Advocate of Supreme Court
Attorney - General
Chief Justice of India
Q9: Who was the guest of Honour for First Republic day parade of India?
President of USA
President of South Africa
President of Pakistan
President of Indonesia
Q10: Sleeping sickness is caused by:
Sand Fly
Tsetse Fly
Mosquito
House fly
Q11: Which of the following is not one of the three business check posts
between India and China?
Nathula Pass
Khyber Pass
Shipki La Pass
Lipulekh Pass
Q12: United Nation Development Programme (UNDP) was founded in the year____.
1960
1955
1965
1945
Q13: Permanent hardness of water can be removed by adding____.
Bleaching Powder
Chlorine
Potassium Permanganate
Washing Soda
Q14: Sriharikota, one of the two space launch stations in India is located
in:
Tamil Nadu
Karnataka
Andhra Pradesh
Kerala
Q15: Silver revolution is concerned with:
Metal
Agriculture
Egg
Milk
Q16: On which island do the Mishing tribes live?
Andaman Island
Lakshadweep
Minicoy
Majuli Island
Q17: A typewriter-like tool, which is used to send data or commands to the
computer is called:
Mouse
Keyboard
Optical Character Reader (OCR)
Joystick
Q18: Chainsoo is a famous food preparation of the state of_____.
Telangana
Maharashtra
Arunachal Pradesh
Uttarakhand
Q19: Which party formed the government in the state of Panjab in Provincial
election of 1937 under British-India rule?
Indian national Congress
Krishak Praja party
Muslim league
Unionist party
Q20: Which company lunched India's first social mobile wallet "Udio"?
Facebook
Oxigen
Transerv
Twitter
Q21: The Iqta system was introduced by _____ in Delhi sultanate in
institutional form.
Qutb-ub-din Aibak
Iltutmish
Gayasuddhin balban
Aram Shah
Q22: Which of the following areas have an uplifted region and saline sandy
flats and swamps?
Ganga Brahmaputra Delta
Konkan Coast
Rann of Kutch
Malabar Coast
Q23: Which inter planetary spacecraft travelling since 2011 from earth
reached Jupiter in July 2016?
Dawn
Juno
Voyager 2
Rosetta
Q24: The securities and exchange board of India was established in_____.
1940
1966
1992
1999
Q25: Who was the first Indian Director of the Indian Institute of Science,
Bangalore?
C V Raman
Morris Travers
Subramanyan Chandrashekhar
APJ Abdul Kalam
Q26: Which article empowers the Indian parliament to include in or exclude
caste, race, tribes from the list of Schedule castes?
Article 43
Article 341
Article 241
Article 200
Q27: Short sightedness is also called as______.
Ametropia
Myopia
Hypermetropia
Presbiopia
Q28: Who was considered as 'father of All Indian Services'?
Lala Lajpat Rai
Lal Bahadur Shastri
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Q29: The first Foreign Minister of independent India was:
V. V. Giri
Baldev Singh
Jawahar Lal Nehru
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Q30: Which bank was formed after the merger of The Bank of Madras, Bank of
Calcutta and bank of Bombay?
Central Bank of India
Imperial Bank of India
Canara Bank
Indian Bank
Q31: Who among the following was the first Indian member of The British
Parliament?
Lokmanya Tilak
Dr. Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Dadabhai Naoroji
Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Q32: Who killed General Dyer, who was responsible for Jallianwala Bagh
Massacre?
Bhagat Singh
Surya Sen
Chandrasekhar Azad
Sardar Udham Singh
Q33: Mechi, a trans-boundary river flowing through India and Nepal is a
tributary of _____river.
Ganga
Mahananda
Godavari
Gandak
Q34: Which of the following mixtures is used to purify Gold?
Aerosol
Nessler's Reagent
Aqua regia
Liquor Ammonia
Q35: Which of the following best describes the dance form 'Gotipua'?
Dance by young boys in Odisha
Girls dancing Bharatnatyam in a temple
Masked dance of Chhattisgarh
Story of Krishna told in pat-Chitras
Q36: Which state under Article 371A has a special status?
Puducherry
Goa
Jammu and Kashmir
Nagaland
Q37: The final approval of Five year plans in India is done by:
Reserve Bank of India
National Development Council
Planning Commission
Finance Ministry
Q38: With which economical revolution in India, M.S.Swaminathan is
associated?
Pink Revolution
White Revolution
Yellow Revolution
Green Revolution
Q39: Which freedom fighter popularized the term "Satyameva Jayate" from the
Mundaka Upanishad?
Mahatma Gandhi
Swami Vivekananda
Madan Mohan Malviya
Subhash Chandra Bose
Q40: The friction in liquids is called:
Rancidity
Rigidity
Morbidity
Viscosity
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