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 January 08, 2021 exam, along with solutions.
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Complete GK questions of RRB NTPC January 08, 2021 Shift-2 Paper:
| Exam | RRB NTPC |
| Phase | 1 |
| Date | 08/01/2021 |
| Test Time | 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM |
Below is the complete set of GK questions that appeared in the RRB NTPC January 08, 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: Who is considered the father of computers?
Alan turing
John Atanasoff
Charles Bachman
Charles Babbage
Q2: Which sector is the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases?
Waste
Agriculture
Energy
Land use change
Q3: Which is the longest railway line in the world?
Trans-Siberian Railway
The Union- Pacific railway
The Australian Trans-Continental Railway
Trans-Canadian Railway
Q4: The region where farmers specialise in vegetables only, this type of
farming is known as :
Mixed farming
Collective farming
Cooperative farming
Truck farming
Q5: Which state in India has the biggest consumption of fertliser(in Kg Per
hectare)?
Punjab
Andhra Pradesh
West Bengal
Haryana
Q6: Which of the following Heritage sites has the Dravidian style of
architecture?
Ellora
Khajuraho
Konark
Hampi
Q7: What was India’s Rank in Human Development Index, 2019?
129
147
139
152
Q8: Which gas is needed for photosynthesis?
Oxygen
Carbon mono oxide
Hydrogen
Carbon dioxide
Q9: Which of the following is a cause for Migration of unskilled workers?
Ambience
Pollution
Population
Poverty
Q10: Which Indian female shooter had won the gold medal in individual 10 m
air rifle women event at the 2019 ISSF World Cup in New Delhi?
Heena Sidhu
Apurvi Chandela
Anjum Moudgil
Manu Bhaker
Q11: Name the recently added 17th zone of the Indian Railway.
Kolkata Metro
Delhi Metro
Konkan Railway
East Central Railway
Q12: The full form of BHEL is ______
Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited
Bharat Heavy Electronics Limited
Bureau of Heavy Electricals Limited
Bureau of Heavy Electronics Limited
Q13: Who said in the Constituent assembly debate on 27 August 1947, “I
believe separate electorates will be suicidal to the minorities."
R V dhulekar
'Govind Bhallabh Pant
B. Pocker Bahadur
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Q14: Nobel Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi is associated with which of the
following organization?
Bachpan Bachao Andolan
SOS village
Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
Child Relief and You
Q15: As per flag code of India 2002, What should be the position of the
Indian flag when it is displayed along with flags of other countries in a
straight line?
Extreme right
Anywhere in the row
In the middle
Extreme left
Q16: Name the first student satellite built by Indian high school student
team and launched by NASA.
SRMsat
Anusat
Kalamsat
Pratham
Q17: Name the Kalvari class submarine launched in Mumbai in Nov 2020.
INS Karanj
INS Khanderi
INS Arighat
INS Vagir
Q18: Which function key in Excel helps to switch to edit mode?
F2
F5
F7
F3
Q19:
Which famous revolutionary set up base near Satar river in Jhansi in the 1920’s using the alias, Pandit Harishankar Brahmachari?
Udham singh
Bhagat singh
Khudiram Bose
Chandrashekhar Azad
Q20: Which place was called the “nursery of the Bengal army"?
Punjab
Bengal
Awadh
Eastern Uttar Pradesh
Q21: Name the youngest-ever UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador.
Lionel Messi
Lily singh
Priyanka Chopra
Millie Bobby Brown
Q22: What is the code name of India’s first successful Nuclear test?
Operation Shakti
Operation Vijay
Smilling Buddha
Laughing Buddha
Q23: Name the cyclone that hit Odisha and West Bengal in May 2020.
Hudhud
Bulbul
Amphan
Fani
Q24: Which of the following has been written by Munshi Premchand?
Kamayani
Yama
Chidambara
Sevasadan
Q25: Which one of the following was a measure taken under the Rowlatt Act?
Restriction on traveling abroad.
Forced to buy foreign goods.
Restriction on wearing Khadi.
Imprisonment without trial.
Q26: CSIR scientists have conducted a genetic study for the first time in
India. Where has the study been conducted?
Andaman
Kochi
Lakshwadeep
Hyderabad
Q27: As per Public affair Index 2020 (PAI-2020), which of the following
state emerged as the best governed state in the country?
Maharashtra
Punjab
Kerala
Gujrat
Q28: Litmus solution is derived from ______
Petunia
Cabbage leaves
Hydrangea
Lichen
Q29: In May 2019, the last captive White tiger of Mumbai died. What was the
name of the tiger?
Bajirao
Shivaji
Balaji
Vishwanath
Q30: The three laws of motion were proposed by:
Edison
Galileo
Aristole
Newton
Q31: Where was the first oil well discovered in Assam?
Digboi
Moran Hugrijan
Rudrasagar
Naharkatiya
Q32: Whom did Mahatma Gandhi consider his mentor in politics?
Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Gopal Krishna Gokhale
Lala Lajpat Rai
Raychandbhai
Q33: Name the Buddhist text that comprises rules for monks.
Tipitaka
Vinaya Pitaka
Abhidhamma Pitaka
Sutta Pitaka
Q34: What is the full form of COBOL?
Common Business Oriented Language
Common Business Organised Language
Computer Basic Operation Language
Computer Business Oriented Language
Q35: What is the momentum of an object having mass of 14 kg and velocity 28
m/s?
1/392 kg-m/s
2 kg-m/s
392 kg-m/s
0.5 kg-m/s
Q36: The 2020, UNESCO/Guillermo Cano Press Freedom Prize has been awarded to
______
Jineth Bedoya Lima
Mahmud Abu Zeid
Reeyot Alemu
Cheng Yizhong
Q37: Which other movement was combined with the non-cooperation movement in
1920?
August Kranti
Khilafat Movement
Swadeshi Movement
Home Rule Movement
Q38: Which of the following state has the highest wind energy production in
India?
Maharashtra
Karnataka
Odisha
Tamil Nadu
Q39: Which city has bagged the second spot in the Swacch Sarvekshan award
for 2020?
Surat
Chandigarh
New Delhi
Bhopal
Q40: On being criticized for borrowing features from other countries for the
constitution, who said the following- “Nobody holds any patent rights in the
fundamental ideas of a constitution.
Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Dr. BR Ambedkar
C. Rajgopalachari
Jawahar Lal Nehru
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