Welcome to our series of practice questions for the RRB Technician Grade 3 exam! In this post, we’ve compiled the General Knowledge (GK) questions from the 30 December, 2024 Shift 3 exam. These questions are presented in a multiple-choice format to help you practice effectively.
Preparing with real shift-based GK questions is a great way to familiarize yourself with the exam pattern, boost your confidence, and improve your performance. Let’s get started!
Exam Overview
Before diving into the GK questions, it’s important to understand the structure of the RRB Technician Grade 3 exam. The exam typically includes multiple subjects, each with a specific marks allocation. Below is a table showing the subject-wise marks distribution:
| Subjects | No. of Questions | Maximum Marks |
|---|---|---|
| General Awareness | 10 | 10 |
| General Intelligence and Reasoning | 25 | 25 |
| Mathematics | 25 | 25 |
| General Science | 40 | 40 |
RRB Technician Grade 3 Paper: 30 December, 2024 Shift 3
- Duration: 90 minutes.
- Negative Marking: 1/3 marks deducted for wrong answers.
- Shift: 3 (4:30 PM - 6:00 PM)
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Q1: Which of the following statements is correct for a homogeneous mixture of sugar in water?
Water is the solvent.
Both water and sugar are solvents.
Sugar is the solvent.
Water is the solute.
Q2: Which of the following reactions is an example of double displacement reaction?
Fe(s) + CuSO₄ (aq) → FeSO₄ (aq) + Cu(s)
Pb(s) + CuCl₂ (aq) → PbCl₂ (aq) + Cu(s)
Na₂ SO₄ (aq) + BaCl₂ (aq) → BaSO₄ (s) + 2NaCl (aq)
Zn(s) + CuSO₄ (aq) → ZnSO₄ (aq) + Cu(s)
Q3: TakeMe2Space (TM2Space), an innovative space technology firm, is based in which city of India?
New Delhi
Chennai
Hyderabad
Kolkata
Q4: Which of the following describes dendrites?
Short and unbranched
Short and branched
Long and branched
Long and unbranched
Q5: What is the title of the book by Nandan Kamath that won the Sports Book of the Year award in 2024?
Spirit of Sports
The Winning Mindset
Boundary Lab
Playing It My Way
Q6: Which new initiative was launched by the government on National Sports Day 2024?
National Sports Scholarship Scheme
Retired Sportsperson Empowerment Training (RESET) Programme
Fit India Movement
National Fitness Challenge
Q7: Identify the name of an alloy formed when mix of copper and tin (Cu and Sn)?
Solder
Gold
Brass
Bronze
Q8: At which event was Ram Charan awarded the title of Ambassador for Indian Art and Culture?
Cannes Film Festival 2024
International Film Festival of India 2024
Toronto International Film Festival 2024
Indian Film Festival of Melbourne (IFFM) 2024
Q9: Consider a parallel combination of 3 resistors \( R_1 \), \( R_2 \) and \( R_3 \) with currents \( I_1 \), \( I_2 \) and \( I_3 \), respectively. Which of the following is true? (I = total current, \( R_{eq} \) = equivalent resistance of the circuit)
\( I = I_1 + I_2 + I_3 \)
\( R_{eq} = R_3 + \frac{R_2 R_1}{R_2 + R_1} \)
\( \frac{1}{I} = \frac{1}{I_1} + \frac{1}{I_2} + \frac{1}{I_3} \)
\( R_{eq} = R_1 + \frac{R_2 R_3}{R_2 + R_3} \)
Q10: What is the value of \( x \) for balanced chemical equation
\( 3Fe + xH_2O \rightarrow Fe_3O_4 + 4H_2 \)?
3
1
4
5
Q11: Which of the following unicellular organism change their shape?
Yeast
Bacteria
Paramoccium
Amoeba
Q12: Parbati Baruah was awarded the Padma Shri-2024. For which achievement is she known?
Tiger conservation
Rhino conservation
Lion conservation
First woman mahout
Q13: Most mature plant cells have a ______ that helps to maintain the turgidity of the cell and store important substances including wastes.
large central vacuole
chromoplasts
leucoplasts
small ribosome
Q14: Who took oath as Chief Minister for the second time and the first to assume office after the scrapping of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir?
Shri Omar Abdullah
Shri Farooq Abdullah
Mehbooba Mufti
Shri Manoj Sinha
Q15: CaO(s) + H₂O(l) → Ca(OH)₂(aq) + Heat, this reaction is called:
Wurtz fitting reaction
combination reaction
decomposition reaction
Wurtz reaction
Q16: Which of the following elements does NOT usually form molecules and is found in its atomic form?
Hydrogen
Oxygen
Helium
Nitrogen
Q17: Which of the following is/are called biological catalysts?
Hydrochloric acid
Mucus
Digestive juices
Enzymes
Q18: The fragmentation method of reproduction is shown in ______.
Amoeba
Spirogyra
Hydra
Plasmodium
Q19: If the roots of a plant always grow downwards due to geotropism, then the growth of pollen tubes towards ovules is due to ______.
hydrotropism
phototropism
geotropism
chemotropism
Q20: In which of the following situations is potential energy being stored?
Pushing a vehicle on the plane road
Moving a pencil across a table
Lighting a matchstick
Stretching a rubber band
Q21: By which unit do the successive members of the homogenous series CH₄, C₂H₆, and C₃H₅ differ from each other?
CH₂
CH₄
CH
CH₃
Q22: The centre of curvature of a concave mirror lies ______ the mirror, whereas it lies ______ the mirror for a convex mirror.
behind, in front of
in front of, in front of
in front of, behind
behind, behind
Q23: Which of the following forms a common passage for both the sperms and urine in males?
Vas deferens
Urethra
Scrotum
Urinary bladder
Q24: ATP is broken down giving rise to a fixed amount of energy that can drive the endothermic reactions taking place in which cell organelle of a cell?
Ribosome
Lysosome
Mitochondria
Chloroplast
Q25: A student in a lab noted the pH value of a solution to be 10. Which of the following statements is correct about a solution?
A solution is acidic with a high hydroxide ion concentration.
A solution is acidic with a high hydrogen ion concentration.
A solution is basic with a high hydrogen ion concentration.
A solution is basic with a high hydroxide ion concentration.
Q26: Which of the following chemical reactions represents the displacement reaction?
\( C(s) + O_2(g) \rightarrow CO_2(g) \)
\( CaO(s) + H_2O(l) \rightarrow Ca(OH)_2(aq) \)
\( 2AgCl(s) \rightarrow 2Ag(s) + Cl_2(g) \)
\( Zn(s) + CuSO_4(aq) \rightarrow ZnSO_4(aq) + Cu(s) \)
Q27: Select the correct statement related to the characteristics of prokaryotic cell.
Nuclear region is well defined and surrounded by nuclear membrane.
It has more than one chromosome.
It has a single chromosome.
Membrane bound cell organelles are present.
Q28: Which of the following after fertilisation grows rapidly and ripens to form a fruit. Meanwhile, the petals, sepals, stamens, style and stigma may shrivel and fall off?
Ovule
Gynoecium
Ovary
Pistil
Q29: What was India’s rank in the 2024 Global Hunger Index (GHI), a tool used to measure and track hunger at the global, regional and national levels?
110
119
105
111
Q30: Which of the following is NOT an abiotic component of the ecosystem?
Rainfall
Soil
Wind
Grass
Q31: The motion of the moon around the earth is due to the:
Centrifugal force
Coriolis force
Coulomb force
Centripetal force
Q32: Which of the following colours of light is bent through a minimum angle when passing through a glass prism?
Green
Blue
Violet
Yellow
Q33: After fertilisation, which of the following develops a tough coat, is gradually converted into a seed and the zygote divides several times to form an embryo within it?
Pistil
Ovary
Gynoecium
Ovule
Q34: The power input in a circuit P can be expressed in terms of voltage V and current I in the circuit as follows:
\( P = VI \)
\( P = VII \)
\( P = V^2 I \)
\( P = V^2 / I \)
Q35: Which of the following can increase the work done by a force on an object?
Reducing the mass.
Reducing the displacement.
Reducing the force.
Increasing the displacement.
Q36: The danger signal lights are usually red in colour because red is:
not scattered at all by fog or smoke
highest reflected by fog or smoke
least scattered by fog or smoke
highest scattered by fog or smoke
Q37: 1 kW power is equal to ______ (kW stands for kilowatt.)
1000 J/s
10 J/s
100 J/s
1 J/s
Q38: The term ‘Catenation’ is used to define a unique property of carbon. Which of the following gives the correct definition of catenation?
Unique ability to form bonds with other atoms of carbon.
Unique ability to form bonds with other atoms of hydrogen.
Unique ability to form bonds with other atoms of nitrogen.
Unique ability to form bonds with other atoms of oxygen.
Q39: Nayab Singh Saini was appointed the Chief Minister of ______ in October 2024.
Himachal Pradesh
Jharkhand
Haryana
Punjab
Q40: Identify the INCORRECT statement about muscle tissue.
The limbs have voluntary muscles.
Muscle tissues are made up of cuboidal cells.
Microscopes reveal alternate light and dark bands in voluntary muscles.
Special contractile proteins are present in muscles.
Q41: Which of the following banks launched a special debit card for visually impaired customers in October 2024?
HDFC Bank
State Bank of India
Punjab National Bank
Canara Bank
Q42: The SI unit of universal gravitational constant G is:
\(N \, m^2 / kg^{-1}\)
\(N \, kgm^2\)
\(N \, m^2 / kgs^{-1}\)
\(N \, m^2 / kg^2\)
Q43: Where should the object be placed around the concave mirror to ensure that the size of the image is the same as the size of the object?
Between focus F and centre of curvature C
At focus F
At C, centre of curvature
Between focus F and pole P
Q44: The cause of being the refractive index(μ) of transparent medium > 1, is:
Speed of light in vacuum < speed of light in transparent medium
Wavelength of light gets change as it moves from denser to rarer medium
Speed of light in vacuum > speed of light in transparent medium
Speed of light in vacuum = speed of light in transparent medium
Q45: On 30th September 2024, Union Minister for Information and Broadcasting Ashwini Vaishnaw announced that the jury had selected veteran film actor ____________ as the recipient of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Lifetime Achievement Award for 2022.
Asha Bhosle
Mithun Chakraborty
Shah Rukh Khan
Rajinikanth
Q46: If the matrix of bone cells contains calcium and phosphorus compounds, then what do we find in the matrix of cartilage?
Proteins and sugars
Phosphorus and sugars
Proteins and fats
Calcium and sugars
Q47: Which of the following scientists proposed the ‘Law of Constant Proportions’?
Ernest Rutherford
E Goldstein
JJ Thomson
Joseph Proust
Q48: If the cross-sectional area of a conductor is doubled, other factors remaining the same, the resistivity of the conductor will be:
same
halved
one fourth
doubled
Q49: Which of the following is NOT an example of homogeneous mixture?
A mixture of iron nails in water
A mixture of copper sulphate in water
A mixture of salt in water
A mixture of sugar in water
Q50: Which of the following options represents the number of neutrons present in aluminum?
15
14
27
13
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