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Railway Recruitment Board (C.B.T.) Exam Paper - 1

By Sant Kumar Sharma (Dev Sharma) - February 23, 2017

RRB NTPC Graduate Level Exam-1

Railway Recruitment Board Practice Paper

PART - 1 : GENERAL AWARENESS

(1) A supply function expresses the relationship b/w :
  1. price and output
  2. price and selling cost
  3. price and demand
  4. price and consumption
(2) Goods are meant either for consumption or for investment are called :
  1. Final goods
  2. Giffen goods
  3. Inferior goods
  4. Intermediate goods
(3) Variation in cash reserve ratio and open market operations are instrument of :
  1. Budgetary policy
  2. Trade policy
  3. Fiscal policy
  4. Monetary policy
(4) Who said "man is a social animal" ?
  1. Aristotle
  2. Rousseau
  3. Laski
  4. Plato
(5) "Marginal cost" equals :
  1. Total cost minus total benefit for the last unit produced
  2. total cost divided by total benefit for the last unit produced
  3. total cost divided by quantity
  4. the change in total cost divided by the change in quantity
(6) Extreme forms of markets are :
  1. Perfect competition; Oligopoly
  2. Oligopoly; Monopoly
  3. Perfect competition; Monopoly
  4. Perfect competition; Monopolistic competition
(7) The President of India has the discretionary power to :
  1. Impose President's rule in a state
  2. Appoint the Prime-Minister
  3. Appoint the Chief Election Commissioner
  4. Declare Financial Emergency
(8) The script of the Indus Valley Civilization is
  1. Kharoshti
  2. Undeciphered
  3. Brahmi
  4. Tamil
(9) Which one of the following Literary pieces was written by Krishna Devaraya?
  1. Kaviraj Marga
  2. Ushaparinayam
  3. Anukta Malyada 
  4. Katha Saristhaga
(10) Name 3 important forms of Satyagraha.
  1. Non-Cooperation, Civil Disobedience and Boycott
  2. Boycott, Civil Disobedience and Rebellion
  3. Non-Cooperation, Revolution and Referendum
  4. Revolution, Plebiscite and Boycott
(11) Which Article empowers the president to impose Financial Emergency ?
  1. Article 356
  2. Article 364
  3. Article 352
  4. Article 360
(12) Which of the following subjects does not figure in the concurrent list of our constitution ?
  1. Stock exchanges and Future markets
  2. Protection of Wild animal and Birds
  3. Forests
  4. Trade Unions
(13) The "Grand Canyon" is on the river 
  1. Colorado
  2. Columbia
  3. Ohio
  4. Mississippi
(14) When the East India company was formed, the Mughal Emperor in India was :
  1. Jahangir
  2. Humayun
  3. Aurangzeb
  4. Akbar
(15) Which one of the following events did not take place during the vice royalty of Lord Curzon ?
  1. Establishment of the Department of Archaeology
  2. Second Delhi Durbar
  3. Formation Indian National Congress
  4. Partition of Bengal
(16) Who among the following played a prominent role during the "Reign of Terror" in France ?
  1. Voltaire
  2. Marat
  3. Robespierre
  4. Montesquieu
(17) The highest Waterfall of India is in the state of :
  1. Andhra Pradesh
  2. Assam
  3. Maharashtra
  4. Karnataka
(18) Soil which is prone to intensive leaching due to rain is called
  1. Laterite
  2. Black
  3. Alluvial
  4. Red
(19) Hydroponics is a method of culture of plants without using :
  1. Water
  2. Light
  3. Sand
  4. Soil
(20) The non-green Heterotrophic plants of plant kingdom are :
  1. Mosses
  2. Ferns
  3. Algae
  4. Fungi
(21) The old and worn-out red corpuscles are destroyed in :
  1. Liver
  2. Stomach
  3. Bone marrow
  4. Spleen
(22) Which gland in the human body regulates the secretion of hormones from the pituitary gland ?
  1. Thymus gland
  2. Thyroid gland
  3. Adrenal gland
  4. Hypothalamus gland
(23) Sub-Tropical high pressure belts are otherwise called :
  1. Furious fifties
  2. Screeching sixties
  3. Horse latitudes
  4. Roaring forties
(24) Self-Pollination will lead to :
  1. In breeding
  2. Rare breeding
  3. over breeding
  4. out breeding
(25) In any spreadsheet, the address of the first cell is :
  1. 0A
  2. 1A
  3. A0
  4. A1
(26) Ohm's Law is valid in case of :
  1. Semiconductor
  2. Conductor
  3. Superconductor
  4. Insulator
(27) The laser is a beam of radiations which are :
  1. Non-coherent and monochromatic
  2. Coherent and monochromatic
  3. Non-coherent and Non-monochromatic
  4. Coherent and Non-monochromatic
(28) The pH of Lemon Juice is expected to be :
  1. Equal to 7
  2. Nothing can be predicted
  3. Less than 7
  4. More than 7
(29) An example of heterocyclic compound is :
  1. Naphthalene
  2. Furan
  3. Benzene
  4. Anthracene
(30) Who will be the Brand Ambassador for Assam tourism ?
  1. Neetu Singh
  2. Priyanka Chopra
  3. Anupem Kher
  4. Saurav Ganguly 
(31) The 2017 North East Film Festival (NEFF) has started in which of the following cities ?
  1. Guwahati
  2. Shillong
  3. Kolkata
  4. Pune
(32) The database in which records are kept organised in a tree-like structure is :
  1. Network database
  2. Hierarchical database
  3. Relational database
  4. Object-oriented database
 (33) The endangered species are  listed in what colour data-book ?
  1. Black
  2. Red
  3. Green
  4. Blue
(34) Which one of the following ancient monuments in Delhi is not a World Heritage Monument ?
  1. Red Fort
  2. Jantar Mantar
  3. Humayun's Tomb
  4. Qutub Minar
(35) Which one of the following organizations and its headquarters are wrongly matched ?
Organizations                                                   Headquarters
(a) Interpol                                                          Lyon                                             (b) Universal Postal Union                                 Berne
(c) Food and Agriculture organization                Rome
(d) International Civil Aviation Organization     London

(36) Who is the author of the book "The State of the Nation" ?
  1. Mark Tully
  2. Vinod Mehta
  3. Kuldip Nayar
  4. Fali S.Nariman
(37) Among the following Nobel laureates, who was not a recipient of the Nobel Prize for peace ?
  1. Sir Winston Churchill
  2. Woodrow Wilson
  3. Linus C.Pauling
  4. Norman Ernest Borlaug
(38) Which union territory in India has four districts but none of its districts has a common boundary with its other districts ?
  1. Puducherry
  2. Dadra and Nagar Haveli
  3. Andaman and Nicobar Islands
  4. Chandigarh
(39) The Keibul Lamjao, the only floating national parkin the world is in :
  1. Manipur
  2. Mizoram
  3. Assam
  4. Meghalaya
(40) Which one of the following days is not observed in the month of October ?
  1. Indian Air-Force day
  2. U.N. day
  3. World Environment day
  4. International day of Non-Violence.

PART - 2 : ARITHMETIC ABILITY

(41) The ratio of the quantities of an acid and water in a mixture is 1 ; 3. If 5 litres of acid is further added to the mixture, the new ratio becomes 1 : 2. The quantity of new mixture (in litres) :

  1. 32
  2. 40
  3. 42
  4. 45
(42) Monthly incomes of A and B are in the ratio of 4 : 3 and their expenses bear the ratio 3 : 2. Each of them saves रु 6,000/- at the end of the month, then the monthly income of A is :

  1. रु  2,000/-
  2. रु 24,000/-
  3. रु 30,000/-
  4. रु 60,000/-
(43) The ratio b/w two numbers is 2 :3. If each no. is increased by 4, the ratio b/w them becomes 5 : 7. The difference b/w the numbers is :

  1. 8
  2. 6
  3. 4
  4. 2
(44) A person of height 2m wants to get a fruit which is on a pole of height       (10 ∕ 3)m. If he stands at a distance of (4 ∕ √3)m from the foot of the pole, then the angle at which he should throw the stone, so that it hits the fruit is :

  1. 60°
  2. 45°
  3. 90°
  4. 30°
(45) A sum of रु 12,000/- deposited at compound interest becomes double after 5 years. After 20 years, it will become :

  1. रु 48,000/-
  2. रु 96,000/-
  3. रु 1,90,000/-
  4. रु 1,92,000/-
(46) Simple interest on a certain sum for 6 years is 9 ∕ 25 of the sum. The rate of interest is :

  1. 6%
  2. 13 ∕ 2%
  3. 8%
  4. 17 ∕ 2%
(47) If 17²°° is divided by 18, the remainder is :

  1. 1
  2. 2
  3. 16
  4. 17
(48) If a * n = aⁿ, then the value of 5 * 3 is :

  1. 125
  2. 243
  3. 53
  4. 15
(49) If 1.5 a  = 0.04 b, then the value of b² - a² ∕ b² + ab + a² is :

  1. 730 ∕ 77
  2. 73 ∕ 77
  3. 73 ∕ 770
  4. 74 ∕ 77
(50) If 5 sinθ +12 cosθ = 13, then tanθ =?

  1. 5 ∕ 13
  2. 13 ∕ 5
  3. 12 ∕ 13
  4. 5 ∕ 12
(51) A house and a shop were sold for रु 1 lakh each. In this transaction, the house sale resulted into 20% loss whereas the shop sale into 20% profit. The entire transaction resulted in :

  1. no loss no gain
  2. gain of रु 1 ∕ 24 lakh
  3. loss of रु 1 ∕ 12 lakh
  4. loss of रु 1 ∕ 18 lakh
(52) Divide रु 1,250/- among A, B, C so that A gets 2 ∕ 9 of B's share and C gets  3 ∕ 4 of A's share.

  1. रु 200/-, रु 800/-, रु 250/-
  2. रु 200/-, रु रु 900/-, रु 150/-
  3. रु 150/-, रु 800/-, रु 300/-
  4. रु 200/-, रु 900/-, रु 75/-
(53) If in a circle arc AB=9cm, arc CD=4.5cm and arc EF=1 ∕ 2 arc CD and ∠AOB=80°, then the value of ∠EOF will be :

  1. 80°
  2. 40°
  3. 20­°
  4. 10°
(54) If a+1 ∕ a=6, then (a⁴ + 1 ∕ a⁴) will be :

  1. 1154
  2. 1156
  3. 1158
  4. 1160
(55) The average income of 40 persons is रु 4,200/- and that of another 35 person is रु 4,000/-. The average income of the whole group is :

  1. रु 4,100/-
  2. रु 4,106 ⅓ /-
  3. रु 4,106 ⅔ /-
  4. रु 4,108 ⅓ /-
(56) Three taps A, B, and C can fill a tank in 12, 15 and 20 hours respectively. If A is open all the time and B & C are open for one hour each alternatively, the tank will be full in :
    1. 6 hours
    2. 6 ⅔ hours
    3. 7 hours
    4. 7 ½ hours
    (57) 5 men can do a piece of work in 6 days while 10 women can do it in 5 days. In how many days 5 women and 3 men can do it ?
      1. 4
      2. 5
      3. 6
      4. 8
      (58) A person travels 600 km by train at 80 km ⁄ hr, 800 km by ship at 40 km ⁄ hr and 100 km by car at 50 km ⁄ hr. What is the average speed for the entire distance?

      1. 8000 ∕ 123 km ∕ hr
      2. 60 km ∕ hr
      3. 7385 ∕ 123 km ⁄ hr
      4. 62 km ⁄ hr
      (59) A solid metallic cone of height 10cm, radius of base 20cm is melted to make spherical balls each of 4cm diameter. How many such balls can be made ?
        1. 25
        2. 75
        3. 50
        4. 125
        (60) If a=2+√3, then the value of a²+1 ∕ a² will be :

        1. 14
        2. 16
        3. 14-2√3
        4. 16-2√3
        (61) If ABC and DEF are similar triangles in which ∠A=47° and ∠E=83°, then ∠C is :

        1. 50°
        2. 70°
        3. 60°
        4. 80°
        (62) Three numbers are in the ratio 1 : 2 : 3 and their H.C.F. is 12. The numbers are :

        1. 4 , 8, 12
        2. 5, 10, 15
        3. 10, 20, 30
        4. 12, 24, 36
        (63) A motorist travels along the boundary of a square field of area 1476225 m², at 36 km ⁄ hr. He returns to starting point in :

        1. 8 min, 8 sec
        2. 6 min, 8 sec
        3. 8 min, 6 sec
        4. 6 min, 6 sec
        (64) A sum of रु 800/- amounts to रु 920/- in 3 years at the simple interest rate. If the rate is increased by 3%p.a. . what will be the sum amount to in the same period ?

        1. रु 992/-
        2. रु 962/-
        3. रु 942/-
        4. रु 982/-
        (65) Each edge of a regular tetrahedron is 4 cm. Its volume (in cubic cm) is :

        1. 16√3 ∕ 3
        2. 16√3
        3. 16√2 ∕ 3
        4. 16√2
        (66) A table is sold at a profit of 13%. If it is sold for रु25/-
        more, profit is 18%. Cost price of table is :
        1. रु 100/-
        2. रु 500/-
        3. रु 200/-
        4. रु 1,000/-
        (67) Simplify : { ( 3 ∕ 2+√3) - (2 ∕ 2-√3) } ∕ (2 - 5√3)

        1. 1 ∕ 2 - 5√3
        2. 1
        3. 2 - 5√3
        4. 0
        (68) In the adjoining figure if ∠abc =∠ace, then △ ABC is :










            1. right-angled
            2. isosceles
            3. equilateral
            4. obtuse-triangle
            (69) If the average of x and 1 ∕ x  be 1, then the value of x¹⁰ + 1 ∕ x¹⁰ is :

            1. 0
            2. 1
            3. -2
            4. 2
            (70) Minimum value of x² + (1 ∕  x²+1) - 3 is :

            1. 0
            2. -1
            3. -3
            4. -2

            PART-3 : GENERAL INTELLIGENCE & REASONING

            (71) Smoke : Pollution :: War : ?
            1. Treaty
            2. Destruction
            3. Peace
            4. Victory
            (72) 12 : 30 :: 18 : ?
            1. 44
            2. 45
            3. 36
            4. 42
            (73) 85 : 40 :: 77 : ?
            1. 49
            2. 50
            3. 14
            4. 48
            (74) KNQT : LORU :: ADGJ : ?
            1. DGEF
            2. MPVW
            3. BEHK
            4. FHLO
            (75) DRIVEN : NEVIRD :: BEGUM : ?
            1. EBGMU
            2. MUGEB
            3. MEUBG
            4. BGMUE
            (76) 
            1. Plateau
            2. Plane
            3. Mountain
            4. Hill
            (77) 
            1. 48 - 68
            2. 71 - 87
            3. 5 - 21
            4. 29 - 45
            (78) 
            1. EHIK
            2. LNOQ
            3. TWXZ
            4. ADEG
            (79) 
            1. Across : Along
            2. Small : Large
            3. Day : Night
            4. Up : Down
            (80) Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it ?
            bc_bca_cab_ab_a_ca
            1. abccb
            2. cabca
            3. abcab
            4. cabac
            (81) In the following letter series, how many B C N occur in such a way, that C is in the middle and B & N are on any one side ?
            BCMXNCXNBXNCBNCBYBCXNBCNABONMZCB
            1. 5
            2. 3
            3. 4
            4. 2
            (82) Find out the set among the four sets which is like the given set.
            Given Set is : (6 : 12 : 18)
            1. (6 : 20 : 26)
            2. (30 : 36 : 42)
            3. (4 : 8 : 14)
            4. (12 : 24 : 36)
            (83) Which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following in ascending order ?
            (a) Sending
            (b) Encoding
            (c) Receiving
            (d) Decoding
            1. a, b, c, d
            2. b, a, c, d
            3. b, d, c, a
            4. d, b, a, c
            (84) Arrange the following words as per order in the English dictionary :
            (a) Important
            (b) Impart
            (c) Improvise
            (d) Improve
            1. c, d, a, b
            2. b, a, c, d
            3. a, b, c, d
            4. b, a, d, c
            Directions (85-88) : Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
            (85) 3, 9, 6, 36, 30, ?
            1. 950
            2. 400
            3. 900
            4. 800
            (86) DKY, FJW, HIU, JHS, ?
            1. KGR
            2. KFR
            3. LFQ
            4. LGQ
            (87) 7, 8, 11, 16, 23, ?
            1. 37
            2. 40
            3. 31
            4. 32
            (88) If B=2, BAG=10, then BOX=?
            1. 41
            2. 52
            3. 36
            4. 39
            (89) If DISC is coded as 8749 and ACHE is coded as 3950, then HEAD is coded as :
            1. 3508
            2. 3805
            3. 5038
            4. 5308
            (90) If January first is a Friday, what is the first day of the month of March, in a leap year ?
            1. Thursday
            2. Friday
            3. Tuesday
            4. Wednesday
            (91) Barun is taller than Sanjay. Bipul is taller than Barun. Krishna is also not as tall as Bipul, but is taller than Barun. Who is the tallest ?
            1. Krishna
            2. Sanjay
            3. Barun
            4. Bipul
            (92) Rajan is younger than his father by 20 years. 5 years ago his father was 3 times elder than him. Find the present age of his father.
            1. 35 years
            2. 36 years
            3. 25 years
            4. 30 years
            (93) Sunita is the 11 from either end of a row of girls. How many girls are there in that row ?
            1. 21
            2. 22
            3. 19
            4. 20
            (94) A man said to a woman, "The only son of your brother, is the brother of my wife". How is that woman related to the wife of that man ?
            1. Mother
            2. Grandmother
            3. Aunt
            4. Sister
            (95) From the given alternatives select the word which can be formed using the letters given in the word.
            COMPANIONSHIP
            1. OPINION
            2. NATION
            3. OPEN
            4. OPIUM
            (96) From the given alternatives select the word which CANNOT be formed using the letters of the given word.
            PUNISHMENT
            1. PUSH
            2. NAME
            3. MINT
            4. PEST
            (97) One morning Meena started walking towards the Sun. After walking a while she turned towards her left and again towards her left. After walking while, she turned left. In which is she facing now ? 
            1. West
            2. South
            3. North
            4. East
            (98) Vijay starts walking straight towards East. After walking 75m he turns to the left and walks 25m straight. Again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 40m straight. Again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25m. How far is he from the starting point ?
            1. 50m
            2. 35m
            3. 140m
            4. 115m
            (99) If 
            '+' means 'minus'
            '-' means 'multiply'
            '∕ ' means 'plus'
            'х' means 'divide' , then
            10 х 5 ∕ 3 - 2 + 3 = ?

            1. 21
            2. 36
            3. 5
            4. 53 ∕ 3
            (100) At a birthday party, 5 fiends are sitting in a row. 'M' is to the left of 'O' and to the right of 'P'. 'S' is sitting to the right of 'T', but to the left of 'P'. Who is sitting in the middle ?
              1. P
              2. S
              3. M
              4. O
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                ANSWERS                        

                1 - 3                            41 - 4                        71 - 2
                2 - 1                            42 - 1                        72 - 2
                3 - 4                            43 - 2                        73 - 1
                4 - 1                            44 - 4                        74 - 3
                5 - 4                            45 - 4                        75 - 2
                6 - 3                            46 - 1                        76 - 2
                7 - 2                            47 - 1                        77 - 1
                8 - 2                            48 - 1                        78 - 2
                9 - 3                            49 - 2                        79 - 1
                10 -1                           50 - 4                        80 - 1
                11 - 4                          51 - 3                        81 - 2
                12 - 1                          52 - 2                        82 - 2
                13 - 1                          53 - 3                        83 - 2
                14 - 4                          54 - 1                        84 - 4
                15 - 3                          55 - 3                        85 - 3
                16 - 3                          56 - 3                        86 - 4
                17 - 4                          57 - 2                        87 - 4
                18 - 1                          58 - 1                        88 - 1
                19 - 4                          59 - 4                        89 - 3
                20 - 4                          60 - 1                        90 - 3
                21 - 4                          61 - 1                        91 - 4
                22 - 1                          62 - 4                        92 - 1
                23 - 3                          63 - 3                        93 - 1
                24 - 3                          64 - 1                        94 - 3
                25 - 4                          65 - 3                        95 - 1
                26 - 2                          66 - 2                        96 - 2
                27 - 2                          67 - 2                        97 - 2
                28 - 3                          68 - 2                        98 - 2
                29 - 2                          69 - 4                        99 - 3
                30 - 2                          70 - 4                      100 - 1
                31 - 4
                32 - 2
                33 - 2
                34 - 2
                35 - 4
                36 - 4
                37 - 1
                38 - 1
                39 - 1
                40 - 3
                   





                  



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