RRB NTPC EXAM Study Notes General Awareness Part 11 #RRB #NTPC

President Pranab Mukherjee –
• Vice President – Hamid Ansari
– Sumitra Mahajan • Lok Sabha, speaker
• M. . Thambidurai – the deputy speaker, Lok Sabha
– Hamid Ansari • Rajya Sabha, chairman
• P. J. Kurien – Deputy Chairman, Rajya Sabha
• Narendra Modi – the speaker, policy (NITI) commission
• Arvind Panagaṛiyā – Vice President of policy (NITI) commission
• Dr. Vijay Kelkar – Chairman, 13th finance commission
• Y. V. Reddy – Chairman, 14th finance commission
• P. V. Reddy – President, 19st law commission
• E. P. Shah – President, 20st law commission
• Attorney General Mukul rohatgi –
• Ranjit Kumar – India’s attorney,
• Dr. R. Chidambaram – Government of India’s chief scientific adviser
• Ajit Doval – National Security Advisor
• Ajit Seth – Cabinet Secretary
• S. Jaishankar – Foreign Secretary
• Ashok Kumar Mukherjee – United Nations organization in India’s permanent representative
• Shekhar Sen – President, Sangeet Natak Academy
•. . Chakraborty – President, Lalit Kala Academy
• V. P. Tiwari – President, Sahitya Akademi
• R. . Srivastava – Chairman, Indian vimānapattanama authority of India (AAI)
• Ratna Kumar Sinha – Chairman, Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
• S. S. Bajaj – Chairman, Atomic Energy Regulatory Board (Aerb)
• S. S. Manthā – Chairman, all council bhāratīyatakanīkī education (Aicte)
• Praphula Patel – President, all India Football Federation (Aiff)
• Rohit Nandan – President, air India (AI)
• Gautam Sen Gupta – Director, archaeological survey of India (ASI)
• Sunil Kānōriyā – President, associated caibarsa of kāmarsa and industries of India (Assocham)
• Shekhar Basu – Director, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC)
• Jagmohan Dalmiya – chairman, board of control for cricket in India (BCCI)
• Anupam Srivastava Co – Chairman Managing Director (Sī’ēmaḍī), Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd. (BSNL)
– Shashi Kant Sharma • Comptroller And Auditor General (Cag Comptroller)
• – Anil Kumar Sinha, Director, Central Bureau of investigation (CBI)
• Poor Joshi – Chairman, central board of sēkēṇḍarī education (CBSE)
• Anita Kapoor – Chairman, central board of direct taxes (Cbdt)
• Pravīna Mahajan – Chairman, central of excise and customs (Cbec) board
• Pahalāja Nihalani – Chairman, central board of film certification (Cbfc)
• Nandita Das – President, Indian child film society (Cfsi)
• Mediate Mathur – Chief Information Commissioner (CIC)
• Dr. Nasim Zaidi – Chief Election Commissioner (CEC)
• Ajay. S. Shriram, President – Federation of Indian Industry (Cii)
• T. S. Thakur-Supreme Court Chief Justice (Cji)
• D. R. Deshmukh – President, company law board (Clb)
• M ओ. Garg – Director of scientific and industrial research (Csir) Council
• Premchand Kariyappā – Chairman, Central Social Welfare Board (Cswb)
• Rajiv – (acting) Central Vigilance Commissioner (CVC)
• Ashwin Pandya, Chairman – Kēnndrīya Water Commission (CWC)
• Maṅgū Singh – Manager, Director, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (Dmrc)
• R. . Mathur – President, defence research and development organisation (Drdo)
• Harsha Nē’ōtiyā – President, Phikkī (Ficci)
• Ashok Kumar Roy – Chairman and managing director, general insurance corporation (Gic)
• Niśī Vāsudēvā – President, hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (Hpcl)
• Dinēśvara Sharma – Director, Intelligence Bureau (IB)
• T. M. Bhasin – President, Indian Baiṅkas Association (Committees)
•. Raghu – President, Indian Cārṭarḍa’ēkā’uṇṭēṇṭsa Institute (Icai)
• S. Ayappana – Director General, Indian Council of agricultural research (Icar)
• Bāsudēva Chatterjee – President, Indian Council of historical research (Ichr)
• M. S. Raghavan – Industrial Development Bank of India (IDBI)
• M. Aslam – Vice-Chancellor, Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU)
• N. Ramachandran – President, Indian Olympic Association (Ioa)
• B. Ashok – President, Indian Oil Corporation (IOC)
• T. S. Vijayan – involving rēgūlēṭarī & development ŏthōriṭī ŏpha’iṇḍiyā (Irdai)
• E. S. Kiran Kumar, chairman – bhāratīya’antarikṣa research organisation (ISRO)
• S. . Roy – President, life insurance corporation of India (LIC)
• E. . Garg – President, Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (Mtnl)
• Harṣakumāra Bhanavālā – President, NABARD (NABARD)
• Anśumana das – chairman and managing director, National Aluminium Company Limited (Nalco)
•. . Natarajan – Chairman, National Association of software and service companies (Nasscom)
• R. Chandra Shekhar – President, National Association of software and sanrvisakampanīja (Nasscom)
• V. Ēśvaraiyā – Chairman, National Commission for backward classes (Ncbc)
• D. . Jain – chairman, national consumer disputes redressal commission (Ncdrc)
• Pravīna Sinaklēyara – Director, provided by consumer disputes redressal commission (Ncert)
• Wajahat Habibullah – Chairman, National Commission for minorities (NCM)
• P. L. Puniyā – Chairman, National Commission for scheduled castes (Ncsc)
• Rameshwar Ōrŏna – Chairman, National Commission for scheduled tribes (Ncst)
• Lalitha Kumaramangalam – Chairman, National Commission for women (ncw)
• T. Nanda Kumar – Chairman, Rāṣṭrīyaḍēyarī Development Council (Nddb)
• B. N. Kirapāla – Chairman, National Forest Commission (NFC)
• Ramesh sippy – chairman, National Film Development Corporation (Nfdc)
• R. V. Singh – Chairman, national highways authority of India (nhai)
• R. S. T. Psi – Chairman, National Hydroelectricity Corporation (NHPC)
•. G. Balakrishnan – Chairman, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC)
• Sharad Kumar, Director-general – the National Investigation Agency (Nia)
• Arupa Roy Chowdhury – Chairman and managing director, power (Ntpc)
• S. . Srivastava – President, oil India Limited (Oil)
• D. . Saraf – Chairman and managing director, oil and natural gas corporation (Ongc)
• C. . Prasad – Chairman, Press Council of India (Disable)
• – Mahendra Mohan Gupta, Chairman, press trust of India (PTI)
• Rajendra Khanna – Director, research and analysis wing (Raw)
• E. . Mittal – Chairman, Railway Board (RB)
• Raghuram Gobind Rajan – Governor, reserve bank of India (RBI)
• C. S. Verma – President, steel ŏthōriṭī of India Limited (Sail)
• Arūndhatī Bhattacharya – Chairman, state bank of India (SBI)
• U. . Sinha – Chairman, securities and exchange board of India (SEBI)
• Amitva Bhattacharya – President, staff selection commission (SSC)
• Rajiv Khullara – President, Indian Telecom Control Authority of India (trai)
• Vēdaprakāśa Tomar – Chairman, University Grants Commission (UGC)
• Deepak Gupta – Chairman, Union Public Service Commission (UPSC)
• General Dalbir Singh – Land Haq
• Admiral R. . – water dhōvana haq
• Air Chief Marshal, raha, Assam – Air ul haq
● D. . Readers – Director-General, Border Security Force (BSF)
• Arvind Rajan – Director, Central Industrial Security Force (Cisf)
• Prakash Mishra, Director-General – Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF)
• Vanśīdhara Sharma – Director, Central Armed Border Force (SSB)
• Krishna Chaudhary – Director, Indo-Tibetan Border Police (Itbp)
• Jayantō Narayan – Director, National Security Gāḍrsa (Nsg)
• Vice-Admiral. G. Thapaliyāla – Director, Indian Coast Guard (Icg) force
• Anerood Chakraborty – Director National Kaiḍēṭa Corps (NCC)

Important Questions for Railway Exam :

Important Questions for Railway Exam :
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1. When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?
(A) 1982 (B) 1989 (C) 1984 (D) 1992 (Ans : C)
2. Shatabdi Express train was started in–
(A) 1984 (B) 1988 (C) 1990 (D) 1985 (Ans : B)
3. At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?
(A) Jamshedpur (B) Patiala (C) Perambur (D) Varanasi (Ans : B)
4. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?
(A) Central Railway (B) Northern Railway
(C) Eastern Railway (D) Western Railway (Ans : C)
5. The railway station situated in the extreme south is–
(A) Chennai (B) Cochin (C) Kanyakumari (D) Trivandrum (Ans : C)
6. A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called–
(A) dock platform (B) passenger platform
(C) island platform (D) goods platform (Ans : C)
7. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?
(A) 1952 (B) 1950 (C) 1951 (D) 1954 (Ans : B)
8. In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?
(A) 1954 (B) 1957 (C) 1959 (D) 1967 (Ans : B)
9. Railway Staff College is situated at–
(A) Bangalore (B) Secundrabad (C) Chennai (D) Vadodara (Ans : D)
10. Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organisation situated?
(A) Lucknow (B) Bangalore (C) Pune (D) New Delhi (Ans : A)
11. Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?
(A) South-Central Railway – Secunderabad
(B) Central railway – Bhopal
(C) South Railway – Chennai
(D) North Railway – New Delhi (Ans : B)
12. Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?
(A) From Calcutta to Delhi (B) From Mumbai to Thane
(C) From Mumbai to Surat (D) From Mumbai to Madras (Ans : B)
13. When was the first train in Indian started?
(A) 1851 (B) 1852 (C) 1853 (D) 1854 (Ans : C)
14. In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India were established?
(A) Lord William Bentick (B) Lord Cornwallis
(C) Lord Kenning (D) Lord Dalhousie (Ans : D)
15. A station where the rail lines end, is called
(A) junction station (B) way-side-station
(C) block station (D) terminal station (Ans : D)
16. How much distance was traveled by first train of India?
(A) 33 km (B) 36 km (C) 34 km (D) 46 km (Ans : C)
17. What is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines?
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Fourth (Ans : D)
18. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR)?
(A) 4300 Km (B) 3700 Km (C) 4290 km (D) 5298 km (Ans : B)
19. The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at–
(A) Mumbai (V.T) (B) Guwahati (C) Gorakhpur (D) New Delhi (Ans : C)
20. When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?
(A) 15th Jan, 1958 (B) 15th Jan, 1955
(C) 2nd Jan, 1956 (D) 14th April, 1952 (Ans : A)
21. The headquarters of North -Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR) is–
(A) Calcutta (B) Maligaon (Guwahati)
(C) Chennai (D) Gorakhpur (Ans : B)
22. In which of the following cities, the first sub-way train was started?
(A) Mumbai (B) Delhi (C) Calcutta (D) Chennai (Ans : C)
23. General Manger is responsible for–
(A) Railway Board (B) Railway Ministry
(C) Both railway Board and Railway Ministry (D) None of these (Ans : A)
24. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at–
(A) Mumbai (V.T) (B) Chennai
(C) Secundrabad (D) Mumbai (Central) (Ans : C)
25. The headquarters of Northern Railway is at–
(A) New Delhi (B) Guwahati (C) Gorakhpur (D) Mumbai (V.T) (Ans : A)
26. The headquarters of South Railways is situated at–
(A) Calcutta (B) Chennai (C) Delhi (D) Mumbai (Ans : B)
27. In which institution the training of electric work is being given?
(A) Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
(B) Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering
(C) Railway Staff College
(D) Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering (Ans : B)
28. Who invented the railway engine?
(A) Charles Babbage (B) Isaac Newton
(C) James Watt (D) George Stephenson (Ans : D)
29. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Insttitue situated?
(A) Nasik (B) Baroda (C) Jamalpur (D) Pune (Ans : C)
30. Metro Railway is functioning in which of the following Indian States?
(A) Gujarat (B) Maharashtra (C) West Bengal (D) Tamil Nadu (Ans : C)
31.The zone with the minimum length is
(A) North-Eastern Railway (B) North-Eastern Frontier Railway
(C) South-East Railway (D) South-Central Railway (Ans : B)
32. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Institute situated?
(A) Pune (B) Chennai (C) Nasik (D) Sikandrabad (Ans : A)
33. How many training institutions of Railways are in India?
(A) Three (B) Four (C) Five (D) Six (Ans : C)
34. What is the position of the Indian Railway under the zonal system?
(A) First (B) Second (C) Third (D) Forth (Ans : B)
35. Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?
(A) Broad gauge (B) Meter gauge
(C) Narrow gauge (D) Special gauge (Ans : C)
36. Where is the extreme north of India a railway station?
(A) Jammutavi (B) Amritsar (C) Pathancoat (D) Guwahat (Ans : A)
37. How many institutions do give suggestions for railways technology?
(A) One (B) Two (C) Three (D) Four (Ans : B)
38. Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at–
(A) Perambur (B) Varanasi (C) Kapurthala (D) Bangalore (Ans : B)
39. The manufacturing of steam engine in Chittranjan Locomotive Works was stopped in–
(A) 1974 (B) 1961 (C) 1971 (D) 1973 (Ans : C)
40. The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following places?
(A) Kapurthala (B) Chittranjan (C) Perambur (D) Bangalore (Ans : C)
41. Indian Railways which is the largest of the Public Sector Enterprises, is divided in how many regions?
(A) 7(B) 9 (C) 8(D) 10 (Ans : B)
42. Besides Mahrashtra, Karnataka and Goa, which of the following is the fourth State for Konakan Railway Project?
(A) Kerala (B) Tamil Nadu (C) Gujarat (D) Andhra Pradesh (Ans : A)
43. Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which year?
(A) 1988 (B) 1972 (C) 1982 (D) 1965 (Ans : C)
44. When was the Central Railway established?
(A) 5th Nov 1951 (B) 14th Nov 1951 (C) 14th April 1951 (D) 16th August, 1951 (Ans : A)
45. Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?
(A) Northern region (B) Western region
(C) North-Western region (D) Central Region (Ans : B)
46. The largest national enterprise of India is–
(A) Indian Railway (B) Indian Shipyard
(C) Airways (D) None of these (Ans : A)
47. The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on–
(A) November 1950 (B) October 1950
(C) September 1949 (D) October 1954 (Ans : A)
48. Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways situated?
(A) Chittranjan (B) Kapurthala (C) Bangalore (D) Perambur (Ans : C)
49. When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway?
(A) 1965 (B) 1963 (C) 1967 (D) 1965 (Ans : D)
50. Where is the headquarters of Central Railway situated?
(A) Mumbai (V.T) (B) Mumbai (Church Gate)
(C) Gwalior (D) Gorakhpur (Ans : A)

RRB NTPC EXAM Study Notes General Awareness Part 6 #RRB #NTPC

1. A cricketer lowers his hands while catching the ball which saves him from injury because of

A. conservation of momentum B. conservation of energy C. Newton’s third law of motion

D. Newton’s second law of motion

ANS:A. conservation of momentum

2. Which one of the following properties of glass is used in green house to trap heat on a sunny day?

A. it obstruct the short wave infrared radiation emitted by very hot objects.

B. it is transparent to short wave radiation but obstruct long wave infrared radiation.

C. it obstruct the short wave infrared radiation emitted by very hot objects. D. None of the above

ANS:B. it is transparent to short wave radiation but obstruct long wave infrared radiation

3. Which of the following is the unit of Pressure?

A. Pascal B. Lux C. Joule D. Newton

ANS:A. Pascal

4. The length of the pendulum that takes 1 sec too swing in each direction is about

A. 69 cm B. 99 cm C. 112 cm D. 137 cm

ANS:B. 99 cm

5. The process of removing calcium and magnesium from hard water is known as

A. Water softening B. Sedimentation C. Filtration D. Flocculation

ANS:A. Water softening

6. The instrument used to see the distant objects on the Earth is

A. Terrestrial telescope

B. Astronomical telescope

C. Compound microscope

D. Simple microscope

ANS:A. Terrestrial telescope

7. Which one of the following pairs is correct matched

A. Duodenum – Pancreas

C. Mouth – Salivary glands

B. Stomach – Gastric glands

D. All of the above

ANS:D. All of the above

8. The swing of a spinning cricket ball in the air can be explained on the basis of

A. Bernoulli’s theorem B. buoyancy of air C. turbulence caused by wind D. sudden change in wind direction

ANS:A. Bernoulli’s theorem

9. The study of the interaction of antigens and anti-bodies is called

A. hematology B. argiolgy C. cryobiology D. serology

ANS:D. serology

10. Which of the following statements are NOT true about proteins

1. Protein is a complex organic compound of carbon hydrogen, oxygen and nitrogen.

2. It is a long chain molecule composed of amino acids joined by peptide bonds.

3. Proteins does not provide energy.

4. Vegetables proteins are found in cheese, eggs, fish, meat and milk.

A. 1,2

B. 3,4

C. 1,

3 D.

All are true

ANS:B. 3,4

RRB NTPC EXAM Study Notes General Awareness Part 5 #RRB #NTPC

1. What do calories measure?

A. Weight B. Movement C. Temperature D. Heat

ANS:D. Heat

2. The clear sky looks blue because of

A. Dispersion of light B. Diffraction of light C. Reflection of light D. Refraction of light

ANS:B. Diffraction of light

3. The hardest substance known is

A. Tungsten B. Steel C. Diamond D. Platinum

ANS:C. Diamond

4. Food can be cooked quicker in a pressure cooker because

A. Steam remains within the cooker. B. No heat is lost.

C. High pressures steam has high temperature. D. It is made of metal.

ANS:C. High pressure steam has high temperature.

5. The acid used in a car battery is

A. Nitric acid B. Sulphuric Acid C. Hydrochloric Acid D. Carbonic Acid

ANS:B. Sulphuric Acid

6. Friction can be reduced by changing over from

A. Rolling to Sliding B. Sliding to Rolling C. Dynamic to Static

D. Potential energy to Kinetic energy

ANS:B. Sliding to Rolling

7. In summer, sometimes the bicycle tube bursts because inside the tube

A. Volume of the air decreases. B. Weight of the air increases.

C. Pressure of the air decreases. D. Pressure of the air increases.

ANS:D. Pressure of the air increases.

8. Which is the largest gland in the human body?

A. Gastric B. Liver C. Pancreas

D. Salivary Click for answer

ANS:B. Liver

9. Which vitamin is produced under the skin in the early morning sunlight ?

A. Vitamin A B. Vitamin B C. Vitamin C D. Vitamin D Click for answer

ANS:D. Vitamin D

10. Deficiency of which vitamin causes ‘ night blindness’ in children ?

A. Vitamin A B. Vitamin B C. Vitamin C D. Vitamin D

ANS:A. Vitamin A