Part-5

Traditional General Knowledge

6. The Dree Festival, an important agricultural
1. Art and Culture festival, is primarily celebrated by the Apatani
tribe in the state of………..
(i). Festival (a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) West Bengal (d) Arunachal Pradesh
1. Shogatsu is a newyear celebration in which of RRB Group-D 17-09-2022 (Shift-II)
the following country? Ans. (d) : Dree Festival is famous crop harvest festival
(a) France (b) Japan celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh by Apatani tribe.
(c) New Zealand (d) Brazil The Apatani are a tribal group of people living in the
RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-III) zero valley in lower Subansiri district of Arunachal
Pradesh.
Ans. (b) : Shogatsu is a new year celebration in Japan.
It is celebrated from 1 January to 3 January. 7. In which of the following states of India is
'Sazo' festival celebrated?
2. On which day is Gudi Padwa celebrated in the (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Telangana
month of Chaitra as per the Hindu calendar?
(c) Karnataka (d) Jharkhand
(a) First (b) Fourth
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(c) Second (d) Fifth
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-I) Ans. (a) : Sazo is an ancient festival celebrated in
Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh.
Ans. (a) : As per Hindu calender, the first day of the
Chaitra month is celebrated as Gudi Padwa. It marks the 8. In which of following states of India is the
cultural festival 'LOSAR' celebrated?
traditional new year of Marathi and Konkani Hindus
and celebrated in Maharashtra, Goa, Madhya Pradesh (a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Nagaland
and UT's of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and (c) Goa (d) Karnataka
Div. RRB Group-D 14-09-2022 (Shift-I)
3. Solung celebrated on September 1 every year is Ans. (a) : 'LOSAR' that means New year in Tibetan is
the most popular festival of Adis Tribe of mainly celebrated in Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh and
which state? some parts of Sikkim state.
(a) Sikkim (b) Meghalaya 9. Hornbill and Moatsu Festivals are
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tripura predominantly celebrated in which of the
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(a) Nagaland (b) Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (c) : 'Solung' is the most popular festival of the
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) West Bengal
Adi Tribe of Arunachal Pradesh which is celebrated on
September 1 every year. It is a harvest festival RRB Group-D 12-09-2022 (Shift-I)
performed after sowing of seeds and transplantation, to Ans. (a) : Hornbill and Moatsu both festivals are
seek prosperity and a good harvest. predominantly celebrated in the state of Nagaland.
4. In which state is the 'Solung' festival 10. Which of the following is a spring festival
celebrated? celebrated in Goa?
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh (a) Sarok (b) Pongtu
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Himachal Pradesh (c) Shigmotsav (d) Chindang
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Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c) : Shigmahotsav or Shigmo festival is
celebrated in the Goa. It is the festival of a rich golden
5. Which of the following festivals is associated harvest of paddy by tribal communities of Goa.
with the state of Assam?
11. Pawl Kut is the greatest of all the festivals
(a) Baisakhi (b) Bihu
celebrated in the state of ............
(c) Onam (d) Pongal (a) Meghalaya (b) Kerala
RRB Group-D 30-08-2022 (Shift-I) (c) Goa (d) Mizoram
Ans. (b) : RRB Group-D 11-10-2022 (Shift-II)
State Festival Ans. (d) : Pawl Kut is the greatest of all the festivals
Assam Bihu celebrated in the state of Mizoram. Once all the harvests
Punjab Baisakhi are over, this harvest festival is celebrated with great
Kerala Onam fun. The festival is usually celebrated either in the
Tamil Nadu Pongal month of December or January.

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12. The Purandaradasa Aradhana is principally a 18. During which of the following festivals is the
……….. Festival. Puli Kali (Tiger dance) event the main
(a) Classical Music (b) Dance attraction?
(c) Martial Art (d) Theater (a) Onam (b) Baisakhi
RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-I) (c) Bihu (d) Pongal
Ans. (a) : The Purandaradasa Aradhana is principally a RRB Group-D 11-10-2022 (Shift-III)
classical music festival. It is the annual Aradhana of Ans. (a) : Puli Kali is a form of folk art, dance, music
Kannada Saint Composer Purandaradasa, who is and drama that depicts the theme of tiger hunting.
considered as "The Pitamah" of Carnatic music. Performers are pointed like tigers and hunters in yellow,
red and black, and they enact their roles to the beats of
13. Nawroz is popularly known as the new year of instruments like Udukku and Thakil. This peculiar event
which religious group/community? is a major attraction in one of the popular festivals in
(a) Sikhism (b) Buddhism South India, Onam.
(c) Muslim (d) Parsi
19. The Ram Navami festival in India is celebrated
RRB Group-D 11-10-2022 (Shift-I) as a Hindu festival on the .............. which marks
Ans. (d) : The Parsi new year is known as Nawroz or the birth of Lord Ram.
pateti, which marks the beginning of Iranian calendar. (a) ninth day of Sharad Navratri
It is celebrated around the world by various (b) ninth day of Sawan month of Vikram Sambat
communities. Calendar
Nawroz is the day of the vernal equinox the moment the (c) ninth day of Chaitra Navratri
sun crosses the celestial equator and equal night and (d) ninth day of Phalguna month of Vikram
days.
Sambat Calendar
14. Most popularly celebrated in Maharashtra and RRB Group-D 07-10-2022 (Shift-II)
Gujarat, the Parsi New Year is known
as…………and marks the beginning of the Ans. (c) : Ram Navami festival is celebrated on the
Iranian calendar. ninth day of Chaitra month, which is the first month of
(a) Losoong (b) Bestu Varas the traditional Hindu calendar.
(c) Navreh (d) Nawroz 20. Which Indian state celebrates the Moatsu
RRB Group-D 17-09-2022 (Shift-I) festival?
(a) Nagaland (b) Arunachal Pradesh
Ans. (d) : Parsi New year is celebrated to mark the
beginning of the new Iranian calendar Nawroz literally (c) Manipur (d) Mizoram
means new day. Traditions of celebrating Parsi New RRB Group-D 07-10-2022 (Shift-III)
Year begun over 3000 years ago. Ans. (a) : The Moatsu is a festival celebrated by Ao
15. Navruz Festival is related to which of the people of Nagaland. This is a festival of community
following religious community? bonding celebrated in the 1st week of May for 3 days.
(a) Parsis (b) Buddhists 21. On which day do Christians commemorate
(c) Jains (d) Sikhs Jesus Christ's crucifixion?
RRB Group-D– 17/08/2022 (Shift-II) (a) Good Friday (b) Easter
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. (c) Christmas (d) Halloween
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16. Ramadan is ………… month of the Islamic
calendar and the holy month of fasting. Ans. (a) : Good Friday is observed on the Friday
(a) eighth (b) tenth preceding Easter Sunday. It marks the day when Jesus
(c) ninth (d) Seventh Christ was crucified. Good Friday is one of the biggest
festivals of the Christian community around the world.
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22. Which is the most popular festival among the
Ans. (c) : Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic
Garos tribe of Meghalaya?
calendar and the holy month of fasting. During this
month, Muslims observe a strict daily fast from dawn (a) Wangala Festival (b) Yaoshang Festival
until sunset. They are not allowed to eat or drink, not (c) Porag Festival (d) Nuakhai Festival
even water, during these day light hours. RRB Group-D 22-08-2022 (Shift-I)
17. Which Indian state celebrates Rongali Bihu, a Asn. (a) : Wangala Festival of Meghalaya is a most
spring dramatic-cultural festival? popular festival among the Garos tribes of Meghalaya,
(a) Tripura (b) Meghalaya India. Wangala Festival is a harvest festival held in
(c) West Bengal (d) Assam honour of Saljong, The Sun-God of fertility. The
RRB Group-D 07-10-2022 (Shift-I) celebration of the Wangala Festival marks the end of a
Ans. (d) :Bihu is a set of three important Assam's period of Toil, which brings good output of the fields.
festivals in the Indian state of Assam. 23. Buhsu Jiba is a festival celebrated in the state
Name of Bihu Month of _________.
Rongali or bohog Bihu April (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Odisha
Kongali or Kati Bihu October (c) Sikkim (d) Nagaland
Bhogali or Magh Bihu January RRB Group-D 19-09-2022 (Shift-I)
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Ans. (d) : Buhsu Jiba is a festival celebrated in the state 28. The famous festival of India, Makar Sankranti
of Nagaland. It is basically a post-harvest festival and is celebrated in which month?
usually falls in the month of January every year after all (a) March (b) January
the hard earned grains of paddy are harvested, thrashed (c) July (d) May
and stored in the granaries. RRB Group-D 24-08-2022 (Shift-I)
24. Which cultural festival of India is a ten-day Ans. (b) : Every year Markar Sankranti is celebrated
festival of classical dance, folk art and light in the month of January. This festival is dedicated to
music, and is held every year between the Hindu religious Sun God Surya.
February and March at Shilpgram? 29. The Annual Boat Race Festival is held in which
(a) Taj Mahotsav state?
(b) Hampi Dance Utsav (a) Kerala (b) Odisha
(c) Natyanjali Utsav (c) Goa (d) Tamil Nadu
(d) Nishagandhi Festival RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-III)
RRB Group-D 24-08-2022 (Shift-III) Ans. (a) : The Annual Boat Race Festival is held in the
Ans. (a) : The Taj Mahotsav is an annual 10 day (from Indian state of Kerala.
18 to 27 February) event at Shilpgram in Agra. 30. Which of the following festivals is associated
Hampi Dance Utsav- Organised during the month of with Jharkhand?
October and November in Hampi village near (a) Losar (b) Chavang Kut
Vijaynagar in the state of Karnatka. (c) Tusu (d) Saga Dawa
Natyanjali is an annual dance festival commemorating RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-III)
Hindu deity Shiva. It is currently organised by Ans. (c) : Tusu festival is a folk festival held on the last
collaborative efforts of the Department of Tourism, day of the Bengali month of Poush i.e., Makar
Tamil Nadu and Natyanjali Trust. Sankranti. Tusu festival is associated with south-eastern
Nishagandhi dance festival organised by Kerala part of Jharkhand.
Tourism Department, is a one week festival of classical Losar – Sikkim, H.P., Ladakh, Arunachal Pradesh
dance. It usually happens in the last week of January Chavang Kut – Manipur
every year. Saga Dawa – Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh
25. On which of the following occasions is 31. The festival 'BONALU' is celebrated in which
'Natyanjali Utsav' celebrated in Tamil Nadu of the following states in India?
every year?
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
(a) Janmashtami (b) Diwali
(c) Karnataka (d) Telangana
(c) Pongal (d) Mahashivratri
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Ans. (d) : The festival 'BONALU' is celebrated in the
Ans. (d) : 'Natyanjali Utsav' is celebrated on the Indian state Telangana. It is a traditional Hindu festival
occasions of Mahashivratri in Tamil Nadu every year. centered on the Goddess Mahakali.
It is usually dedicated to God Nataraja, an incarnation
of Lord Shiva. 32. Which of the following is worshipped by people
during the festival of Pongal?
26. Saga Dawa festival is celebrated in which of the (a) God Shiva (b) The Moon
following Indian states? (c) Maa Durga (d) The Sun
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh RRB Group-D 18-08-2022 (Shift-I)
(c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Kerala
Ans. (d) : Pongal is a festival celebrated by the Tamil
RRB Group-D 22-08-2022 (Shift-III) Community. The festival is aimed at paying gratitude to
Ans. (c) : Saga Dawa is a very famous Buddhist festival the Sun and Mother Nature (form animals etc) that
celebrated by the Monpas in the Tawang district of helped to contribute in gaining good harvest.
Arunachal Pradesh. The festival is celebrated in the
33. Gurpurab is one of the holiest festivals of
fourth month of the lunar calendar which coincides with
the month of May. Sikhism, celebrated to commemorate the birth
anniversary of:
27. Which festival revives and preserves the rich
(a) Guru Amar Das (b) Guru Tegh Bahadur
culture of Nagaland, and showcases its
extraordinary traditions? (c) Guru Nanak Dev (d) Guru Govind Singh
(a) Thrissur Pooram Festival RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-I)
(b) Hornbill Festival Ans. (c) : Gurpurab is one of the holiest festivals of
(c) Losar Festival Sikhism, celebrated to commemorate the birth
anniversary of Guru Nanak Dev.
(d) Thaipusam Festival
Guru Nanak Dev was the founder of Sikhism and he is
RRB Group-D 25-08-2022 (Shift-I) the first of the ten Sikh Gurus.
Ans. (b) : Hornbill festival revives and preserves the 34. The _____ festival is celebrated in West Bengal,
rich culture of Nagaland and showcases its extra Assam and some other states of India and often
ordinary traditions, usually it is celebrated between 1st coincides with the festival of Holi in the month
and 10th December every year. of March.
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 (a) Rongker (b) Bheldiya 39. Which of the following festivals is the mark of
(c) Doljatra (d) Baishagu the triumph of Rama, an avatar of Vishnu,
RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-II) over the 10-headed demon king Ravana?
Ans. (c) : The Doljatra festival is celebrated in West (a) Dussehra (b) Ram Navmi
Bengal, Assam and some other states of India and often (c) Holi (d) Rakshabandhan
coincides with the festival of Holi in the month of RRB Group-D– 30/09/2022 (Shift-I)
March. Ans.(a) : Dussehra festival is celebrated to remember
It is celebrated on a full moon day, and is dedicated to Lord Rama's victory over Ravana marking the triumph
Lord Krishna. of good over evil.
35. Rama Navami is a Hindu spring festival that 40. 'Beating the Retreat' officially denotes the end
commemorates God Rama's birthday, which of which National Festival of India?
usually comes in the month of ______. (a) Independence Day (b) Gandhi Jayanti
(a) June (b) July (c) Constitution Day (d) Republic Day
(c) April (d) August RRB Group-D– 26/08/2022 (Shift-I)
RRB Group-D– 06/10/2022 (Shift-I) Ans.(d) :Beating retreat in India officially denotes the
Ans.(c) : Rama Navami is a Hindu spring festival that end of Republic day festivities. It is conducted on the
commemorates God Rama’s birthday; which is usually evening of 29 January by the Ministry of Defence.
celebrated in the month of April. 41. The Nabakalebara festival is celebrated in
36. Where is the Lokrang Utsav celebrated? which of the following states?
(a) Nagaland (b) Madhya Pradesh (a) Odisha (b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Sikkim (d) Rajasthan (c) Haryana (d) Karnataka
RRB Group-D– 30/09/2022 (Shift-III) RRB Group-D– 29/08/2022 (Shift-III)
Ans.(b) : The Lokrang Utsav is most famous fairs and Ans.(a) : The Nabakalebara festival is celebrated in the
festivals in Madhya Pradesh. The five day long state of Odisha.
spectacular show of folk dance and music commences This festival is the ritualistic recreation of the
on Republic Day of India, 26th January, every year. wooden icons of four Hindu deities at Jagannath
Temple Puri.
37. Select the correct sequence of states according
to the given sequence of cultural festivals The ritual is performed during the 8th, 12th or
th
celebrated in the respected states. 19 year after the previous Nabakalebara.
Hampi Dance Utsav, Mamallapuram Dance 42. Nabakalebar is a ritual in which the wooden
Utsav, Nishagandhi Festival, Taj Mahotsav figures of Lord Jagannath, Balabhadra,
(a) Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Uttar Subhadra and Sudarshan are periodically
Pradesh renewed. Where is the Nabakalebar Rath
Yatra held?
(b) Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Uttar
(a) Brindavan (b) Puri
Pradesh
(c) Somnath (d) Mathura
(c) Uttar Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Kerala,
Karnataka RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-I)
(d) Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Kerala, Uttar Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
Pradesh 43. Which of the following festivals is also known
RRB Group-D– 26/09/2022 (Shift-II) as 'peerla panduga' ?
Ans.(b) : Some of the famous cultural festivals of (a) Bakrid (b) Lailat al-Qadr
Karnataka are Hampi Dance Utsav, Pattadakal Dance, (c) Muharam (d) Ramadan
Ugadi and Karaga festival etc. Popular festivals in RRB Group-D– 06/10/2022 (Shift-III)
Tamil Nadu are Mamallapuram Dance Utsav, Pongal, Ans.(c) : Muharam festivals is also known as peerla
Jallikattu and Mahamaham festival etc. Kerala is most panduga. It is an important festival in the state of
popularly known for its major festivals like Onam, Telangana. Muharram is a festival marked by
Vishu, Theyyam, Attukal Pongal and Nisha Gandhi processions.
Dance festival. Taj Mahotsav is cultural festival of Uttar 44. Which of the following festivals is also known
Pradesh. as 'Vijayadashmi' ?
38. Which of the following festivals is associated (a) Dussehra (b) Pongal
with the state of Odisha?
(c) Diwali (d) Onam
(a) Ambubachi (b) Pongtu
(c) Raja Parba (d) Porag RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-III)
RRB Group-D– 29/08/2022 (Shift-I) Ans.(a) : Vijaydashmi, is also called Dussehra in some
parts of India. The festival marks the end of Navratri.
Ans.(c) : Raja Parba is a festival associated with the In this festival, Hindu burn effigies of Ravana which
state of Odisha. signifies the end of evil.
Ambubachi - Assam
45. Which is the seven-day long festival celebrated
Pongtu - Arunachal Pradesh
in the north-eastern state of Assam that marks
Porag - Assam the beginning of the Assamese New Year ?
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 (a) Moatsu Festival 51. _________ is a festival of the tribal population
(b) Dehing Patkai Festival of Jharkhand.
(c) Bohag Bihu Festival (a) Bushu (b) Sarhul
(d) Majuli Festival (c) Yemshe (d) Tuluni
RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-II) RRB Group-D– 18/09/2022 (Shift-II)
Ans.(c) : The Bohag Bihu calls for huge celebration Ans. (b) : Sarhul is a festival of the tribal population of
beginning from April 14 each year. The festival is Jharkhand. Sarhul festival marks the beginning of New
observed for 7 days. Year. Sarhul means worship of trees. Being close to
46. Which festival is known as Magh Bihu in nature, these tribes start the Sarhul festival with the
Assam? worship of trees and other elements of nature.
(a) Raksha Bandhan (b) Holi 52. Sarhul is the main festival of the tribal
(c) Dussehra (d) Makar Sankranti population of which of the following states?
RRB Group-D– 06/10/2022 (Shift-II) (a) Assam (b) Meghalaya
Ans.(d) : Makar sankranti is known as Magh Bihu in (c) Nagaland (d) Jharkhand
Assam. Magh bihu or Bhogali Bihu which is a harvest RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-II)
festival and marks the end of harvesting season comes Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
from the word bhog which means eating and enjoyment. 53. The tribal people of which Indian state
It marks the end of harvesting season in the month of celebrate Sarhul festival where a sal tree is
Magha (January- February) worshipped for health and prosperity?
47. Which of the following is NOT a location for (a) Meghalaya (b) Rajasthan
the Kumbha mela religious festival ? (c) Jharkhand (d) Gujarat
(a) Bodh Gaya (b) Allahabad RRB NTPC (State-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-I)
(c) Haridwar (d) Ujjain Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB Group-D– 09/09/2022 (Shift-III)
54. In which state is the 'Chalo Loku' festival
Ans.(a) : Kumbh Mela is organised every 12th year at 4 celebrated?
different location of India viz. Haridwar (Ganga), Ujjain (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh
(Kshipra River), Prayagraj (Ganga-Yamuna Sangam). (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Anunachal Pradesh
Nashik (Narmada river). It is major Hindu Pilgrimmage
Festival. RRB Group-D– 17/08/2022 (Shift-I)
48. Which Muslim festival is celebrated to mark Ans. (d) : Chalo Loku is a harvest festival that is
the culmination of the hajj (pilgrimage) rites at celebrated in Arunachal Pradesh in the month of
Mina , Saudi Arabia, near Mecca ? October-November annually.
(a) Milad un-Nabi (b) Eid Al-Adha 55. The Nabakalebara festival is observed at the
(c) Muharram (d) Eid-Ul-Fitr Jagannath Temple, Odisha. In this festival, new
idols are made from neem loges and are
RRB Group-D– 09/09/2022 (Shift-III) replaced during the_____.
Ans.(b) : Eid Al-Adha is celebrated to mark the (a) Paryushana (b) Maun Agiyaras
culmination of hajj rites at Mina, Saudi Arabia. (c) Adhik Masa (d) Dasveh Patshah
Muharram is the first month of Islamic calendar. Eid-ul-
Fitr is celebrated by Muslims to – mark the end of RRB Group-D– 05/09/2022 (Shift-III)
months- long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan. Ans.(c) : The Nabakalebara festival is observed at the
Jagannath Temple, Odisha. In this festival new idols are
49. The Kharchi Pooja festival is widely celebrated
made from neem logs and are replaced during the Adhik
in the state of _______.
Masa. Gajapati Ramachandra Deba is considered as the
(a) Tripura (b) Gujarat founder of the Nabakalebara festival.
(c) Telangana (d) Uttarakhand
56. With which state is Nabakalebara festival
RRB Group-D– 09/09/2022 (Shift-II)
associated?
Ans.(a) : Kharchi Pooja Festival is celebrated in the (a) Assam (b) Odisha
state of Tripura. The festival involves the worship of the (c) West Bengal (d) Sikkim
fourteen gods forming the dynasty deity of the Tripuri
people. RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
50. Which of the following festivals is Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
predominantly celebrated in Varanasi on a full 57. Which god is worshipped during the Hindu
moon day, 15 days after Diwali, on the ghats or festival, Chhath Puja?
River Ganga? (a) Lord Indra (b) Lord Krishna
(a) Makar Sankranti (b) Rath Yatra (c) Lord Ganesh (d) Lord Surya
(c) Chhath Pooja (d) Dev Deepawali RRB Group-D– 05/09/2022 (Shift-II)
RRB Group-D– 18/09/2022 (Shift-I) Ans. (d) : Lord Surya and his wife, Chhati Maiya, also
Ans. (d) : Dev Diwali is celebrated in Varanasi at the known as Lord Usha, are worshipped at the Chhath
bank of River Ganga. On a full moon day, 15 days after Puja. Chhati Maiya is credited with the blessing of a
Diwali. child, prosperity, and good health.
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58. Which of the following festivals is celebrated in 64. The cultural festival 'Thrissur Pooram' is
the month in the month of January every year? celebrated in which state?
(a) Ugadi (b) Onam (a) West Bengal (b) Telangana
(c) Gudi Padwa (d) Pongal (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
RRB Group-D– 05/09/2022 (Shift-I) RRB Group-D– 22/09/2022 (Shift-I)
Ans. (d) : Pongal is a harvest festival celebrated by the Ans. (c) : Theissur Pooram is a festival held every year
Tamil community. It is a celebration to thank the Sun, at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in Thrissur, Kerala on
Mother Nature and the various farm animals that help to the Pooram Day. (The day when the moon rises with the
contribute to a bountiful harvest celebrated over four days, Pooram star in the Malayalam Calendar month of
Pongal also marks the beginning of the Tamil month called Medan.
Thai, which is considered an auspicious month. It usually State Festival
falls on the 14th or 15th of January each year.
Kerala Onam, Vishu, Makara Vilakku
59. Pongal, a harvest festival is dedicated to Karnataka Ugadi
the_______.
West Bengal Durga Puja.
(a) Goddess Saraswati (b) God of Fire
(c) Sun God (d) Goddess Ganga 65. The Thrissur Pooram festival of Kerala is held
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-III) ____ at the Vadakkunnathan Temple in
Thrissur town.
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. (a) Quarterly (b) Annually
60. Vesak, the festival that is observed on the full- (c) Weekly (d) Monthly
moon day of the lunar month of Vaisakha, RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 16/06/2022 (Shift-III)
which falls in April or May, is the festival for
which religion? Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
(a) Jainism (b) Buddhism 66. The Jewish festival of lights is called:
(c) Jews (d) Sikhism (a) Anthurium (b) Hanukkah
RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-III) (c) Hornbill (d) Nauraj
Ans. (b) : Vesak is the festival that is observed on the RRB Group-D– 15/09/2022 (Shift-I)
full-moon day of the lunar month of Vaisakha, which Ans. (b) : Jewish festival of lights is called Hanukkah.
falls in April or May, it is the festival of Buddhists. This festival that begins on Kislev 25 (usually in
Vesak is also known as Buddha Jayanti, Buddha December, according to the Gregorian calendar) and is
Purnima and Buddha Day. celebrated for eight days.
61. Ramadan or Ramazan is the ______ month of 67. Which of the following festivals of Odisha State
Islamic calendar and is observed by Muslims commemorates the rich maritime history of
worldwide as a month of fasting. Odisha that is celebrated throughout the state?
(a) 8th (b) 9th
(c) 6th (d) 7th (a) Chhath Puja (b) Bali Yatra
RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-I) (c) Rath Yatra (d) Amla Navami
Ans. (b) : Ramadan /Ramazan Arabic Ramadan, in RRB Group-D– 15/09/2022 (Shift-II)
Islam is the ninth month of the Muslim Calendar and
the holy month of fasting. It begins and ends with Ans. (b) : Bali Yatra, a festival that commemorates the
appearance of the crescent moon. rich maritime history of Odisha is celebrated throughout
the state. In the historic city of Cuttack, a week-long
62. Vishu is one of the very famous festival of
event is organized starting from the day of Kartika
which of the following states of India?
Purnima.
(a) Odisha (b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat (d) West Bengal 68. Which of the following festivals is not
RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-I) celebrated in January every year?
(a) Lohri (b) Onam
Ans. (b) : In Sanskrit language 'Vishu' means 'equal'
and it is an important festival celebrated in the state of (c) Bhogali Bihu (d) Pongal
Kerala, and it is a festival of Malayali Hindus. The RRB Group-D– 22/09/2022 (Shift-II)
festival is celebrated all across India with different Ans. (b) : Onam Festival is the most famous festival
names. In Assam Vishu festival is celebrated as Bishu celebrated in Kerala, India. The harvest festival of
whereas in Punjab the festival is called as Baisakhi. Kerala also called the festival of rain flower is ten-day
63. Which of the following festivals is mainly long festival celebrated with Kerala. It is celebrated
celebrated in Vadakkunnathan temple of during Chingam (a month in Malyalam calendar) that
Kerala? usually starts between mid August and lasts up to mid-
(a) Thrissur Pooram (b) Bastar Dussehra September.
(c) Kullu Dussehra (d) Thiruvathira 69. Which of the following is a famous festival
RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-II) among the people belonging to the Angami
Ans. (a) : Kerala biggest temple festival Thrissur tribe in Nagaland?
Pooram is celebrated every year with a lot of pomp and (a) Vairamundi (b) Kambala
fervour at Vadakkunnathan (Shiva) Temple in the city (c) Sekrenyi (d) Tula Sankramana
of Trissur. RRB Group-D– 20/09/2022 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (c) : The Sekrenyi festival is the biggest festival of Ans. (a) : The unique festival of flowers Bathukamma
Angami tribe of Nagaland and it falls on the 25th day of is a colourful and vibrant festival of Telangana and is
Angami month of Kezei. It is a celebration of celebrated by women, with flowers that grow
purification accompanied with feasting and singing. exclusively in each region.
70. Nuakhai is an agricultural or harvesting 76. People of Punjab and Haryana celebrate
festival mainly observed by people of which Baiskhi festival or Vaishkhi by thanking God
state in India? for good ______.
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Manipur (a) harvest (b) health
(c) Odisha (d) Kerala (c) life (d) climate
RRB Group-D– 18/09/2022 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-II)
Ans.(c) : Nuakhai is the harvest festival of western Ans. (a) : Baisakhi is the festival which is celebrated
Odisha. Nua means new, and khai means to eat. The with ardent fervour and great excitement in the state of
occasion marks the consumption at Ist harvest crops and Punjab and Haryana every year. It is a very significant
falls on the day following Ganesh Chaturthi. festival for the Sikh religion. On this day, the tenth
71. Baisakhi festival is celebrated in the month of Guru of Sikh, Guru Govind Singh established the pious
_______ in India. Khalsa Panth. Also, farmers celebrate this day to mark
(a) January (b) March the good harvesting of Rabi Crop. Thus this festival is
(c) April (d) February also known as 'The Harvest festival of Punjab'.
RRB Group-D– 01/09/2022 (Shift-III) 77. The Khajuraho dance festival was instituted by
Ans. (c) : Vaisakhi also pronounced Baisakhi, marks the Government of India in collaboration with
the first day of the month of Vaisakh and is traditionally the Madhya Pradesh Kala Parishad in the
celebrated annually on 13 April and sometimes 14 year_______.
April. (a) 1975 (b) 1995
72. Anthurium festival is celebrated to promote (c) 2005 (d) 2015
farmers, flowers and horticulture in ________. RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-II)
(a) Nagaland (b) Assam Ans. (a) : Khajuraho Festival is organized by the Kala
(c) Mizoram (d) Arunachal Pradesh Parishad under the Madhya Pradesh Government
RRB Group-D– 01/09/2022 (Shift-I) whereby many popular classical dancers from all over
Ans.(c) : The Anthurium festival is held to promote India perform. The Khajuraho Dance Festival began in
farmers, flowers and horticulture in Mizoram. The 1975 to celebrate this art and since then it has become
festival witnesses many visitors from across the nation one of the most anticipated cultural events in India.
and worldwide. 78. The Wangala Festival is primarily celebrated
73. In which state is the five day religious festival in _______.
of 'Shad Nongkrem' celebrated? (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Meghalaya
(a) Meghalaya (b) Andhra Pradesh (c) Ladakh (d) Uttrakhand
(c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Tripura RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –14/06/2022 (Shift-II)
RRB Group-D– 02/09/2022 (Shift-II) Ans. (b) : Wangala Festival of Meghalaya is a most
Ans. (a) : The Shad Nongkrem dance festival is popular festival among the Garos tribes of
celebrated during Autumn at Smit, the cultural centre of Meghalaya.Wangala Festival also known as 'Festival of
the Khasi Hills (Meghalaya). A five day long religious 100 drums' is a harvest festival celebrated in honour of
festival of the Khasis, Ka Pomblang Nongkrem dance is Saljong the Sun-god of fertility.
popularly known as Nongkrem dance'. 79. By which other name is the festival 'Gudi
74. Poompuhar beach located in the state of Tamil Padwa' known in Karnataka, Telangana and
Nadu along the Bay of Bengal is famous for the Andhra Pradesh?
_____ festival. (a) Akshay Tritiya (b) Pongal
(a) Chitra Pournami (b) Charak Puja (c) Baisakhi (d) Ugadi
(c) Ganga Sagar Mela (d) Pushkar Mela RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 14/06/2022 (Shift-I)
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-III) Ans. (d) : The first day of lunisolar calendar's month of
Ans. (a) : Chitra pournami is a hindu festival observed chaitra is celebrated as Gudi Padwa. It is predominantly
on Purnima day of Chaitra month. It is celebrated across celebrated in the state of Maharashtra. The same day is
various parts of south India. The Poompuhar beach is celebrated as Ugadi/Yugadi by the people of Deccan
famous for Chitra Pournami located in Tamil Nadu. region including Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and
75. The unique festival of flowers Bathukamma is Karnataka. It is also celebrated as 'Chaitra Navratri' in
a colourful and vibrant festival of ____ and is some other parts of the country.
celebrated by women, with flowers that grow 80. Which Indian state celebrates Makar
exclusively in each region. Sankranti as 'Poush Sankranti'?
(a) Telangana (b) West Bengal (a) West Bengal (b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Tripura (d) Gujarat (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
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Ans. (a) : In West Bengal, the Makar Sankranti is 85. In which of the following states is the festival
known as Poush Sankranti. It is also known as 'Chapchar Kut' celebrated?
Uttarayana Maghi or Sankranti, this harvest festival (a) Meghalaya (b) Sikkim
usually takes place-in the month of January. Different (c) Assam (d) Mizoram
name of this festival in different places are- RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (morning)
Uttarayan or Khichadi – UP, Gujarat Ans. (d) : Chapchar Kut is a festival of Mizoram,
Makara Chaula – Odisha celebrated after completion of jhum operation.
Dahi Chura/ Til Sakrat – Bihar 86. The next Kumbh mela at Ujjain will be held in
Suggi – Karnataka which year?
Pongal – Tamil Nadu (a) 2028 (b) 2022
81. In different parts of the country. New Year is (c) 2030 (d) 2025
celebrated under different names. Match the RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
following names with their respective states:
Ans. (a) : Kumbh Mela is a hindu pilgrimage of faith in
(A) Vishu (1) Tamil Nadu which hindus and people from all over the world gather
(B) Puthandu (2) West Bengal at a place to bathe in a sacred river. The next Kumbh
(C) Gudi Padwa (3) Kerala mela will be held in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh in 2028.
(D) Pohela Boishakh (4) Maharashtra 87. Where will the 2021 Maha Kumbha be held?
A B C D (a) Prayag (b) Nasik
(a) 4 1 2 3 (c) Ujjain (d) Haridwar
(b) 2 3 4 1
RRB NTPC 31.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) 3 1 4 2
(d) 2 4 1 3 Ans. (d) : 2021 Maha Khumbha was organized in
Haridwar.
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-I)
Maha Places Rivers
Ans. (c) : State New year celebration Kumbh
Tamil Nadu Puthandu
Kerala Vishu Prayag Prayagraj (U.P) Confluence of
Mahakumbh Ganga, Yamuna
West Bengal Pohela Boishakh and Saraswati.
Maharashtra Gudi Padwa
Nasik Nasik Godavari
82. The Losar festival, quite popular in Arunachal Mahakumbh (Maharastra)
Pradesh is mainly celebrated by the ____tribe.
Ujjain Ujjain (Madhya Shipra
(a) Apatani (b) Hunas
Mahakumbh Pradesh)
(c) Monpa (d) Angami
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-II) Haridwar Haridwar Ganga
Mahakumbh (Uttrakhand)
Ans. (c) : Losar festival is celebrated in Arunachal
Pradesh. It is celebrated by the people of the Monpa 88. Kumbh Mela is held in which of these cities of
Tribes who are said to be inhabitants of Arunachal Madhya Pradesh?
Pradesh. (a) Gwalior (b) Bhopal
83. The hornbill festival is a famous tribal festival. (c) Ujjain (d) Indore
It is celebrated in which of the following North- RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Eastern states of India? Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
(a) Arunanchal Pradesh (b) Assam 89. Purna Kumbh Mela is held once in how many
(c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram years?
RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) In every 8 years (b) In every 12 year
RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) In every 6 years (d) In every 4 year
RRB NTPC 02.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB JE - 30/05/2019 (Shift-III)
Ans. (c) : Hornbill festival is celebrated every year Ans. (b): Kumbh Mela is a major pilgrimage and
between December 1 and 10 in Nagaland. This festival festival in Hinduism. It is celebrated in a cycle of
showcases the rich cultural heritage and tradition of the approximately 12 years at four river bank pilgrimage
Nagas on one platform at Naga Heritage Village sites namely Allahabad (Prayagraj), Haridwar, Nashik
Kisama in Kohima district. All the tribes of Nagaland and Ujjain.
take part in this festival. The festival is named after 90. Where is the Red Panda Winter Carnival
Hornbill, the globally respected bird and which is celebrated?
displayed in folklore in most of the state's tribes. (a) Rajasthan (b) Tamil Nadu
84. Which of these festival is celebrated in the first (c) Nagaland (d) Sikkim
week of every December? RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Baneshwar fair (b) Hornbill festival
Ans. (d) : Red Panda Winter Carnival is celebrated in
(c) Bohgiyu Bisu (d) Bhagoria festival Sikkim. IUCN places Red Panda in the category of
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-I) endangered species. Its main food is bamboo leaves. It
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. is the state animal of Sikkim.

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91. Jon Beel Mela is the only fair in India where Ans. (d) : Pushar Mela is one of the country's largest
barter system is still used. In which state does it livestock fair and cultural gathering. It is held in
take place? Pushkar town of Rajasthan.
(a) Nagaland (b) Manipur 96. Pushkar Mela is held in Pushkar. Which
(c) Tripura (d) Assam district does it come under?
RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Amer (b) Kota
Ans. (d) : Jonbeel Mela usually takes place a few days (c) Ajmer (d) Bikaner
after Magh Bihu. It is celebrated at Dayang Belguri in RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Morigaon district in Assam. A cluster of tribes Ans. (c) : Pushkar fair is held in Pushkar (Ajmer). The
celebrates this from centuries. It is the only fair in India main objective behind it is to attract the cattle
where barter system is still used. Jonbeel Mela is merchants and to strengthen their trade. The only
organized by Tiwa community. temple of Lord Brahma is located in Pushkar. This fair
is one of the World's largest camel, horse and cattle fair.
92. Kenduli Fair is celebrated in:
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh 97. The famous trade of camels is part of which
annual fair?
(c) West Bengal (d) Rajasthan (a) Udaipur fair (b) Thar fair
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Kumbh fair (d) Pushkar fair
Ans. (c) : Kenduli Mela is one of those traditional RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
celebrations that celebrates the unique musical art of Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
Baul Community, a group of mystic minstrels in
Bengal. This fair is organized in Kenduli City of 98. The world's largest camel fair is held each
October at .......... in Rajasthan
Birbhum district, the native land of Bauls. The mela
(a) Gogamedi (b) Pushkar
begins with Makar Sankranti on 14 January and ends on
16 January. On the last day of Pausha month of Hindu (c) Bhinmal (d) Ramdevra
calendar, large number of pilgrims assemble in Kenduli RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
to have a dip at the Sagar Island beach on the estuary of Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
Bhagirathi river. 99. Which of the following union territories
93. Which of the following festivals is associated celebrates Tarpa festival?
with harvest? (a) Dadra and Nagar Haveli
(a) Pongal (b) Guru Purnima (b) Andaman and Nicobar Islands
(c) Easter (d) Eid-Ul-Fitr (c) Lakshadweep
RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (d) Ladakh
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : Pongal is a four-day long harvest festival in
the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Pongal festival, (Bhogi Ans.(a) : Tarpa festival derives its name from the
famous and extremely popular folk dance of Dadra &
Pongal) starts on last day of Margajhi month in Tamil Nagar Haveli – the Tarpa Dance. Tarpa dance is
calendar. On the same day, Coach Pandigi (Bogi particularly famous amidst Varli, Kokna and Koli tribes
pandigai) is also observed. Bogi Pandigai is like a of Dadra and Nagar Haveli. It is famous for the
harvest festival called Lohri celebrated in the state of existence of various tribes with different, amazing
Punjab. The most important one day pongal that is culture and traditions.
called Thai Pongal/Sun Pongal (Surya Pongal) is 100. Which of the following is the famous festival
celebrated like Makar Sankranti celebration in northern game of Kerala?
India. (a) Jujutsu (b) Weightlifting
94. Which of the following tribes celebrates the (c) Boat race (d) Swimming
Bhagoria festival? RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Baiga (b) Agariya Ans. (c) : Vallam kali or boat race is a traditional boat
(c) Bhil (d) Gond race in Kerala, India. It is a form of canoe racing, and
RRB NTPC 12.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist uses paddled war canoes. It is mainly conducted during
Ans. (c) : Bhagoria festival is celebrated by Bhils and the season of the harvest festival Onam in spring.
Bhilalas tribe in the state of Madhya Pradesh. It is Vallam kali includes races of many kinds of paddled
celebrated in the month of March before the festival of longboats and 'snake boats'.
Holi. It is also known as the Bhagoria Haat Festival. 101. Which state of India is famous for snake boat
Other than this, the main festival of the Baiga tribe is race?
Karma, the festival of drinking honey. Nagoba Jatara, (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra
Madai are the major festivals celebrated among the (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Kerala
Gonds. RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-II)
95. In which State of India is the Puskar Mela held Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
102. Onam is one of the most important festivals
in? of_______.
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan (c) Kerala (d) Gujarat
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Ans. (c): Onam is a Hindu festival celebrated in South Manipur. This festival is started in 2010 with the
Indian state, Kerala. It is a harvest festival celebrated by purpose to globally popularize Manipur as a tourist
Malayali whose date is based on the Panchangam. spot by Manipur State Tourism Department. It show
Onam celebration includes Vallam Kali (boat races), cases the state contributions to art and culture,
tiger dance, flower rangoli, Tug of war etc. handlooms, handicrafts, fine arts etc.
103. In which of these cities of India the famous 108. Which state of India celebrates 'Sangai festival'
'Elephant Festival' is celebrated every year on in November every year?
the day of Holi? (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Gujrat
(a) Ajmer (b) Jaisalmer (c) Assam (d) Manipur
(c) Jodhpur (d) Jaipur RRB ALP & Tec. (17-08-18 Shift-III)
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
Ans. (d) : Elephant festival is popularly celebrated 109. 'Ugadi' is a festival celebrated in the Indian
among large masses in Jaipur city of Rajasthan. Most state of:
probably, it is celebrated on the day of Holi. World (a) Haryana (b) Assam
Elephant Day was launched in 2012 to bring attention to (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Goa
the urgent plight of Asian and African elephant. RRB NTPC 27.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
104. The 'Sangai' festival is celebrated in which of Ans. (c) : 'Ugadi' is a main festival of south India. It is
the following states of India? celebrated as New Year in states like Andhra Pradesh,
(a) Manipur (b) Mizoram Karnataka, Telangana. At this time, the spring season is
(c) Nagaland (d) Tripura at its peak and the happiness of the new crop also
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist prevails. It is believed that Lord Brahma started the
Ans. (a) : Sangai festival is an annual calendar mega creation of the universe on this day.
event of the Government of Manipur spearheaded by 110. Which state government declared "Pakke Paga
Tourism Department that seeks to showcase and Hornbill Festival" as a state festival?
promote the finest of Manipur's arts and culture, (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Arunachal Pradesh
adventure, sports, indigenous cuisines, handloom and (c) Odisha (d) Meghalaya
handicrafts, fine arts, various other niche products to a RRB NTPC 08.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
regional, national and global audience.
Ans. (b) : Arunachal Pradesh government has declared
105. The 'Me-Dam-Me-Phi' festival is celebrated by ‘Pakke Paga Hornbill Festival’ as state festival.
which community?
111. In which part of India is the festival 'Moatsu'
(a) Nyishi (b) Kuki
celebrated?
(c) Angami (d) Tai-Ahom (a) Maharashtra (b) Rajasthan
RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Goa (d) Nagaland
Ans. (d) : Me-Dam-Me-Phi is a state holiday in Assam. RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
It is observed on 31 January every year. It is a
communal festival for ancestor worship in memory of Ans. (d) : Moatsu is celebrated in the state of Nagaland,
the departed. It is observed by the Ahom, or Tai-Ahom, India. Other festivals of Nagaland are Hornbill,
ethnic community that is spread across the states of Sekrenyi, Aoleang, Naknyulem, Mimkut, Tokhu Emong
Assam and Arunachal Pradesh. etc. Moatsu is celebrated annually by Ao tribes during
the first week of May. The festival of Moatsu is an
106. In which state is Mamallapuram Utsav annual festival celebrated after the sowing season.
celebrated?
112. Kambala festival of Karnataka is essentially
(a) Kerala (b) Tamil Nadu
associated with ................. .
(c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh
(a) Cock Fighting (b) Buffalo race
RRB NTPC 05.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Tribal dance (d) Bull fighting
Ans. (b) : Mamallapuram Utsav is a dance festival is RRB ALP & Tec. (20-08-18 Shift-III)
organized during the months of January and February
in the city of Mahabalipuram in Tamil Nadu. It is Ans. (b): General race of Buffalo is known as Kori
celebrated in association with Tamil Nadu Tourism Kambala. Traditionally, it is sponsored by local. Tuluva
Department. landlords and households celebrate it in the coastal
districts. This festival was banned in 2014 by Supreme
107. Famous ' Sangai Festival' is an annual cultural Court of India. Kambala was re-legalized in Karnataka
festival organized by which state of North-East in 2018.
India?
113. Gangaur is a famous festival of which of the
(a) Meghalaya (b) Manipur
following state of India?
(c) Tripura (d) Nagaland
(a) Rajasthan (b) Gujarat
RRB NTPC 06.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Maharashtra (d) Chhattisgarh
Ans. (b) : Sangai festival is associated with the north- RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-I)
eastern state of India, Manipur. This festival is
celebrated annually from 21 to 30 November and Ans. (a): Gangaur is a festival celebrated in Indian state of
named after a species of deer, popularly known as Rajasthan and some parts of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh and
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114. Which of these festivals is celebrated with Ans. (a): Herbin International Ice and snow festival is
dances like Dandiya and Garba? an annual winter festival that take place with a theme in
(a) Shivratri (b) Navratri Herbin Heilongjiang, China and now it is the largest ice
(c) Bihu (d) Baisakhi and show festival in the world. It was started in 1963.
RRB JE - 29/05/2019 (Shift-II) This festival is celebrated on 5 January and lasts till late
Ans. (b): Navratri in Gujarat means a 9 nights festival February every year.
full of dance, music, and a lot of fun. The dance form 121. Durga Pooja is the main festival of _________.
that is performed during Navratri is ras garba, which is (a) Kerala (b) West Bengal
also sometimes followed by Dandiya. (c) Rajasthan (d) Kashmir
115. Which festival is celebrated to mark the RRB Group-D 28-09-2018 (Shift-II)
beginning of harvesting season in Assam? Ans. (b) : Durga Pooja also called Durga utsav, is an
(a) Tsu Paru (b) Bohag Bihu annual Hindu festival of West Bengal. This festival is
(c) Pongal (d) Makar Sankranti celebrated in hindu month of Ashwin, which
RRB JE - 02/06/2019 (Shift-II) corresponds to the months of September -October.
Ans. (b) Bohag Bihu is famous festival celebrated in 122. 'Rann Fest' is celebrated in____ .
Assam and North eastern state of India. It is celebrated on (a) Gujarat (b) Himachal Pradesh
13 April on the new year festival of Assam. It is also
known as Xaat Bihu. (c) Rajasthan (d) Madhya Pradesh
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II)
116. Easter is celebrated on which of the following
days? Ans. (a): Rann utsav is an awesome festival of Kutch,
(a) Thursday (b) Friday Gujarat. It is a carnival of music, dance, nature, beauty
(c) Sunday (d) Saturday of white Rann and much more then that when visiting
RRB JE - 01/06/2019 (Shift-I) under the full moon.
Ans. (c): Easter, also called Pascha or resurrection 123. Losoong festival popular in:
Sunday, is a festival and holiday commemorating the (a) Himachal Pradesh (b) Sikkim
resurrection of Jesus Christ and the third day after his (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Tripura
crucifixion. This festival is celebrated on Sunday RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
following the first full moon, after the Verna equinox. Ans. (b): Losoong festival is celebrated on the occasion of
117. _________is called the festival of light the end of the harvest season and at the end of the tenth
(a) Christmas (b) Makar Sankranti month of the Tibetan year in the rural Sikkim.
(c) Deepawali (d) Gudi Padwa 124. In which of these states is the Losoong festival
RRB JE - 27/06/2019 (Shift-I) celebrated every year?
Ans. (c): Deepawali is the most important festival (a) Nagaland (b) Uttar Pradesh
celebrated by Hindus. According to mythology, lord (c) Sikkim (d) Uttrakhand
Rama returned to his kingdom Ayodhya after 14 years RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-III)
of exile, in its joy the people of city burnt ghee lamps Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
(Diya). It is also known as festival of light.
125. What is ' Jallikattu'?
118. In which Indian state the social festival
(a) A traditional bull-taming sport popular in
Chhapar Mela is organized?
Tamil Nadu
(a) Bihar (b) Punjab (b) A popular watersport enjoyed by the Marina
(c) Odisha (d) Gujrat beach, Chennai
RRB Group-D 11-10-2018 (Shift-I) (c) A bull worship festival at Pashupatinath
Ans. (b): Chhapar Mela is celebrated in Chhapar village temple, Nepal
of Ludhiana, Punjab in September every year. People (d) The traditional name for "People's Leader" in
worship snake embodiment of Gugga in this fair. Tamil
119. 'Nuakhai' agricultural festival belong to which RRB NTPC 11.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
state of India? Ans. (a) : Jallikattu, a popular bull taming sport
(a) Odisha (b) Tamilnadu practiced in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations
(c) Assam (d) Karnataka on Mattu Pongal day, third day of the four-day Pongal
RRB Group-D 04-10-2018 (Shift-I) festival. The term ‘Jallikattu,' comes from Tamil terms
Ans. (a) Nuakhai is an agricultural festival mainly ‘Salli Kaasu' which means coins and kattu which means
observed by people of west Odisha and south Chhattisgarh. package tied to the horns of bulls as prize money. It is
Nuakhai means new food. Nuakhai is observed to renowned as an ancient 'sport', believed to have been
welcome the new rice of the season. It is observed on practised about 2500 years ago.
panchami tithi of lunar fortnight of Bhadrapada. 126. What is Jallikattu?
120. Which country hosts the world's largest Ice (a) A tag game
festival every year? (b) A popular sport to control a bull
(a) China (b) Finland (c) A type of sweet
(c) Russia (d) Switzerland (d) A type of Jelly
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Ans. (b): Jallikattu is a traditional event of Tamil Nadu, 133. Which of the following festivals is not related to
in which a bull is released into a crowd of people and agriculture?
multiple human participants attempt to grab the large (a) Pongal (b) Deepawali
hump on the bull's back with both arms. This festival (c) Baisakhi (d) Lohri
was banned in 2014 by Supreme Court of India but RRB Group-D– 22/09/2022 (Shift-III)
Government ordered to lift the ban on Jallikattu in Ans.(b) : Deepawali festival is not related to
January, 2017. agriculture. Diwali also known as Deepawali or the
127. Jallikattu, a bull - controlling festival is festival of lights, is one of the most important festivals
popularly celebrated in which Indian State? in India. It symbolises the spiritual "Victory of light
(a) Kerala (b) Punjab over darkness, good over evil and knowledge over
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Madhya Pradesh ignorance".
RRB Group-D 03-12-2018 (Shift-III) 134. What is the Shigmo?
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. (a) Spring festival of Goa
(b) The highest peak of Nilgiri
128. The game Jallikattu is famous in ___ state. (c) A type of Rangoli
(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh (d) of the Name of Lord Shiva
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Karnataka RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (a): Shigmo (Shishirotsave) is a spring festival
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. celebrated in Goa. It is also celebrated by Konkani
129. The celebration all the festivals Ugadi, Bihu, diaspora and Indian festival of Holi is a part of it.
Gudi Padwa, Puthandu, Vishnu and Bishawa
Sankranti marks which of the following event? (ii) Dance
(a) Lord Ganesh's birth
(b) Killing Ravana 135. Who among the following was selected for
(c) Lunar eclipse 'Guru Gopinath Desiya Natya Purashkaram,
2019' by the State Government of Kerala for
(d) Starting of New year
popularizing Sattriya – the Indian classical
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist dance form of Assam?
Ans. (d): All the festivals Ugadi, Bihu, Gudi Padwa, (a) Tankeswar Hazarika Borbayan
and Sankranti are celebrated at the beginning of new (b) Haricharan Bhuyan Borbayan
year of Indian calendar. (c) Ramkrishna Talukdar
130. What is Makar Sankranti? (d) Indira P.P. Bora
(a) Lunar eclipse (b) Harvest festival RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-II)
(c) Kite festival (d) Puppet show Ans. (d) : Indira P.P. Bora is a Sattriya dancer from
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Assam India. She was selected for Guru Gopinath
Ans. (c): Makar Sankranti is festival day in the Hindu Desiya Natya Purashkaram 2019 by the state
calendar celebrated in January, it is dedicated to the Government of Kerala for popularizing Sattriya.
deity surya. This festival marks the beginning of the
136. Who among the following is not an Odissi
transition from winter to summer. Kite flying is the
Dancer?
main event of this festival.
(a) Kumkum Mohanty (b) Chitra Krishnamurti
131. The following is a similarity between : Makar (c) Darshana Jhaveri (d) Shagun Bhutani
Sankranti, Lohri, Pongal, Baisakhi,
(a) All festival in northern India. RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –14/06/2022 (Shift-II)
(b) All are the name of harvesting festival. Ans. (c) : 'Darshana Jhaveri' is not an Odissi Dancer.
(c) The month of January is famous for She is a leading Indian exponent of Manipuri dance an
everyone. Indian classical dance form.
(d) None of these 137. Mayurbhanj Chhau dance is native to which
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage Ist state?
Ans. (b): Lohri from Punjab, Pongal from Tamil Nadu (a) Odisha (b) Bihar
and Baisakhi from Punjab and Haryana are the name of (c) Manipur (d) Jharkhand
harvesting festival. RRB Group-D 19-09-2022 (Shift-II)
132. How do Indians celebrate Holi? Ans. (a) : Mayurbhanj located in the northern part of
(a) Making fun of each other Odisha is famous for its Chhau dance, The warriors in
(b) By throwing color and water at each others this dance dress in their traditional costumes and follow
(c) By lighting the lamp strict techniques of Chhau while performing the dance.
(d) By releasing the pigeons 138. Kolkali is a folk art performed in______.
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) North Malabar region of Kerala
Ans. (b): Holi is a popular ancient Hindu festival, also (b) Eastern part of Uttar Pradesh
known as the "Festival of spring", "festival of colours (c) Southern part of Gujarat
and festival of love". The festival signifies the triumph (d) Western part of Uttar Pradesh
of good over evil. RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (a) : Kolkali is a folk art performed in Malabar Ans. (a) : Changsang dance is a traditional folk dance
region of Kerala, India. The dance performers move in a performed by the Chang Naga Tribe of Nagaland during
circle, striking small sticks and keeping rhythm with Naknyulum festival in the month of July. This dance is
special steps. Many of the traditional performing art performed in praise of the birth-place of mankind and
forms of Kerala are Kathakali, Velakali, Poorakkali etc. the Earth.
139. Gotipua is a traditional dance form in the state 144. Pandit Birju Maharaj was associated with
of ______. which of the following dance forms ?
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Bihar (a) Charkula (b) Bharatanatyam
(c) Manipur (d) Odisha (c) Kathak (d) Kathakali
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-II)
Ans. (d) : Gotipua is a traditional dance form of Odisha. Ans. (c) : Pandit Birju Maharaj is an exponent of
It has been performed in Odisha for centuries by young Kathak dance in India.
boys, who dress as women to Praise Jagannath and The list of classical dances in India is given below:
Krishna. Bharatnatyam – Tamil Nadu
140. Which of the following is NOT a classical dance Kathak – Uttar Pradesh
form of South India? Kuchipudi – Andhra Pradesh
(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Bharatnatyam Odissi – Odisha
(c) Kathakali (d) Sattriya Kathakali – Kerala
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 16/06/2022 (Shift-III) Sattriya – Assam
Ans. (d) : Sattriya dance is a major Indian classical Manipuri – Manipur
dance form. It was introduced in Assam by the great Mohiniyattam – Kerala
Vaishnava saint and reformer of Assam, Mahapurusha
Srimanta Sankardev in the 15th century AD. 145. Which popular folk dance of Himachal
Hence, It is a classical dance of North-east India not Pradesh has a Yagya performed by the dancers
from the south India. While Mohiniyattam and at the end of the dance performance as a
Kathakali is a classical dance form of Kerala and homage to the Gods and Goddesses?
Bharatanatyam is the classical dance form of Tamil (a) Bihu (b) Jawara
Nadu. (c) Nati (d) Kalbelia
141. Jat-Jatin is one of the most popular folk dance RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-II)
form of which among the following states? Ans. (c) : A Yagya is performed by the dancers at the
(a) Assam (b) Chhattisgarh end of a Nati performance as a homage to the Gods and
(c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Bihar Goddesses.
RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-III) 146. Which of the following Indian states is famous
Ans. (d) : Jat-Jatin is the most popular folk dance of for Paika dance?
Bihar, especially in Mithila and Koshi region. The (a) Tamil Nadu (b) Manipur
dance mainly explains the story of married couples, (c) Kerala (d) Odisha
who were separated and living in difficult situations but RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-II)
in modern day the dance also reflects many social issues Ans. (d) : 'Paika' dance is a famous dance form of
like droughts, floods, poverty etc. Odisha. It is a form of battle dance and mainly practiced
142. Rechungma, Gha to Kito and Chi Rmu are the by the 'Paikas', the warrior class of Odisha.
dance forms of __________.
147. Which of the following is a popular dance and
(a) Sikkim music combination of Andhra Pradesh that is
(b) Manipur similar to the stick dance?
(c) Andaman and Nicobar Islands (a) Neuleu (b) Kolannalu
(d) Goa (c) Villu Pattu (d) Dandiya
RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-II) RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-II)
Ans. (a) : Ans. (b) : Kolannalu or Kolkolannalu is a popular
State Dance forms dance and music combination of Andhara Pradesh. This
Sikkim – Chu faat, Rechungma, Gha to kito is a popular stick dance. It is equivalent to the famous
Chi Rmu, Yak Chaam, Tashi Yangku Dandiya dance of Gujarat. Women folks use two sticks
Manipur – Rakhal, Nat Rash, Raukat to formulate the beats and dance according to the time
Goa – Mandi, Fugdi, Dakhi, Khol of song sung. Dancers usually move in the angular
Arunachal – Mask dance, Buiya, Chalo, Wancho motion and go about striking the sticks of their fellow
Pradesh dancers.
143. Changsang dance is performed by the Chang 148. Rai is primarily a folk dance of which of the
tribe from _____ during Naknyulum festivals. following states?
(a) Nagaland (b) Jharkhand (a) Manipur (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha (d) Chhatgarh (c) Karnataka (d) Andhra Pradesh
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Ans. (b) : Dance folk State 154. 'Mohiniyattum' dance style is popular in which
Mataki, Jawara, Grida Dance, Rai → Madhya Pradesh of the following states?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Telangana
Kuchipudi, Bonalu Dance → Andhra Pradesh
(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
Luivat Pheizak, Dol Cholam, Thang Ta → Manipur RRB Group-D 15-10-2018 (Shift-II)
Yakshagana, Huttari, Suggi → Karnataka RRB Group-D 05-11-2018 (Shift-III)
149. Which of the following is a popular harvest RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-III)
dance in the Bundelkhand region of Madhya Ans. (c): Mohiniyattam is a classical dance of India
Pradesh? that developed and remained popular in Kerala.
(a) Charba (b) Dhalo Mohiniyattam gets its name from the word Mohini (an
avatar of the God Vishnu). The evidence of
(c) Jawara (d) Maruni Mohiniyattam like dance tradition is found in temple
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-II) sculpture of Kerala.
Ans. (c) : Jawara is the harvest dance popular in the 155. _____ is not a folk dance of India.
Bundelkhand region of Madhya Pradesh. The dance (a) Mohiniyattam (b) Lavani
which inlcudeds balancing a basket full of jawar (c) Kalbelia (d) Rauf
(Millet) on the head is accompanied by heavy RRB JE - 22/05/2019 (Shift-III)
instrumental music. RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-I)
150. 'Huli Vesha' is a popular folk dance in the RRB NTPC 21.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
coastal region of _____. Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
(a) Kerala (b) Odisha 156. Which of the following pairs of folk dance
(c) Karnataka (d) Gujarat forms and states is NOT matched correctly?
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-I) (a) Lezim – Maharashtra
(b) Ghoomar – Kerala
Ans. (c) : Huli Vesha also known for tiger faced dance
(c) Maha Rasa – Manipur
is a dance form unique to coastal Karnataka. The dance
(d) Nati – Himachal Pradesh
is performed by local youth during the Navratri festival.
R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 30-08-2019 (Shift - III)
151. The Sattriya dance form was introduced by Ans. (b) : Ghoomer is a traditional folk dance of
___in 15th Century AD in Assam. Rajasthan, not Kerala. The dance is mainly performed
(a) Guru Pankaj Charandas by veiled women who wear flowing dresses called
(b) Jayaprabha Menon Ghaghara.
(c) Raja Bhag Chandra 157. Which of the following is a folk dance of
(d) Mahapurusha Srimanta Sankaradeva Himachal Pradesh?
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-I) (a) Lezim (b) Gidda
Ans. (d) : Sattriya is an Indian classical dance. The (c) Bagurumba (d) Nati
themes are related to Lord Krishna, Sometimes others ALP Stage -II 23.01.2019 (shift - II)
Vishnu avatars such as Rama and Sita. Mahapurusha Ans. (d) : Nati is popular folk dance of Himachal
Srimanta Sankaradeva is credited with developing Pradesh. Rest folk dances belong to following states:
Sattriya dance into its present form by the 15th century. Lezim → Maharashtra
It is a popular classical dance related to Assam. Giddha → Punjab
152. Ghoomar is a traditional as well as enthusiastic Bagurumba → Assam
folk dance of _____? 158. Dandiya a traditional folk dance of which
(a) Kerala (b) Gujarat Indian State?
(c) Rajasthan (d) Sikkim (a) West Bengal (b) Bihar
RRB JE - 28/06/2019 (Shift-III) (c) Gujarat (d) Assam
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RPF Constable 05.02.2019
RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : Dandiya Raas is the most popular folk dance
of Gujarat which is performed during Navratri. The
Ans. (c) Ghoomar is a traditional folk dance of dance is performed in Marwar region of Rajasthan too.
Rajasthan. It was bhil tribe who performed it to workship
Goddess Saraswati which was later embraced by other 159. Which of the following is the oldest classical
dance style?
Rajasthani communities. The dance is performed by
(a) Bardo (b) Bharatnatyam
veiled women who wear flowing dresses called ghaghara.
(c) Ghumura dance (d) Bihu
153. Which of the following is a folk dance of RPF SI 18.01.2019 (Shift - III)
Rajasthan?
Ans. (b) : Bharatnatyam, the classical dance from Tamil
(a) Nati (b) Ghoomar Nadu is the oldest classical dance style in India.
(c) Garba (d) Bhangara 160. Minati Mishra is associated with-
RRB JE - 31/05/2019 (Shift-I) (a) Manipuri (b) Bharatanatyam
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. (c) Kathakali (d) Odissi
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Ans. (d) : Minati Mishra was an Indian classical dancer 166. Kathakali is a form of Indian dance that
& actress, known for her expertise in the Indian originated in the Indian state of ___.
classical dance form of Odissi. (a) Bihar (b) Odisha
161. Thillana is one of the presentation styles of (c) Kerala (d) Karnataka
which dance form? RRB Group-D 15-11-2018 (Shift-I)
(a) Kathak (b) Odissi Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Kuchipudi
RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-I) 167. Kathak (a style of ancient classical dance form
of India) originated in –––––––––.
Ans. (c): The last part of Bharatanatyam is called (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Chhattisgarh
Thillana. A Bharatnatyam performance typically consist
of six sections. They are as follows- Alarippu, (c) Kerala (d) Madhya Pradesh
Jatisvaram, Sabdam, Varranm, Padam and Thillana. RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
The dance form was prevalent in ancient Tamil Nadu and Ans. (a) : Kathak (a style of ancient classical dance
several books have coded them such as Natyashastra. form of India) originated in Uttar Pradesh.
Bharatanatyam is known for its grace, purity. Lord Shiva is 168. Which of the following is a folk dance popular
considered the god of this dance form. during the crop cutting season in Punjab?
162. Name the Indian classical dance from which is (a) Odissi (b) Garba
believed to be revealed by Lord Brahma to (c) Kathak (d) Bhangra
Bharata, a famous sage, who then codified this
sacred dance in a Sanskrit text called 'Natya RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-III)
Shastra'. Ans. (d): Bhangra is a type of traditional dance form,
(a) Kathakali (b) Kathak originated in Sialkot in the Majha area of Punjab. The
(c) Odissi (d) Bharatanatyam dance was associated primarily with the spring harvest
RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist festival Baisakhi.
Ans. (d) : Bharatanatyam is Indian classical dance 169. Which of the following is essentially a solo
believed to be revealed by Lord Brahma to Bharata, a dance?
famous sage, who then codified this sacred dance in a (a) Manipuri (b) Kathak
Sanskrit text called 'Natya Shastra'. (c) Mohiniyattam (d) Kuchpudi
163. Which of the following is a traditional cultural RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-I)
heritage of Jharkhand?
Ans. (c): Mohiniyattam is traditionally a solo dance
(a) Rouf (b) Rupa
mainly performed by a female dancer. Mohiniyattam is
(c) Chhau (d) Cheraw
a classical dance of India that developed and remained
RRB JE - 26/06/2019 (Shift-I) popular in Kerala. Mohiniyattam gets its name from the
Ans. (c) Chhau is a famous folk dance of Jharkhand. It is a word Mohini (a incarnation of the God Vishnu). The
semi classical dance with origins in the eastern Indian evidence of Mohiniyattam like dance tradition is found
states of Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha. It is found in in temple sculpture of Kerala.
three styles named after the location where they are
performed, i.e. the Purulia Chhau of Bengal, the Seraikella 170. Which of the following is a popular folk dance
Chau of Jharkhand, and the Mayurbhanj Chau of Odisha. of Maharashtra?
Rouf is a folk dance which originated in the Muslim (a) Garba (b) Tamasha
community of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. (c) Dandiya (d) Bhangra
Cheraw dance is a traditional cultural dance performed RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-II)
in Mizoram.
Ans. (b): Tamasha is a traditional form of marathi
164. In which state did Bharatanatyam originated? theatre often with singing and dancing by local or
(a) Kerala (b) Gujarat travelling theatre groups with in Maharashtra. Tamasha
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Odisha is influenced by many Indian art forms and draws from
RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-I) such diverse traditions as Qawwali, Ghazals, Kathak,
Ans. (c): Bharat natyam is the oldest dance tradition in Dashavatara lalit and Kirtan. Kolhati groups are
India and it was originated in Tamil region, as it has its traditionally associated with Tamasha.
earliest traces in Tamil epic Shilappadikaram by Iwango 171. Identify the name of the traditional folk theatre
Aadigal. The dance form has been recognized by Sangeet
Natak Academy. Its previous name was Sadhir Attam. form of Maharashtra.
(a) Nautanki (b) Swang
165. Which of the following is a dance drama?
(a) Kathak (b) Manipuri (c) Tamasha (d) Rasleela
(c) Odissi (d) Kathakali RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB JE - 28/05/2019 (Shift-II) Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB Group-D 23-10-2018 (Shift-I) 172. In which dance do the performers wear a
Ans. (d): Kathakali is a major form of classical Indian cylindrical skirt named Potloi?
dance. It is a "story play" genre of art, but one (a) Kathak (b) Bharatanatyam
distinguished by elaborately colorful make-up, costumes (c) Kuchipudi (d) Manipuri
and face masks that the male actor-dancers wear. RRB JE - 31/05/2019 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (d) Manipuri dance is also known as Jagoi. It is one 178. Bihu dance is the folk dance of which of the
of the major Indian classical dance form, named after the following Indian state?
region of its origin Manipur. It is particularly known for (a) Assam (b) Arunachal Pradesh
its Hindu vaishnavism themes and love inspired dance (c) Odisha (d) Haryana
drama of Radha - Krishna called 'Raasleela'. In Raasleela
dancers wear this cylindrical skirt 'Potloi'. RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-III)
173. Manipuri classical dance form often depicts Ans. (a): Bihu dance is the folk dance of Assam.
scenes from the life of God_______. 179. The dance form 'Chharhi' has originated from
(a) Shiva (b) Krishna the state of :
(c) Vishnu (d) Ram (a) Mizoram (b) Bihar
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Himchal Pradesh (d) West Bengal
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : The dance form ‘Chharhi’ was originated
174. With which dance form is the noted dancer from Himachal Pradesh.
Guru Rajkumar Singhajit Singh associated?
(a) Odissi (b) Kathakali 180. Dhalo is a popular religious folk dance of ____.
(a) Arunachal Pradesh (b) Goa
(c) Kathak (d) Manipuri (c) Manipur (d) Chhattisgarh
RRB NTPC 12.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 31.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : Rajkumar Singhajit Singh is a doyen of Ans. (b) : Dhalo is a popular religious folk dance of
Manipuri dance who is also a teacher, performer and Goa. Rest folk dances belong to following states:
choreographer. His choreography has been enriched by State – Dance
elements incorporated for various forms of performing
arts of Manipur such as thang-ta, Nata-Sankirtana, Lai- Arunachal Pradesh – Chalo
haraoba and Raasleela. He was awarded the Sangeet Manipur – Nupa Dance
Natak Akademi Award in 1984 and Padma Shri in 1986 Chhattisgarh – Gaur Maria
for his contribution to the Manipur dance. 181. Which of the following dance forms is correctly
175. Which of the following states is related to the matched with the state to which it is
classical dance form Odissi? associated?
(a) Kerala (b) Madhya Pradesh (a) Lavani- Kerala
(c) Odisha (d) Bihar (b) Dandiya– Uttar Pradesh
(c) Gaur– Chhattisgarh
RRB JE - 22/05/2019 (Shift-I)
(d) Ghoomar– Gujarat
Ans. (c): Odissi is a major ancient Indian classical RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
dance that originated in the Hindu temple of Odisha.
Odissi was performed predominantly by women and Ans. (c) : Famous Dances and their concerned states are
express religious stories and ideas of vaishnavism. as follow:
(Vishnu as Jagannath) Odissi artists are kelucharan State Dances
Mohapatra, Ratikant Mohapatra, Sujata Mohapatra etc. Kerala Kathakali, Mohiniattam
Uttar Pradesh Charkula, Kathak, Nautanki
176. Match a column A (type of dance) and column
B. (States). Chhattisgarh Gaur Maria, Danda
Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani
Column A Column B
Rajasthan Ghoomar, Kalbelia, Chari
P. Bihu 1. Gujarat Maharashtra Lavani
Q. Garba 2. Uttar Pradesh
R. Tamasha 3. Assam 182. Nautanki is a folk dance of which state?
(a) Haryana (b) Kerala
S. Nautanki 4. Maharashtra (c) Uttar Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
(a) P–4, Q–1, R–2, S–3 RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(b) P–3, Q–1, R–4, S–2
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
(c) P–3, Q–1, R–2, S–4
(d) P–1, Q–4, R–2, S–3 183. In which of the following states is the
Gambhira- a popular dance, performed using
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various wooden masks?
Ans. (b): The correct match is as follows: (a) Rajasthan (b) Telangana
Column A Column B (c) West Bengal (d) Gujarat
(Type of dance) (States) RRB NTPC 31.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Bihu - Assam Ans. (c) : Famous folk dances and their concerned
Garba - Gujarat states are as follow:
Tamasha - Maharashtra State Folk Dances
Nautanki - Uttar Pradesh Rajasthan – Ghumar, Chakri, Ganagor, Jhulan,
Leela, Jhuma, Suisini, Ghapal
177. Tamasha dance is famous in which of the Telangana – Perani Thandvam or Perani Shivtan
following state? Davam
(a) Gujarat (b) Maharashtra West Bengal – Kathi, Gambhira, Dhali, Jatra, Baul,
(c) Rajasthan (d) Assam Marasia, Mahal, Keertam
RRB Group-D 01-12-2018 (Shift-II) Gujarat – Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani Jurium,
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. Bhavai

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184. Which of the following is a folk dance of 189. Kalbelia folk songs and dances belong to which
Maharashtra? Indian state?
(a) Bihu (b) Baul (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra
(c) Mando (d) Lavani (c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Madhya Pradesh
RRB NTPC 31.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : Famous folk dances and their concerned Ans. (a) : Famous folk dances Kalbelia , Ghumar,
states are as follow: Panihari belong to Rajasthan.
Odisha – Savari, Ghumara, Painka, Munari 190. Garba dance is related to which of the
Punjab – Bhangra, Giddha, Daff, Dhaman, following states?
Bhand (a) Rajasthan (b) Maharashtra
Maharastra – Lavani, Nakata, Koli, Lezim, Gafa, (c) Kashmir (d) Gujarat
Dahikala. RRB J.E. -2014
185. Which of the following dance forms does NOT Ans. (d) Garba is a form of dance which originates
belong to Rajasthan? from Gujarat. The name is derived from the Sanskrit
(a) Gangaur (b) Lavani term ‘Garbha’ which means ‘deep’. Many traditional
(c) Ghoomar (d) Kalbelia garbas are preformed around centrally lit-lamp or statue
RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist of Goddess Shakti traditionally. It is performed during
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. Navaratri festival. Dandiya Raas is also heavily
influenced by Garba.
186. Dumhal dance form belongs to which Indian
state/union territory ? 191. Giddha is a folk dance of which state?
(a) Chandigarh (b) Jammu & Kashmir (a) Punjab (b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Punjab (d) Haryana (c) Assam (d) Maharashtra
RRB J.E. -2014
RRB NTPC 23.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) Giddha is a popular folk dance of women in
Ans. (b) : Dumhal folk dance is mainly associated with
Punjab region of India and Pakistan. The dance is often
the state of Jammu and Kashmir.
considered derived from the ancient dance known as the
187. Parichakali is a popular folk dance of _______ ring dance and it is just as energetic as bhangra. Its
(a) Lakshadweep (b) Tamil Nadu musical instrument is dholak and costume is dupatta,
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka shalwaar kameez. The dance is followed by rhythmic
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist clapping and a typical traditional folk song sung by the
Ans. (a): Famous folk dances and their concerned states aged ladies in background.
are as follow: 192. Kuchipudi is the classical dance form of the
Place Folk dance south-east Indian state ___.
(1) Lakshadweep → Parichakali. etc. (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala
(c) Karnataka (d) Tamilnadu
(2) Tamil Nadu → Kuravanji, Karagattam Koothu, RRB Group-D 05-11-2018 (Shift-III)
Puliyattam (Tiger dance) etc.
Ans. (a) : Kuchipudi is the classical dance of the south-
(3) Andhra Pradesh → Burrakatha, Vilasini Natyam, east Indian state Andhra Pradesh. Kuchipudi is one of
Butta bommalu etc. eight major classical dance of India. It is a dance-drama
(4) Karnataka → Yakshagaan, Dollu Kunitha, performance with its roots in the ancient Hindu Sanskrit
Komb aat etc. text of Natya Shastra. It is named after Kuchipudi
188. Below are fours pairs, each representing a state village in Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.
and a folk dance. Which pairing of state and 193. In which part of India did Kuchipudi dance
folk dance in incorrect? form originated?
(a) Assam– Bihu (b) Chhatisgarh–Dagla (a) Tamilnadu (b) Maharashtra
(c) Gujarat– Garba (d) Uttarakhand–Tapali (c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Odisha
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : Famous folk dances and their concerned Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
states are as follow:
Name of States Folk Dances 194. Indian classical dance form Kuchipudi
Assam Bihu, Bichhua, Natpuja, Maharas, developed in the state of –––––––.
Kaligopal, Bagurumba, Naga (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala
dance, Khel Gopal, Tabal Chongli, (c) Odisha (d) Karnataka
Canoe, Jhumura Hobjanai RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Chhattisgarh Tapali, Goudi, Karma, Jhumar, Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
Dagla, Pali, Navrani, Diwari,
Mundari 195. 'Pulikkali' which was celebrated in 2017, is a
Gujarat Garba, Dandiya Ras, Tippani folk dance form of which state of India?
Juriun, Bhavai. (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) West Bengal
Uttarakhand Garhwali, Kumayuni, Kajari, (c) Kerala (d) Odisha
Jhora, Raslila, Chappeli. RRB Group-D 12-10-2018 (Shift-II)
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Ans. (c) 'Pulikkali is a recreational folk art form of the resolution of the Ministry of Education, Government of
state of Kerala. It is performed by trained artists to India dated 31 May, 1952 which was notified in the
entertain people on the occasion of Onam, an annual Gazette of India on June, 1952. The first President of
harvest festival, celebrated in Kerala. Its costume is India, Dr Rajendra Prasad, inaugurated it on 28 January
tiger painted dress and musical instrument is Udukku. 1953 at a special function held in the Parliament House.
Pulikkali was founded in 1886. 201. India's first national academy for music, dance
196. To which season, the Kajri folk dance and drama was :
associated? (a) Sangeet Natak Akademi
(a) Spring (b) Autumn (b) Bharat Kala Kendra
(c) Winter (d) Monsoon (c) Sangeet Kala Manch
RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (d) The Academy for Arts and Dance
Ans. (d) : Kajri folk dance is related to India's largest RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
state Uttar Pradesh as well as Bihar. Kajri folk dance is Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
traditionally performed in the villages and towns of 202. Chholiya dance form is associated with ______
Uttar Pradesh around Banaras, Mirzapur, Mathura, state.
Allahabad, and Bhojpur regions of Bihar. Kajri folk (a) Haryana (b) Uttarakhand
song is often used to describe the longing of a maiden (c) Bihar (d) Rajasthan
for her lover as the black monsoon cloud arrives in the Ans. (b) : Chholiya is a dance form practiced in the
summer sky, and the style is notably sung during the Kumaun region of Uttrakhand. It is basically a sword
rainy season. dance accompanying a marriage procession. This form
197. Who among the following artists is NOT a of dance is very famous in the region Bageshwar,
painter? Kumaon, Pithoragarh, Almora and Champawat.
(a) Jamini Roy (b) Rukmini Devi 203. With which dance form is the noted dancer
(c) Amrita Shergil (d) Nandalal Bose Pratibha Prahlad associated?
RRB NTPC 21.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Bharata Natyam (b) Kathakali
Ans. (b) : Rukmini Devi Arundale (1904-1986) is the (c) Kathak (d) Odissi
renowned Bharatnatyam dancer whereas Nandalal Bose, RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Amrita Shergil and Jamini Roy are renowned painters Ans. (a) : Pratibha Prahlad is a bharatanatyam dancer,
of India. educator, choreographer, art administrator, and author.
198. Famous classical dancer Shobhana Narayan is 204. Yakshagana is a folk performance of which
related to which dance form? Indian state?
(a) Bharatanatyam (b) Kuchipudi (a) Karnataka (b) Maharashtra
(c) Kathak (d) Khatakali (c) Assam (d) Gujarat
RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 20.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : Shobhana Narayan is a recognized kathak Ans. (a) : Yakshagana is a dance-drama of south India
dancer of India. associated most strongly with the state of Karnataka.
Elaborate and colourful costumes, make-up and masks
1. Bharat Natyam - Yamini Krishna Murti, Sonal constitute some of the most-striking features of this art
Mansingh, S.K. Saroj form.
2. Kathak - Birju Maharaj, Lacchu Maharaj,
205. Which of the following best describes the dance
Shobhana Narayan form ' Gotipua'?
3. Kuchipudi - Yamini Krishna Murti, Laxmi Narayan (a) Girls dancing Bharatnatyam in a temple
Sastri, Radha Reddy. (b) Dance by young boys in Odisha
199. _______ is a famous Kathak dancer. (c) Story of Krishna told in Pat-Chitras
(a) Geeta Chandran (d) Masked dance of Chhattisgarh
(b) Padma Subrahmanyam RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Josyula Seetharamaiah Ans. (b) : Gotipua- It is a folk dance of Odisha. It is
(d) Birju Maharaj dance by young lads (boys) of Odisha in praise of
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Jagannath and Krishna. The boys get dressed- up like
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. female and perform the dance.
200. Sangeet Natak Akademi, the national academy 206. Raut Nacha is a famous tribal dance of which
for music, dance and drama, was the first state ?
national academy of the arts set up by the (a) Jharkhand (b) Chhattisgarh
Republic of India. This academy is located in: (c) Odisha (d) Madhaya Pradesh
(a) Mumbai (b) Bhopal RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) New Delhi (d) Bengaluru Ans. (b) : Raut Nacha is a ceremonial dance performed
RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist mainly by the tribal community of Chhattisgarh. It is
Ans. (c) : Sangeet Natak Academy – India’s national performed during the “dev udhni ekadashi”, after the
academy of music, dance and drama is located in New Diwali festival.
Delhi . It is the first national academy of the performing Famous folk dance of Chhattisgarh are Saila, Sua
arts set up by the Republic of India. It was created by a Nacha, Karma, Panthi, Gendi etc.

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207. Paika Dance belongs from the Indian State of - 213. What is the traditional classical dance of
(a) Odisha (b) Jharkhand Assam?
(c) West Bengal (d) Bihar (a) Kathak (b) Chhau
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Sattriya Nritya (d) Bihu
Ans. (b) : Munda tribe of Mayurbhanj area in RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Jharkhand is famous for Paika dance. It is a unique folk Ans. (c) : Sattriya dance is the classical dance form of
dance form that is a representation of the martial arts. Assam which represents the Sattriya culture, the basis
There are various folk dances in the state of Jharkhand of the religious and cultural fabric of Assam.
which are performed during the harvest season, festivals 214. Maruni dance is associated with which state of
and social gatherings. India.
208. Which of the following is the traditional theatre (a) Sikkim (b) Uttrakhand
of Kerala where eight plays are performed in (c) Tripura (d) Arunachal Pradesh
eight days? RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Yakshagana (b) Krishnanattam Ans. (a) : Maruni dance form is associated with
(c) Maach (d) Therukoothu Sikkim. It is also performed in Nepal and Darjeeling,
RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist India. This dance is related to the festival of Tihar,
Ans. (b) : Krishnanattam is a temple art in Kerala. It is which is same as Diwali in north India. Maruni is
a dance drama and presents the story of Krishna in a performed by both men and women. Maruni dance is
series of eight days. performed accompanied by the nine instrument
orchestra called "Naumati Baja".
209. Hurkiya Baul is a folk dance form associated
with which Indian state? 215. In which of the following states is the Mathuri
folk dance practiced?
(a) Uttrakhand (b) Maharashtra (a) Mizoram (b) Telangana
(c) Haryana (d) Goa (c) Goa (d) Jharkhand
RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : Hurkiya Baul is folk dance form associated Ans. (b) : Mathuri is a famous tribal dance which has
with Uttarakhand. This dance form gets its name from its roots in Mathura and is performed by the tribes
the ‘Hurka’ or the drum used as accompaniment to the named Mathuris found in the Adilabad district of the
‘Baul’ or song. It is performed during the cultivation of Telangana. This particular tribal dance is somewhat
paddy and maize in the Kumaon region. similar to the Rasleela dance of Uttar Pradesh. The
Chaufla: It is a spinning dance performed at nights by Mathuri tribe seem to have migrated from Mathura in
groups of men and women in the Garhwal region. Uttar Pradesh and the dance is mainly performed by
Jhumeila: It is generally performed by women but male and female members on Sri Krishna Jayanti day in
sometimes both by men and women in Uttrakhand. the hindu month of Sravan.
210. Which of the following is the classical dance 216. Name the first Indian female Bharatanatyam
form of erstwhile Andhra Pradesh? dancer to be awarded with the Padma
(a) Kuchipudi (b) Kathak Vibhushan.
(c) Bharatnatyam (d) Kathakali (a) Hema Malini
RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (b) Yamini Krishnamurthy
Ans. (a) : Kuchipudi is the classical dance form of (c) Vyjanthimala
Andhra Pradesh. Eight classical dance forms of India (d) Sonal Mansingh
are- RRB NTPC 05.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Classical Dance - States Ans. (d) : Sonal Mansingh, is dancer of Odissi dance.
1. Bharatanatyam - Tamil Nadu She has been also associated with Bharatanatyam,
2. Kathak - Northern India(UP) Kuchipudi and Chau dance. She got many awards.
3. Kathakali - Kerala Sangeet Natak Akademi Award – 1987
4. Kuchipudi - Andhra Pradesh Padma Bhushan Award – 1993
5. Manipuri - Manipur Padma Vibhushan Award – 2003
6. Mohiniyattam - Kerala She was also the first Bharatanatyam dancer to hold
7. Odissi - Odisha Padma Vibhushan Awards.
8. Sattriya - Assam 217. The Sikkimese are known for their amazing
mask dance. What is this dance form called in
211. The classical dance Kathakali is related to Sikkim?
which Indian state? (a) Purulia Chhau (b) Mukha Bhaona
(a) Odisha (b) Kerala (c) Cham (d) Padayani
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Assam RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-II)
Ans. (c) : The Sikkimese are known for their amazing
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. mask dance called Cham or Lama dances. It is the most
212. ___ is not a folk dance art of India. famous dance of Sikkim and performed by Buddhist
(a) Raut Nacha (b) Chhau lamas (monks) during special occasions like the Pang
(c) Kuchipudi (d) Kalbelia Lhabsol festival. During Pang Lhabsol festival, the
RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist Sikkimese remind mount Khangchendzonga of the
promise made to the 8th century Saint Guru
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. Padmasambhava to protect Sikkim forever.
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218. ______ was the only Indian dance form present 224. Which one of the following classical dances in
in Michael Jackson's 1991 music video for the its present form is influenced by Mughal
hit single 'Black or White'. tradition?
(a) Kathakali (b) Kathak (a) Bharatnatyam (b) Mohiniyattam
(c) Bharatanatyam (d) Odissi (c) Kathak (d) Kathakali
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 16.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : Kathak is a classical dance form of northern
Ans. (d) : Odissi was the only Indian dance form India. This dance form was originated by priests who
present in Michael Jackson's 1991 music video for the were called 'Kathikas'. This dance originated and
hit single 'Black or White'. The song was one of developed during the Mughal era.
Jackson's most controversial songs against racism. 225. Kalbelia folk songs and dances belong to which
219. 'Natyashastra' the famous treatise on dramatic Indian state?
art was written by ________ (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Rajasthan
(a) Harsha Vardhan (b) Bharat Muni (c) Maharashtra (d) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Kalidasa (d) Vishnu Sharma RRB NTPC 11.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (b) : Kalbelia folk dance and song belong to the
Ans. (b) : Natyashastra is the earliest literature on music state of Rajasthan.The costume of Kalbelia dance is
and drama. It was written somewhere around 500 BC by Lehenga, Odhani, or Angarkha. This dance is performed
Bharata Muni. Harshvardhana wrote Ratnavali, by both men and women. Kalbelia folk songs and dances
of Rajasthan are in the ‘Representative List of the
Nagananda and Priyadarshika. 'Panchatantra' was
Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity’. Kalbelia folk
written by Vishnu Sharma. Kalidasa has written songs and dances of Rajasthan” were recognized by
Meghadoota, Kumarasambhava and Raghuvansham. UNESCO as an Intangible Cultural Heritage.
220. 'Dollu Kunitha' is a form of folk dance from 226. The popular sword dance in the Kumaun
the state of: region of Uttrakhand is called ............ .
(a) Assam (b) West Bengal (a) Chholiya (b) Lavani
(c) Chhattisgarh (d) Karnataka (c) Ghoomar (d) Kathak
RRB NTPC 26.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : Dollu Kunitha is a folk dance of Karnataka. It Ans. (a) : The popular sword dance in the Kumaun
is performed by Kuruba tribes with drum. They make a region of Uttarakhand is known as Chholiya. It is
group of 12-14 people and perform this. Some other basically a sword dance accompanying a marriage
folk dances of Karnataka are Yakshagana, Karga procession but now it is performed on many auspicious
Kunitha, Lambi etc. occasions. This dance is practised in the region of
Kumaon, Pithoragarh, Almora and Champawat.
221. 'Dumhal' is a dance form practiced in the 227. Spao Dance belongs from the .............. region of
............. region. India.
(a) Kashmir (b) Saurashtra (a) Kutch (b) Ladakh
(c) Mewat (d) Mewar (c) Saurashtra (d) Bundelkhand
RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 08.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : Dumhal is a dance form practiced in the Ans. (b): Spao means 'warrior' in Ladakhi language.
Jammu-Kashmir region. Spao dance is prevalent in Ladakh, associated with
222. What is the folk dance of Puducherry? legendary king Gyalam Kesar.
(a) Kapalik (b) Sattariya 228. Four places have been given below of which
(c) Garadi (d) Karga three are same in some way and one is different
choose the odd one out.
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Kathak - North India (b) Garba - Gujarat
Ans. (c) : Garadi is a popular form of folk dance of (c) Bhangra - Punjab (d) Bihu - Assam
Puducherry. RRB Group-D 25-10-2018 (Shift-II)
223. The Indian dance form 'Manipuri' mostly Ans. (a): Famous dances and their concerned states are
portrays themes based on: as follow:
(a) Lord Vishnu (b) Lord Shiva Dance State/Region
(c) Lord Brahma (d) Krishna-Gopis Kuchipudi Andhra Pradesh
RRB NTPC 27.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Bihu Assam
Ans.(d): Manipuri dance is an ancient dance of Bhangra Punjab
Manipur. It is mainly based on Hindu vaishnava themes Garba Gujarat
in which Radha and Krishna love is prominent. 64 types Kathak Uttar Pradesh
of Raas are performed in this dance form. Each raas Tarangmel Goa
takes one day in which the dancers take the form of Kathakali Kerala
Radha, Krishna and Gopi's and perform leela on the Odissi Odisha
stage. Bharatnattayam Tamilnadu
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229. Thirayattam is a ritual dance performed 235. Pandit Birju Maharaj has choreographed
originally in which of the following state of actress Deepika Padukone's in her film Bajirao
India? Mastani. He is famous for which form Indian
(a) Kerala (b) Andhra Pradesh dance style?
(c) Tamilnadu (d) Karnataka (a) Kathak (b) Odissi
RRB Group-D 05-12-2018 (Shift-III) (c) Kuchipudi (d) Kathakali
Ans. (a): Thirayattam is a ritual performing ethnic art RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-III)
form of the south Malabar region in Kerala. It blends Ans. (a): Pandit Birju Maharaj , also known as Brijmohan
dance, theatre, music, satire, facial and body painting, Mishra, is an exponent of Kalka Bindadin Gharana of
masking, martial art and ritualistic function. Kathak dance in India. He was awarded by Padma
Vibhushan.
230. Folk dance style 'Yakshagana' is associated
with which Indian state? 236. 'Kud dance' is a famous dance style which is
(a) Telangana (b) Odisha related to:-
(c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Jammu-Kashmir
RRB Group-D 03-12-2018 (Shift-II) (c) Odisha (d) Rajasthan
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II)
Ans. (c): Famous folk dances and their concerned states
are as follow: Ans. (b): Kud dance form is simple as it as performed by
the village farmers of the Jammu middle mountain range
State Folk dance of Himalayas.
Karnataka - Yakshagana, Dollu Kunitha etc.
237. 'Lila Rakhal' is a folk dance of which state?
Telangana - Gusadi dance, lambadi dance, Perini
(a) Haryana (b) Kerala
Sivathandavam
(c) Assam (d) Madhya Pradesh
Odisha - Dalkhai
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Tamilnadu - Mayil Attam
Ans. (c): Lila Rakhal is the folk dance of Assam, other
231. Which of the following is the popular dance dances are Bihu, Bichhua, Naga dance.
form of Telangana?
238. Which is the most popular folk dance of
(a) Mohiniyattam (b) Perini thandavam
Tamilnadu?
(c) Sattriya (d) Bharatanatyam (a) Kargam (b) Koodiyattam
RRB Group-D 20-09-2018 (Shift-II) (c) Yakshagana (d) Kathakali
Ans. (b): Perini thandavam is an ancient dance form of RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Telangana, which has been revived in recent times. It Ans. (a): Kargam is a traditional folk dance of Tamil
originated and prospered in Telangana, during the Nadu which is performed by male dancers.
Kakatiya dynasty. Perini is performed in honour of lord
Shiva. It is believed that this dance form was performed 239. Mrinalini Sarabhai died recently, who was
before the soldiers set to war in ancient times. she?
(a) Film Actress (b) Scientist
232. Mallika Sarabhai is associated with–
(c) Classical dancer (d) Play back singer
(a) Cricket (b) Classical dance
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Tanpura (d) Chemistry
RRB Group-D 26-10-2018 (Shift-III) Ans. (c): Mrinalini Sarabhai was an Indian classical
dancer, choreographer and instructor. She was the
Ans. (b): Mallika Sarabhai is an activist and Indian founder of the Padma Bhushan. She was an Indian
classical dancer and actress from Ahmedabad, Gujarat. classical bharatnattyam and kathkali dance.
She was awarded by Padma Bhushan. She is daughter 240. Mrinalini Sarabhai was associated with which
of famous space scientist Vikram Sarabhai. of the following art?
233. Which of the following is romantic dance of hill of (a) Pattachitra (b) Thanjavur painting
Kumaon which is performed often in winter and (c) Bhartanatyam (d) Madhubani art
spring season? RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(a) Karan (b) Jhora
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
(c) Raaslila (d) Chhapeli
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III) 241. Maanch is a folk dance of which state?
(a) Haryana (b) Kerala
Ans. (d) : Chhapeli is romantic dance of Kumaon hills (c) Assam (d) Madhya Pradesh
which is performed at the time of winter and spring. It
belongs to Uttrakhand. RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (d): Maanch is a form of folk theatre from the
234. Krishna Nattayam is a famous dance of which malwa region of the Indian state of Madhya Pradesh.
of the following states? The background of the play is set by curtains and the
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Karnataka dancers usually double up as singers.
(c) Kerala (d) Tumil Nadu 242. What do you know about Rukmini Devi
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-II) Arundale?
Ans. (c): Krishna Nattayam is a temple art in Kerala. It (a) She was an Indian brahmin scholar, dancer
is a dance drama and presents the story of Krishna in and choreographer of Bharatnatyam.
series of eight plays and was created by Manaveda. (b) She was a famous writer after independence.
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 (c) She was the award winning film producer. Ans. (c) : The folk music traditions of Saikuti Zai is the
(d) She was belong to the theatre. regional folk song of Mizoram. Saikuti, a poetess of
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Mizoram composed songs in praise of warriors, brave
Ans. (a): Rukmni Devi Arundale was Bharatanatyam hunters, young men aspiring to be great warriors and
dancer of India. She was the first woman in Indian hunters etc.
history to be nominated a member of the Rajya Sabha. 249. ____, revered as 'Karnataka Sangita Pitamaha'
243. Ramkheliya is a folk dance of which state? is one of the most prominent composers.
(a) Haryana (b) Kerala (a) M. D. Ramanathan (b) Dharma Raja
(c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh (c) Tyagaraja (d) Purandara Dasa
RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-III)
Ans. (c): Ramkheliya is a folk dance of Bihar. Ans. (d) : Purandara Dasa founder of the Tatvavad
244. Find the odd one out during the Vijaynagar rule. He revered as Karnataka
(a) Odissi (b) Kathakali Sangita Pitamah. He is one of the most prominent
(c) Hip-hop (d) Bharatanatyam composer and one of the chief founding proponent of
RRB Group-D 04-12-2018 (Shift-II) carnatic music. He was the follower of
RRB Group-D 20-09-2018 (Shift-III) Madhawacharya's Dvaita philosophy of Vedanta.
Ans. (c): Hip-hop music also known as rap music, is a 250. Bon-geet (forest/nature song), is primarily a
genre of popular music developed in US by inner city form of folk song of _________.
African-Americans and Latin American in New York city (a) Maghalaya (b) Manipur
in 1970s. Odissi, Kathakli and Bharatanatyam are Indian (c) Assam (d) Himachal Pradesh
classical dances. RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-II)
Ans. (c) : Bon-geet (forest/nature song), is primarily a
(iii) Music form of folk song of Assam.
251. Which of the following is NOT a Percussion
245. The Mohan Veena, a modified Hawaiian Instrument used in Carnatic Music?
Guitar also known as Hindustani Slide Guitar (a) Ghatam (b) Mridangam
was created and popularized by ______. (c) Morsing (d) Mandolin
(a) Ram Narayan (b) Anoushka Shankar RRB NTPC (State-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-II)
(c) Vishwa Mohan Bhatt (d) Asad Ali Khan Ans. (d) : Percussion instruments keep the rhythm and
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-I) beats of the song. The most frequently used instruments
Ans. (c) : The Mohan Veena, a modified Hawaiian of the carnatic music performances are Mridangam,
Guitar also known as Hindustani slide guitar was Ghatam, Tabla, Morsing and Dholak. Thus Mandolin is
created and popularized by Vishwa Mohan Bhatt. not used in Carnatic music.
246. She / He gave up dancing and studied the sitar 252. Which style of singing is traditionally
under the noted musician Ustad Allauddin performed by men with tanpura and pakhawaj
Khan. She / He was also the music director of as instrumental accompaniments?
All-India Radio from 1948 until 1956. Who (a) Ghazal (b) Thumri
among the following was that person? (c) Tarana (d) Dhrupad
(a) Ravi Shankar (b) Ananda Shankar RRB NTPC (State-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-II)
(c) Uday Shankar (d) Mamata Shankar Ans. (d) : Dhrupad is an old style of singing
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-II) traditionally performed by male singers. It is performed
Ans. (a) : Pt. Ravishankar was a musician and player of with a tanpura and pakhawaj as instrumental
Sitar. He took his classical musical education from accompaniments.
Ustaad Allauddin Khan. He was also Musical Director 253. How many beats are there in the Hindustani
of All India Radio from 1948-1956. He got the classical taal named Dadra Taal?
prestigious award Bharat Ratna in 1999 for his excellent (a) 6 (b) 12
contribution in the field of art. (c) 3 (d) 9
247. From among the following _____ learnt music RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-II)
from Swami Haridas for eleven years. Ans. (a) : Dadra tall is a Hindustani classical taal
(a) Baiju Bawra (b) Tansen (rhythmic cycle), consisting of six beats in two equal
(c) Ramdas (d) Tanrang divisions of three. The most commonly accepted theka
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 16/06/2022 (Shift-III) or basic pattern for this tala is dha, dhi, na, dha, tu, na.
Ans. (b) : Tansen, also known as Sangeet Samrat was a 254. Who among the following popularized the
Hindustani classical musician. He learnt music from guitar as an instrument in Hindustani classical
Swami Haridas for eleven years. music?
248. Which of the following states is the origin of the (a) Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
folk music traditions of Saikuti Zai? (b) Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra
(a) Goa (b) Telangana (c) Pandit Shivkumar Sharma
(c) Mizoram (d) Odisha (d) Pandit Hariprasad Chaurasia
RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-I)
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Ans. (b) : Pandit Brij Bhushan Kabra was an Indian Ans. (b) : The great Indian vocalist Pt. Jasraj belonged
musician who popularised the guitar as an instrument in to Mewati Gharana of Hindustani classical music.
Indian classical music. 261. Pandit Jasraj is a famous_____.
255. Khamba-Thoibi is an important form of (a) Classical dancer (b) Sitar Player
performing arts of _____ . (c) Classical singer (d) Tabla artist
(a) Lakshadweep (b) Puducherry RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Nagaland (d) Manipur
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-I)
Ans. (d) : Khamba-Thoibi is an important form of 262. Which of these musical instruments has a
performing arts of Manipur. This dance is duet of male keyboard?
and female partners dedicated to the Sylvan deity, (a) Ghatam (b) Santoor
Thangjing of Moirang. (c) Harmonium (d) Shehnai
256. Which trio among the following is referred to RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (morning)
as 'The trinity of Carnatic music? Ans.(c): Among the following harmonium is a musical
(a) Madurai Mani Iyer. Tiger Varadachariar and instrument which has a keyboard.
Syama Sastri 263. Which of the following is a raga of carnatic
(b) Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and Syama music?
Sastri (a) Thumri (b) Sindhu Bhairavi
(c) Manambuchavadi Venkatasubbayyar, Poochi (c) Khyal (d) Tappa
Srinivas Iyengar and Subbaraya Sastri
RRB Group-D 09-10-2018 (Shift-II)
(d) Subbaraya Sastri, Madhrai Mani Iyer, and
Tyagaraja Ans. (b) : Sindhu Bhairavi is raga in hindustani and
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 14/06/2022 (Shift-I) carnatic classical music belonging to the Asavari thaat.
In carnatic music, it is a Janya raga of the 8th melakartha
Ans. (b) : The trinity of Carnatic music refers to the trio
of composer musicians of Carnatic music in the 18th raga Hanumatodi while Thumri, Khyal and Tappa are
century namely Tyagaraja, Muthuswami Dikshitar and styles of inging in Hindustani classical music.
Syama Sastri. 264. Pandit Narayanrao Bodas was related to which
257. Who among the following is one of the member gharana of Hindustani classical music?
of carnatic music trinity? (a) Kirana Gharana (b) Banaras Gharana
(a) Mirabai (b) Annamayya (c) Rampur Gharana (d) Gwalior Gharana
(c) Tyagaraj (d) Kalidas RRB Group-D 05-11-2018 (Shift-I)
RRB Group-D 09-10-2018 (Shift-I) Ans.(d): Pandit Narayanrao Bodas was eminent
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. exponent of the Gwalior Gharana of Hindustani
258. Ustad Bahauddin Mohiuddin namely Dagar is classical music. Gwalior Gharana (Gwalior school of
a legendary musician associated with which of classical music) is the oldest Khyal Gharana in Indian
the following musical instruments? classical music. The rise of the Gwalior gharana started
(a) Flute (b) Rudra Veena with the reign of mughal emperor Akbar (1542-1605).
(c) Sitar (d) Tabla The famous singer of the patron of the arts, such as
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-II) Miyan Tansen, came from the town of Gwalior.
Ans. (b) : 265. Who is the author of the song 'Amar Sonar
Musical Instrument Musician Bangla'?
Flute - Hari Prasad Chaurasia (a) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Veena - Ustad Bahauddin Mohiuddin (c) Chittarranjan Das
Dagar
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal
Sitar - Pandit Ravi Shankar RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Tabla - Zakir Hussain Ans. (a): Amaar Sonar Bangla (My Golden Bengal) is
259. Alha singing is a prominent genre of folk songs the national anthem of Bangladesh. The lyrics were
of some parts of: written by Bengali poet Rabindra Nath Tagore in 1905.
(a) Odisha (b) Uttar Pradesh
266. Name the Bollywood lyricist who set a
(c) Punjab (d) Assam Guinness world record for composing
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-I) maximum number of songs?
Ans. (b) : Alha singing is a prominent genre of folk (a) Anand Bakshi (b) Gulzar
songs which sings in some parts of Uttar Pradesh. (c) Sahir Ludhianvi (d) Sameer Anjaan
260. Pandit Jasraj is an Indian classical vocalist, RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
belonging to the _________ gharana (Schools)
of Hindustani classical music. Ans. (d): Shitala Pandey better known as Sameer
(a) Kirana (b) Mewati Anjaan is an Indian lyricist, writing predominantly
(c) Patiala (d) Agra Hindi songs. He is a Guinness world Record holder for
R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 01-09-2019 (Shift - III) writing the maximum number of songs.

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267. Who was considered as the queen of Thumri, a 272. With which musical instrument was the noted
common form of semi-classical Indian music? musician Ustad Bismillah Khan associated?
(a) Anushka Shankar (b) M.S. Subbulakshmi (a) Flute (b) Tabla
(c) Kesarbai Kerkar (d) Girija Devi (c) Flageolet (d) Sitar
RRB Group-D 29-10-2018 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d): Girija Devi was an Indian classical singer of Ans. (c) : Shehnai Maestro, Ustad Bismillah Khan was
the seniya and Banaras gharanas. She is considered as the the legend of Indian classical music. He was born on 21st
queen of 'Thumri'. She was awarded with Padma March, 1916 to a Muslim family of musicians in Bihar's
Vibhushan, Padma Bhushan and Sangeet Akademi Dumraon. His real name was Quamruddin Khan. In
Award for Hindustani music - Vocal. 2001, he was awarded the Bharat Ratna, India's highest
civilian honour for his contribution to Indian music.
268. ____ is reformed to a Shatha Tantri Veena in
Sanskrit texts of has 72 strings. 273. Popular folk song 'Kajari' is famous in :
(a) Khanjuri (b) Sarod (a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Santoor (d) Sitar (c) Chhattisgarh (d) Haryana
RRB Group-D 31-10-2018 (Shift-II) RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c): The Indian santoor instrument is a trapezoid- Ans. (a) : Kajari is one of the most popular folk music
shaped hammered dulcimer and a variation of the of Uttar Pradesh sung by classical and semi-classical
musicians. It is sung in large regions of Uttar Pradesh,
Iranian santur. Santoor is reformed to a shatha Tontri but especially Mirzapur is considered to be the origin of
Veena in sanskrit texts and has 72 strings. It is a the Kajari while other state's songs are:
traditional instrument in Jammu and Kashmir. Ulhas
Bapat. Rahul Sharma and Varsha Agrawal are the artist Madhya Pradesh – Pandvanigeet
of Santoor instrument. Chhattisgarh – Bhojali, Jasgeet
Haryana – Ragani
269. Shubha Mudgal is associated with ____.
(a) Classical Dance 274. Which of the following belongs to the
Pandavani style of folk singing based on the
(b) Mural painting epic Mahabharata?
(c) Sport (a) Teejan Bai (b) Sharda Sinha
(d) Hindustani classical music (c) Vimalakka (d) Hira Devi Vaiba
RRB JE - 28/05/2019 (Shift-I) RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (d): Shubha Mudgal is an Indian singer of Ans. (a) : Pandavani is a folk singing style that involves
Hindustani classical music. Her repertoire includes the the narration of tales from the ancient Indian epic
genres of Khyal, Thumri, Dadra and Indian pop. She Mahabharata. This form of folk theatre is popular in the
has received Padma Shri award in 2000. She was born central Indian state of Chhattisgarh. Pandavani (literally
in 1959 (Prayagraj). meaning 'songs of the Pandavas'), is a lyrical folk ballad
270. The song of lament 'the life has gone out of the form that narrates the story of the Pandavas. Pandavani
body' is associated with Nawab _____ of the theatre usually has a lead artist and some supporting
State of Awadh. singers and musicians. There are two styles of narration
(a) Wazir Ali Khan (b) Wajid Ali Shah in Pandavani - Vedamati and Kapalik. Teejan Bai and
(c) Saadat Ali Khan (d) Muhammad Ali Shah Ritu Verma are renowned singers of Pandavani.
RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 275. World-famous Chhattisgarhi folk singer
Teejan Bai is an exponent of what type of folk
Ans. (b) : The song of lament 'The life has gone out of music?
the body' is associated with Nawab Wajid Ali Shah of (a) Pandavani (b) Lavani
the state of Awadh. Wajid Ali Shah (1822-1887) was
the eleventh and last king of Awadh. (c) Bharud (d) Gondhal
RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
271. The song Ekla Chalo Re (Walk alone) was
written by: Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore 276. Ustad Amjad Ali khan plays which of the
following instruments?
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar (a) Bansuri (b) Sarod
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh (c) Shehnai (d) Santoor
(d) BC Chatterjee RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (b) :
Ans. (a) : Ekla Cholo Re, is a Bengali patriotic song Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Sarod
written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1905. Originally
titled as "Eka", the song was first published in the Pt. Hariprasad Chaurasia Flute
September 1905 issue of Bhandar magazine. Ustaad Bismillah Khan Shehnai/Clarinet
Rabindranath Tagore (Gurudev) was a Bengali Shivkumar Sharma Santoor
polymath – poet, writer, playwright, composer, Pt. Ravishankar Sitar
philosopher, social reformer and painter. He won the
Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his english Kishan Maharaj Tabla
translation, song offerings of Gitanjali and became the V. Balsara Piano
first non-european to win the Nobel Prize in literature. N. Rajan Violin
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277. With which of the following musical 285. Which of the following is NOT a style of
instruments was V Balsara associated? Hindustani classical music?
(a) Sarangi (b) Piano (a) Dhrupad (b) Thumri
(c) Mandolin (d) Jal Tarang (c) Alapana (d) Tappa
RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c) : Alapana is not a style of Hindustani classical
278. Which of the following individuals is NOT music. Hindustani classical music is the classical music
associated with the musical instrument of northern regions of the Indian subcontinent. Its origin
santoor? dated back to 12th century CE when it diverged from
(a) Bhajan Sopori carnatic music of the south. Remaining (Dhrupad,
(b) Ustad Amjad Ali Khan Thumri and Tappa) are the style of Hindustani music.
(c) Pt. Shiv Kumar Sharma 286. Which of the following is not a wind musical?
(d) Tarun Bhattacharya (a) Khol (b) Shehnai
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Saxophone (d) Trumpet
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
279. Who among the following is a famous Santoor Ans. (a) : Khol is a barrel shaped asymmetrical drum.
instrumentalist? Its two faces are of different sizes and it seems to
(a) Nikhil Banerjee (b) Ustad Binda Khan resemble the ancient Gopuchha shape of drums. It is
(c) Shiv Kumar Sharma (d) Sajjad Hussain also known as "Mridanga" a musical instrument of
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist south India.While, Shehnai, Saxophone and Trumpet
are wind musical instruments.
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
280. The famous musician Mrs. N. Rajam is 287. The South Indian counterpart of the North
associated with which musical instrument? Indian instrument 'Nagada' is:
(a) Violin (b) Tanpura (a) Chenda (b) Damru
(c) Flute (d) Sitar (c) Uddukai (d) Been
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. Ans. (a) : The South Indian instrument, Chenda is
similar to the north Indian instrument Nagada.
281. With which of the following instruments is
Hariprasad Chaurasia associated? 288. With which of the following fields is Zakir
(a) Violin (b) Tabla Hussain associated?
(c) Flute (d) Drum (a) Literature (b) Painting
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Music (d) Sculpture
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (evening)
282. Which of the following exponents does not play Ans. (c): Zakir Hussain is related with music. He is the
the Sitar? famous Tabla player.
(a) Anoushka Shankar
(b) Pt Shiv Kumar Sharma (iv) Painting
(c) Ustad Vilayat Khan
(d) Pt. Ravi Shankar 289. Kalamkari painting was originated:
RRB NTPC 05.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Himachal (b) Uttar Pradesh
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. (c) Madhya (d) Andhra
RPF Constable 03.02.2019 (Shift - I)
283. Which of the following pairs is NOT correctly
matched (instrument to the artist)? Ans. (d) : Kalamkari painting originated in Andhra
(a) Pakhawaj - Shiv Kumar Sharma Pradesh, mainly found in Machilipatnam region.
(b) Sitar - Pt. Ravi Shankar 290. Recently 'Kalamkari' a form of painting was in
(c) Sarod - Amjad Ali Khan the headlines, associated to which Indian state?
(d) Tabla - Kishan Maharaj (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Maharashtra (d) Rajasthan
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. RRB Group-D 22-09-2018 (Shift-III)
284. Which of the following musical instruments is Ans. (a) : Kalamkari is a type of hand-painted or block
not Indo - Islamic in origin? painted cotton textile produced in Andhra Pradesh and
(a) Veena (b) Tabla Telangana. Only natural dyes are used in Kalamkari,
(c) Rabab (d) Sitar which involves twenty-three steps.
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 291. Main center of Kalamkari painting is_____.
Ans. (a) : Tabla, Rabab and Sitar are of the Indo- (a) Karnatak (b) Maharashtra
Islamic origin musical instruments while the origin of (c) West Bengal (d) Andhra Pradesh
Veena is in India. RPF SI 18.01.2019 (Shift - III)
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Ans. (d) : Kalamkari Painting was first used to portray 297. Which Indian art form is practiced in the
scenes from sacred texts such as Ramayana, Mithila region of Bihar and Nepal?
Mahabharata & Bhagavatam. It is originated in the (a) Kalamezhuthu (b) Tanjore art
modern day states of Andhra Pradesh & Telangana Sri (c) Madhubani painting (d) Pattachitra painting
Kalahasti and Machilipatnam in Andhra Pradesh are RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
two most prominent centres of Kalamkari. Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
292. Raja Ravi Verma is associated to the state 298. What is a Madhubani art?
of_____. (a) The art of storytelling
(a) Telangana (b) Kerala (b) The art of Gujarat
(c) Tamilnadu (d) Andhara Pradesh (c) Folk art practiced in Bihar
RPF SI 11.01.2019 (Shift - II) (d) The art of extracting honey
Ans. (b) : Raja Ravi Verma was a Indian painter & RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
artist. He was related to the royal family of Travancore Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
which is now the state of Kerala in India. 299. Which of the following painting is named after
293. Raja Ravi Varma was famous in which field? a district of Bihar?
(a) Literature (b) Music (a) Bundi (b) Mewar
(c) Painting (d) Dance (c) Kangra (d) Madhubani
RRB JE - 24/05/2019 (Shift-III) RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-III)
RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
Ans. (c): Raja Ravi Varma was a famous Indian painter 300. Which contemporary painter made a series of
and artist. He is the greatest painter in the history of paintings on Mahatma Gandhi?
Indian art. His famous paintings are- (i) Hamsa (a) Amrita Shergil (b) Ram Kinkar
Damayanti, (ii) Shakuntala, (iii) Maharani Laxmi Bai. (c) M.F. Husain (d) Atul Dodiya
He was awarded with Kaisar-e-Hind gold medal by RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
British India in 1904. Ans. (d): Atul Dodiya is an Indian artist from Mumbai.
294. Mural Painting flourished in India between __. 301. 'Cheriyal' a style of painting that has been in
(a) 2nd century BCE to the 10th century news recently, is unique to which state?
(b) 10th century BCE to the 10th century (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) 50th century BCE to the 10th century (c) Telangana (d) Karnataka
(d) 17th century to the 19th century RRB Group-D 18-09-2018 (Shift-III)
RRB Group-D 13-12-2018 (Shift-II) Ans. (c) : Cheriyal scroll painting is a stylized version
Ans. (a) : A mural is any piece of artwork painted or of Nakashi art, rich in the local motifs peculiar to the
applied directly on a wall, ceiling or other permanent Telangana. They are at present made only in
surfaces. The earliest evidences of murals are the Hyderabad, Telangana.
beautiful paintings on the cave of Ajanta and Ellora and State Art Style
Bagh caves. Bihar – Madhubani Art
295. Who painted the famous painting called The Maharashtra – Warli painting
last supper? Odisha – Pattachitra painting
(a) Claude Monet (b) Mozart Andhra Pradesh – Kalamkari painting
(c) Michal Angelo (d) Leonardo-da-Vinci Madhya Pradesh – Gond painting
RRB Group-D 02-11-2018 (Shift-III) Rajasthan – Phad painting, Mandana
Ans. (d): The last supper is a late 15th century mural West Bengal – Kalighat painting
painting by Italian artist Leonardo-da-Vinci. This Gujarat – Athiya
painting is located in Santa Maria delle Grazia in Milan 302. The Warli Folk painting is an art form of the
(Italy). state of :
296. Madhubani painting style is native to which (a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat
state? (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Rajasthan
(a) Odisha (b) Andhra Pradesh RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Bihar (d) Madhya Pradesh Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 303. Who stayed in India for 23 years (1802-25)
Ans. (c): Madhubani art is a style of Indian painting, painting portraits, landscapes and scenes of
practiced in the Mithila region of the Indian subcontinent everyday life of common people?
and Nepal. This painting is done with a variety of tools (a) George Chinnery (b) Walter Statesman
including fingers, twigs, brushes, nib pens and (c) William Hodges (d) Walter Sherwill
matchsticks and uses dyes and pigments. It is RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
characterized by its geometrical patterns. The centre of Ans. (a) : George Chinnery was an English painter who
Madhubani painting is Madhubani (Bihar) that why this spent most of his life in Asia, specially in India and
is known as Madhubani painting style. southern China. He was from London, England.
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304. Which of the following cities is famous for the
Kalighat paintings? (v) Indian Dress
(a) Madurai (b) Kolkata
(c) Banaras (d) Nathdwara 309. 'Phulkari' is famous embroidery of which state
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist of India?
(a) Rajasthan (b) Punjab
Ans. (b) : Characterised by bright colours and bold
outlines, Kalighat painting evolved as a unique genre of (c) Madhya Pradesh (d) Uttar Pradesh
Indian painting in 19th century, Kolkata (formerly RRB JE - 01/06/2019 (Shift-III)
Calcutta), in West Bengal. From the depiction of gods Ans. (b) Phulkari refers to the folk embroidery of the
and other mythological characters, these paintings Punjab. Although, Phulkari means floral work. The
developed over time to reflect a variety of themes. designs include not only flowers but also cover motifs
Kalighat 'patuas' (painters) produced these cheaply made and geometry. It is famous in Punjab and Jammu
works of art to make a living by selling to a mass market. Kashmir.
Kalighat paintings are said to have originated in the 310. Lucknow is famous for which traditional art of
vicinity of the iconic Kalighat Kali Temple in Kolkata. embroidery?
305. Tanjore paintings originated in the time of (a) Phulkari (b) Kantha
which dynasty? (c) Chikankari (d) Patchwork
(a) Mughals (b) Cholas RRB NTPC 11.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Kaushalas (d) Chandelas Ans. (c) : Chikankari is the embroidery work done with
RRB NTPC 07.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the white cotton thread on fine white cotton material.
Ans. (b) : Thanjavur has a unique place in the history of Lucknow, the state capital of Uttar Pradesh is world
Indian painting, in that it houses the 11th renowned for its traditional chikankari embroidery. The
century Chola wall paintings in the Brihadeeswara word 'Chiken' is basically derived from persian word
temple (Periya koyil or Pervudaiyar koyil in Tamil) as 'Chikeen'. In earlier days, the Chikankari embroidery
also paintings from the Nayak period (many times was traditionally done on mulmul-fine muslin cotton.
superimposed on the earlier Chola paintings) dating to 311. Which Indian city is famous for embroidery
the 16th century.The art flourished in Tanjavoor, the work called 'Chikenkari'?
capital city of the Chola dynasty, and thus got its name. (a) Lucknow (b) Hyderabad
306. Phad, an art form of Rajasthan, is a _______ (c) Ahmadabad (d) Puri
form of painting. RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-III)
(a) tribal (b) sensual Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
(c) religious (d) musical 312. Traditional weaving of Gujarat is known as
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist ........... .
Ans. (c) : Phad is a style religious scroll and folk (a) Tushar (b) Kanjivarm
painting, practiced in Rajasthan state of India. This style (c) Jamdani (d) Patola
of painting is done on a long piece of cloth or canvas, RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
known as phad. Ans. (d) :
307. In Thangka Paintings, images of Lord ......... Traditional Weaving States
are made on cotton or silk cloth. Kanjivaram Tamil Nadu
(a) Mahavira (b) Buddha Patola Gujarat
(c) Shiva (d) Vishnu Jamdani West Bengal
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 313. India's first costume museum is situated at -
Ans. (b) : Thangka Painting is based on teachings and (a) Goa (b) Uttar pradesh
life of Buddha. This painting is a tremendous depiction (c) Maharashtra (d) West Bengal
of Indian, Nepalese and Tibbetan culture. Mainly RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Buddha's paintings have been made on silk canvas.
Ans. (a) : Moda Goa Museum by Wendell Rodricks
308. Which community of Rajasthan has been will be India's first costume museum, housed in a 450-
following block printing since the last three year - old traditional Goan Villa 'Casa Dona Maria' in
centuries? Colvale (Goa).
(a) Khatri (b) Chippa 314. Potali is the bridal dress worn by the brides
(c) Bishnois (d) Khatik belonging to which state?
RRB NTPC 11.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Odisha (b) Rajasthan
Ans. (b) : Block printing on fabrics was introduced by (c) Kerala (d) Manipur
the old Chippa Community located in the Bagru district RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
of Rajasthan. Bagru is known for natural dyes and hand Ans. (d) : Potali is dress worn by the brides of Manipur.
block printing. Bagru is home of both Raiger and It is also worn during the time of dance. It is a
Chippa community. Chippa have been involved in cylindrical skirt made up of thick fabric that is
fabric printing tradition for over 100 years. ornamented with sequins and mirrors.
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315. The fabric that became a symbol of India's Ans. (b): Khandvi is a dish of Gujarat. It is one of the
freedom struggle is: much-loved Gujarat snack. It is also known as Patuli or
(a) Khadi (b) Silk Dahivadi and made with gram flour. Some other
(c) Wool (d) Polyester traditional recipes of Gujarat are: Dhokla, Aam
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Shrikhand, Methi Ka Thepla, Dal Dhokli, Fafda, Upma,
Ans. (a) : The fabric that became a symbol of India's Dabeli, Khaman Dhokla etc.
freedom struggle is Khadi. It is not a poor man's cloth 321. Dhokla is a cuisine of which Indian state?
any more with some makeover form the designers. It (a) Maharashtra (b) Odisha
has become a style statement. Khadi is not only the (c) Gujarat (d) Karnataka
symbol of India's freedom struggle as well as Indian RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-III)
values, pride and evaluation.
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
322. Dal bati Churma is one of the most popular
(vi) Martial Arts/Warfares food items of ______ cuisine.
(a) Rajasthani (b) Punjabi
316. _____is an exclusive martial dance form of
Manipur that includes unique display of skill. (c) Marathi (d) Gujarati
creativity and agility in which the performers RRB Group-D 01-11-2018 (Shift-II)
enact a mock fight sequence Ans. (a): Dal bati Churma is one of the most popular
(a) Thang Ta (b) Rangama food items of Rajasthani cuisine. Bati is made with
(c) Chakyar Koothu (d) Singhi Chham whole wheat flour that is roasted over firewood, and
RRB NTPC (State-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-II) Churma is a mixture of sugar and flour. It is generally
Ans. (a) : Thang Ta "the art of the sword and spear" is served for lunch or dinner at religious occasions,
the traditional martial art of Manipur. It integrates marriage ceremonies and birthday parties in Rajasthan.
various external weapons the sword, spear, dagger etc. 323. Chainsoo is a famous food preparation of the
Rangama is a dance of Nagaland. Chakyar Koothu is a state of _______.
performance art from Kerala. Singhi is lion dance of (a) Uttarakhand (b) Arunachal Pradesh
Sikkim. In this dance form the dancers perform in a lion (c) Maharashtra (d) Telangana
costume that represents the snow lion. RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
317. With which Indian state is Malabar cuisine Ans. (a) : Chainsoo is a famous food of Uttarakhand
associated? which is made up of Black Gram.
(a) West Bengal (b) Manipur
(c) Kerala (d) Assam 2. Books/Authors
R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 30-08-2019 (Shift - III)
Ans. (c) : With its unique flavor and taste Malabar (i) National Books
cuisine is associated with Kerala.
318. The Indian martial art, Kalaripayattu 324. Books that contain the records of Christ's life
originated from which state of India? are known as ___________.
(a) Karnataka (b) Andhra Pradesh (a) Gospels (b) Sermons
(c) Kerala (d) Tamil Nadu (c) Torahs (d) Psalms
RPF SI 12.01.2019 (Shift - III) RRB Group-D– 26/08/2022 (Shift-III)
Ans. (c) : Kalaripayattu is an ancient martial art Ans. (a) : Books that contain the records of Christ's life
indigenous to Kerala. The word ‘Kalari’ first appears in
are known as Gospels.
the Tamil sangam literature to describe both a battle This is the story of the life of lord Jesus Christ
field and combat arena. the Messiah, as recorded in the Holy Bible.
319. ......... is the traditional martial art of Manipur.
325. Who is the author of the book 'Lady Doctors:
(a) Bihu (b) Thang-Ta The Untold Stories of India's First Women in
(c) Bagurumbo (d) Rauf Medicine'?
RRB Group-D 25-09-2018 (Shift-I) (a) Kunal Basu (b) Kavitha Rao
Ans. (b): Thang-Ta, the art of sword and spear is the (c) Anuradha Roy (d) Jairam Ramesh
traditional martial art of Manipur in the North-east RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-III)
India. It integrates various external weapons-the sword,
Ans. (b) : The book 'Lady Doctors: The Untold Stories
dagger etc with the internal practice of physical control
of India's First Women in Medicine is authored by
through soft movements coordinating with the rhythms Kavitha Rao.
of breathing. It is also known as Huyen langlon (method
326. The first ever detailed commentary of the
of safe-guarding) in Manipur. Bhagwad Gita in Marathi was done by ______.
(a) Ramdas (b) Tukaram
(vii) Famous Dish (c) Eknath (d) Dnyaneshwar
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-II)
320. Khandvi is a dish of which Indian state? Ans. (d) : Dnyaneshwari also referred to as Jnanesvari,
(a) Karnataka (b) Gujarat Jnaneshwari or Bhavartha Deepika is a commentary on
(c) Odisha (d) Maharashtra the Bhagavad Gita written by the Marathi saint and poet
RRB JE - 24/05/2019 (Shift-II) Sant Dnyaneshwar in 1290 CE.
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327. Which of the following book was written by 332. Name the creation of Devaki Nandan Khatri
Raja Ram Mohan Roy? which is considered to be the first authentic
(a) The Arctic Home in the Vedas work of prose in Hindi.
(b) Glimpses of world. (a) Chandrakanta (b) Gitanjali
(c) Gift of monotheists. (c) Ratnavali (d) Gita Govinda
(d) All men are brothers. RRB NTPC 20.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RPF Constable 05.02.2019 Ans. (a) : Chandrakanta is an epic fantasy Hindi novel
Ans. (c) : Raja Ram Mohan Roy wrote "Gift of by Devaki Nandan Khatri. Chandrakanta is the story of
Monotheists" in the year 1809 and it was written in eternal love set against the battle and strife between two
Bengali. ‘Glimpses of World History’ is written by kingdoms Naugarh & Vijaygarh.
Jawahar Lal Nehru, ‘The Arctic Home in the Vedas’ 333. 'Durgeshnandini' was written by:
was written by Bal Gangadhar Tilak, ‘All Mens Are (a) Premchand
Brother’ is written by Krishna Kriplani. (b) Chandu Menon
328. Who is the writer of the Hindi play Adhe (c) Rabindranath Tagore
Adhure? (d) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(a) Nirala (b) Pant RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Mohan Rakesh (d) Premchand
Ans. (d) : Durgeshnandini is a Bengali historical
RRB JE - 26/06/2019 (Shift-III) romantic novel written by Indian writer Bankim
Ans. (c): Mohan Rakesh was one of the pioneers of the Chandra Chattopadhyay in 1865.
Nai Kahani literary movement of the Hindi literature in
the 1950. He wrote many plays, novels, stories such as 334. Who was the author of the literary work
Adhe Adure, Lahron ke Rajhans, Na Aanewala Kal, 'Ratnavali'?
Ashadh Ka Ek Din. The play (Ashadh Ka Ek Din) (a) Harshavardhana (b) Chanakya
recieved a Sangeet Natak Akademi Award for best play (c) Shudraka (d) Kalidasa
1959. RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
329. Which one of the following books is authored Ans. (a) : Harshavardhana is considered as one of the
by Maulana Abul Kalam Azad? greatly distinguished Indian rulers of the 7th century
(a) India Wins Freedom AD. He is considered to be the writer of three Sanskrit
(b) Wings of Fire works: Ratnavali, Nagananda and Priyadarshika.
(c) We the people 335. Who among the following wrote the book 'Hind
(d) God of Small Things Swaraj'?
RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
Ans. (a) : Maulana Abul Kalam Azad's most popular (b) Sarojini Naidu
book is India Wins Freedom is an account of the (c) Mahatma Gandhi
Partition from the Maulana Azad’s perspective. It (d) Jawaharlal Nehru
includes his personal experiences when India became RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
independent. Ans. (c) : Books related to freedom movement and
330. Which one of the following books was written their authors are as follow:
by Vishnu sharma?
Author Books
(a) Arthashastra (b) Panchatantra
(c) Indica (d) Rajatarangini • Mahatma Gandhi Hind Swaraj, Navjeevan,
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Young India, My
experiment with truth.
Ans. (b) : Famous writers and their concerned books
are as follow: • Subhash Chandra Bose The Indian Struggle
Writers Books • Sarojini Naidu The Golden Threshold
Vishnu Sharma Panchtantra • Jawahar Lal Nehru Discovery of India,
Kautilya Arthashastra Glimpses of World History
Megasthanese Indica • Annie Besant Commonweal, New India.
Kalhan Rajtarangini India Divided.
• Dr. Rajendra Prasad
331. Who wrote the play 'Mudrarakshasa'?
• Pathway to Pakistan Chaudhary
(a) Somadeva (b) Vishakhadatta Khaliquzzaman
(c) Kalidas (d) Bodhayan
RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist • Khushwant Singh A Train to Pakistan
Ans. (b) : Mudrarakshasa is a sanskrit-language play by • Abdul kalam Azad India wins freedom,
Vishakhadatta that narrates the ascent of the king Ghubar-e-Khatir
Chandragupta Maurya to power in India. • Indira Gandhi Eternal India. My truth.
Some writers with their books are as follow: • Jawahar Lal Nehru The Discovery of India,
1) Somdeva– Kathasaritsagar An Auto-biography.
2) Kalidas– Raghuvansam, Abhigyansakuntlam Glimpses of world
3) Bodhayan– Sulbasutra, Srautasutra History
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336. Who is the author of the book 'India Divided'? Ans. (d) : ‘Words of Freedom: Ideas of a Nation’ is a
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad set of books that enumerate the writings and speeches
(b) Abdul Kalam Azad of fourteen of the greatest leaders of India. These
(c) Indira Gandhi books were written to celebrate India's sixteenth
anniversary of being repubilc. Rabindranath Tagore
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru
wrote the book ‘Words of Freedom: Ideas of a Nation’.
RRB JE - 26/06/2019 (Shift-III)
341. Who wrote Padmavat?
RRB NTPC 20.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Malik Muhammad Jayasi
Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question. (b) Gulbadan Begum
337. 'Waiting for a Visa' is whose autobiography? (c) Abul Fazal
(a) B.R. Ambedkar (b) Indira Gandhi (d) Ferdowsi
(c) Satyajit Ray (d) Jawaharlal Nehru RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (a) : Malik Muhammad Jayasi (1477-1542) was an
Ans. (a) : ‘Waiting for a Visa’ is an autobiography of Indian sufi poet. He used to write in the Awadhi
Dr. B.R. Ambedkar. This book suggests how language. His best known work is the epic poem
untouchables Dalit community still waits acceptance or ‘Padmavat’ (1540).
welcome not only from the Indian government but also Gul Badam Begum who wrote Humanyun-nama was
from the society in general. This book is used as a text the daughter of Babur.
book in Columbia University. Abul Fazal was grand vizier of the Mughal emperor
Akbar, and author of the "Akbarnama".
338. Who is the author of the novels Rangbhoomi,
Godan, Gaban & Vardan? Ferdowsi (AD 940-1025) was a persian poet and author
of Shahnama or Book of Kings.
(a) Maithili Sharan Gupt
(b) Munshi Prem Chand 342. The well-known poem 'Meghaduta' was
written by
(c) Ramdhari Singh Dinkar (a) Sattanar (b) Premchand
(d) Sumitra Nandan Pant (c) Kalidasa (d) Ilango
RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 05.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (b) : Munshi Premchand was the prolific writer of Ans. (c) : Meghaduta (Meghadootam) is a lyric poem
Hindi literature. His original name was Dhanpat Rai written by Kalidasa.
Srivastava. In field of Hindi literature, he was known as 343. 'Nirmala' was a fiction novel written by:
King of Novels (UPANYAAS SAMRAT). His
(a) Kamala Das
important literary works are : Sewa Sadan, Premashram,
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
Rangbhoomi, Nirmala, Gaban, Karmabhoomi, Godan,
Vardan etc. He wrote some stories also Kafan, Poos Ki (c) Vaikom Muhammad Basheer
Raat, Panch Parmeshwar, Bade Ghar ki beti etc. (d) Munshi Premchand
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
339. Chandrakanta, the popular epic fantasy was
written by : Ans. (d) : Nirmala is a Hindi fiction novel written by
Indian writer Munshi Premchand. The melodramatic
(a) Maithili Sharan Gupt novel is centered on Nirmala, a young girl who was
(b) Jaishankar Prasad forced to marry a widower of her father's age. His works
(c) Devaki Nandan Khatri include Godaan, Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar,
(d) Munshi Premchand Idgah. He published his first collection of five short
RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist stories in 1907 in a book called Soz-E-Watan.
Ans. (c) : 344. The world's first handwritten needle book is
Writer Famous Creations (a) Moti Mahal (b) Madhushala
(c) Chitra (d) Devdas
Devaki Nandan Khatri Chandrakanta,
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Chandrakanta Santati
(Chandrakanta's Progeny) Ans. (b) : The world's first handwritten needle book is
"Madhushala" written by Piyush Goyal. Originally, this
Maithili Sharan Gupt Saket, Bharat-Bharati, book is written by Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
Jayadrath Vadh, Yashodhara 345. Who wrote the great Indian literary works
Jaishankar Prasad Kamayani, Dhruvswamini, 'Meghadoota' and 'Abhigyan Shakuntalam'?
Kankal (a) Bhasa (b) Kalidas
340. Who wrote the book Words of Freedom: Ideas (c) Chanakaya (d) Shudraka
of a Nation? RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Ans. (b) :
(b) B.R. Ambedkar Book Authors
(c) Subhash Chandra Bose Mudrarakshasa Visakhadatta
(d) Ravindranath Tagore Rajtarangini Kalhana
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 Kamasutra Vatsyayana Ans. (d): The Life Tree is a collection of poems by
Prashnottarmalika Amoghavarsha former President APJ Abdul Kalam. It was published in
Swapanvasdattam Bhasa 2005. The poem contained in this book bring out Dr.
Buddha-charita Asvaghosha Kalam's deep love for India and its culture. Together
Natyashastra Bharata with his devotion to God and to this motherland, his
Abhigyan Shakuntalam, Meghaduta Kalidasa
devotion to humanity is also uniquely manifested in
Vikramorvasiyam, Raghuvamsha
these poems.
Amarkosa Amarshimha 350. Which of the following has been written by
Panchasidddhantika, Brihat Samhita Varaha Mihira Munshi Premchand?
Surya Siddhanta, Aryabhatta
(a) Kamayani (b) Yama
Aryabhatta (c) Chidambara (d) Sevasadan
Panch tantra Vishnu Sharma RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Nitisara Kamandaka Ans. (d) : Seva Sadan was the first novel of Munshi
Aihole Prasasti Ravi Kriti Premchand, it was first written in Urdu as Baazare-e-
Indica Megasthanese Husn, but its hindi version was published first.
Arthasastra Kautilya 351. Who wrote the 'Brihat Samhita', a collection of
Charaka Samhita Charaka scientific information on diverse subjects?
Lilawati Bhaskara II
(a) Varahamihira (b) Kalhana
Harshacharita, Kadambari, Harsha vardhan
(c) Charaka (d) Nagarjuna
Nagananda, Ratnavali RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Bhavabhuti Mahaviracharita, Ans. (a) : Varahamihira was an eminent astronomer and
Malti Madhav, mathematician from the Gupta period. The two seminal
Uttararamcharita works written by him are ‘Panch Siddhanitka’ and
Bharati Kiratarjuniyam ‘Brihat Samhita’. The book contained various subjects
like astrology, planetary movements, eclipses,
346. Which of the following is the work of Kalidas? architecture, matrimony, agriculture, etc.
(a) Kumarsambhavam
352. Who is the author of 'Gitanjali' a collection of
(b) Malti Madhav
poems?
(c) Kiratarjuniyam
(a) Ravindra Nath Tagore
(d) Kiratarjuniyam and kumarasambhavaam both
(b) R. K. Narayan
RRB JE - 31/05/2019 (Shift-II)
(c) Satyajit Ray
Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question. (d) Salim Ali
347. Who wrote the famous Bangla Novel 'Pather RRB JE - 27/06/2019 (Shift-III)
Panchali'?
Ans. (a): Gitanjali is a collection of poems by Bengali
(a) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhay
poet Rabindra Nath Tagore. Tagore received the Nobel
(b) Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay prize for literature. It is a part of the UNESCO
(c) Sharat Chandra Chattopadhyay collection of representative works.
(d) Rabindra Nath Tagore
353. The story of 'My experiment with truth' was
RRB NTPC 20.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
written on the life of which of the following
Ans. (b) : Bibhutibhushan Bandopadhyay was a famous personality?
Bengali writer and novelist. He is especially known for (a) Mahatma Gandhi
his epic 'Pather Panchali'. A film was also produced
(b) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
based on it by the famous film maker Satyajit Ray.
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
348. Who is the author of 'Rajatarangini'?
(d) Amartya Sen
(a) Kalidas (b) Chand Bardai
RRB Group-D 28-11-2018 (Shift-I)
(c) Jayadeva (d) Kalhana
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (a): The story of ‘My Experiments With Truth’ is
the autobiography of Mahatma Gandhi, covering his life
Ans. (d) : Rajatarangini is a book written by Kalhana, from early childhood through to 1921.
depicts magnificently about the history of Kashmir.
Kalhana was patronised by Lohara dynasty ruler 354. Name the literary work done by Ravindra Nath
Harsha. Tagore during the 19th and 20th centuries.
Authors Books (a) Pather Panchali
Chanda Bardai Prithviraj Raso (b) Jhutha Sach
Jaydev Geet - Govinda (c) The Home and World
349. Which one of the following was written by Dr. (d) Ganadevata
A.P.J. Abdul Kalam? RRB Group-D 07-12-2018 (Shift-I)
(a) Rebooting India (b) Imagining India Ans. (c): Gitanjali, short work of Ravindranath Tagore
(c) Untouchable (d) The life Tree and 'The Home and the World’ is a famous book of
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage Ist Ravindranath Tagore.
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355. Who is the author of book named 'Indian Ans. (b): The book 'Straight Drive’ is authored by Sunil
Philosophy'? Gavaskar. He is a recipient of Padma Shri and Padma
(a) Shiv Khera Bhushan.
(b) Sarojini Naidu 360. Who is the author of 'Biography of Indira
(c) Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Gandhi'?
(d) Swami Vivekanand (a) Shobha De (b) Arundhati Roy
RRB Group-D 06-12-2018 (Shift-III) (c) Pupul Jayakar (d) R.K. Narayan
Ans. (c) : RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Author Book Ans. (c): Pupul Jayakar was Indian cultural activist and
Dr. S. Radha Krishnan - Indian Philosophy, The writer, best known for her work on the revival of
Hindu view of Life traditional and village arts, handlooms. She was
Sarojini Naidu - The Golden Threshold, awarded with Padma Bhusan in 1967.
Palanquin Bearers, The Bird 361. Which of these books is not written by A.P.J.
of Time Abdul Kalam?
Shiv Khera - Jeet Apki, Freedom is not (a) The Scientific Indian
Free, You Can Sell, Living (b) Envisioning an unpowered
With Honour (c) My Country, My Life
Swami Vivekanand - The Complete work of Swami (d) Ignited Minds
Vivekanand, Medition And Its RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Methods, Jana Yoga, Karma Ans. (c): ‘My Country, My Life’ was written by Lal
Yoga Krishna Advani and other three books were written by
356. Mahatma Gandhi made it clear in the famous Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam.
book, Hind Swaraj (1909) that British rule was 362. Who is the author of Hindi drama 'Aadhe
established in India- Adhure'?
(a) By co-operation of Indians (a) Nirala (b) Pant
(b) By the use of force (c) Mohan Rakesh (d) Premchandra
(c) Without the co-operation of Indians RRB JE - 26/06/2019 (Shift-III)
(d) By other foreign forces
Ans. (c): Hindi Drama ‘Aadhe Adhure’ was written by
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II) Mohan Rakesh and it was published in 1969. Mohan
Ans. (a): Hind Swaraj or Indian Home Rule is book Rakesh was one of the pioneers of the Nai Kahani
written by Mahatma Ganadhi in 1909. He made through Literary movement. His first modern hindi play is
this book clear that British rule was established in India. ‘Ashadh Ka Ek din’.
357. Which of these books is not authored by R.K. 363. In which book did Mahatma Gandhi write that
Narayan? the British rule in India was the result of
(a) Two leaves and a bud cooperation extended by Indians?
(b) Bachelor of Art (a) Village Swaraj
(c) The English teacher (b) Hind Swaraj
(d) Waiting for the Mahatma (c) India of My Dreams
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-I) (d) The Story of My Experiments with Truth
Ans. (a): Major works of R.K. Narayan - Waiting for the RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Mahatma, The English Teacher, The Bachelor of Arts, Ans. (b) : Mahatma Gandhi, in his book ‘Hind Swaraj’
Gods, Dewons and Others, The world of Nagaraj, The wrote that the British rule in India was the result of
Dark Room, Swami and Friends, A Tiger of Malgudi, cooperation extended by Indians. Mohandas Gandhi wrote
Under the Banayan Tree, The Painter of Signs etc. this book in his native language Gujarati, while traveling
358. The book 'Natya Shastra' on Indian classical from London to South-Africa on board SS Kildonan
dance is written by- Castle. It has also been translated to French.
(a) Shri Ved Vyas (b) Shri Tulsidas 364. The novel 'Tamas' has been written by:
(c) Bharat Muni (d) Kashyap Muni (a) RK Narayan (b) Amrita Pritam
RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Khushwant Singh (d) Bhisham Sahani
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c): Bharat Muni was an ancient Indian theatrologist RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
and musicologist who wrote Natya Shastra. He is
considered the father of Indian theatrical arts forms. Ans. (d) : 'Tamas' is the most famous novel of Bhishma
Sahni. It was published in the year 1973. In 1975 he
359. Who is the author of the Book 'Straight Drive'? was also awarded the Sahitya Akademi Award for the
(a) Kapil Dev novel Tamas.
(b) Sunil Gavaskar 365. Who wrote the novel 'The White Tiger'?
(c) Prakash (a) Khushwant Singh (b) Chetan Bhagat
(d) Viswanathan Anand (c) Vikram Seth (d) Arvind Adiga
RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 11.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d) : Arvind Adiga is an Indian writer. He has (a) R.K.Narayan (b) B.V.Karanth
written a novel named 'The White Tiger' based on the (c) Girish Karnad (d) U.R. Ananthamurty
Indian caste and varna system. Writing on a world-class RRB NTPC 02.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
standard and placing it in the world scene his book was Ans. (a) : R. K. Narayan was a well-known English
published in 2008. In the same year, he also received author of Indian literature. The full name of R. K.
the 40th Man Booker Prize. Arvind Adiga is a writer by Narayan was Rasipuram Krishnaswami Iyer
profession as well as a well known journalist. Narayanaswami. He was an Indian writer best known
366. Who wrote about the injustices of the caste for his works set in the fictional South Indian town of
system in his book 'Gulamgiri' (1871)? Malgudi. His first novel, Swami and Friends (1935), is
(a) Kashi Baba an episodic narrative recounting the adventures of a
(b) Dr. BR Ambedkar group of schoolboys.
(c) EV Ramaswamy Naicker 371. Who wrote the novel 'The God of Small
(d) Jyotirao Govindrao Phule Things'?
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Kiran Desai (b) Chetan Bhagat
Ans. (d) : Book named “Ghulamgiri(1871)” was written (c) Salman Rushdie (d) Arundhati Roy
by Jyotirao Govindrao Phule.The basic theme of the RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
book is the injustice of the caste system as gulamgiri Ans. (d) :
means slavery. Author Book
367. The book 'Changing India' documents the Arundhati Roy The God of Small Things,
work of: The End of Imagination.
(a) Pranab Mukherjee (b) Rajiv Gandhi Chetan Bhagat Five point someone, The
(c) Dr. Manmohan Singh (d) Narendra Modi three mistake of my Life,
RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Half a Girl-Friend
Ans. (c) : Changing India: The book is released by Kiran Desai The Inheritance of loss,
former PM Manmohan Singh. In this book, he describes Hullaballo in the Guava
his journey from economist to the politician. Some facts Orchard.
about Manmohan Singh:
He is an Indian economist and politician who served Salman Rushdie Midnight's Children, Sunrise
as the Prime Minister of India from 2004 to 2014. over Ayodhya, The Satanic
He became the first PM after Jawahar Lal Nehru to Verses etc.
be re-elected after completing his five years tenure. 372. Which is RK Narayan's first novel?
Now our present PM Narendra Modi become the (a) Malgudi Days
third PM of India who was re-elected after (b) The English Teacher
completing his tenure. (c) Swami and Friends
He was the 15th Governor of the Reserve Bank of (d) The Guide
India. RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
368. Who composed the famous Tamil epic Ans. (c): R.K. Narayan's first novel 'Swami and
'Manimekalai'? Friends' was published in 1935. Malgudi Days, The
(a) Ilango Adigal (b) Nathakuthanaar Guide and The English Teacher are the major novels
(c) Sattanar (d) Tirotakkadevar written by him. Sahitya Akademi award was given to
RRB NTPC 07.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the novel 'The Guide’ in 1960.
Ans. (c): Manimekalai, is a Tamil-Buddhist epic 373. Which Indian Author is best known for writing
composed by Kulavāṇikaṇ Seethalai Sataṇar probably stories based in and around the fictional village
around the 6th century. It is an "anti-love story". of Malgudi?
369. Who wrote the famous poem 'Khoob Ladi (a) Ravindra Nath Tagore
Mardani'? (b) Mulk Raj Anand
(a) Sri Aurobindo (c) R.K. Lakshman
(b) MK Gandhi (d) R.K. Narayan
(c) Sarojini Naidu RRB Group-D 03-12-2018 (Shift-III)
(d) Subhadra Kumari Chauhan Ans. (d) Malgudi is a fictional town located in south
RRB NTPC 01.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist India in the novels and short stories of R.K. Narayan. It
Ans. (d) : Rani Laxmi Bai was an iconic female warrior forms the setting for most of Narayan's works. Starting
who bolstered in the Revolt of 1857 against the British with the first novel, swami and friends, all but one of
rule and describing her very valour in a poem written by his fifteen novels and most of his short stories take
Subhadra Kumari Chauhan. The poem titled "Khub place here. Malgudi ki kahaniyan, Swami and friends,
Ladi Mardani , Wo Toh Jhansi Wali Rani Thi". In 1853, the guide are some famous books.
when the Maharaja of Jhansi died, East India Company 374. 'Malgudi Days' is based on the works of which
took advantage of the situation and applied the Doctrine Indian author?
of Lapse to annex Jhansi. (a) Sankar Naga (b) R.K. Lakshman
370. Which author created the little village of (c) R.K. Narayan (d) Girish Karnad
'Malgudi' as the backdrop for his stories of the RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
little boy 'Swami'? Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
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375. Silappatikaram, a famous Tamil epic, was Ans. (b) :
composed by: Book - Writer
(a) Kalidas (b) Chathanar
(c) Thiruvalluvar (d) IIango Adigal
Why I am Hindu - Shashi Tharoor
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Changing India - Manmohan Singh
Ans. (d) : "The Tale of an Anklet" also referred to as National Unification - 1961 - Atal Bihari Vajpayee
Silappathikaram, is the earliest Tamil epic. It was written Karmayogi - M.S. Ashokan
in the 5th–6th century AD by Prince Ilanko Adikal 380. The famous novel 'Untouchable' was written
(Ilango Adigal). The epic is a tragic love story of an by:
ordinary couple, Kannaki and her husband Kovalan. (a) R.K. Narayan
376. Which one of the following books is NOT (b) Mulk Raj Anand
authored by Amartya Sen? (c) K.R. Srinivasan Iyengar
(a) Poverty and Famines (d) A.K. Ramanujan
(b) On Economic Inequality RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Poverty of India
Ans. (b) : The novel 'Untouchable' was written by Mulk
(d) Resources, values, and development
Raj Anand. The powerful story of Untouchable is based
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist on India's caste system.
Ans. (c) :
381. Who has written the narrative history 'India
Books Author
after Gandhi'?
Poverty and Famines Amartya Sen
(a) Malathi Rao (b) Arundhati Roy
Poverty of India Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Ramachandra Guha (d) Rupa Bajwa
On Economic Inequality Amartya Sen RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Resources, values and Amartya Sen Ans.(c) : Ramachandra Guha was born on 29
development April,1958. He is a historian and a huge fan of
377. The Novel 'A Prime Minister to Remember' Gandhian philosophy. He wrote two books with most
was written by: relevance to Gandhiji.
(a) Tavleen Singh 1. India after Gandhi.
(b) Bipin Chandra 2. Gandhi: The Years That changed the World, 1914–
(c) Admiral Sushil Kumar 1948.
(d) Arundhati Roy 382. Who is the author of the book "Economic
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Nightmare of India- Its Cause and Cure"?
(a) Raghuram Rajan (b) Charan Singh
Ans. (c) : A book titled 'A Prime Minister to Remember
Memories of a Military Chief' was authored by former (c) Amiya Kumar Bagchi (d) Abhijit Banerjee
Navy Chief Admiral Sushil Kumar. Admiral Sushil RRB NTPC 08.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Kumar was the 16th Chief of Naval Staff and also look Ans. (b) : 'Economic Nightmare of India- Its Cause and
after the naval operation during the Kargil conflict of Cure' is a book written by Charan Singh. Chaudhary
1999. He served as Navy Chief from 1998 to 2001. 'A Charan Singh served as the 5th Prime Minister of India
Prime Minister to Remember, is memories of a Military between 1979 -1980. Other books written by Chaudhary
Chief', on PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee, in which he Charan Singh are Abolition of Zamindari, Co-operative
credited Mr. Vajpayee for turning a strategic loss into a farming, India's Economic Policy- The Gandhian
massive victory. He also mentions operation Parakram Blueprint etc.
that was called after the Parliament attack. 383. The Book – The Test of My Life – was written
by-
378. Which Indian Prime Minister translated the
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Yuvraj Singh
epic Telugu novel in to Hindi which is named
as Sahasra Phan' (c) Saina Nehwal (d) Kapil Dev
(a) P.V. Narasimha Rao (b) Manmohan Singh RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) V.P. Singh (d) I.K. Gujral Ans. (b) : The book ‘The Test of My Life: From
Cricket to Cancer and Back' was written by Yuvraj
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Singh.
Ans. (a) : Vishwanath Satyanarayana was the author of • Sachin Tendulkar- Playing It My Way.
the book Veyi Padagalu, a Telugu novel. It was • Saina Nehwal- Playing to Win, Mera Racket Meri
translated into Hindi by India's 9th Prime Minister PV Duniya.
Narsimha Rao, with the name 'Sahasara Phan' (A
• Kapil Dev- Kapil: The Autobiography of Kapil Dev,
Thousand Hoods). Cricket My Style.
379. Who wrote the book, 'Why I am Hindu'? 384. Who is the author of the book 'Shades of
(a) Manmohan Singh (b) Shashi Tharoor Saffron'?
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (d) Narendra Modi (a) Kamla Bhasin (b) Saba Naqvi
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Chidanand Rajghatta (d) Arundhati Roy
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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 Ans. (b) : Ans. (a) : Ignited Minds is a book by Dr A.P.J. Abdul
Book Writer Kalam. He was the former President of India (11th) and
also known as the "Missile Man of India" for his work
Shades of Saffron Saba Naqvi in the development of missiles and launch vehicles. In
Borders and Boundaries : Kamala Bhasin this book, Dr Kalam talks about his dream of developed
Women in India's India. The title of the book comes with a tagline,
partition “Unleashing the power within India”
Horse that flew Chidananda Rajghatta Other books by him:
385. Who is the author of 'Economy of • Wings of Fire.
Permanence'? • Turning Points
(a) PC Mahalanobis (b) KN Raj • India 2020
(c) JC Kumarappa (d) K Kamaraj • Naa Jeevana Gamanam
• You are born to Blossom
RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
• Forge your Future
Ans. (c) : • Mission India
Famous Book Writer • The Luminous Sparks: A Biography in Verse and
Economy of Permanence; J.C. Kumarappa Colours
Gandhian Economic Thought 389. Who among the following has compiled 'The
Experiments in Statistical P.C. Mahalanobis wings of fire'?
Sampling in the Indian (a) K. R. Narayan (b) Pranab Mukherjee
Statistical Institute (c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (d) V.S. Naipaul
RRB Group-D 10-10-2018 (Shift-I)
Organizational Issues in Indian K.N. Raj
Agriculture Ans. (c): The wings of fire is an auto biography of A.P.J.
Abdul kalam. He was an Indian Aerospace scientist and
386. Who has written Bahuroopi Gandhi? politician who served as 11th President of India from
(a) Chakravarti Rajagopalachari 2002-2007. He was also known as missile man of India.
(b) Anu Bandopadhyaya He was awarded by Bharat Ratna, Padma Vibhushan
(c) Amrita Pritam Padma Bhushan.
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru 390. Who is the author of 'The wings of fire'?
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
Ans. (b) : Anu Bandopadhyaya has written the Book (b) Dr. Radha Krishnan
Bahuroopi Gandhi. (c) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(d) Ashish Giri Vs. V.V. Giri
387. Name the famous Indian writer who has RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
written novels like 'Untouchable' and Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
'Coolie'.)'. 391. Which of the following book has not written by
(a) RK Narayan (b) Mulk Raj Anand Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam?
(c) Anita Desai (d) Kamla Das (a) Wings of Fire: An Autobiography
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (b) India 2020: A Vision for the New Millennium
Ans. (b) : Mulk Raj Anand born on 12 December (c) The Discovery of India
1905 at Peshawar, British India (now in Pakistan) was (d) Ignited Minds: Unleashing the Power Within
prominent Indian author of novels, short stories, and India
critical essays in English, who is known for his RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
realistic and sympathetic portrayal of the poor in India. Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
He is considered a founder of the English language 392. 'No Nation for Women' is written by:
Indian novel. He gained wide recognition for his (a) Manav Kaul (b) Priyanka Dubey
novels Untouchable (1935) and Coolie (1936), both of (c) Indumati Desai (d) Kishwer Desai
which examined the problems of poverty in Indian RRB NTPC 23.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
society. Among his other major works are: The Village Ans. (b) :
(1939), The Sword and the Sickle (1942), and The Big Book Writer
Heart (1945). He passed away on 28 September 2004 in Prem Kabootar Manav Kaul
Pune.
No Nation for Women Priyanka Dubey
Notable awards
Origin of love Kishwar Desai
• International Peace Prize - 1953
The Inheritence of Loss Kiran Desai
• Padma Bhushan - 1967
• Sahitya Akademi Award – 1971 393. Which Indian author has described life in the
hills of kumon in the book 'Things to leave
388. Who wrote the famous book 'Ignited Minds'?' Behind'?
(a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (b) Chetan Bhagat (a) Shashi Tharoor (b) Anosh Irani
(c) Robin Sharma (d) Jhumpa Lahiri (c) Namita Gokhale (d) Vikram Seth
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB ALP & Tec. (09-08-18 Shift-III)
577
Ans. (c): ‘Things To Leave Behind’ was written by Ans. (d): The god of small things is a debut novel of
Indian writer Namita Gokhale and she is the author of Indian writer Arundhati Roy. It is a story about the
twenty books. Examples are: The Book of shadows, childhood experience of fraternal twin whose lives are
Paro, A Himalayan love story etc. destroyed by the, 'Love laws' that lay down "who
394. Which of the following players has recently should be loved, and how much." The Booker prize is a
written the auto biographical book 'Ace literary prize awarded each year for the best novel
Against odds'? written in English and published in U.K. or Ireland.
(a) Saina Nehwal (b) Anil Kumble 399. Arun Shourie is the author of which of the
(c) Yuvraj Singh (d) Sania Mirza following books.
(a) Anita Desai (b) Anita gets Bail
RRB ALP & Tec. (10-08-18 Shift-II) (c) Anita gets a life (d) Anita gets the ball
Ans. (d): ‘Ace Against Odds’ is the biography of the RRB Group-D 02-11-2018 (Shift-I)
Indian professional tennis player Sania Mirza. The book Ans. (b) Arun Shourie is the author of the book 'Anita
is her biography chronicling her journey to becoming gets Bail' and he is an Indian economist, journalist
one of Indias and world's top female tennis player. She author and politician. He has worked as an economist
has won 6 grand slams. It was published in 2016. with the World Bank, a consultant to the planning
395. Which author has described his passion for commission of India.
cricket in India as the subject of his recent 400. The book 'Interpreter of Maladies' is written
book 'Selection Day'? by.
(a) Vikram Seth (b) Anil Menon (a) Nayan tara sahgal (b) Jhumpa Lahiri
(c) Anish Tripathi (d) Aravind Adiga (c) Arundhati Roy (d) Shobhaa De
RRB ALP & Tec. (20-08-18 Shift-III) RRB Group-D 28-09-2018 (Shift-I)
Ans. (d): Aravind Adiga is a Indian- Australian writer Ans. (b): ‘Interpreter of Maladies’ is a book collection
and journalist. His debut novel, The white Tiger won of nine short stories by American author of Indian
Man Booker Prize - 2008. origin Jhumpa Lahiri published in 1999. She won the
396. Who is the author of the book ‘Indira Gandhi : Pulitzer Prize for friction in 2000.
A Life in Nature’? 401. Which player's autobiography is named
(a) Natwer Singh (b) Priyanka Vadra 'Playing it my way'?
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Rahul Dravid
(c) Jairam Ramesh (d) Sonia Gandhi (c) Vinod Kambli (d) Kapil Dev
RRB Group-D 22-09-2018 (Shift-III) RRB Group-D 20-09-2018 (Shift-II)
Ans. (c) : Jairam Ramesh is an Indian economist and RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage IInd
Politician belonging to congress party. A chequered
Ans. (a): 'Playing it my way' is the autobiography of
Brilliance: The many lives of V.K. Menon and Indira former Indian cricketer Sachin Tendulkar. It was
Gandhi: A life in nature was written by Jairam. published on 5 November 2014 in Mumbai. Sachin is
397. Which book has been written by former RBI the highest run scorer of all time in International
Governor Raghuram G. Rajan? crickets.
(a) I do what I do. 402. Who is the author of the book' Jinnah often
(b) The Emergency – Indian Democracy's came to our house?
Darkest Hour. (a) Sunita Harayanan
(c) The Unseen Indira Gandhi (b) Sowvendra Shekhar
(d) The ministry of utmost happiness (c) Kiran Doshi
RRB Group-D 18-09-2018 (Shift-II) (d) Dinanath Gopal Tendulkar
Ans. (a) : Author Book RRB Group-D 19-09-2018 (Shift-II)
(a) Former governor I do what I do, The third Ans. (c) : Kiran Doshi is retired Indian diplomat and
Raghuram Rajan pillar, Fault Lines: How educationist. In 2016, his last novel, ‘Jinnah often came
Hidden Fractures still to our house’, received the Hindu Prize for the best
threaten the world economy work of fiction published in India.
(b) Surya Prakash The emergency: Indian
Democracy's Darkest Hour 403. The author of the Book ‘The Peoples President
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam’:
(c) K.P. Mathur The Unseen Indira Gandhi
(a) Sumitra Mahajan (b) Tarun Vijay
(d) Arundhati Roy The Ministry of Utmost
Happiness. (c) S.M. Khan (d) K.C. Pant
398. Identify the name of the book that won booker RRB Group-D 03-10-2018 (Shift-I)
prize and tells the story of two twin brothers as Ans. (c): The peoples President : Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
well as how small things can make a big was written by S.M. Khan. Zero waste, Engineering and
difference in people's life and behaviour. Green Petroleum are famous book of S.M. Khan.
(a) A fine balance 404. What is the name of the author of the book
(b) The glass place 'One Indian girl'?
(c) Midnight's Children (a) Chetan Bhagat (b) Mark Tuli
(d) God of small things (c) Brad Stone (d) Ashwin Sanghi
RRB Group-D 03-12-2018 (Shift-II) RRB Group-D 03-10-2018 (Shift-II)
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Ans. (a): Chetan Bhagat is an Indian author and 412. Who is the author of the book 'Lone Fox
Columnist. Five point someone, The 3 mistakes of my Dancing: My Autobiography?
life, 2 states, Half girlfriend, One Indian Girl and (a) Ruskin Bond (b) Arundhati Roy
Making India Awesome are famous books of Chetan (c) Shobha De (d) V.S. Naipaul
Bhagat. RRB ALP & Tec. (29-08-18 Shift-I)
405. Who is the author of the book ‘Making India Ans. (a): Lone fox Dancing is autobiography of Ruskin
Awesome? Bond. He was awarded by Padma Bhushan, Padma
(a) Arundhati Roy (b) Kailash Satyarthi Shri. Other notable works of Ruskin Bond is ‘The
(c) Sachin Garg (d) Chetan Bhagat Room on the Roof’, ‘The Blue Umbrella’, 'Flight of
RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Pigeons' etc.
Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question. 413. Who is the author of ‘Politics of Jugaad: The
406. Who has written the book 'Cricket my style'? Coalition Handbook’?
(a) Kapil Devl (b) Anil Kumble (a) Tom Hanks (b) Chetan Bhagat
(c) Jhumpa Lahiri (d) Saba Naqvi
(c) Sunil Gavasher (d) Ashwin Sanghi
RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB Group-D 05-10-2018 (Shift-II)
Ans. (d) : The writer of the book 'Politics of Jugaad:
Ans. (a): 'Cricket my style' was written by Kapil Dev. It The Coalition Handbook' is Saba Naqvi who is a
was published in 1987. famous journalist. He is also considered as one of
407. Who wrote the autobiography of unknown eminent writer and a thinker. The book deals a lot with
India? the coalition governments in India.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Nirad C.Chaudhari
(c) Salman Rushdie (d) R.K. Narayan
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(ii) International Books
Ans. (b): Nirad Chaudhari was an Indian writer. His 414. What is the name of the second text of
masterpiece is The Autobiography of an Unknown Christianity which consists of two parts: the
Indian, Published in 1951. He was born in present day Old Testament which is essentially the Hebraw
Bangladesh in 1897.
text of the time of Jesus; And the New
408. Who is the author of 'Anandmath'? Tastement their includes writings about Jesus
(a) Dinbandhu Mishra
(b) Subramania Bharati Christ and the early church?
(c) Bharatendu Harishchandra (a) De doctrina Christina
(d) Bankimchandra chattopadhyay (b) Bible
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage IInd (c) Book of Psalms
Ans. (d): Bankimchandra Chatterjee was an Indian (d) Knowing God Jesus
novelist, poet and journalist. He was the composer of RRB Group-D 22-08-2022 (Shift-III)
Vande Mataram originally in Sanskrit. Ans. (b) : Bible is the name of sacred text of
409. Whose autobiography is “On my terms”? Christianity which consists of two parts, the old
(a) Sharad Pawar (b) Shashi Tharror testament which is essentially the Hebraw text of time
(c) Chetan Bhagat (d) Pranab Mukharjee of Jesus and the new testament that includes writings
RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist about Jesus Christ and the early church.
Ans. (a): ‘On my terms’ is an autobiography of Sharad
415. ‘If the poem does not come in the form of
Pawar. He is an Indian politician from Maharashtra and
the leader of NCP. leaves of a tree, it is better not to come’ is said
by:
410. Who is the author of the famous autobiography
'Dreaming Big: My Journey to connect India'? (a) S.T. Coleridge (b) W. Wordsworth
(a) Abdul Kalam (b) Sam Pitroda (c) John Keats (d) John Terry
(c) Nandan Nelekani (d) Azim Premji RRB Group-D 04-12-2018 (Shift-III)
Ans. (b): Satyan Pitroda, popularly known as Sam Ans. (c) These lines are said by famous poet John
Pitroda is an Indian telecom engineer, inventor and Keats. John Keats was an English romantic poet.
entrepreneur. He is popularly known as the father of 416. Malala has penned a book on refugee girls
India's computer & IT Revolution was awarded by titled:
Padma Bhushan in 2009.
(a) Women Deprivation (b) We are Displaced
411. Who is the author of the Book "To the Brink (c) We are Deprived (d) We are exploited
and Back: India's 1991 story"?
(a) Jairam Ramesh (b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Salman Rusdie (d) Natwar Singh Ans. (b) : We are Displaced (My journey and stories
RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist from Refugee Girls Around the World) book has been
Ans. (a): This book was written by Jairam Ramesh and authored by Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala
based on the story of 1991 economic changes in India. Yousafzai. The book introduced the people behind the
At this time, Manmohan Singh was the finance minister statistics and news stories about the millions of people
of India. displaced world wide.

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417. The book titled 'No spin' is the autobiography Dialogues of Krishna and Arjun. Fortunately, Wilkins
of _______ . knew the then Governor-General Warren Hastings, who
(a) Anil Kumble (b) Shane Warne was very impressed with his work and strongly
(c) Muttaih Muralithran (d) Salim Ali recommended that the East India Company publish it in
RRB JE - 01/06/2019 (Shift-I) England.
Ans. (b): 'No Spin' is a autobiography of Australian 423. Who wrote the book ‘Capital and Growth’?
Cricketer Shane Warne. In this book, Warne tells about (a) AR Rodon (b) Adam Smith
his life challenges, life and cricket events. He is second (c) John Hicks (d) James Marshall
highest wicket taker after M. Murlitharan in test match. RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
418. The book 'Systema Naturae' was written by Ans. (c) : The book ‘Capital and Growth’ is written by
Swedish botanist –––––. Sir John Richard Hicks. The book is based upon a
(a) Anders Dahl (b) Carolus Linnaeus comparative study of methods of dynamic economics. In
1972, he received the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic
(c) Carl Peter Thunberg (d) Goran Rothman
Sciences (jointly) for his pioneering contributions to
RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist general equilibrium theory and welfare theory.
Ans. (b) : Carolus Linnaeus was the Swedish botanist 424. Who wrote the book 'The Little Balance (La
and also author of the famous book 'Systema Naturae'. Bilancetta)' in 1586?
He introduced the Linnaean taxonony, which is known (a) Carolus Linnaeus (b) Galileo Galilei
as the binomial nomenclature. The first edition of the (c) James Prescott (d) Archimedes
book Systema Naturae was published in the year 1735. RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
419. Who is the author of the book 'Republic'? Ans. (b) : Galileo was an Italian scientist, he wrote his
(a) Plato (b) John Ruskin first scientific book 'The Little Balance' (La Bilancetta)
(c) TS Eliot (d) Leo Tolstoy in 1586, which described Archimedes method of finding
RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the specific gravities of substance using a balance.
Ans. (a) : 'The Republic' was authored by the great 425. Who is the author of 'Early History of India'?
thinker Plato in 375 B.C . Plato is considered as the (a) K.A. Nilakanta Sastri
founder of western political philosophy. Plato was the (b) R.C. Majumdar
founder of the plationist school of thought and
academy. It was the first school of higher learning in the (c) R.G. Bhandarkar
western world. (d) Vincent Arthur Smith
420. Who is the author of the book 'Wealth of RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Nations'? Ans. (d) :
(a) Adam Smith (b) Karl Marx Historian/Author Famous Book
(c) Alan Greenspan (d) John Stuart Mill Vincent Arthur Smith The Early History of India:
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist From 600 BC to the
Ans. (a) : Adam Smith wrote the book ‘Wealth of Muhammadan Conquest
Nations’ in 1776 and gave the concept of political (including the Invasion of
economy, which studies in depth how prosperity is Alexander the Great)
achieved by a nation. Adam Smith is renowned as the
‘Father of Economics’. K.A. Nilakanta Sastri A History of South India:
From Prehistoric Times to
421. Who wrote the book 'Early Indus Civilisation' the Fall of Vijayanagar
in 1948?
(a) Ernest Machay (b) GF Dales R.C. Majumdar Ancient India
(c) John Marshall (d) REM Wheeler R.G. Bhandarkar First book of Sanskrit
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 426. Who is the author of the book titled "Dreams
Ans. (a) : Ernest Machay wrote the book 'Early Indus from My Father"?
Civilisation' in 1948. The book was published by Luzac. (a) Nelson Mandela (b) Tony Blair
John Marshal wrote the book 'Mohenjo-daro' and ‘The (c) Barack Obama (d) Donald Trump
Indus Civilization’ in 1931 covering the very first
RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
excavations at this ancient Indus metropolis.
422. First translation of the Bhagavad Gita into Ans. (c) :
English was done by: Books Writer
(a) William Jones (b) Charles Wilkins • Dreams from My father Barack Obama
(c) Max Muller (d) Colebrook • Long walk to freedom Nelson Mandela
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist • A Journey: My Political life Tony Blair
Ans. (b) : Charles Wilkins was a remarkable man and had • Great Again : How to Fix Donald Trump
a flair for languages. He came to India in the late 18th Our Crippled America
century and started his career as a printer and a clerk with
the British East India Company. Soon enough, he was 427. 'The Origin of species' was written by:
posted in Banaras, where he learnt Sanskrit and became the (a) Confucius (b) Aristotle
first ever individual to translate the Bhagavad Gita into (c) Charles Darwin (d) Plato
English. He titled his work Bhagwat Geeta or the RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c) : The book ‘Origin of Species’ was written by Ans. (c) : National Women's Day is celebrated on 13
Charles Darwin. It was published in November, 1859 February in India, every year on the birth day of
AD. Charles Darwin gave the "Theory of Evolution". Sarojini Naidu, the 'Nightingale of India'.
434. Every year on 2nd October, the Prime Minister
3. Important Days of India pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi is
___________.
(a) Vijay Ghat (b) Raj Ghat
428. Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated on 1 April in the (c) Amar Jawan Jyoti (d) India Gate
Indian State of : RRB Group-D– 29/08/2022 (Shift-II)
(a) Odisha (b) Bihar Ans.(b) : Every year on 2nd October, the Prime Minister
(c) Jharkhand (d) Chhattisgarh of India pays homage to Mahatma Gandhi at Raj Ghat.
RRB Group-D 12-09-2022 (Shift-II) 435. 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', launched on ____,
Ans. (a) : Utkala Dibasa, is celebrated every year on 1st is an initiative by the Government of India to
April in the Indian state of Odisha in memory of the celebrate 75 years of Indian Independence.
formation of the state as a separate state. (a) 12 March 2021 (b) 12 February 2021
429. In India, _______ is observed as Rashtriya (c) 12 January 2021 (d) 12 April 2021
Ekta Diwas or National Unity Day every year. RRB Group-D– 09/09/2022 (Shift-I)
(a) 2 October (b) 15 December Ans.(a) : 'Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav', launched on 12
(c) 30 January (d) 31 October March 2021 is an initiative by the Government of India
RRB Group-D 14-09-2022 (Shift-II) to celebrate 75 years of Indian Independence.
Ans. (d) : The birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai 436. When is Earth Day observed?
Patel on 31 October is observed as Rashtriya Ekta (a) April 1 (b) May 7
Diwas or National Unity Day every year. (c) April 22 (d) March 14
430. National Unity Day in India is observed on 31 RRB Group-D– 18/09/2022 (Shift-II)
October, coinciding with the birthday of –––––. Ans. (c) : Every year on April 22, Earth Day marks the
(a) Dr. BR Ambedkar anniversary of the birth of the modern environment
(b) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel movement in 1970.
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru 437. Gandhi Jayanti is celebrated every year on 2nd
(d) Indira Gandhi October as a national festival. In which year
RRB Group-D 27-09-2022 (Shift-II) was Mahatma Gandhi's 150th birth
anniversary?
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. (a) 2021 (b) 2019
431. Which of the following days marked the 17th (c) 2018 (d) 2020
Foundation Day of the National commission for Ans. (b) : On the occasion of 150th Birth anniversary of
protection of Child Rights? Mahatma Gandhi Prime Minister Narendra Modi
(a) 1 March 2022 (b) 2 March 2022 released the commemoratives coins of Rs. 150
(c) 3 march 2022 (d) 4 March 2022 denomination.
RRB Group-D 27-09-2022 (Shift-III) 438. Goa Liberation Day is celebrated on which of
Ans. (a) : On 1 march 2022, the National Commission the following dates?
for protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) marked its 17th (a) 22 December (b) 19 December
foundation day. (c) 21 December (d) 20 December
432. Every year, 'Parakram Divas' is celebrated on RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-III)
the birth anniversary of which Indian Ans. (b) : Goa Liberation Day is celebrated on 19
Nationalist? December.
(a) Rani Lakshmi Bai 439. When is United Nations World Environment
(b) Bhagat Singh Day celebrated?
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai (a) On 10 December every year.
(d) Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose (b) On 5 June every year.
RRB Group-D 22-08-2022 (Shift-II) (c) On 5 September every year.
Ans. (d) : Every year, Parakram Divas is celebrated on (d) On 10 June every year.
the birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose. RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-II)
The Government of India decided to celebrate the birth RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
anniversary of Netaji as Parakram Divas. Subhash RRB NTPC 11.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Chandra Bose was born in Cuttak (Odisha). Indian
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage IInd
National Army (Azad Hind Fauj) was founded by him
to overthrow British Empire from India. Ans. (b): Every year, the Environment Day is
celebrated on 5th June. Its main objective is to create
433. National Women's Day is celebrated on which awareness among people about environment protection.
date in India? The theme of 2021 was "Restoration of Ecosystem".
(a) 13 January (b) 23 January The day was first started to celebrate in 1974 as
(c) 13 February (d) 23 February remembrance of Stockholm conference 1972. Pakistan
RRB Group-D 25-08-2022 (Shift-II) was the global host of the day (5 June 2021).
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440. 'World Environment Day' is annually 446. When is the ‘World Population Day’
celebrated on ______. celebrated?
(a) 16th August (b) 5th June (a) 5 July (b) 21 July
(c) 16th June (d) 7th June (c) 11 July (d) 1 July
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans.(b): See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c) : In 1989, the United Nations Development
441. On which date is International Yoga day Programme (UNDP) recommended that 11th July to be
celebrated ? observed by the international community as World
(a) 21 May (b) 21 June Population Day, a day to focus attention on the urgency
(c) 5 June (d) 1 May and importance of population issues. UNDP was
RRB Group-D 01-11-2018 (Shift-II) inspired by the public interest and awareness that was
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist created by "Five Billion Day" on 11th July, 1987 when
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist the world's population reached 5 Billion.
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
447. The Ministry of Agriculture and Farmer's
Ans. (b) : On 27 September, 2014 during his speech at Welfare of India has declared a day of every
the UN General Assembly, Prime Minister Narendra year as 'National Women's Farmer's Day' on:
Modi put forth his suggestion for the occasion of a (a) 15 October (b) 24 October
‘Yoga Day’. The draft resolution proposed by India was
then endorsed by a record 177 member states. The first (c) 30 January (d) 8 March
International Day of Yoga was observed around the RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
world on June 21, 2015. The theme for International Ans. (a) : 15th October is celebrated nationwide as
Yoga Day 2021 is "Yoga for well-being". National Women Farmers Day to empower women
442. 'World Leprosy Day' is observed on the last farmers in India by the Ministry of Agriculture and
Sunday of- Farmers Welfare .
(a) January (b) March 448. The 'International Day of the Unborn Child' is
(c) February (d) April observed every year on:
R.R.B. JE- Stage - II 31-08-2019 (Shift -I) (a) 12 May (b) 25 March
Ans. (a) : 'World Leprosy Day' is observed on the last (c) 8 March (d) 31 March
Sunday of January. RRB NTPC 12.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
443. When is Halloween celebrated? Ans. (b) :
(a) 1 December (b) 29 September Improtant Days Observed on
(c) 3 November (d) 31 October International Day of the Unborn 25th March
RRB JE CBT-II 29–08–2019 (evening) Child
Ans. (d) Halloween, contraction of All Hallow's Eve, a International Nurses Day 12th May,
holiday observed on October 31, the evening before All
Saints Day. The celebration marks the day before the International Women's Day 8th March,
western Christian feast of All Saints and initiates the International Transgender Day 31st March,
season of Allhallowtide which lasts three days and of Visibility
concludes with All Soul's Day. 449. National Handloom Day is celebrated every
444. When is World Bicycle Day celebrated year on ______.
globally? (a) 15 August (b) 19 July
(a) 6 June (b) 6 May (c) 19 January (d) 7 August
(c) 3 June (d) 4 June RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans.(d): Every year on 7th August "National Handloom
Ans. (c) : Day" is celebrated. It was started by the Indian
Important Days Observed on government in order to strengthen weavers of the
• World Bicycle Day 3rd June nation. The first National Handloom Day was
• World Food Safety Day 7th June inaugurated on 7 August, 2015 by Prime Minister
• International No Diet Day 6th May Narendra Modi in Chennai. ***
• World Pest Day 6th June 450. The Government of India celebrates
• International Day of Innocent 4th June _____every year as 'Civil Services Day' for the
Children Victims of Aggression civil servants to rededicate themselves to the
cause of citizens and renew their commitment
445. When is 'International Day of Sign Languages' to public service and excellence in work.
celebrated every year around the world? (a) 21 January (b) 21 April
(a) 13 September (b) 13 October (c) 21May (d) 21 October
(c) 23 October (d) 23 September RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (b) : The Civil Services refer to the career
Ans. (d) : The UN General Assembly has proclaimed government civil servants who are the permanent
23rd September as the International Day of Sign executive branch of the Republic of India. 21 April was
Languages in order to raise awareness of the importance chosen to commemorate the day in 1947 when Sardar
of sign language in the full realization of the human Vallabhbhai Patel, the first Home Minister of
rights of people who are deaf. The 2021 theme, declared Independent India, addressed the probationers of
by the World Federation of the Deaf, was “We Sign For Administrative Services Officers. Charles Cornwallis is
Human Rights.” known as ‘the Father of Civil Service in India’.
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451. In order to raise public awareness about the 14 September- Hindi Day
environment and pollution of the earth, which 15 May -International Family Day
of the following days is celebrated every year 15 September-Engineers Day
across the world as Earth Day?
Note- This question has been cancelled by the Railway
(a) 11th February (b) 22nd July Recruitment Board (RRB).
nd
(c) 22 April (d) 11th November
456. National Education Day is observed on 11
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist November to celebrate the birthday of which
Ans. (c) : In order to spread the public awareness about Indian leader?
environment and pollution of the earth and inspire people (a) Subhash Chandra Bose
to save and protect, every year 22nd April is celebrated as (b) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
" Earth Day". It was established by american senator
(c) APJ Abdul Kalam
Gaylord Nelson in 1970, as an environmental study. The
theme for 2021 is "Restore Our Earth". (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
RRB NTPC 07.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
452. In order to encourage more young voters to
take part in the political process, Government Ans. (d) : National Education Day is an annual
of India has decided to celebrate _____ as observance in India to commemorate the birth
"National Voters Day". anniversary of Maulana Abdul Kalam Azad, the
(a) 28th January (b) 26th January first education minister of independent India, who
th served from 15th August 1947 until 2 February 1958.
(c) 27 January (d) 25th January
National Education Day of India is celebrated on 11
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist November every year.
Ans. (d) : Every year 25th January is celebrated as 457. Which day is observed as World Hunger Day
‘National Voters Day’. The main objective of such every year?
initiative is to aware youth and others about their right
(a) May 25 (b) May 26
of forming a government and to establish a welfare
democracy for the people of nation. (c) May 29 (d) May 28
RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
453. On which day is World Day to combat
desertification and drought observed? Ans. (d): World Hunger Day is observed globally on 28
(a) 22nd April (b) 5th June May every year. The objective of this day is to raise
th awareness about more than 820 million people living in
(c) 17 June (d) 22nd May
chronic hunger worldwide. It is observed since 2011 to
RRB NTPC 06.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist not only spread awareness about the malaise of chronic
RRB NTPC 11.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist hunger but also to solve hunger and poverty through
Ans.(c) : World Desertification and Drought Prevention sustainable undertakings.
Day is observed on 17th June every year. In 1994, the World Food Day is an international day celebrated
United Nations General Assembly declared it to be every year worldwide on 16 October to commemorate
celebrated on June 17. World Environment Day is the date of the foundation of the United Nations Food
observed every year on June 5, Earth Day on April 22, and Agriculture Organization in 1945.
and International Day for Biodiversity on May 22nd. 458. When is World Student's Day celebrated?
454. In December 2018, the United Nations declared (a) 17th August (b) 15th October
7th June as: (c) 17th September (d) 18th December
(a) World Food Safety Day RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(b) World Organic Food Day
Ans. (b) : World Student’s Day is marked on Dr. A. P.
(c) World Healthy Food Day J. Abdul Kalam's birth anniversary on 15 October. In
(d) World No Hunger Day 2010 the United Nations declared 15 October as "World
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Students' Day". Kalam was a dedicated teacher and
Ans. (a): The first-ever World Food Safety Day was identified himself foremost in that role before anything
adopted by the United Nations General Assembly in else.
December 2018. In this direction, World Health 459. When is ‘International Literacy Day’
Organisation (WHO) in collaboration with the Food and celebrated?
Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations (a) 8th September (b) 29th September
decided to celebrate 7th June as the First Food Safety th
Day since 7th June 2019. The theme for 2021 is “Safe (c) 14 September (d) 27th September
food today for a healthy tomorrow”. RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
455. Which of the following date is observed as Ans. (a) : International Literacy Day is an international
World Clean Up Day? observance, celebrated each year on 8 September, that
(a) March 14 (b) September 14 was declared by UNESCO on 26 October 1966 at the
14th session of UNESCO's General Conference. It was
(c) May 15 (d) September 15 celebrated for the first time in 1967. Its aim is to
RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist highlight the importance of literacy to individuals,
Ans. (*) : Third Saturday of September was observed as communities and societies. The theme of International
World Cleanliness Day (September 18 in 2021) Literacy Day 2021 is “Literacy for a human-centered
14 March-International Mathematics Day recovery: Narrowing the digital divide”.

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460. World Red Cross Day is celebrated on: 464. Which day is celebrated every year as World
(a) 18 July (b) 8 July Hindi Day to mark the first anniversary of the
(c) 15 June (d) 8 May World Hindi Conference held for the first time
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist in 1975?
Ans. (d) : World Red Cross Day is observed every year (a) 14 October (b) 5 September
on 8th May. The occasion is marked to celebrate the (c) 10 January (d) 26 January
principles, history, values and impacts of the RRB Group-D 11-10-2018 (Shift-I)
International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement. Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
On this day, people pay tribute to members and 465. When is National Pollution Prevention Day
volunteers of the organization who contribute to observed in India?
humanitarian work. (a) April 2nd (b) December 2nd
461. National Technology Day is observed every (c) January 2nd (d) March 2nd
year to commemorate: RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Pokhran II (b) Operation Blue Star Ans. (b) :
(c) Operation Meghdoot (d) Mangalyaan December 2 – National Pollution Prevention Day (in
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the memory of people who lost their
Ans. (a) India observes its National Technology Day lives in Bhopal Gas Disaster, 1984)
on 11th May every year. The day, which was first April 2 – World Autism Awareness Day
observed on 11th May, 1999, aims to commemorate 466. United Nations Day is celebrated every year
the scientific and technological achievements of Indian on:
scientists, engineers. It is the day India successfully
tested nuclear bombs in Pokhran on 11th May, 1998. (a) 24 October (b) 4 November
On this day, India successfully test-fired its Shakti-1 (c) 26 June (d) 30 October
nuclear missile in an operation called Pokhran-II, also RRB J.E. –2014
code-named as Operation Shakti, which was led by RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
late president Dr APJ Abdul Kalam. The day was Ans. (a) : United Nations Day is celebrated on 24
named by the former Prime Minister Atal Bihari October every year. Since 1948, it marks the official
Vajpayee. establishment of the United Nations in 1945 of the UN
462. Which day is observed as Armed Forces Flag charter. United Nations is headquartered in New York,
Day across all colleges in India? USA. The UN charter is the founding document of this
(a) 11 December (b) 7 December great non-partisan institution that has been working
(c) 15 August (d) 16 November towards global peace and equality.
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 467. International day of Multilateralism and
Ans. (b) : Since 1949, 7th December is observed as the Diplomacy is celebrated on _______.
Armed Forces Flag Day throughout the country to (a) 24th April (b) 4th January
st
honour the martyrs and the men in uniform who (c) 21 June (d) 3rd May
valiantly fought on our borders to safeguard the RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
country's honour. There can't be a noble cause than Ans. (a) :
laying down ones life for the country. On this day the Date Day
services rendered by personnel of Army, Navy and Air 24th April – International day of
Force are remembered. The Flag Day, gives us an Multilateralism and
opportunity to contribute most generously to the Armed Diplomacy.
Forces Flag Day fund.
4th January – World Braille Day
463. World Hindi day is celebrated annually :
21st June – International Yoga Day
(a) 10 January (b) 10 September
(c) 10 March (d) 10 April 468. When is National Science Day celebrated in
India?
RRB Group-D 04-12-2018 (Shift-II)
(a) 21 March (b) 19 February
RRB NTPC 09.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(c) 20 January (d) 28 February
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : World Hindi Day is celebrated annually on
January 10 since 2006 to promote the language at the Ans. (d) National Science Day is celebrated on 28th
global level. The day marks the anniversary of first February every year to commemorate the discovery of
World Hindi Conference which was inaugurated on the "Raman Effect" by Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata
January 10, 1975 by Prime Minister Indira Gandhi. Raman, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in
However, the celebration of first World Hindi Day 1930. The first National Science Day was celebrated in
commenced on 10 January 2006 by former Prime 1987.
Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh. It must be noted that the 469. World Tuberculosis (TB) Day is observed on ––
National Hindi Day is celebrated in India on 14 ––––– every year.
September every year. On that day in 1949, the (a) 24 September (b) 24 January
constituent assembly adopted Hindi, written in (c) 24 April (d) 24 March
Devanagari Script, as the official language of the Union. RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d) : Some important days and related datas are as (WBO) has come forward to build awareness, to
follows:- protect natural resources, and the environment, to
World Malaria Day – 25 April ensure sustainable utilisation, etc. World Bamboo
World Health Day – 7 April Organization (WBO) declared the day officially on
World Tuberculosis Day – 24 March September 18 at 8th World Bamboo Congress held in
Bangkok in 2009. World Bamboo Organization
World Polio Day – 24 October
(WBO) is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium. The
470. Which of the following days is observed as theme for the 12th edition of WBD 2021 is
World Blood Donor Day? ‘#PlantBamboo: It is time to plant bamboo’
(a) 14 June (b) 16 June ṇ World Bamboo Organization Headquarters:
(c) 12 June (d) 10 June Antwerp, Belgium.
RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist  World Bamboo Organization founded: 2005.
Ans. (a) World Blood Donor Day is observed on 14  World Bamboo Organization Executive director:
June. Susanne Lucas.
471. On which day Human Rights Day is celebrated 475. When is National Panchayati Raj Day observed
every year around the word? in India?
(a) 2 October (b) 23 March (a) 4 June (b) 3 May
(c) 10 December (d) 20 December (c) 10 April (d) 24 April
RRB NTPC 06.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (c): Human Rights Day is observed by the Ans. (d) : The first time National Panchayati Raj Day
international community every year on 10 December. was celebrated on 24 April 2010. Since then, National
It commemorates the day in 1948 ‘United Nations
Panchayati Raj Day is celebrated on 24th April every
General Assembly’ adopted the Universal Declaration
year in India. Panchayati Raj was constitutionalized
of Human Rights.
through the 73rd Consitutional Amendment Act, 1992.
472. Government of India decided to celebrate the
birthday of ............ as "Parakram Diwas" 476. When is International Dance Day celebrated?
every year (a) 27th April (b) 29th April
(a) Deen Dayal Upadhyay (c) 28th April (d) 30th April
(b) Subhash Chandra Bose RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Swami Vivekanand Ans. (b) : The dance committee of International Theatre
(d) Vir Sawarakar Institute (ITI) founded the International Dance Day and
RRB NTPC 06.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist decided to celebrate the dance day on 29 April to
Ans. (b) : The Government of India had declared 23 honour the birthday of Jean Georges Noverre, who is
January as 'PARAKRAM DIWAS' on the occasion of the generally considered as the creator of modern ballet
125th birth anniversary of Netaji Subhash Chandra dance.
Bose. Subhash Chandra Bose was born on 23 January, 477. When is World Book and Copyright Day
1897 in Cuttack, Odisha. He was the founder of his celebrated?
party Forward Bloc. Also he graced the position of (a) 19 January (b) 27 April
president of Congress twice. (c) 23 April (d) 13 May
473. Which date is celebrated as National Voters RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Day in India? Ans. (c) : World Book and Copyright Day is celebrated
(a) 26 January (b) 24 January every year on 23rd April to encourage people about
(c) 21 January (d) 25 January books, reading, understanding copyright laws, to
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist measure and to protect intellectual copyright.
Ans. (d) : 478. In whose memory was the government of India
Date Days declared June 29 as statistics day each year?
26 January Republic Day (a) Radhakamal Mukherjee
24 January National Girl Child Day (b) Dhananjay Ramchandra Gadgil
21 January Meghalaya Day (c) Shakuntala Devi
25 January National Voters Day (d) Prasanta Chandra Mahalonabis
RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-III)
474. World Bamboo Day is celebrated every year on
........... . Ans. (d): Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis was an Indian
(a) 30 December (b) 10 March scientist and statistician. He is best known for the
(c) 18 September (d) 10 July Mahalanobis distance a statistical measure and for being
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist one of the members of the first planning commission of
free India.
Ans. (c): World Bamboo Day is celebrated on
September 18 annually. Bamboos are used for various 479. When is world Ozone day celebrated?
purposes mainly in East and South-east Asia. It is (a) 15 January (b) 16 December
observed to raise awareness about the fast-growing (c) 16 September (d) 25 April
grass plant Bamboo. World Bamboo Organization RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (c): September 16 was designated by the UN Ans. (a): National Mathematics Day is celebrated every
General assembly as the International day for the year on December 22 since 2012 across the nation to
preservation of Ozone layer. This designation was made recognize and celebrate the works of a great
in 1994. Mathematician Srinivasa Ramanujan. It was on this day
480. When is World Water Day celebrated? in 1887, the Indian mathematical genius Srinivasa was
born in Tamil Nadu
(a) 21 March (b) 23 March
(c) 22 March (d) 20 March 486. National Mathematics Day is celebrated in
India to mark the birth of which famous
RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-II)
person?
RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (evening) (a) MM. Swaminathan
Ans. (c): World Water Day, is celebrated on 22 March (b) Srinivasa Ramanujan
every year since 1993. It was proposed in the UN in 1992 (c) C.V. Raman
in its Agenda 21' in Rio de Janeiro. The day highlights (d) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
importance of freshwater.
RRB Group-D 02-11-2018 (Shift-I)
481. In Indian history, which day is celebrated as
Ans. (b) See the explanation of above question.
Swaraj Day?
(a) 15 August, 1947 (b) 26 January 1950 487. Which of the following days is celebrated every
year on 9 January to mark the contribution of
(c) 26 January (d) 14 August 1947 the overseas Indian community in the
RRB JE - 02/06/2019 (Shift-II) development of India?
Ans. (c) The Purna Swaraj or declaration of the (a) Pravasi Bharatiya Divas
Independence of India, was promulgated by Indian (b) Akhil Bhartiya Divas
National congress on 26 January 1930. The flag of India (c) Unnatiy Bharat Divas
was hoisted by Jawaharlal Nehru on 31 December 1929 (d) Overseas Indian Development day.
on the banks of Ravi river in Lahore. RRB Group-D 18-09-2018 (Shift-I)
482. When is National energy conservation Day Ans. (a) : Pravasi Bharatiya Divas is celebrated on 9
celebrated? January every year since 2003 by the Republic of India to
(a) 14 December (b) 02 October mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community
(c) 12 November (d) 06 October towards the development of India. Mahatma Gandhi
RRB JE - 22/05/2019 (Shift-I) returned to India from South Africa on the same day
Ans. (a): Energy Conservation Day is celebrated on (1915).
December 14 every year since 1991. It focuses on 488. What do you understand by Pravasi Divas or
making people aware of climate change and global when was it started?
warming by promoting efforts towards saving energy (a) 15 January, 2013 is celebrated to
resources. commemorate the players.
483. National Youth Day is celebrated on 12 (b) 17 January, 2014 when Indian marine
January to mark the birth anniversary of engineer was awarded.
which of the following social reformer? (c) 9 January, 2003 commemorates Mahatma
(a) Raja Ram Mohan Roy Gandhi's return from South Africa to
(b) Ram Krishna Paramhansa Mumbai on 9 Jan, 1915.
(c) Swami Vivekanand (d) 1 September, 2014 is celebrated to
commemorate the economic departure of Shri
(d) Dayanand Saraswati Atal Bihari Vajpayee.
RRB Group-D 23-10-2018 (Shift-II) RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Ans.(c) : National Youth Day, also known as Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
Vivekananda Jayanti, is celebrated on 12 January being
the birthday of Swami Vivekananda. In 1984, the 489. When is National Navy Day celebrated in
Government of India declared this day as National Youth India?
Day and since 1985 the event is celebrated every year. (a) 12 December (b) 4 December
(c) 12 November (d) 15 July
484. When is National Youth Day celebrated in
RRB Group-D 12-11-2018 (Shift-II)
India?
(a) 12 July (b) 15 December Ans. (b): Navy Day in India is celebrated on 4 December
every year to recognize the achievement and role of the
(c) 12 January (d) 12 November
Indian Navy to the country. 4 Dec. was chosen as on this
RRB Group-D 05-11-2018 (Shift-I) day in 1971 during operation Trident, the Indian Navy
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. sank four Pakistani vessels
485. When is National Mathematics Day celebrated 490. P.M. Modi's birthday is celebrated across India
every year in India? as _______.
(a) 22 December (b) 22 November (a) Sewa Diwas (b) Hindi Day
(c) 21 March (d) 21 January (c) Farmer Day (d) Children Day
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Ans. (a) On Sep. 17, the 67th birthday of P.M. 496. 20 February is celebrated as:
Narendra Modi was celebrated as Sewa Divas across the (a) World Day of social Justice
country. Medical camps, blood donation programs and (b) World heritage Day
cleanliness campaigns were organized on the occasion. (c) World Water Day
491. On which date does India celebrate National (d) Central Excise Day
Unity day every year? RRB Group-D 19-09-2018 (Shift-III)
(a) 11 September (b) 5 December Ans. (a) : United Nation's (UN) World day of social
(c) 19 November (d) 21 November justice is annually observed on February 20. The day
was first celebrated in 2009.
RRB Group-D 15-11-2018 (Shift-II)
497. World Wildlife Day is celebrated on which
Ans : (*) National Unity day (Rashtriya Ekta Diwas) is day?
celebrated in India on 31 October. It was introduced by (a) 3 June (b) 3 March
the government of India in 2014. The day is celebrated (c) 12 April (d) 8 September
to mark the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhai Patel.
While World Toilet day is celebrated on 19 November. Ans. (b): World Wildlife day is celebrated on 3 March.
According to RRB, option (c) is correct. 498. Why is World Sparrow Day celebrated every
year on 20 March?
492. India celebrates 29 August as National sports (a) To commemorate the increasing number of
day in whose honor? sparrows.
(a) J.Shrinath (b) Milkha Singh (b) To show the sparrow's superiority over other
(c) Major Dhyan Chand (d) P.T. Usha birds.
RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-II) (c) To raise awareness for the preservation of
RRB Group-D 22-09-2018 (Shift-II) sparrows
RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (d) On the birthday of Dr. Salim Ali
RRB Group-D 27-11-2018 (Shift-I) RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II)
Ans. (c) The National S0ports day is celebrated on Dhyan Ans. (c): Every year March 20 is observed as World
chand's birthday on August 29 to honour this hockey Sparrow Day to raise awareness about the sparrows.
legend. He was born on August 29, 1905 in Prayagraj and The initiative was started by Nature Forever Society
(NFS) of India, founded by Mohammed Dilawar, an
is also known as Hockey Magician. The Government of Indian conservationist.
India awarde Mr. Dhyanchand India's third highest
civilian honour of Padma Bhushan in 1956. 499. On which date is World Lion's Day celebrated?
(a) 10 September (b) 10 August
493. On which date is world press freedom day (c) 10 July (d) 10 June
celebrated? Ans. (b): On August 10, the World Lion Day is
(a) 15 August (b) 20 October celebrated.
(c) 10 June (d) 3 May 500. When is World Heritage Day celebrated?
RRB Group-D 02-11-2018 (Shift-II) (a) 8 March (b) 8 April
Ans. (d) United Nations General Assembly declared (c) 18 April (d) 25 May
May 3 to be World Press Freedom Day. This day has RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
been celebrated since 1993. Ans. (c): World Heritage Day is observed every year on
April 18 to preserve the human heritage and recognize
494. When is National Army Day celebrated in the efforts of the organizations working for it.
India? 501. When is World Cancer Day celebrated?
(a) 12 December (b) 15 January (a) 4 February (b) 5 March
(c) 12 November (d) 15 July (c) 12 May (d) 23 August
RRB Group-D 31-10-2018 (Shift-II) RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (b): Army day is celebrated on 15 January every Ans. (a): World cancer day is an international day
year in India, in recognition of Field Marshal marked on February 4 to raise awareness of cancer and
Kodandera M. Cariappa who took over on this day as to encourage its prevention, detection and treatment.
the first commander-in-chief of Indian army. On 15 502. International women's day is celebrated every
January 2021, India celebrated its 73rd Indian Army Day year on March–
(a) 6 (b) 7
in New Delhi. Indian Airforce day is observed on 8 (c) 8 (d) 9
October and Indian Navy Day on 4 December. RRB Group-D 26-09-2018 (Shift-I)
495. World Animation Day is celebrated on: RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) 15 December (b) 28 October Ans. (c): International women's day is celebrated on the
(c) 16 April (d) 22 February 8th of March every year around the world. It is a focal
RRB Group-D 07-12-2018 (Shift-I) point in the movement for women's rights.
503. When is the constitution day of India
Ans. (b): October 28, World Animation Day was an celebrated?
international observance proclaimed in 2002 by the (a) 24 November (b) 25 November
ASIFA as the main global event to celebrate the art of (c) 26 November (d) 27 November
animation. RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c): Constitution Day also known as National Law Here is the list of the nine Indian Nobel Prize winners
day, is celebrated in India on 26 November every year. till date:
On 26 November 1949, the constituent assembly of 1. Abhijit Banerjee for Economics, 2019
India adopted the Constitution of India and it came into 2. Kailash Satyarthi for Peace, 2014
effect on 26 January 1950. 3. Venkatraman Ramakrishnan for Chemistry, 2009
504. When is world Earth Day celebrated? 4. Amartya Sen for Economics, 1998
(a) 18 September (b) 25 August 5. Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar for Physics, 1983
(c) 22 April (d) 7 April 6. Mother Teresa for Peace, 1979
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7. Hargobind Khorana for Medicine, 1968
Ans. (c): Earth day is an annual event celebrated around
8. CV Raman for Physics, 1930
the world on April 22 to demonstrate support for
environment protection, it was first celebrated in 1970. Note: The Nobel Prize is awarded in six categories each
year -- Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature,
505. When was World Earth Day celebrated?
(a) 22 April (b) 22 March Economics, and Peace.
(c) 22 January (d) 22 February 510. How many categories are there of Nobel Prize?
RRB JE - 28/06/2019 (Shift-III) (a) 5 (b) 7
Ans. (a) See the explanation of above question. (c) 6 (d) 4
506. When was Leprosy Day celebrated? RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) 25 December, 2015 (b) 17 January, 2016 Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question
(c) 25 January, 2016 (d) 30 January, 2016 511. Which Indian won the Nobel Prize for peace in
RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 2014?
Ans. (d): National Leprosy Eradication Program was (a) Kailash Satyarthi (b) Malala Yousafzai
started in the year 1955. In 2016, this day was (c) Sanjeev Chaturvedi (d) Anshu Gupta
celebrated on 30 January. International Leprosy RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
prevention day is observed on the last Sunday of
January each year. RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
507. When is National Good Governance Day Ans :(a) Nobel Prize for peace in 2014 was awarded
celebrated in India? jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for
(a) 24 December (b) 25 December their struggle against the suppression of children and
(c) 26 December (d) 31 December young people and for the right of all children to
education. Mr. Satyarthi started the "Bachpan Bachao
RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Andolan" campaign in 1980.
Ans. (b): Good Governance day is observed in India
annually on 25 December, the birth anniversary of 512. Who started the "Bachpan Bachao Andolan"
former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee. Good campaign for which he was awarded the Nobel
Governance day was established in 2014. Prize?
(a) Kailash Satyarthi (b) Medha Patkar
4. Awards (c) Jaggi Vasudev (d) Malala Yousafzai
RRB Group-D 02-11-2018 (Shift-III)
(i) Nobel Prize Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
513. Who was the only woman to win the Nobel
508. Who was the first Indian citizen to receive the prize in Physics and Chemistry twice?
Nobel Prize in literature? (a) Dorothy Hodgkin (b) Marie Curie
(a) Swami Vivekananda (c) Garia Geyer (d) Ada Yonath
(b) Sully Prudhomme
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-III)
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Rabindranath Tagore Ans. (b): Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been
honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics
Ans. (d) : Rabinadranath Tagore was the 1st Indian as and the 1991 Nobel prize in chemistry. Nobel Prize was
well as the 1st Asian to be awarded with Nobel Prize in
established in 1901.
literature in 1913 (in recognition of his work Gitanjali).
509. Who among the following is NOT a Nobel Prize 514. The UN Peacekeeping forces were awarded
winner? Nobel Prize for Peace in the year ______.
(a) Mahatma Gandhi (b) Kailash Satyarthi (a) 1899 (b) 2000
(c) Rabindranath Tagore (d) Amartya Sen (c) 1988 (d) 1945
RRB Group-D 05-12-2018 (Shift-II) RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : The Nobel committee awarded the prize
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist because 'The Peacekeeping forces of the United
RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Nations have under extremely difficult conditions
Ans. (a) : Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian contributed to reducing tensions where an armistice has
citizen to be awarded Nobel Prize in the field of been negotiated but a peace treaty has yet to be
Literature, and also first Asian to be awarded in 1913. established.'

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515. The Nobel prize awarding institute, Swedish 521. Who among the following was the first Chinese
Academy, is associated with: Citizen to win Nobel Peace Prize?
(a) Peace (b) Medicine (a) Yu Jie (b) Wang Dan
(c) Literature (d) Physiology (c) Liu Xiaobo (d) Liu Xia
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : The Swedish Academy of Nobel prize Ans. (c) : Liu Xiaobo was the first Chinese citizen to be
awarding body, belongs to the field of 'Literature' awarded a Nobel Prize of any kind while residing in
because the Nobel Laureates in Literature is selected by China.The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that,
the committee of the Academy. according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded
to "those who, during the preceding year, have
516. The Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences was
conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind." Alfred
awarded to: Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and
(a) Sukumar Sen (b) Amartya Sen industrialist most famously known for the invention of
(c) Jai Prakash Narayan (d) Dadabhai Naoroji dynamite. In 1968 Sveriges Riksbank (Swedish Central
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Bank) founded the establishment of prize in economics
Ans. (b) : Amartyen Sen is a world renowned sciences in memory of Alfred Nobel, to also be
Economist and Nobel Laureate who was awarded the administrered by the Nobel Foundation.
Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 "for his 522. Who was awarded the Nobel Prize for the
contributions to welfare economics". discovery of insulin?
517. The first Nobel Prize in medicine was given in (a) Frederick Banting (b) James Collip
1901 for the discovery of therapy against? (c) E. Abraham (d) William Osler
(a) Diphtheria (b) Polio RRB NTPC 10.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(c) Smallpox (d) Malaria Ans. (a): The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist 1923 was awarded jointly to Frederick Grant
Ans. (a): In 1901, Emil Von Behring was awarded the Banting and John James Rickard Macleod "for the
first Nobel prize in Physiology or medicine for his work discovery of insulin.". Insulin was discovered in 1921
on serum therapy, especially its application against by Banting and West. It is secreted by the β-cell of the
diphtheria. pancreatic ‘Islets of Langerhans’. Diabetes is caused by
518. Rabindranath Tagore won the Nobel Prize for low secretion of insulin. The over secretion of insulin
Literature for which book? leads to a disease called hypoglycemia, which reduces
fertility and vision.
(a) Gora (b) Gitanjali
(c) Gitabitan (d) Sanchayita 523. Which organisation was formed by Henry
Dunant, the winner of the first Nobel Peace
RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Prize in 1901?
Ans. (b) : Renowned poet Rabindranath Tagore won the (a) Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical
Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913 for his collection Weapons
'Gitanjali' published in London in 1912. The prize (b) Medecins Sans Frontieres
gained even more significance by being given to an (c) World Wide Fund for Nature
Indian for the first time. The original version of the (d) International Red Cross
Gitanjali was published on 14 August 1910 in Bengali
language by Indian Publishing House Calcutta. The RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
English version of Gitanjali was first published in Ans. (d) : Henry Dunant was awarded the Nobel Peace
November 1912 by the Indian Society of London. In Prize for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded
1915 Tagore was awarded a knighthood for services to soldiers. The Red Cross came into being at the initiative
literature, which he returned in protest against the 1919 of a man named Henry Dunant, who helped wounded
Jalliyanwala bagh massacre. soldiers at the Battle of Solferino in 1859 and then
lobbied political leaders to take more action to protect
519. Who is India's only Nobel laureate in war victims.World Red Cross Day is observed every
literature? year on 8 May. (Birthday of Dunant)
(a) Rabindra Nath Tagore (b) Amartya Sen 524. Who has been awarded the Nobel Prize for his
(c) C.V. Raman (d) Kailash Satyarthi research on transmission of malaria?
Ans. (a) See the explanation of above question. (a) Paul Lauterbur (b) Robert G Edwards
520. British Prime Minister Winston Churchill (c) Karl Landsteiner (d) Ronald Ross
received a Nobel Prize for; RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Physiology (b) Economics Ans. (d) : Ronald Ross was awarded the Noble Prize in
(c) Literature (d) Peace 1902 for his research on the transmission of malaria, while
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Karl Landsteiner discovered the blood group in 1900.
Ans. (c) : The Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953 was 525. Who among the following is the youngest Nobel
awarded to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill "for Laureate?
his mastery of historical and biographical description as (a) Nadia Murad (b) Tsung Dao Lee
well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human (c) Malala Yousufzai (d) Lawrence Bragg
values." RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c) : In October 2014 Malala along with Indian recipient of the Bharat Ratna was first vice president of
children's rights activist Kailash Satyarthi, was named India, Dr. Sarvpalli Radhakrishnan. The Bharat Ratna
as Noble Peace Prize winner. At the age of 17, she of the year 2019 has been conferred on Pranab
became the youngest person to receive this prize. Mukherjee, Nanaji Deshmukh (Posthumously) and
526. In which year Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Bhupen Hazarika (posthumously).
Yousafzai were jointly given the Nobel peace 531. Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award
prize? was given for the first time in which year?
(a) 2012 (b) 2013 (a) 1904 (b) 1944
(c) 2014 (d) 2015 (c) 1954 (d) 1984
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist RRB Group-D 26-10-2018 (Shift-II)
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c): Bharat Ratna India's highest civilian award
527. Name the Indian scientist who shared the was given in 1954 for the first time.
Nobel Prize for Medicine and Physiology in 532. Which of the following prime minister has been
1968 for cracking the genetic code. awarded the Bharat Ratna Award?
(a) Har Gobind Khorana (a) V.P Singh (b) Morarji Desai
(b) Visvesvaraya (c) Charan Singh (d) Manmohan Singh
(c) Venkatarman Radhakrishnan RRB NTfPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(d) Meghnad Saha Ans. (b): Prime Minister, Morarji Desai has been
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist awarded the Bharat Ratna Award (1991).
Ans. (a) : The Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine in 533. Which of these two dignitaries were awarded
1968 was awarded jointly to Robert W Holley, Har the Bharat Ratna Award in March 2015?
Gobind Khorana and Marshall W. Nirenberg for their (a) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Amitabh Bachchan
interpretation of the genetic code and its function in (b) A.P.J. Abdul Kalam and Madan Mohan
protein synthesis. In 2021, this award was awarded Malaviya
jointly to David Julius and Ardem Patapoution for their (c) Atal Bihar Vajpayee and A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
discoveries of receptors for temperature & touch. (d) Madan Mohan Malviya and Atal Bihari
528. In which year was the United Nations Vajpayee
Organization (UNO) awarded with the Nobel RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage IInd
Peace Prize? Ans. (d): Former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee
(a) 2001 (b) 2003 and founder of Banaras Hindu University Madan Mohan
(c) 2002 (d) 2000 Malviya were awarded by Government of India in March
RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 2015 with Bharat Ratna Award. Mukharjee, fondly
Ans. (a) : In 2001, the Nobel Peace Prize was given to known as 'Pranab Da', has been the fifth president to
United Nations along with Kofi Annan. In 2020, the receive this award.
same was given to World Food Programme. In 2021, 534. Which former Prime Minister of India was
Nobel Peace Prize has been given to: awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously?
Maria Ressa → Phillippines (a) Rajiv Gandhi
Dmitry Muratov → Russia (b) P.V. Narshimbha Rao
529. Who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2007 for (c) Moraji Desai
flagging environmental issues? (d) I.K. Gujral
(a) Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change RRB Group-D 03-10-2018 (Shift-III)
and Albert Gore Ans. (a) Rajiv Gandhi, former Prime Minister of India was
(b) Sierra Club awarded the Bharat Ratna posthumously. Seven Prime
(c) World Wide Fund For Nature Minister have so far been awarded the Bharat Ratna in
(d) Greenpeace India. Their names are Jawahar lal Nehru (1955), Lal
RRB NTPC 20.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Bahadur Shastri (1966), Indira Gandhi (1971), Morarji
Ans. (a) : The Nobel Peace Prize 2007 was awarded jointly Desai (1991), Rajiv Gandhi (1991-posthumously),
to Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and Gulzarilal Nanda (1997) and Atal Bihari Vajpayee (2015).
Albert Gore Jr. for flagging environmental issues. 535. In which year was Sachin Tendulkar awarded
the Bharat Ratna?
(a) 2016 (b) 2013
(ii) Bharat Ratna (c) 2015 (d) 2014
530. Which is the highest civilian award presented Ans. (d) : In 2014, Sachin Tendulkar was awarded the
by the Government of India? Bharat Ratna.
(a) Padma Vibhushan (b) Bharat Ratna 536. In which year did the Government of India
(c) Ashok Chakra (d) Padmashri institute two civilian awards-Bharat Ratna and
RRB Group-D 12-12-2018 (Shift-III) Padma Vibhushan?
Ans. (b): The Bharat Ratna is the highest civillian (a) 1954 (b) 1955
award of the republic of India. Instituted on Jan 2, 1954 (c) 1950 (d) 1953
it is presented by the president of India. The first RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : The Government of India instituted two Ans. (a): Jnanpith Award is India's highest literary
civilian awards-Bharat Ratna & Padma Vibhushan in award established in 1961. The first recipient of the
1954. The latter had three classes namely Pahela varg, award was the Malayalam writer G. Sankara Kurup in
Dusra varg and Tisra varg. These were subsequently 1965 for his collection of poems. The most recent
renamed as Padma Vibhushan, Padama Bhushan and recipient of award is Malayalam poet and essayist
Padma Shri by the Vice Presidential notification issued Nambootiri who was awarded for the year 2019 this
on January 8, 1955. was the 55th Jnanpith Award.
537. When was the provision of Bharat Ratna 542. Who was honoured with the 55th Jnanpith
Award for the year 2019?
introduced? (a) Krishna Sobti
(a) 1952 (b) 1954 (b) A Achuthan Namboothiri
(c) 1955 (d) 1950 (c) Chitra Mudgal
RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (d) Shobha Rao
Ans. (b) : The provision (initiated) of Bharat Ratna was RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
done by the President Dr. Rajendra Prasad on January 2, Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
1954. The first award was given to Chakravarti Raj 543. Who was the first winner of the Jnanpith
Gopalachari, CV Raman and Sarvepalli Radha Krishnan Award?
in the year 1954. The original statutes did not provide (a) Uma Shankar Joshi (b) Amrita Pritam
for posthumous awards but were amended in January (c) G Sankara Kurup (d) Ashapurna Devi
1955 to permit them. RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
538. Who among the following was the recipient of Ans. (c) : Malyalam writer G. Shankar Kurup (Kerala)
Bharat Ratna in 2019? was the first winner (1965) of the Jnanpith Award and
Bengali writer Ashapurna Devi (West Bengal) was the
(a) Rajeshwar Acharya (b) Virat Kohli first female recipient. Jnanpith Award is given for the
(c) Nanaji Deshmukh (d) Teejan Bai best literary writing by an Indian citizen in a language
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist listed in eighth schedule of the Constitution of India.
Ans. (c) : Bharat Ratna is the highest civilian award 544. Jnanpith Award contains a cash prize along
given by the Government of India in the field of art, with a bronze replica of Goddess______.
literature, science and for exceptional service to any (a) Durga (b) Sita
politician, thinker, scientist, industrialist, writer and (c) Sarswati (d) Lakshmi
social worker in recognition of public service of RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
highest order. Ans. (c) : The Jnanpith Award is given to prominent
personality cult of literature in 22 constitutionally
(iii) Pulitzer Prize adopted languages. It is distributed every year. It
consists of:
539. _____ is the first rapper to win Pulitzer Prize → `11 lakh cash prize,
for music. → Bronze replica of Goddess Saraswati
(a) Joyner Lucas (b) Kendrick Lamar
(c) J. Cole (d) Eminem (v) Oscar Award
RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (b) : Rapper Kendrick Lamar won the Pulitzer 545. The prestigious Oscar Award ceremony is held
Prize in music. The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for every year in which of the following countries?
achievements in newspaper and online journalism, (a) Russia (b) England
literature and musical composition. It was established in (c) India (d) America
1917 by provisions in the will of Joseph Pulitzer. RRB Group-D 05-12-2018 (Shift-III)
540. Who was the first Indian to win the Pulitzer Ans. (d): The prestigious Oscar Awards ceremony is
Prize? held every year in USA. The first Academy Award or
(a) Gobind Behari Lal (b)Siddhartha Mukherjee Oscar Awards Presentation was held on May 16,
(c) Geeta Anand (d) Jhumpa Lahiri 1929 The 92nd Oscar Award was held in 2020,
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Parasite became the first foreign language film to win
Ans. (a) : Gobind Behari Lal was an Indian - American best picture.
Journalist and independence activist. He became the 546. Which of the following countries hosts the
first Indian to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1937. Pulitzer academy (Oscar) Award for Excellence in
Prize for reporting started in 1917. cinema every year?
(a) France (b) USA
(iv) Jananpith Award (c) UK (d) Canada
RRB Group-D 17-09-2018 (Shift-I)
541. Which is India's highest literary award? Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question.
(a) Jnanpith Award 547. Which of the following films was NOT
(b) Sahitya Academy Award nominated for an Oscar award?
(c) Vyas Samman (a) Salam Bombay (b) Lagaan
(d) Kabir (c) Mother India (d) Karma
RRB JE - 02/06/2019 (Shift-I) RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d) : India has been nominating for the Oscar Vir Chakra: It is an Indian wartime military bravery
Award in the foreign language feature film category award presented for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the
since 1957 in which Mother India (1957), Salaam presence of the enemy on the battlefield and is the third
Bombay (1988), Lagaan (2001) etc. have been in precedence in wartime gallantry awards and comes
nominated, while the film Karma has not been after the Param Vir Chakra and Mahavir Chakra. It was
nominated for the Oscar award. established by the President of India on 26 January
1950. All these are in effect since 15 August 1947.
(vi) Dada Saheb Phalke Award Shaurya Chakra: The Shaurya Chakra is awarded for
gallantry otherwise than in the face of the enemy. It was
instituted in 1952.
548. Dada Saheb Phalke Award is related to which
field? 552. Which is the highest gallantry award given for
(a) Literature (b) Cinema the most conspicuous act of bravery or self-
(c) Journalism (d) Volleyball sacrifice in the presence of the enemy, whether
on land at sea or in the air?
RRB J.E. -2014
(a) Param Vir chakra (b) Bharat Ratna
RRB ALP & Tec. (09-08-18 Shift-II)
RRB NTPC 09.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist (c) Dhyanchanda Award (d)Padma shri
RRB Group-D 27-11-2018 (Shift-I)
Ans. (b): Dada Saheb Phalke is India's highest award in
cinema. Presented first in 1969, the award was Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
introduced by the government of India to commemorate
Dada Saheb Phalke's contribution to Indian Cinema. (ix) Bhatnagar Award
Phalke is known as 'the father of Indian cinema' The
first recipient of the award was actress Devika Rani. 553. Shanti swarup Bhatnagar Annual Award is
The prestigious 51st Dada Saheb Phalke Award was given for outstanding achievement in which
honoured to Rajnikant. field.
549. Dada Saheb Phalke Award is the highest award, (a) Indian classical music
given to the remarkable contributions of (b) Literature
famous personalities in the field of:
(a) Social work (b) Education (c) Science and Technology
(c) Cinema (d) Sports (d) Tribal art style
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB ALP & Tec. (17-08-18 Shift-III)
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c): Shanti Swarup Bhatanagar Award for science
and technology (SSB) is a science award in India given
550. Who is called 'Father of Indian Cinema' ? annually by the Council of Scientific and Industrial
(a) Mani Sethna (b) Dilip Kumar research (CSIR) for notable and outstanding research. It
(c) Dadasaheb Phalke (d) Raj Kapoor was first awarded in 1957.
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : Dadasaheb Phalke was a producer-director-
screenwriter in the Indian Film Industry. He is also (x) Booker Prize
called the 'Father of Indian Cinema' because he made
India's first full-length feature film, Raja Harischandra, 554. What is the name of the world's most
which was released in the year 1913, it was his debut prestigious English language literary award?
film and also India's first full-length feature film. (a) Best Translated book award
(b) Commonwealth writer Award
(vii) Bravery Awards (c) Man booker Award
(d) Booker Award
551. The highest decoration for valour (during RRB Group-D 08-10-2018 (Shift-III)
wartime) given to the Indian uniformed Ans. (c): The 50- year -old booker prize for English
soldiers is __________. languages fiction is among the world's most prestigious
(a) Vir Chakra (b) Shaurya Chakra literary award. The prize was launched in 1969 with
(c) Mahavir Chakra (d) Param Vir Chakra sponsorship from leading British grocery wholesale,
RRB NTPC 17.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist booker. It was renamed 'Man Booker Prize' in 2002
Ans. (d) : The Param Vir Chakra (PVC) is India's when the Man group hedge fund took over sponsorship.
highest military decoration, awarded for displaying 555. Who is the winner of the 'Man Booker Prize
distinguished acts of valour during wartime. 2016 for a book titled 'The sellout'?
It was introduced by the government on 26th January (a) David Jale (b) Paul Beatty
1950. Major Somnath Sharma was the first recipient of (c) J.M. Koitji (d) Madeleine Thien
the Param Vir Chakra (PVC).
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-I)
Mahavir Chakra: It is the second-highest military
decoration in India, after the Param Vir Chakra. It is Ans. (b): Paul Beatty is an American author and an
awarded for acts of conspicuous gallantry in the associate professor. In 2016, he won the national book
presence of the enemy whether on land, at sea or in the critics circles award and Man Booker Prize for his novel
air. It was introduced by the government on 26th 'The sellout'. He is the 1st American honored with Man
January 1950. Booker.

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556. For which book Arundhati Roy was conferred Ans. (c) Akhtari Bai Faizabadi, who is known as Begum
with the Booker Prize? Akhtar, was an Indian singer and actress. She is regarded
(a) Power Politics as one of the greatest singers of ghazal, dadra and Thumri
(b) The Cost of Living genre of Hindustani classical music. She was born on 10
(c) An Ordinary Person's Guide to Empire January, 1914 in Bhadarsa, she was awarded with Padma
(d) The God of Small Things Bhushan (Posthumously), Sangeet Natak Academy
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Award for Hindustani music.
Ans. (d) : Arundhati Roy won the prestigious Booker 562. Which language institution gives away the
Prize in 1997 for her first novel "The God of Small
Things'. Two other Indian origin authors have won this Bhasha Bharti Samman award in India ?
prize i.e. Kiran Desai and Arvind Adiga. (a) Central Institute of India Languages
Arundhati Roy has also written the book 'Power (b) Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan
Politics', 'The Cost of Living' and 'An Ordinary Person's (c) Kendriya Hindi Sansthan
Guide to Empire'. (d) Central Hindi Directorate
557. Who among the following was the first Indian RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-III)
woman to win the Booker Prize? Ans.(a) : The Central Institute of Indian languages
(a) Anita Desai (b) Amrita Pritam gives away the Bhasha Bharati Samman Award every
(c) Sarojini Naidu (d) Arundhati Roy year for authors of works or books written in any Indian
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist language in the Eighth schedule of the constitution.
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
563. Who is known as India's 'Waterman', who won
558. Which of the following books won the Man the prestigious Stockholm Water Prize in 2015?
Booker International Prize in the year 2019?
(a) Two Virgins (b) The Golden Gate (a) Dr. Rajendra Singh
(c) Celestial Bodies (d) Midnight's (b) Chandi Prasad Bhatt
Children (c) Dr. AK Banerjee
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (d) Sunder Lal Bahuguna
Ans. (c) : The Man Booker International Prize in the year RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-II)
2019 has been given to Oman author Jokha Alharthi for Ans.(a) : Rajendra Singh is a conservationist and
her book 'Celestial Bodies'. This award was first received known as the waterman of India. He won prestigious
by Ismail Kadare of Albania in 2005. The Man Booker Stockholm Water Prize in 2015 for reviving the
International Prize 2021 was awarded to David Diop of traditional techniques of storing water in Rajasthan.
France for his book 'At Night All Blood is Black'.
564. The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was
renamed by the Government of India as Major
(xi) Ramon Magsaysay Award Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna Award in the year
559. Ramon Magsaysay Award winner Anshu gupta _____
is associated with which of the following NGO? (a) 2021 (b) 2019
(a) Prayatna (b) Akshaya Patra (c) 2022 (d) 2020
(c) Goonj (d) Udaan RRB Group-D– 17/08/2022 (Shift-I)
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-I) Ans. (a) : The Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was
Ans. (c): Goonj was founded in 1999 by Anshu gupta, renamed by the Government of India as Major Dhyan
for his work with goonj, he was awarded the Ramon Chand Khel Ratna Award in the year 2021. Major
Magsaysay Award in 2015. Dhyan Chand is considered as India's greatest hockey
560. ______ is one of the recipients of the Raman player. He was a three-time Olympic hockey gold
Magsaysay Award medalist.
(a) Arvind Kejriwal (b) Suprabha Seshan 565. For excellence in the field of medical services,
(c) CNR Rao (d) Nirmala Deshpande which of the following awards is given ?
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Daly Memorial Award
Ans. (a) : Arvind Kejriwal is one of the recipients of the (b) Dhanvantari Award
Ramon Magsaysay Award. In 2006, he received the
award for emergent leadership in recognition of his (c) Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Award
involvement in the grassroot level movement (d) Borlaug Award
‘Parivartan’ using right to information legislation in a RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-I)
campaign against government corruption. Ans.(b) : Award Related field
Daly Manorial Award – Research in Psychology
(xii) Other Major Awards Dhanvantari Award – In the field of Medical
Services
561. ___is the 'Ghazal Queen of India', who was
awarded the Padma Bhushan in 1975. Shanti Swarup – Work in science &
(a) Hasina Akhtar (b) Begum Shabana Bhatanagar Award Technology
(c) Begum Akhtar (d) Begum Hasina Borlaug Award – International agriculture and
RRB Group-D 05-12-2018 (Shift-II) food production
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566. Which of the following awards is given to Dhronacharya (lifetime)– `15 lakh from `5 lakh
Gram Panchayats/Village Councils for their and (Regular) - `10 lakh from `5 lakh
outstanding contribution to the socio-economic Dhyan Chand Award - `10 lakh from `5 lakh
development by involving Gram Sabhas?
571. The Prime Minister in India after whom a
(a) Deen Dayal Upadhyay Panchayat sports award is named?
Sashaktikaran puraskar (DDUPSP)
(a) V.P Singh (b) P.V Narsimbha Rao
(b) Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram
Sabha Puraskar (NDRGGSP) (c) Rajiv Gandhi (d) Charan Singh
(c) Child-friendly Gram Panchayat Award RRB JE - 31/05/2019 (Shift-I)
(CFGPA) Ans. (c): A sports award is named after pirme minister
(d) Gram Panchayat Development Plan Award Rajiv Gandhi in India.
(GPDPA) 572. Which of the following awards is given for
RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-III) outstanding performance in journalism?
Ans. (b) : Nanaji Deshmukh Rashtriya Gaurav Gram (a) Guru Raj Bhatta
Sabha Puraskar (NDRGGSP) award is given to Gram (b) Indian Sahitya Academy
Panchayat/Village Councils for their outstanding (c) Dadasaheb Phalke
contribution to the socio-economic development by (d) Ramnath Goenka
involving Gram Sabhas. RRB Group-D 16-11-2018 (Shift-II)
567. The 'Vyas Samman', a literary award was first Ans. (d) : Ramnath Goenka award is given for
awarded in the year _____ . excellence in Journalism. It is one of the most prestigious
(a) 1991 (b) 1999 awards in India in the field of journalism. This award
(c) 1989 (d) 1990 have been held annually since 2006
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-I) 573. Which of the following awards is awarded to
Ans. (a) : The Vyas Samman is a literary award. It was Indian players for their lifelong contribution to
first awarded in 1991 to Ram Vilas Sharma for his work the field of sports?
'Bharat Ki Pracheen Bhasha Parivar aur Hindi'. The (a) Dhyanchand Award
award is annually given by the K.K. Birla Foundation (b) Sardar Award
and includes a cash payout of ` 4,00,000 (as of 2019). (c) Dronacharya Award
568. Which state government confers the 'Basava (d) Indira Gandhi Award
Puraskara' award? RRB Group-D 12-10-2018 (Shift-III)
(a) Maharashtra (b) Gujarat Ans. (a): Dhyanchand award is awarded to Indian
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Karnataka players for their lifelong contribution to the field of
RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift sports. Instituted in 2002, the award is given only to the
Ans. (d) : Basava Puraskara is an honor presented by disciplines included in the events like Olympic games
government of Karnataka. The honor is introduced world cup along with cricket, indigenous games, and
based on people's commitment to social changes and Para Sports. First winners of this award is Shahuraj
work for achieving strict concordance. It contain Birajdar, Ashok Diwan, Aparna Ghosh.
amount of 1 million, a memento and a citation. 574. Which award is given to the workers for their
569. Gandhi Peace Prize, to whom this annual outstanding performance, innovation ability,
award is given? productivity and indigenization contribution
(a) Only individuals by exceptional courage and mental readiness in
(b) Only institutions the field of performance?
(c) Individuals and Institutions (a) Krish award
(d) Groups of Institutions (b) Shram Award
RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Padma Award
Ans. (c): Gandhi Peace Prize is an annual award given to (d) Dronacharya Award
individuals and institutions. The government of India RRB Group-D 17-09-2018 (Shift-I)
launched the International Gandhi Peace prize in 1995 on Ans. (b): The Prime Minister's Shram Award were
occasion of the 125th birth anniversary of Mahatma instituted in 1975 by the Government of India. This
Gandhi. Recently Sheikh Mujibur Rahman (known as national award is conferred on workers for outstanding
Bangabandhu) was awarded by Gandhi Peace Prize 2020. contributions that improve productivity, innovation and
570. How much money is given to Rajiv Gandhi indigenization, resulting in saving foreign exchange.
khel Ratna Award winner? This award is given in four (Shram Ratna, Shram
(a) 25 Lakh (b) 7.5 Lakh Bhushan, Shram virangana and Shram SHREE/Devi)
(c) 7 Lakh (d) 10 Lakh Categories.
RRB Group-D 28-09-2018 (Shift-I) 575. Moortidevi Award for Excellence is given every
Ans. (a): The Prize money for the Rajiv Gandhi Khel year in which field?
Ratna Award has been increased to whopping Rs. 25 (a) Dance (b) Music
lakh from 7.5 lakh. (c) Literature (d) Drama
While- Arjun Award – `15 lakh from `5 lakh RRB Group-D 22-10-2018 (Shift-II)
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Ans. (c): Moortidevi Award is an Indian literary award Ans. (c) : The Sahitya Akademi Award is a literary
annually presented by the Bharatiya Jnanpith, a literary honor in India which Sahitya Akademi annually confers
and research organization, to an author. As of 2019, on writers of the most outstanding books of literary
Hindi writer and professor, Vishwanath Tiwari is most merit founded on 12 March 1954 and it is located in
recent recipient of the award. This is the 33th Rabindra Bhavan near Mandi House in Delhi. It
Moortidevi Award. supports 24 languages (22 Schedule language + English
576. Which award is awarded to the best and Rajasthani).
performing university in the Inter- University 581. The prestigious grammy award is given for
tournament? excellence in which of the following fields?
(a) National sports promotion Award (a) Sports (b) Music
(b) Dronacharya Award (c) Politics (d) Social work
(c) Arjuna Award RRB Group-D 01-12-2018 (Shift-II)
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy.
Ans. (b): The grammy Award is an award presented
RRB Group-D 28-09-2018 (Shift-I)
by the recording academy to recognize achievements in
RRB Group-D 28-09-2018 (Shift-III) the music held on May 4, 1959. The 62nd Annual
Ans. (d): Maulana Abul Kalam Azad trophy is grammy awards were held on January 26, 2020 at the
awarded to the best performing university in the Inter- staples center in los Angeles.
University tournament. Government of India instituted
'Maulana Abul Kalam Azad (MAKA) Trophy' award in 582. Which of the following Awards is associated
1956-57. In this award, the university is awarded a sum with only Music?
of Rs. 10 Lakh and second place university Rs. 5 Lakh (a) Tagore (b) Oscar
and third place university is given Rs. 3 Lakh. (c) Cannes (d) Grammy
577. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad Trophy (MAKA) RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
was instituted in year .............. and awarded to Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
the overall top performing Indian University in 583. Who was the first Indian shooter to receive the
the Sports. Arjuna Award?
(a) 1956-57 (b) 1958-59 (a) Jaspal Rana
(c) 1952-53 (d) 1954-55 (b) Maharaj Bhim Singh
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Shyam Lal
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. (d) Maharaja Karni Singh
578. Which Union Ministry organizes National film RRB JE - 26/06/2019 (Shift-I)
award every year? Ans. (d) Maharaja Karni Singh was the first Indian
(a) Culture and Tourism shooter to receive the Arjuna Award. This award started
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs in the year 1961. In price the winner of the award is given
(c) Youth Affairs an Arjuna statue and `5 Lakh. by Ministry of Sports
(d) Information and Broadcasting (GOI).
RRB Group-D 05-11-2018 (Shift-I) 584. The Arjuna Award is given in the area of:
RRB Group-D 13-12-2018 (Shift-II) (a) Military (b) Literature
Ans. (d) : The National film awards is presented by (c) Sports (d) Entertainment
Ministry of Information and Broadcasting in India to RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
felicitate the best of Indian cinema censored in the year
1953. Ceremony took place at Vigyan Bhavan, New Delhi Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
on 10 October 1954 and awards were given by the 585. Which award was instituted in 1961 by the
President of India, Dr. Rajendra Prasad. Ministry of Sports, Government of India.
579. Which of the following awards in given for (a) Arjuna (b) Murti Devi
excellence in the field of literature? (c) Vyas Samman (d) Tansen
(a) Grammy Award (b) Pulitzer Award RRB JE - 29/05/2019 (Shift-II)
(c) Arjuna Award (d) Navlekhan Award Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
RRB Group-D 22-10-2018 (Shift-I)
586. Arjuna Award given by the Government of
Ans. (d): Navlekhan Award is given for excellence in India for public achievement in which of the
the field of literature. following fields?
• Grammy Award – Provided in the field of western (a) Literature (b) Poverty alleviation
music. (c) Sports (d) Economics
• Pulitzer Award – Provided in the field of RRB ALP & Tec. (09-08-18 Shift-III)
Journalism and literature.
• Arjuna Award – Provided in the field of sports. Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
580. The Sahitya Akademi Award is given by the 587. Doctor B.C. Roy Award, instituted in 1962, is
government of India for outstanding mainly given to eminent achievers primarily in
performance in which of the following fields? which field?
(a) Music (b) Sport (a) Medical (b) Journalism
(c) Literature (d) Innovation (c) Method (d) Sport
RRB Group-D 05-10-2018 (Shift-I) RRB ALP & Tec. (10-08-18 Shift-III)
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Ans. (a): Dr. B.C. Roy Award was instituted by 593. The prestigious Dronacharya Award was
Medical Council of India (MCI) in 1962. It is the instituted by the government of India in which
highest medical honour of India, mainly given to year?
achievers from medical field. (a) 1995 (b) 1965
588. Kalidas Samman Award has been instituted by (c) 1985 (d) 1975
which state government? RRB Group-D 03-12-2018 (Shift-III)
(a) Madhya Pradesh Government Ans. (c) See the explanation of above question.
(b) Maharashtra Government
594. Which award is bestowed upon coaches for
(c) Chhatisgarh Government
producing medal Vinners at prestigious
(d) Rajasthan Government international sport Events?
RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Arjuna Award
Ans. (a) : Kalidas Samman is a prestigious arts award (b) Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award
presented annually by the government of Madhya
Pradesh in India. Kalidas Samman was first awarded in (c) Dronacharya Award
1980. Kalidas Samman is one of the most notable arts (d) Dhyan chand Award
and music awards. Kalidas Samman Award 2019 was RRB Group-D 08-10-2018 (Shift-II)
given to Anil Rastogi in field of theater. In year 2021, Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
Kalidas Samman was given to Nand Kishore Bhatt. 595. The 'Borlaug Award' is given for outstanding
589. The famous award given for the popularization work in the field of:
of science-Kalinga, is given by? (a) Agriculture and environment
(a) WHO (b) UNICEF (b) Films
(c) UNESCO (d) UGC INDIA (c) Medicine
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(d) Sports
Ans. (c) : Kalinga Prize for the Popularization of RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Science is an award given by UNESCO for exceptional
skill in presenting scientific ideas to lay people. It was Ans. (a) : Borlaug award is awarded to an Indian
created in 1952, following a donation from Biju scientist for their research and contribution to the field
Patnaik, Founder President of the Kalinga Foundation of agriculture and the environment. This award was
Trust in India. created in 1972 and named in honour of Nobel
590. Who among the following was the first Indian Laureates and the father of Green Revolution "Norman
actress to receive an Intarnational Film Borlaug". Norman Borlaug was awarded with the Nobel
Award? peace prize in 1970 for a lifetime work to feed a hungry
(a) Suchitra Sen (b) Meena Kumari world.
(c) Sridevi (d) Madhubala
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 5. International Organization
Ans. (a) : Actress Suchitra Sen was the first Indian
actress to be bestowed with an award in an International (i) United Nation Organisation
film festival. The actress was the recipient of the Best
Actress trophy at the Moscow Film Festival for her
remarkable work in Saat Pake Bandha, a film that was 596. Which one of the following bodies are not
released in 1963. Bretton Woods Institutions?
(a) World Bank
591. Who holds the record for winning the overall
maximum National Film Awards? (b) International Monetary Fund
(a) Javed Akhtar (b) Shabana Azmi (c) World Trade Organisation
(c) Ajay Devgan (d) Satyajit Ray (d) United Nations
RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 16.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : It is Satyajit Ray with a whopping 32 wins Ans. (d) : In July 1944, the Bretton Woods Conference
across all categories (interestingly only 6 of which were was organized in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
for direction). He received Bharat Ratna posthumously United States under the guidance of Harry Dexter of the
in 1992. USA and John Maynard Keynes of England in which 44
592. The award given to the coaches of sports and countries participated. The purpose of this conference
games in India is: was to regulate the International monetary system
(a) Golden Boot (b) Vir Chakra financial disorder. After conference, global institutions
such as International Monetary Fund (IMF), World
(c) Arjuna Award (d) Dronacharya Award Bank, World Trade Organization (WTO) were
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist established.
Ans. (d) : The Dronacharya Award is given to coaches 597. In which year did India join the United
as recognition for their contribution to a particular sport
Nations?
or for their role in an athlete's rise to the top. It was
instituted in 1985. The award carries a cash prize of Rs. (a) 1945 (b) 1950
15 Lakh a bronze statue of Dronacharya and a scroll of (c) 1962 (d) 1947
honour. RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : R. Mudagliar signed memorandum to join Ans. (a): The United Nations Organization is
UN on behalf of India. India is a charter member of the headquartered in New York city and establishment of
United Nations and participates in all of its specialized UNO is on 24 October, 1945. The current head
agencies and organizations. (Secretary General) of UNO is Antonio Guterres.
598. UN was founded as a successor to the League of
604. Which organisation is termed as ‘a Child of
Nations on 24th October ........... .
(a) 1945 (b) 1946 War’?
(c) 1944 (d) 1943 (a) UNICEF (b) UNESCO
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) League of Nations (d) UNO
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : UN was founded as a successor to The Ans. (c) : League of Nations is the organisation often
League of Nations on 24th October 1945. UN termed as "a child of war" as it was founded on 10
predecessor the League of Nation was established by January 1920 following the Paris Peace Conference that
the Treaty of Versailles in 1919 and was disbanded in ended the First World War, it ceased operations on 20
1946. Its official languages are Arabic, Chinese, April 1946. In 1919 U.S. president Woodrow Wilson
English, French, Russian and Spanish. At present, there
won the Nobel Peace Prize for his role as the leading
are 193 members of United Nation. It aims at
maintaining international peace and security, protects architect of the League of Nations.
human rights and promotes sustainable development 605. Which one among the following languages is
and upholds international Law. one of the six official languages of the United
599. Who among the following is not the founder Nations?
members of the United Nations? (a) Hindi (b) Japanese
(a) USA (b) Cuba (c) Chinese (d) Urdu
(c) Germany (d) France RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 16.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : Germany is not the founder members of the
United Nations. Ans. (c) : There are six official languages of the UN.
These are Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian
600. Name the intergovernmental organization that
promotes international cooperation? and Spanish. The United Nations Secretariat uses two
(a) NATO (b) UN working languages : English and French.
(c) WHO (d) IGO 606. The foundation day of the UN Charter was on:
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) 29th October 1946 (b) 20th October 1932
th
Ans. (b) : See the explation of above question. (c) 21 October 1950 (d) 24th October 1945
601. Which among these established in lieu of RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
league of Nations? Ans. (d) : The Charter of the United Nations is the
(a) Amnesty International founding document of the United Nations. It was signed
(b) United Nations by 51 nations on 26 June 1945 in San Francisco, at the
(c) World Bank conclusion of the United Nations Conference on
(d) International Monetary Fund International Organization, and came into force on 24
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist October 1945. Recently, United Nations member
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. states are the 193 sovereign states that are members of
602. The United Nations University is located in: the United Nations (UN) and have equal representation
(a) Beijing, China (b) Stockholm, Sweden in the UN General Assembly.The UN is the world's
(c) Tokyo, Japan (d) London, England largest intergovernmental organization.
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 607. How many member countries did the UNO
RRB NTPC 17.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist have on its formation in 1945?
Ans. (c) : The United Nations University (UNU) is the (a) 51 (b) 56
academic and research arm of the United Nations, (c) 48 (d) 45
Headquartered in Shibuya, Tokyo, Japan. The
University was established in 1972 and formally began RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
its activities in September 1975 following the signature RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
of the permanent headquarters agreement between the Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
United Nations and Japan. Its mission is to help resolve
global issues related to human development and welfare 608. Identify the principal organ of the UN which
through collaborative research and education. got suspended in 1994?
603. Where is the headquarters of UNO? (a) International Court of Justice
(a) New York (b) Wa.shington (b) General Assembly
(c) Geneva (d) Vienna (c) Security Council
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (d) Trusteeship Council
RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d) : The United Nations charter established the 613. United Nation Development Programme
Trusteeship Council in 1945 as one of the six main (UNDP) was founded in the year _____.
organs of the United Nations and entrusted it with the (a) 1965 (b) 1945
task of overseeing the administration of the trust (c) 1955 (d) 1960
territories placed under the International Trusteeship
system. The Trusteeship Council suspended its RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
operations on 1 November 1994, a month after Palau's Ans. (a) : United Nations Development Programme
independence, the last remaining trust territory of the (UNDP) was established on 22nd November, 1965. Its
United Nations (UN). headquarters is in New York (USA). It has 170 member
609. FAO is a specialized agency that works on the countries. Its main objective is to provide financial
behalf of UN. Choose its full form. assistance to industrial extension programmes. Every
(a) Fund for Agriculture Organization year UNDP prepares 'Human Development Report'.
(b) Food and Agriculture Organization UNDP help countries eliminate proverty and achieve
(c) Foreign Aviation Organization sustainable human development, an approach to
(d) Foreign Agriculture Organization economic growth.
RRB NTPC 17.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 614. The United Nations Development Programme
Ans. (b) : The Food and Agriculture Organization (UNDP) Focuses on–
(FAO) of the United Nations leads international effects (a) On Solutions to the Challenges of global
to defeat hunger. Serving both developed and development.
developing countries, FAO acts as a neutral forum (b) On developing countries.
where all nations meet as equals to negotiate (c) On least development countries
agreements and debate policy. FAO is the largest of the
UN agencies. It was established in 1945 and its (d) On development countries
headquarters is in Rome, Italy. RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
610. The UN system is based on six principal Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
organs. Which of the following organs does 615. What is the full form of UNDP?
NOT come under it? (a) United Nations Digital Project
(a) Food and Agriculture Organization of the (b) United Nations Digital Programme
United Nations
(c) United Nations Development Project
(b) The International Court of Justice
(c) The Economic and Social Council (d) United Nations Development Programme
(d) The UN Secretariat RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Green paper)
RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : Food and Agriculture Organization of the Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
United Nations is not a part of the United Nations six 616. United Nations General Assembly passed a
principal organs. It is a specialized agency of the resolution in the year ....... for establishing the
United Nations that leads international efforts to defeat UNIDO.
hunger. Its headquarters is in Rome, Italy. Other than (a) 1970 (b) 1975
this, the United Nations (UN) is an international
organization founded in 1945. It is currently made up (c) 1985 (d) 1966
of 193 Member states. Its mission and work guided by RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
the purposes and principles contained in its founding Ans. (d) : On 17 November, 1966, the United Nations
charter and implemented by its various organs and General Assembly passed resolution 2152 (XXI)
specialized agencies establishing the United Nations Industrial Development
The main organs of the UN are: Organization (UNIDO) as an autonomous body within
(1) The General Assembly the United Nations. Its mission is to promote and
(2) The Economic and Social Council accelerate the industrialization of developing countries.
(3) The Trusteeship Council 617. Which treaty was imposed by the five nuclear
(4) The International Court of Justice weapon powers and five permanent members
(5) The UN Secretariat. of the UN Security Council on the rest of the
(6) Trusteeship council (Suspended) world in 1968?
611. The United Nations has_____principal organs. (a) Non Aligned Treaty
(a) 6 (b) 3 (b) Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(c) 8 (d) 4 (c) North Atlantic treaty Organization
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (d) Non-Proliferation Treaty
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 08.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
612. Which of the following is not a part of the UN? Ans. (d) : The NPT (Non- Proliferation Treaty) is a
(a) The International Court of Justice landmark international treaty whose objective is to
(b) The General Assembly prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and to promote
(c) The Security Council co-operation in the peaceful uses of nuclear energy and
(d) The State Council the goal of achieving nuclear disarmament. The five
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist nuclear weapon states are China, France, Russia, UK
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. and the United States.

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618. Generally in which month does the United 624. How many non-permanent members does the
Nations call its full General Assembly every UN Security Council have?
year? (a) 12 (b) 15
(a) January (b) June (c) 14 (d) 10
(c) March (d) September RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : United Nations was established in 1945 under Ans. (d) : See the explation of above question.
the Charter of the United Nations, the General
Assembly occupies a central position as the chief 625. Where is the headquarters of United Nations
deliberative, policymaking and representative organ of Security Council located?
the United Nations. It is comprised of all 193 Members (a) Chicago (b) New Jersey
of the United Nations. UN call its full General (c) Boston (d) New York
Assembly generally in the month of September. RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
619. How many members are there in the Security Ans. (d) : United Nations Security Council (UNSC) is
Council of the UN as of October 2020? headquartered at New York, USA.
(a) 5 permanent members and 10 non-permanent 626. Declared in the Stockholm Declarations, which
members of the following statements are related with
(b) 5 permanent and 5 non permanent members United Nations Conference on Environment.
(c) 5 permanent members only (a) Creation of United Nation Environment
(d) 10 permanent and 5 non permanent members Programme
RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (b) Cultural and natural Inheritance of world
Ans. (a) : As of October 2020, there are 5 permanent (c) Intellectual property Right
members and 10 non-permanent members in the (d) Unequal growth
Security Council of the United Nations. The five RRB NTPC 26.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
permanent members are USA, Russia, Britain, France
and China. Non-permanent members are elected for a Ans. (a) : The United Nations Environment Programme
term of two years. India, for the eighth time, has entered was established by Maurice Strong, its first director
the UNSC, as a non-permanent member in 2021 and after the United Nations conference on the human
will stay on the council for two years i.e. 2021-22. environment in stockholm in 1972. UNEP is responsible
for co-ordinating responses to environmental issue
620. In the UN Security Council, there are: within the United Nation system.
(a) 10 permanent and 5 non-permanent members
(b) 5 permanent and 5 non-permanent members 627. International organisation that coordinates UN
(c) 5 permanent and 10 non-permanent members Environmental activities is:
(d) 10 permanent and 10 non-permanent (a) United Nations Economic and Social
members Organisation
RRB NTPC 11.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (b) United Nations Security Council
(c) United Nations Environment Protection
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. Council
621. What is the term of Non-permanent members (d) United Nations Environment Programme
of UN Security Council?
RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) 2 years (b) 3 years
(c) 5 years (d) 4 years Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 628. In which of the following cities, United Nations
RRB NTPC 02.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist subsidiary regional headquarters is NOT
RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist opened?
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. (a) Geneva (b) Nairobi
622. Which of the following countries is a (c) Rome (d) Vienna
permanent member of the United Nations RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Security Council? Ans. (c) : The UN is headquartered in New York City
(a) Canada (b) China and has other subsidiary regional offices in Geneva,
(c) India (d) Japan Nairobi, Vienna, and The Hague. So, the option (c) is
ALP Stage -II 23.01.2019 (shift - II) correct answer.
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 629. Kurt Waldheim, the fourth secretary general of
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist the United Nations (UN) was the former
RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist president of which country?
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. (a) Spain (b) Mexico
623. Which of the following countries is NOT a (c) Argentina (d) Austria
Permanent Member of the Security Council of RRB NTPC 06.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
United Nations ? Ans. (d) : Kurt Josef Waldheim born on 21 December
(a) Russia (b) Canada 1918 and died on 14 June 2007 was an Austrian
(c) France (d) China politician and diplomat. Waldheim was the fourth
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Secretary-General of the United Nations from 1972 to
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. 1981, and President of Austria from 1986 to 1992.

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630. The current secretary general of the United 635. Which one of the following major organs of the
Nations belongs to which of these countries? United Nations is not located in New York?
(a) South Korea (b) India (a) Economic and Social Council
(c) USA (d) Portugal (b) Secretariat
RRB NTPC 06.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Trusteeship Council
Ans. (d) : The Secretary-General is appointed by the (d) International Court of Justice
General Assembly on the recommendation of the RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Security Council for a five year, renewable term. The Ans. (d) : The International Court of Justice is the
current Secretary-General, and the 9th occupant of the principal judicial organ of the United Nations. Its seat is
post, is Antonio Guterres of Portugal. He took office at the Peace Palace in Hague (Netherlands). It is the
on 1 January 2017. only one of the six principal organs of the United
631. Where is the headquarters of United Nations Nations not located in NewYork.
system staff college located? 636. The principal judicial organ of the United
(a) Turin (b) London Nations is situated in:
(c) Washington (d) Berlin (a) Vienna (b) Geneva
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) New York (d) Hague
Ans. (a) : The United Nations System Staff College RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(UNSSC) is a UN organization that serves the personnel Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question
of the United Nations and its affiliates via interagency 637. Which of the following statements is NOT
training and learning. the headquarters of this organization correct?
is located in Turin, Italy. The college was formally created (a) The United Nations Security Council (UNSC)
by general assembly on 20 December, 2002. has five permanent members.
632. Which is not an agency of United Nations? (b) The United Nations (UN) has six official
(a) Red Cross international Committee languages.
(b) International Labour Organization (c) The term of a judge in the International Court
(c) World Health Organization of Justice (ICJ) is five years.
(d) Food and Agriculture Organization (d) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist fifteen judges.
Ans. (a) : Major specialized agencies and related organs RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
of the UN include the International Labour Organisation Ans. (c) : The International Court of Justice (ICJ)
(ILO) established in 1919 and headquartered in Geneva, consists of 15 Judges elected for nine year terms by the
the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Security Council and the General Assembly. Five seats
Nations (FAO) established in 1945 and headquartered come up for election every three years there is no bar on
in Rome, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and consecutive terms. According to article 2 of the ICJ
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established in 1945 statute, the judges are "independent" and "elected"
and headquartered in Paris, and the World Health regardless of their nationality.
Organization (WHO) established in 1948 and 638. For how many years are the judges elected in
headquartered in Geneva. the International Court of Justice?
633. What is the full form of the abbreviation UPU (a) 7 (b) 6
which is related with United Nations? (c) 8 (d) 9
(a) Universal Paid Union RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(b) Universal Private Union Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
(c) Universal Postal Union 639. Maintenance of International Peace and
(d) Universal Plane Union Security is the main purpose of which of the
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist following Units/Organizations?
Ans. (c) : UPU stands for Universal Postal Union. It is a (a) WTO (b) WHO
specialized agency of the United Nations that aims to (c) UNO (d) NATO
organize and improve postal service throughout the RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
world and to ensure international collaboration in this Ans. (c) :The UNO (United Nations Organisation) was
area. founded in 1945 after the Second World War by 51
634. The United Nations adopted the 'Charter of countries committed to maintaining international peace
Economic Rights and Duties of States' in _____. and security, developing friendly relations among
(a) December 1974 (b) December 1976 nations and promoting social progress, better living
(c) December 1980 (d) December 1977 standards and human rights.
RRB NTPC 21.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 640. Whose statement is the following?
Ans. (a) : The General Assembly of United Nations "The United Nations was formed not to take
adopted resolution 3281 (XXIX) containing the humanity to Heaven, but to save it from Hell".
“Charter of Economic Rights and Duties of States” on (a) Dag Hammarskjold (b) Trygce Lie
12 December 1974, by 115 votes to 6, with 10 (c) U Thant (d) Kurt Walsheim
abstentions. RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
600
Ans. (a) : Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld was a 646. Which UN body directly deals with
Swedish economist and diplomat who served as the reproductive health of population?
second Secretary-General of the United Nations from (a) WIPO (b) UNDP
April 1953 until his death in a plane crash in September (c) UNFPA (d) IFAD
1961. He said that the UN was not created to take RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from hell”.
Ans. (c) : United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA),
641. Who was the first UN Secretary–General? formerly the United Nations Fund for Population
(a) Kofi A Annan (b) U Thant Activities, is a UN agency aimed at improving
(c) Trygve Lie (d) Dag Hammarskjold reproductive and maternal health worldwide. Its work
RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist includes developing national healthcare strategies and
Ans. (c) : On 1st February 1946, Trygve Halvdan Lie of protocols, increasing access to birth control, and leading
Norway was elected the first Secretary-General of the campaigns against child marriage, gender-based
United Nations. He was formally installed by the violence, obstetric fistula, and female genital
General Assembly at its 22nd meeting on 2 February mutilation.The agency began operations in 1969 as the
1946. The General Assembly on 1 November 1950, United Nations Fund For Population Activities under
continued Mr. Lie in office for a further three years the administration of the United Nations Development
from 1 February 1951. He resigned as Secretary- Fund. Its headquarter is situated in New York.
General of the United Nations in November 1952.
647. Who was the UNO's first Secretary-General
642. The first secretary-General of the United from the African continent?
Nations was related to which of these
countries? (a) Kurt Waldheim
(a) Finland (b) Swedan (b) Winston Churchill
(c) Portugal (d) Norway (c) Boutros Boutros- Ghali
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (d) Dag Hammarskjold
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
643. Who was the first secretary-General of the Ans. (c) : Boutros Boutros- Ghali, was an Egyptian
United Nations Organization (UNO)? scholar and statesman, secretary general of the UN from
(a) U Thant (b) Trygve Lie January 1, 1992 to December 31, 1996.
(c) Kurt Waldheim (d) Dag Hammarskjold 648. Who was the UNO's first Secretary-General
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist from the African continent?
Ans. (b) : The first secretary-general of United Nations (a) Winston Churchill
Organization was Trygve Lie of Norway. (b) Boutros Boutros-Ghali
644. The headquarters of the World Tourism (c) Kurt Waldheim
Organization (UNWTO) is located at: (d) Dag Hammarskjold
(a) Johannesburg, South Africa RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(b) Mandaluyong, Philippines Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
(c) Madrid, Spain 649. International Fund for Agricultural
(d) Frankfurt, Germany Development (IFAD) was created in ______ for
RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist rural poverty reduction in developing
Ans. (c) :The World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) Countries.
is the United Nations agency responsible for the (a) 1990 (b) 1977
promotion of responsible, sustainable and universally (c) 1995 (d) 1980
accessible tourism. UNWTO headquarters are based in RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Madrid, Spain since 1976.
Ans. (b) : The International Fund for Agricultural
645. The headquarters of the UNEP is located at: Development (IFAD), is an international financial
(a) Johannesburg, South Africa institution and specialized agency of UN that works to
(b) Mandaluyoung, Philippines address poverty and hunger in rural areas of developing
(c) Frankfurt, Germany countries. It focuses solely on rural economies and food
(d) Nairobi, Kenya security. It was established in December 1977. Its
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist headquarters is in Rome, Italy.
Ans. (d) : United Nations Environment Programme 650. Who was the secretary of UNO between the
(UNEP) is the global authority that sets the year 1997-2006?
environmental agenda, promotes the coherent (a) Kofi Annan (b) U–Thant
implementation of the environmental dimension of (c) Ban ki-Moon (d) Trigvi Li
sustainable development within the United Nations
system and serves as an authoritative advocate for the RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
global environment. It was founded in June 1972 as a Ans.(a): Kofi Annan (Ghana) held office of Secretary-
result of the Stockholm Conference on the Human General of UNO from January 1997 to December
Environment. Its headquarters are in Nairobi, Kenya. 2006.

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651. Which country's President suggested the name 657. Who has been selected as the 193rd member of
'United Nations'? the UN?
(a) France (a) South Sudan (b) France
(b) Germany (c) Brazil (d) Colombia
(c) Russia RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(d) United States of America Ans. (a) : South Sudan is the latest (193rd) member of
RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist UN. Antonio Guterres is the present Secretary –General
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist of United Nations.
Ans. (d) : The name ‘United Nations’, coined by 658. Which of the following is not a consumer right
United States of America's President Franklin D. defined in the United Nations consumer bill?
Roosevelt, was first used in the Declaration by United (a) The right to choose
Nations of 1 January 1942, The UN officially came
(b) The right to safety
into existence on 24 October 1945.
(c) The right to contest
652. When was the name 'United Nations' coined?
(d) The right to redress
(a) 1 January 1942 (b) 1 January 1947
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-I)
(c) 1 January 1945 (d) 1 January 1943
RRB NTPC 27.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (c): The consumer right as defined in the United
nations consumer bill does not include the right to
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. contest, president John F. Kennedy spoke of eight rights
653. Which UN organisation deals with illicit in this bill that are right to basic needs. Right to safety,
trafficking and drug abuse? Right to Information. Right to choose, right to
(a) UNICEF (b) UNODC representation, right to redress, right to consumer
(c) UNFPA (d) UNEP education and right to healthy environment. World
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist consumer rights day is celebrated on 15 March.
Ans. (b) : United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime 659. What is the full form of UNITAR?
(UNODC) is a UN body established in 1997. It is a (a) United nations Institute for Transport and
nodal body focusing on trafficking and abuse of illicit agriculture Research
drugs crime prevention and criminal justice. (b) United Nations Institutive for total
654. The current (as on October 2020) United agriculture readiness
Nations Emblem was approved on 7 December (c) United Nations Institute for Training and
1946. What do the olive branches in the research
emblem symbolise?
(d) United Nations Institutive for Transport
(a) Feeling of pride when associated with the UN Readiness
(b) The area of concern of the United Nations
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Peace throughout the world
(d) The National symbol of the nation where the Ans. (c): United Nations Institute for Training and
UN is headquartered Research (Unitar is a dedicated training arm of the
United Nations system. UNITAR was founded in 11
RRB NTPC 11.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
December 1963 and headquarters are based in Geneva,
Ans. (c) : The emblem consists of a map of the world Switzerland.
on a polar azimuthally equidistant projection
surrounded by two olive branches. These two symbols 660. The Geneva II Conference was an international
speak for themselves: the olive branch is a symbol of peace conference backed the United Nations, It
peace, while the world map represents the Organization was held to decided the future of which
in its quest to attain world peace. country?
655. How many times has India been elected as non- (a) Iran (b) Pakistan
permanent member of the UN Security Council (c) Iraq (d) Syria
till Oct, 2020? RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-III)
(a) 5 (b) 4 Ans. (d): The Geneva II Conference was an
(c) 8 (d) 10 international peace conference backed by the United
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Nations, it was held to decide the future of Syria with
Ans. (c) : For Eight (8) times has India been elected as the aim of ending the Syrian civil war. The conference
non- permanent member of the UN Security Council till took place on 22 January 2014 in Montreux, on 23-31
Oct, 2020. January 2014 in Geneva (Switzerland), again on 10-15-
656. How many organizations are part of the United February 2014.
Nations in India? 661. What is the full form of IMO?
(a) 22 (b) 28 (a) International Monetary organization
(c) 12 (d) 26 (b) India Meteorological organization
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) International Maritime organization
Ans. (d) : There are 26 organisations of UN which are (d) Indian Monetary Organization.
working in India. RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c): The International Maritime Organization 666. Which of the following is the headquarters of
(IMO) is the United Nations specialized agency with World Health Organization?
responsibility for the safety and security of shipping and (a) New York (b) Paris
the prevention of marine and atmospheric pollution by (c) Vienna (d) Geneva
ships. The IMO was established on 17 March 1948 and RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
headquartered in London, United Kingdom. The RRB NTPC 11.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
secretary general of IMO is Kitack Lim Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
662. Headquarters of International Maritime 667. WHO rules and prevention of Non-
Organization (IMO) is located at: communicable disease is?
(a) Geneva (b) Washington (a) Be Healthy, Be Mobile
(c) New York (d) London (b) MD Resolution
RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift (c) Airstrip One
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. (d) MM Mobile
663. Which of the following is NOT a correct pair of RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-I)
a UN organ and its headquaters? Ans. (a): Be Healthy, Be Moblile is a Joint initative from
(a) The International Court of Justice (ICJ) - The World Health Organisation (WHO) and International
Hague Telecommunication Union (ITU). It is an initative to
(b) World Health Organization (WHO) - New prevent & control Non-communicable diseases.
York 668. In which year India was declared polio-free by
(c) United Nations Educational, Scientific and World Health Organisation?
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Paris (a) 2012 (b) 2000
(d) International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) (c) 2014 (d) 2008
- Vienna RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (c): The World Health Organisation (WHO)
Ans. (b) : United Nations organs and their headquarters: presented official certification to India for its 'Polio free'
* International Court of Justice (ICJ)- The Hague, status on 27 March 2014.
Netherlands
* The World Health Organization (WHO)- Geneva, (iii) World Trade Organisation
Switzerland
* The United Nations Educational, Scientific and 669. India has been a WTO member since
Cultural Organization (UNESCO) - Paris, France. (a) 1998 (b) 1995
* The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) - (c) 1996 (d) 1997
Vienna, Austria. RRB Group-D– 22/09/2022 (Shift-III)
Ans.(b) : India has been a member of the WTO since
(ii) World Health Organisation January 1995 and also had been a member of WTO's
forerunner General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
664. Where is the headquarters of World Health (GATT) since July 1948.
Organization (WHO)? 670. Select the option that shows the correct match
(a) South Africa (b) France of an organization and its headquarters.
(c) America (d) Switzerland (a) WHO– Paris
RRB Group-D 23-10-2018 (Shift-I) (b) GATT– Geneva
Ans. (d) WHO (World Health Organization) (c) INTERPOL– Washington D.C.
headquarters is situated in, Geneva, (Switzerland). This (d) ESRO– Brussels
institute was established on 7 April 1948. The objective RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
of this organization is to increase the level of health of Ans. (b) :
world's people.
Organization Headquarters Establi
665. _______ is the UN specialized agency which -shed
directs and co-ordinates health related matters
internationally. World Health Geneva, 1948
Organization (WHO) Switzerland
(a) UNDP (b) UNESCO
(c) WHO (d) WFP General Agreement on Geneva, 1948
Tariffs and Trade Switzerland
RRB NTPC 17.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(GATT)
Ans. (c) : The World Health Organization (WHO) is a
specialized agency of the United Nations which directs The International Lyon, France 1923
and co-ordinates and is responsible for international Criminal Police
public health. It is headquartered in Geneva, Organization
Switzerland and was established on 7 April 1948. (INTERPOL)
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus is currently Director - European Space Paris, France 1964
General of WHO. 7 April is celebrated as World Health Research
day. Organisation (ESRO)
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671. WTO is a global organization. Which of the Ans. (b) : The General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
following statements regarding WTO is was started in 1944 in Bretton Woods Conference . It is
incorrect. a predecessor of World Trade Organization.
(a) Its full form is World Transport Organization 678. GATT was established to regulate world trade
(b) It deals with the rules of trade between in 1948. GATT stands for:
nations (a) Gradual Aggregate of Tariffs and Trade
(c) Nagozi Okonjo Iweala of Nigeria is the (b) Gradual Agreement of Tariffs and Trade
seventh director general of the organization. (c) General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
(d) Its apex decision-making body is the (d) Gradual Agreement of Tariffs and Trade
Ministerial Assembly RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question
Ans. (a) : World Trade Organization is an international 679. Which organization has been the successor of
organization dealing with the rules of trade between GATT?
nations. The WTO is the successor to the General (a) UNCTAD (b) ILO
Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), which was (c) WTO (d) ECOSOC
created in 1947. WTO began operations on 1st January,
1995. The WTO has 164 members and 23 observer RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
governments. WTO is dominated by its highest Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question
authority, the ministerial conference, composed of 680. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
representatives of all WTO members. In February 2021, came into existence in the year :
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo–Iweala was appointed as 7th (a) 1950 (b) 1995
Director General of the WTO. (c) 1945 (d) 1948
672. Which of the following organisations deals RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
with formulation and implementation of Ans. (d) : The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
global trade? (GATT) was signed by 23 countries in October 1947,
(a) ILO (b) WTO after World War II and became law on Jan 1, 1948. The
(c) WHO (d) IMF purpose of General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade
RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist was to make International Trade easier. World Trade
Organization (WTO) repleaced the GATT on 1
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
January, 1995.
673. WTO sets the rules for: 681. Irish diplomat and formal Director General of
(a) Terrorism (b) Global trade General Agreement on Tariff and Trade (Now
(c) Global tour & travel (d) Environment WTO) is _______ who is called father of
RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist globalization.
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. (a) Peter Sutherland (b) Ken Rutherford
674. What does World Trade Organization (WTO) (c) Peter Gilmore (d) Kiefer Sutherland
promote? RRB Group-D 06-12-2018 (Shift-II)
(a) Unilateral trade (b) Financial support Ans. (a) Irish diplomat and former Director General of
(c) Global peace (d) Multi-lateral trade GATT (Now WTO) is Peter Sutherland who is called
RRB NTPC 05.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist "Father of Globalization". WTO (World Trade
Organization) was established on 1 Jan 1995 by
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. replacing the GATT. It's headquarters is situated in
675. Since July 2016, World Trade Organization Geneva Switzerland.
(WTO) has ______members. 682. Word Trade Organization was constituted
(a) 161 (b) 162 under ______ agreement on January 1, 1995.
(c) 164 (d) 163 (a) Asean free trade agreement
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (b) Trans-pacific partnership
Ans. (c) : It's member countries are 164. (c) Marrakesh Agreement
676. When was WTO (World Trade Organization) (d) Comprehensive Economic partnership
established? RRB Group-D 26-11-2018 (Shift-III)
(a) 1995 (b) 1983 Ans. (c) WTO is an international organization set up in
(c) 1948 (d) 1999 1995 by a replacing the General Agreement on Trade
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist and Tariffs (GATT) under the Marrakesh Agreement. It
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. is the only global International organization dealing
with the International trade between nations.
677. The formation of World Trade Organisation
(WTO) was preceded by : 683. Where is the headquarters of World Trade
Organization?
(a) General Agreement on Trade in Services
(a) England (b) America
(b) General Agreement on Trade and Tariffs
(c) Switzerland (d) France
(c) Multilateral Trade Agreement
(d) General Agreement on Intellectual Property RRB Group-D 29-10-2018 (Shift-III)
RRB NTPC 23.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (c) See the explanation of above question.
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 (c) United Nations Educational, Scientific and
(iv) United Nations International Cultural Organization
Children's Emergency Found (d) United Nations Employment Scheme
Concerning Organization
(UNICEF) RRB NTPC 12.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question
684. In which place of Tamil Nadu will you find
'The Tamil University'? 689. The Headquarter of UNESCO is in:
(a) Washington D.C. (b) New York
(a) Madhurai (b) Salem
(c) London (d) Paris
(c) Thanjavur (d) Erode
RRB NTPC 29.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB Group-D 19-09-2022 (Shift-III)
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question
Ans. (c) : The Tamil University was established at
Thanjavur by the Government of Tamil Nadu on 15th 690. How many sites in India have been declared as
September 1981 under the provision of the Tamil World Heritage Site by UNESCO?
University Act No. 2 to 1982, for furthering the (a) 25 (b) 7
advancement of learning and research in Tamil (c) 32 (d) 18
language, literature and culture. RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
685. Which agency was created by the United Ans. (c): The time when the above question was asked,
Nations to provide emergency food and health the number of World Heritage Sites in India were 32 by
care to children and mothers in the countries UNESCO in which 25 were cultural sites and 7 natural
affected by World War II? sites. Presently there are 40 World Heritage Sites located
(a) UNICEF (b) UNESCO in India. These include 32 cultural sites, 7 natural sites
and 1 mixed-criteria site. India has the sixth largest
(c) WHO (d) IMF number of sites in the world. Italy has the highest number
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist of World Heritage Sites with 58 followed by China with
Ans. (a): UNICEF was created by the United Nations 56 sites.
General Assembly resolution 57 (1) on 11 December 691. Where is the headquarters of UNESCO located?
1946 to provide emergency food and healthcare to (a) Mascow (b) New York
children’s and mother’s in the countries which are (c) London (d) Paris
affected by World War II. Its headquaters is in New RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
York, USA. In 1965, the organization got Nobel Peace Ans. (d): UNESCO is established in 1945 and
Prize and in 1989 got the Indira Gandhi Peace Prize. headquartered in Paris. Director-General of UNESCO is
686. Where is the headquarters of UNICEF Audrey Azoulay.
situated? 692. Which of the following plans was started by the
(a) Washington (b) Paris central government in 2015 to take care of the
(c) Zurich (d) New York UNESCO World Heritage Sites and to make
RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist these sites economically viable?
(a) UDAY (b) HRIDAY
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. (c) AMRUT (d) Smart City
RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(v) UNESCO Ans. (b) : Objective of HRIDAY (Heritage City
Development and Augmentation Yojana) is to preserve
687. Which of the United Nation's organization has character of the soul of heritage city and facilitate
International Institute of Education Planning inclusive heritage linked urban development by
at Paris as its part? exploring various avenues including involving private
(a) UNICEF (b) UNESCO sector. Specific objectives are planning, development
(c) UNU (d) ILO and implementation of heritage sensitive infrastructure.
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Government of India, launched this scheme on 21st
January, 2015.
RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
693. Which of the following is not an UNESCO's
Ans. (b) : The United Nations Educational, Scientific World Heritage Sites (India)?
And Cultural Organization (UNESCO) is an (a) Char Minar (b) Red Fort
international organization that promotes education, (c) Taj Mahal (d) Elephanta Caves
science and culture. UNESCO was founded on RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
November 16, 1945. It has the International institute of Ans. (a) : A Word Heritage site is a place that is listed
Educational planning in Paris as its part. UNESCO'S by UNESCO for its special cultural or physical
International Institute for Educational planning was- significance. The list of World Heritage, sites is
founded in Paris, France, in 1963. The Headquarters of maintained by the international "World Heritage
UNESCO is situated in Paris. Programme" administered by the UNESCO World
688. What is the full form of UNESCO ? Heritage Committee. There are 40 World Heritage Sites
(a) United Nations Economic Settlement Committee in India, which include 32 cultural, seven natural and 1
(b) United Nations Economic, Social and mixed sites. In the above options, Char Minar is not
Communal Organization included in this list.

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694. Which of the following is NOT listed in Ans. (c) : As of January 2021, India has 38 sites. But as
UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India? of 27 July 2021, number of sites became 40. 39th –
(a) Sun Temple, Konark Rudreshwara Temple (Ramappa), Telangana.
(b) Group of Monuments located in Mandu, 40th –Dholavira (Gujarat).
Madhya Pradesh 699. Name the caves found in Western India on the
(c) Agra Fort Island of Gharapuris which received the
(d) Fatehpur Sikri UNESCO World Heritage Site status in 1987.
RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Elephanta Caves (b) Khajuraho Caves
Ans. (b) : Group of Monuments located in Mandu, (c) Ellora Caves (d) Ajanta Caves
Madhya Pradesh, is not included in the list of UNESCO RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
World Heritage Site's. Ans. (a) : The Elephanta Caves are located in western
• Agra Fort, Ajanta caves, Fatehpur Sikri, Ellora Caves, India on the Island of Gharapuri, 11 km from Mumbai.
Sun Temple (Konark), Jaipur city etc. are listed in In 1987, the restored Elephanta Caves were designated
UNESCO World Heritage sites in India. as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is currently
There are currently 1,154 UNESCO World Heritage maintained by the Archaeological Survey of India.
Sites all over the world. 700. Which place in India has been chosen as a
695. Where is the UNESCO World Heritage Site, UNESCO world heritage site in 2018?
Kandariya Mahadev temple located? (a) Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensembles of
(a) Khajuraho (b) Bhubaneswar Mumbai
(c) Mahabalipuram (d) Mandsour (b) Lalbagh Botanical Garden, Bangalore
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Konark Sun Temple, Odisha
Ans. (a) : UNESCO World Heritage Site, the temple of (d) Dachigam National Park, Srinagar
Kandaria Mahadev is located in Khajuraho. This temple RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
is the best among all the temples of Khajuraho in terms Ans. (a) : Victorian Gothic and Art Deco Ensemble of
of art technique, construction process grandeur etc. The Mumbai became the UNESCO World Heritage site in
monuments of the Khajuraho group belong to the 2018.
Chandela dynasty. The temples are related to Jain and 701. Which of the following is NOT included in
Hindu religions. UNESCO's list of World Heritage Sites in
696. Which of the following monuments belongs to India?
UNESCO's List of World heritage Sites in (a) Khajuraho (b) Bhimbetka
India? (c) Sanchi (d) Anand Bhavan
(a) Vaishno Devi (b) Khajuraho RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Krimchi Temple (d) Akshardham Temple Ans. (d) : Khajuraho, Bhimbetka and Sanchi are in the
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist World Heritage Sites list. The Anand Bhavan is a
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. historic house museum in Prayagraj which is not listed
in UNESCO World Heritage Site.
697. As per UNESCO World Heritage Sites in India,
identify the incorrect pair as per the year of 702. Which among the following is Not a UNESCO
inclusion. World Heritage Site ?
(a) Agra Fort (UP)-1983 (a) Ajanta Caves, Aurangabad
(b) Red Fort, Delhi-2007 (b) Rani ki vav, Patan
(c) Sanchi Stupa (MP)-1988 (c) Jantar Mantar, New Delhi
(d) Fatehpur Sikri (UP)-1986 (d) Sun Temple, Konark
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 29.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : Name of Heritage Sites State Ans. (c) : There are 40 UNESCO World Heritage Sites
in India → 32 cultural, 7 natural and 1 under mixed
Agra Fort UP 1983 property. Jantar Mantar, New Delhi is not a UNESCO
Ajanta Caves Maharashtra 1983 World Heritage Site among answer's choices. The
Ellora Caves Maharashtra 1983 Oldest World Heritage Site in India is Ajanta Caves
Taj Mahal UP 1983 (2nd century BC to the 6th Century AD).
Lal Quila (Red fort) Delhi 2007 703. Which of the following Indian cities was given
the status of the first World Heritage City by
Sun Temple, Konark Odisha 1984 UNESCO?
Group of Monuments at Tamil Nadu 1984 (a) Hampi (b) Ahmedabad
Mahabalipuram (c) Jaipur (d) Hyderabad
Buddhist Monuments at MP 1989 RRB Group-D 01-10-2018 (Shift-III)
Sanchi Ans. (b) On July 8, 2017, during the 41st meeting of
698. As of Jan 2021, how many UNESCO World the World Heritage Committee, the historic city of
Heritage Sites does India have? Ahmedabad, was announced to be included in the
(a) 18 (b) 41 World Heritage List. It is the first city in India to be
(c) 38 (d) 52 ranked in the World Heritage List. The city of Jaipur in
RRB NTPC 01.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Rajasthan has been included in this list in June 2019.
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704. Which Indian city was included in the 709. BRICS Development Bank is now renamed as–
UNESCO Creative Cities Network in 2017 for (a) Asian Development bank
its rich musical tradition? (b) World bank
(a) New Delhi (b) Lucknow (c) New Development Bank
(c) Chennai (d) Bengaluru (d) New BRICS Bank
RRB Group-D 01-10-2018 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) UNESCO has included Chennai in the list of Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
creative cities network. Chennai has been roped in to 710. What are the BRIC Countries?
contribute to the rich tradition of music. Under this, cities
(a) Brazil, Russia, India And Canada
are selected in seven fields - handicrafts, folk art, design,
film, cooking, literature, music and media arts. There are (b) Britain, Russia, India and Canada
six Indian city in Creative City Network– Jaipur (2015), (c) Brazil, Russia, India and China
Varanasi (2015), Chennai (2017), Mumbai (2019), (d) Britain, Russia, India and China
Hyderabad (2019) and Srinagar (2021). RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-III)
705. What is the name of the city recently included Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
in the Creative City Network for contribution 711. Which country out of the following is NOT a
to music by the United Nations Educational, member of the BRICS group?
Scientific and Cultural Organization (a) South Africa (b) Sri Lanka
(UNESCO)? (c) Brazil (d) India
(a) Kolkata (b) Bengaluru RRB NTPC 20.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Mumbai (d) Chennai Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB Group-D 08-10-2018 (Shift-II) 712. Which of the following is a member of BRICS?
Ans. (d) See the explanation of above question. (a) Bhutan (b) Canada
(c) Brazil (d) Indonesia
(vi) BRICS RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) See the explanation of above question.
706. What does 'S' stand for, in the grouping of
BRICS nations? (vii) INTERPOL
(a) Sudan (b) Singapore
(c) Sweden (d) South Africa 713. The International Criminal Police Commission
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-II) (ICPC), predecessor to INTERPOL was
Ans. (d) : BRICS is an acronym for the powerful founded at ____ in 1923.
grouping of the world's leading emerging market (a) NewYork (b) Geneva
economies, namely Brazil, Russia, India, China and (c) Washington (d) Vienna
South Africa. South Africa was accepted as a full RRB NTPC 20.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
member at the BRIC Foreign Ministers' meeting in New Ans. (d) : International Criminal Police Commission
York on September 2010. The BRICS mechanism aims (ICPC) was established in 1923 in Vienna. Now it is
to promote peace, security, development and headquartered in Lyon, France. In 1956 the ICPC
cooperation. The 1st BRICS summit was held in ratified a new constitution under which it was renamed
Yekaterinburg, Russia on 16 June, 2009. the International Criminal Police Cooperation and
707. Which was the last country to join BRICS? Crime Central. It is the world's largest International
(a) China (b) India Police Organization with 194 member countries.
(c) Russia (d) South Africa 714. INTERPOL has its headquarters in ________.
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Germany (b) France
Ans. (d) : BRICS is an acronym for the grouping of the (c) Switzerland (d) Spain
world's leading emerging economies namely Brazil, RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Russia, India, China and South Africa. Originally the Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
first four were grouped as BRIC and South Africa was
invited to join BRIC in December 2010, after which the 715. Where is the headquarters of Interpol?
group adopted the acronym BRICS. Hence South Africa (a) Paris (b) London
was the last country to join BRICS. During the sixth (c) Lyon (d) Brussels
BRICS Summit in Fortaleza (2014) the leaders signed RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
the Agreement Establishing the New development Bank Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
(NDB) as BRICS bank. BRICS and NDB both are
headquartered in Shanghai and the present president of
the NDB is Marcos Prado Troyjo from Brazil. (viii) SAARC
708. Which country does the letter 'B' represents in 716. Where is the headquarters of SAARC
the BRICS? Development Fund (SDF) established by
(a) Bangladesh (b) Belgium SAARC nations?
(c) Brazil (d) Bahrain (a) Kathmandu, Nepal (b) Dhaka, Bangladesh
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Thimphu, Bhutan (d) Mumbai, India
Ans. (c): The letter 'B' represents Brazil in the BRICS. RRB NTPC 21.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c) : The SAARC Development Fund (SDF) was
established in 2005. It is the umbrella financial (ix) OPEC
institution of the South Asian Association for Regional
723. Which of the following organization's
Cooperation (SAARC). The SDF Secretariat based in
headquarters is not correct matched?
Thimphu, Bhutan undertakes and implements projects
(a) UNICEF -New York
and programmes under three windows: Social,
Economic and Infrastructure in fulfillment of the greater (b) OPEC - Zurich
developmental goals of the SAARC region. (c) World Bank - Washington
Note : South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (d) NATO - Brussels
(SAARC) is an economic and political organization of RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
eight countries in South Asia. It was established in 1985 Ans. (b) :
when the Heads of State of Afganistan, Bangladesh, Organization Year of Headquarters
Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka Establishment
formally adopted the charter. UNICEF(United 1946 New York,
717. What does the abbreviation SAARC stand for: Nations United States
(a) South Asian African Railway Corporation Children's Fund)
(b) South Asian Association for Regional OPEC 1960 Vienna, Austria
Cooperation (Organization of
(c) South Australian Asian Regional Cooperation the Petroleum
(d) South American African Regional Conference Exporting
RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Countries)
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question World Bank 1944 Washington
718. Which of the following countries is NOT a DC, United
member of SAARC? States
(a) Nepal (b) Afghanistan NATO (North 1949 Brussels,
(c) Pakistan (d) Malaysia Atlantic Treaty Belgium
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Organization)
RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 724. Which country is NOT a member of OPEC?
RRB NTPC 27.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Algeria (b) Venezuela
(c) Nigeria (d) Kenya
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
719. How many countries are members of SAARC?
Ans. (d) : OPEC is an acronym for the Organization of
(a) Eight (b) Four
the Petroleum Exporting Countries. It is a permanent
(c) Seven (d) Five intergovernmental organization created at the Baghdad
RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Conference in September, 1960 by Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Saudi Arabia and Venezuela. It has since 1965 been
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. headquartered in Vienna, Austria. Currently it has 13
720. Which of the following country is a member of members. Kenya is not a member state of OPEC. OPEC
SAARC? is a cortel that aim to manage the supply of oil in the
world market in an effort to set the price of oil in the
(a) China (b) Myanmar
world market.
(c) Mauritius (d) Afghanistan
725. Where is the headquarters of OPEC located?
RRB NTPC 29.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Geneva (b) Brussels
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. (c) Vienna (d) Zurich
721. In 1987, The South Asian Association of RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Regional Cooperation (SAARC) was Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
established Secretariat in ..............?
(a) Dhaka (b) New Delhi 726. What does OPEC stand for?
(c) Kathmandu (d) Islamabad (a) Oil Producing and Exporting Countries
(b) Oil Products of Exporting Countries
RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Oil Products and Exergy Conservation
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. (d) Organization of the Petroleum Exporting
722. Where and when was SAARC (South Asian Countries
Association for Regional Cooperation) formed? R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 01-09-2019 (Shift - III)
(a) Pakistan, 1981 (b) Bangaladesh, 1985 Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
(c) Sri Lanka, 1988 (d) India, 1987
727. Which of the following countries is a member
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist of OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. Exporting Countries)?
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 (a)Brazil Ans. (c) : The North Atlantic Treaty Organization, also
(b)Japan called the North Atlantic Alliance, is an
(c)The Democratic Republic of the Congo intergovernmental military alliance between 27
(d)India European countries, 2 North American countries, and 1
RRB NTPC 27.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Eurasian country. The organization implements North
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. Atlantic Treaty that was signed on 4 April 1949. Its
728. Which among the following organizations is the headquarters is situated in Brussels, Belgium. Recently
best example of an agreement between Finland became 31st member of NATO.
oligopolists? 734. Where is the headquarters of the North
(a) WHO (b) UNESCO Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)
(c) UNO (d) OPEC situated?
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Lisbon (b) Madrid
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of the question (c) Brussels (d) Ottawa
RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(x) ILO Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
735. What kind of organisation is NATO (North
729. In which year was the International Labour Atlantic Treaty Organization)?
Organisation (ILO) established?
(a) Intergovernmental Military Alliance
(a) 1921 (b) 1931
(b) Technology Exchange and Development group
(c) 1919 (d) 1909
RRB NTPC 12.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Intergovernmental Economic Cooperation group
(d) Cultural Cooperation and Development
Ans. (c) : International Labour Organization (ILO) is a
specialized agency of the United Nations. It is the only Organization
tripartite UN agency. Established in 1919 by the treaty of RRB NTPC 06.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Versailles as an affiliated agency of the League of Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
Nations. ILO brings together governments, employers 736. Which of the following organisations is India
and workers representative of 187 member states, to set NOT a member?
labour standards, develop policies and devise (a) G20
programmes promoting decent work for all women and
man. Its headquarters is situated in Geneva, Switzerland. (b) United Nations (UN)
730. International Labour Organization was (c) North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
founded on ........... . (d) Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
(a) 15 November 1947 (b) 14 December 1946 RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) 28 June 1919 (d) 14 December 1945 Ans. (c) : India is not a member of the NATO. India is a
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist member of SCO, UN and G20.
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
731. Which of the following UN agencies promotes (xii) World Bank and International
International Labour Rights? Monetary Fund
(a) IMF (b) IMO (c) ILO (d) ICAO
RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 737. The headquarters of which of the following
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. international organizations is situated
732. Where is the headquarters of International Washington DC?
Labour Organisation (ILO) located? (a) IMF (b) ECB
(a) Geneva, Switzerland (c) OECD (d) ILO
(b) Washington DC, USA RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Lyon, France
Ans. (a) :
(d) Helsinki, Finland
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist International Headquarters
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. Organization
International Monetary Washington, D.C.
(xi) NATO Fund (IMF)
European Central Bank Frankfurt, Germany
733. What is the name of the intergovernmental (ECB)
military alliance between 30 European and
North American countries? Organisation for Paris, France
(a) The International Military Collaboration Economic Co-operation
(b) The International Military Fund and Development
(c) The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (OECD)
(d) The World Militia Organization International Labour Geneva, Switzerland
RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Organization (ILO)
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738. The headquarters of the World Bank is Ans. (d) : International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not
situated at: create innovative business models to increase the wealth
(a) The Hague, Netherland of its members countries. IMF is an organization of 190
(b) Washington DC, USA countries, working to foster global monetary
(c) London, UK cooperation, secure financial stability, facilitate
(d) Paris, France international trade, promote high employment and
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist sustainable economic growth, and reduce poverty
around the world.
Ans. (b) : World Bank is an international financial
institution that provides loans to the government of low 744. Which of the following institutions supported
and middle income countries for the purpose of Neeranchal National Watershed Project to
pursuing capital projects. It is formed in 1944 and its improve watershed management program?
headquarter is situated in Washington DC, USA. (a) ADB (b) World Bank
739. When was the World Bank founded? (c) WHO (d) FAO of the UN
(a) After the Second World War RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(b) During the First World War Ans. (b) : The World Bank has supported the
(c) Before the First World War Neeranchal National Watershed Project to improve the
(d) During the Second World War watershed management program. The objective of this
RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist project is to provide technical support for the adoption
of technologies outcomes of communities in selected
Ans. (d) : The World Bank was founded in July, 1944 sites. The number of beneficiary states under this
during the World War II. project is Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,
740. Which of the following countries is not a Jharkhand, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha,
member of the World Bank Group? Rajasthan and Telangana.
(a) Canada (b) China 745. In which year was the International Bank for
(c) USA (d) Cuba Reconstruction and Development (IBRD),
RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist better known as the World Bank, established to
Ans. (d) : 189 countries are the member of World help Europe recover from the devastation of
Bank while Cuba is not the member of World Bank. World War II?
741. IBRD and IDA are the part of: (a) 1944 (b) 1947
(a) United Nations (c) 1946 (d) 1945
(b) International Monetary Fund RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) International Labour Organization Ans. (a) : The International Bank for Reconstruction
(d) World Bank and Development (IBRD) was founded in anticipation
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist of the end of World War II, during the Bretton Woods
Conference of 1944, a gathering of the 44 Allied
Ans. (d) : International Bank for Reconstruction and
Nations of the Second World War meant to establish the
Development (IBRD) and International Development
post-war global financial order. Along with establishing
Association (IDA) are the part of World Bank group.
a new global monetary policy regime, the Bretton
742. IMF and World Bank were formed in 1944. In Woods Conference was also where the International
which city is their headquarters located? Monetary Fund and the IBRD were formed.
(a) Vienna (b) Geneva 746. In which conference were The World Bank and
(c) Washington DC (d) New York its Associate institution the International
RRB NTPC 02.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Monetary Fund establised by the United
Ans. (c) : International Monetary Fund (IMF) was Nations?
established on 22 July 1944 in the Bretton woods (a) Bretton Woods Conference
Conference, New Hampshire, United States, originally (b) U.N. Conference on Trade and Employment
with 45 members and came into existence on 27 December (c) International Conference on Financing for
1945. Its headquarters is in Washington, D.C., US. Development
743. Which of the following is NOT a function of (d) Atlantic Conference
the International Monetary Fund (IMF)? RRB NTPC 07.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Monitoring the financial and economic Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
policies of its member countries
(b) Providing loans to countries that find it 747. International Bank for Reconstruction and
difficult to meet their international payments Development is commonly known as:
(c) Assisting mainly low and middle income (a) Reserve Bank of India
countries to effectively manage their economies (b) World Bank
(d) Creating innovative business models to (c) State Bank of India
increase the wealth of its member countries (d) Internation Monetary fund
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
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748. International Bank for Reconstruction and 754. Which one of the following statment is
Development, and the world Bank was incorrect regarding the Association of South-
established in which years. East Asian Nations (ASEAN)?
(a) 1945 (b) 1943 (a) It stated with the three original member
(c) 1944 (d) 1946 countries
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. (b) ASEAN was established on 8 August 1967 in
Bangkok
749. When did the International Monetary fund (c) According to the information received till 2019,
came into existence? the number of its member countries is ten
(a) 1945 (b) 1952 (d) One of the objectives of the organization is to
(c) 1950 (d) 1948 accelerate economic development, social
RRB JE - 27/06/2019 (Shift-I) progress and cultural development in the region
Ans. (a): IMF was founded on 22 July 1944, at the RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Bretten Woods Conference. It formally came into Ans. (a) : With respect to the ASEAN (Association of
existence on 27 December 1945. South-East Asian Nations), statement in option (a) is
It's headquarter is situated in Washington D.C. It's wrong because the founding fathers of ASEAN are,
working is to fasten global monetary co-operation, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand.
secure financial stability, facilitate international trade, ASEAN is a regional organization which was established
promote high employment and sustainable economic to promote political and social stability amid rising
growth, and reduce poverty around the world. tensions among the Asia–pacific's post–colonial states.
750. In reference of International monetary 755. India is not a member of which of these
transaction, what is the full form of IMF? groups?
(a) International Monetary (a) South Asian Association for Regional
(b) International Monetary Fund Cooperation
(c) Indian Monetary Form (b) Association of South-East Asian Nations
(d) International Monitoring Fund (c) Shanghai Cooperation Organization
RRB Group-D 22-09-2018 (Shift-I) (d) Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-sectoral
Technical and Economic Cooperation
Ans. (b) See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
751. The headquarters of International monetary Ans. (b) : Among the following, India is not a member
fund situated in which country? of the Association of Southeast Asian
(a) China (b) America Nations(ASEAN). ASEAN consists of 10 member
(c) Canada (d) Singapore countries viz. Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,
RRB Group-D 23-10-2018 (Shift-II) Malaysia, Myanmar, Philippines, Singapore, Thailand,
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. and Vietnam.
● Headquarters: Jakarta, Indonesia
752. Where is the world bank headquarters is
situated. ● Founded: 8 August 1967, Bangkok, Thailand
(a) Russia (b) U.S.A. 756. Which among the following countries is NOT
(c) Japan (d) England the member of ASEAN?
RRB Group-D 19-09-2018 (Shift-I) (a) Thailand (b) Indonesia
(c) Singapore (d) India
Ans. (b): World Bank headquarters is situated in RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Washington DC, United States. It was founded on July
1944 in Bretton Woods Conference along with the Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question
International Monetary Fund. It's objective is to provide
loan and grants to government of low-and middle (xiv) Other Major Organizations
income countries for the purpose of pursuing capital & Institutions
projects.
757. The headquarters of Central Institute of Indian
(xiii) ASEAN Languages (CIIL) is situated in ............
(a) Pondicherry (b) Bengaluru
753. Which of the following is one of the founding (c) Mysore (d) Chennai
countries of ASEAN? RRB Group-D 25-08-2022 (Shift-II)
(a) India (b) Malaysia Ans. (c) : The Central Institute of Indian Languages
(c) Australia (d) Cambodia (CIIL) is an Indian research and training institute based
RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist in Mysore, part of the language Bureau of the Ministry
Ans. (b) : Association of South-east Asian Nations of Education.
(ASEAN) is an organisation formed by the governments 758. In which of the following cities is 'The Central
of Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand and Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL)' located?
Singapore in 1967 to promote economic growth, peace, (a) Bengaluru (b) Mysore
security, social progress and cultural development in the (c) Hubli (d) Mangaluru
Southeast Asian region. RRB Group-D 22-08-2022 (Shift-I)
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Asn. (b) : Central Institute of Indian Language is Ans. (d) : International Civil Aviation Organization, a
located in Mysore. It is part of language bureau of the specialized agency of the United Nations, located at
Ministry of Human Resource Development. The aim of Montreal, Canada, established in 1947, is headquartered
institute is to protect and document minor, minority and in Montreal, Canada. Its current head is Raymond
tribal languages. The institute promotes linguistic Benjamin, it is to be noted that IATA (International Air
harmony by teaching 15 Indian languages to non-native Transport Association) is also located in Montreal.
learners. It was founded in July 1969. 765. The International Court of Justice is located in
759. ICAR – Indian Institute of Horticultural .......... .
Research's main research station is located in (a) The Hague (b) Austria
which city of India? (c) New York (d) Washington
(a) Ranchi (b) Bengaluru RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Bhopal (d) Shimla Ans. (a) :
RRB Group-D 12-09-2022 (Shift-II) Institutions Headquarters
Ans. (b) : ICAR – India Institute of Horticulture International Court of Justice The Hague
research station is located at Bengaluru. United Nations NewYork
760. In which of the following cities is the Indian World Bank Washington DC
Institute of tropical Meteorology located? IMF Washington DC
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai OPEC Vienna (Austria)
(c) Delhi (d) Kochi 766. Where is the headquarters of the International
RRB Group-D 14-09-2022 (Shift-II) Court of Justice located?
(a) Paris (b) Washington D.C.
Ans. (a) : Indian Institute of tropical Meteorology is
(c) New York (d) The Hague
located at Pune.
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
761. The Federation of Indian Chambers of
Commerce and Industry (FICCI) was Ans. (d) : International Court of Justice is a significant
established in ............ organ of the United Nations. It was formulated through
UN Charter in 1945. It has total 193 member countries.
(a) 1930 (b) 1932 The headquarters of ICJ is in the Hague, Netherlands.
(c) 1927 (d) 1925
767. Where is the headquarters of NASA.
RRB Group-D– 20/09/2022 (Shift-III) (a) New York (b) Washington D.C.
Ans. (c) : The Federation of Indian Chambers of (c) Boston (d) Texas
Commerce and Industry is an association of business RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
organisations in India. It was established in 1927.
Ans. (b) The headquarter of NASA is Washington D.C.
762. Which institution is the country's premier
organisation for literary discourse, publication 768. Reuters is a news agency. Where is its
headquarters located ?
and promotion, and the only one that does so in
24 Indian language, including English? (a) U.K. (b) U.S.A.
(c) Australia (d) India
(a) Hindi Granth Academy
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(b) English and Foreign Languages University
(c) Sahitya Akademi Ans. (a):
(d) Indira Gandhi National Open University Country News Agency
U.K. - Reuters
RRB Group-D– 01/09/2022 (Shift-II)
Australia - Australian Associated Press
Ans. (c) : Sahitya Akademi, India's National Academy India - Press Trust of India,
of letters, is the central institution for literary discourse,
Samachar Bharati, United
publication and promotion in the country and the only
institution that undertakes literary activities in 24 Indian News of India (UNI).
language, including English. Reuters is an international news organization owed by
Thomson Reuters, and it is the largest news agency of
763. In which of the following continents does the the world. The agency was established in London in
Union Pacific Railroad operate? 1851 by German born Paul Reuter.
(a) South America (b) Asia
769. The Headquarter of International Renewable
(c) North America (d) Austraila
Energy Agency is situated at ________.
RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-II)
(a) Abu Dhabi (b) Singapore
Ans. (c) : The Union Pacific Railroad Operate in North
America. (c) Jakarta (d) Jeddah
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
764. Where is the headquaters of the International
Civil aviation Organisation (ICAO) situated? Ans. (a) : The International Renewable Energy Agency
(IRENA) is an intergovernmental organisation
(a) Lisbon (b) Ottawa
mandated to facilitate co-operation, advance knowledge
(c) Madrid (d) Montreal and promote the adoption and sustainable use of
RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist renewable energy. It was founded in 2009 and it's
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist headquarter is in Masdar, Abu Dhabi.
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770. The International Renewable Energy Agency is 776. The dissolution of the Soviet Union began in
headquartered in– which of the following years?
(a) Abu Dhabi (b) Dubai (a) 1992 (b) 1989
(c) Sharjah (d) Kuwait (c) 1991 (d) 1990
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-I) RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c): On December 25, 1991, the Soviet Union
771. In which city is the headquarters of the collapsed . The former superpower was replaced by 15
International Rice Research Institute located? independent countries. Earlier in the day, Mikhail
Gorbachev resigned his post as president of the Soviet
(a) New York (b) Los Banos Union, leaving Boris Yeltsin as president of the newly
(c) Rome (d) Paris independent Russian state.
RRB NTPC 20.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
777. Which of the following countries is not a part
Ans. (b) : The headquarters of the International Rice of the European Union?
Research Institute is located in Los Banos, Philippines. (a) Greece (b) Germany
Rice Gene bank is also located here along with more (c) Hungary (d) Argentina
than 1 lac 25 thousand variety of rice which is collected
from hundred countries. It was established in 1960. RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
772. Where is the global headquarters of Ans. (d) : Argentina is not a member of EU. Argentina
International Space University? is a part of the EU’s negotiating with the regional bloc
Mercosur for a free trade agreement which will form the
(a) USA (b) Canada back bone of EU-Latin American relations. The
(c) UK (d) France European Union (EU) is a political and economic union
RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist of 27 member states that are located primarily in
Ans. (d): The International Space University (ISU) was Europe. The EU was created by the Maastricht Treaty,
founded in 1987 and is registered in Strasbourg, France. which entered into force on November 1, 1993.
The chairman of ISU is Chris Sallaberger and president 778. In which year was the European Union
is Juan de Dalmau. established?
773. Where is the headquarters of the organisation for (a) 1992 (b) 1989
prohibition of chemical weapons? (c) 1993 (d) 1994
(a) Netherlands (b) Switzerland RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Sweden (d) Denmark Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-III)
779. After the signing of which treaty did the
Ans. (a): The organisation for the prohibition of European Community came to be known as the
chemical weapons (OPCW) is located in Netherlands European Union?
(The Hague). OPCW is an intergovernmental (a) The Treaty of Amsterdam, 1997
organisation and the implementing body for Chemical (b) The Single European Act, 1986
Weapons Convention which entered into force on 29
April 1997 (c) The Treaty of Maastricht, 1992
(d) The Treaty of Lisbon, 2007
774. Where is the headquarters of International
Committee of the Red Cross situated? RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Prague (b) Geneva Ans. (c) : The Maastricht Treaty, 1992 (also called the
(c) New Delhi (d) New York Treaty on European Union) was signed on 7 February
1992 by the members of the European Community in
RRB NTPC 21.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Maastricht, Netherlands to further European intergration.
Ans. (b) : The International Committee of the Red 780. Which one of the following is a member of
Cross is headquartered in Geneva. It was established BIMSTEC?
on 17 February, 1863. It is an international (a) Vietnam (b) Sri Lanka
organization which aims to protect people in conflict (c) Laos (d) Cambodia
zones. It won the Nobel Peace Prize three times in RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
1917, 1944, and 1963.
Ans. (b) : Bay of Bengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral
775. The Commonwealth of nations, normally Technical and Economic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) is a
known as 'The Commonwealth' is a: regional multilateral organisation which was introduced
(a) Economic organisation in 1997. The following countries are the member of this
(b) Political organisation 1. Bangladesh 2. Bhutan
(c) Social organisation 3. India 4. Nepal
(d) Human rights organisation 5. Sri Lanka 6. Myanmar
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 7. Thailand
Ans. (b) : The Commonwealth of nations, normally 781. Which of the following countries is NOT a
known as 'The commonwealth' is a political member of BIMSTEC?
organisation of 54 member states, almost all of which (a) India (b) Nepal
are former territories of the British empire. It was (c) Bhutan (d) Maldives
founded on 11 December, 1931 and headquartered in
London, UK. The member states have no legal RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
obligations to one another. Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
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782. In which year did India join the Shanghai Ans. (a) : International Human Right Commission
Cooperation Organisation? (IHRC) is a non governmental and non-profit
(a) 2001 (b) 2005 organization. IHRC was established on 24th December
(c) 2019 (d) 2017 2003 headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland. All
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist member states of UN are also member of IHRC.
Ans. (d) : Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO)
787. Where was the world's first TV channel
was founded at a summit in Shanghai on 15 June 2001
by the Presidents of Russia, China, the Kyrgyzstan dedicated to human rights launched?
Republic, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan. India (a) Germany (b) France
and Pakistan became its permanent members in 2017. (c) Russia (d) UK
783. Jean Henry Dunant, a Swiss businessman, was RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
the main inspiration for the setup of which Ans. (d) : The world’s first television channel dedicated
international humanitarian organization? to human rights was launched in London on 16 January,
(a) International Committee of the Red Cross 2019. The channel was launched by the International
(b) World food Programme Observatory of Human Rights (IOHR).
(c) World Health Organization
The web-based channel would bring human rights
(d) Global Forum for Disaster Reduction
issues to audiences in over 20 countries across Europe,
RRB NTPC 12.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Latin America and the Middle East.
Ans. (a) : Henry Dunant was the founder of the
International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). It is 788. Which is the first and the oldest
a humanitarian institution based in Geneva, intergovernmental organization?
Switzerland. Established in 1863 at the origin of the (a) International Labour Organization
Geneva conventions, the ICRC International Red cross (b) United Nations
day is observed on May 8 on the birth anniversary of (c) Council of Europe
Henry Dunant.
(d) Central Commission for Navigation on the
784. Who is one of the founders of the Red Cross Rhine
Society?
(a) Jean Henry Dunant (b) Carolina Millan RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Von Herring (d) B Skinner Ans. (d) : Central Commission for Navigation on the
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Rhine (CCNR) is the first and the oldest
Ans. (a) : The Red Cross Society came into existence intergovernmental organization of the world. It has five
when a man named Henry Dunant who helped wounded members country viz. Belgium, France, Germany,
soldiers at the Battle of Solferino in 1859. Netherlands and Switzerland. The CCNR is composed
785. Which of the following organization's of the delegations of its member states, which are
headquarters is NOT correctly matched? responsible for drawing up Rhine regulations, and a
(a) Amnesty International-New York, USA standing "Secretariat" responsible for preparing its
(b) OPEC-Vienna, Austria work.
(c) IMF-Washington DC, USA 789. Select the correctly matched pair (organization
(d) WHO-Geneva, Switzerland with their headquarters) from the following
RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist pairs.
Ans. (a) : (a) ILO : Washington (b) IMF : Paris
Name of International Headquarters (c) UNIDO : Vienna (d) UNESCO : Geneva
Organisation RRB NTPC 05.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
OPEC (Organization of Vienna, Austria Ans. (c) :
the Petroleum Exporting
Countries) Organizations HQ
Amnesty International London, United International Labour Organization Geneva,
Kingdom Switzerland
International Monetary Washington, DC, USA International Monetary Fund Washington
Fund (IMF) D.C., US
World Health Geneva, Switzerland United Nations Industrial Vienna,
Organization (WHO) Development Organization Austria
786. When was the International Human Rights United Nations Educational Paris, France
Commission established in Geneva?
Scientific and Cultural Organization
(a) 24th December, 2003
(b) 12th October, 1993 790. India is an associate member of ............ .
(c) 31st October, 2012 (a) LAIA (b) ASEAN
(d) 14th November 2015 (c) SAFTA (d) NAFTA
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c) : The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA) 795. What is the full form of WWF?
is the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) of the South Asian (a) Web world federation
Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC). The (b) World wildlife federation
agreement came into force in 2006. SAFTA signatory (c) World wildlife fund
countries are Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, (d) World web federation
Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The objective RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage IInd
of SAFTA is to promote good competition in the free Ans. (c): World Wildlife Fund (WWF) is an international
trade area and to provide equitable benefits to all the non-governmental organization founded on 29 April
countries involved in the contracts. It also aimed to 1961. WWF is headquartered in Switzerland and its logo
benefit the people of the country by bringing is white panda.
transparency and integrity among the nations. 796. Which of the following is NOT an economic
791. Name of country which is NOT a member of grouping formed by different nations to
The South Asian Free Trade Area (SAFTA). strengthen their economies? ?
(a) Afghanistan (b) Pakistan (a) G20 (b) SAARC
(c) Singapore (d) Maldives (c) G7 (d) L8
RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question Ans. (d) : Regional and economic groupings such as the
792. What is G-7? SAARC, European Union, ASEAN, G-7, G-20, BRICS
(a) 7 IMF described advanced economies in the etc are formed to increase economic co-operation
world among nations in the neighborhood or those sharing
common economic interests. L8 does not belong to the
(b) 7 sister states of India above group.
(c) 7 seas of the world
797. Where are the headquarters of the OECD is
(d) 7 continents of the world located?
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Rome (b) Geneva
Ans. (a) : The Group of Seven (G7) is an inter- (c) New York (d) Paris
governmental political forum consisting of Canada, RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
France, Germany, Italy, Japan, the United Kingdom Ans. (d) : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and
and the United States. Its members are the world's Development (OECD) is headquartered in Paris, France.
largest IMF advanced economies and wealthiest liberal The OECD was officially founded on 30 September
democracies; the group is officially organized around 1961, It is an intergovernmental economic organization
shared values of pluralism and representative whose purpose is to promote economic progress and
government. As of 2018, the G7 nations account for world trade. It has 38 member countries.
close to 60 percent of global net wealth ($317 trillion). 798. What is the driving force and executive body of
793. Amnesty International is an organization the European Union (EU)?
focused on protection of: (a) Court of Auditors
(a) Environment (b) European Parliament
(b) Human rights (c) European Commission
(c) Endangered species (d) Council of the European Union
(d) Malnutrition of Children RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : The European Commission is the driving
Ans. (b) : Amnesty International (AI), an international force and executive body of the European Union (EU).
non-govermental organization (NGO) founded in It is alone responsible for drawing up proposals for new
London on July 1961 which seeks to publicize European legislation, and its implementation. This EU
violations by governments and other entities of rights institution operates as a cabinet government, with 27
recognized in the Universal Declaration of Human members of the Commission (Informally known as "
Rights (1948). commissioners")
794. Where is the headquarters of the World 799. Clean Development Mechanism programme is
Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) used to Diminish _______?
situated? (a) Deficiency of water
(a) Tokyo (b) Beijing (b) Sound pollution
(c) Paris (d) Geneva (c) Deforestation
RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (d) Green house gas production
Ans. (d) : The WIPO Convention, the constituent RRB NTPC 26.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
instrument of the World Intellectual Property Ans. (d) : The Kyoto Protocol was adopted in 1997.
Under Kyoto Protocol clean development mechanism
Organisation (WIPO), was signed at Stockholm on July was designed to meet a dual objective to help developed
14, 1967. It is a specialized agency of the United countries fulfill their commitment to reduce emission
Nations located in Geneva, Switzerland. WIPO's and to assist developing countries in achieving
mission is to lead the development of a balanced and sustainable development. CDM programme is used to
effective international intellectual property (IP) system. diminish Green house gas emission.
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800. The Inter - Governmental - Treaty - Based 805. Which of the following is the one of the
organisation having its headquarters in India founders of Banyan Nations India's first firm to
is: win "Dell People Choice award for the circular
(a) ATS (b) NATO economy" at World Economic Forum" in
(c) ISA (d) OECD Davos?
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Mani Vajipey (b) Dilip Shenoi
Ans. (c) : International Solar Alliance (ISA) is a (c) Priyanka Bakaya (d) Pronita Saxena
cooperation organization of 124 countries based on RRB Group-D 19-09-2018 (Shift-III)
solar energy, headquartered in Gurugram (Gurgaon), Ans. (a) Hyderabad based plastic recycling T-Hub start
Haryana. This organization will bring the nations up 'Banyan Nation' has become the first Indian firm to
situated between the Tropic of Cancer and Capricorn win the Dell Peoples Choices Award for Circular
under one platform. The availability of sunlight is in Economy Enterpreneur as part of the Circulars
abundance in such countries. In this organization, all Economy Awards at the World Economic Forum held at
these countries will work together in the field of solar Davos. The start up is founded by Mani Vajipey and
energy. Raj Madangopal.
801. Where is the headquarter of bank of 806. Where is the headquarters of Transparency
International Settlement situated? International (NGO against the world
(a) Barcelona (b) Basel Corruption situated)?
(c) Berlin (d) Bangkok (a) New Delhi (b) Berlin
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Geneva (d) New York
Ans. (b) : Established on 17 May 1930, the headquarter RRB Group-D 05-12-2018 (Shift-I)
of Bank of International Settlement (BIS) is situated in Ans. (b) Transparency International is a non-
Basel, Switzerland. The BIS provides central banks governmental organization (NGO) founded in Berlin
with a wide range of financial services, including Headquarter in 1993 to expose corruption and reduce its
reserve management and fiduciary services. It promotes harmful effects around the world, especially on the poor
cooperation among central banks and provides facilities and underprivileged.
for international operations. 807. A new bridge will be built on the Mechi river
802. When did the "Sustainable Development" along the Indo-Nepal border at an estimated
word came into existence? cost of `158.65 crores. this bridge will
(a) 1987 (b) 1978 financed from which source?
(c) 1992 (d) 1980 (a) Reserve bank of India
RRB JE - 26/06/2019 (Shift-III) (b) Bank of Nepal
Ans. (a) The Brundtland Report, published in 1987 by (c) Asian Development bank
the United Nations World Commission on Environment (d) World Bank
and Development, coined the term "Sustainable RRB Group-D 10-12-2018 (Shift-III)
development" and difined it as "development that meets Ans. (c) A new bridge was to be proposed to build with
the needs of the present without compromising the the amount of `158.65 crores on Indo-Nepal border. For
ability of future generations to meet their own needs". it finance will be provided by Asian development Bank,
803. Brexit word often seen in news is related to by this bridge, border area would be connected by road
which of the following country? transportation.
(a) Dubai (b) UK 808. Where is the headquarters of Asian
(c) America (d) Singapore Development Bank is situated?
RRB Group-D 08-10-2018 (Shift-III) (a) Japan (b) China
Ans. (b): Brexit means – Separation of United kingdom (c) Philippines (d) India
from Europian Union, Brexit stands for – Britain - Exit. RRB Group-D 24-10-2018 (Shift-I)
It is known that there has been a referendum in UK on Ans. (c) The Asian Development Bank is a regional
23 June 2016. 51.86% citizens of UK gave vote in development bank established on 19 December 1966,
favour of Brexit. On 31 Jan, 2020 Britain has officially which is headquartered in the Ortigas center located in
declared the Brexit. the city of Mandaluyong, Manila, Philippines.
804. Which of the following countries becomes the
Vice-president of Asian - Pacific zone of world
customs organizations? 6. Space Programme
(a) Australia (b) India
(c) Japan (d) China 809. Who predicted 'nuclear technology is going to
RRB Group-D 20-09-2018 (Shift-II) be very essential and not just in the power
sector but for other societal uses intended for
Ans. (b): India has became the Vice-president of Asia- betterment of life?
Pacific zone of world custom organization from July
2018 to June 2020. World Custom Organization (a) JC Bose (b) Homi J Bhabha
represents approx 180 custom administration in the (c) Sir CV Raman (d) APJ Abdul Kalam
world. It was established on 26 January 1952. RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist

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Ans. (b) : The founder of Indian Nuclear Programme, Ans. (a) : Hyderabad-based NRSC is an autonomous
Homi J. Bhabha had envisaged that nuclear technology body under the department of Space (DOS), known as
is going to be very essential and not just in the power the National Remote Sensing Agency. This center is
sector but for the other societal uses intended for responsible for acquisition and processing or remote
betterment of life. sensing satellite data, data distribution acrial remote
810. Which of the following goals does NASA hope sensing and decision support for disaster management.
to achieve by launching the Helio Swarm 816. What is the full form of GEO?
research mission? (a) Geostructure Element Orbit
(a) Improving the understanding of the dynamics (b) Geostationary Earth Orbit
of the Sun (c) Geographical Earth Orbit
(b) Understanding the intense seasonal episodes (d) Geography Earth Orbit
of Pluto RRB NTPC 27.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Improving the understanding of MARS Ans. (b) : Geostationary Earth Orbit is the movement of
(d) Improving the understanding of Ionosphere man-made satellites in which the satellite moves in its
RRB Group-D 17-09-2022 (Shift-I) orbit above the Earth's equator. Communication
Ans. (a) : Helio Swarm mission is a constellation or satellites are placed at a distance of about 35,786 km
swarm at nine spacecraft. It will be launched to capture from the surface of the earth.
1st multi scale in space measurements of fluctuations in 817. GSLV stands for :
magnetic field as well as motions of solar wind called as (a) Global Satellite Launch Vehicle
Solar wind turbulence. (b) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
811. In which country's spacecraft did Rakesh (c) Global Stationary Launching Vehicle
Sharma travel into space? (d) Geosynchronous Satellite Launching Vehicle
(a) Germany (b) Soviet Union RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) UK (d) Japan Ans. (b) : GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch
RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (evening) Vehicle) is an expendable space launch vehicle
Ans. (b): Indian Air force pilot Rakesh Sharma in 1984 designed developed and operated by the Indian Space
created history by making journey to space, being the Research Organisation (IRSO) to launch satellites and
first Indian to do so. Rakesh Sharma was the member of other space objects into Geosynchronous Orbit. It is a
Soyuz T-11 mission of USSR and was launched on 2nd three-stage vehicle with a lift-off mass of 420 tonnes.
GSLV is a three-stage rocket with the first stage using
April, 1984. He spent nearly 8 days encircling the earth
solid fuel, the second stage using liquid fuel and the
812. Who was the first indian to travel to Space? third stage using cryogenic fuel-gases stored in liquid
(a) APJ Abdul Kalam (b) Sunita Williams form at extremely low temperature that enhances the
(c) Rakesh Sharma (d) Vikram Sarabhai carrying capacity of the rocket.
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 818. X-band synthetic aperture radar has been used
Ans. (c) :. See the explanation of above question. in which satellite?
813. Which of the following spacecraft was used by (a) CARTOSAT-2B (b) INSAT-4B
Rakesh Sharma for his historic space journey? (c) RISAT-2B (d) GSAT-12
(a) Apollo-II (b) Progress- I RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Soyuz T -11 (d) Salyut - VII Ans. (c) : RISAT-2B is an indigenously developed
Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) imaging satellite
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-II) operating in X Band with 3.6 m radial rib antenna. It
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. was launched by ISRO through PSLV C46 (Core
814. What was the name of the spacecraft by which Alone) on 22 May 2019 from First Launch Pad of
Rakesh Sharma Travelled to space? SDSC (SHAR). The satellite has the capability to
(a) Soyuz T - 11 (b) Rockwell X-30 operate in different modes including Very High
(c) Sprial - EPOS (d) Mercury - Atlas 9 Resolution RADAR imaging modes of 1m × 0.5m
resolution and 0.5m × 0.3m resolution. It is a radar
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-I) imaging satellite, it can image during day / night / all
Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question. weather conditions. The Satellite will be utilized for
815. _____ in Hyderabad is responsible for remote high resolution spot imaging of locations of interest.
sensing satellite data acquisition and processing, 819. Sriharikota, one of the two space launch
data dissemination, aerial remote sensing and stations in India is located in:
decision support for disaster management. (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Kerala
(a) National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu
(b) National Informatics Centre (NIC) RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Indian Institutes of Science Education and Ans. (a) : Sriharikota is a space launched station and an
Research (IISER) island on the coastline of Andhra Pradesh. It lies in
(d) Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) Satish Dhawan Space Centre. Several Polar and orbital
RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist satellites are launched from this station.
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820. Name the first student satellite built by Indian 826. The term 'MOM' was recently in news related
high school student team and launched by to–
NASA (a) Regarding CAG report
(a) Anusat (b) SRMsat (b) Asian Games
(c) Pratham (d) KalamSat (c) Mangalyaan
RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (d) Election Commission
Ans. (d) : KalamSat is a satellite named after the former RRB ALP & Tec. (10-08-18 Shift-I)
President Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam. It was developed by a
class 12 student of Tamil Nadu. This satellite is lighter Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
than smart phone and made of reinfored carbon fibre 827. Where was the First experimental satellite
polymer, its role will be to demonstrate the performance telecommunication earth station set up in 1967
of 3D-printed carbon fibre. US space agency NASA had in India
launched this world's smallest and lightest satellite. (a) Ahmedabad (b) Ahmadnagar
821. Which of the following satellites is India's first (c) Aurangabad (d) Allahabad
dedicated multi-wavelength space observatory? RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) AstroSat (b) IRS Ans. (a) : Space research activities in India started in
(c) JUGNU (d) INSAT 1960. Experimental Satellite Communication Earth
RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Station (ESCES) was commissioned in Ahmedabad in
Ans. (a) : AstroSat is India's first multi-wavelength 1967, which emerged as a training center for the Indian
space observatory. This scientific satellite mission seek as well as international scientists and engineers from
to understand the universe in more detail. It was India.
launched by ISRO in the year 2015 from Satish Dhawan
Space Center by PSLV C-30. It is India's first dedicated 828. When was the Indian National Committee for
astronomy mission which aims to- Space Research formed?
• Estimate the magnetic field of neutron stars, detecting (a) 1955 (b) 1966
new short-lived bright X-ray sources in the sky. (c) 1952 (d) 1962
• Surveying a limited region of the universe in the RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
ultraviolet region. Ans. (d) : On 23 February, 1962 the Indian National
822. In which year did ISRO launch the Mars Committee for Space Research or INCOSPAR was
Orbiter Mission? established by the Government of India. Homi J.
(a) 2012 (b) 2013 Bhabha created the INCOSPAR with another brilliant
(c) 2014 (d) 2015 scientist Vikram Sarabhai as its Chairman. It was part of
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR).
Ans. (b) : Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM) is a space 829. The Indian Space Programme is said to have
probe mission launched from Satish Dhawan Space begun in _______ with the setting up of
Centre, Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. It was launched by INCOSPAR by the Indian government.
using a Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C 25 XL (a) 1968 (b) 1970
on 5 November 2013 by the Indian Space Resarch (c) 1960 (d) 1962
Organisation (ISRO). It is also known as Mangalyaan or
Mangal Mission. Mars orbiter Mission was India's first RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
venture into the interplanetary mission and it made it Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
the fourth space agency to achieve Mars orbit, after 830. EMISAT is which type of satellite launched by
Roscosmos, NASA and the Europan space Agency. ISRO?
823. Which was India's first venture into (a) Navigation satellite
interplanetary space? (b) Intelligence satellite
(a) GSAT-31 (b) Chandrayaan-1 (c) Remote-sensing satellite
(c) AstroSat (d) MOM (d) Communications satellite
RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. Ans. (b) : The Indian Space Research Organisation
824. In which year was Mars orbiter Mission (ISRO) has launched the EMISAT satellite on board
(MOM) Mangalyaan launched? the PSLV-C45 from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre
(a) 2012 (b) 2013 in Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh on 1 April, 2019. The
(c) 2014 (d) 2015 EMISAT satellite is aimed at electromagnetic
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist spectrum measurement. It is an electronic intelligence
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. satellite for the Defence Research and Development
825. Which of the following is related to the Inter Organisation (DRDO).
planetary Mission of India? 831. Chandrayaan – I, India's first mission to moon,
(a) Simple (b) Jugnu was launched successfully in:
(c) Mangalyaan (d) Anusat (a) October 2008 (b) November 2011
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II) (c) November 2009 (d) October 2010
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : Chandrayaan-1 ,India’s first mission to the 837. After the Mars Mission, which inter-planetary
Moon was launched on 22 October 2008 using the Polar mission is India eyeing at?
Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV-C11). It is significant (a) The Sun (b) Saturn
that, Chandrayaan –2 was launched on 22nd July, 2019 (c) Mercury (d) Venus
from the Sriharikota spaceport by GSLV MK–III. RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
832. Which one of the following is not a launch Ans. (d) : India is eyeing to launch Shukrayaan-I,
vehicle technology? Venus Mission in 2024. It will be India's first Mission
to Venus.
(a) GSLV (b) MSLV
(c) ASLV (d) PSLV 838. How many times does a GPS satellite circle the
earth?
RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Once every 2 hours
Ans. (b) : MSLV is not a launch vehicle technology. On (b) Once every 12 hours
other hand, PSLV (Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle) and (c) Once every 48 hours
GSLV (Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle) are (d) Once every 24 hours
the two launchers (launch vehicles) which are used to RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
carry spacecraft to space. The Augmented Satellites Ans. (b) : GPS (Global Positioning System) satellites
Launch Vehicle (ASLV) was designed to augment the revolve in medium earth orbit at an altitude of approx.
payload capacity upto 150 kg, thrice that of SLV-3 for 20,200 km. Each satellite circles the earth twice a day
low earth orbit. (once every 12 hours). GPS is a three part system -
833. Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre is located at: satellites, ground stations and receivers.
(a) Hyderabad (b) Mumbai 839. What does PSLV stand for ?
(c) Bengaluru (d) Thiruvananthapuram (a) Partner Satellite Launch Vehicle
RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (b) Private Satellite Launch Vehicle
Ans. (d) : Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC) is (c) Public Satellite Launch Vehicle
located at Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala. It is a major (d) Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle
research space centre of ISRO focusing on rocket and RRB NTPC 11.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
space vehicles for India's satellite programme. Ans. (d) : Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) is the
third generation launch vehicle of India. It is the first
834. Which of the following is an 'Earth Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid stages.
Observation Satellite'? After its first successful launch in October 1994, PSLV
(a) INS-1A (b) SARAL emerged as the reliable and versatile workhorse launch
(c) Youthsat (d) APPLE vehicle of India.
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 840. What does PSLV stand for?
Ans. (b) : An Earth Observation Satellite or Earth (a) Polar sunlight launch vehicle
remote sensing satellite is a satellite used or designed (b) Polar space launch vehicle
for earth observation from orbit, including spy satellite (c) Polar satellite launch vehicle
and similar ones intended for non-military uses such as (d) Poblic satellite launch vehicle
environmental monitoring, meteorology, cartography RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
and others. Bhaskar I (1979), Rohini (RSD-1) (1981), Ans :(c) See the explanation of above question
SARAL (2013) and ScatSat-1 (2016) are few Earth 841. Which of these is the historical launcher of
Observation Satellite. ISRO?
835. Which Indian satellite gathers data for (a) ASLV (b) GSLV
oceanographic, coastal and atmospheric (c) Sonic Rocket (d) PSLV
application? RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-I)
(a) GSAT-4 (b) INSAT-4D Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
(c) IRS-P4 (d) INSAT-3B 842. Global Positioning System (GPS) is a network
RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist of several satellites orbiting the Earth at an
Ans. (c) : IRS-P4 OceanSat is the first Indian satellite approximate altitude of:
manufactured to gather data for oceanographic (a) 30,000 km (b) 20,000 km
application. Besides, it also collects data for coastal and (c) 25,000 km (d) 15,000 km
atmospheric application. It was launched on 26th May, RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1999 by PSLV-C2 from SHAR kendra, Sriharikota, Ans. (b) : The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a
Andhra Pradesh. navigation system using satellites, a receiver and
836. In which state is the Satish Dhawan Space
algorithms to synchronize location, velocity and time
data for air, sea and land travel. The satellite system
Centre, Sriharikota, located?
consists of a constellation of 24 satellites in six
(a) Karnataka (b) Tamil Nadu Earth-centered orbital planes, each with four
(c) Kerala (d) Andhra Pradesh satellites, orbiting at 13,000 miles (20,000 km) above
RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Earth and traveling at a speed of 8,700 mph (14,000
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. km/h).

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843. India's First satellite was designed and built Ans. (a) : Indian National Satellite System or INSAT
entirely in India. It was launched on April 19, started in 1982-1983. INSAT-1A, the first satellite was
1975. by a Russian space launch vehicle named launched in April 1982 but could not fulfil the own aim.
Kosmos - 3M from the Kapustin yar site. INSAT-1B was launched in August 1983.
(a) Aryabhata (b) Bhaskara
850. Where has ISRO established the third space
(c) Rohini (d) Apple Technology Incubation center (S-TIC) to
RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist encourage start-ups and entrepreneurship
Ans. (a) : Aryabhata was India’s first satellite, named among the student community and create a
after the famous Indian astronomer. It was launched on conducive environment for space technology in
19 April 1975 from Kapustin Yar, a Soviet rocket the country between academia and industry?
launch and development site in Astrakhan Oblast using (a) National Institute of Technology,
a Kosmos-3M launch vehicle. It was built by the Indian Tiruchirappalli
Space Research Organisation (ISRO).
(b) National Institute of Technology, Calicut
844. Which one of then following country assisted (c) National Institute of Technology, Andhra
India to launch its first artificial Satellite in Pradesh
year 1975?
(d) National Institute of Technology, Karnataka
(a) Soviet Union (b) France
(c) USA (d) UK RRB NTPC 12.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (a) : Space Technology Incubation centre (S-TIC)
is to attract and nurture the going academia with
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
innovative ideas/research aptitude for carrying out
845. When did India launch its first satellite? research and development, ISRO has set up 6 (S-TIC) in
(a) 19 April, 1975 (b) 21 April, 1975 6 regions of our country viz. Central, East, North,
(c) 18 April, 1975 (d) 20 April, 1975 North-East, South and West. On May 2019, ISRO setup
RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist the third Space Technology Incubation Centre (S-TIC)
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist at NIT- Tiruchirappalli.
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. 851. Which Indian communication satellite failed to
846. What was the name of the first Indian satellite reach orbit after the rocket's third stage
launched into the orbit? malfunctioned?
(a) Aryabhata (b) Kalpana (a) IRS-P4 (b) INSAT-4D
(c) Bhaskara (d) Rohini (c) INSAT-3B (d) GSAT-4
RRB NTPC 20.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (d) : GSAT-4 was an experimental communication
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-III) and navigation satellite. It was sent in the first
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. experimental flight of Geostationary satellite Launch by
847. In which year did India launch its first Vehicle D3, but it did not reach orbit due to failure of
satellite? the third stage of Geostationary satellite Launch Vehicle
(a) 1975 (b) 1979 D3.
(c) 1970 (d) 1980 852. The full form of NASA is.
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-III) (a) National Aeronautics and Space
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-I) Administration
Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question. (b) National Agronomy and Space
848. Which was the first unmanned satellite built by Administration
ISRO? (c) National Agriculture and Soil Administration
(a) Bhaskar-1 (b) Aryabhata (d) National Aeronautics and Space Association
(c) Rohini (d) Megha RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 09.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist Ans. (a) : National Aeronautics and Space
Ans. (b): Aryabhata was the first unmanned satellite built Administration (NASA) is an independent agency of the
by ISRO. executive branch of the United States federal
849. Which of the following statement is not true Government responsible for the civilian space
about the Indian National Satellite System programme as well as aeronautics and space research. It
(INSAT). was established under the National Aeronautics-and
(a) They started in 1979. Space Act, 1958, heaquartered in Washington DC,
(b) They were designed for communication USA.
Purposes. 853. Chandrayann-1, India's first spacecraft
(c) European launch Vehicles have been used for mission to the moon, was successfully launched
the INSAT series by:
(d) They are designed for weather forecasting (a) PSLV-C11 (b) RLV-TD
Purposes. (c) GSLV MkIII (d) GSLV
RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : Chandrayaan-1, India's first mission to Moon, 859. The first sounding rocket, Nike-Apache was
was launched successfully on October 22, 2008 from launched by India in______.
Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota, (a) 1963 (b) 2000
Andhra Pradesh by the Launch Vehicle PSLV - C11. It (c) 1950 (d) 1990
is significant that Chandrayaan-2 was launched on July
22, 2019 from the SDSC by GSLV MK-III M1. India is RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
already in talks with Japan's JAXA (Japan Aerospace Ans. (a) : Thumba began its operation with launch of
Exploration Agency) for a future mission Chandrayaan- Nike Apache, a two stage US sounding rocket, on
3 in 2024. November 21, 1963. The beginning of modern rocket
854. India's first indigenous satellite launch vehicle based research in India.
is:
860. In which projects did ISRO succeeded in
(a) GSLV (b) SLV-3
September 2014?
(c) PSLV (d) ASLV
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Launched policy load vehicle
Ans. (b) : Satellite Launch Vehicle-3 (SLV-3) was the (b) Launched synchronous satellite
India's first experimental satellite launch vehicle, which (c) Launched rockets to mars
was an all solid, four stage vehicle weighing 17 tonnes (d) Mars orbiter spacecraft successfully entered
with a height of 22m and capable of placing 40 kg class orbit around planet Mars.
payloads in Low Earth Orbit (LEO). RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Green paper)
855. ISRO's Communication satellite GSAT-29 Ans. (d) : Mars orbiter spacecraft successfully entered
carried a high resolution camera named into an orbit around planet Mars projects did ISRO
as____that is capable of tracking enemy ships succeed in September 24, 2014.
in the Indian Ocean.
(a) Geo Rakshak (b) Third Eye 861. From where was Mangalyaan launched?
(c) Geo Eye (d) Geo Vision (a) Chennai
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (b) Sriharikota
Ans. (c) : Geo Eye is the name of the resolution camera (c) Trombay
installed in ISRO's communication satellite GSAT-29 (d) On the Gopalpur sea
which is capable of monitoring the movements of RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
enemy ships in the Indian Ocean. ISRO was established
on 15 August 1969 while its current Chairperson is S. Ans. (b): Mangalyaan was lauched from Sriharikota.
Somnath and it's headquarter is in Bangolore, 862. On which date did Mangalyaan of India
Karnataka. entered the orbit of Mars after covering a
856. Kalpana-1 is a_____satellite. distance of 66.6 crore kilometers?
(a) Communication (b) Military (a) 24, September, 2014
(c) Navigation (d) Meteorological (b) 30, September, 2014
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) 21, September, 2014
Ans. (d) : Kalpana is the first meteorological satellite
launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation (d) 20, September, 2014
which was launched by the Polar Satellite Launch RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Yellow paper)
Vehicle on 12 September, 2002 from the Satish Dhawan Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
Space center. It is also known as 'METSAT'.
863. Which is the first nation to enter its space craft
857. Which of the following satellites was operated in the first attempt in Mars orbit?
by the Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur?
(a) Jugnu (b) IRS - 1D (a) USA (b) UK
(c) Rohini (d) Bhaskara (c) Germany (d) India
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Green paper)
Ans. (a) : Firefly (Jugnu) satellite was operated by Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur. It is India's first 864. Who was the first person to walk on the Moon?
nano satellite which was used to provide further data for (a) Katherine Johnson (b) Neil Armstrong
agricultural disaster monitoring which was launched by
PSLV-C18 vehicle from Satish Dhawan Space Center. (c) Buzz Aldrin (d) George Tailor
858. Flying-V, a futuristic and fuel efficient airplane RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
is developed by researchers in ________ Ans. (b) : Neil Armstrong was the first man to put feet
(a) Netherland (b) France on the moon. He reached on the moon on 21st July,
(c) Germany (d) USA 1969 via Apolo-11 mission. Neil was an American. In
RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 2019 China sent 2 rovers via its Lunar mission.
Ans. (a) : Flying-V, a futuristic and fuel efficient 865. What was the name of the lunar expendition
airplane is developed by researchers of Delft that landed humans to the moon?
University of Technology in the Netherlands and (a) Lunokhod 1 (b) Apollo 11
partner Dutch airline KLM. It is a futuristic and fuel- (c) Junior (d) Viking 1
efficient long distance aircraft that could one day
carry passengers in its wings. It is a 22.5 kg and 3- RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage IInd
meter scale model. Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question

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866. What is the name of the space craft that landed Ans. (a) : Chandrayaan 2 was the second Lunar
man on the moon? exploration mission which has been developed by the
(a) Challenger (b) Apollo-11 Indian Space Research Organization. It had three main
(c) Eagle (d) Columbia components namely the Pragyan Rover, Vikram Lander,
RRB JE - 31/05/2019 (Shift-I) and orbiter. According to ISRO, the Pragyan Rover is
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. capable of conducting in-situ payload experiments. It
weighs a total of 27 kg and has an electric power
867. When did Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin generation capacity of 50w.
landed an the moon?
873. Which was the first satellite of India that was
(a) 21 June, 1967 (b) 15 June, 1967
launched from an Indian-made launched
(c) 14 July, 1969 (d) 20 July, 1969 vehicle?
RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-II) (a) Aryabhata (b) Rohini
Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question (c) Bhaskar -1 (d) INSAT-1A
868. Which of the following persons was included in RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
the crew of the Apollo-11 space flight in 1969? Ans. (b): Rohini was the first satellite of India that was
(a) Yuri Gagarin (b) Pete Conrad launched from an India- made launch vehicle.
(c) Alan Sheppard (d) Neil Armstrong 874. –––––– is an experimental satellite that was
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-II) launched first time by Indian Space Research
Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question. Organisation (ISRO) in August 1979 from
Satish Dhawan Space Centre.
869. The first spacecraft to land on the Moon was
the (a) Insat-3DR (b) Cartostat
(a) Apollo 14 (b) Apollo 11 (c) Himawari 8 (d) Rohini
(c) Loona 18 (d) Luna 16 RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. 875. Which of the following is NOT a navigation
satellite system?
870. What is the name of India's first planned
manned space flight? (a) NAVIC (b) MEO
(a) Vayuyaan (b) Gagan Viman (c) GAILILEO (d) BDS
(c) Pushpakyaan (d) Gaganyaan RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (b) : The MEO is not a navigation satellite system.
It is a mobile and fixed telecommunication service. It is
Ans. (d) : ISRO's Gaganyaan mission is India's maiden
a brand of Altice Portugal. This service was launched in
manned space mission. Gaganyaan is an Indian crewed
2006 in Lisbon.
orbital spacecraft intended to be the formative
spacecraft of the Indian Human Spaceflight Programme. 876. Name the centre in India which is used for
The first crewed mission was originally planned to be launching satellites.
launched by ISRO’s GSLV Mk III in December 2021, (a) North Eastern Space Applications Centre
but it has now been pushed back to no earlier than 2023. (NESAC)
871. In which year did India launch an imaging (b) Barren Island
satellite called the Technology Experiment (c) ISTRAC ground station
Satellite (TES)? (d) Wheeler Island
(a) 2001 (b) 2007 RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) 1998 (d) 1988 Ans. (d) : The Integrated Test Range missile testing
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist facility is located on Dr Abdul Kalam Island, formerly
Ans. (a) : The Technology Experiment Satellite (TES), known as wheeler Island, an island off the coast of
weighing 1108 kg, was launched on October 22, 2001. Odisha. Missiles like Agni, Prithvi, Brahmos, Astra,
TES is an experimental satellite to demonstrate and Nirbhay etc are tested here.
validate the technologies, like attitude and orbit control 877. Which of the following is NOT connected with
system, high–torque reaction wheels, new reaction India's space programmes?
control system, light-weight space craft structure, solid (a) Abdul Kalam Island (b) Sriperumbudur
state recorder, x-band phased array antenna, improved (c) Thumba (d) Sriharikota
satellite positioning system, miniaturized TTC and RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
power system and, two-mirror-on-axis camera optics Ans. (b) : The Indian Space Research Organisation
872. What is the Electric Power Generation (ISRO) operates through a countrywide network of
Capability of Chandrayaan-2's Rover- centres. Sensors and payloads are developed at the
Pragyan? Space Applications Centre in Ahmedabad. Satellites are
(a) 50 W (b) 25 W designed, developed, assembled, and tested at the U R
(c) 75 W (d) 100 W Rao Satellite Centre (formerly the ISRO Satellite
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Centre) in Bangalore.

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Indian Space Programme began at Thumba Equatorial 883. Sriharikota, from where chandrayan-2 was
Rocket Launching Station (TERLS) located at Thumba launched, is located in which district?
near Thiruvanathapuram. (a) Chennai (b) Thiruvananthapuram
Sriharikota is a Barrier Island in the Andhra Pradesh (c) Bengaluru (d) Nellore
state of India. It is most famous as the home of India's RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
only satellite launch center of ISRO. Ans. (d) : India’s second mission to the Moon,
While Sriperumbudur is known for being the birthplace Chandrayaan-2 was launched on 22nd July 2019 from
of Sri Ramanuja, one of the most prominent Hindu Satish Dhawan Space Center, Sriharikota. (SDSC) or
Vaishnava saints. The former Indian Prime Minister Sriharikota range (SHAR) it is a rocket launch centre
Rajiv Gandhi was assassinated here in 1991. operated by Indian Space Research Organisation
878. Which is the last satellite launched by ISRO in (ISRO). It is located in Sriharikota in Nellore district of
year 2020? Andhra Pradesh.
(a) CMS - 01 (b) Gaganyaan
884. India’s first manned space mission have been
(c) Chandrayaan - 2 (d) Astrosat targeted to launch by Indian Space Research
RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Organisation (ISRO) in the year-----------.
Ans. (a) : CMS-01 is a communication satellite (a) 2024 (b) 2025
designed and developed by the Indian Space Research (c) 2022 (d) 2027
Organisation (ISRO). This satellite was successfully
launched by Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle-XL C50 on RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
17 December 2020 . It provides services like tele- Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
education, tele-medicine, disaster management support 885. Mission Shakti is related to which of the
and Satellite Internet access. following ?
879. At how much distance above the Earth's (a) India's Anti-satellite missile test
surface is the International Space Station (b) India's mission for nuclear self-dependence
located ? (c) India's missile development program
(a) 200 km (b) 1000 km (d) India's anti-nuclear defence system
(c) 400 km (d) 700 km RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : India conducted an anti-satellite missile test
Ans. (c) : The International Space Station is located on 27th March, 2019 which was dubbed as Mission
about 400 km distance above the earth surface . Shakti. The test successfully destroyed a live satellite in
Recently the chairman of ISRO said that India will the Low Earth Orbit. Mission Shakti became a
make its own space station by 2030. significant achievement for India for it brought the nation
The space station is situated in the lower orbit of the in the row (4th position) with the US, Russia, and China to
earth . The Salyut programme was the first space station successfully interdict and intercept a satellite in outer
programme, undertaken by the Soviet Union in 1971.
space-based on complete indigenous technology.
880. India's space programme was started by:
886. Which of the following is INCORRECT in
(a) Vikram Sarabhai (b) Vijay Sarabhai
respect of geostationary satellite?
(c) Rahul Kumar (d) Vivek Sarabhai
(a) Orbits are used for IRS satellite
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(b) Many of these satellite orbits are also sun-
Ans. (a) : Vikram Sarabhai who initiated India's space synchronous
research and helped develop nuclear power in the (c) Altitude should be Approximately 36000 km
country. He is known for the establishment of the Indian
Space Research Organisation (ISRO). Sarabhai is (d) Rotate with speed and direction of earth
known as the father of Indian Space Program. The first RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Chairman of ISRO was Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. Indian Ans. (b) : A geo-stationary satellite is an earth-orbiting
Space Research Organization (ISRO) was formed on 15 satellite and placed directly over the equator. It revolves
August, 1969. in the same direction the earth rotates (west to east) and
881. Who is known as the Father of India's Space takes 24 hours to complete one rotation.
Programme? A geostationary satellite is in an orbit that can only be
(a) Vikram Sarabhai (b) Vikram Seth achieved at an altitude very close to 35,786 km (22,236
(c) Aditya Sarabhai (d) Anuj Lal miles) and which keeps the satellite fixed over one
RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist longitude at the equator. The satellite appears
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist motionless at a fixed position in the sky to ground
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist observers. A geostationary satellite is used in Direct
broadcast TV, Communication network, global positioning
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. or GPS. Therefore, Remote sensing satellite placed in
882. The first chairman of ISRO was: geostationary orbit .
(a) Dr. Vikram Sarabhai 887. Which country has launched the world's first
(b) Prof. Satish Dhawan quantum satellite to establish hack-proof
(c) Prof. U.R. Rao communication?
(d) Dr. K. Kasturirangan (a) China (b) India
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) Japan (d) USA
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : China launched the world's first quantum 894. What does GAGAN, a satellite based
satellite which boasts of establishing "hack-proof" navigation system, stand for?
communications between space and the ground as it is (a) Graphic Aided Geo Augmented Navigation
equipped with security features to prevent wiretapping (b) Geographical advanced Geo Augmented
and intercepts. It is nicknamed "Micius" after a fifth Navigation
century BC Chinese philosopher and scientist who has (c) Geological Advanced Geo Augmented
been credited as the first one in human history Navigation
conducting optical experiments. (d) GPS Aided Geo Augmented Navigation
888. Who was the second person to land on the RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
moon?
(a) Alan Shepard (b) Charles Conrad Ans. (d) : Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
and Airports Authority of India (AAI) have
(c) Buzz Aldrin (d) Alan L Bean implemented the GPS Aided Geo Augmented
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Navigation-GAGAN project as a Satellite Based
Ans. (c) : Buzz Aldrin is an American former Augmentation System (SBAS) for the Indian Airspace.
astronaut, engineer and fighter pilot. He made
three spacewalks as pilot of the 1966 Gemini 12 mission, 895. Which of the following is correct about
and, as Lunar Module Eagle pilot on the 1969 Apollo International Space Station (ISS)?
11 mission, he and mission commander- Neil (a) It has been assembled mainly by USA and
Armstrong were the first two people to land on the Moon. China.
889. India's first unmanned lunar probe (b) It is expected to operate until 2050.
Chandrayaan-I was launched at: (c) It is located in low earth orbit.
(a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Balasore (d) Only astronauts from USA and China are
(c) Wheeler Island (d) Sriharikota allowed to visit ISS.
RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 02.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : Chandrayaan-I was the first Indian lunar Ans. (c) : The International Space Station (ISS) is a
probe mission under the Chandrayaan program. It was modular space station (habitable artificial satellite) in
launched by the Indian Space Research Organisation in Low Earth Orbit. It is an international partnership of
October 2008, and operated until August 2009. The space agencies that provides and operates the elements
mission included a lunar orbiter and an impactor. India of the ISS. The five participating principal space
launched the spacecraft using a PSLV-XL C11 rocket agencies are: NASA (United States), Roscosmos
on 22 October 2008 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, (Russia), JAXA (Japan), ESA (Europe), and CSA
Sriharikota, Andhra Pradesh. Wheeler Island, now (Canada). It was launched on 20 November 1998 for a
known as Dr.Abdul Kalam Island is an Integrated Test period of 22 years ago.
Range, located on off the coast of Odisha. Radio contact 896. What is the name of the robot developed by
with Chandrayaan-I spacecraft was abruptly lost on DRDO that is used for locating, handling and
August 29, 2009. destroying hazardous objects?
890. Which of the following was India's first moon (a) Chaturobot (b) PackBot
mission? (c) Daksh (d) Rustom
(a) Aditya (b) Avatar RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Chandrayaan-1 (d) Astrasat Ans. (c) : Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) Daksh is
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-III) an electrically powered and remotely controlled robot
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. used for locating, handling and destroying hazardous
891. ISRO launched the Chandrayaan-1 spacecraft objects safely, which was developed by DRDO in
in ........... . It was uniquely equipped to confirm 2011. The battery-powered robot 'Daksha' is primarily
the presence of solid ice on the moon. designed for rhe safe handling and destruction or
(a) 2008 (b) 2006 detection of IEDs using multiple comeras, X-ray
(c) 2006 (d) 2009 devices.
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 897. Which year did the Government of India
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. approve ISRO's proposal for the first Indian
892. India’s first lunar mission, Chandrayaan-I was Moon Mission, Chandrayaan-I?
terminated ……….. due to loss of (a) 2003 (b) 2013
communication with the spacecraft. (c) 2008 (d) 2001
(a) 28 July 2009 (b) 15 August 2009 RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) 29 August 2009 (d) 5 September 2009 Ans. (a) : The Government of India approved ISRO's
RRB NTPC 31.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist proposal for the first India Moon Mission, called
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. Chandrayaan-1 in November 2003. The Chandrayaan-1
893. Chandrayaan-I was launched using : mission performed high-resolution remote sensing of
the moon in visible, near infrared (NIR), low energy X-
(a) PSLV-C46 (b) GSLV Mk-III
Rays and high energy X-Ray regions.
(c) PSLV-C42 (d) PSLV-C11
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 898. Which of the following nation has one of the
largest domestic communication satellite
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. systems in Asia-Pacific region?
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 (a) Nepal (b) Bangladesh Ans. (a) : Magellan, U.S. Spacecraft (from 1990 to
(c) Sri Lanka (d) India 1994) used radar to create a high-resolution maps of the
RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist surface of Venus. The Magellan spacecraft was
launched by the National Aeronautics and Space
Ans. (d) : The Indian National Satellite System in one Administration from the space shuttle on 4 May, 1989.
of the largest domestic communication satellite systems It arrived at Venus on 10 August 1990. On 12 October
in the Asia-Pacific region with nine operational 1994, Magellan was sent to a crash landing on Venus.
communication satellites place in Geo-Stationary Orbit. The spacecraft began returning high-quality radar
It was commissioned in 1983. The satellites also images of the Venusian terrain that showed evidences of
incorporates transpondar for receiving distress alert volcanism, tectonic movement, turbulent surface winds.
signals for search and rescue mission in South Asian 905. Name the satellite launched by NASA to
and Indian Ocean region. precisely track Earth's shrinking polar ice
899. Who was the first woman of Indian descent to cover.
go to space? (a) CYGNSS (b) SLINEX-2018
(a) Shawna Pandya (b) Nalini Ramarajan (c) HYSIS (d) ICESat-2
(c) Kalpana Chawla (d) Sunita Williams RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (d) ICESat-2 (short for Ice, Cloud and land
Ans. (c) : Kalpana Chawla was the first woman of India Elevation Satellite), launched on 15 September 2018 by
origin to go to space. She was an astronaut and an NASA to precisely track Earth's shrinking polar ice
engineer for NASA where she was selected in 1994. cover.
Kalpana died on 1 February, 2003, 16 minutes before 906. Which is the heaviest and most powerful
the scheduled landing when the space shuttle Columbia communication satellite of India?
STS-107 crashed during entry over the southern United (a) Kalpana-1 (b) IRNSS-1D
States. (c) GSAT-11 (d) GSAT-6
900. When was Indian Space Reserch Committee RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
formed? Ans. (c) : India's heaviest and most powerful
(a) 1961 (b) 1963 communication satellite is GSAT - 11. It was launched
(c) 1965 (d) 1962 by European Space Agency's Ariane-5 VA-246 Rocket
from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on 5
RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist December 2018. It's total weight is about 5854 kg.
Ans. (d) : Indian Space Research Committee was 907. A ______ satellite GSAT-12 was launched by
formed in 1962 by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. PSLV-C17 from Sriharikota.
901. The first Indian Communication satellite is: (a) Meteorological (b) Pico
(a) MOM (b) Aryabhata (c) Communication (d) Nano
(c) Rohini (d) APPLE RRB NTPC 05.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : On 15 July 2011 from Sriharikota the Indian
Ans. (d) : APPLE (Ariane Passenger PayLoad Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched GSAT–
Experiment) was the India's first communication 12 a communication Satellite via its Polar Satellite
satellite, successfully launched by Ariane-1, from Launch Vehicle (PSLV) C-17.
Kourou, French Guiana on June 19, 1981. 908. Who was the chairman of ISRO when
902. What type of satellite is APPLE? Chandrayaan-I was launched?
(a) Meteorology satellite (a) Suresh Pathak
(b) Remote sensing satellite (b) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(c) G. Madhavan Nair
(c) Communication satellite
(d) R Umamaheswaran
(d) Earth observation satellite
RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : Chandrayan-I was launched by ISRO in 2008
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. under the leadership of chairman of ISRO G. Madhavan
903. How many payloads are carried by India's Nair
second lunar mission Chandrayaan-2? 909. The remote sensing lunar satellite Chandrayaan
(a) 10 (b) 12 -I launched in which year?
(c) 13 (d) 11 (a) 2007 (b) 2008
RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) 2009 (d) 2010
Ans. (c) : The indigenously developed Chandrayaan-2 RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
spacecraft consisting of Orbiter, Lander and Rover was Ans. (b): See of the explanation of the above question.
successfully launched on-board indigenous GSLV MK III- 910. ISRO launched India's first lunar probe
M1 Mission on 22nd July, 2019. It carried 13 payloads. mission in October 2008. Who was the
904. Which of these spacecraft was used to orbit the chairman of ISRO at that time?
planet Venus from 1990 to 1994? (a) G Madhavan Nair (b) K Kasturirangan
(a) Magellan spacecraft (b) Atlantis spacecraft (c) APJ Abdul Kalam (d) A S Kiran Kumar
(c) Dawn space Craft (d) Hayabusa RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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911. Among the following, which satellite facility is 916. India's scientific mission to observe and study
equipped with the state-of-the-art data the solar corona is called:
acquisition systems that receive data from (a) Aditya-L1 (b) Satnav
various satellites? (c) Astrostat (d) Chandrayaan
(a) AGEOS (b) SCATSAT-1 RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) ISRO (d) IMGEOS Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
RRB NTPC 17.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 917. What is the name of the spacecraft to be
Ans. (d) : Integrated Multi Mission Ground Segment launched by ISRO in 2019-20 for studying the
for Earth Observation Satellites (IMGEOS) facility is sun?
established in Shadnagar campus. This facility is (a) Sun (b) Aditya
equipped with state of the art data acquisition systems (c) Ravi (d) Bhaskar
which receives data from various satellites. Payload RRB Group-D 03-10-2018 (Shift-II)
programming requests are consolidated at the respective RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
sub systems based on the feasibility of tracking a Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question.
particular satellite and acquisition schedules generated 918. GSAT-31is an/a ___
for each of the antenna in ground station. (a) Navigational Satellite
912. When was the INSAT-1B launched?? (b) Telecommunication Satellite
(a) 1987 (b) 1990 (c) Polar Satellite
(c) 1989 (d) 1983 (d) Experimental Satellite
RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 17.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (b) : GSAT-31 is a telecommunication satellite
which was launched with the help of European Launch
Ans. (d) : INSAT-1B, the second in the INSAT-1 series
was successfully launched by Space Shuttle of USA on service provider Ariane space's rocket from spaceport of
August 30, 1983. It was stationed at 74ºE in place of French Guiana. GSAT-31 will dedicate its services to
INSAT-1A. It was the first operational satellite in the mainland and islands of India. Its the nation's 4G
Indian National Satellite System (INSAT) series and telecommunication satellite which will provide the
provided telecommunication, broadcasting radio Digital Satellite News Integration and DTH services for
networking, weather observation and forecasting next 15 years.
services. It was operational till July 1990 with all its * GSAT-31 is India's 40th Communication Satellite.
4375 two way vice or equivalent circuits in use. * The GSAT-31 will replace the Satellites 'INSAT-4CR'
and 'INSAT-4A'.
913. Which was the first vehicle to soft-land safely
on the surface of the Moon? 919. Which of the following is a satellite based
(a) Luna 9 (b) Ranger 6 augmentation system of India?
(c) Sputnik 25 (d) Apollo (a) JATAN (b) GAGAN
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) NAG (d) GAGAN SHAKTI
Ans. (a) : Luna 9 was an unmanned spaceflight RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
programme of the Soviet Union's Luna program which Ans. (b) : GAGAN is the acronomy for GPS Aided
was the first spacecraft to land on the Lunar surface on GEO augmented Navigation. It was setup by India.
3 February 1966. 920. 'NAVIC' is another name for:
914. Who among following is NOT related with (a) A scheme by the Central Government for
Indian Space Programme? fisherman development
(a) K. Sivan (b) The independent regional navigation satellite
(b) Satish Dhawan system developed by India
(c) Satyendra Nath Bose (c) The polar satellite launch vehicle of India
(d) A S Kiran Kumar (d) A training programme for Indian maritime
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist pilots
Ans. (c) : In the given options Dr. K. Sivan, Dr Satish RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Dhawan and Dr. A.S. Kiran Kumar have all been the
chairman of ISRO while Satyendra Nath Bose was an Ans. (b) : Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System
Indian mathematician, best known for his work on (IRNSS) is a regional navigation system developed by
quantum mechanics and state of matter Bose-Einstein the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) which
condensate (BEC). is totally under control by Government of India. The
915. Name the mission ISRO has conceived to study Prime Minister of India Shri Narendra Modi has named
the sun. it NAVIC dedicated to fishermen of India. It's purpose
(a) Exposat (b) Suraj is to give accurate location information to its user in
(c) Exoworld (d) Aditya L1 part of the country and upto a distance of 1500 km from
RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the Indian border.
Ans. (d) : ISRO has launched Aditya L1 Mission using 921. ________ was the first artificial satellite
PSLV-XL. The objective of Aditya L1 mission is to launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
study the Sun's corona, chromosphere and photosphere. (a) Bhashkara (b) Cartosat-2
In addition, it will study the particle flux emanating (c) Sputnik-1 (d) RISAT-1
from Sun, and the variation of magnetic field strength. RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c) : World's first artificial satellite launched by (a) Elon Musk (b) Johannes Kepler
Soviet Union was Sputnik, in the year 1957. India's first (c) Eugene Parker (d) Carl Sagan
satellite was launched by ISRO in 1975 with the help of RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
USSR. Ans. (c) : Eugene Parker was the first Astrophysicist
922. Which of the following is dedicated as India's who first theorized the existence of the solar wind in
first educational satellite? 1958 and became the first living individual after which
(a) INSAT-4A (b) CARTOSAT-1 NASA named a spacecraft. Eugene N. Parker has
(c) GSAT-3 (d) HAMSAT developed the theory on the supersonic solar wind
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (1958) and predicted the Parker spiral shape of the Solar
magnetic field in the outer solar system.
Ans. (c) : GSAT-3 is the satellite known with another
name of "Edusat". It was launched through GSLV-F01 927. In Aditya - L1, the first Indian mission to study
on 20th sept 2004 by ISRO. It was a first satellite of its the Sun, what does L1 stand for?
kind dedicated for educational services. (a) Laboratory point 1 (b) Lagrangian point 1
(c) Line point 1 (d) Lower point 1
923. What is the name of the world's smallest RRB NTPC 07.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
spacecraft launched by India?
(a) Star (b) Sparkle Ans. (b) : The Aditya-1 mission has now been revised
to “Aditya-L1 mission” and will be inserted in a halo
(c) Spring (d) Sprites orbit around the L1, which is 1.5 million km from the
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Earth. The satellite carries additional six payloads with
Ans. (d) : The world's smallest spacecraft were on 23 enhanced science scope and objectives. A satellite
June 2017 successfully launched into low-Earth orbit placed in the halo orbit around the Lagrangian point 1
by Indian rocket Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (L1) of the Sun-Earth system has the major advantage
(PSLV). It is known as 'Sprites', these tiny satellites are of continuously viewing the sun without any
just 3.5cm x 3.5cm and carry radios, sensors and occultation/ eclipses.
computers, and each device is powered by sunlight and 928. A satellite orbiting around the equator 3600
weighs just four grams. The Sprites were constructed kilometers above the center of the earth is
by researchers at Cornell University. called as–
924. What is the name of the first dedicated Indian (a) Polar (b) Synchronous
astronomy mission that is aimed at studying (c) Mediterranean (d) Elliptical
celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV RRB J.E. 2014
spectral bands simultaneously?
Ans. (b): When a satellite reaches exactly 42.164
(a) AstroSat (b) XtroSat
kilometers from the center of the earth (about 36,000
(c) OpticoSat (d) AstroMat km from earth's surface), it enters a sort of "sweetspot"
RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist in which its orbit matches earth's rotation. This special,
Ans. (a) : AstroSat Mission: AstroSat is the first high earth orbit is called geosynchronous.
dedicated Indian astronomy mission aimed at studying 929. In which attempt did the first Indian
celestial sources in X-ray, optical and UV spectral spacecraft enter the orbit of mars?
bands simultaneously. The payloads cover the energy (a) First (b) Second
bands of Ultraviolet (Near and Far), limited optical and (c) Third (d) Fourth
X-ray regime (0.3 keV to 100keV). AstroSat with a
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-I)
lift-off mass of 1515 kg was launched on 28
September 2015 into a 650 km orbit inclined at an Ans. (a): In first attempt did the first Indian spacecraft
angle of 6 degree to the equator by PSLV-C30 from enter the orbit of mars. The Indian space research
Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. The organisation (ISRO) is the national space agency of the
minimum useful life of the AstroSat mission is Republic of India, headquartered in Bengaluru. It is
expected to be 5 years. founded on 15 August 1969 and the director of ISRO is
Kailasavadivoo Sivan who has been honored with the
925. When was India's hundredth space mission Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Award by the Tamil Nadu
launched? government in 2019.
(a) September, 2012 (b) September, 2014
930. NASA's Unmanned space craft Juno
(c) September, 2009 (d) September, 2010
successfully completed its first mission by
RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist orbiting–
Ans. (a) : The Indian Space Research Organisation (a) Jupiter (b) Moon
(ISRO) successfully launched the hundredth space (c) Mars (d) Neptune
mission with PSLV-C21 from the Satish Dhawan Space RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Centre in Sriharikota in September 2012. Currently, the
space agency has undertaken 206 missions, including Ans. (a): NASA's unmanned space craft Juno
124 Spacerafts and 82 Launchers, since the launch of successfully completed its first mission by orbiting in
the Aryabhatta in 1975. Jupiter orbit on July 4, 2016.
926. Astrophysicist ..........., who first theorized the 931. Which was the first satellite to orbit our moon?
existence of the solar wind in 1958, became the (a) Luna 2 (b) Luna 10
first living individual after which NASA named (c) Apollo 10 (d) Apollo 11
a Spacecraft RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (b): Luna 10 was the first satellite to orbit around Ans. (b) K. Sivan is also famously known as 'rocket
the moon, and the first human -made object to orbit any Man' for providing significant contribution to
astronomical body beyond the earth. It is also called development of cryogenic engines for India's space
Lunik 10. program. Rising through the ranks, Sivan became the
Luna 10 (E-65series), was a 1966 Soviet Luna program, director of the Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre,
robotic spacecraft and it was the first artificial satellite Thiruvananthapuram, in 2015 while at present time,
of the Moon. S.Somnath is the chief of IRSO.
LUNA 2 : It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface 937. Who is known as 'Rocket Man' of India?
of the Moon, and the first human-made object to make (a) Dr. K. Sivan
contact with another celestial body. Luna 2, originally (b) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
named the second soviet cosmic rocket and also known (c) A.S. Kiran Kumar
as Lunik 2 (d) Rakesh Sharma
Apollo 10 : Apollo 10 was a May 1969 human space RRB Group-D 27-09-2018 (Shift-III)
light, the fourth crewed mission in the United States
Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
Apollo programs and the second to orbit the Moon.
938. Name the India's second mission to the moon.
932. Which was the first manned vehicle to travel
on the lunar surface? (a) GSAT - 6A (b) Gaganyaan-2
(a) Lunar Robonaut (b) Lunar Spidernaut (c) PSLV-C-39 (d) Chandrayaan-2
(c) Lunar Rover (d) Lunar Challenger RRB Group-D 07-12-2018 (Shift-I)
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist Ans. (d): India's second mission to the moon is known
Ans. (c): The Lunar Rover was the first manned vehicle as Chandrayaan-2. It consists of a lunar, orbiter, and
to travel on the lunar surface. The Lunar Roving vehicle also included the Vikram Lander, and the Pragyan
(LRV) is a battery powered four-wheeled rover used on lunar rover, all of which were developed in India. It was
the moon in last mission of American Apollo program. launched on 22 July 2019 at satish Dhawan space
Centre in Andhra Pradesh.
933. Which is the first pico satellite of India?
(a) INSAT (b) ANUSAT 939. Where is ISRO rocket launch pad located in
India?
(c) STUDSAT (d) GSAT- 4
(a) Sriharikota (b) Trombay
RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-III)
(c) Bangalore (d) Mysore
Ans. (c): STUDSAT is the first pico satellite of India RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III)
designed by students. STUDSAT-1 is a pico satellite, a
miniaturized satellite, successfully launched on 12 July Ans. (a) : Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC) or
2010 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre into a sub Sriharikota Range (SHAR) is a rocket launch centre
synchronous orbit. The STUDSAT is manufactured by operated by ISRO. It is located in Sriharikota in Andhra
NITTE Meenakshi Institute of Technology, Bangolore. Pradesh. Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
was formed in 1969 by the help of Vikram Sarabhai
934. Which was ISRO first indigenous manned
space mission? 940. In which year was the Indian Space Research
Organization (ISRO) established?
(a) Mangalyaan II (b) Mangalyaan
(a) 1969 (b) 1962
(c) Chandrayaan (d) Gaganyaan
(c) 1971 (d) 1975
RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-II)
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage IInd
Ans. (d): Gaganyan is the ISRO's first indigenous
Ans. (a): Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) is
manned space mission, setup to launch with three the space agency of the Government of India, under
Indian astronauts as soon as 2023. which various space programs are carried out. It was
935. In 2004, the MESSENGER spacecraft was sent established on 15th August 1969 and it's headquarters is
by NASA to study: located in Bangalore. Its first chairman was Dr. Vikram
(a) Saturn (b) Jupiter Sarabhai.
(c) Pluto (d) Mercury 941. What is the full form of ISRO?
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Indian satellite research organization
Ans. (d): Messenger (Mercury Surface Space (b) Indian space research organization
Environment Geochemistry and Ranging) was a NASA (c) Space reform society of India
robotic space probe that orbited the planet Mercury. (d) Solar research organization of India
Messenger was launched on August 3, 2004 into an initial RRB NTPC 10.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
parking orbit around Earth.
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question
936. Who is also famously known as 'Rocket Man'
942. Where is the headquarters of Indian Space
for providing significant contribution to
research organisation located?
development of cryogenic engines for India's
space program? (a) Hyderabad (b) Bangalore
(a) Ashok Khadolia (b) K. Sivan (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Sriharikota
(c) Pratik Barbe (d) Pawan Chandan RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-III)
RRB Group-D 05-11-2018 (Shift-III) Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question
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943. When was Hubble launched into space? 949. The IRS series of Indian satellite used for–
(a) 1989 (b) 1990 (a) Forestry (b) Communications
(c) 1995 (d) 1999 (c) Remote Sensing (d) Astronomy
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-II)
Ans. (b): The Hubble Space Telescope is large telescope Ans. (c): Indian Remote Sensing (IRS) satellite is a
in space. It was launched into orbit by space discovery on program to support the national economy in the areas of
April 24, 1990. agriculture, water resources, forestry and ecology,
944. Which of the following is one of the largest and natural calamities and disaster management. IRS under
the most versatile space telescope that was the ISRO started off in 1988 with the IRS-1A and it is
launched into low Earth orbit? used for remote sensing.
(a) Chandra (b) Hubble 950. What is the main purpose of the series of
(c) James web (d) Spieger INSAT SATELLITE?
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage IInd (a) TV broadcasting to remote areas.
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question (b) Mobile network of remote areas.
945. NASA is responsible for the space program (c) Internet services
and for ____ research. (d) Mapping locations via GPS.
(a) Communications (b) Aeronautical RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-III)
(c) Robotic (d) Nuclear Ans. (a): The Indian National Satellite (INSAT) is a
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III) series of multipurpose geostationary satellite lauched by
ISRO for the purpose telecommunications, broadcasting
Ans. (b) : NASA is responsible for the space program
meteorology, and search and rescue operations.
and for aeronautical research.
Commissioned in 1983, INSAT is the largest domestic
946. What is the main objective of the Indian space communication system.
program?
951. When was ALSV first used in India?
1. Mass communication and education through
satellite (a) 1980 (b) 1987
2. Surveying and managing natural resources (c) 1994 (d) 2000
through remote sensing, technology, RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-III)
environmental testing and meteorological Ans. (b): ASLV was first used in India on March 24,
forecasting. 1987, second on July 13, 1988 third on May 20, 1992
3. Development of indigenous satellite and and fourth on May 05, 1994.
satellite launch vehicle. 952. ISS is an abbreviation for.
(a) Only 1 (b) Only 2 (a) International space station
(c) 1 and 2 both (d) 1, 2 and 3 (b) International space system
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-II) (c) Indian space studies
Ans. (d): The main objective of the Indian space (d) Inter-Space spectroscopy
program is RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-II)
(1) Mass communications and education through Ans. (a): The International Space Station (ISS) is a space
satellite. station that keeps moving in low earth orbit.
(2) Surveying and managing natural resources through 953. What is the name of an ecologically clean
remote sensing, technology, environmental testing rocket developed by Russia based space
and meteorological forecasting. research centre?
(3) Development of indigenous satellite and satellite (a) Angara (b) Vostok
vehicle. (c) Korolev (d) Luna
947. Sputnik-3 was launched by which of the RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-I)
following countries? Ans. (a): The Angara rocket family is a family of
(a) America (b) U.K. space-launch vehicles being developed by the moscow-
(c) The Soviet (d) France based khrunichev state research and production space
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist centre, Russia.
Ans. (c): Sputnik-3 was launched by the Soviet in 1958. 954. Which of the following is not a launch vehicle
948. Where is the Space Application centre located used to place satellite in orbit?
in India? (a) PSLV (b) GSAT-8
(a) Mumbai (b) Ahmadabad (c) GSLV (d) Ariane SGS
(c) Trivandrum (d) Bangalore RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-II)
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-III) Ans. (b): GSAT-8 OR INSAT04G is a communication
Ans. (b): The Space Applications Centre (SAC) is an satellite. It was constructed by ISRO, as part of INSAT
Institution of research in Ahmadabad under the aegis of system. GSAT- was launched on may 21, 2011 from
the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). kourou, French Guiana.

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955. How many astronauts have visited the moon? 962. Name the satellite that carries life in space.
(a) 2 (b) 5 (a) Bio satellite (b) Micro-satellite
(c) 8 (d) 12 (c) Spy- Satellite (d) Border Satellite
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d): Twelve astronauts have visited the moon. Ans. (a): Bio-satellite is the satellite that carries life in
956. Where is the Satish Dhawan space center sapce.
located? 963. Which robotic space craft had brought the
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Madhya Pradesh solar energy particle from space?
(c) Andhra Pradesh (d) Tamil Nadu (a) Genesis (b) Viking
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-II) (c) Cygnus (d) Giotto
RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c): Satish Dhawan Space Center is located in
Andhra Pradesh. Ans. (a): Genesis was a NASA sample-return probe
that collected a sample of solar wind particle and
957. Which of the following is a navigation satellite? returned them to Earth for analysis. Genesis was
(a) GSLV (b) PSLV launched on August 8, 2001.
(c) IRNSS (d) SLV–3 964. Who was the notable personality behind the
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-I) historic mars Orbiter space program?
Ans. (c): The Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (a) Kiran kumar (b) G. Madhavan Nair
(IRNSS) is an Independent Regional Navigation Satellite (c) K. Radhakrishnan (d) K.Kasturirangan
System being developed by India. It first launched on July RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
1, 2013 and last launched on April 12, 2018. Ans. (c): K. Radhakrishnan was the notable personality
958. Which of the following is not true with respect behind the historic mars orbiter space program. He was
to global positioning system? the chairman of ISRO. Under his guidance, the Mars
(a) It is space based navigation system. Mission was launced on 5 November 2013. He has also
(b) It can predict cyclones been awarded the Padma Bhushan in the year 2014.
(c) It can be used to map the movement of 965. GSAT-18 launched by India in October 2016 is
vehicles basically a ____satellite.
(d) It can be used for navigation in the car. (a) Meteorological (b) Remote sensing
RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Communication (d) Earth observation
Ans. (c): The global positioning system (GPS), RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage IInd
originally Navstar GPS sytlized in capital letters in its Ans. (c): GSAT-18 is India's latest communication
logo is a satellite-based radionavigation system owned satellite with 48 transponders that receive and transmit
by the United States government and operated by the communication signals. It was launched by ISRO on
United states space force. october 2016. GSAT-18 was successfully placed into
orbit by Ariane-5 VA-231 rocket belonging to french
959. Name of the astronaut who spent 340 consecutive company arianespace.
days in space and returned safely to earth?
(a) Joseph a. Walker (b) Scott Joseph Kelly 966. Kalpana Chawla, the first woman of Indian
origin went to space on ____ spacecraft?
(c) William H. Dana (d) William J. Night (a) Columbia (b) Challenger
RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Atlantis (d) Adventure
Ans. (b): Astronaut Scott Joseph Kelly was the RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
astronaut who spent 340 consecutive days in space and Ans. (a): Kalpana Chawla was assigned as a mission
returned safely to earth. specialist in November 1996 as STS-87 aboard the
960. When was the National Aeronautics and space space shuttle columbia, becoming the first woman of
act passed in America? Indian origin to fly into space IN 2003, chawla was one
(a) 1958 (b) 1957 of the seven crew members who died in the space
shuttle columbia disaster during its re-entry into the
(c) 1945 (d) 1969 Earth's atmosphere.
RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 967. Nustar Space-based X-ray telescope conducts
Ans. (a): The National Aeronautics and Space Act was deep survey for –
passed in America on July 29, 1958. All American (a) Comet (b) Black holes
space exploration programms are conducted by NASA. (c) Planet (d) Small star
961. What is the full form of GSLV? RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Geosynchronous satellite launch Vehicle Ans. (b): In-depth survey of black holes is carried out
(b) Geographical Satellite launch vehicle with the help of nuster (Nuclear spectroscopic telescope
(c) Geosynchronous satellite locating vehicle array) space-based x-ray telescope. The launch was
conducted successfully on 13 June, 2012.
(d) Global satellite locating vehicle 968. Where is the National Aeronautics and Space
RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Administration (NASA) located?
Ans. (a): Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (a) Washington (b) New Yard
(GSLV) is an expendable launch system operated by the (c) California (d) Florida
ISRO. GSLV was used in thirteen launches from 2001 to RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
2018. Ans. (a): NASA is located in Washington DC, USA.
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969. INSAT-3D, the weather satellite launched with
an advanced weather monitoring payloads was 7. Defence System of India
launched in –
(a) 2012 (b) 2013 975. Which of the following missiles is a canister
(c) 2014 (d) 2015 launched hypersonic surface-to surface tactical
RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist missile developed by DRDO?
Ans. (b): India's weather satellite INSAT-3D, carrying (a) Trishul (b) Akash
advanced weather monitoring payloads, was launched (c) Astra (d) Shaurya
successfully on July 26, 2013 Ariane-5 launch vehicle RRB JE CBT-II 29–08–2019 (evening)
from Kourou, French Guiana. Ans. (d) Shaurya is a canister launched hypersonic
970. Commercial and marketing arm of ISRO is – surface-to-surface missile developed by the Indian
(a) Antrix Corporation Limited Defence Research and Development Organization for
(b) ISRO satellite corporation use of the India Armed Forces. It has a range of 700 to
(c) ISRO Marketing corporation Limited 1900 Km and is capable of carrying a payload one ton
(d) Space Applications center conventional or nuclear warhead.
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage Ist 976. What was India's first nuclear test code name?
Ans. (a): Antrix Corporation Limited was incorporated (a) Operation Parakram (b) Operation Force
as a private limited company owned by the Indian
(c) Smilling Buddha (d) Parmanu
government on 28 September 1992. Its objective is to
promote the ISRO's products, services and technologies. RPF SI 18.01.2019 (Shift - III)
Antrix Corporation Limited is the commercial and Ans. (c) : Operation Smilling Buddha was the assigned
marketing arm of ISRO. code name of India's first successful nuclear bomb test
on 18 May 1974. The bomb was detonated on the army
971. ''Antrix Corporation Limited" Bangalore is a:
base Pokhran Test Range in Rajasthan.
(a) Film producing company
(b) ISRO's Marketing branch 977. What was the code name for Pokhran Nuclear
(c) Mobile Handset manufactures Test 2?
(d) Electricity distribution company (a) Laughing Buddha
RRB NTPC 29.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (b) Smiling Buddha
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question. (c) Operation Shakti
972. Which orbit does not have a space station? (d) Operation Research
(a) Meer (b) Salute -7 RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Skylab (d) Voyager Ans. (c) : Pokhran-II consisted of five detonations. The
tests were initiated on 11 May, 1998 under the assigned
RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
code name 'Operation Shakti.
Ans. (d): Voyager program is an American scientific
978. "Jagritam Aharnisham" or "Always Alert" is
program that employs two robotic interstellar probe,
the motto of which organization ?
voyager 1 and 2, launched in 1977. The first spacecraft
(a) The Coast Guard
was the voyager, a 722- kg robotic space probe.
(b) The Indian Army
973. What does space tourism mean? (c) Research and Analysis Wing
(a) Scientific space exploration (d) Intelligence Bureau
(b) Space travel for vocation RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Wandering the world only through air travel
Ans. (d) : Jagritam Aharnisham or Always Alert is the
(d) Reaching Mars motto of Intelligence Bureau (I B).
RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist The Intelligence Bureau is India's domestic intelligence,
Ans. (b): Space tourism refers to the purpose of internal security and counter-intelligence agency.
holidaying and entertainment in space by the space 979. Which of the following is a multi-barrel rocket
shuttle with the help of modern technologies. system developed by DRDO?
974. What is the name of the official Journal of the (a) Trishul (b) Dhanush
committee on space research (COSPAR)? (c) Pinaka (d) Prithvi
(a) Astrophysics and Space RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(b) Space Science Reviews Ans. (c) : Pinaka is a multi-barrel rocket launcher
(c) Advances in Space research developed by Defence Research and Development
(d) Space research Organisation (DRDO). Through this, 12 rockets of 100
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-II) kg weight can be launched in 40 seconds.
Ans. (c): 'Advance in Space Research' is the official Trishul is a short range surface to air missile.
journal of the committee on space research. Harrison is Prithvi is a surface to surface ballistic missile.
the editor in chief of the journal, founded in October Dhanush is a naval variant of the Prithvi missile having
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980. Which of the following is a supersonic cruise (a) Homi J Bhabha (b) SN Bose
missile? (c) S Chandrasekhar (d) Vikram Sarabhai
(a) Trishul (b) Brahmos RRB NTPC 01.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Akash (d) Prithvi Ans. (a) : Homi Jehangir Bhabha is known as the father
RRB NTPC 29.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist of the Indian Nuclear Program. On Jawaharlal Nehru's
Ans. (b) : The BrahMos is a medium - range ramjet request, Bhabha served as the Director of the nuclear
supersonic cruise missile that can be launched from programme and was instrumental in starting India's
submarine, ships, aircraft or land. It is the fastest nuclear programme. He was the founding director of
supersonic cruise missile in the world. BrahMos is a Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) and
two stage missile with a solid propellant booster engine Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC).
as its first stage which bring it to supersonic speed and 986. Who is regarded as the Father of the Indian
then gets separated. The liquid ramjet or the second Nuclear Program?
stage then takes the missile closer to speed in cruise (a) Dr. Homi Bhabha (b) Raja Ramanna
phase. The name BrahMos is a portmenteau formed (c) Jawaharlal Nehru (d) APJ Abdul Kalam
from the names of two rivers, the Brahmputra of India RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
and the Moskva of Russia Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
981. BrahMos supersonic missile is a joint venture 987. Which of the following is a surface-to-surface
between ––––––. intercontinental range ballistic missile
(a) India and USA (b) India and China developed by India?
(c) India and Russia (d) India and UK (a) Agni-V (b) Agni-IV
RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Shaurya (d) Brahmos
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
982. Which supersonic cruise missile is named after Ans. (a) : Agni-V, a surface to surface ballstic missiles
the Indian river Brahmputra and the Russian was launched from Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam Island a
river Moskva? October 27, 2021. This year nation celebrates its 75th
(a) BrahMos (b) Putramos infantry day. Agni-V feature are –
(c) Mosputra (d) Mosbrahma
Propulsion– three stage solid fuel missile.
RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Range– 5500-5800 km.
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
Guidance & control– A ring laser gyroscope based
983. Name the Kalvari class submarine launched in inertial navigation system (RLG-INS).
Mumbai in Nov, 2020.
(a) INS Khanderi (b) INS Arighat 988. Which of the following is India's longest-range
(c) INS Karanj (d) INS Vagir ballistic missile?
RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Agni V (b) Aakash III
Ans. (d) : INS Vagir is part of six Kalvari-class (c) Naag Missile (d) BrahMos
submarines being built in India. This is designed by RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
French naval defence and energy company DCNS. Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
Vagir is named after the sandfish, a deadly deep sea
predator of the Indian ocean. It is anti-surface warfare, 989. Which of the following scientist have no
anti-submarine warfare, intelligence gathering and area contribution in the Nuclear field in India?
surveillance capable. Indian Navy launched this submarine (a) Raja Ramanna (b) Homi J Bhabha
on November 12 at the Mazagon Dock in Mumbai. (c) C N R Rao (d) Shekhar Basu
984. Who has produced the indigenous LCA fighter RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
jets Tejas? Ans. (c) : Homi J Bhabha conceived of the three stage
(a) India Aeronautics Limited nuclear programme as a way of developing nuclear
(b) Hindustan Dynamics Limited energy by working around India's limited uranium
(c) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited resources. C.N.R. Rao is an Indian chemist who has
(d) Bharat Dynamics Limited worked mainly in solid-state and structural chemistry.
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
990. The Defence Reearch and Development
Ans. (c): Light Combat Aircraft-Tejas is an Indian Organisation (DRDO) was established in:
single-engine multirole light fighter designed by the
Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in (a) 1947 (b) 1991
collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design (c) 1958 (d) 1950
Centre (ARDC) of Hindustan Aeronautics Limited RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(HAL) for the Indian Air Force and Indian Navy. It Ans. (c) : Defence Research and Development
came from the Light Combat Aircraft (LCA) Organisation (DRDO) was established in 1958 charged
programme, which began in the 1980s to replace with military’s research and development. It was
India's ageing MiG-21 fighters. In 2003, the LCA was formed in 1958 by the merging of the Technical
officially named "Tejas". Development Establishment. The Chief and Director
985. After Indian independence from the British General of DRDO is the scientific advisor of the
Empire, Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Defence Minister. As of now, Dr. G Satheesh Reddy is
Nehru authorised the development of a nuclear the Chief of DRDO. The organisation is headquartered
programme headed by _____. in New Delhi.
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991. Which one of the following is not an 997. Which of the following missile developed by
international organization? DRDO is an air-to-air missile?
(a) World Tourism Organization (a) Akash (b) Agni
(b) Organization for Economic Cooperation and (c) Astra (d) Prithvi
Development RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Defence Research and Development Ans. (c) : Astra , means ‘weapon’ is an Indian all
Organization weather beyond-visual-range active radar homing air-
(d) Statistical Office of European Union to-air missile, developed by the Defence Research and
RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Development Organisation. It is the first air-to-air
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. missile developed by India. It’s range is 10km to 110
km. It has been integrated with Indian Air Force's
992. Which of the following is India's first formally Sukhoi Su-30MKI.
designed and indigenously designed and Some missiles with their characteristics are as follows-
manufactured ballistic missile submarine Aakash - Surface to air
(SSBN)?
Agni. - Surface to surface
(a) INS Calvary (b) INS Vagin
Prithvi. - Surface to surface
(c) INS Arihant (d) INS Chakra
998. Nirbhay missile has a strike range of:
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) 1000 km (b) 100 km
Ans. (c) : INS Arihant, class of indigenous Ballistic (c) 500 km (d) 200 km
Missile nuclear submariners or Ship Submersible
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ballistic Nuclear (SSBN), is armed with K–15
(Sagarika missile) with a range of 750 km. The first and Ans. (a) : Nirbhay is a long range, all-weather, subsonic
only operational SSBN, INS Arihant will give India the cruise missile designed and developed in India by the
standoff capability to launch nuclear weapons Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) which is
submerged in Indian water. The first unit of the INS under Defence Research and Development Organisation
Arihant, was commissioned into the Navy in August (DRDO). Nirbhay cruise missile was launched on 15
2016. April 2019. It’s strike ranges about 1000km.
993. Which of the following is India's first 999. The new version of the Akash surface-to-air
indigenous nuclear ballistic missile submarine? defence missile 'Akash 1S' is fitted with:
(a) a new indigenously-developed command
(a) INS Sindhughosh (b) INS Arihant
guidance programme
(c) INS Kalvari (d) INS Shalki
(b) a new indigenously-developed seeker
RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-II) (c) a new indigenously-developed propeller
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. (d) a new indigenously-developed actuator
994. From the given options, which is India's first RRB NTPC 07.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
indigenously built nuclear-armed submarine? Ans. (b) : Akash-1S missile has been designed to take
(a) INS Arihant (b) INS Kalvari on incoming aerial attacks. This variant of Akash has
(c) INS Khukhri (d) INS Chakra some additional features compared to the original one.
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Akash-1S missile has an indigenous seeker and can
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. shoot down enemy fighter jets, missiles and drones very
effectively and accurately at a range of up to 30
995. Which one of the following is anti-tank guided kilometers and at altitudes up to 18 km. It was
missile? developed by Defence Research and Development
(a) Trishul (b) Akash Organisation (DRDO).
(c) Prithvi (d) Nag 1000. What was India's first indigenously built
RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist aircraft carrier called?
Ans. (d) : Nag missile also called “Prospina” for the (a) INS Vijay (b) INS Shakti
land-attack version, is an Indian third-generation, all- (c) INS Garuda (d) INS Vikrant
weather, fire-and-forget, lock-on after launch, anti-tank RRB NTPC 01.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
guided missile (ATGM) with an operational range of
Ans. (d) : INS Vikrant also known as Indigenous
500 m to 20 km. Aircraft Carrier 1 (IAC-1), is an aircraft carrier
996. Which of the following is a nuclear-powered constructed by the Cochin Shipyard Limited (CSL) for
submarine? the Indian Navy. It is the first aircraft carrier to be built
(a) INS Kalvari (b) INS Shalki in India.
(c) INS Sindhuvir (d) INS Arihant 1001. Who was the Chairman of Atomic Energy
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Commission at the time of India's First nuclear
Ans. (d) : INS Arihant is a nuclear powered submarine Test at Pokharan in 1974?
which was launched by the former Prime Minister (a) Raja Ramanna
Manmohan Singh and his wife on 26 July, 2009. This (b) APJ Abdul Kalam
day is also celebrated as Vijay Diwas, Kargil war (c) Rajagopala Chidambaram
victory Day whereas it was inducted into the Indian (d) Homi Sethna
Navy fleet in 2011. RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d) : Homi Sethna was an Indian nuclear scientist Ans. (d) : EyeROV Tuna is india's first commercial
and a chemical engineer, gaining international fame as drone. The Ministry of Defence of the Indian
the chairman of the Atomic Energy Commission during Government via its defence innovative programme
the time when the first nuclear test, code name Smiling became the reason of its genesis as it was made under
Buddha in Pokhran Test Range in 1974 was conducted. this by Kerala startup.
1002. Which one among the following is NOT a land- 1008. India's first beam weapon KALI-5000 was
based ballistic missile? developed by
(a) Dhanush (b) Prithvi (a) ISRO & DRDO (b) CDAC
(c) Saurya (d) Agni (c) DRDO & BARC (d) BEL & ISRO
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : Dhanush missile is an Indian short-range, Ans. (c) : Beam weapon KALI-5000 was developed by
ship-launched ballistic missile (SLBM). It is the third DRDO and BARC. KALI (Kilo Ampere Linear Injector) -
variant of the Prithvi missile family, which includes 5000 is a linear electron accelerator weapon which can
the Prithvi I, Prithvi II, and the Prithvi Air Defence destroy any uninvited missiles and planes in air.
interceptor. It has a range of 350 km and is capable of
carrying a conventional as well as nuclear payload of 1009. When was the Atomic Energy Commission set
more than 500 kg. It can hit both land and sea-based up to supervise atomic energy activities in
targets. It is liquid fueled, capable of carrying nuclear India?
or conventional payloads. (a) August, 1949 (b) December, 1950
1003. ________ is India's first indigenously built (c) January, 1948 (d) August, 1948
warship. RRB NTPC 11.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) INS Shivalik (b) INS Arihant Ans. (d) : The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was
(c) INS Godavari (d) INS Talwar first setup in August, 1948 in the Department of
RRB NTPC 05.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Scientific Research which was created a few months
Ans. (c) : INS Godavari was commissioned in Navy on earlier in June 1948. Homi Jehangir Bhabha (1948-
10th December 1983. It was India's first indigenously 1966) was the first chairperson of Atomic Energy
built warship. During its three decade services, it made Commission of India. At present, K.N. Vyas is the
several impacts like: It is played a significant role in chairman of Department of Atomic Energy.
"Operation Cactus" 1988. On 23rd December 2015, it * Prime Minister Narendra Modi is the Minister of
was de-commissioned from the services of Indian Navy. Atomic Energy.
1004. Which of the following equipment is primarily * Headquarter of the Atomic Energy commission is
used in military submarines? situated in Mumbai.
(a) Telescope (b) Microscope 1010. The International Atomic Energy Agency
(c) Endoscope (d) Periscope (IAEA) was established in:
RRB NTPC 31.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) 1966 (b) 1967
Ans. (d) : A periscope's basic purpose is to allow a (c) 1955 (d) 1957
person to see objects above the water while the ship RRB NTPC 11.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
remains submerged in water. It is primarily used in Ans. (d) : The International Atomic Energy Agency
military submarines. The periscope works on the Law (IAEA) was created in 1957 in response to the deep
of Reflection. fears and expectations generated by the discoveries and
1005. The Indian nuclear test site, Pokhran is diverse uses of nuclear technology. Its headquarters is
situated in the ............ district of Rajasthan. in Vienna, Austria. IAEA has 173 members and India is
(a) Barmer (b) Bikaner also a member of it. Rafael Mariano Grossi is the
(c) Jaisalmer (d) Jodhpur director General of IAEA (2021).
RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 1011. When did the Central Industrial Security Force
Ans. (c) : Indian Nuclear test site Pokhran is located in come into existence in India?
Jaisalmer district of Rajasthan. India conducted its first (a) 1970 (b) 1989
nuclear test on 18 May, 1974 at the Pokhran Nuclear (c) 1990 (d) 1969
test range in Jaisalmer. The Code name of nuclear test
was 'Smiling Buddha.' RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1006. The first nuclear bomb experiment test in India Ans. (d) : The Central Industrial Security Force
was carried out in the year : (CISF) is a Central Armed Police Forces in India. It
(a) 1974 (b) 1973 was set up under an Act of the Parliament of India on
10 March 1969 to provide integrated security cover to
(c) 1999 (d) 1976
certain sensitive public sector undertakings. The CISF
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
is governed by the Union Ministry of Home Affairs,
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. and its headquarters are at New Delhi.
1007. What is EyeROV Tuna? 1012. Which of the following is a Garrison town?
(a) Heliport (b) Missile (a) Surat (b) Jalandhar
(c) Monorail (d) Underwater drone (c) Kota (d) Udaipur
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 04.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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 Ans. (b) : Garrison towns are the towns whose Ans. (a): The DRDO Rustom is a Medium Altitude
formation is a result of the setting up of a military Long Endurance unmanned air vehicle (VAV) being
base. They are also referred to as cantonment towns. developed by DRDO for three services, Indian Army,
The main function of the Garrison towns is to cater to Indian Navy, and the Indian Air force of Indian Armed
the needs of defence and people employed in defence forces.
services of the nation. These are specially designed for 1017. 'INS Vikramaditya is a–
the purpose of military, navy and airforce activities. (a) Aircraft Carrier (b) The main battle tank
There are 62 cantonments in the country which have (c) Submarine (d) Jet fighter plane
been notified under the Cantonments Act, 1924 RRB JE - 24/05/2019 (Shift-I)
(succeeded by the Cantonments Act, 2006). In above Ans. (a): INS Vikramaditya is a modified kiev-class
question, Jalandhar is a Cantonment town in Punjab aircraft carrier of the Indian Navy which entered into
and is a part of western command. service in 2013. Originally built as Baku and
1013. Which of the following is a surface-to-air commissioned in 1987. It was launched on 1982.
missile? 1018. Which of the following describes Agni
(a) Brahmos (b) Trishul correctly?
(c) K-15 Sagarika (d) Agni (a) Long range ballistic missile
RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-I) (b) Long range gun.
(c) Multi-purpose tank
Ans. (b): Trishul is a short range surface-to-air missile
(d) A fighter aircraft
developed in India. It was developed by Defence
Research and Development Organisation (DRDO). Its RRB JE - 28/05/2019 (Shift-II)
operational range is from 500 meters to 9 kilometers. Ans. (a): AGNI missiles are long range, nuclear
(DRDO) was formed in 1985 and headquartered in weapons capable surface-to-surface ballistic missile. It
DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi. Chairman of DRDO is G is a family of medium to intercontinental range ballistic
Satheesh Reddy and Avinash Chander was the first missiles developed by India, named after one of the five
elements of nature.
chairman of DRDO.
1019. Arjun is a third generation _____ developed
1014. Who was the prime minister of India during
by India's Defence Research and Development
the Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998? Organisation (DRDO), for the Indian Army.
(a) P.V. Narasimba Rao (a) Light fighter aircraft
(b) Manmohan Singh (b) Helicopter
(c) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (c) Fighter aircraft
(d) Rajiv Gandhi (d) The main battle tank
RRB Group-D 15-10-2018 (Shift-II) RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-I)
Ans. (c): Atal Bihari Vajpayee was the Prime Minister Ans. (d): Arjun is the third generation main battle tank
of India during the Pokhran-II nuclear test in 1998. He developed by the DRDO . It can achieve a maximum
was the 10th Prime Minister of India from 16 May to 1 speed of 67 km/h.
June 1996 and from 19 March 1998 to 22 may 2004. 1020. Brahmos-II is a _____ currently under joint
1015. Which of the following missile is India's first development by the Russia's NPO
tactical surface-to-surface missile? Mashinostroyenia and India's defence research
(a) Agni (b) Akshay and development organisation.
(c) Prithvi (d) Brahmos (a) Subsonic cruise Missile
(b) Light combat Aircraft
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Main battle Tank 1
Ans. (c): The Prithvi missile is a family of tactical (d) Hypersonic Cruise Missile
surface-to-surface short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-I)
and is India's first indigenously developed ballistic
missile. Development of the Prithvi began in 1983, and Ans. (d): Brahmos-II is a hypersonic cruise missile
currently under joint development by Russia's NPO
it was first test-fired on 25 February 1988 from
Mashinostroyenia and India's Defence Research and
Sriharikota. It was developed by DRDO under the Development Organization. Brahmos Aerospace named
Integrated guided Missile development program the missle Brahmos-II in honour of the former President
(IGMDP). Operational rage of Prithvi I is 150 km, of India's APJ Abdul Kalam.
Prithvi II 250-350 km and Prithvi III 350-600 km.
1021. What is the name of a tank manufactured in
1016. Rustom-2 is a _________ developed by defence India?
research and development organization of (a) Indra (b) Arjun
India? (c) Mahabali (d) Kailash
(a) Unmanned combat vehicle RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(b) Light weight vehicle
Ans. (b): Arjun is a tank manufactured in India.
(c) Anti-Missile Tank Arjun is the third generation main battle tank developed
(d) Air-to-Air Missile by the DRDO. It can achieve a maximum speed of 67
RRB JE - 24/05/2019 (Shift-III) km/h.
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1022. What does IGMDP stand for in the context of 1028. Which of the following is INS-Arihant?
India? (a) Submarine (b) Indian naval base
(a) Management Development Program (c) War vessel (d) Aircraft carrier
(b) Financial policy
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage IInd
(c) Launch Program
(d) Marketing policy In management studies. Ans. (a): INS-Arihant is Indian Submarine.
RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Green paper) 1029. India's first Aircraft carrier INS vikrant was
Ans. (c) The Integrated Guided Missle development decommissioned from service in which year?
Program (IGMDP) was conceived by renowned (a) 1997 (b) 1992
scientist Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam in 1982-83. Under (c) 2004 (d) 2000
this, Prithvi, Agni, Trishul, Akash and Nag missile have RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III)
been developed. Ans. (a) : INS- Vikrant, the first aircraft carrier of the
1023. What is Agni-II Indian Navy was decommissioned from service on
(a) An Intermediate -range ballistic missile January 31, 1997. It was purchased from Britain in the
(b) A battle tank year 1957 and inducted into the Indian Navy in the year
(c) A satellite 1961.
(d) A satellite launch vehicle 1030. Which unmanned target penetrating aircraft
RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Yellow paper) has been developed and designed by India and
Ans. (a): Agni-II is a medium - range ballistic missile successfully tested its unmanned aerial vehicle
with two solid fuel stages and post boost vehicle. It is flight?
21 m long and 1.3 m wide. It is equipped with nuclear 1. Nishant, 2. Lakshya, 3. Astra
weapons and is capable of carrying 1 tonne payload. (a) Only 2 (b) Only 1
1024. Which of the following is India's indigenously (c) Only 2 and 3 (d) Only 1 and 2
designed and developed long range subsonic RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-III)
cruise missile?
(a) Helina (b) Pinaka Ans. (d): Nishant and Lakshay, unmanned target
(c) Nag (d) Nirbhay penetrating aircraft have been developed and designed
by India and successfully tested its unmanned aerial
RRB Group-D 26-09-2018 (Shift-III)
vehicle flight. Astra is a air-to-air Missile.
Ans. (d): Nirbhay is a long-range all-weather, subsonic
cruise missile designed and developed in India by the 1031. Which is the short - range surface - to -air
Aeronautical Development Establishment (ADE) which missile in India?
is under DRDO. The seventh trial took place on October (a) Prithvi (b) Astra
12, 2020 from wheeler Island. (c) Trishul (d) Akash
1025. Which of the following is India's indigenously RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-III)
built and developed long-range subsonic cruise Ans. (c): Trishul is the short-range surface- to - air
missile? missile in India.
(a) Pinaka (b) Helina • Astra = The air to air missile has a range of 25 to
(c) Nag (d) Nirbhay 40 km.
RRB Group-D 18-09-2018 (Shift-II) • Prithvi = The short range surface - to- surface
Ans. : (d) See of the explanation of the above question missile has a range of 150 to 350 km.
1026. Which of the following causes a ballistic missile • Akash = The medium range surface - to air missile
to fail due to a flaw in its precision? has a range of 25 km.
(a) Due to its shape 1032. Which is India's first self-made jet fighter
(b) Due to air resistance aircraft?
(c) Due to projection angle (a) Dassault Rafael (b) MiG-21
(d) Due to metal
(c) LCA Tejas (d) Dassault Mirage.
RRB Group-D 02-11-2018 (Shift-I)
RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-III)
Ans. (b) Ballistic missiles fail due to disturbances in
precision of air resistance. Ans. (c): The LCA (Light combat Aircraft) Tejas is
India's first self- made jet fighter aircraft designed by
1027. For what purpose was Rustom-2 developed by the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) in
DRDO.
collaboration with Aircraft Research and Design Centre
(a) Under water missile launcher (ARDC) of Hindustan aeronautics Limited (HAL) for
(b) Unmanned combat aerial vehicles the Indian Air force and Indian Navy. In 2003, the light
(c) Anti-satellite missile combat Aircraft (LCA) was officially named "Tejas"
(d) Untraceable by Radar
1033. What is the name of an Indian light combat
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-II) aircraft.
Ans. (b): TAPAS - BH-201(also known as Rustom-2) (a) Chetak (b) Tejas
is a medium - altitude long- endurance unmanned aerial (c) Rudra (d) Dhruv
vehicle (UAV) designed to carry out surviellance and
reconnaissance roles for the Indian armed force. It can RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II)
fly for 24 hours and fly up to 22,000 feet. Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question.

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1034. Where was the surface - to - air akash missile Supreme Commander – President Ram Nath Kovind
tested? Minister of Defence – Rajnath Singh
(a) Sriharikota (b) Abdul Kalam Island Defence Secretary – Ajay Kumar
(c) Thumba (d) Pokhran 1039. Who is the supreme commander of the Indian
RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Armed forces.
Ans. (b): The surface-to-air Akash missile was tested in (a) Narendra Modi
Abdul kalam Island, Chandipur, Odisha it was first tested (b) Sumitra Mahajan
in 1990. It has a range of 25 km. (c) Pranab Mukherjee
1035. What is Maareech? (d) Lieutenant General Dalbir Singh
(a) Advanced Torpedo Defence System RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
submitted to the Indian Navy in November Ans. (c): According to the article 53(2) of the Indian
2015. constitution the supreme commander of the Indian
(b) A new training aircraft being development Armed forece is president of is India. Pranab Mukherjee
for the India's Air Force. was the President of India when the question was asked.
(c) A Driver less car being launched in India On 24 December 2019, the Cabinet Committee on
Security Affairs of India announced the creation of the
(d) A Drone of the Indian Air Force. post of Chief of Defence Staff and Vipin Rawat was
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-III) India's first Chief of Defence staff.
Ans. (a): Maareech Advanced Torpedo Defence System 1040. What is the Full form of RAW?
(ATDS) is a torpedo detection and countermeasure (a) Regional Aviation Wing
system used by the Indian Navy. In November 2015, the (b) Research and Analysis Wing
first Maareech ATDS system was inducted in the Indian (c) Royal Agency of Warsaw
Navy.
(d) Read After Writing
1036. Akash developed by DRDO is a – RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage IInd
(a) Surface-to-Air missile system Ans. (b): Research and Analysis Wing is the foreign
(b) Surface-to-Surface missile system intelligence Unit of India. The agency's primary function
(c) Air-to-Surface missile system is gathering foreign intelligence, counter terrorism, counter
(d) Not a missile system proliferation, advising Indian policymaker and advancing
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist India's foreign strategic interests. Its headquarter is in New
Ans. (a): Akash is surface-to-air missile developed by Delhi. RAW was founded on 21 September, 1968.
DRDO. Trishul is a short range surface-to-air missile
developed in India. Its operational range is 500 meters 8. Sports
to 9 kilometers. The Defence Research and
Development Organisation (DRDO) was formed in (i) Olympic
1985 and headquartered in DRDO Bhavan, New Delhi.
1037. What is the name of third generation anti-tank 1041. Who became the first Indian female athlete to
missile that was successfully tested by DRDO win two individual Olympic medals?
in Rajasthan? (a) Ankita Raina (b) PV Sindhu
(a) Agni (b) Nag (c) Dutee Chand (d) Mirabai Chanu
(c) Cobra (d) Tufan RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-I)
RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (b) : PV Sindhu is an Indian badminton player.
Ans. (b): Nag missile, also called 'PROSPINA' for the She became first Indian woman who won two
land attack version, is an Indian third generation all consecutive medals in Olympics games, Silver medal in
weather, fire-and-forget, lock-on after launch, anti-tank 2016 and Bronze Medal in 2020 Olympics.
guided missile (ATGM) with an operational range of 1042. Who among the following sportspersons won
500 m to 20 km. Development of Nag missile began in two consecutive Olympic medals for India?
1988 under APJ Abdul Kalam. DRDO successfully (a) Deepika Kumari (b) Babita Phogat
conducted final trial of Nag anti-tank guided missile on (c) Sania Mirza (d) PV Sindhu
October 22 in Rajasthan. RRB Group-D 07-10-2022 (Shift-II)
1038. Who is the supreme commander of the Indian Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
armed forces. 1043. The Winter Olympic Games came into being in
(a) Home Minister of India (a) 1916 (b) 1912
(b) Defence Minister of India (c) 1920 (d) 1924
(c) Prime Minister of India RRB JE CBT-II 29–08–2019 (Evening)
(d) President of India Ans. (d) The first Winter Games were held in 1924 in
RRB Group-D 12-11-2018 (Shift-II) Chamonix, France, but they were originally called
Ans. (d): The President of India is the supreme "Winter sports week".
commander of Indian Armed Forces according to Article 1044. In which year, Gymnastic was included in
53(2). The Indian Armed forces are under the Modern Olympic games?
management of the Ministry of Defence (MoD) of the (a) 1896 (b) 1988
Government of India. The responsibility for national (c) 1900 (d) 1972
defence rests with the cabinet. RPF SI 18.01.2019 (Shift - III)
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Ans. (a) : Artistic gymnastics was introduced at the (a) Tibetan Independence Movement
very first Olympic games in 1896 in Athens. At the (b) Discrimination Against Women
Berlin Games (1936), gymnasts for women was added (c) Children not provided training facilities for
to the Olympic. Sports
1045. When did India first take part in the Olympic (d) More funds for Indian Sports
Games? RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) 1972 (b) 1920 Ans. (a) : Baichung Bhutia was the first Indian
(c) 1974 (d) 1928 sportsman to refuse to carry the Olympic Torch Relay
to support the Tibetan Independence Movement. He is a
Ans. (b) : India first sent a team to the Summer
retired footballer.
Olympic Games in 1920. The first Olympic were held
in 1896 in Athens, Greece.
1046. Who among the following was the first Indian (ii) Commonwealth
woman to be nominated to the International
Olympic Committee? 1051. Which of the following countries hosted the
first Commenwealth Games in 1930?
(a) Chanda Kocchar (b) Anjum Chopra
(a) Australia (b) New Zealand
(c) Nita Ambani (d) Mithali Raj (c) Canada (d) England
RRB JE CBT-II 29–08–2019 (evening) RRB JE CBT-II 31.08.2019 IInd Shift
Ans. (c) Nita Ambani has become the first Indian Ans. (c): The first Commonwealth Games were held in
woman member of International Olympic Committee to 1930 in Hamilton, Canada where 11 countries sent 400
be nominated in June 2016 by the IOC Executive athletes to take part in 6 sports and 59 events. The 2022
Board. Commonwealth Games were held in Birmingham,
NOTE : The International Olympic Committee is a non- England.
profit, non-governmental organization. The IOC is 1052. Select the option with the INCORRECT full
responsible for the promotion of Olympic values and is form for the corresponding acronyms.
regarded as the supreme authority of the Olympic (a) CCI : Competition Commission of India
movement. (b) C-DAC: Centre for Development of
1047. Who among the following has won maximum Advanced Computing
medals in Olympics? (c) CHOGM: Commonwealth Heads of
(a) Michael Phelps (b) Larisa Latynina Government Meeting
(c) Mark Spitz (d) Birgit Fischer (d) CITES: Convention on International Trade in
RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Endangered Species
Ans. (a) : Michael Phelps is a American swimmer who RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
won 28 medals (23 gold ,3 silver and 2 bronze) in Ans. (c) : CHOGM (Commonwealth Heads of
Olympic Games. Government Meeting) is a meeting of heads of
1048. In which Olympic games did Milkha Singh Commonwealth Nations. The meeting is organised
finish fourth in the 400 m running final? biennially. It has 54 members from all over the world.
(a) Tokyo Olympic games 1053. Which Nation has hosted the Commonwealth
(b) Rome Olympic games Games five times?
(a) Australia (b) England
(c) London Olympic games
(c) Canada (d) New Zealand
(d) Melbourne Olympic games
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : Australia had hosted the Commonwealth
Ans. (b) : Milkha Singh finished at 4th, behind South Games five times (1938, 1962, 1982, 2006 and 2018).
Africa's Malcolm Spence in the 1960 Rome Olympics
400 metre final race.
1049. In which year did India first participate in the
(iii) Asian Games
Olympic Games?
1054. 2022 Asian Games to be held at-
(a) 1900 (b) 1914
(a) Beijing (b) Hangzhou
(c) 1925 (d) 1923
(c) Shanghai (d) Chengdu
RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift
Ans. (a) : India first participated in the Olympics in
1900 in Paris. The country was represented by alone Ans. (b) : The 2022 Asian Games also known as XIX
athlete Norman Pritchard an Anglo Indian who won Asiad will be held in Hangzhou, Zhejiang, China from
India's first medal at the Olympics in the 200 meters 10 to 25 September 2022.
hurdles. While the country sent its first official 1055. How many times the Asian Games have been
contingent in 1920 in Antwerp, Belgium. held in India?
1050. Baichung Bhutia was the first Indian (a) Three (b) One
sportsman to refuse to carry the Olympic (c) Four (d) Two
Torch Relay to support the – RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d) : Asian Games are known as Asiad. Asian Ans. (b) :
Games have been organized twice in India. The first Country National Games / Sports
Asian Games were organized in 1951 in New Delhi, Mongolia Mongolian Wrestling, Archery
India. Again our country hosted these games in 1982. Pakistan Field Hockey
The 18th Asian Games kicked off in the Jakarta and
Palembang cities of Indonesia in August 2018. Nepal Volleyball
Bangladesh Kabaddi
1056. The suggestion of organising Asian Games was
first made at the ______. 1061. With which of the following sports was
(a) Conference of Asian Countries, New Delhi in Sandeep Michael associated?
1947 (a) Hockey (b) Badminton
(b) Conference of Asian Countries, New Delhi in (c) Football (d) Tennis
1956 R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 30-08-2019 (Shift - III)
(c) Conference of Asian Countries, New Delhi in Ans. (a) : Sandeep Michael is a Bengaluru born
1952. sportsman associated with hockey.
(d) Conference of Asian Countries, New Delhi in
1943
RRB JE CBT-II 29–08–2019 (evening)
(v) Cricket
Ans. (a) In March 1947, Jawaharlal Nehru hosted the
Asian Relations conference held in New Delhi- a 1062. With which of the following sports is Mithali
meeting with a prospect to bring the possibility of Asian Raj associated?
Games under the attention of participating countries. (a) Golf (b) Cricket
Note: Asian Games were regulated by the Asian Games (c) Football (d) Basketball
Federation from 1951 to 1978, Since 1982 Olympic RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (evening)
Council of Asia regulates it. Ans. (b): Mithali Raj is an Indian cricketer and was the
Test and ODI captain of women's national cricket team.
(iv) Hockey 1063. What is the full name of L.B.W. Cricket?
(a) Leg Before Wicket
1057. Lady Ratan Tata Trophy is associated with (b) Leg Between Wicket
which sport? (c) Leg Break Wicket
(a) Badminton (b) Football (d) Leg Beyond Wicket
(c) Hockey (d) Cricket RPF SI 18.01.2019 (Shift - III)
R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 30-08-2019 (Shift - III) Ans. (a) : L.B.W. (Leg Before Wicket) is a rule in
Ans. (c) : Lady Ratan Tata Trophy is a national level cricket to give out to a batsman if he/she is in line of
tournament of women hockey in India. It is named after wicket and ball touches his/her deferring pads without
business tycoon Ratan Tata. touching hand or any other parts.
1058. Which of the following trophies is associated 1064. With which sport is the term 'Beamer'
with hockey? associated?
(a) Santosh Trophy (b) Ranji Trophy (a) Football (b) Cricket
(c) Subroto Cup (d) Bombay Gold Cup (c) Hockey (d) Chess
RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift RPF JE (Electrical) 19.09.2019 (Shift - III)
Ans. (d) : Bombay Gold Cup is associated with Hockey Ans. (b) : Beamer is associated with Cricket, it is a type
whereas Subroto Cup, Santosh Trophy is associated of delivery in which the ball without bounding, passes
with football and Ranji Trophy is associated with above batman waist height.
Cricket. 1065. Who among the following was the first non-
1059. With which of the following tournaments is British President of the MCC (Marylebone
associated hockey? Cricket Club)?
(a) Rangaswamy Cup (b) Davis Cup (a) Ricky pointing (b) Stephen Flaming
(c) Subroto Cup (d) Irani Cup (c) Kumar Sangakkara (d) Sachin Tendulkar
RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a) : Rangaswamy Cup is associated with hockey. Ans. (c): Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), former
It was first held in 1928 as an inter-provincial governing body of Cricket, founded in London in 1787.
tournament to select players for the national team for Former Sri Lankan international cricket player
the Olympics. Davis Cup, Subroto Cup, and Irani Cup Sangakkara became the first non-British President in the
are associated with lawn-tennis, football, and cricket history of MCC.
respectively. 1066. Who was the captain of Indian cricket team
1060. Which of the following country other than when India won the Cricket World Cup in
India has Field Hockey as its National Sport? 1983?
(a) Mongolia (b) Pakistan (a) Ravi Shastri (b) Sunil Gavaskar
(c) Nepal (d) Bangladesh (c) Kapil Dev (d) Mohinder Amarnath
RRB NTPC 11.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 09.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c) : The Indian Cricket team are two times World 1072. The Chinaman style of bowling in Cricket has
Cup Champions. Kapil Dev was named the captain of been named after:
the 1983 India World Cup team. After 28 years India (a) An Indian bowler of Chinese origin
repeated this moment in 2011 in the Captainship of (b) An Australian bowler of Chinese origin
Mahendra Singh Dhoni. (c) An English bowler of Chinese origin
1067. Sachin Tendulkar scored his 100th (d) West Indies bowler of Chinese origin
international cricket century against which RRB NTPC 05.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
team? Ans. (d) : The term is traditionally believed to have
(a) England (b) Australia originated with the former West Indies Spinner Ellis
(c) Bangladesh (d) Pakistan Achong. Back in 1933, England hosted West Indies in
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist a Test match in Old Trafford. Achong bowled an
Ans. (c) : The former Indian Cricket team batsman unexpected delivery from his wrist which got a sharp
Sachin Tendulkar made his 100th century against turn after pitching outside off and got the English
Bangladesh. Sachin is the only person in the world to batsman Walter Robins stumped. From then, left-arm
have 100 centuries in ICC test and One day wrist spinners have been referred to as Chinaman
international matches. bowlers.
1068. When was the first Indian Cricket Club-the 1073. Which country won the first ICC Men's T20
Calcutta Cricket Club established? Cricket world cup title?
(a) 1791 (b) 1793 (a) India (b) England
(c) 1790 (d) 1792 (c) Pakistan (d) West Indies
RRB NTPC 20.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : The first Indian Cricket Club, the Calcutta Ans. (a) : The first ICC Men's T-20 World Cup was
Cricket Club was established in the year 1792. Cricket held in South Africa in 2007 where India defeated
was introduced to India by European merchant sailors in Pakistan in the final match. ICC Men's T20 World Cup
the 18th century. 2021 which was held in the UAE and Oman, won by
Australia by defeating New Zealand.
Note: In fact, Calcutta Cricket Club is the second oldest
Cricket Club in the world, after the Marylebone Cricket 1074. Who is the first batsman to smash 500 sixes in
Club (1787). international cricket?
(a) Chris Gayle (b) Virat Kohli
1069. 'Silly point', 'Slip' and 'Gully' are terms used (c) M.S. Dhoni (d) Rohit Sharma
in:
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Football (b) Cricket
(c) Cycling (d) Hockey Ans. (a) : West Indies opener Chris Gayle has become
the first ever player to smash 500 sixes in international
RRB NTPC 24.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist cricket. He achieved this feat in the One Day
Ans. (b) : ‘Silly point’, ‘Slip’ and ‘Gully’ are the terms International (ODI) series against England.
used for cricket fielding positions.
1070. Indentify the Indian batsman who scored three (vi) Football
consecutive test centuries in his first three
International Cricket test matches. 1075. With which sport is the Rovers Cup
(a) Virat Kohli associated?
(b) Sachin Tendulkar (a) Hockey (b) Cricket
(c) Mohammad Azharuddin (c) Football (d) Rowing
(d) Rahul Dravid RRB Group-D 25-08-2022 (Shift-II)
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : Rovers Cup is associated with football. It is
Ans. (c) : Mohd. Azharuddin made three consecutive an annual football tournament in India and second
centuries in his first three test matches. His international oldest tournament in India. It is organized by Western
playing career came to an end when he was found to be India Football Association.
involved in a match-fixing scandal in 2000 and 1076. Which of the following national sports events is
subsequently banned by the BCCI for life. In 2012, the NOT associated with cricket?
Andhra Pradesh High Court lifted the life ban. (a) Deodhar Trophy
1071. Who is the first batsman in the history of (b) Vijay Hazare Trophy
cricket to score 3 ODI double centuries? (c) Durand Cup
(a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Virender Sehwag (d) Ranji Trophy
RRB Group-D 27-09-2022 (Shift-III)
(c) Virat Kohli (d) Rohit Sharma
Ans. (c) : Durand Cup is related to football, rest of
RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist options are related to cricket.
Ans. (d) : Rohit Sharma is the only player to have 1077. The Santosh Trophy is related to which of the
scored three One-day International(ODI) matches following sports in India?
double centuries including 209, 264 and 208. Sachin (a) Badminton (b) Chess
Tendulkar was the first male cricketer who scored the (c) Football (d) Cricket
first double century (200) in the ODI against South RRB Group-D– 26/09/2022 (Shift-II)
Africa in 2010. RRB Group-D– 26/08/2022 (Shift-II)
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Ans.(c) : Santosh Trophy is an Indian Football Ans. (b) : Santosh Trophy competition is related to
tournament that is played among teams of government football while Dilip trophy, Irani Trophy and Deodhar
institutes and Indian states. The current champion of Trophy are related to cricket.
Santosh Trophy 2022-23 is Karnataka who lifted the
title after 54 long years. The final was played in Riyadh, 1084. Which country has played every FIFA Football
Saudi Arabia, marking the first time that the domestic World Cup since it began ?
title was decided abroad. (a) Germany (b) Brazil
1078. Bendodkar Trophy is associated with which (c) England (d) Spain
sport? RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Football (b) Hockey
(c) Badminton (d) Cricket Ans. (b) : The 21 FIFA World Cup tournaments have
R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 01-09-2019 (Shift - III) been won by eight national teams. Brazil have won five
Ans. (a) : Bendodkar Trophy is an annual football times, and they are the only team to have played in
tournament organized by Goa Football Association. The every tournament. FIFA World Cup 2022 is scheduled
tournament was first started in 1970 on the name of then to take place in Qatar from 21th November to 18th
Chief Minister Dayanand Bandodkar. December, 2022.
1079. Lionel Messi is related to which of the following 1085. Durand Cup is associated with which game?
sports? (a) Football (b) Table Tennis
(a) Basketball (b) Golf
(c) Basket Ball (d) Hockey
(c) Boxing (d) Football
RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : Lionel Messi is an Argentinian professional Ans. (a) : The Durand Football Tournament, also
footballer who plays as a forward for Ligue 1 club Paris known as Durand Cup, is an annual domestic football
Saint Germain and Captains the Argentina National competition in India which was first held in 1888 in
Team. Annadale, Shimla. It is hosted by the Durand Football
1080. With which of following sports is Black Pearl Tournament Society (DFTS). The tournament is
associated? named after its founder, Sir Mortimer Durand, Foreign
(a) Soccer (b) Golf Secretary of British India from 1884 to 1894.The
(c) Snooker (d) Horse Racing tournament is the oldest existing football tournament
RPF JE (Electrical) 19.09.2019 (Shift - III) in Asia.
Ans. (a) : Brazilian Footballer Pele is also known as
'Black Pearl' he was part of the Brazillian national teams 1086. Nixan Gold Cup is associated with which
that won three World Cup Championships (1957, 1962, sport?
1970). (a) Basketball (b) Badminton
1081. ––––––––– has won the FIFA Men's Football (c) Football (d) Volleyball
World Cup the maximum number of times. RRB JE CBT-II 31.08.2019 IInd Shift
(a) Brazil (b) England Ans. (c):
(c) France (d) Germany
RRB NTPC 28.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Sports Cups & Trophy
Ans. (a) : Brazil have won five times, and they are the Football Nixan Gold Cup,
only team to have played in every tournament. The Durand Cup, Santosh
other World Cup winners are Germany and Italy, with Trophy
four titles each.The first competition for the cup was Ashes, Reliance Cup,
Cricket
organized in 1930 by the Fédération Internationale de
Football Association (FIFA) and was won by Uruguay. C.K. Naidu Trophy
1082. Who among the following sportsmen has the Badminton Thomas Cup, Agarwal
nickname 'CR7'? Cup, Chadha Cup
(a) Chris Paul (b) Cristiano Ronaldo Lawn Tennis French Open, U.S Open
(c) Chris Gayle (d) Chris Rea Australian open,
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Wimbledon.
Ans. (b) : Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro was
born on 5 February, 1985 also known as Cristiano (vii) Badminton
Ronaldo, or by his nickname 'CR7', is a Portuguese
professional footballer who plays as a forward. He plays 1087. Narang Cup is associated with which sport?
for Premier League Club Manchester United and is the
(a) Badminton (b) Football
captain of the Portuguese national team.
(c) Hockey (d) Basketball
1083. Which of the following competitions is
associated with football? R.R.B. JE- Stage - II 31-08-2019 (Shift -I)
(a) Duleep Trophy (b) Santosh Trophy Ans. (a) : Narang Cup is associated with badminton.
(c) Irani Cup (d) Deodhar Trophy Beighton cup is associated with Hockey and Santosh
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Trophy is related to Football.
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 Ans. (a) : In the given options double fault is associated
(viii) Chess with Tennis. Double faults nears hitting a faults on the
1088. Priyanka Nutakki is related to which of the second service.
following sports events? 1094. In which year Table Tennis was recognized as
(a) Chess (b) Hockey an Olympic Sports.
(c) Wrestling (d) Badminton (a) 1996 (b) 1988
RRB Group-D– 15/09/2022 (Shift-I) (c) 1972 (d) 1900
Ans. (a) : Priyanka Nutakki is an India chess player. RPF SI 18.01.2019 (Shift - III)
She received the FIDE title of woman International Ans. (b) : The First World Table Tennis
Master (WIM) in 2018.
Championships was held in London in 1926, but the
1089. With which game is Bhagyashree Thipsey Sports had to wait a long time before it was given its
associated? Olympic debut at the 1988 Seoul Games.
(a) Chess (b) Swimming
(c) Football (d) Badminton 1095. Which of the following is NOT one of the
R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 01-09-2019 (Shift - III) Grand Slam tournaments of tennis?
(a) French Open (b) Canadian Open
Ans. (a) : Sports personality Bhayashree Thipsey is a
player of chess. She won five times the Indian women's (c) Wimbledon (d) Australian Open
chess championship and Asian women's Championship RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
in 1991. Ans. (b) : Canadian Open is not a Tennis Grand Slam
1090. The record of being India's youngest Chess tournament.
grandmaster is recorded in which of the Tennis Grand Slams
following?
Grand Slam Duration Court Type
(a) D. Gukesh (b) V. anand
(c) G.N. Gopal (d) Parimarjan Negi Australian Open Mid-January Hard Court
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist French Open May & June Clay
Ans. (a) : At the time when question was asked D. Wimbledon Open June-July Grass
Gukesh at the age of 12 years 7 months and 17 days US Open August- Hard Court
became the second youngest Grandmaster of the world September
& India's youngest Grandmaster. At present Abhimanyu
Mishra is the World's youngest Grandmaster at the age 1096. Which of the following tournaments of Tennis
of 12 years 4 months and 25 days. is played on a clay court?
(a) Roland Garros (b) Wimbledon
(ix) Volleyball (c) US Open (d) Australian Open
RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
1091. In volleyball, spike is also known with the Ans. (a) : The French Open also known as Roland
name of ? Garros is the premier Clay Court Championship in the
(a) Open (b) Protection world. It is the second of the four annual Grand Slam
(c) Drop (d) Smash tournaments. The other three are the Australian Open,
RPF SI 18.01.2019 (Shift - III) Wimbledon Open and the US Open.
Ans. (d) : In Volleyball Spiking is the off play where a
player slams the ball sharply down-wards over the net (xi) Boxing
& into the opposite court, making it difficult for the
opposing team to recover the ball. In Volleyball, spike 1097. What is the boxing field called?
in also known with the name Smash.
(a) Court (b) Ring
(c) Track (d) Diamond
(x) Lawn Tennis RPF SI 11.01.2019 (Shift - II)
1092. Who among the following was the first woman Ans. (b) : A boxing ring often referred simply as a ring
to win Wimbledon title successfully nine times? or the squared circle, is the space in which boxing
(a) Martina Navratilova (b) Monica Seles match occurs.
(c) Chris Evert (d) Steffi Graf 1098. Sushil Kumar won the Olympic medal for:
RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (morning) (a) Shooting (b) Weightlifting
Ans. (a) : Among the following Martina Navratilova is (c) Wrestling (d) Boxing
the first woman to win Wimbledon title successfully
nine times. RRB NTPC 04.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
1093. With which of the following sports is the term Ans. (c) : Sushil Kumar is related to Wrestling. He was
'double fault' associated? born on 20th May 1983 in Delhi. He has won two
(a) Tennis (b) Bridge olympic medals and also gold medals in
(c) Baseball (d) Golf Commonwealth Games. He usually participates in 66kg
RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (morning) free style wrestling.
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 1104. Who launched the beta version of
(xii) Other Major Sports 'Swarajability', India's first Artificial
Intelligence based job platform for persons
1099. The term Breast stroke is related to which with disabilities?
among the following sports. (a) IIT Hyderabad (b) IIT Gandhinagar
(a) Short Run (b) Long Jump (c) IISc Bengaluru (d) IIT Roorkee
(c) Chess (d) Swimming RRB Group-D– 01/09/2022 (Shift-I)
RPF SI 12.01.2019 (Shift - III) Ans.(a) : IIT Hyderabad has jointly developed
Ans. (d) : The term Breast stroke is related to 'Swarajability' – India's 1st Al triggered Job Plateform
Swimming, other term associated with Swimming are for persons with Disabilities with youth4jobs & Visual
Backstroke, Deck, Lap, Lane, Line etc. Quest with support from Kotak Mahindra Bank. Ltd.
1100. With which of the following sports is Ezra Cup 1105. The 'Archaeological Survey of India' is
associated? headquartered in which of the following cities?
(a) Rugby (a) Kolkata (b) Chandigarh
(b) Foot Volleyball (c) Mumbai (d) Delhi
(c) Polo RRB Group-D 24-08-2022 (Shift-III)
(d) Equestrian show jumping Ans. (d) : The 'Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) is
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist an Indian Government agency that is responsible for
Ans. (c) : The Ezra Cup is a popular Polo tournament archaeological researches and the conservation and
conducted annually in India by the Calcutta Polo Club. preservation of cultural and historical monuments in the
It claimed that, it is the first official Polo trophy in country. It was founded in 1861 by Alexander
history. The first Ezra Cup was held in 1880. Cunningham who also became its first Director General.
1106. Who has launched the first Indian Virtual
9. Major Research Centres/ Institute Science Lab for children under the CSIR
Jigyasa programme?
1101. ‘Kendriya Hindi Sansthan’ has head office at (a) Dharmendra Pradhan
which place as on July 2022? (b) Dr. Jitendra Singh
(a) Varanasi (b) Prayagraj (c) Amit Shah
(c) New Delhi (d) Agra (d) Dr. Virendra Kumar
RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-I) RRB Group-D 23-08-2022 (Shift-I)
Ans. (d) : ‘Kendriya Hindi Sansthan’ has head office a Ans. (b) : Dr. Jitendra Singh has launched the first
Agra as on July 2022. It has eight centres. Indian Virtual Science Lab for children under the CSIR
1102. How many language universities are located in Jigyasa programme. Virtual labs provide remote access
India as on June 2022? to simulation based labs in various disciplines of
science and engineering. Also they enthuse students to
(a) 6 (b) 16
conduct experiments by arousing their curiosity.
(c) 26 (d) 20
RRB Group-D 24-08-2022 (Shift-II) 1107. Where in India is the Sree Sankaracharya
University of Sanskrit situated?
Ans. (a) : In India, 6 language universities exist as of (a) Kerala (b) Maharashtra
June 2022.
(c) West Bengal (d) Assam
(i) Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit
Vidyapeeth, New Delhi RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-I)
(ii) Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeeth, Tirupati Ans. (a) : Sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit is
(iii) English and Foreign Languages University, situated in the state of Kerala.
Hyderabad 1108. Which of the following language institutes is
(iv) Mahatma Gandhi Antarshtiya Hindi located in Maharashtra?
Vishwavidyalaya, Wardha (a) Maulana Azad National Urdu University
(v) Maulana Azad National Urdu University, (b) Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi
Hyderabad Vishwa Vidyalaya
(vi) Rashtriya Sanskrit Santhan, New Delhi (c) English and Foreign Languages University
1103. Where is the Maulana Azad National Urdu (d) Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidyapeetha
University located? RRB Group-D– 29/08/2022 (Shift-II)
(a) Hyderabad (b) Patna Ans.(b) : The language institute Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Aligarh (d) Bhopal Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwa Vidyalaya is located in
RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-I) Maharashtra.
Ans. (a) : Maulana Azad National Urdu University is a 1109. Rashtriya Sankrit Vidhyapeetha, Tirupati
Central University located in the city of Hyderabad in elevated to the status of a Central University in
the India state of Telangana. It was named after _____.
Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. India's first minister of (a) 2020 (b) 2018
education, a freedom fighter in India's struggle for (c) 2021 (d) 2022
independence. RRB Group-D– 06/10/2022 (Shift-III)
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Ans.(a) : Rashtriya Sanskrit Vidhyapeetha, Tirupati 1115. Where is the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya
elevated to the status of a Central University in 2020. Hindi Vishwa Vidyalaya located?
Now its name has been changed to National Sanskrit (a) Madhurai (b) Vijayawada
University. (c) Thiruvananthapuram (d) Wardha
1110. Identify the name of the fellowship that is RRB Group-D– 15/09/2022 (Shift-III)
launched by the Department of Science and Ans. (d) : Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya
Technology (DST), Government of India, to Viswavidayalya is a Central University located in
recognise, encourage and support translational Wardha, Maharashtra.
research by Indian nationals. 1116. Kendriya Hindi Sansthan an autonomous
(a) CV Raman Technology Innovation National educational institution established in 1960 by
Fellowship the Department of Higher Education of the
(b) Dr. Homi Jahangir Bhabha Technology Ministry Education, Government of India.
Innovation National Fellowship Where is its headquarters located?
(c) Vikram Sarabhai Technology Innovation (a) Meerut (b) Lucknow
National Fellowship (c) Kanpur (d) Agra
(d) Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation RRB Group-D– 02/09/2022 (Shift-II)
National Fellowship Ans. (d) : Central Institute of Hindi (Kendriya Hindi
RRB Group-D– 06/10/2022 (Shift-II) Sansthan) is an autonomous educational institution
established in 1960 by the Department of Higher
Ans.(d) : Abdul Kalam Technology Innovation Education of the Ministry of Education, Government of
National Fellowship is launched by the Department of India. Its headquarter is located in Agra (Uttar Pradesh).
Science and Technology (DST), Government of India, 1117. Where is 'Center for Space Science and
to recognize, encourage and support translational Technology Education in Asia-Pacific
research by Indian nationals. (CSSTEAP) located?
1111. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit (a) Jaipur (b) Mumbai
University is located at______. (c) Dehradun (d) Bengaluru
(a) New Delhi (b) Lucknow RRB NTPC 12.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Jaipur (d) Dehradun Ans. (c) : The Centre for Space Science and
RRB Group-D– 05/09/2022 (Shift-I) Technology Education in Asia Pacific region
Ans. (a) : Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit (CSSTEAP) has been contributing significantly in
University, formerly Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya capacity building in Asia pacific. It was established in
Sanskrit Vidyapeetha, is a Central University, located in 1995 and headquartered in Dehradun.
New Delhi, India. It was established on 8 October 1962. 1118. Where is the Central Potato Research Institute
1112. In which city of India will you find Shri Lal of India located?
Bahadur Shastri Rashtriya Sanskrit (a) Shimla (b) Delhi
Vidyapeetha? (c) Lucknow (d) Ranchi
(a) Mumbai (b) Agra RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) New Delhi (d) Bengaluru Ans. (a) : Central Potato Research Institute → Shimla
RRB Group-D– 22/09/2022 (Shift-II) Indian Agricultural Research Institute → New Delhi
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. Indian Sugarcane Research Institute → Lucknow
1113. Shri Lal Bahadur Shastri National Sanskrit Central Rice Research Institute → Cuttack
University is located in: Central Tobacco Research Institute → Rajahmundry
(a) Pune (b) Lucknow Indian Iron Research Institute → Ranchi
(c) Jaipur (d) New Delhi 1119. Where is one of the leading centers of Indian
RRB Group-D 14-09-2022 (Shift-I) Space Research Organization, Satish Dhawan
Space Centre located?
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. (a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Rajasthan
1114. Which of the following schemes is formulated (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
to mitigate gender disparity in science and RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
engineering research funding in various
Ans. (a) : Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO)
Science & Technology programs in Indian was founded on 15 August, 1969. It was founded under
academic institutions and R & D laboratories? the chairmanship of renowned space scientist Dr.
(a) SERB-ENERGY (b) SERB-CONTROL Vikram Sarabhai. The Satish Dhawan Space Center is
(c) SERB-DRIVE (d) SERB-POWER the main satellite launch center of the Indian Space
RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-II) Research Organization. It is located in Sriharikota of
Ans. (d) : SERB-POWER (Promoting Opportunities for Andhra Pradesh. It was established on 1 October 1971.
Women in Exploratory Research) program is 1120. Maitri and Dakshin Gangotri are research
formulated to mitigate gender disparity in science and centers located in
engineering research funding in various science and (a) Antarctica (b) North America
technology programs in India academic institutions and (c) South America (d) Oceania
R & D laboratories. RRB NTPC 05.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : Dakshin Gangotri (South Gangotri) was the 1126. Which of the following is not the Indian
first scientific base station of India situated in research station in Antarctica?
Antarctica, established on 26 Jan, 1982. Maitri also (a) Himalaya (b) Bharati
known as Friendship research center is India's second (c) Dakshin Gangotri (d) Maitri
permanent research station in Antarctica as part of RRB NTPC 16.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Indian Antarctic Programme established in 1989.
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
1121. South Gangotri is a research base station
established by Indian Scientist. Where is it 1127. Which of the following is India's first Arctic
located? research station?
(a) Kaveri Basin (b) Sri Lanka (a) Bharati (b) Maitri
(c) Antarctica (d) Sundarban Delta (c) Himadri (d) Dakshin Gangotri
RRB ALP & Tec. (10-08-18 Shift-III) RRB JE CBT-II 31.08.2019 IInd Shift
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c): Himadri 'the Adobe of Snow' is India's first
1122. The Botanical Survey of India is located at: research station located at the International Arctic
(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata Research Base, Svalbard, Norway. It was inaugurated
(c) New Delhi (d) Mysore on 1 July 2008. As of today India has two operational
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist research station in Antarctica named Maitri (Since
1989) and Bharati (Commissioned in 2012).
Ans.(b) The Botanical Survey of India (BSI) was
established on 13 February 1890 in the then Royal 1128. At end of 2015, how many research station
Botanical Garden (RBG), Calcutta, now Kolkata, West were established at Antarctica by India?
Bengal. It was established with the objectives of exploring (a) 2 (b) 3
the plant resources of the country and identifying plant (c) 4 (d) 5
species with economic virtue. In 1954, the government RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
reorganized the BSI under Government of India, Ministry Ans. (b): Antarctica continent is also known as "the
of Environment, Forest and Climate Change continent dedicated to science". India started its first
1123. What is name of India's first research station Antarctic expedition in 1981-82 and it was done under
located at the International Arctic Research leadership of Sayed Zahoor Qasim starting on 9th
Base Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway? January 1982. India established its first research center
(a) Maitri (b) Himadri for scientific experiment on this continent as Dakshin
(c) Dakshin Gangotri (d) Bharathi Gangotri at Antarctica while the second is "Maitri"
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (1989) and third is 'Bharati' (2012).
Ans. (b) : Himadri 'the abode of snow' is India's first 1129. Where is located the headquarter of Indian
research station located at the International Arctic Council Agricultural Research?
Research base, Ny-Alesund, Svalbard, Norway. It is (a) New Delhi (b) Bengaluru
located at a distance of 1,200 kilometers from the North
Pole. It was inaugurated on the 1st July, 2008 by Shri (c) Dehradun (d) Mumbai
Kapil Sibal the Former Minister of Science and RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II)
Technology and Earth Science, in the presence of Ans: (a) The headquarter of Indian Council
dignitaries from Norway, UK, Germany, and other Agricultural Research (ICAR) is located in New Delhi.
countries besides India. National Centre for Polar and It was established in the year of 1911 in Bihar, and
Ocean Research (NCAOR) as nodal agency make sure shifted to Delhi in 1929.
availability of the requisite facilities at the Himadri. 1130. The headquarter of Tea Board of India is
Dakshin Gangotri-the first, Maitri- the second and located in :
Bharti, India's latest research station in Antarctica.
(a) Guwahati (b) Kolkata
1124. Which of the following is NOT an Indian (c) New Delhi (d) Darjiling
research base at Antarctica?
(a) Dakshin Gangotri (b) Bharati RRB Group-D 01-11-2018 (Shift-II)
(c) Maitri (d) Dakshin Yamunotri Ans. (b) The headquarter of Tea board of India is
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist located in Kolkata. Tea Board is a regulatory body of
Government of India, that monitors and controls
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. production of Tea.
1125. What is the name of the research station seat
up by India in Antarctica in the year 2012? 1131. Where is the headquarters of Coffee Board of
India located?
(a) Hind (b) Sagarika
(a) Darjiling (b) Bengaluru
(c) Bharati (d) Dhruva
(c) Tiruvananthapuram (d) Guwahati
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB Group-D 12-11-2018 (Shift-I)
Ans. (c) : India presently has two active research
stations at Antarctica namely ‘Maitri’ and ‘Bharati’. Ans. (b) Coffee is produced mainly in hilly areas of the
New station ‘Bharati’ has just been constructed in south Indian states with Karnataka having largest
2012 and commissioned in March, 2013. Maitri station producer of coffee with about 70% of total production
has been in operation since 1989.India’s first Indian of India. The Coffee Board of India was formed in the
station was ‘Dakshin (south) Gangotri’ which served year 1942. It is headquartered at Bengaluru in
from 1983 to 1988. Karnataka, it is an autonomous body.

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1132. Tata Istitute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) Ans. (a) : Indian Statistical Institute (ISI) grew out of
is situated at____. the Statistical laboratory set up by Prasanta Chandra
(a) Pune (b) Mumbai Mohalanobis in Presidency College, Kolkata. It was
(c) Bengaluru (d) New Delhi established in 1931. Its headquarter is in Baranagar,
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-I) West Bengal.
Ans. (b): Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) 1138. Where is ONGC headquarters located?
is situated at Mumbai in India. Tata Institute of (a) Dibrugarh (b) Kandla
Fundamental Research is national centre for nuclear (c) Visakhapatnam (d) Dehradun
science and mathematics working under Department of RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Atomic Energy, Government of India. It is also a Ans. (d): Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) is
university that offers postgraduate and Ph.D programme. an Indian multinational oil and gas company earlier
1133. Tropical Forest Research Institute is located in headquartered in Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. As a
the state of- corporation, it's registered office is now at New Delhi,
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Tamil Nadu ONGC was founded on 14th August 1956 by
Government of India.
(c) Kerala (d) Madhya Pradesh
R.R.B. JE. Stage - II 01-09-2019 (Shift - III) 1139. Which of the following statements is not
Correct regarding the Tata Institute of
Ans. (d) : Tropical Forest Research Institute is located Fundamental Research?
in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh. It works under the Indian (a) A National Center of the Government of India
Council of Forestry Research and Education (ICIRE) of (b) A Private Sector Institution
the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate
(c) Aided by Department of Atomic Energy
Change, Government of India.
(d) Deemed University
1134. India's first National Centre for Marine Bio– RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
diversity (NCMB) is located in–
Ans. (b) : Tata Institute of Fundamental Research is a
(a) Mumbai (b) Puducherry
National Centre of the Government of India, under
(c) Bhavnagar (d) Jamnagar
the umbrella of the Department of Atomic Energy, as
RRB JE CBT-II 31.08.2019 IInd Shift well as a deemed University awarding degrees for
Ans. (d): India's first National centre for Marine master's and doctoral programs. The Institute was
Biodiversity is situated in Jamnagar, Gujarat for founded in 1945 with support from the Sir Dorabji
safeguarding the biodiversity of the coastal areas. It was Tata Trust under the vision of Dr. Homi J. Bhabha.
inaugurated in 2011. At TIFR, basic research in Physics, Chemistry,
1135. Where is India's the first oceanarium being set Biology, Mathematics, Computer Science and
up? Science Education are carried out.
(a) Mumbai (b) Goa 1140. Tata Institute of Fundamental Research was
(c) Kochi (d) Vishakhapatnam set up under the vision of:
RRB JE CBT-II 31.08.2019 IInd Shift (a) Srinivasa Ramanujan
Ans. (c): Kochi in Kerala, nick named the land of God's (b) Dr. Homi J Bhabha
Own country set up India's first oceanarium in 2010. An (c) Dr. CV Raman
oceanarium is a simulated ocean and contains all living (d) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
organisms found in the water body inducing large RRB NTPC 11.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
species like Whales and Shark. Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
1136. Where is the National Geophysical Research 1141. Where is the Tata Institute of Fundamental
Institute (NGRI) located? Research situated?
(a) Jamshedpur (b) Hyderabad (a) Mumbai (b) Calcutta
(c) Mumbai (d) Jaipur (c) Chennai (d) Bengaluru
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage IInd RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (b): The National Geophysical Research Institute Ans. (a) : Tata Institute of Fundamental Research
(NGRI) is located in Hyderabad. NGRI is a geoscientific situated in Mumbai.
research organization established in 1961 under the 1142. In which year was the Raja Ramanna Centre
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), for Advanced Technology established?
India's largest research and development organization (a) 1984 (b) 1981
CSIR was established by the government of India on 26 (c) 1989 (d) 1961
September 1942 and headquarter of CSIR is New Delhi
RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
The founder of CSIR is Arcat Ramaswamy Mudaliar and
Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar. Ans. (a) : Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced
Technology is a unit of Department of Atomic Energy,
1137. Where is Indian Statistical Institute located? Government of India, engaged in Research &
(a) Kolkata (b) Raipur Development in areas of lasers and a particle
(c) Hyderabad (d) Mumbai accelerators. It was established in 1984 and
RPF SI 24.12.2018 (Shift - I) headquarterd in Indore, Madhya Pradesh.
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1143. Where is Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced research on nuclear and accelerator technologies and
Technology, a unit of the Department of industrial establishments. It was founded by Homi
Atomic Energy situated? Jehangir Bhabha as Atomic Energy Establishment,
(a) Jammu (b) Patna Trombay (AEET) in January 1954.
(c) Mumbai (d) Indore 1148. The earlier name of Bhabha Atomic Research
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Centre was :
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. (a) Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited
1144. Where is the headquarters of Nuclear Power (b) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research
Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)? (c) Atomic Energy Establishment, Trombay
(a) Kanpur (b) Guwahati (d) Bharatiya Nabhikiya Vidyut Nigam
(c) Delhi (d) Mumbai RRB NTPC 11.01.12021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
Ans. (d) : Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited 1149. What is the full form of BARC?
(NPCIL) is headquartered in Mumbai, Maharashtra . It (a) Bhabha Aromatic Research Center
was created in September 1987 under the Companies (b) Bhabha Atomic Rehabilitation Center
Act 1956, with the objective of undertaking the design, (c) Bhabha Aerospace Research Center
construction, operation and maintenance of the atomic
(d) Bhabha Atomic Research Center
power stations for generation of electricity in pursuance
of the schemes and programmes of the Government of RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
India under the provision of the Atomic Energy Act, Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question.
1962." All nuclear power plants are operated by the 1150. Where is the headquarters of the Zoological
company. Survey of India ?
1145. The Sahitya Academy is headquartered at: (a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata
________, (c) New Delhi (d) Mysuru
(a) Bangalore (b) New Delhi RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Hyderabad (d) Mumbai Ans. (b) :The Zoological Survey of India (ZSI), was
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist founded on 1 July, 1916 by the Government of India
Ans. (b) : The headquarters of Sahitya Academy is Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change.
located at New Delhi. Sahitya Academy is an Its headquarters is in Kolkata.
organisation dedicated to the promotion of literature in 1151. Match the following companies with their
the languages of India. It was founded in 1954. It headquarters.
organises national and regional workshops and A Bharat Heavy 1 Mumbai
seminars, provides research and travel grants to authors. Electricals Limited
1146. The headquarters of Bharat Electronics B Coal India Limited 2 Bengaluru
Limited is located at:
(a) New Delhi (b) Bengaluru C Bharat Petroleum 3 Kolkata
(c) Mumbai (d) Chennai Corporation Limited
RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist D Bharat Electronics 4 New Delhi
Limited
Ans. (b) : Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is an
Indian Government-owned aerospace and defence Code
electronics company. It primarily manufactures A B C D
advanced electronic products for ground and aerospace (a) 4 3 1 2
applications. BEL is one of nine PSUs under the (b) 4 3 2 1
Ministry of Defence of India. It has been granted (c) 4 2 1 3
Navratna status by the Government of India. Its (d) 3 2 1 4
headquarters is in Bengaluru. RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1147. Which institute is known as the mother of Ans. (a) :
institutions involved in research on nuclear and
accelerator technology ? Major Companies Headquarter
(a) Bhabha Atomic Research Centre Bharat Heavy Electricals Limited New Delhi
(b) Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced Coal India Limited Kolkata
Technology Bharat Petroleum Corporation Mumbai
(c) Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research limited
(d) Variable Energy Cyclotron Centre Bharat Electronic Limited Bengaluru.
RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Therefore option (a) is the correct
Ans. (a) : Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC) answer.
is the mother of the R&D institutions such as Indira 1152. The headquarter of the Archaeological Survey
Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) of India is located in:
Kalpakkam, Raja Ramanna Centre for Advanced (a) Jodhpur (b) New Delhi
Technology (RRCAT), Variable Energy Cyclotron (c) Mumbai (d) Jaipur
Centre (VECC), etc., which carry out pioneering RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (b) : The Prime Minister of India, Shri Narendra Ans. (b) : The Indian Atomic Energy Commission was
Modi, inaugurated ‘Dharohar Bhawan’ – the new set up on 3 August, 1948 under the late Department of
headquarters building of the Archaeological Survey of Scientific Research. A resolution passed by the
India (ASI) at 24 Tilak Marg in New Delhi. It is under the Government of India later replaced the commission by
Ministry of Culture, and was established in the year 1861. "Atomic Energy Commission of India" on 1 March,
It is the premier organization for the archaeological 1958 under the Department of Atomic Energy with
researches and protection of the cultural heritage of the more financial and executive powers headquartered in
nation. Mumbai, Maharashtra
1153. Select the pair that is matched correctly (the 1158. Where is the Physical Research Laboratory
institute to the city is based in). (PRL) which is national research institute for
(a) Central Potato Research Institute - Dehradun space and allied sciences located?
(b) Central Leather Research Institute - Salem (a) Thiruvananthapuram (b) Banglore
(c) Central Arid Zone Research Institute - Jodhpur (c) Ahmedabad (d) Hyderabad
(d) Central Drug Research Institute- Kanpur RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : The Physical Research Laboratory is also
Ans. (c) : Central Potato Research Institute - Shimla known as cradle of space sciences in India. It was
Central Leather Research Institute - Chennai founded in 1947 by Dr. Vikram Sarabhai. It is located in
Central Arid Zone Research Institute - Jodhpur Ahmedabad, Gujarat.
Central Drug Research Institute - Lucknow 1159. In which city the forest survey of India is
1154. Forest Research Institute of India is located at located under the ministry of environment of
_____. India?
(a) Guwahati (b) Dehradun (a) New delhi (b) Dehradun
(c) Shimla (d) Trivandrum (c) Bhopal (d) Guwahati
RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (b) : Ans. (b) : Forest Survey of India is the chief
Institution Location organization for surveying forest cover in the country. It
Forest Research Institute Dehradun, Uttarakhand functions under the Ministry of Environment and Forest
Central Ayurveda Guwahati, Assam and Climate Change. It is headquartered in Dehradun,
Research Institute Uttarakhand and was founded in 1981. It prepares the
State of forest report.
Central Potato Research Shimla, Himachal
Institute Pradesh 1160. National Environmental Engineering Research
Institute (NEERI) is located at:
Rajiv Gandhi Center for Thiruvananthapuram,
Biotechnology Kerala (a) Indore (b) Pune
(c) Nainital (d) Nagpur
1155. Where is the headquarters of the National
Institute of Oceanography located? RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Vishakhapatnam (b) Mangalore Ans. (d) : The CSIR-National Environmental
(c) Chennai (d) Goa Engineering Research Institute (CSIR-NEERI) is a
RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist research institute created and funded by the
Government of India. It was established in Nagpur in
Ans. (d) : The National Institute of Oceanography, 1958 with a focus on water supply, sewage disposal,
founded on 1 January 1966 as one of 37 constituent communicable diseases, and to some extent on industrial
laboratories of the CSIR, it is an autonomous research pollution and occupational diseases found common in
organization in India to undertake scientific research
post-independent India. It is a pioneer laboratory in the
and studies of special oceanographic features of the
Northern Indian Ocean. Headquartered is in Goa, it has field of environmental science and engineering and part
regional centres in Kochi, Mumbai and Vizag. of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
(CSIR). It has five zonal laboratories in Chennai, Delhi,
1156. Where is Indira Gandhi Institute of Hyderabad, Kolkata, and Mumbai. NEERI falls under the
Development Research (IGIDR) situated? Ministry of Science and Technology (India) of the central
(a) Ranchi (b) Mumbai government.
(c) Bhopal (d) Bengaluru
1161. The Central Drug Research Institute is situated
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist in:
Ans. (b) : Indira Gandhi Development Research (a) Delhi (b) Hyderabad
Institute is situated in Mumbai. It is a highly advanced (c) Mumbai (d) Lucknow
research institution. It was established in 1987. Dr. Kirit
Parikh was the first director of the institution. RRB NTPC 29.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) : Central Drug Research Institute is a
1157. Where is the headquarters of Atomic Energy
multidisciplinary research laboratory in Lucknow
Commission of India located ? employing scientific personnel from various areas of
(a) Bengaluru (b) Mumbai biomedical sciences. The research institute was
(c) Thiruvanthapuram (d) Hyderabad formally inaugurated on 17 Feb, 1951 by PM,
RRB NTPC 03.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Jawaharlal Nehru.
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1162. Where is the headquarters of Geological 1167. Where is the Indian Institute of Science
Survey of India located? located?
(a) Mumbai (b) Kolkata (a) Kanpur (b) Bangalore
(c) Bhopal (d) Ahmedabad (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
RRB NTPC 23.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Ans. (b) : The Geological Survey of India was
established in March 1851. Its main task is to conduct Ans. (b): Indian Institute of Science is situated in
geoscientific surveys and mineral resource assessment, Bangalore, Karnataka. It was established in 1909 by the
air borne and marine survey geo-environment and Indian government.
natural hazards studies, glaciology etc. It is Indian Institute of Pulses Research - Kanpur
headquartered in Kolkata and it has six regional offices Bhabha Atomic Research Center - Mumbai
which are in Lucknow Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, National Biodiversity Authority - Chennai
Shilong and Kolkata.
1168. Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts is
1163. Banaras Hindu University is situated in which
state? headquartered at ............. ?
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Uttar Pradesh (a) New Delhi (b) Kolkata
(c) Jharkhand (d) Bihar (c) Lucknow (d) Mumbai
RRB JE - 23/05/2019 (Shift-I) RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-I)
Ans. (b): Banaras Hindu University formerly Central Ans. (a): Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts is a
Hindu College, is a public central university situated in premier government funded arts organization. It is
Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh. It was established jointly in headquartered in New Delhi. It is an autonomous
1916 by the Maharaja of Darbhanga Rameshwar Singh, institute under the Union Ministry of Culture. It was
Madan Mohan Malaviya, Sunder Lal and British established in the memory of Indian Prime Minister
theosophist Annie Besant. It is the largest residential Indira Gandhi in 1985 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi.
university in Asia with a area of 4000 acres of land in
two different campuses. 1169. In which of the following cities is the Central
1164. In which of these cities is the Indian Institute of Rice Research Institute situated?
Petroleum located? (a) Kolkata (b) Hyderabad
(a) Kochi (b) Dehradun (c) Delhi (d) Cuttack
(c) Visakhapatnam (d) Kandla RRB JE - 24/05/2019 (Shift-II)
RRB JE - 02/06/2019 (Shift-II) Ans. (d): Central Rice Research Institute is situated in
Ans. (b) Indian Institute of Petroleum is situated in Cuttack, Odisha. It was set up in 1946. It came under
Dehradun in Uttrakhand state of India. It is one of the Indian Council of Agriculture Research (ICAR) in
constituent laboratories of the Council of Scientific and 1966, now known as National Rice Research Institute
Industrial Research (CSIR). It was established in 1960 (NRRI).
dedicated to hydrocarbon sector. Its objectives include
applied research leading to the development of 1170. Where is Indian Forest Research Institute is
technologies, products and processes in the area of situated?
petroleum refining and Petrochemicals. (a) New Delhi (b) Lucknow
1165. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (c) Dehradun (d) Bhopal
(TRAI) is headquartered in which city? RRB JE - 27/05/2019 (Shift-II)
(a) Kolkata (b) New Delhi Ans. (c): Indian Forest Research Institute is located at
(c) Hyderabad (d) Mumbai Dehradun in Uttrakhand. It is an institute of the Indian
RRB Group-D 15-11-2018 (Shift-III) Council of Forestry Research and Education. It was
Ans. (b) : TRAI is a statutory body set up by the founded in 1906.
Government of India under section 3 of the Telecom
Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997. It is the 1171. Where is Salar Jung Museum located?
regulatory body of Telecommunications sector in India. (a) Kolkata (b) Ahmedabad
TRAI was founded on 20 Feb, 1997. (c) Delhi (d) Hyderabad
1166. Which private university has a campus in RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-II)
Modinagar N.C.R.? Ans. (d): The Salar Jung Museum is an art museum
(a) SRM Institute of Science and Technology located at Dar-ul-shifa, on the southern bank of the
(b) Galgotias University Musi River in the city of Hyderabad, Telangana, India.
(c) Amity University It has a collection of sculptures, paintings, carvings,
(d) Manipal University textiles, carpets and furniture from Japan, China,
RRB Group-D 12-12-2018 (Shift-III) Burma, Nepal, Persia, Egypt, Europe and North
Ans. (a) The SRM Institute of Science and America. It is one of the largest museums in the world.
Technology, Modinagar NCR, Ghaziabad was 1172. Sahitya Akademi is located in which city of
established in the year 1997. It is the constituent of the
SRM Institute of Science and Technology Chennai. It is India?
a leading world-class private Institute, offering degrees (a) Varanasi (b) Nagpur
and research programs in Science, Engineering and (c) New Delhi (d) Bangalore
Management. RRB Group-D 04-12-2018 (Shift-II)
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Ans. (c): Sahitya Akademi is located in New Delhi. The 1177. In which city is the headquarters of Indira
Sahitya Akademi is a India's National Academy of Gandhi National Center for Arts located?
letters and is an organization dedicated to the (a) Pune (b) New Delhi
promotion of literature in the languages of India. It was (c) Mumbai (d) Kolkata
formally inaugurated by the government of India on 12
RRB NTPC 20.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
March 1954. It annually confers the Sahitya Akademi
Award for writers of the most outstanding books of Ans. (b) : The headquarters of Indira Gandhi National
literary merit published in any of the 24 major Indian Center for Arts is located in New Delhi. It is a center for
languages, i.e. English, Rajasthani and the 22 listed Educational Research and diffusion in the field of arts.
languages in the 8th schedule of the Indian constitution. It was established in 1987 as an autonomous body by
1173. The Sahitya Academy is mainly devoted to the Ministry of Culture of Government of India.
promote which field? 1178. In which of the following cities is the Indian
(a) Drama (b) Music National Centre for Ocean Information
(c) Literature (d) Dance style Services (INCOIS) located?
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II) (a) New Delhi (b) Chennai
Ans. (c): The Sahitya Academy is mainly devoted to (c) Kolkata (d) Hyderabad
promotion of literature. RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1174. Which of the following museum is situated in Ans. (d) : INCOIS (The Indian National Centre for
Kerala? Ocean Information Services) is an autonomous
(a) Dakshinachitra Museum organization of the Government of India under the
(b) Salar Jung Museum Ministry of Earth Sciences, located in Hyderabad.
(c) Albert Hall Museum INCOIS is mandated to provide the best possible ocean
(d) Napier Museum information and advisory services to society, industry
RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist government agencies and the scientific community
Ans. (d) : The Napier Museum is an art and natural through sustained ocean observation.
history museum situated in Thiruvananthapuram, 1179. In which of the following Indian states is the
Kerala, India. The museum has been named after the
Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL)
former Madras Governer-General John Napier.
Impressed by the traditional Kerala style architecture, situated?
Lord Napier in 1872 CE assigned, the architect of the (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar pradesh
Government of Madras, Robert Fellowes Chisholm, to (c) Karnataka (d) Tamil Nadu
build this royal structure. RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Whereas, the location of other museums are- Ans. (c) Central Institute of Indian languages (CIIL)
Dakshinachitra Museum → Chennai, Tamil Nadu was established in 1969 in Mysore, Karnataka under the
Salar Jung Museum → Hyderabad, Telangana aegis of Ministry of Human Resource and Development
Albert Hall Museum → Jaipur, Rajasthan (Ministry of Education). CIIL was established to co-
1175. Where is the NSE (National Stock Exchange of ordinate the development of Indian languages, to bring
India) headquartered? about the essential unity of Indian languages through
(a) Chennai (b) Mumbai scientific studies, promoting inter-disciplinary research,
(c) New Delhi (d) Pune contributing to mutual enrichment of languages and
RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist thus contributing towards emotional integration of the
Ans. (b) : National Stock Exchange of India Limited people of India.
(NSE) is the leading stock exchange of India, located in
the Mumbai city of Maharashtra state. It is under the 10. World Heritage Site of India
ownership of some leading financial institutions, Banks,
and Insurance companies. The NSE was established in 1180. The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a Roman Catholic
1992 as the first dematerialized electronic exchange in Basilica located in the state of ............. and is a
the country. Present Chairman & Public Interest UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Director of NSE is Mr. Girish Chandra Chaturvedi and
MD and CEO is Mr. Vikram Limaye. (a) Kerala (b) Meghalaya
(c) Goa (d) Andhra Pradesh
1176. In which year did Jawaharlal Nehru lay the RRB Group-D 07-10-2022 (Shift-I)
foundation stone of the National Museum in
New Delhi ? Ans. (c) : The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a Roman
(a) 1965 (b) 1950 Catholic Basilica located in Goa, Konkan region of
(c) 1960 (d) 1955 India.
RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 1181. The 40th Indian site to be inscribed on the
Ans. (d) : The foundation stone or the corner stone of UNESCO World Heritage List is located in the
the National Museum of India, New Delhi was laid by state of ___.
the Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru on 12 May, (a) West Bengal (b) Uttar Pradesh
1955. It was prepared by the Maurice Gwyer (c) Bihar (d) Gujarat
Committee in May 1946. RRB NTPC (State-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-II)
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Ans. (d) : In July, 2021, UNESCO declared the old city caves are actually Buddhist, Hindu and Jain religious
of Dholavira (Gujarat) as India's 40th world heritage monuments carved in the rock. They were given the
site. The site also became the first site of Indus Valley status of World Heritage Site in 1983.
Civilization in India to be included in the list of 1186. Which railway station is a part of UNESCO's
UNESCO World Heritage sites. The United Nations World Heritage Sites ?
Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (a) Lokmanya Tilak Terminus
(UNESCO) is a specialized agency of the United (b) Anand Vihar Terminus
Nations (UN). It is formed in 16 November 1945 and its (c) Kolkata Terminus
headquarter is situated in Pairs (France) (d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
1182. The churches and convents of Goa were added RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites in Ans. (d) : There are two UNESCO World Heritage
the year ____. Sites on Indian Railway, these are the Chhatrapati
(a) 1984 (b) 1989 Shivaji Terminus, formerly known as Victoria
(c) 1986 (d) 1983 Terminus Station, in Mumbai(2004) and the
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-II) Mountain railways of India. Mountain railways of
Ans. (c) : Churches and convents of Goa is the name India is not contiguous, but consists of three separate
given by UNESCO to a set of religious monuments railway lines located in different parts of the country.
located in Goa, which were declared a World Heritage • The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, a narrow
Site in 1986. gauge railway in West Bengal (1999).
1183. Hampi was declared a World Heritage Site by: • The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, a metre gauge
(a) UNO (b) IMF railway in the Nilgiri Hills in Tamil Nadu (2005).
(c) WHO (d) UNESCO • The Kalka-Shimla Railway, a narrow gauge
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist railway in the Shivalik mountains in Himachal
Ans. (d) : Hampi was declared as a World Heritage Site Pradesh (2008).
by UNESCO, in 1986. It was the capital of 1187. Which of the following site was declared World
Vijayanagara Empire in the 14th century. It was Heritage Sites due to unique natural
prosperous, wealthy and grand city near the environment by UNESCO in 1985?
Tungabhadra River, in Karnataka. It was the world's (a) Champaner - Pavagadh Archaeological Park -
second largest medieval era city after Beijing. Gujarat
1184. Which of the following pairs is not correctly (b) Manas Wildlife Sanctuary - Assam
matched (UNESCO Natural Heritage Site to its (c) Caves of Elephanta - Maharashtra
location)? (d) Sundarban National Park - West Bengal
(a) Elephanta Caves - Karnataka RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(b) Sunderbans National Park - West Bengal
(c) Sun Temple - Odisha Ans. (b): Manas Wildlife Sanctuary was declared a
(d) Fatehpur Sikri - Uttar Pradesh World Heritage Site in 1985 by UNESCO. It acquired
RRB NTPC 15.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the status of a biosphere reserve in 1989. It is a major
Ans. (a) : UNESCO (United Nations Educational national park in India. It is known for its rare and
Scientific and Cultural Organisation) prepares a World endangered endemic wildlife such as Indian rhinoceros,
Heritage Site list and places them in "Places" of wild buffaloes (only pure strain of buffalo in India)
significant cultural or physical specialization, in this list. Roofed Turtle, Hispid Hare, Golden Langur and Pygmy
As per July 2021, total 40 Heritage sites are in India in Hog.
which. Champaner - Pavagadh Archaeological Park - Gujarat
Cultural sites – 32, Natural sites –7, Mixed sites –1 in 2004,
The correct match is - Elephanta Caves - Maharashtra in 1987 and
Site Places Sundarban National Park - West Bengal in 1987 are
Elephanta Caves Maharashtra included in the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Sundarban National Park West Bengal 1188. Valley of Flowers National Park declared as a
Sun Temple Odissa World Heritage Site of UNESCO and is located
Fatehpur Sikri Uttar Pradesh in which state?
Dholavira Gujarat (a) Karnataka (b) Jammu and Kashmir
1185. As per UNESCO, Ellora caves are group of (c) Sikkim (d) Uttarakhand
how many caves? RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-I)
(a) 34 (b) 36
Ans. (d): Valley of Flowers National Park is located in
(c) 32 (d) 38 the state of Uttarakhand, North India. It was declared a
RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist national park in 1982 further it was declared a World
Ans. (a) : Ellora is a UNESCO World Heritage Site Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2005. It gained
from Aurangabad district, as per the UNESCO importance as a region containing a diversity of Alpine
comprising more than 34 rock-cut caves. The complex flora, Himalayan alpine shrub and meadows ecoregion.
has caves from Buddhist, Hindu, and Jain faith. It is Extra facts-
famous for the exceptional monolithic shrine of Kailash
Mandir. Ellora dates back to about 1,500 years ago, and * The Netherland is known as land of flowers.
is the epitome of Indian rock-cut architecture. The 34 * Bulgaria is known as land of roses.

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1189. Which of the following site is not included in Ans. (a): Rashtrapati Bhavan (Delhi) is not included in
the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list? the World Heritage Site of UNESCO whereas the
(a) Kaziranga National Park Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (Mumbai), Taj Mahal
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal (Agra) and Sun Temple (Konark Odisha) were included
(c) Keoladeo National Park in World Heritage Sites of UNESCO in 2004, in 1983,
and in 1984 respectively.
(d) The Leaning Temple of Huma Konark Sun Temple which is based in Odisha is
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III) depicted on the reverse side of the Indian currency note
Ans. (d) : The Leaning Temple of Huma is not included of Rs. 10 to signify its importance in the Indian Cultural
in the UNESCO World Heritage Sites list it is located in Heritage.
the state of Odisha in India. This temple is dedicated to 1193. The three mountain railways of India are
the Hindu God Lord Bimaleshwar Shiva. collectively designated as a UNESCO World
Keoladeo National Park is a vast bird sanctuary in Heritage Site. Which of the following does not
Rajasthan. come under these three railways?
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal is situated in Mumbai. (a) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway
Kaziranga National Park is located in Assam. (b) Nilgiri Mountain Railway
(c) Kashmir Railway
1190. Group of Monuments at Mahabalipuram on of (d) Kalka - Shimla Railway
the " UNESCO World Heritage Site" founded RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
by the Pallava kings is in _____ district of ___.
Ans. (c): The mountain railways of India are the railway
(a) Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu lines that were built in the mountains of India. Three of
(b) Kanchipuram, Tamil Nadu them, the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, the Nilgiri
(c) Sivagangai, Tamil Nadu Mountain Railway and the Kalka - Shimla Railway, are
(d) Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu collectively called as a UNESCO World Heritage Site
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-I) under the name 'Mountain Railway of India'.
Ans. (b): Mahabalipuram is also known as The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway received the World
Heritage Site tag first in 1999 followed by the Nilgiri
Mamallapuram, It's known for its temples and mountain railway is 2005.
monuments built by the rules of Pallava dynasty in the
The Kalka- Shimla Railway received the honor in 2008.
7th and 8th centuries. It was named after Pallava king The Toy Train is a nickname of Darjeeling Himalayan
Narsimhavarman I, who was also known as Mahabali Railway. It is a narrow-gauge railway that links the
Kanchipuram was the capital of Pallava dynasty. It is Siliguri and Darjeeling.
famous for temples in form of chariots and the shore 1194. What is the name of the famous church located
temple ededicated to Shiva. Thanjavur is famous for in Goa where the Mummy of St. Francis
Brihadshvara Temple. Xavier is kept and it is also in the list of
1191. In March 2016, which of the following UNESCO World Heritage Sites?
biosphere reserve was included in UNESCO (a) Basilica of Bom Jesus
World Network of Biosphere Reserves? (b) Our Lady of the Mount
(a) Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve (c) Sacred Heart of Jesus
(b) Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve (d) Saint Mary's Basilica
(c) Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(d) Simlipal Biosphere Reserve Ans. (a): The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a Roman
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-III) catholic basilica located in Goa. It is a part of the
Churches and convents of Goa UNESCO World
Ans. (a): Agasthyamala Biosphere Reserve became part Heritage Site and holds the mortal remains of St.
of World Network of Biosphere Reserves of UNESCO's Francis Xavier. It was made by Portuguese.
in 2016. It is located in the Southernmost end of the The Basilica of Our Lady of the Mount, more
Western Ghats and it is located in both Kerala and commonly known as Mount Mary Church is located in
Tamil Nadu state. It is the habitat of 2000 varieties of Mumbai. St. Mary's Basilica is located in Bangalore.
medical plants, of which at least 50 are rare and 1195. The World Heritage Site Basilica of Bom Jesus
endangered species. is located in which state?
Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve is located in Tamil Nadu. (a) Goa (b) Andhra Pradesh
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is in Uttarakhand and (c) Tamil Nadu (d) Kerala
Simlipal Biosphere Reserve is located in Mayurbhanj RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
district of Odisha. There are 18 biosphere reserves in Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
India.
1196. Which among the following place is not
1192. Find the odd one out in relation to the World included in the list of UNESCO World
Heritage Site. Heritage Site in India?
(a) Rashtrapati Bhavan (a) Rani Ki Vav, Gujarat
(b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus (b) Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminal, Maharashtra
(c) Taj Mahal (c) Bhimbetka Caves, Madhya Pradesh
(d) Sun Temple (d) Bara Imambara, Uttar Pradesh
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Ans. (d): Bara Imambara is not listed in UNESCO Ans. (d): The Victoria Memorial is a Museum which is
World Heritage Site. It is based in the Lucknow of Uttar situated in Kolkata, West Bengal, which was built
Pradesh. It was built by Nawab Asaf-ud-Daula in 1784 between 1906 and 1921. It was dedicated to the Queen
and its designer was Kifayat-ullah who is said to be a Victoria.
relative of the architect of the Taj Mahal. 1201. The Khajuraho Group of Monuments is a
Rani Ki Vav is a step well situated in the town of Patan UNESCO World Heritage Site located in–
in Gujarat. It is located on the banks of Saraswati River. (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Uttar Pradesh
Its construction is attributed to Udayamati, queen of the (c) Uttarakhand (d) Chhattisgarh
11th century Solanki dynasty and spouse of Bhima I. RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Bhimbetka rock shelters exhibits the earliest traces of
human life in India and evidence of stone age starting at Ans. (a): The Khajuraho group of monuments is a
the site and referred to as a Buddhist site as well. group of Hindu temples and Jain temples in Chhatarpur
district of Madhya Pradesh. The temples are famous for
The Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus is located in their Magara-style architectural symbolism and their
Mumbai. It was designed by British born architectural erotic sculptures. The temple were built between 885
engineer Frederick William Stevens. Now it is the AD and 1050 AD by the Chandela dynasty. The temples
headquarters of India's Central Railway. were given the World Heritage Site status in 1986.
1197. Which of the following sites was added to the 1202. Which two Indian cities were added to the
list of UNESCO World Heritage Site in July creative city network of UNESCO in December
2016? 2015?
(a) Kanchenjunga National Park, Sikkim (a) Varanasi and Jaipur
(b) Mahabodhi Temple Complex, Bodhgaya (b) Ayodhya and Gwalior
(c) Kaziranga wildlife Sanctuary (c) Dwarka and Vallabhi
(d) Keibul Lamjao National Park, Manipur (d) Madurai and Ujjain
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-I) Stage IInd RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a): Kanchenjunga National Park is located in Ans. (a): Two Indian cities, Varanasi and Jaipur on 11th
Sikkim. It was added to the UNESCO World Heritage December 2015 ware added to the creative city network
Sites list in July 2016, becoming the first 'Mixed of the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural
Heritage' site of India. Organization (UNESCO) for the first time ever.
Mahabodhi Temple complex, Bodhgaya is located in Varanasi is UNESCO city of music while Jaipur is the
Bihar. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It is an city of crafts and Folk Arts.
ancient Buddhist temple, built to mark the site where
the Buddha is said to have attained enlightenment. 1203. Which of the following site has not been
Keibul Lamjao National Park is based in Manipur. It is selected by UNESCO as a World Heritage
Site?
the only floating park in the world.
(a) Matheran Hill Station
1198. Which of the following site was listed as World (b) Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Station
Heritage Site by UNESCO in 2016?
(c) Kalka Shimla Railway Line
(a) Mountain Railway of India
(d) Nilgiri Mountain Railway.
(b) Western Ghats
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Kanchenjunga National Park
(d) Chharapati Shivaji Terminal - Mumbai Ans. (a): Matheran is a hill station in the state of
Maharashtra. It is one of the smallest hill stations in
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage IInd India. It is located on the Western Ghats range at an
Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question. elevation of around 800 meter above sea level. It is
1199. Victoria Memorial Hall, a UNESCO World Asia's only automobile-free hill station but it is not
Heritage Site is located in which city of India? included in the World Heritage Site list of UNESCO.
(a) Mumbai (b) Chennai UNESCO added Darjeeling Himalayan Railway, Kalka-
(c) Kolkata (d) Delhi Shimla Railway line and Nilgiri Mountain Railway to
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist World Heritage Site list in 1999, in 2008 and in 2005
respectively.
Ans. (c): The Victoria Memorial, one of the top
historical places in Kolkata, is the brainchild of Lord 1204. The World Heritage Site having the
Curzon, a Viceroy of India. When Queen Victoria, who architectural work of Le Corbusier is located
was the Empress of British India, died in January 1901, in–
Curzon suggested the creation of a grand memorial to (a) Kochi (b) Chandigarh
honor her. It was designed by William Emerson. Queen (c) Goa (d) Puducherry
Victoria became the figure head of India after the Sepoy RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Mutiny of 1857 and ruled till her death. Ans. (b): Chandigarh is the one of the beautiful cities in
1200. The Victoria Memorial Monument work as__. India. It was designed by the Swiss-French modernist
(a) A Railway station architect Le Corbusier. Apart from the city's
(b) A Art gallery architecture and buildings he designed like Capitol
complex, High Court, Secretariat, Legislative Assembly
(c) A Centre of education and giant Open Hand Monument. It is also famous for
(d) A Museum its clean roads and greenery. It was added to the
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist UNESCO World Heritage Site list in 2016.
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1205. The UNESCO World Heritage Site Rani-Ki- 1210. Which of the following cities is famous for the
Vav is located at– iconic 'Kumbh Mela'?
(a) Shimla, Himachal Pradesh (a) Prayagraj (b) Lucknow
(b) Patan, Gujarat (c) Surat (d) Ahmedabad
(c) Konark, Odisha RRB Group-D– 26/08/2022 (Shift-III)
(d) Jodhpur Rajasthan Ans. (a) : The city of Prayagraj is famous for the iconic
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage Ist 'Kumbh Mela'.
Ans. (b): 'Rani ki Vav' is located in the town of Patan in Kumb Mela is a celebrated in every 12 years.
Gujarat. This was the best example of water 1211. Shri Bhagavan Mahavir Govt. Museum is
management in ancient India. It was declared a located in :
UNESCO World Heritage Site in 2014. It is featured on
the new Rs. 100 note by RBI. It is located on the banks (a) Maharashtra (b) Andhra Pradesh
of the Saraswati River; this is one of the oldest and (c) Karnataka (d) New Delhi
finest step wells and is remarkably preserved. RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-III)
1206. Which of the following city is architecturally Ans. (b) : Bhagwan Mahavir Government Museum is
planned city? an archeological museum located in the Kadapa city of
(a) New Delhi (b) Bengaluru Andra Pradesh. It was established in 1982.
(c) Mumbai (d) Chandigarh 1212. Which state in India will you find the The
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians?
Ans. (d): Chandigarh was one of the early planned cities in (a) Bihar (b) Meghalaya
post independence India and is internationally known for (c) Karnataka (d) West Bengal
its architecture and urban design. The master plan of the RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-III)
city was prepared by Swiss French architect Le Corbusier. Ans. (b) : The Cathedral of Mary Help of Christians is
The word Chandigarh literally means Chandi Garh or fort located in the Indian State of Meghalaya.
of Goddess Chandi, a name derived from a temple situated
nearby in Panchakula. Administratively, it falls under 1213. Surajkund Mela, also known as the
central government of India as union territory and is the international crafts fair, is held in____.
capital of both states of Haryana and Punjab. (a) Haryana (b) Gujarat
(c) Odisha (d) Uttarakhand
11. World Famous Places RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-I)
Ans. (a) : The Surajkund Mela, also known as
International Craft Fair is a handicraft fair organized
1207. Urgelling Gompa is found in the Indian state of about 40km from Delhi at Surajkund in the Faridabad
............... district of Haryana.
(a) Uttarakhand (b) Sikkim 1214. Valley of the kings-one of the most important
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Arunachal Pradesh archaeological sites in the world is located
RRB Group-D 25-08-2022 (Shift-III) in____.
Ans. (d) : Urgelling Gompa is found in the Indian state (a) Thailand (b) Norway
of Arunachal Pradesh. Urgelling Gompa is beloved to (c) Egypt (d) Turkey
be the birthplace of his Holiness the 6th Dalai Lama. RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-I)
1208. The famous Haji Ali Dargah is located in which Ans. (c) : Valley of the kings-one of the most important
of the following cities? archaeological sites in the world is located in Egypt. It
(a) Delhi (b) Ajmer is also known as the Valley of the gates of kings.
(c) Mumbai (d) Hyderabad 1215. The National Library of India is situated at?
RRB Group-D– 17/08/2022 (Shift-II) (a) Kolkata (b) New Delhi
Ans. (c) : The famous Haji Ali Dargah is located in the (c) Chennai (d) Mumbai
city of Mumbai, in India. Haji Ali Dargah houses the RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
mortal remains of a 15th-century Sufi Saint, Pir Haji Ali Ans. (a) : The National Library of India is located in
Shah Bukhari. Belvedere Estate, Alipore, Kolkata, India. It is India's
largest library by volume and public record. The
1209. The famous Jagannath Temple is located in
National Library came into being in the place of the
which of the following cities ? Imperial Library by the Imperial Library (Change of
(a) Varanasi (b) Ayodhya Name) Act in 1948. It is also a legal deposit Library of
(c) Madurai (d) Puri India, where books published in the country are
RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-II) deposited under Delivery of Books Act, 1954.
Ans.(d) : Jagannath Temple is an important Hindu 1216. India's 'Statue of Unity' is situated in the state
Temple dedicated to Jagannath (A form of Vishnu) of:
located in Puri, Odisha. The temple was built by the (a) Gujarat (b) Tamil Nadu
Ganga Dynasty king Anantavarmar Chodaganga in 10th (c) Karnataka (d) Maharashtra
century CE. RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : In 2018, Prime Minister Narendra Modi 1221. ..................is a religious city located in the state
inaugurated the 'Statue of Unity'. It is located in the of Maharashtra, India?
Gujarat on the bank of Narmada River in the Kevadiya (a) Shirdi (b) Rajgir
Colony, facing the Sardar Sarovar Dam. It was built in (c) Somnath (d) Kushinagar
honour of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel. It is the tallest RRB Group-D 31-10-2018 (Shift-II)
statue in the world. It is at a height of 182 m and is 23 m Ans. (a): Shirdi is a town in the state of Maharashtra. It
taller than China's spring Temple Buddha statue and is known as the home of reverend spiritual leader Sai
almost double the height of 'Statue of Liberty' (93 m) in Baba and as a major pilgrimage site. Devotees gather
USA. daily at the Sai Baba Temple complex to honor his
1217. 'Amar Jawan Jyoti' was established under legacy.
............. in January 1972. 1222. Where is Tawang Monastery located?
(a) Gateway of India (a) Assam (b) Nagaland
(b) Wagah Border (c) Arunachal Pradesh (d) Mizoram
(c) India Gate RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(d) Jaisalmer war Memorial Ans. (c): Tawang Monastery is located in Tawang city
RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist of Tawang district in the Indian state of Arunachal
Ans. (c) : The Amar Jawan Jyoti is an Indian memorial Pradesh. It is the largest monastery in India and second
constructed after the Indo-Pak War of December 1971. largest in the world after the Potala Place in Lhasa,
It burns day & night under the arc of India Gate as a Tibet. It is an important pilgrim center for the followers
tribute to the Indian martyrs. Prime Minister Indira of Buddhism. It was founded by Mera Lama Lodre
Gandhi first paid homage to Indian Soldiers at India Gyasto in 1680.
Gate on the eve of 23rd Republic Day on 26 January 1223. India's largest post office is situated in which
1972. Now, the government has put out the eternal city?
flame of the Amar Jawan Jyoti underneath India Gate (a) Bengaluru (b) Chennai
and merged it with the one instituted at the national war (c) Mumbai (d) Hyderabad
memorial in 2019 a few hundred meters away. RRB JE - 29/05/2019 (Shift-II)
1218. The Kedarnath temple is located in the ............ Ans. (c): India's biggest post office also known as
district of Uttarakhand. General Post Office is located in Mumbai and it is the
(a) Haridwar (b) Tehri Garhwal central post office of the city of Mumbai. It was formed
(c) Rudraprayag (d) Uttarkashi in 1794 in the vicinity of Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus.
RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist India's earliest postal system was started by Lord Clive
in 1766. During the rule of Warren Hastings, Governor
Ans. (c) : Kedarnath temple is located in Rudraprayag General of British India, the post office was first
district of Uttarakhand. It is one of the most Paramount established on 31 March 1774 at Calcutta, followed in
location for worshipers of Shiva. It is one of the four 1778 at Madras and 1792 at Bombay.
sites in India's Char Dham Pilgrimage. Badrinath
temple is located in Chamoli district of Uttarakhand. 1224. Where is the world's highest post-office
located?
1219. In which Indian state "Namdroling (a) Assam
Monastery" is located
(b) Himanchal Pradesh
(a) Andhra Pradesh (b) Sikkim
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Karnataka (d) Jammu and Kashmir
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB JE - 27/06/2019 (Shift-III)
Ans. (d) : Namdroling Monastery is located in Mysuru Ans. (b): The highest post office in the world is located
district of Karnataka. It is the largest teaching centre of in Hikkim village of Himachal Pradesh It is situated at
the school of Tibetan Buddhism known as Nyingmapa. an elevation of 4400 meter (14,400 ft). India has the
It is spread over an area of 80 square feet and was built largest postal network with around 156000 branches in
from Bamboo which was donated by the Indian the world.
Government to the Tibetans in exile.
1225. Peter's Square is located in which of the
1220. Which continent have the highest number of following country?
World Heritage Sites? (a) Athens (b) Berlin
(a) Asia (b) Europe (c) Washington (d) Vatican City
(c) South America (d) Australia RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-III) Ans. (d): St. Peter's Square is a large plaza, located
Ans. (b): Europe continent has the highest World directly in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican
Heritage Site. The list of World Heritage Sites is given City. The Vatican city is the smallest independent state
by UNESCO. As of July 2021, a total number of 1154 in the world and resisdence of the spiritual leadership of
World Heritage Sites exist across 167 countries with the Roman Catholic Church. It is situated in Europe
897 cultural, 218 natural and 39 mixed properties. continent. Its territory is surrounded by the Italian
China and Italy are the countries with the most sites on capital city Rome. Its capital is Vatican City and
the list. currency is Euro.

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1226. Kurukshetra, the famous battle field Ans. (a): Amritsar is the largest and most important city
mentioned in epic Mahabharata is located near in Punjab state of India. It is historically also known as
____. Ramdaspur. It was founded by Guru Ramdas, the fourth
(a) Rawalpindi (b) Meerut Sikh Guru in the Sikh tradition. He constructed a pool
(c) New Delhi (d) Ambala City here and founded Golden temple which was completed
RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist by his successor Guru Arjan Dev.
Ans. (d): The battle-field of the Mahabharata, 1231. Where is the 'forbidden city' located?
Kurukshetra is located in Haryana, 50 km to the east of (a) Vietnam (b) Myanmar
the Ambala city in Haryana. It is known for the battle (c) Greece (d) China
between the Kauravas and Pandavas in the RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Mahabharata. It is believed that this is the place where Ans. (d) : Forbidden City is imperial palace complex
Krishna recited Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna. According to at the heart of Beijing (Peking), China. It was
legend, it was named after the king Kuru, who was from commissioned in 1406 by the Yongle emperor of the
the Bharat Dynasty and was the ancestor of Pandavas Ming dynasty, it was first officially occupied by the
and Kauravas in Mahabharata. court in 1420. It was so named because access to the
1227. In which of the following city is Indira Gandhi area was barred to most of the subjects of the realm.
Memorial Tulip garden situated? Government functionaries and even the imperial
(a) Chandigarh (b) Mysore family were permitted only limited access; the emperor
(c) Srinagar (d) Darjeeling alone could enter any section at will. The 178-acre (72-
RRB NTPC 09.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist hectares) compound was designated a UNESCO World
Heritage Site in 1987.
Ans. (c): Indira Gandhi Memorial Tulip garden is
located in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, India. It is 1232. Where is the Golden temple of Dambulla
spread over an area of about 30 hectares and is situated located?
on the foothills of Zabarwan Range with an overview of (a) Amritsar (b) Sri Lanka
Dal lake. It is Asia's largest Tulip garden with a new (c) Indonesia (d) Malaysia
high-tech cold storage facility for safekeeping of RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
delicate tulip bulbs. Ans. (b): The Golden Temples of Dambulla also known
1228. Where is the Vivekananda Rock Memorial as Dambulla cave temple is a World Heritage Site
located. located in Sri Lanka. It symbolizes the great Buddhist
(a) Cochin (b) Kolkata Culture in ancient Sri Lanka.
(c) Kanyakumari (d) Chennai 1233. Famous Canton Tower is located in which
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-II) country?
Ans. (c): The Vivekananda Rock Memorial is located in (a) China (b) Turkey
Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu. It is a popular tourist (c) Kuwait (d) Dubai
monument in Kanyakumari and was built in 1970 in RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
honour of Swami Vivekananda. He delivered an iconic Ans. (a): Canton Tower is situated in the Haizhu district
and eloquent speech at the Chicago convention of of Guangzhou, China. It has height of 604 meters,
parliament of religions on September 11 in 1893. making it the second tallest tower in the world after
Introducing Hinduism to the world, he spoke about Tokyo Skytree (Tokyo Japan). It has Height of 634 m.
intolerance, religion and the need to end all forms of 1234. Where is Angkor Archaeological Park
fanaticism. situated?
1229. Which village in Shivamogga district of (a) Cambodia (b) Thailand
Karnataka uses Sanskrit in everyday (c) Myanmar (d) Nepal
conversation? RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(a) Jhiri (b) Ganoda Ans. (a): Angkor Archaeological Park is situated in
(c) Mattur (d) Shyamsundarpur northern Cambodia. It is one of the most important
RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist archaeological sites in southeast asia. It is home to the
Ans. (c): Mattur is a village near the city of Shivamogga in magnificent temple ruins of Angkor. The temples ruins
Karnataka state, known for the usage Sanskrit for day-to- contained, between the 9th and 12th century AD the
day communication, although the general language of the pinnacle of ancient Khmer architecture, art and
state is Kannada. It is a tiny hamlet on the banks of the civilization of Khmer Empire.
perennial river Tunga. Sanskrit is the primary sacred 1235. Where is the world's largest statue of Jesus
language of Hinduism, and has been used as a Christ?
philosophical language in the religions of Hinduism, (a) Brazil (b) Mexico
Buddhism, and Jainism. (c) Italy (d) Peru
1230. Which of these places was founded by Guru RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ramdas in 1577? Ans. (b): The largest statue of Jesus Christ, Cristo Rey,
(a) Amritsar (b) Ludhiana height 20.5 meter (67 feet) is situated in the state of
(c) Chandigarh (d) Jalandhar Guanajuato in Mexico. It was completed in 1944 and
RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-III) bears the hallmarks of the Art Deco movement.
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1236. In which country is Golden Rock Pagoda 1242. Basilica of Bom Jesus is located in............ .
situated? (a) Fort Kochi (b) Goa
(a) Sri Lanka (b) Myanmar (c) Mumbai (d) Chennai
(c) Nepal (d) China RRB Group-D 27-11-2018 (Shift-I)
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (b) : The Basilica of Bom Jesus is a Roman
Ans. (b): Golden Rock Pagoda, also called the catholic basilica located in Goa. It was commissioned
Kyaiktiyo Pagoda is one of the most sacred Buddhist by the religious order of the Jesuit, its construction
sites. It is located near Kyaikto in Mon state of began in 1594 and the church was consecrated in 1605.
Myanmar. The country is also known as Burma and It was built specifically to house the relics of St. Francis
called the Golden land. Its capital city is Naypyidaw Xavier.
and its largest city is Yangon (Rangoon). 1243. Which of the following was built by ancient
1237. The World Heritage Site Pashupatinath Incas city of petra?
Temple is located_____. (a) Petra city (b) Hagia Sophia
(a) Peshawar (b) Kabul (c) Machu Pichhu (d) Arcopolis
(c) Kathmandu (d) Multan RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (c): Machu Picchu was built by ancient Incas city
Ans. (c): The Pashupatinath Temple is a famous and of petra Machu Picchu is a UNESCO World Heritage
sacred Hindu temple complex that is located on the Site declared by UNESCO in 1983. It is a 15th century
banks of the Bagmati river, approximately 5 km Inca citadel located in the Eastern cordillera of southern
northeast of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal. It is Peru.
inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage Site's list. It 1244. Where is the World Heritage Site and
is dedicated to Lord Shiva and was built by Licchavi historical sanctuary of Machu Picchu?
king Prachanda Dev in the 5th century and later (a) China (b) Japan
renovated by Malla kings.
(c) Victnam (d) Peru
1238. Where is 'Fountain of Wealth' located? RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-I)
(a) Singapore (b) Thailand
Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
(c) Saudi Arabia (d) London
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II) 1245. 'Kaaba' most sacred place in Islam located in
Mecca is also known by the name _____.
Ans. (a): The ‘Fountain of Wealth’ was listed in the (a) Masjid-Al-Haram
Guinness Book of World Records in 1998 as the largest
fountain in the world. It is located in the hub of one of (b) Masjid-Al- Emir-Abdelkadir
Singapore's largest shopping malls, the Sun Tec City. (c) Abu Darwish Mosque
At present the world's largest fountain is 'Palm (d) Mazar-e-Sharif
Fountain' of Dubai in UAE. RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-III)
1239. Temple Trees, is the official residence of the Ans. (a): Masjid-Al-Haram is a mosque that completely
Prime Minister of which of the following encircles 'Kaaba' the holiest site of Islam. It is located in
countries? the city of Mecca, Saudi Arabia and it is the largest
(a) Nepal (b) Myanmar mosque in the world's.
(c) Sri Lanka (d) Bangladesh
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-I) 12. Famous Personalities
Ans. (c): Temple Trees, is the official residence of the
Prime Minister of Sri Lanka. It is located in Colombo.
1246. Who among the following is popularly known
1240. Where is Notre-Dame Cathedral located? as 'Waterman of India'?
(a) California (b) Leeds (a) Dr. Arun Krishnsnan
(c) Belgium (d) Paris (b) Dr. Rajendra Singh
RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Dr. Hiralal Chaudhuri
Ans. (d): Notre- Dame Cathedral is situated in Paris, (d) Dr. MS Swaminathan
capital of France. It is also called Notre- Dame de Paris. RRB Group-D 19-09-2022 (Shift-I)
It is one of the first examples of French gothic
Ans. (b) : Rajendra Singh is an Indian water
architecture.
conservationist and environmentalist from Alwar
1241. Which is the most energy efficient city in the district, Rajasthan in India, he is also known as
world? "Waterman of India".
(a) Vancouver (b) Reykjavik 1247. The Swaminarayan Sampraday was
(c) Denmark (d) Malmo established by Bhagwan Swaminarayan over
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 200 years ago in the present day state of
Ans. (b): Raykjavik is the capital and largest city of _______.
Iceland. It is the most energy efficient city in the world. (a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Himachal Pradesh
It relies on renewable hydropower and geothermal (c) Gujarat (d) Rajasthan
plants. RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-I)
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Ans. (c) : The Swaminarayan Sampraday was 1253. Pandit Jasraj, an Indian classical vocalist,
established by Bhagwan Swaminarayan over 200 years belongs to which gharana?
ago in the present day state of Gujarat. (a) Kirana (b) Mewati
1248. Which of the following persons played the (c) Gwalior (d) Agra
shehnai at the Red Fort to celebrate the RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-I)
occasion of India's independence in August Ans. (b) : Pandit Jasraj (1930-2020) was an Indian
1947? classical vocalist, who belongs to Mewati Gharana.
(a) Ali Ahmed Hussain Khan Pandit Jasraj ji was a recipient of various prestigious
(b) Anant Lal awards including Padma Shri (1975), Padma Bhusan
(c) Bismillah Khan (1990) and Padma Vibhusan (2000). Mewati Gharana
(d) Vasant Desai was founded by Ustad Ghagge Nazir Khan and Ustad
Wahid Khan in the late 19th century at the Holkar court.
RRB NTPC (State-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-II)
1254. Who said the following sentence?
Ans. (c) : Bismillah Khan played the Shehnai on 15th
August 1947 at the Red fort to celebrate the occasion of "What's in a name? That which we call a Rose
India's independence. by any other name smell as sweet"
(a) Catherine Wells (b) Willian Dafoe
1249. Sangeet Ratnakar, the earliest known treatise (c) William Shakespeare (d) Edmund Mallon
on music was composed by ____ .
RRB Group-D 12-11-2018 (Shift-I)
(a) Amir Khusru (b) Tansen
(c) Muhammad Shah (d) Sharangdev Ans. (c) : William Shakespeare used the quotation
"What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-I) other would smell as sweet." in his play Romeo and
Ans. (d) : Sangeet Ratnakar is one such treatise of Juliet. He was an English dramatist, poet, and actor. He
Indian classical music which is recognized on the basis is considered by many to be the greatest dramatist of all
of both Hindustani as well as Carnatic Music. The time. His important works are Romeo and Juliet, Julius
treatise was composed by Pt. Sharangdev. The Sangeet Caesar, Hamlet, Macbeth, etc.
Ratnakar is also called ‘Saptadhyayi’ as it consists of 1255. Who is the proponent and the propagandist of
seven chapters. 'Art of Living'.
1250. _____ was a blind poet who sang the glory of (a) Pandit Ravi Shankar (b) Swaminarayan
Krishna in his collection by the name (c) Sahajanand Swami (d) Sri Sri Ravi Shankar
'Sursagar'. RRB Group-D 28-09-2018 (Shift-II)
(a) Surdas (b) Chaitanya
Ans. (d) : Sri Sri Ravi Shankar is the proponent and the
(c) Vidyapati (d) Virdas propagandist of 'Art of Living'. He is a spiritual leader
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –14/06/2022 (Shift-II) and founder of the Art of Living foundation (founded
Ans. (a) : Surdas was a blind poet who sang the glory 1982), which aims to relieve individual stress, societal
of Krishna in his collection 'Sursagar'. Surdas was born problems and violence. It is a humanitarian and
to a Saraswat Brahmin family in about 1478 C.E. and educational Non Government Organization (NGO).
the name of his father was Ramdas Bairagi. As a poet 1256. Banaras Hindu University which completed
he has great contributions to Vatsalya Ras. Majorly, he 100 years in February 2016 was founded by__.
used to write in the Braj language of 'Braj' which is (a) Gulzari Lal Nanda
considered as the native language of Vrindavan. (b) Madan Mohan Malviya
1251. The National Unity Day is celebrated in India (c) Jai Prakash Narayan
on the birth anniversary of ………. . (d) Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
(a) Indira Gandhi RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(b) Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Ans. (b): Madan Mohan Malviya was an Indian scholar,
(c) Mother Teresa educational reformer, and politician notable for his role in
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel the Indian independence movement. He was respectfully
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-II) addressed as Pandit Madan Mohan Malviya and also
Ans. (d) : The National unity day is celebrated on 31 called as Mahamana. He strived to promote modern
October in India on the birth anniversary of Sardar education among Indians and eventually cofounded
Vallabhbhai. Banaras Hindu University (BHU) at Varanasi in 1916.
1252. Which of the following traditional language has He was posthumously conferred with Bharat Ratna,
been used in Bhoona composed by Shankar India's highest civilian award in 2014.
dev? 1257. Who among the following founded the Banaras
(a) Malayalam (b) Brajawali Hindu University?
(c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit (a) Madan Mohan Malaviya
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –13/06/2022 (Shift-I) (b) Gopala Krishna Gokhale
(c) Lala Lajpat Rai
Ans. (b) : Brajawali language was used in Bhoona
composed by Shankaradeva. He used this language in (d) Jawahar Lal Nehru
his composition of Bargeet and Ankiyanaat. It is a R.R.B. JE- Stage - II 31-08-2019 (Shift -I)
traditional monologue of Assam. Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.

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1258. Who was the first Indian bodybuilder to win Ans. (c): On 2 October, 2016 the United Nations released
the title of Mr. Universe? a postal stamp on the 100th birth anniversary of
(a) Manohar Aich (b) Premchand Karnataka music artist of India in honor of the late M.S.
(c) Manotosh Roy (d) Molloy Roy Subbulakshmi, valued at Rs. 79.83 (1.20$). She was the
RRB JE - 24/05/2019 (Shift-III) first Indian to perform at UN and the first musician to be
Ans. (c): Monotosh Roy was the first Indian awarded the Bharat Ratna.
bodybuilder, who held the Mr. Universe title in Group
III Amateur Division in 1951. He was the first Indian 1265. Who was the first Indian to be elected as the
and Asian to be awarded the Mr. Universe title. President of the United Nations?
1259. Who is the only Indian to receive the highest (a) Vijaylakshmi (b) Indira Gandhi
civilian award from both India and Pakistan? (c) Annie Besant (d) Sarojini Naidu
(a) Indira Gandhi (b) Morarji Desai RRB JE-25/05/2019 (Shift-II)
(c) Charan Singh (d) V. P. Singh Ans. (a): Vijaylakshmi Pandit was the first Indian to be
RRB JE - 27/06/2019 (Shift-III) elected as the President of the United Nations General
Ans. (b): Morarji Desai is the only Indian to receive the Assembly. She was the daughter of Motilal Nehru and
highest civilian award from both India and Pakistan. He sister of Jawaharlal Nehru.
was also the fourth Prime Minister of India. He was
conferred with Pakistan's highest civilian award Nishan- 1266. Name the only US President who has also
E- Pakistan in 1990 and Bharat Ratna, India's highest served as the Chief Justice of the US Supreme
civilian award in 1991. Court?
1260. "That's one small step for man, one giant leap (a) Lyndon B. Johson
for mankind" has been said by whom? (b) Zachary Taylar
(a) Lindon (b) Riched Nixon (c) John Quincy Adams
(c) Neil Armstrong (d) Yuri Gagarin (d) William Howard Taft
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist RRB ALP & Tec. (31-08-18 Shift-II)
Ans. (c): In July 20, 1969, the American astronaut Neil Ans. (d) : William Howard Taft was elected the 27th
Armstrong put his left foot on the lunar surface and
famously declared, "That's one small step for man, one president of United States (1909-1913) and later
giant leap for mankind." became the tenth chief justice of the United States
(1921-1930) supreme court, the only person to have
1261. What is the name of 8th United Nations
Secretary General? served in both of these office. The current president of
(a) B.V. Ghali (b) Kofi A. Annan US is Joe Biden.
(c) Ban Ki-Moon (d) Dr. Jim Yoga kim 1267. Who among the following Neelanjana
RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Sudeshna, known as the popular American
Ans. (c): Ban Ki-Moon was the eighth Secretary- writer of Indian origin?
General of the United Nations. His tenure was from 1 (a) Sanjayan (b) Mali
January 2007 to 31 December 2016. Earlier he was the (c) Jhumpa Lahiri (d) Handanar
foreign minister of South Korea. The current Secretary RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
General of the United Nations is Antonio Guterres
(Portugal) He took up his charge as Ninth Secretary- Ans. (c): 'Nilanjana Sudeshna' Jhumpa Lahiri is an
General on 1 January 2017. American author known for her short stories, novel and
1262. Who was the eighth Secretary-General of the essays in English. Interpeter of Maladies, the Namesake
UN? and the Lowland are some books of Jhumpa Lahiri.
(a) Antonio Guterres (b) U Thant 1268. Who is known by the nickname can't mis-swiss
(c) Ban Ki-Moon (d) Kofi Annan in Tennis?
RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (a) Sania Mirza (b) Maria Shara Pova
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. (c) Martina Hingis (d) Serena Williams
1263. Ban Ki-Moon, the eighth Secretary General of RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III)
UN, is from Ans. (c) : Martina Hingis is a swiss former professional
(a) Japan (b) China tennis players. She spent long time as the singles world
(c) South Korea (d) North Korea
No-1 and doubles world no-1 as well as.
RRB NTPC 11.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. 1269. Vidyapati was a famous poet and writer of
which of the following languages?
1264. UN Postal Administration issued a
commemorative stamp of ____, the Indian (a) Bhojpuri (b) Dogri
music legend on the 2nd October 2016. (c) Maithili (d) Marathi
(a) Pandit Ravi Shankar RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(b) R.D. Burman Ans. (c): Vidyapati, also known by the Sobriquet
(c) M.S. Subbulakshmi Maithili Kavi Kokil, was a Maithili and Sanskrit poet,
(d) Ustad Bismillah Khan writer and polyglot. Vidyapati's influence was also
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-I) extended to other Eastern literary traditions.
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1270. Which of following was given the title of "Lady 1275. She wrote in English as Kamala Das but when
with a Lamp" she wrote in her mother tongue what was the
(a) Madam Cama name she used?
(b) Florence Nightingale (a) Arundhati Roy (b) Ambai
(c) Annie Besant (c) Madhavikutty (d) Vasanthi
(d) Sarojini Naidu RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage IInd Ans. (c) : Kamala Das is an Indian author who wrote
openly and frankly about female sexual desire and the
Ans. (b): Florence Nightingale was an English social experience of being an Indian woman. She wrote both
reformer statistician and the founder of modern nursing. in English (mostly poetry) and, under the pen name
Nightingale was born in Florence, Italy in 1820. Madhavikutty, in the Malayalam language of southern
1271. Which of the following films is directed by India. She received many Literary Awards, including
Satyajit Ray? Sahitya Academy Award (English) for Collected
(a) Pyaasa (b) Mahal Poems in 1985.
(c) Pather Panchali (d) Kora Kagaz 1276. "The United Nations was not created to take
RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist mankind to heaven, but to save humanity from
hell." Who said this?
Ans. (c) : Satyajit Ray was an Indian Bengali (a) Kofi A Annan (b) Dag Hammarskjold
filmmaker, widely regarded as one of the greatest (c) U Thant (d) Kurt Waldheim
filmmakers of the 20th century. He directed many films,
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
including Pather Panchali, a 1955 Bengali language epic
drama film. It is an adaptation of Bibhutibhushan Ans. (b) : "The United Nations was not created to take
Bandyopadhyay's 1919 Bengali novel of the same mankind to heaven but to save humanity from hell".
This was said by Dag Hammaraskjold in speech in
name, and marked Ray's directorial debut. This film 1954. Dag Hammarskjold was a Swedish economist and
won eleven international prizes, including the inaugural diplomat who was the second Secretary General of the
Best Human Document award at the 1956 Cannes Film United Nations. His tenure was from 1953 to 1963.
Festival.
1277. Which is Satyajit Ray's famous film about the
1272. Who founded the Visva Bharati which later decline of the aristocratic zamindari style of
became a Central University? living?
(a) Sri Aurobindo (a) Pather Panchali (b) Apur Sansar
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy (c) Jalsaghar (d) Charulata
(c) Sarojini Naidu RRB NTPC 05.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(d) Rabindranath Tagore Ans. (c) : Satyajit Ray's 1958 Bengali film Jalsaghar,
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist usually translated as "The Music Room" is typically
Ans. (d) : Vishwa Bharti was established by taken to depict, broadly, the decadence and recline of
Rabindranath Tagore in 1929, which later became a aristocratic 'feudal' landowners (zamindars), who
represent the languid past of the nobility, and the
Central University. Till, 1947 it was an ordinary
ascendance of a restless business oriented class that
college. And later on Parliament via Act of 1951 represents an emerging present and possible future.
declared it as a Central University.
1278. Who was the chairperson of the drafting
1273. Who invented the word ‘Brexit’? committee of the Universal Declaration of
(a) Peter Wilding (b) Gerard Batten Human Rights(UDHR)?
(c) Tommy Robinson (d) Nigel Farage (a) Rebecca Adami (b) Angela Juradak
RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Eleanor Roosevelt (d) Hansa Mehta
Ans. (a) : Peter Wilding the chairman of British RRB NTPC 01.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
influence, invented the Word Brexit. Ans. (c) : Eleanor Roosevelt was appointed as a
1274. Whose famous quote is this? delegate to the United Nations General Assembly by
''If you cry because the sun has gone out of United States President Harry S. Truman in 1945. He
played an instrumental role in drafting the Universal
your life, your tears will prevent you from Declaration of Human Rights.
seeing the stars.”
(a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Amrita Pritam 1279. Ulat Bansi is a distinct contribution of which
(c) Sumitranandan Pant (d) Sri Aurobindo Bhakti poet?
RRB NTPC 17.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Tukaram (b) Nanak
(c) Kabir (d) Surdas
Ans. (a) : "If you cry because the sun has gone out of RRB NTPC 02.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
your life, your tears will prevent you from seeing the
stars" is the greatest quote of Rabindranath Tagore. It is Ans. (c) : The Ulat Bansi are the compositions of
famous poet Kabir. These are intrinsically upside-down
significant that, Rabindranath Tagore, India's first
sayings. They are written in a form in which everyday
Nobel laureate will always be remembered in India as meanings are inverted. They express difficulty in
his poetic composition reverberates in our hearts and capturing the nature of the ultimate reality. They
spirits in the form of our national anthem. express Kabir’s mystical experiences.
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1280. _______ built the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel at 1285. Nobel Laureate, Kailash Satyarthi is associated
Mumbai by integrating Indian and European with which of the following organization.
styles. (a) Bachpan Bachao Andolan
(a) Ratan Tata (b) RD Tata (b) Child Relief and You
(c) Jamsedji Tata (d) JRD Tata (c) SOS Village
RRB NTPC 09.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (d) Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao
Ans. (c) : Jamsedji Tata built the Taj Mahal Palace RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Hotel at Mumbai by intergating Indian and European Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
styles. The Taj Mahal Palace is a historic luxury hotel in
Colaba district of Mumbai. It was inaugurated on 3 1286. Who wrote the lyrical poem 'My Mother at
December, 1903. Sixty-Six'?
1281. Who coined the word “Artificial Intelligence”? (a) Kamala Das (b) Ashokamitran
(a) John McCarthy (b) David Bradley (c) Robert Frost (d) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) John Berger (d) Charles Bachman RRB NTPC 11.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (a) : 'My Mother at Sixty Six', is a touching poem
Ans. (a) : John McCarthy, who coined the term written by Indian poet Kamala Das who wrote under the
'Artificial Intelligence' in 1956, defines it as 'the science pen name of 'Madhavikutty'. In this poem, she describes
and engineering of making intelligent machines.'AI is her feeling of love and attachment towards her ageing
'the study and design of intelligent agents' where an mother.
intelligent agent is a system that perceives its 1287. What was the real name of the Hindi literary
environment and takes action which maximizes its writer Munshi Premchand?
chances of success. (a) Atmaram (b) Sachchidanand
1282. Dr. Bindeswar Pathak is related to. (c) Dhanpat Rai (d) Nawab Rai
(a) Bachapan Bachao movement RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(b) Women movement Ans. (c) : Premchand, pseudonym of Dhanpat Rai
(c) Agriculture society Srivastava, (born July 31, 1880, Lamhi, near Varanasi,
(d) Sulabh toilet movement India—died October 8, 1936, Varanasi), was an Indian
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist author of novels and short stories in Hindi and Urdu
Ans. (d) : Dr. Bindeswar Pathak is an Indian who pioneered in adapting Indian themes to Western
Sociologist & Social entrepreneur. He is related to literary styles.
Sulabh toilet movement. He is the founder of Sulabh He is regarded as one of the foremost Hindi writers of
International. In 2018, he was honoured with Japan's the early twentieth century. His works include Godaan,
Prestigious Nikkei Asia Prize for his contribution to Karmabhoomi, Gaban, Mansarovar, Idgah.
Asia development. 1288. Who among the following is called 'Meera of
1283. Who led India's first expedition to the modern India"?
Antarctic in 1982? (a) Kamala Das (b) Mahasweta Devi
(a) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam (b) Dr. Paramjit Singh (c) Aashapurna Devi (d) Mahadevi Verma
(c) Dr. Zahoor Qasim (d) Dr. S Z Qasim RRB NTPC 23.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Ans. (d) : Mahadevi Verma is widely regarded as the
Ans. (d) : Indian Antarctica expedition commenced in "Modern Meera". She is considered one of the four
1981 that reached Antarctica on 08 January 1982. It was major pillars of Chhayawadi era in Hindi literature. Her
led by Dr. S.Z. Qasim with a selected team of 21 creations are as:- Nihar, Rashmi, Neerja, Sandhyageet
members. The first permanent research station "Dakshin & Path ke Sathi etc.
Gangotri" was established in 1983 at 70.08ºS, 12.00º E
over the Ice shelf in Central Dronning Maud Land 1289. UNO's former Secretary General Kofi Annan
region. Currently, there are three permanent research belongs from the African Country of ____.
base stations in Antarctica, named Dakshin Gangotri (a) Egypt (b) Namibia
(1983), Maitri (1988) and Bharati (2012). (c) Ghana (d) Kenya
1284. Kailash Satyarthi was the founder of: RRB NTPC 14.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(a) Bachpan Bachao Andolan Ans. (c) : Kofi Atta Annan was a Ghanaian diplomat
(b) Sabko Padhao Andolan who served as the seventh Secretary-General of the
(c) Stree Bachao Andolan United Nations from January 1997 to December 2006.
(d) Beti Padhao Andolan Annan and the UN were the co-recipients of the 2001
Nobel Peace Prize.He was the founder and chairman of
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
the Kofi Annan Foundation, as well as chairman of The
Ans. (a) : Kailash Satyarthi was the founder of Bachpan Elders, an international organization founded by Nelson
Bachao Andolan. He founded the Bachpan Bachao Mandela.
Andolan in 1980. Kailash Satyarthi was awarded the
Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 along with Malala Yousafzai 1290. The first Indian woman judge of the Supreme
for his struggle against the suppression of children and Court of India was:
young people and right of children to education. The (a) R Bhanumathi (b) Indu Malhotra
book titled 'COVID-19: Crisis of Civilisation and (c) Indira Banerjee (d) Fathima Beevi
Solutions' is penned by Kailash Satyarthi. RRB NTPC 18.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d) : M. Fathima Beevi is a former judge of the 1295. Who is known as the 'Missile Man of India'?
Supreme Court of India. She was appointd to the apex (a) Bhisham Sahni
court in 1989. She became the first female judge to be a (b) K Sivan
part of the Supreme Court of India and the first Muslim (c) CV Raman
woman to be appointed to any of the higher judiciaries (d) Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam
in country. RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1291. The first woman to swim the English Channel Ans. (d) : Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam is known as the
was: Missile Man of India for his contribution to the
(a) An Indian (b) A French development of India's missile projects. India became
Nuclear power country in his supervision. He was the
(c) A British (d) An American chief scientific adviser to the Prime Minister between
RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 1992 to 1999. He was the head of several nuclear test at
Ans. (d) : Gertrude Ederle becomes first women (U.S.) Pokharan, Rajasthan. Dr. Kalam was awarded with
to swim English Channel on August 6, 1926. She swim India's highest civilian honour Bharat Ratna in 1997.
21 miles from Dover, England to Cape Griz-Nez across 1296. American scientist Edwin Land was famous
the English Channel, which separates Great Britain for–
from the north western tip of France. (a) The invention of radar
1292. Which physician came to India and served in (b) Discovery of helium on the surface of the sun
the Bengal Medical service from 1794 to 1815 (c) Number of patents registered
and also undertook pioneering survey (d) Krypton discovered
explorations in several diverse regions of India. RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-II)
(a) Francis Buchanan (b) Sir William Jones Ans. (c): Edwin Herbert Land was an American
(c) William Bentinck (d) Warren Hastings scientist and inventor, best known as the co-founder of
RRB NTPC 12.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist the polaroid corporation. He invented inexpensive
filters for polarizing light. He is famous for number of
Ans. (a) : Francis Buchanan (also known as Hamilton) patents registrar.
undertook pioneering survey explorations in several 1297. What did Alfred Nobel, the founder of Alfred
diverse regions of the Indian subcontinent during his 20 Nobel prize. invent?
years career as a surgeon naturalist with the British East (a) Compass (b) Dynamite
India Company. (c) Penicillin (d) Light Bulb
1293. M.S. Swaminathan is ............. RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(a) An agricultural scientist Ans. (b): Alfred Nobel is best known for his invention
(b) An environmental scientist of dynamite and an explosive device called a blasting
(c) An ornithologist cap, which inaugurated the modern use of high
(d) Journalist explosive. He also founded the Nobel Prize.
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 1298. Who is called the father of Hindi theatre of
Ans. (a) : M.S. Swaminathan is an agricultural scientist India?
of India. He was born in 1925, Tamil Nadu. He is (a) Raja Harish Chandra
renowned for his leading role in India's "Green (b) Dada Saheb Phalke
Revolution". In recognition of his outstanding (c) Bhartendu Harish Chandra
contributions, he was awarded the first World Food (d) Prithvi raj Kapoor
Prize, the Ramon Magsaysay Award and many other RRB J.E. -2014
national and international honours. Ans. (b): Dada Saheb Phalke is called the father of
1294. Who was the first Indian poet who was invited Hindi theater of India.
to record his poems at the Library of Congress 1299. Who is considered the grand old lady of
located in Washington DC? Bollywood?
(a) Vinay Kumar (a) Zohra Sehgal (b) Nargis
(c) Suriya (d) Madhubala
(b) Ravindra Bhattacharya
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(c) Gopalakrishna Adiga Ans. (a): Legendary actress Zohra Sehgal, who essayed
(d) Abhay K character roles with aplomb in a career spanning both
RRB NTPC 04.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist theatre and cinema, died on 10 July 2014 in New Delhi.
Ans. (d) : Indian poet-diplomat Abhay K. has become She was 102 years old. He was born in Muslim family.
the first Indian poet invited to record his poems at the 1300. Ben Kingsley is associated with __
Library of Congress in Washington D.C. in 'The Poet organization.
and the Poem' series conducted by poet Grace (a) Pop Music (b) Astronaut
Cavalieri. He is the author of a Memoir and Seven (c) Scientific Research (d) Motion picture
collections of poems including 'The Seduction of RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Delhi' (2014), 'The Eight-eyed Lord of Kathmandu' Ans. (d): Ben Kingsley is an English actor. Throughout his
(2017) and 'The Prophecy of Brasilia' (2018). The career spanning over 5 decades, he is best known for
prestigious reading series recorded at the Library of playing the role of Mohandas Gandhi in 1982 film Gandhi
Congress since 1997. for which he received the Oscar for best Actor.

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1301. In Ramanand Sagar's TV series Ramayana who 1307. Which political leader of India popularly
played role of Sita (1986-88)? known as 'Chacha'?
(a) Dipika Chikhalia (b) Aparajita (a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(c) Padma Khanna (d) Anjali Vyas (b) Subhash Chandra Bose
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Jawaharlal Nehru
Ans :(a) Dipika Chikhalia Topiwala is a Indian actress (d) Mahatma Gandhi
known for playing Devi Sita in Ramanand Sagar's
RRB JE - 28/05/2019 (Shift-I)
television serial Ramayan and for acting in other TV
serials. Ans. (c): Jawaharlal Nehru was the first and longest
1302. Which of the following has won an Oscar for serving Prime Minister of India. He was fondly
dance direction? addressed as "Chacha Nehru" by kids. He was known
(a) A.R. Rahman (b) Guru Datt for his affection towards kids so his birth anniversary is
(c) Satyajit Ray (d) Gulzar celebrated as Bal Diwas, Children's Day, every year on
RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist November 14 across India. He was born on 14
November 1889 in Allahabad during British India.
Ans. (c): Satyajit Ray was an Indian film director
scriptwriter documentry, filmmaker author, lyricist 1308. Name the character in Mahabharata who was
editor and music composer. He was awarded by Bharat blessed with the 'divine vision' to see the
Ratna (1992) and Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1984, Mahabharata battle and explain it scence by
A.R. Rahman was awarded with Oscar for music. scene to the blind king Dhritarashtra.
1303. ................. was the director of the 1928 film (a) Dushala (b) Balrama
Devdas. (c) Sanjaya (d) Vidura
(a) Naresh Mitra (b) Dilip Kumar RRB ALP & Tec. (31-08-18 Shift-I)
(c) Prithviraj Kapoor (d) Guru Datt Ans. (c): Sanjaya was blessed with divine vision by
RRB Group-D 10-10-2018 (Shift-III) Veda Vyasa, so he could see everything that went on in
Ans. (a): The 1928 film 'Devdas' was based on Sarat the battle, so he could report the events to the blind
Chandra Chattopadhyay's novel Devdas. It was a silent King Dhritarastra. He was the charioteer and advisor of
film directed by Naresh Mitra. The film was shot in blind King Dhritarastra.
Kolkata, India.
1309. Who is the youngest Indian girl to climb Mount
1304. Indian film director Gurudutt's real name
was? Everest?
(a) Vasanth Kumar Shivshankar Padukone (a) Dipika Rathore (b) Bachhendri Pal
(b) Shambhunath Padukone (c) Shivangi Pathak (d) Premlata Agrawal
(c) Prabhakar Padukone RRB Group-D 16-10-2018 (Shift-II)
(d) Basant Padukone Ans. (c): India's Shivangi Pathak has become youngest
RRB Group-D 19-09-2018 (Shift-I) women of the country to scale Mount Everest from
Ans. (a): Indian film director Gurudutt's real name was Nepal side. At the age of 16, she made history to climb
Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone. Gurudutt was the world's highest peak, Mount Everest. She hails from
an Indian film director, producer and actor. He made Hisar in Haryana. Bacchendri Pal is an Indian
1950's and 60's classics such as Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke mountaineer, who become the first Indian women to
Phool etc. He was born in 9 July, 1925. reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1305. Who is the editor in chief of the news channel 1310. ................ was proclaimed a saint by Pope
'Times Now'? Francis in a Vatican ceremony on 4 September
(a) Rahul Shivashankar (b) Ravish Kumar 2016.
(c) Arnab Goswami (d) Sonia Singh (a) Mother Teresa (b) Sister Florence
RRB Group-D 16-10-2018 (Shift-III) (c) Saint Mary (d) Sister Nirmala
Ans. (a): 'Times now' is an English news channel based RRB Group-D 25-09-2018 (Shift-III)
in Mumbai. It broadcast's in India, Singapore and U.S.A. Ans. (a) Mother Teresa was an Roman Catholic nun and
The channel launched on 23 January, 2006 in partnership missionary. She was born in Macedonia. After living in
with Reuters.
Macedonia for eighteen years, she moved to Ireland and
1306. Who created comic strip Calvin and Hobbes? then to India, where she voluntarily assumed Indian
(a) Bob Marley (b) Chuck Jones Citizenship in 1948 AD. For her humanitarian work in
(c) Tex Avery (d) Bill Watterson India, she was awarded India's highest civilian award,
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist the Bharat Ratna in 1980. She was declared a saint by
Ans: (d) Calvin and Hobbes is a popular children's Pope Francis in Vatican ceremony in 2016.
comic strip that discussed topics such as life, live,
1311. Who established the "Humanity Hospital"
relationship and various insightful humors. It is a daily
American comic strip developed by cartoonist Bill having toiled as a vegetable vendor, house help
Watterson that was syndicated from 1985 to 1995. and Labourer all her life?
Commonly cited as "the last great newspaper comic". It (a) Shila Majumdar (b) Subasini Mistry
has enjoyed broad and enduring popularity, influence (c) Anu Mondal (d) Sujja Dutta
and academic and philosophical interest. RRB Group-D 10-10-2018 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (b): Subasini Mistry built a charitable hospital Ans. (d) : Early Rock music was recorded and promoted by
called "Humanity Hospital" for the poor at Hanspukur Sam Phillips. He was an American record producer who
village of West Bengal in 1996. In recognition of her played an important role in the emergence of rock and roll
social work, in 2018, the Government of India awarded as the major form of popular music in 1950s. He was the
her the Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian founder of Sun Records and Sun Studio in Memphis,
award. She was also among one of the 12 recipients of Tennessee, where he produced recording by Elvis Presley,
the Women transforming India Awards in 2017. Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis and Johnny Cash.
1312. Who among the following is popular as 1317. Who was Benazir Bhutto?
"Mozart of Madras"? (a) 11th P.M. of Pakistan
(a) Bhardwaj (b) Ilaiyaraaja (b) 2nd P.M. of Pakistan
(c) Aniruddh Ravichandar (d) A.R. Rahman (c) 5th President of Pakistan
RRB Group-D 04-10-2018 (Shift-II) (d) 8th President of Pakistan
RRB Group-D 03-12-2018 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (d) A.R. Rahman is popularly known as "Mozart Ans. (a): Benazir Bhutto was Pakistan politician who
of Madras" Time magazine dubbed him "the Mozart of served as Prime Minister of Pakistan from 1988 to 1990
Madras" and placed him in its list of the world's 100 and again from 1993 to 1996. She was the first women to
most influential people in 2009. He is musician, singer head a democratic government in Muslim majority
and his most famous film Slumdog Millionaire earned country. She was assassinated in Rawalpindi, Pakistan on
him BAFTA, Golden Globe, Academy and Grammy 27 Dec, 2007.
awards. 1318. The Tibetan Buddhist monk who unified
1313. The famous activist Irom Chanu Sharmila is Bhutan as a Nation?
known as the Iron lady of _____. (a) Ygyen Wangchuck
(a) Manipur (b) Tripura (b) Ngawang Namgyal
(c) Nagaland (d) Mizoram (c) Ngawang Gyaltsen
RRB Group-D 27-09-2018 (Shift-I) (d) Jigme Wangchuck
Ans. (a) Irom Chanu Sharmila is known as the 'Iron RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Lady of Manipur'. She was on hunger strike demanding Ans. (b): Ngawang Namgyal (1594-1651) was the
the Indian Government to repeal AFSPA (Armed Tibetan Buddhist monk who unified Bhutan as a
Forces Special Power Act, 1958), which grants special Nation. Bhutan was established on 17 December, 1907.
power to the Indian Armed Forces in disturbed areas. Bhutan is one of the those few countries which has been
She ended the fast on 9 August 2016, after 16 years independent throughout his history, never occupied or
long hunger strike. conquered.
1314. Who said "Patience can't be acquired overnight. 1319. Who was 'Charles Correa'?
It is just like building up a muscle. Every day (a) A famous Play writer
you need to work on it"? (b) A famous poet
(a) Eknath Easwaran (b) Akhil Sharma (c) A famous film maker
(c) Indresh Shah (d) Dinesh D. Souza (d) A famous Architect
RRB Group-D 15-11-2018 (Shift-I) RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ans. (a): Eknath Easwaran said that "Patience can't be Ans. (d): Charles Mark Correa was an Indian architect
acquired overnight. It is just like building up a muscle. and urban planner. Credited with the creation of modern
Every day you need to work on it." He was an Indian- architecture in post-independent India. Jawahar Kala
born spiritual teacher, author, as well as a translator and Kendra, Bharat Bhawan, Sabarmati Ashram, Gandhi
interpreter of Indian religious texts such as the Smarak, British Council, India and Kanchanjunga
Bhagavad Gita and the Upanishads. Apartment are famous structures made by Charles
Correa.
1315. Who among the following scientists acquired
Indian citizenship? 1320. Who was a 'Confucius'?
(a) J.B.S. Haldane (b) Charles Darwin (a) A staple cook of Tibet
(c) Harold C. Urey (d) Stanley N. Miller (b) A Chinese Philosopher
RRB Group-D 11-10-2018 (Shift-II) (c) A famous spring and autumn painter in China
(d) Korean feudalist
Ans. (a): John Burdon Sanderson Haldane was a
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
British scientist known for his works in physiology,
genetics, evolutionary biology and mathematics. He Ans. (b): Confucius was Chinese philosopher and he
was interested in Hinduism and became a vegetarian. In was also known as Kong Qiu, he was traditionally
July 1957, he moved to India and applied for Indian considered the paragon of Chinese Sages.
citizenship which was granted in 1961. 1321. Where was Dadabhai Naoroji appointed as
1316. Early Rock Music was recorded and promoted Professor of Mathematics and Physics?
by ............, a Memphis music producer. (a) Presidency college, Chennai
(a) Jim Morrison (b) Eddie Vedder (b) Presidency college, Kolkata
(c) Johnny Cash (d) Sam Phillips (c) St. Xavier's college, Mumbai
RRB Group-D 06-12-2018 (Shift-III) (d) Elphinstone college, Mumbai
RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d): Dadabhai Naoroji was the first Indian to be 1326. Who among the following was a famous
appointed as a professor of Mathematics and Physics at psychologist?
Elphinstone college, Bombay. Dadabhai Naoroji is also (a) Oliver Goldsmith (b) Niels Bohr
known as the "Grand old Man of India" and unofficial (c) Sigmund Freud (d) Isaac Newton
Ambassador of India. He introduced the principal of RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
'Drain theory and poverty'. Ans. (c): Sigmund Freud was a prominent psychologist.
1322. Who was a Carl Sagan? In the year 1900, a famous book of Freud 'Interpretation
(a) An American Astronomer of Dreams' was published, based on his patients' dream
analysis. According to freud, the vocal aspect of
(b) A British Physicist personality is produced by three states.
(c) The French Astronaut (1) Id (2) ego (3) Super ego
(d) An American President
1327. Name of fort which was built in honor of the
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist world famous musician Richard Wagner?
Ans. (a): Carl Edward Sagan was an American astronomer, (a) Balmoral Castle
Planetary scientist, cosmologist, astrophysicist and (b) Neuschwanstien Castle
astrobiologist. He was better known for 'Search for Extra (c) Convoy Castle
Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI). He was awarded with (d) Kronborg
pulitzer award. Carl Sagan testified to the US Congress in RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1985 that the greenhouse effect will change the earth's
Ans. (b): Neuschwanstien Castle was built in honor of
climate system. the famous musician Richard Wagner. The construction
1323. What is India's famous comic series launched began in 1869, but was never fully completed.
by Anant Pai called? 1328. Who propounded the homeopathic principle of
(a) Raj Comics (b) Amar Chitra katha 'Like Cures Like'?
(c) Jhankaar (d) Chandamama (a) Hippocrates
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (b) Samuel Hahnemann
Ans. (b): Anant Pai, Popularly known a uncle Pai; he (c) Samuel Cockburn
was an Indian educationalist and a pioneer in Indian (d) George Vithnoulkes
comics. He is most famous as the creator of two comic RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
book series viz. Amar Chitra Katha, which retold Ans. (b): Christian Friedrich Samuel Hahnemann was a
traditional Indian folk tales, mythological stories, and German physician, best known for creating the
biographies of historical characters, and Tinkle, a pseudoscientific system of alternative medicine called
Children's anthology. homeopathy. He propounded the homeopathic principle
1324. Who is the father of experimental psychology? of 'Like Cures Like.
(a) James Mckeen Caltell 1329. Who proposed the scientific management
(b) Sigmund Freud school of thought against the administrative
(c) Wilhelm Wundt management school of thought?
(d) Gustav Fechner (a) Henri Fayol (b) Frederick Taylor
(c) Peter Drucker (d) Max Weber
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
Ans. (c): Wilhelm Wundt a German professor, know
Ans. (b): Taylor is a leading thinker of the subject of
today as one of the founders of modern psychology public administration. He proposed scientific
Wundt, who distinguished psychology as a science from management school of thought against administrative
philosophy and biology, was the first person ever to call management school of thought. Scientific management
himself a psychologist. ideology is an important stream of early management,
1325. The structure of Indian parliament House which is called classical ideology.
located in New Delhi was designed by ____ . 1330. Who built the rock garden of Chandigarh?
(a) Sir Edwin Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker (a) Tara Chand (b) Nek Chand
(b) Duke of Connaught (c) Himanshu Parekh (d) Kamal Sagar
(c) Sir John Archer and Sir Edward Bartley RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
(d) Sir Claude Bartley and Sir. John Baig Ans. (b): Nek Chand Saini was a self-taught Indian
RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist artist, known for building the rock garden of
Ans. (a): The structure of the Indian parliament House Chandigarh. He was awarded with Padmashri by Indian
located in New Delhi was designed by Sir Edwin government in 1984. He died in 2015 of cancer.
Lutyens and Sir Herbert Baker. The foundation of the 1331. Who wrote the national anthem of Bangladesh
parliament was laid on 12.01.1921 and completed in Amar Sonar Bangla?
1927. It is a huge circular building with a diameter of (a) Rabindranath Tagore (b) Qazi Nazrul Islam
560 meters. It is spread over an area of about 6 acres. (c) Muhammad Iqbal (d) Mirza Ghalib
This building is equipped with 12 doors, 144 pillars RPF SI 11.01.2019 (Shift - II)
with a height of 27 feet. It is a wonderful specimen of Ans. (a) : Bangladesh's National Anthem titled "Amar
Portuguese Architecture. Two flour were added to the Sonar and National Anthem of India "Jan Gan Man"
structure in 1956 due to a demand for more space. was composed by Rabindranath Tagore.
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1332. Who among the following is known as the 1913 Pratap Hindi language Ganesh
'Father of Indian Cinema'? newspaper Shankar
(a) Raj Kapoor (b) Prithviraj Kapoor Vidyarthi
(c) Dadasaheb Phalke (d) Satyajit Ray 1947 Navjivan Weekly Hindi M. K Gandhi
RRB NTPC 11.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist newspaper
Ans. (c) : Dadasaheb Phalke is known as "Father of 1932 Harijan Weekly journal M. K
Indian Cinema." He was an Indian producer, director Gandhi
and screenwriter. He directed India's first feature film 1919 Independent Newspaper Motilal
Raja Harishchandra (1913). The Government of India Nehru
instituted Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 1969, in his
honour for a lifetime contribution to Indian cinema. 1919 Young India Weekly English M. K
journal Gandhi
1333. Who founded the journal 'Bande Mataram' in
India? 1920 MookNayak Marathi weekly B.R.
(a) Ramanand Chatterji newspaper Ambedkar
(b) Ganesh Shankar Vidyarthi 1336. Co-founder of Wikileaks Julian Assange is a
(c) Aurobindo Ghosh computer programmer of which country?
(d) Bipin Chandra Pal (a) Australia (b) Russia
RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) UK (d) USA
Ans. (d) : The 'Bande Mataram' was an English RRB NTPC 05.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Language weekly newspaper published from Calcutta, Ans. (a) : Julian Assange is an Australian computer
founded in 1905 by Bipin Chanda Pal and edited by Sri programmer who founded the media organization
Aurobindo. Its aim was to prepare Indians to struggle WikiLeaks. Assange created WikiLeaks in 2006 to
for complete independence. serve as a clearing house for sensitive or classified
1334. Which freedom fighter started the newspaper documents in May 2011. The Sydney peace foundation
Al-Hilal? has awarded his gold medal for peace with justice to
(a) Maulana Shaukat Ali Julian Assange
(b) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad 1337. Who was the first Indian Director of the Indian
(c) Chaudhry Khaleequzzaman Institute of Science, Bangalore?
(d) Hakim Ajmal Khan (a) C.V. Raman
RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (b) APJ Abdul Kalam
(c) Morris Travers
Ans. (b) : Al-Hilal was a weekly Urdu language
newspaper established by the Indian Muslim (d) SubramanyanChandrashekhar
independence activist Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
There are some news papers- Ans. (a) : Indian Institute of Science (IISC) was
1) Udant Martand : Jugalkishor Shukla established in year 1909. Its first director was Marris
2) The leader : Madan Mohan Malviya Travers and its first Indian director was Sir C.V.
3) Voice of India : Dada Bhai Naoroji Raman. Raman got the Nobel prize in 1930 for his
discovery of Raman effect.
4) Harijan, Young India, Indian Opinion – Mahatma
Gandhi . 1338. Which of the following institutions was
5) Vande Matram. Lala Lajpat Rai founded by Rabindranath Tagore?
6) Sudharak. G K Gokhale (a) Visva Bharati
(b) Sevagram Vidyalaya
1335. Who among the following stated the
newspaper, 'Sambad Kaumudi'? (c) Gyandham Vidyalaya
(a) Sisir Kumar Ghosh (d) Rabindra Vidyalaya
(b) Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar RRB Group-D 01-10-2018 (Shift-II)
(c) Rash Bihari Bose Ans. (a) : Rabindranath Tagore popularly known as
(d) Raja Ram Mohan Roy 'Gurudev' was one of India's most cherished renaissance
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist figures, who put India on the literary map of the world
when he received the Nobel Prize for literature in 1913.
Ans. (d) : Some newspaper magazines and its authors- He founded Visva Bharti, a famous educational institute
1819 Sambad Bengali weekly Raja Ram in Santiniketan, West Bengal, India in 1921. It was
Kaumudi newspaper Mohan declared to be a central university and an institution of
Roy national importance by an act of Parliament 1951.
1780 Bengal English James
Gazette newspaper Augustus 13. First in World/India
Hicky
1822 Mirat-ul- Persian language Raja Ram 1339. Which is the first Indian mosque?
Akhbar journal Mohan (a) Cheraman Juma Mosque
Roy (b) Ziarat Shareef
1912 Al-Hilal Urdu weekly Abul (c) Malik Dinar Mosque
newspaper Kalam (d) Palaiya Jumma Palli
Azad RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (a) : Cheraman Juma Mosque is the first Indian Ans. (c): Rakesh Sharma was the first Indian to travel
mosque. It is located in Kerala and is believed to be into space. Wing commander Rakesh Sharma, AC is a
built in 629 AD by Malik Ibn dinar. former Indian Air Force pilot who flew aboard Soyuz
1340. India's first fisheries business incubator was T-11 on 3 April 1984 with the Soviet Interkosmos
inaugurated by the Union Minister of Fisheries, programme. He is the only Indian citizen to travel in
Animal Husbandry and Dairying in ______. space. He was born on 13 January 1949 in Patiala. He
(a) Rohtak (b) Noida was confered with India's highest peace time gallantry
(c) Karnal (d) Gurugram award, the Ashoka Chakra.
RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-I) 1346. Which was the first Indian Institute of
Ans.(d) : Union Minister of fisheries, Animal Technology (IIT) to be established?
Husbandry and Dairy, Parshottam Rupala inaugurated (a) IIT, Kharagpur (b) IIT, Delhi
India's first of its dedicated fisheries business incubator (c) IIT, Bombay (d) IIT, Kanpur
known as LINAC-NCDC in Gurugram. RRB NTPC 16.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
1341. The first digital Food Museum in India was Ans. (a) : IIT Kharagpur was the first Indian Institute of
launched in _____ in the year 2021. Technology (IIT) it, was established in West Bengal,
(a) Karnataka (b) Kerala India in 1951. The committee for the establishment of
(c) Tamil Nadu (d) Maharashtra IITs in different parts of India is along the lines of
RRB Group-D– 09/09/2022 (Shift-II) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).
Ans.(c) : The first digital food museum in India was 1347. ______ led India's first expedition to
launched in Tamil Nadu in the year 2021. Antarctica and guided successfully the other
1342. In which state is the first Graphene Innovation seven expeditions in this icy continent from
Centre of the India set up? 1981 to 1988.
(a) Karnataka (b) Gujarat (a) M.K. Kaul (b) A.K. Hanjura
(c) Telangana (d) Kerala (c) V.K. Raina (d) Dr. S.Z. Qasim
RRB Group-D– 15/09/2022 (Shift-I) RRB Group-D 01-11-2018 (Shift-II)
Ans. (d) : India's First Graphene Innovation centre is in Ans. (d): Dr. Syed Zahoor Qasim successfully led
Kerala. Graphene is one atom-thick layer of carbon India's first Antarctic expedition and successfully
atoms arranged in a hexagonal lattice.
guided the other seven expeditions in this icy continent
1343. Who was the first Indian to be awarded the from 1981 to 1988. Earlier he had held the post of
Nobel prize? Secretary in the Department of Environment and
(a) Ravindra Nath Tagore Director of National Institute of Oceanography.
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
1348. Who was the first filmmaker of India?
(c) C.V. Raman
(a) S. S. Vasan
(d) Mother Teresa
(b) V. Shantaram
RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-II)
RRB Group-D 05-10-2018 (Shift-II) (c) Dhundiraj Govind Phalke
RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist (d) Andeshir Irani
Ans. (a): Ravindra Nath Tagore was the first Indian to RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-II)
be awarded the Nobel prize. Ans. (c): Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, populary known as
1344. When did the first train Journey of world's Dada Saheb Phalke, was an Indian producer- director-
first train hospital i.e. life line Express (LLE) screen writer, known as the father of Indian cinema. His
started? debut film, Raja Harish Chandra, was the first Indian
(a) 16 July, 2000 (b) 16 July, 1993 Movie in 1913.
(c) 16 July, 1991 (d) 16 July, 1992 1349. Who directed India's first publicly released
RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-III) Stage IInd film Raja Harish Chandra?
Ans. (c): The first train hospital i.e. life line express (a) V.G. Dhamale (b) V. Shantaram
(LLE) was started on 16 July, 1991. It's main objective (c) Vimal Rao (d) Dada Saheb Phalke
is to provide medical Assistance to remote areas and RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
inaccessible areas. It is also known as. 'Magic train of Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
India'. It has been working for the last 23 years with the
collaboration of Impact India foundation, Indian 1350. Who is the first citizen of Indian origin who
Railways and the health ministry. has been awarded the Nobel peace prize?
(a) Ravindra Nath Tagore
1345. Who was the first Indian to travel into space?
(a) Ravish Malhotra (b) Sunita Williams (b) Mother Teresa
(c) Rakesh Sharma (d) Kalpana Chawla (c) Kailash Satyarthi
RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-I) (d) Amartya Sen
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-I) RRB J.E. -2014
RRB NTPC 09.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : Kailash Satyarthi is the first citizen of Indian
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist origin who has been awarded the Nobel peace prize.

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1351. Who was the first hockey player to be awarded 1356. Who was the first person to be awarded the
the Padmashri? Dada Saheb Phalke Award?
(a) Dhyanchand (a) Prithvi Raj Kapoor (b) Lata Mangeshkar
(b) Balbir Singh Dosanjh (c) Satyajit Roy (d) Devika Rani
(c) Leslie walter Claudius RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(d) Dhanraj Pillai Ans. (d): Devika Rani was the first person to be
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist awarded the Dada Saheb Phalke Award.
Ans :(b) Balbir Singh Dosanjh, popularly known as 1357. Who is the first player to get Bharat Ratna
Balbir Singh Sr. represented India in three Olympic Award?
Games getting the gold Medal on each occasion. In the (a) Sachin Tendulkar (b) Dhyanchand
year 1957, he became the first recipient of the Padma (c) Balveen Singh (d) Vijay Amritraj
Shri award in sports category. In 2015, he was awarded RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Green paper)
the Lifetime Achievement Award. Ans. (a): Sachin Tendulkar (born, April 24, 1973) is the
1352. Who is the first recipient of Sahitya Academy first payer and the youngest recipient of Bharat Ratra to
Award for Drama in English? get Bharat Ratna. Award. He received is presdigions
(a) Mahesh Dattani (b) Raja Rao award in 2014.
(c) R.K. Narayan (d) Rushkin Bond 1358. Who is the only Indian economist to win the
RRB Group-D 05-12-2018 (Shift-III) Nobel prize.
Ans. (c): R.K. Narayan is the first winner to win the (a) Avinash Dixit (b) Amit Mishra
Sahitya Academy Award for Drama in English. It is (c) Amartya Sen (d) Abhjeet Banergee
first awarded in 1960. The Sahitya Academy Award is RRB ALP & Tec. (09-08-18 Shift-III)
the second-highest literary honor in India. In 2019, Ans. (c): Amartya Sen is the only India recipient of the
Shashi Tharoor received the Sahitya Academy Award Nobel Prize for economics in 1998, becoming first
for his book "An Era of Darkness". Asian to have been honoured with the award. Other
1353. Who was the first recipient of Rajiv Gandhi persons of Indian origin who received the award are
Khel Ratna Award? Ravindra Nath Tagore (Literature), C.V. Raman
(a) Virat Kohli (b) Vishwanathan (Physics), Hargovind Khurana (Medical Science),
(c) Mahesh Bhupati (d) Sachin Tendulkar Mother Teresa (Peace), Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
RRB Group-D 03-12-2018 (Shift-II) (Physics), Venkataraman (Chemistry), Kailash Satyarthi
Ans. (b): The first recipient of the award was chess (Peace).
Grandmaster Viswanathan Anand, who was honoured 1359. Which of the following is India's first
for the performance in the year 1991-92. Under the indigenously built submarine?
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award, 1 medal, citation and (a) Vikrant (b) Vikam
`7.5 lakh were given to the awardee. Prize money has (c) Vijay (d) Shalki
been increased to 25 lakh from year 2020. Winner of RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-I)
Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna Award 2020 are following Ans. (d): INS Shalki S-46 is a shishumar-class deisel-
Rohit Sharma, Mariyappan Thangavelu, Monika Batra, electric submarine of the Indian navy. The submarine
Vinesh Phogat and Rani Rampal. was the first ever submarine to be built in India. It was
Note- Recently the Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna award was launched in 1989 and built by Mazgaon Dock limited.
renamed as the 'Major Dhyan Chand Khel Ratna'. 1360. In which city will India's first defence
1354. Who was the first Indian to receive Magsaysay incubators be established?
Award? (a) Bangalore (b) Hyderabad
(a) Atal Bihari Vajpayee (b) D.G. Mukharjee (c) Ahmadabad (d) New Delhi
(c) Vinoba Bhave (d) Moraji Desai RRB Group-D 25-09-2018 (Shift-I)
RRB Group-D 13-12-2018 (Shift-II) Ans. (b): India's first defence incubators will be
Ans. (c) : In 1958 Bhave was the first recipient of the established in Hyderabad, which is India's missile
International Ramon Magsaysay Award for community development centre and fast emerging the hub for
leadership. He was awarded the Bharat Ratna aerospace industries. It will be housed at T- Hub.
posthumously in 1983. Ravish Kumar won 2019 Ramon 1361. Which is the first indigenous aircraft of India
Magsaysay Award for his 'ethical Journalism' designed by HAL?
1355. Who received the first Nobel prize for Physics (a) HF 25 MKI (b) HF 24
in India? (c) HT 3 MKI (d) HF 28
(a) Dr. C.V. Raman RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-II)
(b) Dr. Hargovind khurana Ans. (b): HF-24 is the first indigenous aircraft of India
(c) Pro. C.N.R. Rao designed by HAL
(d) Pro. Narlikar 1362. Which of the following is India's first long-
RRB J.E. -2014 range multiple target missile?
Ans. (a) : Dr. C.V. Raman, received the first Nobel (a) Akash (b) Akshay
prize for physics in 1963, India. He a is well known (c) Prithvi (d) Brahmos
Indian physicist. RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (a) : Akash is the India's first long-range multiple Ans. (b): Laika was a Soviet space dog who became
target missile. one of the first animals in space and the first animal to
1363. Name the first female officer to be directly orbit the Earth. Laika from the streets of Moscow, was
recruited as a combat officer by the prestigious selected to be the occupant of the soviet spacecraft
Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) Force? Sputnik 2 that was launched into outer orbit on 3
November 1957.
(a) Manzil Saini (b) Usha Kiran
(c) Prakriti (d) Sonia Narang 1369. The first dog to travel in outer spaces–
RRB Group-D 15-10-2018 (Shift-III) (a) Tommy (b) Roxter
(c) Laika (d) Dexoger
Ans. (c) 25 year old Prakriti has been inducted as the first
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
direct entry combat officer in Indo-Tibetan Border Police
(ITBP) Force. ITBP raised on 24 October 1962, under the Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
CRPF Act, in the wake of Sino-Indian War of 1962. 1370. Which of the following is the first animal to be
1364. What is the name of the first woman who taken into celestial orbit via soviet sputnik-2?
become the head of a paramilitary force? (a) Laika a dog (b) Albert, a rat
(a) Divya Ajith (c) Belka, a monkey (d) Baker, a rabbit
(b) Archana Ramasundaram RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-II)
(c) Punita Arora Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question.
(d) Ashwini Pawar 1371. Which was the first satellite launched by the
RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist US in 1958?
(a) Sputik 1 (b) Apollo 11
Ans. (b): Archana Ramasundaram also spelt as Archana
Ramasundar is the first woman to become the head of the (c) GSAT (d) Explorer 1
paramilitary force. Archana Ramasundaram is the director RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-II)
general of the Armed forces of India. Prior to this she was Ans. (d): Explorer 1 was the first satellite of the US and
the director of the National Crime Records Bureau. the first satellite to carry science instruments. The
1365. Who has become the first woman pilot to join satellite was launched on January 31, 1958 from Cape
Canaveral.
the Indian Navy, she will soon be flying
reconnaissance aircraft? 1372. The world's first artificial satellite, which was
(a) Shubhangi Swaroop (b) Sheela Swaroop shaped like a beach ball of 83.6 kg was
launched by which country?
(c) Rita Swaroop (d) Geetika Swaroop
(a) America (b) China
RRB Group-D 20-09-2018 (Shift-II)
(c) The Soviet Union (d) France
Ans. (a): Shubhangi Swaroop is the first female pilot of RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-III)
the Indian Navy. She is from Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh.
She is a pilot of Maritime reconnaissance aircraft in Ans. (c): On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union
successfully launched Sputnik -1, the world's first
Indian Navy. Apart from Shubhangi, Aastha Sehgal of
artificial satellite only about the size of a beach ball and
Delhi, Roopa of Puducherry, and Shakti Mayas of weighting 83.6 kg. It was launched from the Baiknur
Kerala have the distinction of becoming the first woman space Launch center in Kazakhstan.
officer of the country in the Naval Armament
Inspection (NAI) organisation. 1373. The first successful launch of unmanned
satellite was done by–
1366. Shubhangi Swaroop became the first woman to (a) United states of America
join as a female pilot– (b) France
(a) Indian Navy (b) Indian Air force (c) Soviet Union
(c) Indian Army (d) RAW (d) Germany
RRB Group-D 25-09-2018 (Shift-I) RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (a): See the explanation of above question. Ans. (c): The first successful launch of unmanned
1367. Name the first monkey to travel in outer space. satellite was done by Soviet union.
(a) Albert II (b) Johnny I 1374. Which was the world's first artificial satellite?
(c) Robert I (d) Tony I (a) Apollo 11 (b) Sputnik- 1
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage IIst (c) Sputnik 0 (d) GSAT
Ans. (a): Albert II, a rhesus monkey, was the first RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
monkey to travel in outer space on 14 June 1949, in a Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question.
US. - launched V-2 Albert II reached about 83 miles 1375. What is METSAT, the first exclusive weather
(134 km). satellite built by ISRO?
1368. What is the name of the first dog to go into (a) Geosynchronous satellite
space? (b) A satellite in low Earth Orbit
(a) Jules (b) Laika (c) Polar orbit satellite
(c) Roger (d) Sputnik (d) Deep space probe satellite
RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-III)
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Ans. (a): METSAT (Kalpana-1) was the first exclusive Ans. (b): Vikram Sarabhai was the first chairman of
weather satellite built by ISRO. METSAT satellite was ISRO.
the first launched by the PSLV -C4 into the 1383. Which of the following series of satellite
geostationary orbit. It was launched on 12 September launched the first Indian satellite using an
2002 from Sriharikota and it is a geosynchronous
Indian launch vehicle?
satellite.
(a) INSAT (b) Aryabhata
1376. Apollo-11 the first artificial satellite by which
humans landed on the moon, ___ launched in (c) Bhaskar (d) Rohini
which year? RRB NTPC 10.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(a) 1975 (b) 1968 Ans. (d): Rohini became the first satellite to be placed
(c) 1969 (d) 1958 in orbit by an Indian-made launch vehicle SLV-3 on
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-III) July 18, 1980.
Ans. (c): In 1969, Apollo-11 was the first artificial 1384. When was PSLV first used in India?
satellite by which humans landed on the moon. (a) 1980 (b) 1987
1377. Who is the first man to travel into space? (c) 1994 (d) 2000
(a) Neil Armstrong (b) Yuri Gagarin RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(c) Edwin Aldrin (d) Valentina Areshkova Ans. (c): Polar satellite launch vehicle (PSLV) is the
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-II) first Indian launch vehicle to be equipped with liquid
Ans. (b): On April 12, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gangarin stages. After its first successful launch in October 1994,
became the first man to travel to space, making a 108- PSLV emerged as the reliable and versatile workhorse
minute orbital flight in his Vostok-1 spacecraft. launch vehicle of India with 39 consecutively successful
1378. Who was the first human to travel in outer mission by June 2017. As of 28 February 2021, the
space? PSLV has made 53 launches, with 50 successful and two
(a) Neil Armstrong (b) Yuri Gagarin outright failure.
(c) Buzz Aldrin (d) John Glen 1385. Who was the first Chinese woman to visit
RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist space?
Ans. (b): Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first human (a) Wang yaping (b) Yi-so-yeon
to travel to outer space. (c) Liu Yang (d) Yelena Serova
1379. Which astronaut became the first human to RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
enter space and orbit the earth? Ans. (c): Mrs. Liu Yang was the first Chinese woman
(a) David Gagarin to visit space and was part of the Shenzhoug mission.
(b) Yuri Gagarin On 16 June 2012, Mrs. Liu Yang became China's first
(c) Yuri Malenchenko female astronaut.
(d) David Malenchenko
1386. Which is India's first security satellite?
RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) INSAT 2 B (b) GSAT-7
Ans. (b): See the explanation of above question. (c) GSAT-6 (d) IRS-1A
1380. Which of the following is the first lunar probe RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
mission of India?
(a) Mangalyaan (b) Chandrayaan-1 Ans. (b): GSAT-7 or INSAT-4F or Rukmini is a
multiband millitary communications satellite developed
(c) Astrosat (d) IRNSS-1
by ISRO. The Indian Navy is the user of the multi-band
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-III) communication spacecraft, which has been operational
Ans. (b): Chandrayaan-1 was the first lunar space probe since September 2013. It is India's first security
of the Indian Space Research Organisation and found satellite.
water on the moon.
1387. Who was the world's first female astronout?
1381. With which country does the Hubble space
telescope take the picture of the first predicted (a) Svetlana Savitsky
supernova explosion? (b) Valentina Tereshkova
(a) United States of America (c) Sally Ride
(b) Britain (d) Judith Resnick
(c) Canada RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(d) Russia Ans. (b): 16 June 1963, Soviet cosmonaut valentina
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 22.04.2016 (Shift-II) Tereshkova became the first woman to travel into space.
Ans. (a): United States agency 'NASA' launch Hubble She was a resident of Russia. Svetlana Savitskaya was
space telescope on April 24, 1990. It takes the picture of the second Russian human to travel into space.
the first predicted supernova explosion. 1388. Which was the first Indian communication
1382. Who was the first chairman of ISRO? satellite?
(a) Kasturi Rangan (b) Vikram Sarabhai (a) Aryabhata (b) Bhaskar-I
(c) Homi K. Bhabha (d) S.V. Raman (c) Apple (d) Chandrayaan-I
RRB NTPC 06.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 30.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
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Ans. (c): The Ariane passenger payload experiment 1394. Who was the first Indian woman to be depicted
(Apple), was the first Indian experimental on Indian Stamps?
communication satellite with a C-band transpounder (a) Sarojini Naidu (b) Kasturba Gandhi
launched by ISRO on June 19,1981 by Ariane, a launch (c) Meerabai (d) Rani Laxmibai
vehicle of the European Space Agency from centre RRB JE - 25/05/2019 (Shift-II)
spatial Guyanais near Kourou in French Guiana.
Ans. (c): Meerabai was the first Indian woman to be
1389. Which of the following does a Bandicoot refer depicted on postal stamp in 1952. She is the famous
to?
devotee of Krishna. Her bhajans dedicated to Krishna
(a) A security robot and her love and devotion to him made her icon.
(b) A telerobot for heart surgery
She was a great saint and poetess. She wrote Barsi ka
(c) Humanoid mayra, Geet Govind Teeka, Rag Govind and Rag
(d) A drainage-cleaning robot Soratha ke pad.
RRB NTPC 01.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1395. Who was the first Asian to swim across the
Ans. (d) : ‘BANDICOOT’ is an automatic sewer English Channel?
cleaning robot which has been procured by the
Guwahati Municipal. The BANDICOOT robot is also (a) Mihir Sen (b) Anita Sood
the first of its kind in the world that was developed by (c) Arati Saha (d) Taranath
a Start-up India company called Genrobotics, based on RRB JE - 26/05/2019 (Shift-II)
Kerela under the Make in India initiative, founded by Ans. (a): Mihir Sen was a famous Indian long distance
CSR of Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL). swimmer. He was the first Indian to swim across
1390. .......... was India's first indigenously made film English Channel in 1958, and did so in the fourth fastest
in colour time. He was the only man to swim the oceans of the
(a) Chhota Chetan (b) Kisan Kanya five continents in one calendar year.
(c) Raja Harishchandra (d) Alam Ara Anita Sood was a woman swimmer of India. She
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist became the fastest Asian swimmer to cross the English
Ans. (b) : Kisan Kanya was the first indigenously hindi channel with a time of 8 hours and 15 minutes on
colour feature film which was directed by Moti Gidwani August 17th, 1987. She was awarded Arjuna Award for
and produced by Ardeshir Irani. This film was made on her achievements.
farmers and laborers. This film came in 1937 and was Arati Saha was an indian Bengali long-distance
based on the condition of farmers. This film paints a swimmer, best known for becoming the first Asian
new picture of exploitation poverty and hunger. woman to swim across the English Channel on 29
1391. In which year was the first radio programme September 1959.
broadcasted in India? Taranath Narayan Shenoy, is a deaf and visually
(a) 1957 (b) 1923 impaired Indian swimmer, having successfully
(c) 1930 (d) 1936 completed the English Channel.
RRB NTPC 16.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 1396. Who is the first Indian woman to Climb the
Ans. (b) : Broadcasting in India actually began about 98 summit of the Mount Everest four times?
years before all India Radio came into existence. In (a) Deepika Rathore
June 1923 the Radio club of Bombay made the first ever (b) Suhail Sharma
broadcast in the country. This was followed by the (c) Anshu Jamsenpa
setting up of the Calcutta Radio club five months later.
(d) Madhusudan Patidar
1392. Which one of the following is the tallest statue RRB Group-D 01-10-2018 (Shift-I)
in the world
(a) 'Great Buddha of Thailand' in Thailand Ans. (c) : Anshu Jamsenpa is an Indian mountaineer
(b) 'Statue of Unity' in India and the first woman in the world to scale the summit of
(c) 'Spring Temple Buddha' in China Mount Everest twice in a season. Now she has become
the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest five
(d) 'Statue of Liberty' in USA
times. She is from Bomdila, Arunachal Pradesh. She
RRB NTPC 16.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist has been awarded India's fourth highest civilian award
Ans. (b) : The 'Statue of Unity' is the tallest statue in the the Padma Shri in 2021.
world. Its total height is 182 m. It is situated on the bank She unfurled the Indian tricolour on the mountain's crest
of Narmada river in Gujarat, India. in 2011 first time on May 12 and she made a second
1393. Who among the following joined the 969 summit also on May 21, Jamsenpa ascended the Everest
Railway Engineer Regiment of Territorial for the third time in 2013. She climbed the peak of
Army (TA) in 2011? She was the first female Mount Everest 4th time in 2017.
jawan in the Indian Army?
(a) Sita Sahu (b) Amrita Devi 1397. Who is the first woman in the world to climb
(c) Chhavi Rajawat (d) Sapper Shanti Tigga the summit of the Mount Everest twice in a
season?
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Lakpa Shrpa (b) Junko Tabai
Ans. (d) : Sapper Shanti Tigga was the first woman
soldier of the Indian Army. In 2011, she joined the 969 (c) Anshu Jamsenpa (d) Anga Rita
Railway Engineer Regiment of Territorial Army. She RRB Group-D 15-10-2018 (Shift-I)
hailed from Jalpaiguri, West Bengal. Ans. (c): See the explanation of above question.
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1398. Who was the first woman to reach the summit Ans. (c): Sirimavo Bandaranaike was a Srilankan states
of Mount Everest? woman. On 21 July 1960, following a land slide victory
(a) Bachendri Pal (b) Junko Tabei for the freedom party, she was sworn in as the first
(c) Arunima Sinha (d) Premlata Agrawal female prime minister in the world. She served three
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist terms : 1960-1965, 1970-1977, and 1994-2000.
Ans. (b): Junko Tabei was the first woman to climb the 1402. Who is the first Indian woman to swim across
summit of the Mount Everest in 1975. She was a Japanese the English Channel?
mountaineer and she was also the first woman to climb the (a) Nafisa (b) Arati Saha
seven summits, climbing the highest peak on every (c) Bula Chaudhary (d) J. Secunder
continent. She died on 20 October 2016 at the age of 77. RRB J.E. (14.12.2014, Green paper)
Bachendri Pal is an Indian mountaineer, who in 1984
Ans. (b) : Arati Saha became first Indian woman to swim
became the first Indian woman to reach the summit of
Mount Everest. She was from Uttarakhand State. across the English Channel in 1959. She also became the
first Asian woman to do so. She is a Indian Bengali long-
Arunima Sinha is a the world's first female amputee to
distance swimmer and she became the first-ever female
scale Mount Everest. She was born in Uttar Pradesh.
recipient of India's Padma Shree award which is the fourth-
Premlata Agrawal has the distinction of being the highest civilian award in 1960.
first Indian woman to climb the seven summits, the
seven highest continental peaks of the world. 1403. Who is the first disabled woman of India to
reach the summit of Mount Everest?
1399. Who was the first woman in the world to
graduate from medical college? (a) Anshu Jamsenpa (b) Anshu Sinha
(a) Rebecca Lee Crumpler (c) Arunima Sinha (d) Purna
(b) Elizabeth Blackwell RRB Group-D 31-10-2018 (Shift-III)
(c) Anandibai Joshee Ans. (c): Arunima Sinha is an India's first disabled
(d) Kei Okami woman to scale Mount Everest. After a hard toil she
RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist reached the summit of Mount Everest on 21 May 2013.
In 2015 She was conferred the Padma Shri, the fourth
Ans. (b): Elizabeth Blackwell was a British Physician,
highest civilian honour in India. In the same year she
notable as the first woman to receive as medical degree
also received the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure
in the United States, and the first woman on the Medical
register of the General Medical Council. award.
Rebecca Lee Crumpler was the first African-American 1404. Where was the paper first invented?
woman physician of United States. (a) China (b) India
Anandibai Joshi was the first Indian female practitioner (c) Jambiya (d) Germany
of western medicine, alongside Kadambini Ganguly. RRB NTPC 29.03.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Kei Okami was the first Japanese woman to obtain a Ans. (a): Paper was first invented in China. It is a thin
degree in Western medicine from Women's Medical sheet material produced by mechanically and/or
college of Pennsyvania, USA. chemically processing cellulose fibres derived from
1400. Who manufactured the first chocolate bar? woods, rags, grasses or other vegetable sources in
(a) Nestle (b) Hershey Company water, draining the water through fine mesh leaving the
(c) Joseph Fry & Sons (d) Pearsons fibre evenly distributed on the surface followed by
RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist pressing and drying. First evidence of making paper in
Ans. (c): Chocolate is a product of the cacao bean India are found in the Indus valley Civilization.
which is grown in pod-like fruits on tropical cacao trees. 1405. Which two words appeared on the first postage
About 70 percent of world's cocoa beans come from stamp of independent India?
four west African countries: Ivory Coast, Ghana, (a) Vande Matram (b) Jai Hind
Nigeria and Cameroon. (c) Jai Bharat (d) Jai Kisan
The creation of the first modern chocolate bar is RRB JE CBT-II 31.08.2019 IInd Shift
credited to Joseph Fry. who in 1847 discovered that he Ans. (b): The first stamp of independent India was
could make a moldable chocolate paste by adding issued on 21 November 1974. It depicts the Indian Flag
melted cocoa butter back into Dutch cocoa. Belgium is with the patriot's slogan Jai hind (Long live India) on
one of the most well known destinations for the top right hand corner.
chocoholics, with tons of factories and workshop.
Brussels, capital of Belgium, often called as the 1406. The world's first official airmail was sent
"chocolate Capital of the world." from ........... to ............ in February 1911.
1401. ..............was the first female Prime Minister of (a) Hyderabad, Tirupati (b) Andhra, Delhi
Sri Lanka. (c) Allahabad, Naini (d) Allahabad, Agra
(a) Ranasinghe Premadasa RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(b) Dingiri Banda Wijetunga Ans. (c): On 18 February, 1911, Henri Pequet (1888-
(c) Sirimavo Bandaranaike 1974) piloted the first official airmail from Allahabad to
(d) Chandrika Kumaratunga Naini. For this aircraft Humber-Sommer biplane was
RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist used and it took thirteen minutes only.
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 1413. Which two languages got the classical language
14. Miscellaneous status in 2008?
(a) Sanskrit and Malayalam
1407. Parshavnatha temple is located in which state? (b) Malayalam and Odia
(a) Rajasthan (b) Madhya Pradesh (c) Kannada and Telugu
(c) Kerala (d) Karnataka (d) Tamil and Sanskrit
RRB Group-D 17-09-2022 (Shift-II) RRB Group-D 14-09-2022 (Shift-II)
Ans. (b) : Parshvanatha temple is a 10th century Jain Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question.
Temple at Khajuraho in Madhya Pradesh, India. 1414. Which of the following languages does NOT
enjoy classical status in India?
1408. Which of the following is the largest fair of
(a) Maithili (b) Kannada
West Bengal?
(c) Telugu (d) Malayalam
(a) Rass Mela
RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-II)
(b) Gangasagar Mela
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question.
(c) Joydeb Kenduli Mela
(d) Ramkeli Mela, Malda 1415. Which of the following languages is not a
classical language in India as on June 2022?
RRB Group-D 27-09-2022 (Shift-III) (a) Odia (b) Bengali
Ans. (b) : Ganga Sagar Mela is the largest fair of West (c) Sanskrit (d) Tamil
Bengal. It is held in the month of January-February, on RRB Group-D 23-08-2022 (Shift-I)
the Ganga Sagar Island, at the mouth of the river
Hooghly in Bengal, in the confluence of river Ganga Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
and the Bay of Bengal on Makar Sankranti. 1416. To fulfill certain needs the government of India
declared some languages as the classical
1409. When was Tamil declared a classical language languages of India in _____.
of India? (a) 2010 (b) 2008
(a) 2004 (b) 2006 (c) 2004 (d) 2006
(c) 2007 (d) 2005 RRB Group-D– 06/10/2022 (Shift-I)
RRB Group-D 17-09-2022 (Shift-I) Ans.(c) : See the explanation of above question.
Ans. (a) : All the classical languages are listed in the 1417. Which of the following is not a classical
eighth schedule of constriction. language of India yet?
Currently there are six languages that enjoy the status of (a) Marathi (b) Sanskrit
classical language. (c) Telugu (d) Tamil
Language Declaration year RRB Group-D– 20/09/2022 (Shift-III)
Tamil 2004 Ans. (a) : See the explanation of the above question.
Sanskrit 2005 1418. Identify the language which is declared as a
Kannada 2008 'classical language' by the Government of India
Telugu 2008 in the year 2005 from following?
Malyalam 2013 (a) Telugu (b) Tamil
Odia 2014 (c) Sanskrit (d) Odia
Ministry of Culture provides guidelines regarding RRB Group-D– 29/08/2022 (Shift-I)
Classical languages. Ans.(c) : See the explanation of above question.
1410. Which of the following Indian languages in 1419. Which is the first Indian language that was
NOT categorized as a classical language by the given the status of 'classical language' by the
Ministry of Culture, Government of India? Ministry of Culture, Government of India?
(a) Tamil (b) Telugu (a) Kannada (b) Malayalam
(c) Bengali (d) Sanskrit (c) Odia (d) Tamil
RRB Group-D 17-09-2022 (Shift-II) RRB Group-D– 26/08/2022 (Shift-I)
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. Ans.(d) : See the explanation of above question.
1411. The Tamil language was declared as the 1420. Which of the following languages was declared
classical language of Indian in _____. a classical language in the year 2014?
(a) 2004 (b) 2002 (a) Telugu (b) Malayalam
(c) 2005 (d) 2003 (c) Odia (d) Kannada
RRB Group-D– 02/09/2022 (Shift-I) RRB Group-D– 05/09/2022 (Shift-III)
Ans. (a) : See the explanation of above question. Ans.(c) : See the explanation of above question.
1421. Which of the following is NOT an example of a
1412. In which year was Tamil declared a classical classical language in India as declared by the
language by the Government of India? Government of India ?
(a) 2014 (b) 2005 (a) Bengali (b) Kannada
(c) 2004 (d) 2010 (c) Malayalam (d) Odia
RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-III) RRB Group-D– 06/10/2022 (Shift-II)
Ans. (c) : See the explanation of above question. Ans.(a) : See the explanation of above question.

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1422. In which state is St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica (a) Chaitra (b) Magha
Church located? (c) Ashadha (d) Vaishakha
(a) Tamil Nadu (b) Kerala RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-II)
(c) Goa (d) Maharashtra Ans. (d) : According to the Hindu calendar, this special
RRB Group-D 22-08-2022 (Shift-II) day falls on the Purnima (full moon day) in the month
Ans. (a) : St. Thomas Cathedral Basilica and National of Vaisakha. Buddha Purnima celebrates the birth
Shrine of Saint Thomas is a minor Basilica of the anniversary of the founder of Buddhism - Siddhartha
Catholic Church in India at the Santhome Gautama.
neighbourhood of Madras (Chennai), in Tamil Nadu. In 1428. The Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic
1896, it was renovated in the Madras province religions congregation established in ............. by
according to neo-Gothic designs as favoured by British Mother Teresa.
architects in the late 19th century. (a) 1954 (b) 1950
1423. Which of the following famous churches of (c) 1947 (d) 1952
India is INCORRECTLY matched with its RRB Group-D 23-08-2022 (Shift-I)
location?
Ans. (b) : The Missionaries of Charity is a Catholic
(a) St. Paul Cathedral – Kolkata religions congregation established in 1950 by Mother
(b) Basilica of Bom Jesus – Goa Teresa. Teresa was a Macedonia born Albanian women
(c) St. John in the Wilderness Church – who later spent most of her life in India serving
Pondicherry humanity. She got Noble Peace Prize in 1979.
(d) Santa Cruz Basilica – Kochi 1429. Which of the following is not a part of the
RRB Group-D 18-08-2022 (Shift-III) Dravidian language family's four largest
Ans. (c) : St. John in the Wilderness is a protestant languages?
Church dedicated to John Baptist. It was build in 1852 (a) Tamil (b) Malayalam
and is located near Dharmshala in Himachal Pradesh. (c) Sanskrit (d) Kannada
1424. Sangam literature was composed in which RRB Group-D 23-08-2022 (Shift-II)
classical language? Ans. (c) : Among the following Tamil, Malayalam and
(a) Odiya (b) Malayalam Kannada are major Dravidian languages whereas
(c) Tamil (d) Sanskrit Sanskrit belongs to Indo-Aryan branch of Indo-
RRB Group-D 19-09-2022 (Shift-I) European languages family. The Dravidian languages
Ans. (c) : Sangam literature, sangam also spelled are these mainly spoken in Southern India and North-
cankam, chankam, or Sangam was the earliest writings eastern Sri Lanka. There are more than 80 languages in
in the Tamil language, through to have been produced Dravidian family.
in there chankams, or literary academies, in Madurai 1430. The Easter basket is related to which of the
India, from the 1st to the 4th century CE. following religious?
1425. In which North Eastern City will you find The (a) Islam (b) Christianity
Christ Church which is regarded as the oldest (c) Hinduism (d) Sikhism
Chruch of North East India? RRB Group-D 23-08-2022 (Shift-II)
(a) Aizawl (b) Itanagar Ans. (b) : The Easter basket is related to Christianity.
(c) Kohima (d) Guwahati Historically, feasts in the large easter basket were
RRB Group-D 19-09-2022 (Shift-III) brought to churches to be blessed by religious leaders.
Ans. (d) : The Christ Church which is regarded as the 1431. Where is the National War Memorial located?
oldest church of North East India is located in (a) Mumbai (b) Delhi
Guwahati, Assam. (c) Kolkata (d) Agra
1426. Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI RRB Group-D 23-08-2022 (Shift-II)
Aayog in collaboration with _____ launched the Ans. (b) : National War Memorial is located in Delhi. It
community Innovators Fellowship (CIF) is a memorial built to honour the soldiers of Indian
marking the 'International Day of Women and Military who gave their worthfull lives for the victory
Girls in Science'. and the future of the nation.
(a) Ministry of Women and Child Development
(b) Department of Science and Technology 1432. Kokborok is one of the state languages of
Tripura. On 19th January 2022, Tripura
(c) Indian Institute of Science celebrated which Kokborok day?
(d) United Nations Development Programme (a) 34th (b) 24th
(UNDP)
(c) 55th (d) 44th
RRB Group-D 24-08-2022 (Shift-II)
RRB Group-D 22-08-2022 (Shift-III)
Ans. (d) : Atal Innovation Mission (AIM) and NITI
Aayog in collaboration with United Nations Ans. (a) : Kokborok day (Tripuri Language Day) is a
Development Programme (UNDP) launched the festival celebrated in the Indian state of Tripura to
community Innovators Fellowship marking the celebrate the development of Kokborok Language. The
'International Day of Women and Girls in Science'. 44th Kokborok Day was observed on 19th January, 2022.
It is an official language of Tripuri. This day was
1427. According to the Hindu Calendar, Buddha chosen to commemorate its early recognition as on
Purnima falls on the full moon day of _____. official language in 1979.
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1433. In which of the following states did NESTLE Ans. (a) : Venkateshwara, also known as
India Ltd. set up its first factory in 1961? Venkatachalapati Srinivasa and Balaji, is a from of the
(a) Madhya Pradesh (b) Punjab Hindu God Vishnu.
(c) Kerala (d) Haryana 1439. In which year was the Steel Authority of India
RRB Group-D 25-08-2022 (Shift-I) Ltd incorporated?
Ans. (b) : In the state of Punjab at NESTLE , India Ltd. (a) 1973 (b) 1981
set up its first factory in 1961. (c) 1956 (d) 1963
1434. The North Eastern Regional Language Centre RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-I)
is located in ……… . Ans. (a) : The Steel Authority of India Ltd was
(a) Itanagar (b) Kohima incorporated in the year 1973. With an authorized
(c) Guwahati (d) Dispur capital of Rs. 2000 crore, was made responsible for
RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-III) managing five integrated steel plants at Bhilai, Bokaro,
Durgapur, Rourkela and Burnpur and the Allay steel
Ans. (c) : The North Eastern Regional language centre plant and the Salem steel plant.
is located in Guwahati, Assam.
1440. In which city was Jawaharlal Nehru born?
1435. The 16th Annual Status of Education Report (a) Lucknow (b) Delhi
(ASER) 2021 (Rural) was released by ………. (c) Allahabad (d) Srinagar
in November, 2021.
RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-I)
(a) Bhumi
(b) Navjyoti Foundation Ans. (c) : Jawaharlal Nehru was born in the city of
Allahabad. He was an Indian anti-colonial nationalist,
(c) Goonj secular humanist, social democrat and author who was a
(d) Pratham foundation central figure in India during the middle of the 20th
RRB Group-D 29-09-2022 (Shift-III) century.
Ans. (d) : The 16th Annual Status of Education Report 1441. By which year does the National Education
(ASER) 2021 (Rural) was released by Pratham Policy 2020 aim for a 100% Gross Enrolment
Foundation. Ratio (GER) in school education?
Pratham is a NGO that focuses on innovative (a) 2027 (b) 2030
learning. (c) 2023 (d) 2025
1436. The Ministry of Labour and Employment has RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-I)
developed eSHRAM portal for ––––––––. Ans. (b) : By the year 2030, the National Education
(a) creating a National Database of Unorganised Policy 2020 aims for a 100% Gross Enrollment Ratio
Workers (NDUW) (GER) in school education.
(b) creating a National Database of Organised 1442. Which of the following 'state-major language'
Workers (NDOW) pairs has been INCORRECTLY matched?
(c) creating a National Database of Public Sector (a) Manipur-Meitei
Undertakings Workers (NDPSUW) (b) Kerala-Kannada
(d) creating a National Database of Government (c) Meghalaya-Khasi
Workers (NDGW) (d) Andhra Pradesh-Telugu
RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-III) RRB Group-D– 17/08/2022 (Shift-II)
Ans. (a) : The Ministry of Labour and Employment has Ans. (b) : Malayalam is spoken mainly in Kerala,
developed eSHRAM portal for creating a National where it is the official language of the state; while
Database of Unorganised Workers (NDUW) Kannada is the mother-tongue for the people in
1437. Services e-Health Assistance and Karnataka. Therefore option (b) is incorrectly matched.
Teleconsultation (SeHAT) is a teleconsultation 1443. Which of the following classical languages is
service launched by which of the following known as the 'Italian of the East' as well words
ministries? in this language end with vowel sound?
(a) Ministry of AYUSH (a) Malayalam (b) Telugu
(b) Ministry of Home Affairs (c) Marathi (d) Kannada
(c) Ministry of Women and Child Development RRB Group-D– 26/09/2022 (Shift-II)
(d) Ministry of Defence Ans.(b) : Telugu belongs to the family of Dravidian
RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-III) language and the official language of Andhra Pradesh
Ans. (d) : Services e-Health Assistance and and Telangana. 19th century Englishmen called it, the
Teleconsultation (SeHAT) is a teleconsultation service Italian of the east as all words in Telugu end with a
launched by the Ministry of Defence. vowel sound.
1438. Venkateshwara, also known as 1444. Which language among the following is a Sino-
Venkatachalapati Srinivasa and Balaji, is a Tibetan language spoken by people of north-
form of the Hindu God: east India?
(a) Vishnu (b) Hanuman (a) Maithili (b) Santhali
(c) Shiva (d) Brahma (c) Bodo (d) Dogri
RRB Group-D 28-09-2022 (Shift-II) RRB Group-D– 29/08/2022 (Shift-III)
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Ans.(c) : Bodo language is a Sino-Tibetan language 1450. Which of the following statements about
spoken by people of north-east India. It is one of the Classical Language is INCORRECT?
twenty-two languages listed in the eighth schedule of (a) High antiquity of a language's early texts over
the constitution of India. a period of 1500-2000 years for it to be
1445. Which of the following is a classical Dravidian considered classical
language ? (b) At least two million people must speak the
(a) Gujarati (b) Odia language for it to be considered classical
(c) Tamil (d) Bengali (c) The literary tradition be original and not
borrowed from another speech community for
RRB Group-D– 08/09/2022 (Shift-I) a language to be classical
Ans.(c) : The Dravidian languages with the most (d) The classical language and literature being
speakers are (in descending order of number of distinct from modern for a language to be
speakers) Telugu, Tamil, Kannada and Malayalam. classical
These all have independent scripts and long RRB Group-D– 26/08/2022 (Shift-III)
documented histories.
Ans. (b) : Guidelines for declaring a language as
1446. According to the 2011 census of languages, classical are –
which is the second highest spoken language in
India ? • High antiquity of its early texts/recorded history over
as period of 1500-2000 years.
(a) Telugu (b) Tamil
• A body of ancient literature/texts, which is
(c) Gujarati (d) Bengali considered a valuable heritage by generations of
RRB Group-D– 09/09/2022 (Shift-III) speakers.
Ans.(d) : According to the 2011 census of language • The literary tradition be original and not borrowed
Bengali is the second most spoken language of India, from another speech community.
followed by Marathi and Telugu, with Hindi at the • The classical language and literature being distinct
first place. from modern, there may also be a discontinuity
1447. ______ is spoken by around 2.5 million people, between the classical language and it later forms or
mainly on the central west coast of India, and it its offshoots.
is the official language of Goa. 1451. Tamil, the official and most prominent
(a) Marathi (b) Dogri language of Tamil Nadu, is a member of
(c) Dhivehi (d) Konkani _____language family.
RRB Group-D– 09/09/2022 (Shift-II) (a) Indo-Aryan (b) Dravidian
Ans.(d) : The Goa, Daman Diu official language Act, (c) Kra-Dai (d) Munda
1987 makes Konkani in the Devanagari Script the sole RRB Group-D– 05/09/2022 (Shift-I)
official language of Goa. Konkani language is spoken Ans. (b) : Tamil language is a member of the Dravidian
by around 2.5 million population, mainly on the central language family. It is the official language of the Indian
west coast of India. state of Tamil Nadu and the Union Territory of
1448. Which of the following Indian language Puducherry (Pondicherry).
constitutes third most spoken language in the 1452. ______ is a translation service and information
world as per Forbes data published in August site developed jointly by the Central Institute
2021? of Indian Language, Sahitya Akadami and
(a) Odia (b) Hindi National Book Trust in 2002.
(c) Telugu (d) Bengali (a) Anukriti. net (b) Anuvaad. net
Ans. (b) : As per forbes data published in August-2021, (c) Praroop. net (d) Pratilipi. net
English is the most spoken language in the world, Hindi RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-I)
ranks third. Ans. (a) : 'Anukriti.net' is a translation service and
Language Speakers (In million) information site developed jointly by the Central
English - 1348 Institute of Indian languages, Sahitya Academy and
Mandarin - 1120 National Book Trust in 2002.
Hindi - 600 1453. Under which of the following Funds has the
Spanish - 593 scheme 'One Stop Centre (OSC) scheme' been
Arabic - 274 implemented across the country since 1 April
Bengali - 268 2015?
French - 267 (a) PM National Relief Fund
Russian - 158 (b) Women Empowerment Fund
Urdu - 230 (c) Durga Vahini Fund
1449. What is the rank of Bengali language in the (d) Nirbhaya Fund
world among the most spoken languages as per RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-I)
Forbes Ans. (d) : Nirbhaya Fund has the scheme 'One stop
(a) 6th (b) 27th Centre (OSC) scheme' been implemented across the
(c) 10 th
(d) 17th country since 1 April 2015. Under the one stop centre
RRB Group-D 24-08-2022 (Shift-I) scheme, 100% funding is provided by Central
Government directly to the district authorities from
Ans.(a) : See the explanation of above question. Nirbhaya Fund.
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1454. Hindi continues to be the most widely spoken Ans. (c) : Sino-Tibetan family is the world's second
language in India at ______ of the polution, largest language family, with more than one billion
and continues to grow at a rapid pace, mostly speakers of its hundreds of different languages. Indo-
driven by higher population growth in Hindi European language family has an estimated 2.9 billion
speaking states as per census 2011. speakers across the world.
(a) 42.03% (b) 44.04%
(c) 43.63% (d) 41.03% 1461. Where is the Kandariya Mahadev temple
located ?
RRB Group-D– 13/09/2022 (Shift-II)
(a) Orchha (b) Khajuraho
Ans. (c) : Hindi continues to be the most widely spoken
language in India at 43.63% of the population, and (c) Ujjain (d) Dewas
continues to grow at a rapid pace, mostly driven by RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –16/06/2022 (Shift-I)
higher population growth in Hindi speaking states as per Ans. (b) : Kandariya Mahadev Temple is located at
census 2011. Khajuraho, Madhya Pradesh. It is the largest of the
1455. Which of the following states was ranked first western group of temples in Khajuraho, it dates back to
in Category I of e-Panchayat Puraskar 2021? the 11th century. The temple was probably constructed
(a) Uttar Pradesh (b) Haryana by king Vidyadhara and it is built on Panchayatana
(c) Himachal Pradesh (d) Rajasthan style.
RRB Group-D– 15/09/2022 (Shift-I) 1462. Rohingya Muslims are the natives of which of
Ans. (a) : The Uttar Pradesh government won the "E- the following countries?
Panchayat Puraskar 2021", ranking first in category. (a) China (b) Myanmar
1456. As per Census 2011, which language replaced (c) Nepal (d) Bhutan
Telugu as the third most spoken language in RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –14/06/2022 (Shift-II)
India? Ans. (b) : Rohingya are an ethnic group, largely
(a) Bengali (b) Tamil comprising Muslims, who predominantly live in the
(c) Gujarati (d) Marathi western Myanmar province of Rakhine. They speak a
RRB Group-D– 16/09/2022 (Shift-III) dialect of Bengali, as opposed to the commonly spoken
Ans. (d) : As per census 2011, Marathi replaced Burmese language.
Telugu as the third most spoken language in India. 1463. Boro an ethno-linguistic community is native to
1457. In which Indian state will you find The Sumi which of the following states union territories
Baptist Church? of India?
(a) Goa (b) Nagaland (a) Assam
(c) Manipur (d) Kerala (b) Andaman and Nicobar
RRB Group-D– 01/09/2022 (Shift-III) (c) Madhya Pradesh
Ans. (b) : Sumi Baptist church of Zunheboto is mighty (d) Gujarat
sight to behold for it can be spotted from 20 village of
the Zunheboto district of Nagaland. RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –14/06/2022 (Shift-II)
1458. The Kanjira is a frame drum of South India. It Ans. (a) : Boro or bodo an ethno-linguistic community
consists of a skin (usually iguana) stretched and is the largest and native to the north eastern state of
pasted on a circular_____ frame. Assam.
(a) Steel (b) Wooden 1464. With which of the following states are
(c) Dried Pumpkin (d) Brass 'Huchari' performance associated?
RRB NTPC (Stage-II) 15/06/2022 (Shift-III) (a) Kerala (b) Odisha
Ans. (b) : The Kanjira is frame drum of south India, it (c) Maharashtra (d) Assam
belongs to tambourine family. It consists of a skin RRB NTPC (Stage-II) –12/06/2022 (Shift-II)
(usually iguana) stretched and pasted on a circular Ans. (d) : State of Assam is associated with Husori
wooden frame. Huchari performance. During the reign of Ahom dynsty
1459. The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore was built it was related to Royal Palace but at later it began to be
by______. practiced by common people.
(a) Sher Shah Suri (b) Humayun 1465. What type of nuclear reaction is responsible for
(c) Iltutmish (d) Aurangzeb liberation of energy in the nuclear reactor?
RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-II) (a) Nuclear fusion (b) Nuclear fission
Ans. (d) : The Badshahi Masjid in Lahore was built by (c) Nuclear generation (d) Nuclear destruction
Aurangzeb in 1673 AD. The Mosque was built to
commemorate Aurangzeb's military campaigns against Ans. (b) : In a nuclear reactor the liberation of energy
Maratha king Shivaji. He also erected Moti Masjid in takes place through nuclear fission.
Red Fort, Delhi. 1466. Gas leaked during Bhopal tragedy was–
1460. Which of the following is the world's second (a) Ethyl Isothiocyanate
largest language family? (b) Sodium Isothiocyanate
(a) Austronesian (b) Niger- Congo (c) Methyl Isocyanate
(c) Sino-Tibetan (d) Indo-European (d) Potassium Isothiocyanate
RRB NTPC (State-II) 17/06/2022 (Shift-I) RRB JE CBT-II 29–08–2019 (evening)
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Ans. (c) On the night of December 2, 1984, Chemical 1472. Which of the following facts about
Methyl Isocyanate (MIC) spilt out from Union Carbide Kumbhalgarh Fort Rajasthan is not correct?
Ltd. Pesticide factory turned the city of Bhopal into a (a) Presently it is located in Rajsamand district of
colossal gas chamber. Rajasthan
(b) It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site based in
1467. Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster occurred in the the hilly districts of Rajasthan.
year- (c) The wall of Kumbhalgarh fort is the second
(a) 1986 (b) 1987 largest wall in the world after the longest
(c) 1984 (d) 1985 wall of China.
RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift (d) Kumbhalgarh Fort is situated on the top of a
hill in the famous Satapura mountain range.
Ans. (a) : The Chernobyl disaster was a nuclear
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
accident that occured on 26 April 1986 at No. 4 reactor
in the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, near the city of Ans. (d): Kumbhalgarh fort is located on the western
Aravalli hills in the Rajsamand district of Rajasthan
Pripyat in Ukrainian SSR. state. It is the second largest wall after the 'Great Wall'
1468. When did Chernobyl nuclear disaster occur? of China. It was considered to have been built by Rana
(a) August 1987 (b) August 1989 Kumbha in the 15th century. It is further declared a
(c) April 1988 (d) April 1986 UNESCO World Heritage Site that is under the group
Hill Forts. UNESCO recognized the group of hills of
RRB JE CBT-II 28–08–2019 (morning)
Rajasthan as World Heritage Site they are Kumbhalgarh
Ans. (d) : See the explanation of above question. Fort, Ranthambore Fort, Amber Fort, Chittor Fort,
1469. Which organization was established on 15 July Gagran Fort, Jaisalmer Fort.
1948 with the motto 'Unity and Discipline'? 1473. What is the full form of ISI?
(a) RIMC (b) NCC (a) Inter Services Intelligence
(c) IMA (d) NDA (b) Inter Services Intelligence
RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift (c) International Space Intelligence
(d) International Scientific Infrastructure
Ans. (b) : The "National Caded Corps (NCC) came into
RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
existence on 15 July 1948 under NCC Act (No XXXI of
1948) enacted by the parliament. The cadets are given Ans. (a): The Inter-Services Intelligence is the premier
intelligence agency of Pakistan. ISI was founded by
basic military training in small arms and parades, the Robert Cawthome on 1 Jan, 1948. Its headquater is in
motto of NCC is "Unity and Discipline". Islamabad.
1470. Where is the Nobel Museum situated in the 1474. Which organization is the originally named as
World? special police establishment?
(a) Sweden (b) Stockholm (a) CID (b) RAW
(c) Denmark (d) London (c) CBI (d) CRPF
RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB JE - 26/06/2019 (Shift-III)
Ans. (b): The Nobel Museum is located in Stockholm the Ans. (c): The Central Bureau of Investigation is the
capital of Sweden. It was opened in the spring of 2001 premier investigating agency of India. Operating
for the 100th anniversary of the Nobel Prize. It's name under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Personnel,
Public Grievances and Pensions, CBI was established
was changed to Nobel Prize Museum in 2019. 1 April, 1963. Its headquarter is in New Delhi. It was
1471. Which is the largest pyramid of Egypt? originally formed as special police establishment in
(a) Pyramid of Khafre 1942.
(b) Pyramid of Menkaur 1475. Pakistan film industry is known as?
(c) Pyramid of Khufu (a) Pollywood (b) Lollywood
(d) Pyramid of Djedefre (c) Kollywood (d) Mollywood
RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (b): Between 1947, and 2007, Pakistan cinema
Ans. (c): The Great Pyramids of Giza (also known as
was based in Lahore, was home to the nation's largest
the pyramid of Khufu or the pyramid of cheops) is the film industry (nicknamed Lollywood). Bollywood of
oldest and largest of the three pyramids in the Giza India is in Mumbai.
pyramind complex. Egypt is famous for its ancient 1476. What is the extension of UFO?
civilization and some of the world most famous (a) Under Fire Object
monuments such as the pyramids and the sphinx. All (b) Unidentified Flying Object
Egyptian pyramids were built on the west bank of the (c) Unapproved Foreign Object
Nile river. (d) Unidentified Free Object
Giza has three principal pyramids. Khufu RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
(Originally 481 feet or 146 meter high, and sometimes Ans. (b): Unidentified Flying Object UFO is a popular
called the great pyramid) Khafre (471 feet) and term for any flying object phenomenon that cannot be
Menkaur (2013 feet). instantly identified.
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1477. Construction work has begun in Lincolnshire Ans. (a) : The Council of Scientific and Industrial
on the world's longest subsea power cable, Research abbreviated as CSIR was established by the
which will run between Britain and ______ to Government of India in September 1942. It is an
share renewable energy between the two autonomous body that has emerged as the largest
countries. research and development organisation in India. It had
(a) Denmark (b) Belgium developed India's first synthetic drug, methaqualone in
1950.
(c) France (d) Austria
RRB NTPC 10.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 1482. CSIR stands for :
(a) Council of Space and Invention Research
Ans. (a) : The UK's National Grid and Denmark's (b) Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
Energinet have begun working on the world's longest
(c) Council of Scientific and Indian Research
subsea power cable. A 475 mile long (765 km) cable, is
(d) Committee of Science and Iron Research
being built in Lincolnshire.
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1478. Under whose administration is the Department
Ans. (b) : See the explanation of above question.
of Atomic Energy works?
(a) Ministry of Science and Technology 1483. The Government of India had constituted
Narcotics Controls Bureau in _______.
(b) Ministry of Power (a) 1986 (b) 1984
(c) Prime Minister's Office (c) 1980 (d) 1982
(d) Cabinet Secretariat RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 05.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (a) : The Government of India constituted
Ans. (c) : On 3rd August, 1954, the Department of Narcotics Control Bureau on 17th March 1986. It is a
Atomic Energy was established in the charge of Prime body of Indian government for prevention of drugs
Minister by the order of President. smuggling and trading of narcotic products. It is
1479. Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) operates under headquartered in New Delhi and lies under Ministry of
the aegis of: Home Affairs.
(a) Ministry of Human Resource Development 1484. Which office of the Government of India is the
(b) Ministry of Skill Development and executive department of Nuclear energy ?
Enterpreneurship (a) Home Minister's Office
(b) Ministry of Power
(c) Ministry of Home Affairs
(c) Office of the Defence Minister
(d) Ministry of Defence
(d) Prime Minister Office
RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 11.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (b) : The Scheme of Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Ans. (d) : The Indian Atomic Energy Commission
formerly known as Shramik Vidyapeeth was a unique was first setup in August 1948 in the Department of
creation of Government of India it is being implemented Scientific Research, which was created a few months
through NGOs in the country since 1967. The scheme earlier in June 1948. The Department of Atomic
was renamed as Jan Shikshan Sansthan in 2000. JSS Energy (DAE) was setup on 3 August, 1954 under
scheme was transferred from Ministry of Education the direct charge of the Prime Minister through a
(erstwhile Ministry of Human Resource Development) Presidential Order. Subsequently, in accordance with
to Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship in a Government Resolution dated March 1, 1958, the
July, 2018. Atomic Energy Commission (AEC) was established
1480. In which city of India the central AGMARK in the Department of Atomic Energy.
laboratory is located? 1485. The Animal welfare board of India was
(a) Mumbai (b) New Delhi established in the year:
(c) Nagpur (d) Chennai (a) 1960 (b) 1968
RRB NTPC 22.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist (c) 1962 (d) 1965
Ans. (c) : The Central AGMARK Laboratory is RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
situated in Nagpur, Maharashtra, Agmark Laboratory Ans. (c) : The Animal Welfare Board of India is a
Directorate of Marketing and Inspection has been set up statutory advisory body on Animal Welfare Laws and
for quality certification of agriculture produce through promotes animal welfare in the country. Established in
the network of 22 Regional Agmark Laboratory at 1962, the board consists of 28 Members. The term of
different place in the country with central Agricultural office of Members is for a period of 3 years.
Laboratory, Nagpur as the apex Laboratory. 1486. Which of the following is NOT a division of
1481. India’s first synthetic drug --------was National Sample Survey Organisation?
developed by Council of Scientific and (a) National Development Agenda
Industrial Research (CSIR). (b) Data Processing Division
(a) Methaqualone (b) Laudanum (c) Survey Design and Research Division
(c) Ergoapiol (d) Norodin (d) Field Operation Division
RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (a) : The National Sample Survey Organisation 1490. What is the name of the parliament of
(NSSO) is an organization responsible for conducting Denmark?
large scale surveys on socio-economic indicators such (a) Parliament (b) Stortinget
as income, health, employment, expenditure, etc. on an (c) The National Diet (d) Folketing
all India basis. It was set up in 1950 and now it is RRB NTPC 02.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
renamed as National Sample Survey Office, working
under the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Ans. (d) : Parliament – Country
Implementation of the Government of India. The NSSO Folketing – Denmark
consists of four Divisions, namely, the Survey Design Parliament – India, Britain, Canada, South Africa
and Research Division (SDRD), the Field operations Stortinget – Norway
Division (FOD), the Data Processing Division (DPD), Federal Parliament – Australia
and the Coordination and Publication Division (CPD). The National Diet – Japan
Thus from above description National Development Congress – America
Agenda is NOT a division of National Sample Survey National Assembly – Pakistan
Organisation (NSSO).
Note- NSSO merged with the Central Statistics Office 1491. Which of the following beaches has become the
(CSO) to form National Statistical Office (NSO). first in Asia to get the Blue flag certification?
(a) Baga Beach (b) Chandrabhaga Beach
1487. Which of the following Nations was the
member of "Allied Powers" group in World (c) Marina Beach (d) Kovalam Beach
War II? RRB NTPC 03.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Germany (b) Italy Ans. (b) : Chandrabhaga Beach in Odisha was the
(c) USA (d) Japan prestigious international eco-label Blue flag and became
RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist the first beach in Asia to win this certificate. It is
located near the famous Konark Sun temple a UNESCO
Ans. (c) : The Second World War or World War II was
a global war between all the major countries of the World Heritage Site. It is also the site of annual
World. These countries were divided into the Axis Chandra Bhaga Mela (honour of the Sun God).
powers and allied. This war took place between 1939- 1492. On 25 April 1945, _____ governments met in
1945. The allied countries included France, Great San Francisco for a conference and Started
Britain, United States, Soviet Union and China. The drafting the UN Charter
Axis Powers included Germany, Italy and Japan. (a) 50 (b) 25
1488. Which of the following is the full form of (c) 60 (d) 45
ICANN ? RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) (The Internet Consortium for Assigned Ans. (a) : Delegates of fifty (50) nations met in San
Names and Numbers) Francisco, California, USA, between 25 April and 26
(b) (The Internet Corporation for Assigned June 1945 at the United Nations Conference on
Names and Numbers) International Organization. Working on the Dumbarton
(c) (The Internal Corporation for Assigned Oaks proposals, the Yalta Agreement, and amendments
Names and Numbers) proposed by various governments, the conference
(d) (The International Corporation for Assigned agreed upon the charter of the United Nations and the
Names and numbers) statute of the new International Court of Justice.
RRB NTPC 31.07.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist 1493. How many nuclear explosions were conducted
Ans. (b) : The full form of ICANN is the Internet by India at Pokhran in May 1998?
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. It is a (a) One (b) Four
American multistateholder group and nonprofit (c) Five (d) Two
organization responsible for coordinating the RRB NTPC 30.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
maintenance and procedures of several databases related
to the namespaces and numerical spaces of the internet. Ans. (c) : The Pokhran tests were a series of five
nuclear bomb tests explosions conducted by India at the
1489. Where has India's first floating elementary Indian Army's Pokhran Test Range, Rajasthan.
school been inaugurated?
The tests were initiated on 11 May 1998, under the
(a) Naini Jheel, Nainital assigned code name 'Operation Shakti'.
(b) Lake Pichola, Udaipur
(c) Dal Lake, Srinagar 1494. For which Indian spice did the Indian
government challenge the US patenting and
(d) Loktak Lake, Manipur
force them to revoke it?
RRB NTPC 23.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) Mustard (b) Clove
Ans. (d) : Loktak lake, the largest freshwater lake in the (c) Cardamom (d) Turmeric
country, has now become home to first of its kind
Loktak floating elementary school. Situated about 50 RRB NTPC 07.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
km from Imphal, the school has been inaugurated in Ans. (d) : For turmeric, Indian government challenged
Manipur. It was opened under the initiative undertaken the US patenting and force them to revoke. India
by All Loktak Lake Fisherman’s Union with the support challenged this patenting on the basis of Indian
of an NGO People Resources Development Association traditional knowledge of turmeric’s antiseptic
(PRDA). properties.

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1495. A unified script for nine Indian languages, (c) Bombay Secretariat
which is being proposed as a common script of (d) Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus
India is : (Formerly Victorial Terminus)
(a) Bharati (b) Telugu RRB NTPC 08.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Devanagari (d) Gurmukhi Ans. (d) : Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj Terminus was
RRB NTPC 10.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist designed by Fredrick William Stevens. It was earlier
Ans. (a) : Taking a cue from European languages, known as Victoria Terminus. It is an outstanding example
several of which have the same (Roman-letter-based) of Victorian Gothic Revival architecture in India.
script, Srinivasa Chakravathy's team at IIT Madras has ,
over the last decade, developed a unified script for nine 1500. Megalopolis a Greek word meaning "great
Indian languages, named the Bharati Script. It is city" was popularized by ______ (1957)
designed to be a common script that can express all the (a) Patrick (b) Jean Gottman
major Indian languages. (c) Lewis Mumford (d) Griffin
1496. NCSM is an autonomous organization under RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
Ministry of Culture. What is the full form of Ans. (b) : Megalopolis refers to a cluster of densely
NCSM? populated cities stretching over a large region. Jean
(a) National Council of Space Museum Gottman had popularized the term in 1957 to classify
(b) National Council of Science Museums the region from Washington to Bostan, including New
(c) National Council of Social Museum York, Philadelphia and Balfimore.
(d) National Council of Satellite Museum 1501. Aadhar is a 12-digit unique number that is
RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist issued by the _____.
Ans. (b) : NCSM stands for National Council of (a) Unique Identification Authority of India
Science Museums. It is a self-governing organisation (b) Unique Indian Demographic Association of
under the Ministry of Culture, Government of India. It India
was formed on 4 April 1978. Its headquaters is in (c) Unique Identification Association of India
Kolkata. The main purpose of NCSM is the informal
communication of science. Currently its Director (d) Unique Indian Digital Authority of India
General is A.D. Chaudhary. RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1497. VVPAT is a machine that is used in Indian Ans. (a) : Aadhar is a 12 digit number. It records a
elections to ensure that the citizen's vote has person's demographic and biometric information.
been correctly placed. What is the full form of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) is the
VVPAT? issuing and managing body for Aadhaar cards in the
(a) Voting Verification Paper Audit Trail country.
(b) Voter Voting Pattern Audit Tally 1502. Which committee was related to the policies
(c) Voting Varification Paper Audit Tally and programme for agriculture?
(d) Voter Varifiable Paper Audit Trail (a) Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee
RRB NTPC 16.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (b) Charan Singh Committee
Ans. (d) : VVPAT stands for Voter Verifiable Paper (c) Yashpal Committee
Audit Trail. It is a verification system for voting (d) Rammurthy Committee
machines designed to allow voters to verify that their RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
vote was cast correctly or not. It was first used in
assembly election in Nagaland in 2013. Ans. (a) : Bhanu Pratap Singh Committee was related
1498. The areas or regions of the world that are to the policies and programmes for agriculture. The
located outside the sovereign jurisdiction of any committee was set up in 1991.
one state, and therefore require common 1503. 'Make-In-India's' symbol is a lion made of
governance by the international community are ______.
known as: (a) Nails (b) Hammers
(a) Ecosystem (b) Barren areas (c) Cogs (d) Bows
(c) Zero line (d) Global commons RRB NTPC 08.04.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC 05.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Ans. (c) : The logo of Make-in-India is the silhouette
Ans. (d) : Global commons have been traditionally of a lion on the prowl, made entirely of cogs,
defined as those parts of the planet that fall outside symbolising manufacturing, strength and national
national jurisdictions and to which all nations have pride. 'Make in India' initiative was launched globally
access. International law identifies four global on 25 September, 2014 as a part of India's renewed
commons, namely the High Seas, the Atmosphere, the focus on Manufacturing.
Antarctica and the Outer space.
1499. Which of the following buildings was designed 1504. Name the first country of the Soviet Republic
by F.W. Stevens? (USSR) to declare its independence.
(a) The Town Hall, Bombay (a) Ukraine (b) Lithuania
(b) Horniman Circle (formerly Elphinstone (c) Georgia (d) Moldova
Circle) RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (b) : Lithuania is a country located on the coast of Ans. (c) : Urdu is a 'camp language' or 'lashkari zaban'
the Baltic sea in the northern part of the continent of because it originated in the army camps of the Mughals.
Europe. It is the largest of the three Baltic countries Literally, the word Urdu (originally Turkish) means the
(Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia). When the Soviet Union royal camp.
weakened in the 1990's, on March 11, 1990 Lithuania 1510. In 1931, the first Indian movie with sound was
became the first Soviet republic to declare its own released. Name the film.
independence. Modern Lithuania is a member of the (a) Kisan Knaya (b) Alam Ara
European Union, the European Council and NATO. (c) Jungle Ka Jawan (d) Raja Harishchandra
1505. What form of art is used to decorate the floor RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
in front of the house?
Ans. (b) : Alam Ara is the first Hindi language and
(a) Madhubani (b) Kolam
Indian speech film made in 1931. The director of this
(c) Worli (d) Mehndi film was Ardeshir Irani. It starred Master Vithal as the
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist lead hero and Zubeida as the heroine.
Ans. (b) : Kolam also known as Muggu is a form of 1511. The parliament of Japan is called
traditional decorative art that is drawn by using rice (a) Stortinget (b) The National Diet
flour as per age-old conventions. Its origin belongs to
the ancient Tamil Nadu. It is widely practised by female (c) Parliament (d) Folketing
family members in front of their house entrance. RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
1506. When did the referendum on Brexit take Ans. (b) :
place? Country Parliament
(a) August, 2016 (b) June, 2017 Japan – The National Diet
(c) June, 2016 (d) April, 2016 Denmark – Folketing
RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist Australia – Common Wealth
Ans. (c) : The United Kingdom European Union Parliament/Federal Parliament
membership referendum commonly reffered to as the Norway – Stortinget
EU referendum or the Brexit referendum, took place on 1512. Which animal has been declared as the
23 June, 2016 in the United Kingdom and Gibraltar to 'National Heritage Animal' of india?
ask the electorate whether the country should remain a (a) One-horned Rhino (b) Elephant
member of, or leave in which 51.89 percent voted in (c) Royal Bengal Tiger (d) Asiatic Cheetah
favour of leaving the EU and 48.11 percent voted to RRB NTPC 09.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
remain a member;
Ans. (b) : In October 2010 the Government of India
1507. The withdrawal of United Kingdom from the declared the elephant as the National Heritage Animal
European Union is refferred to more of India. Elephants are herbivorous creature, which are
commonly as : found from dense forests to savana (open grasslands).
(a) Exit (b) Brexit Keeping in view the reduction in the number of
(c) Britain stronger (d) Vote leave elephants in the country. The elephant project was
RRB NTPC 27.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist started in 1992 by the Ministry of Environment and
Ans. (b) : Brexit a portmanteau of “British exit” was Forests, Government of India.
the withdrawal of the United Kingdom (UK) from the 1513. Braille system is based on which of the
European Union on 31 January 2020 .Current members following?
of EU are 27. (a) On numbers (b) On dots
1508. The Postal Index Number (PIN) is a six digit (c) On Words (d) On letters
code used by Indian postal department, what RRB NTPC 19.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
does the first two digit of the code (taken
Ans. (b) : Braille is a tactile writing system used by
together) stands for:
people who are visually impaired, including people who
(a) District are blind, deafblind or who have low vision. It is written
(b) Delivery post office with the help of dots. It is also possible to create
(c) Municipal corporation embossed illustrations and graphs, with the lines either
(d) Sub region or one of the postal circles solid or made of series of dots. It is developed by a
RRB NTPC 22.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist French named Louis Braille, in 1824.
Ans. (d) : Postal Index Number or more popularly 1514. The national calendar of India is based on
known as PIN code is a six-digit numeric code in the ........... Era.
Indian postal system by India post. It was first (a) Shaka (b) Gupta
introduced on 15th August, 1972 by Shriram Bhikaji (c) Vikrama (d) Kali Yuga
who was the then Additional Secretary in the Ministry
of Communications. The first two digits of the PIN RRB JE - 27/06/2019 (Shift-III)
identify a particular circle. Ans. (a): The national calendar of India is based on the
Shaka Era. Kanishka the great, was the emperor of the
1509. Urdu is also referred to as:
Kushan dynasty in the second century. He was famous
(a) Shauraseni (b) Farsi for his military, political, and spiritual achievements. He
(c) Lashkari Zaban (d) Awadhi ascended the throne in 78 AD/CE by defeating the
RRB NTPC 27.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Shakas and this date was used as the beginning of the
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Shaka calendar Era. It was adopted by India from 1 1519. Where does the Prime Minister of India hoist
Chaitra 1879, Shaka Era or 22 March 1957 along with the Indian flag every year on Independence
the Gregorian calendar is for the official purposes. It is Day?
also known as Shalivahana Calender. (a) Qutub Minar (b) India Gate
1515. Which of the following museum is an (c) Red Fort (d) Raisina Road
anthropological Museum, that presents an RRB Group-D 24-09-2018 (Shift-III)
integrated story of the evolution of man and Ans. (c): Independence Day is celebrated annually on
culture with special reference to India? 15 August as a national holiday in India
(a) Indira Gandhi Sangrahalya (IGS) commemorating the nation's independence from the
British Rule on 15 August 1947. So, the Prime Minister
(b) Indira Gandhi Jantu Sangrahalaya (IGJS) hoists the flag on Independence Day at the Red Fort in
(c) Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya New Delhi every year.
(IGRMS) 1520. The chronicler was a such person that____ .
(d) Indira Gandhi Pustak Sangrahalaya (a) Used to organize programs for the army.
RRB ALP & Tec. (31-08-18 Shift-I) (b) Used to write accounts of historical events for
Ans. (c): Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Manav Sangrahalaya is the king.
located in Bhopal, India. It is well-known as Museum of (c) Used to organize programs for the people
Man or National Museum of Mankind. It is one of the (d) Used to compose music for the king
best Museums in India for those seeking an insight into RRB Group-D 15-10-2018 (Shift-III)
its many cultures. It starts by tracing the origin of Ans. (b) : The chronicler was a such person that used to
mankind and then showcases the habits, culture and day write contemporary descriptions of historical events for
to day life in different parts of India. the King. Amir Khusro and Ziauddin Barani were
1516. Short films such as Henry and The Displaced fourteenth-century famous chronicler.
were used for ....... market. 1521. Shrikhand is an Indian sweet dish which is
(a) VFX (b) 7D Animation made from extracted water yogurt and is one
(c) VR Technology (d) 3DAnimation of the main sweet dish in ______cuisine.
(a) Bengali (b) Kerala
RRB Group-D 16-11-2018 (Shift-I)
(c) Maharashtrian (d) Haryanvi
Ans. (c): Short films such as Henry and the Displaced RRB Group-D 31-10-2018 (Shift-III)
are used to the Virtual Reality (VR) technology market.
Ans. (c) Shrikhand is a traditional Indian sweet made
Virtual Reality (VR) is a computer-generated with hung curd and flavored with saffron and
environment with scenes and objects that appear to be cardamom. It is very popular in western Indian states of
real, making the user feel they are immersed in their Maharashtra and Gujarat.
surroundings. This environment is perceived through a 1522. Which ministry controls cow slaughter in
device known as a Virtual Reality headset or helmet. India?
1517. Which period is considered as the period of (a) Defence (b) Agriculture
renaissance for the Indian Theatre? (c) Home (d) Environment
(a) 1765-75 (b) 1886-96 RRB Group-D 24-10-2018 (Shift-I)
(c) 1980-90 (d) 1965-75 Ans. (d): Ministry of environment of the government of
RRB Group-D 12-12-2018 (Shift-III) India controls cattle slaughter in India. It is responsible
Ans. (a): The earliest form of Indian theatre was for planning, promoting, coordinating, and overseeing
sanskrit theatre that emerged sometime around the 2nd the implementation of environment and forestry
century BC. The period 1765-75 is considered as a programmes in the country. The Parliament of India has
made and act "The prevention of cruelty to animals act,
renaissance for Indian theatre. In this period the plays 1960" to prevent the infliction of unnecessary pain or
were presented verbally rather than using written suffering on animals. As per the provisions of the law
scripts. the government of India amended this act in 2017 and
1518. The correct extended form of NALSA. imposed a ban on the sale and purchase of cattle for
(a) National League Supreme Authority slaughter at animal markets.
(b) National Legal Safety Authority 1523. Which organization has founded Govardhan
(c) National Legal Services Affaires Ecovillage in Maharashtra?
(d) National Legal Services Authority (a) ISKCON (b) Gaudiya Math
RRB Group-D 30-10-2018 (Shift-III) (c) RSS (d) Isha Foundation
RRB Group-D 18-09-2018 (Shift-II)
Ans. (d) : The National Legal Services Authority
Ans. (a) ISKCON organization has founded Govardhan
(NALSA) was formed on 9 November 1995- under the Ecovillage in Maharashtra. Govardhan Ecovillage is a
Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 to provide free place that houses spiritual and ecofriendly initiatives. It
legal services to the weaker sections of the society and is a model form of community that illustrates the
to organize Lok Adalats for amicable settlement of principles of 'Simple Living & high Thinking' which is
disputes. Article 39A of the Constitution of India not just a principle but a way of life that has to be
provides equal justice and free legal aid. NALSA has adopted in the current fast moving world to connect
been established to give it a tangible form. It with our roots again to experience not just happiness but
headquarter is in New Delhi. sheer bliss.
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1524. The behaviour of real objects, systems or Ans. (c): All India Radio (AIR) established in 1936. It
phenomenon is represented by .......... . was change a to Akashvani in 1957. It is the world's
(a) Ki Model (b) Scientific Model largest radio network. It is headquartered in the
(c) Numerical Model (d) Atomic Model Akashvani Bhavan building in New Delhi.
RRB Group-D 26-11-2018 (Shift-III) 1529. Quantum Number are -
Ans. (b): A Scientific Model is a physical mathematical (a) Geometric
or conceptual representation of the behaviour of real (b) Logical values
objects, system or phenomenon. Scientists seek to (c) Mathematical values
identify and understand patterns in our world by (d) Numerical values
drawing on their scientific knowledge to offer RRB Group-D 16-11-2018 (Shift-III)
explanation that enables the patterns to be predicted. Ans. (d) : Quantum Number are Numerical values. It
1525. Jonathan Duncan, the resident of the East represents the position and energy of electron which
revolves around the nucleus in the atom. There are four
India Company started a ........ college for the
quantum numbers-
study of Hindu law and philosophy in 1791.
1. Principal quantum number (n)
(a) Sanskrit (b) Hindi 2. Azimuthal quantum number (l)
(c) Tamil (d) English 3. Magnetic quantum number (ms)
RRB Group-D 02-11-2018 (Shift-III) 4. Spin quantum number (ms)
Ans. (a) : Jonathan Duncan, the resident of the East 1530. Which country gifted the statue of Liberty to
India Company started a Sanskrit College at Banaras for USA?
the study of Hindu law and philosophy in 1791. In 1958 (a) Germany (b) France
the Sanskrit college became a university and in 1974 the (c) England (d) Indian
name was changed to Sampurnanand Sanskrit RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
University. Ans :(b) France gifted the Statue of Liberty to USA on
1526. What is Jashn-e-Rekhta? 4 July 1886. The statue of Liberty was a gift from the
(a) The annual dance festival to celebrate various people of France to the people of the USA in
Indian dance forms which is organized in commemoration of USA's independence on 4 July
Chennai. 1776. It is a personification of liberty in the form of a
(b) The annual poetry festival to commemorate woman. It is 305-feet (93-metre) long statue and is
the manifestation of saint Kabir Das which is located on Liberty Island in New York city. It was
organized in New Delhi inscribed in 1984 as World Heritage Site.
(c) The Annual festival to celebrate harvest 1531. In which city is gold value determined?
season which is organized in Mumbai (a) California (b) Sydney
(d) The annual literary festival to celebrate Urdu (c) Rome (d) London
language which is organized in New Delhi RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
RRB Group-D 04-12-2018 (Shift-III) Ans. (d): Gold value is determined in London .
Ans. (d) Jashn-e-Rakhta is the annual literary festival to 1532. Four pairs of words are given. Find the odd
celebrate Urdu language. It is the world's largest Urdu one out-
language literary festival. It is a three-day event held (a) 65th anniversary : Diamond Jubilee
annually in New Delhi under the aegis of the Rekhta (b) 50th anniversary : Golden Jubilee
Foundation. (c) 40th anniversary : Ruby Jubilee
(d) 25th anniversary : Silver Jubilee
1527. World's first robot ski competition was held in
which country? RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) South Korea (b) India Ans. (a): Diamond Jubilee is a celebration held to mark
60th anniversary. Thus, the pair of option A is incorrect
(c) Switzerland (d) Russia and the remaining pairs of options are correct.
RRB Group-D 06-12-2018 (Shift-II)
1533. What is a Mobius strip?
Ans. (a) : World's first robot ski competition was held (a) A hole in the galaxy
in South Korea's 2018 Winter Olympics in which self (b) A surface that has only one side and only one
operational humanoid skiers with two legs participated boundary curve
wearing skis. The robots were equipped with sensors, (c) An interpolation side between the earth and
batteries and deep learning algorithms that allow them the moon.
to move on their own-Eight teams from local (d) A Plasma current generated by the velocity of
universities and tech firms took part in the competition. light.
1528. In which year was All India Radio (AIR) RRB NTPC 04.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
established? Ans. (b): Mobius strip is a surface with only one side
(a) 1947 (b) 1960 and only one boundary curve. It can be created by
(c) 1936 (d) 1952 taking a strip of paper and giving one end a half twist,
RRB Group-D 15-11-2018 (Shift-II) then joining the ends to from a loop.
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1534. +91 is the country calling code of which nation? 1539. What is the Geodesy?
(a) Canada (b) America (a) A branch of aeronautics
(c) India (d) China (b) Iceberg study
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Study of Mountains
Ans. (c): +91 is the country calling code for India, (d) The branch of Mathematics that deals with
the size and area of earth
Likewise
RRB NTPC 31.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
+1 is for Canada and America
Ans. (d): Geodesy is the branch of geophysics and
+86 is for China mathematics that determines the correct dimensional
+44 is for United Kingdom position of the points on the surface of the earth based
1535. Which one of the following not considered as on measurement and observation.
harmful to the society? 1540. The famous passenger ship Titanic belongs to
(a) Child marriage (b) Dowry system which country?
(c) Untouchability (d) Adult franchise (a) U.S.A. (b) China
RRB NTPC 17.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Great Britain (d) France
Ans. (d): Child marriage cannot be considered right for RRB NTPC 28.03.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
the general society. Untouchability, Dowry system and Ans. (c): The famous Titanic ship was from great Britain.
Child marriage are considered as social evils that obstruct The Titanic was the world's largest steam- based
the progress of society. On the contrary, Adult Franchise passenger ship. It sailed from Southampton (England) on
means that the right to vote should be given to all adult 10 April, 1912 on his first voyoge. After a 4 day journey
citizens without the discrimination of caste, class, colour, on 14 April 1912. It collided with an iceberg and sank.
religion or sex. It is considered as a fundamental pillar of Killing about 1500 passengers and ship personnels, it is
one of the deadliest maritime disasters in history.
any democracy.
1541. Who patented the three position traffic signal
1536. What does PNR stand for? is 1923?
(a) Public Number in Railway (a) Garrett Morgan (b) J.P. Knight
(b) Passenger Name Record (c) George Eastman (d) Robert Adler
(c) Passenger Number Reservation RRB NTPC 18.01.2017 (Shift-II) Stage IInd
(d) Priority Number in Reservation Ans. (a): The US patent office on 20 November 1923
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist granted patent NO. 1475074 to inventor and news
Ans. (b): Passenger Name Record is the full form of paperman Garrett Morgan for his three position traffic
P.N.R. A passenger name record is a record in the signal.
database of a computer reservation system that contains 1542. What type of government is there in
the itinerary of a passenger or a group of passengers Bangladesh?
travelling together. (a) Islamic Republic
1537. Which of the following methods is used (b) Parliamentary democracy
primarily by anthropologist to gain new (c) Federal Republic
information about humans? (d) Constitutional monarchy
(a) Field work RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(b) Travel description of passengers Ans. (b): Bangladesh has parliamentary democracy. It
(c) Laboratory experiment is also called the 'Ethnic Parliament' The total of
members of this legislative is 350, out of which 300 are
(d) Research paper directly elected by the public with 50 reserved for
RRB NTPC 03.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist women. The term of the parliament is 5 years.
Ans. (a): Field work is used by anthropologists to gain 1543. The colosseum, known as Flavian
new information about humans. This report studies Amphitheatre is located in ______ .
social science such as- social work, anthropology, (a) Venice (b) Rome
criminal justice education, law health care, business (c) Milan (d) Vatican City
gerontology etc. RRB NTPC 19.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
1538. What are the principles related to beliefs Ans. (b): Flavin Amphitheatre is located in Rome. This
values and practices of a culture from the building is a fine example of Ancient Roman
perspective of culture? architecture and engineering. It was built by emperor
(a) Cultural pragmatism vespasian between 72 AD and 82 AD. In this stadium,
(b) Cultural relativism about 50000 people used to sit together and watch a
game of bloody fight between wild animals and salves.
(c) Cultural freedom
(d) Cultural Interdependence 1544. Which of the following is called 'Black
Beauty'?
RRB NTPC 02.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist (a) Name of crows in Panchatantra
Ans. (b): The beliefs related to the values and practices (b) Petrol in raw form
of a culture are called Cultural relativism. Cultural (c) Another name of Rapunzel
relativism is believed that each culture is known as a (d) A coal-colored stone from mars
representation of its worldview. RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
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Ans. (d): A coal-colored stone from Mars is called Ans. (b): 3M company has been associated with the
Black beauty. development of post-it and scotch-tape. This company
deals with medical devices, Johnson & Johnson company
1545. The word cancer is derived from the Greek manufactures children's goods, sporting goods etc.
language 'Carcinos' meaning of :-
1551. What is the basic concept of Montessori
(a) Poisonous (b) Decay education?
(c) Crab (d) Incurable (a) Discovery by travel
RRB NTPC 18.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist (b) Dreaming
Ans. (c): The word cancer is derived from the Greek (c) Communication
language 'carcinos' which means crab. (d) Self-discovery through experiment
1546. The name of our planet earth originated from RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
which language? Ans. (d): The Montessori method of education was
(a) Greek (b) Roman developed by Italian physician Maria Montessori. It
views children as naturally eager to knowledge and
(c) English (d) Sanskrit capable of initiating learning in a sufficiently supportive
RRB NTPC 16.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist and well-prepared learning environment.
Ans. (c): The name of our planet earth originated from 1552. The term polyarchy was used by Robert Dahl
English/German language which simply means ground to describe the form of government in which?
the only known place in the universe where life is present (a) It reduces the multitudinous difference of
or the densest in the solar system and the largest among opinion to relatively simple alternatives.
the four terrestrial planets. (b) It takes the individual as the basic unit of the
1547. What is a liquid paper? democratic model.
(a) Paper that doesn't get wet (c) People can participate through their
representation.
(b) Paper that turns into liquid. (d) People act through both the electoral system
(c) Quick drying paper coloured fluid that is and the group process.
applied to correct the printed material. RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(d) Paper that never dries Ans. (d): The term polyarchy is used by Robert Dahl to
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist explain the form of government in which people act
Ans. (c): Liquid paper is a quick-drying paper coloured through both the electoral system and the group process.
fluid used to correct printed material. It is called 1553. The Nationwide campaign 'operation smile'
Whitener, Nesmith Graham invented in 1956. It is an associated with _______ .
volatile organic compound, now its banned in India. (a) Senior Citizens (b) War Widows
(c) Freedom fighter (d) Missing children
1548. Which of the following is the vertical
RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
restructuring method?
(a) Job rotation (b) Increase in Job Ans. (d): Operation smile 'campaign was launched by
the Ghaziabad police of Uttar Pradesh to search for the
(c) Job promotion (d) Job evaluation Missing children.
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist 1554. What is the full form of the abbreviation
Ans. (c): Job promotion is a vertical restructing method. RLWL in relation to trains?
Job promotion includes employee roles, working (a) Regret loss waiting list
conditions for existing employees, employee evaluation, (b) Remote location waiting list
management roles. It specifically covers the work of (c) Railway location waiting list
primary and secondary occupations. (d) Railway list waiting looked
1549. What denotes learned and shared beliefs and RRB NTPC 09.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
behaviours? Ans. (b): Remote location waiting list (RLWL) means
(a) Culture (b) Casteism the ticket is issued far intermediate station (between the
(c) Community (d) Incarnation originating and terminating station) because usually,
these are the most important towns or cities on that
RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist particular route.
Ans. (a): Culture encompasses the social behaviour and 1555. The University grants commission launched
norms found in human societies. It is the set of shared the world's largest language portal project
attitudes, values, goals and practices that characterizes called______ .
institution or organization. (a) Bharat Vani (b) Hind Vani
1550. Which company deals with the development of (c) Bharat Samagrah (d) Bhasha Gyan
post-it and scotch-tape? RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(a) Johnson and Johnson Ans. (a): With the objective of distributing content in
(b) 3M all Indian languages through online portal, The
University Grants Commission (UGC) launched Bharat
(c) Uniliver Vani project, which aims to make available information
(d) Amazon about all the languages of India on one portal using
RRB NTPC 11.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist multimedia.
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1556. With what purpose was the Lalit Kala Ans. (d): Air bags used in modern vehicles were
Academy established? manufactured by General Motors in the year 1973. It is
(a) To promote and encourage Indian music and headquartered in Detroit Michigan, United States.
dance 1561. What is the Full form of CDM?
(b) To promote and encourage study and (a) Clean Development Mechanism
research in the fields of Indian art.
(b) Carbon Degeneration Mechanism
(c) To encourage study and research in Indian
drama (c) Carbon Degeneration Mission
(d) To promote and encourage Indian literature (d) Cash Deposit Mechanism
RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC Stage Ist 27.04.2016 (Shift-I)
Ans. (b): Lalit Kala Academy is an autonomous body Ans. (a): CDM full name is Clean Development
formed in independent India established by the Mechanism, Clean Development Mechanism is defined
Government of India on 5 August. 1954 to work in the under article of the Kyoto Protocol.
field of fine arts such as - sculpture, graph art, house 1562. What is the ancient style of articles containing
building art etc. Egyptian symbols called?
1557. Prasar Bharati is an autonomous body under (a) Pictograph (Hieroglyphics)
that comprises____ (b) Fortress (Cuneiform)
(a) All India Radio, Doordarshan and BSNL (c) Hittite (Hittite)
(b) Both All India Radio and Doordarshan (d) Japotech
(c) Only All India Radio RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-I)
(d) Only Doordarshan Ans. (a): The ancient style of articles containing
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-II) Egyptian symbols is called pictographs. It is also called
Ans. (b): Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of Hieroglyphs. Hieroglyphs are egyptian ancient writing
India) is a public broadcasting organization in India, system reminiscent of the ancient Egyptians.
mainly consisting of Doordarshan and All India Radio. 1563. Which of the following sculptures is designed
The current CEO of Prasar Bharti is Shashi Shekhar
by a french sculptor as a symbol of
Vempati.
independence?
1558. What is the full form of UNHCR? (a) Statue of Unity (b) Statue of Liberty
(a) United Nations Human Capital research (c) Statue of Law (d) Statue of Jesus
(b) United Nations Humanity Committee for RRB NTPC Stage Ist 28.04.2016 (Shift-II)
Refugees
(c) United Nations High Commissioner for Ans. (b): The statue of Liberty is a large statue on a
Refugees small island near New York Harbor in New York, USA.
(d) United Nations Humanity Commissioner It is a symbol of codependence and designed by the
Refugees French sculptor frederic Auguste Bartholdi.
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 19.01.2017 (Shift-III) 1564. Where is the statue of Liberty statue located?
Ans. (c): The full form of UNHCR is the United (a) Paris (b) Washington
Nations High Commissioner for Refugees. It was (c) Geneva (d) New York
established on 14 September 1950. Its objective is to RRB NTPC 05.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
provide emergency relief, resettlement assistance, Ans. (d): See the explanation of above question.
security and permanent diagnosis against the problem of
refugees 1565. What is the significance of Potala Mahal?
(a) The palace of the king of the Qin Dynasty
1559. What is the meaning of IUCN?
(b) The current residence of the Nepalese Prime
(a) Intensive care Unit for Nephrology Minister.
(b) International Union for conservation of
(c) The ruins of the palace found in Sri Lanka
Nature
(c) Indian Union for Conservation of Nature (d) The Dalai Lama's winter palace.
(d) Indian Universal Communication News. RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-I)
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-I) Ans. (d): Potala Mahal is located on the Red Hill in the
Ans. (b): IUCN stands for International Union for center of Lhasa, the capital of Tibet. It is also known as
Conservation of Nature. It is involved in data gathering the winter palace of the Dalai Lama. In the year 1994, it
and analysis, research, field projects, advocacy and was included in the world cultural Heritage List.
education. It is best known for compiling and publising 1566. The union government has released a
the IUCN Red list of Threatened species, which assesses commemorative postage stamp to mark the
the conservation status of species world wide. centenary year of ____ is the apex institution
1560. Which automobile manufacturer, manufactured on fauna taxonomy in India.
the air bags used in modern vehicles in the year (a) Zoological Survey of India
1973. (b) Archacological Survey of India
(a) Ford (b) Chrysler (c) National Animal Species Survey
(c) Volkswagen (d) General Motors. (d) Nation Sample Survey Organization
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 26.04.2016 (Shift-III) RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-II)
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Ans. (a): Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) was founded 1571. Inca ruins of Machu Picchu are located in
on 1 July, 1916 by Government of India, Ministry of which country?
Environment, Forest and Climate Change, as premier (a) Guatemala (b) Greece
Indian organization in zoological research and studies
to promote the survey on exploration and research of (c) Mexico (d) Peru
the fauna in the country. RRB NTPC 05.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
1567. The United state of America launched an aerial Ans. (d) : Machu Picchu is a 15th century site located
bombing operation against Al-Qaeda and the on a ridge between the Huayna Picchu and Machu
Taliban after 9/11 attacks. What was the name Picchu mountain in Peru. In 1911, explorer Hiran
of this operation? Bingham III visited the site and published its existence
(a) Operation Bin Laden for the first time. Machu Picchu is belived to have been
(b) Operation permanent freedom built by Pachacuti Inca Yupanqui, the 9th ruler of the
(c) Operation Osama Inca dynasty.
(d) Operation permanent Afghan
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III) 1572. Which is the national costume of Japan?
Ans. (b) : Following the 9/11 terrorist attack on United (a) Sheet (b) Kilt
states World Trade Center, an aerial bombing operation (c) Psoriasis (d) Kimono
was launched to end Al-Qaeda and Taliban terrorist. RRB NTPC 07.04.2016 (Shift-III) Stage Ist
organization. The operation was called Operation Ans. (d): The national costume of Japan is Kimono. It
permanent freedom.
is considered as a national costume since the mid
1568. What is the name of the mobile application Nineteenth centuary.
recently launched by the Delhi Police which
allows women to call the police control room 1573. ONGC comes under which of the following
and their relatives in case of any emergency? sectors?
(a) Shakti (b) Nidar (a) Health (b) Education
(c) Himmat (d) Sahas (c) Agriculture (d) Energy
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 29.04.2016 (Shift-III)
RRB NTPC 17.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans. (c) : To protect women in the capital Delhi, Union
Home Minister Rajnath Singh released a mobile app Ans. (d) : Maharatna status company ONGC ( Oil and
'Himmat' on the initiative of Delhi Police. In the database Natural Gas Corporation Limited) is the largest crude
of this app the consumer will be asked to enter the oil and natural gas company in India, contributing
number of two friends or relatives. Whenever sos call around 71 percent to Indian domestic production. Crude
occurs, a message will automatically be sent to these five oil is the raw material used by downstream companies
numbers. In this way not only the police but also the like IOC, BPCL, HPCL and MRPL (last two are
relatives of the consumer can reach the spot to help him. subsidiaries of ONGC) to produce petroleum products
This app has a button, which can record 30 second of
audio, video. like Petrol, Diesel, Kerosene, Nephtha and Cooking
Gas, LPG.
1569. Bilquis Edhi is a ______ .
(a) A founder of child line in India. 1574. Where is the Parkes Observatory located?
(b) A founder Edhi Organization Pakistan (a) USA (b) US
(c) Advisor to Indian women's cricket team (c) Russia (d) Australia
(d) Iranian worker RRB NTPC 12.04.2016 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB NTPC Stage Ist 30.04.2016 (Shift-III) Ans. (d): The Parkes observatory is located in New
Ans. (b): Bilkis Bano is the founder of Edhi, non-profit South Wales of Australia. It also known informally as
social welfare organization based in Pakistan. She along
"The Dish". It is a radio telescope observatory. It was
with her husband Abdul received the Raman Magsaysay
Award in 1986 for public service. In 1915, she received the built during the Apollo mission to the Moon, it was
Mother Teresa Memorial International Award for social used to relay communication and telemetry signals to
Justice. NASA, providing coverage for when the Moon was on
1570. The Earth hour programme began in the Australian side of the Earth.
(a) 2006 (b) 2005 1575. .................. is an electrically powered and
(c) 2007 (d) 2008 Remotely Operated Vehicle by DRDO.
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (a) MITRA (b) AJIT
Ans. (c) : Earth Hour, Organized by WWF (World (c) RADA (d) DAKSH
Wide Fund) is a global grassroots movement uniting RRB-JE 30.08.2019, Ist Shift
people to take action on environmental issues and Ans. (d) : DAKSH is an electrically powered remotely
protect the planet. The first Earth Hour event was held
on 31 March 2007. WWF- Australia inspired Sydney - operated vehicle designed and developed by the Indian
Siders to show their support for climate action, more state owned Defence Research and Development
than 2.2 million individuals and 2,00 businesses turned Organisation (DRDO) at the Research and Development
their light off for one hour in the first earth hour event. Establishment (Engineers) Pune, India.
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