Railway NTPC Model Paper - 1

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Quiz for Railway and SSC Exams Set 2

Here I was presenting questions for up-coming Railway and SSC Exams consisting of all General Awareness and Science Topics.  

1. The upward thrust experienced by a body floating in water is equal to:

A.     Volume of the body

B.     Vertical height of body below water

C.     Weight of water displaced by the body

D.     Depth of water at the point the body floats

2. The Battle of Plassey was fought in the year ______

A.     1764A.D

B.     1761A.D

C.     1767 A.D

D.     1757 A.D

3. With which game is the Agha Khan Cup associated ?

A.     Football

B.     Cricket

C.     Basketball

D.     Hockey

4. Leander Paes is associated with which game?

A.     Cricket

B.     Shooting

C.     Lawn Tennis

D.     Football

5. The Capital of Brazil is :

A.     Brasilia

B.     Sao Paulo

C.     Rio de Janero

D.     Salvadore

6. Which of the following is not a correct example of tropical cyclone ?

A.     Tornadoes

B.     Typhoons

C.     Hurricanes

D.     Nor’ Westers

7. Which Army was headed by Subhash Chandra Bose ?

A.     Indian National Army

B.     Light Brigade

C.     Foreign Legion

D.     Bengal Regiment

8. Who has been awarded Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2014 ?

A.     Gulzar

B.     Lata Mangeshkar

C.     Shashi Kapoor

D.     Pran

9. Evolutionary principles have been used for classification of animals and plants. According to this, humans come under which class?

A.     Mammalia

B.     Arthropoda

C.     Aves

D.     Amphibian

10. Raslila dance is associated with which God ?,

A.     Lord Shiva

B.     Lord Ganesha

C.     LordIndra

D.     Lord Krishna

11. Which natural phenomenon conducts carbon dioxide fixation in plants ?

A.     Sunlight

B.     Rain

C.     Thunder

D.     Cosmic Rays

12. Moulting in insects is mainly controlled by

A.     Parahormone

B.     Parathorme

C.     Ecdysone

D.     Ecotone

13. Which gas is used in flash lamps and lasers ?

A.     Neon

B.     Propane

C.     Radon

D.     Xenon

14. Integral Coach Factory is located at

A.     Perambur

B.     Yelahaiika

C.     Patiala

D.     Varanasi

15. Whose signature appears on ten rupee currency notes ?

A.     Minister of Finance

B.     Governor of RBI

C.     Secretary, Ministry of Finance

D.     Deputy Governor of RBI

16. Shivaji assumed the title ‘Chatrapati’ in the year.

A.     1670

B.     1672

C.     1673

D.     1674

17. A stretched spring possesses ______ energy.

A.     Kinetic

B.     Elastic Potential

C.     Electric

D.     Magnetic

18. Name the Chief Minister of Nagaland ?

A.     Hemant Soren

B.     T.R. Zeliang

C.     Ommen Chandy

D.     Raghuvar Das

19. Biopsy is done on:

A.     tissues taken from a dead body

B.     tissues taken from a living body

C.     blood from veins

D.     blood from arteries

20. The term of the Governor of a state is

A.     4 years

B.     5 years

C.     6 years

D.     3 years

21. The Mughal Emperor Akbar ruled from ____

A.     1656 A.D. 1605 A.D.

B.     1605 A.D. 1627 A.D.

C.     1628 A.D. 1658 A.D

D.     1658 A.D. 1707 A.D.

22. Acids turn blue litmus into:

A.     green

B.     red

C.     yellow

D.     orange

23. Who was the proponent of ‘DiniIlahi’

A.     Shah Jahan

B.     Jehangir

C.     Humayun

D.     Akbar

24. The metal used In storage battery is

A.     iron

B.     copper

C.     zinc

D.     nickel

25. Sunderbans Wildlife Sanctuary is located in :

A.     West Bengal

B.     Assam

C.     Odisha

D.     Arunachal Pradesh

26. The surface of which of these planets is not solid ?

A.     Jupiter

B.     Mars

C.     Venus

D.     Mercury

27. The largest part of the human brain is the:

A.     medulla oblongata

B.     cerebellum

C.     cerebrum

D.     midbrain

28. Which of the following shipyards makes warships for the Indian Navy?

A.     Cochin Shipyard, Kochi

B.     Hindustan, Shipyard, Visakhapatnam

C.     Mazagaon Dock, Mumbai

D.     Garden Reach Workshop, Kolkata

29. An adult human skeleton is based on

A.     204 bones

B.     206 bones

C.     208 bones

D.     214 bones

30. The world’s highest hydel power project ‘Rongtong* is located in:

A.     Rangoon

B.     Kathmandu

C.     Himachal Pradesh

D.     Assam

31. Velocity of light was measured by

A.     Romer

B.     Newton

C.     Galileo

D.     Einstein

32. Who was the first woman to win the Jnanpith award ?

A.     Ashapurna Devi

B.     Pratibha Ray

C.     Mahadevi Verma

D.     Amritha Pritam

33. The ‘Nobel Peace Prize’ is awarded in which city ?

A.     Oslo

B.     Stockholm

C.     Brussels

D.     Geneva

34. Who is popularly known as ‘Father of Indian Constitution’?

A.     Jawaharlal Nehru

B.     B. R. Ambedkar

C.     Mahatma Gandhi

D.     Bal GangadharTilak

35. The largest ‘Buddhist Temple’ in the world is located in:

A.     India

B.     Indonesia

C.     Japan

D.     China

36. Which city was captured from the British by local ruler Sirajud Daula in 1756 ?

A.     Bombay

B.     Madras

C.     Kolkata

D.     Delhi

37. Which of the following is a greenhouse gas ?

A.     Methane

B.     Oxygen

C.     Nitrogen

D.     Hydrogen

38. Science of raising silk worms so as to obtain silk cocoon is _____

A.     Apiculture

B.     Floriculture

C.     Silviculture

D.     Sericulture

39. India’s first high speed public WiFi service was opened at which railway station on 22 January 2016 ?

A.     Mumbai Centeral

B.     Mumbai Western

C.     Chenai Southern

D.     Delhi Northern

40. Which state is the largest producer of natural rubber?

A.     Tamil Nadu

B.     Kerala

C.     Assam

D.     Andhra Pradesh

41. Shri Narendra Modi is NOT holding the portfolio of

A.     Personnel

B.     Public Grievances and Pensions

C.     Department of Atomic Energy

D.     Overseas Indian Affairs

42. A non-material kind of pollution is :

A.     Land pollution

B.     Air pollution

C.     Noise pollution

D.     Water pollution

43. S.I. unit of heat is:

A.     Faraday

B.     Watt

C.     Joule

D.     Kelvin

44. First organic compound prepared in the laboratory was :

A.     Urea

B.     Acetic acid

C.     Ammonium sulphate

D.     Calcium cynamide

45. Among the following, the compound used as a fertilizer is:

A.     Copper sulphate

B.     Ammonium sulphate

C.     Sodium sulphate

D.     Aluminium sulphate

46. Galvanising is coating iron with :

A.     Nickel

B.     Zinc

C.     Chromium

D.     Copper