Railway Recruitment Board, Secunderabad (Diesel and Electrical Assistant Driver) Examination Held on 29-06-2008
1. Which UN body deals with population problem?
(a) UNDP
(b) UNESCO
(c) UNEPA
(d) UNICEF
2. Who was the first Indian to be a fellow of the Royal Society of London?
(a) Srinivas Ramanujan
(b) A. C Wadia
(c) C. V. Raman
(d) P. C. Mahalanobis
3. Who wrote the book ‘A Passage to India’?
(a) Minoo Masani
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Victor Banerjee
(d) E. M. Foster
4. Who among the following is a legal advisor of the State Government as provided by the Constitution?
(a) Public Prosecutor
(b) Solicitor General
(c) Advocate General
(d) Attorney General
5. Who among the following has the power to form a new state within the Union of India ?
(a) President
(b) Prime Minister
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Speaker of Lok Sabha
6. Who is competent to prescribe conditions as for acquiring Indian citizenship?
(a) Parliament
(b) State Legislatures
(c) President
(d) Attorney General
7. Which of the following Articles describes about the person voluntarily acquiring citizenship of a foreign state not to be citizens?
(a) Article 5
(b) Article 7
(c) Article 8
(d) Article 9
8. India’s wage policy is based on
(a) cost of living
(b) standard of living
(c) productivity
(d) None of these
9. Unemployment which occurs when worker move from one job to another job is known as
(a) seasonal unemployment
(b) frictional unemployment
(c) cylical unemployment
(d) technological unemployment
10. The 191st member of UNO is
(a) Switzerland
(b) East Timor
(c) Swaziland
(d) Taiwan
11. The Planning Commission is
(a) a Ministry
(b) a Government department
(c) an Advisory body
(d) an Autonomous Corporation
12. Economic survey is published by
(a) Ministry of Finance
(b) Planning Commission
(c) Govt. of India
(d) Indian Statistical Institute
13. What type of farming is practiced in the densely populated regions of the world?
(a) Commercial farming
(b) Extensive farming
(c) Intensive farming
(d) Plantation farming
14. Mixed farming means
(a) growing two crops at the same time
(b) growing different crops in succession
(c) producing crops
(d) using mixture of manures and fertilizer
15. The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains ?
(a) Block mountains
(b) Fold mountains
(c) Volcanic mountains
(d) Residual mountains
16. The Aryans at first settled in
(a) Sindh
(b) Gujarat
(c) Kashmir
(d) Punjab
17. Which of the following regions did not form the part of Ashok’s empire ?
(a) Kashmir
(b) Taxila
(c) Madras
(d) Kannauj
18. Sarnath’s Lion Capital is attributed to
(a) Kanishka
(b) Harshavardhana
(c) Ashoka
(d) Chandragupta
19. Swaraj as a national demand was first made by
(a) Chittaranjan Das
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Dadabhai Naoroji
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
20. Who was the Viceroy of India at the time of Jallianwala Bagh Massacre?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Hardinge
(c) Lord Chelmsford
(d) Lord Irwin
Directions (Q. 21-24) : Read the following passage carefully and answer the questions given below it.
Most employees decide their own working hours, set production quotas, improving product arid processes, are responsible, for their own quality and for approval of leadership appointments. Every one votes on major corporate decisions and on how to split the profits.
As confidence in its novel approach has grown, Semco has happily abolished a lot more of the conventions by which businesses are usually run. No secretaries, receptionists or personal assistants. Reserved parking spaces and dining rooms, dress codes and almost all rules have gone, including those for travel and expenses.
21. From the passage, it is clear that the novel approach referred to is
(a) Aristocratic
(b) Autocratic
(c) Democratic
(d) Bureaucratic
22. The employees referred to are
(a) Employees of a public sector undertaking
(b) Employees of a private company
(c) Employees of essential services
(d) Government Employees
23. In the given passage, ‘Semco’ is the name of
(a) A business establishment
(b) A brand of the product
(c) A novel approach to things and affairs
(d) The leader of secretaries, receptionists and personal assistants
24. The term ‘leadership appointments’ has been used in this passage to signify
(a) appointing officers-in-charge of various units/ sections
(b) selecting political leaders
(c) selecting Company Directors
(d) choosing trade union leaders
Directions (Q. 25-27) : Choose the correctly spelt word.
25.
(a) Recommandation
(b) Recomandation
(c) Recommendation
(d) Recomendation
26.
(a) Accessible
(b) Accissible
(c) Acessible
(d) Accesible
27.
(a) Tempereture
(b) Temparature
(c) Temperature
(d) Tamperature
Directions (Q. 28-31) : Choose the alternative which best express the meaning of the given idiom/phrase.
28. To wash one’s dirty linen in public
(a) To criticized one’s nature in public
(b) To quarrel in the open
(c) To do some ugly work in public
(d) To discuss dirty and scandalous matters of personal nature in the presence of strangers
29. A lady’s man
(a) A woman-tailor
(b) A lover of woman company
(c) A man working as per a lady’s directions
(d) A timid husband
30. To throw dust in one’s eyes
(a) To show false things
(b) To make blind
(c) To harm someone
(d) To deceive
31. To be rolling in money
(a) Wasting a lot of money
(b) Very rich
(c) Borrowing money liberally
(d) Spending more than his income
Directions (Q. 32-35) : Choose the most appropriate alternative to fill in the blank.
32. I saw a …………. of wolves roaming around the forest.
(a) flock
(b) group
(c) herd
(d) pack
33. You will have to work very hard to make …………. the time you wasted yesterday.
(a) for
(b) up for
(c) up
(d) up with
34. The police has been looking for him ……… four weeks.
(a) since
(b) till
(c) during
(d) for
35. We should always side ………. those who are true.
(a) together
(b) to
(c) for
(d) with
36. If a particle is projected with a velocity 49 m/s making an angle 60° with the horizontal, its time flight is given by
(a) 10√3 s
(b) 5√3 s
(c) √3 s
(d) None of these
37. The mean of n terms is 
. If each term is increased by a, then the new mean is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) None of these
38. The resultant R of two forces P and Q act at right angles to P. Then the angles between the forces I s
(a) cos−1 (P/Q)
(b) cos−1 (−P/Q)
(c) sin−1 (P/Q)
(d) sin−1 (−P/Q)
39. The distance of the plane 2x – 3y + 6z + 14 = 0 from the origin is
(a) 14
(b) 2
(c) −2
(d) 11
40. If θ be the angle between the vectors 
and 
then
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
41. The value of the integral 
is
(a) π/4
(b) π/2
(c) π
(d) None of these
42. 
is equal to
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
43. If y = sec(tan−1 x), then 
is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) None of these
44. 
is equal to
(a) a/b
(b) b/a
(c) 
(d) 
45. If f(x) = 3x – 5, then f−1 (x)
(a) is given by 
(b) is given by 
(c) does not exist because f is not one-one
(d) does not exist because f is not onto
46. The length of transverse axis of the hyperbola 3x2 – 4y2 = 32 is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
47. Equation of the ellipse with eccentricity 1/2 and foci at (±1 ,0) is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) None of these
48. Solution of the equation 
are
(a) 0, −1, −1/5
(b) 2, −1
(c) −1, −1/5
(d) None of these
49. If 18Cr = 18Cr+2, then the value of rC3 is
(a) 7
(b) 8
(c) 56
(d) 336
50. A line y = mx + c will touch the parabola y2 = 4ax, if
(a) 
(b) c = a/m
(c) c = ±am
(d) c = ±am2
51. The value of 
is
(a) π/2
(b) π/3
(c) π/4
(d) π
52. The value of tan 12° ∙ tan 24° ∙ tan 66° ∙ tan 78° is
(a) 1
(b) −1
(c) √2
(d) 2 + √2
53. 
will be real, if θ
(a) 2n π
(b) nπ + π/2
(c) nπ
(d) None of these
54. If 
then
(a) a = b
(b) a = b/2
(c) 2a = b
(d) a = b/3
55. If a1/x = b1/y = c1/z and a, b, c are in GP, then x, y, z will be in
(a) AP
(b) GP
(c) HP
(d) None of these
56. The coefficient of x4 in 
is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) None of these
57. In how many ways can 5 keys be put in a ring ?
(a) 4!/2
(b) 5!/2
(c) 4!
(d) 5!
58. A card is drawn from a pack of cards. The probability that the card will be a queen or a heart, is
(a) 4/3
(b) 16/3
(c) 4/13
(d) 5/3
59. The value of sin A sin(60° − A) sin(60° + A) is equal to
(a) sin 3A
(b) 
(c) 
(d) None of these
60. If the points (−2, −5), (2, −2) and (8, a) are collinear, then the value of a is
(a) −5/2
(b) 5/2
(c) 3/2
(d) 1/2
61. The distance of the point (−2, 3) from the line x – y = 5 is
(a) 5√2
(b) 2√5
(c) 3√5
(d) 5√3
62. The angle between the straight lines x – y√3 = 5 and √3 x + y = 7 is
(a) 90°
(b) 60°
(c) 75°
(d) 30°
63. If the area of the circle 4x2 + 4y2 – 8x + 16y + k = 0 is 9π sq unit, then the value of k is
(a) 4
(b) 16
(c) −16
(d) ±16
64. The focus of parabola y2 = x + 2y – 2, is
(a) (5/4, 1)
(b) (1/2, 1/4)
(c) (−1/4, 0)
(d) (−1/4, 1/8)
65. If a line lx + my + n = 0 is a tangent to the ellipse 
then
(a) n2 = a2m2 + b2l2
(b) n2 = a2m2 – b2l2
(c) n2 = b2m2 + a2l2
(d) n2 = b2m2 – a2n2
66. If 
x ≠ 0, then f(x) is equal to
(a) x2 – 2
(b) x + 2
(c) x2 + 2
(d) None of these
67. Let 
. If f(x) is continuous at x = 0, then k is equal to
(a) π/5
(b) 5/π
(c) 1
(d) 0
68. If xy = ex – y , then 
is equal to
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
69. The volume of the parallelopiped whose co-terminous edges are 
and 
is
(a) 4 cu unit
(b) 3 cu unit
(c) 2 cu unit
(d) 8 cu unit
70. If α and β are the roots of quadratic equation x2 + px + q = 0, 
is equal to
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
71. If the sides of a triangle are 13, 14, 15, then in radius of this triangle is
(a) 67/4
(b) 65/4
(c) 4
(d) 24
72. If sin−1 x − cos−1 x = π/6, then the value of x is
(a) 1/2
(b) √3/2
(c) −1/2
(d) None of these
73. The value of c, for which the l ine y = 2x + c is a tangent to the circle x2 + y2 = 16, is
(a) −16√5
(b) 4√5
(c) 16√5
(d) 20
74. If 
is an ellipse, then focal length of its latusrectum is
(a) 2b2/a
(b) 2a2/b
(c) depends on whether a > b or b > a
(d) None of the above
75. The average monthly expenditure of Ravi was Rs 1100 during the first 3 months, Rs 2200 during the next 4 months and Rs 4620 during the subsequent 5 months of the year. If the total saving during the year was Rs 2100, find Ravi’s average monthly income.
(a) Rs 1858
(b) Rs 3108.33
(c) Rs 3100
(d) None of these
76. A pack of cards contain 4 aces, 4 kings, 4 queens and 4 jacks. Two cards are drawn at random. The probability that at least one of them is a king. is
(a) 3/16
(b) 1/5
(c) 9/20
(d) 1/9
77. Find the sum of all the numbers between 590 and 2000 which are divisible by 7.
(a) 260295
(b) 301205
(c) 192205
(d) 427795
78. A train 100 m long completely passes a man walking in the same direction at 6 km/h in 5 s and a car travelling in the same direction in 6 s. At what speed was the car travelling?
(a) 18 km/h
(b) 36 km/h
(c) 19 km/h
(d) 25 km/h
79. If 
and 
, then x3 + y3 is equal to
(a) 1030
(b) 970
(c) 990
(d) 99
80. The numbers x, y z are such that xy = 96050 and xz = 95625 and y is greater than z by one. The value of z is
(a) 1 : 1
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 2 : 3
(d) 2 : 1
81. A right circular cone has has for its base a circle having the same radius as a given sphere. The volume of the cone is one-half that of the sphere. The ratio of the altitude of the cone to the radius of its base is
(a) 1 : 1
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 2 : 3
(d) 2 : 1
82. If the radius of a circle is doubled, its area is increased by
(a) 100%
(b) 200%
(c) 300%
(d) 400%
83. If z is a complex number, then |3z – 1| = 3|z – 2|, represents
(a) y-axis
(b) a circle
(c) x-axis
(d) a line parallel to y-axis is
84. The sum of the series 
is
(a) 1/3
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/9
(d) 1/12
85. The middle term in the expansion of (x + 1/2x)2n is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) None of the above
Directions (Q. 86-91) : Choose the odd numeral pair/word in each of the following questions.
86.
(a) 95 – 82
(b) 69 – 6
(c) 55 – 42
(d) 48 – 34
87.
(a) 2 – 8
(b) 3 – 27
(c) 4 – 32
(d) 5 – 125
88.
(a) 80 – 9
(b) 64 – 8
(c) 36 – 6
(d) 7 – 49
89.
(a) 3 – 5
(b) 5 – 3
(c) 6 – 2
(d) 7 – 3
90.
(a) Cataract
(b) Hypermetropia
(c) Trachoma
(d) Eczema
91.
(a) Radium
(b) Thorium
(c) Sodium
(d) Polonium
Directions (Q. 92-96) : Read the following information carefully and answer the questions that follow.
(i) P, Q, R, S, T and U are travelling in a bus.
(ii) There are two reporters, two technicians, one photographer and one writer in the group.
(iii) The photographer P is married to S who is a reporter.
(iv) The writer is married to Q who is of the same profession as that of U.
(v) P, R, Q< S are two married couples and nobody in the group has same profession.
(vi) U is brother of R.
92. Which of the following is a pair of technicians?
(a) RS
(b) SU
(c) PT
(d) QU
93. Which of the following is a pair of reporters ?
(a) PQ
(b) RT
(c) ST
(d) SU
94. How is R related to U ?
(a) Brother
(b) Sister
(c) Uncle
(d) Cannot be determined
95. Which of the following pairs is a couple?
(a) PQ
(b) QR
(c) QS
(d) PT
96. Which of the following is a pair of husbands ?
(a) PQ
(b) PR
(c) QS
(d) Cannot be determined
Directions (Q. 97-100) : Read the following information and answer the questions that follow.
Four youngment Raj, Prem, Ved and Ashok are friendly with for girls Sushma, Kusum, Vimla and Poonam. Sushma and Vimla are friends. Ved’s girl friend does not like Suhma and Vimla. Kusum does not care for Ved. Prem’s girl friend is friendly with Sushma. Sushma does not like Raj.
97. Who is Raj’s girl friend?
(a) Sushma
(b) Kusum
(c) Vimla
(d) Poonam
98. With whom is Sushma friendly?
(a) Raj
(b) Prem
(c) Ved
(d) Ashok
99. Who is Poonam’s boy friend ?
(a) Ashok
(b) Ved
(c) Prem
(d) Raj
100. Who does not like Sushma and Vimla?
(a) Poonam
(b) Raj
(c) Ashok
(d) Ved
101. In a cricket season, India defeated Australia twice, West Indies defeated India twice, Australia defeated West Indies twice, India defeated New Zealand twice and West Indies defeated New Zealand twice. Which country has lost most number of times?
(a) India
(b) Australia
(c) New Zealand
(d) West Indies
Directions (Q. 102-104) : In each of the following questions, arrange the given words in a meaningful sequence and then choose the most appropriate sequence from amongst the alternatives provides below such questions.
102. (1) Study (2) Job
(3) Examination (4) Earn
(5) Apply
(a) 1, 2, 3. 4, 5
(b) 1, 3, 2, 5, 4
(c) 1, 3, 5, 4, 2
(d) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
103. (1) Frog (2) Eagle
(3) Grasshopper (4) Snake
(5) Grass
(a) 5, 3, 4, 2, 1
(b) 5, 3, 1, 4, 2
(c) 3, 4, 2, 5, 1
(d) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
104. (1) Child (2) Job
(3) Marriage (4) Infant
(5) Education
(a) 1, 3, 5, 2, 4
(b) 3, 5, 2, 1, 4
(c) 4, 1, 3, 5, 2
(d) 4, 1, 5, 2, 3
105. I am facing East. I turn 100° in the clockwise direction and then 145° in the anticlockwise direction. Which direction am I facing now ?
(a) East
(b) North-East
(c) North
(d) South-West
106. Deepak starts walking straight towards East. After walking 75 m, he turns to the left and walks 25 m straight. Again he turns to the left walks a distance of 40 m straight, again he turns to the left and walks a distance of 25 m. How far is he from the starting point ?
(a) 25 m
(b) 50 m
(c) 115 m
(d) None of these
107. Rahul told Anand, ‘Yesterday I defeated the only brother of the daughter of my grandmother? Whom did Rahul defeat?
(a) Son
(b) Father
(c) Brother
(d) Father-in-law
108. When Anuj saw Manish, he recalled, “He is the son of the father of my daughter.” Who is Manish?
(a) Brother-in-law
(b) Brother
(c) Cousin
(d) Uncle
109. In a certain code, ‘37’ means ‘which class’ and ‘583’ means ‘caste and class’ What is the code for ‘caste’?
(a) 3
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) Either 5 or 8
110. In a certain code language, ‘743’ means ‘mangoes are good’; ‘657’ means ‘eat good food’ and ‘934’ means ‘mangoes are ripe’. Which digit means ‘ripe’ in that language?
(a) 9
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
111. If ‘paper’ is called ‘wood’, ‘wood’ is called ‘straw’, ‘straw’ is called ‘grass’, ‘grass’ is called ‘rubber’ and ‘rubber’ is called ‘cloth’, what is the furniture made up of?
(a) Paper
(b) Wood
(c) Straw
(d) Grass
112. If ‘pen’ is ‘table’ is ‘fan’, ‘fan’ is ‘chair’ and ‘chair’ is ‘roof’, on which of the following will a person sit?
(a) Fan
(b) Chair
(c) Roof
(d) Table
113. In a certain code language, 35796 is written as 44887. How is 46823 written in that code
(a) 57914
(b) 55914
(c) 55934
(d) 55714
114. If MINJUR is coded as 312547 and TADA as 6898, how can MADURAI be coded ?
(a) 3498178
(b) 3894871
(c) 3849781
(d) 3894781
115. In a certain code, MONKEY is written as XDJMNL. How is TIGER written in that code?
(a) QDFHS
(b) SDFHS
(c) SHFDQ
(d) UJHFS
116. If FRAGRANCE is written as SBHSBODFG, how can IMPOSING be written?
(a) NQPTJHOJ
(b) NQPTJOHI
(c) NQTPJOHJ
(d) NQPTJOHJ
Directions (Q. 117-120) : In each of the following questions, a number series is given with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative that will continue the same pattern and fill in the blank spaces.
117. 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, (……..)
(a) 35
(b) 36
(c) 48
(d) 49
118. 20, 19, 17, (….), 10, 5
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 14
(d) 15
119. 2, 3, 5, 7, 11 (……), 17
(a) 12
(b) 13
(c) 14
(d) 15
120. 6, 11, 21, 36, 56, (……)
(a) 42
(b) 51
(c) 81
(d) 91
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