Railway Recruitment Board, Allahabad Electrical Signal Maintainer-II Examination Held on 22-01-2006
1. The cost price of an article was divided among the price of the goods, labour charges and other expenses in the ratio of 3 : 4 : 1. If the cost of the goods is Rs 22.50, what would be the cost price of the article?
(a) Rs 70
(b) Rs 80
(c) Rs 60
(d) Rs 90
2. Monthly salary of Harish is Rs 12850. After deducting provident fund, he gets Rs 11822 per month. What is the percentage of the salary that is deducted in the form of provident fund?
(a) 8%
(b) 8.3%
(c) 9%
(d) 6%
3. Present age of the son is the half of the present age of mother. 10 years ago, the mother’s age was thrice the age of the son. What I s the present age of the son?
(a) 25 years
(b) 30 years
(c) 40 years
(d) 20 years
4. A rectangular hall is of 24 m × 18 m. Leaving a margin of 1.50 m along with the four sides, a carpet is spread of the rate of Rs 23 per square metre. Find out the cost price of the carpet?
(a) Rs 7145
(b) Rs 7245
(c) Rs 7345
(d) Rs 7100
5. A man spends 1/4 of his income of food. 1/5 on rent and the rest Rs 231 on other items. Calculate his total income.
(a) Rs 420
(b) Rs 560
(c) Rs 562
(d) Rs 400
6. A man swims 1 km in 10 minutes in the direction of current and 1 km in 30 minutes against the direction of the current. What is speed of the current?
(a) 4 km/h
(b) 2 km/h
(c) 6 km/h
(d) 5 km/h
7. A, B and C can do some work in 12 days, 15 days and 20 days respectively. They started to do the work jointly, but C left the work after 2 days. In how many days will the rest part of the work be completed?
(a) 6 days
(b) 5 days
(c) 4 days
(d) 7 days
8. 2 kg of tea and 3 kg of sugar together costs Rs 39. The price of tea has risen by 25% and that of sugar by 20%. Hence, the same quantities of tea and sugar now cost Rs 48.30. Find the original price of tea per kg
(a) Rs 14.90 kg
(b) Rs 15.00/ kg
(c) Rs 16.00/ kg
(d) Rs 14.40/ kg
9. The ratio of acetylene to oxygen is approximately … for a neutral flame used in gas welding.
(a) 1 : 1
(b) 1 : 2
(c) 1 : 3
(d) 1 : 0.1
10. Among the conventional machining process, maximum specific energy is consumed in :
(a) drilling
(b) planning
(c) grinding
(d) turning
11. The gas used in welding and cutting of metals is
(a) ethene
(b) ethyne
(c) propane
(d) ethane
12. If steel is heated bright red hot and is then cooled slowly, the process is called
(a) annealing
(b) tempering
(c) smelting
(d) quenching
13. An alloy of copper and zinc is called as
(a) bronze
(b) gun metal
(c) stainless steel
(d) brass
14. Temporary hardness of water is due to the presence of
(a) magnesium sulphate
(b) calcium hydroxide
(c) calcium sulphate
(d) calcium bicarbonate
15. Which of the following is not a noble gas?
(a) Neon
(b) Argon
(c) Hydrogen
(d) Helium
16. White revolution is related to the increase in production of which of the following?
(a) Wool
(b) Milk
(c) White meat
(d) Egg
17. Which of the following vitamins is soluble in water?
(a) E
(b) A
(c) C
(d) K
18. Which is the main constituent of bones and teeth?
(a) Calcium
(b) Phosphorus
(c) Sulphur
(d) Iron
19. In blood pressure, the highest point or the upper reading is called :
(a) diastolic
(b) high tension
(c) extreme tension
(d) systolic
20. The members of which of the following have identical chemical properties?
(a) Isotopes
(b) Allotropes
(c) Isotopes and Allotropes both
(d) Isobars
21. TO obtain Fe and FeO from Fe2O3, the reducing agent used in the upper part of blast furnace is
(a) carbon
(b) carbon monoxide
(c) lime stone
(d) cool
22. Chemical name of plaster of Paris is
(a) calcium hydroxide
(b) calcium oxide
(c) magnesium sulphate
(d) calcium sulphate
23. Who discovered neutron?
(a) JJ Thompson
(b) Goldstein
(c) James Chadwick
(d) None of these
24. Which of the following yields blue-beads in borax test?
(a) Co2+
(b) Ni2+
(c) Cd2+
(d) Cr2+
25. Which of the following salts does not display aqueous decomposition?
(a) KNO3
(b) NaCl
(c) K2SO4
(d) CH3COONa
26. Stainless steel contains which of the following other than iron and carbon?
(a) Cr and Co
(b) Co and Mn
(c) Mn and Ni
(d) Ni and Cr
27. Temperature of a healthy normal person is
(a) 94.6°F
(b) 98.4°F
(c) 98.6°F
(d) 100°F
28. Which of the following is the acidic oxide?
(a) Na2O
(b) CO2
(c) CO
(d) BaO
29. Red blood corpuscles are formed in
(a) bone marrow
(b) liver
(c) lung
(d) kidney
30. The part of the brain, known as the place of memory, is
(a) cerebum
(b) cerebelum
(c) carpus Callosum
(d) parietal lobe
31. At 290° K temperature and 100.4 k pa pressure, the volume of a gas of mass 0.160 g is 260 cc. What would be its vapour density?
(a) 14.2
(b) 15
(c) 7.5
(d) 17.9
32. A gas cannot be liquefied by exerting high pressure, if it is at a temperature higher than its
(a) Reverse temperature
(b) Boyle temperature
(c) Room temperature
(d) Critical temperature
33. Out of the following properties of the gas molecules, one property is identical for every gas at a particular specific temperature and that property is
(a) velocity
(b) momentum
(c) kinetic energy
(d) mass
34. In 1120 ml solution of hydrogen peroxide, there is 34 g of hydrogen peroxide. Find out the volume strength of the solution
(a) 20
(b) 30
(c) 32
(d) 10
35. An atom is orbital
(a) Shape of the orbit I s elliptical
(b) Three domains around the nucleus
(c) The domain in which there is maximum possibility of availability of electrons
(d) Circular orbit of the electron
36. Raja Rammohan Roy was founder of which one of the following societies?
(a) Brahmo Samaj
(b) Prarthana Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Theosophical Society
37. Temple of Ellora was built by which of the following?
(a) Chola
(b) Chandellas
(c) Rashtrakuta
(d) Chalukya
38. Ashtang Marg was founded b y
(a) Gautam Buddha
(b) Mahaveer
(c) Nanak
(d) Ballabhacharya
39. A particle moves along a straight line such that its displacement at any time t is given by s = t3 – 6t2 + 3t + 4 metre. The velocity when the acceleration is zero is :
(a) 3 ms−1
(b) −12 ms−1
(c) 42 ms−1
(d) −9 ms−1
40. The path of the projectile when observed from another projectile is
(a) straight line
(b) circular
(c) parabolic
(d) none of these
41. A particle is projected with initial velocity v making an angle 60° with the horizontal. If it reaches a height of 80 m. Then the value of v is
(a) 10√3 m/s
(b) 
(c) 60√3 m/s
(d) 20 m/s
42. When a small solid spherical ball is dropped within a liquid column then it
(a) decelerates
(b) accelerates
(c) first accelerates and then decelerates
(d) finally moves with constant speed
43. Under a constant pressure head, the rate of flow of liquid through a capillary tube is V. If the length of the capillary is doubled and the diameter of the tube is halved, the rate of flow would become
(a) V/4
(b) V/8
(c) V/32
(d) 16/V
44. The angle of the prism is 60°. The refractive index of the material of the prism is √ A ray is incident at an angle of 45°. The angle made by the emergent ray is
(a) 30°
(b) 60°
(c) 45°
(d) 0°
45. An object is placed infront of a thin convex lens of focal length 30 cm and a plane mirror is placed 15 cm behind the lens. If the final image of the object coincides with the object, the distance of the object from the lens is
(a) 30 cm
(b) 25 cm
(c) 15 cm
(d) 45 cm
46. 64 identical small spherical Hg drops, each having energy E, combine to form a large drop. What will b e electrostatic energy of the large drop?
(a) 512 E
(b) 64 E
(c) 32 E
(d) 1024 E
47. A satellite of mass m is revolving round the earth at a height R above the surface of the Earth. If g is the gravitational field intensity at the Earth’s surface and R is the radius. The kinetic energy of the satellite is
(a) mgR
(b) mgR/4
(c) mgR/2
(d) 2 mg R
48. A man is travelling at 10.8 kmh−1 in a topless car on a rainy day. He holds an umbrella at an angle of 37° to the vertical to protect himself from the rain which is following vertically down wards. What is the velocity of the rain?
(a) 3 ms−1
(b) 5 ms−1
(c) 5√3 ms−1
(d) 3√5 ms−1
49. Munshi Prem Chand is the pen name of which Indian literary personality?
(a) Ajaib Rai
(b) Dhanpat Rai
(c) Diwakar Rai
(d) Dhanpat Lal
50. Ibn Batuta was an African traveler whose account contains detailed information about the reign of
(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Mahmud of Ghazni
(d) Muhammad Tughlaq
51. Who wrote ‘Rajatarangine’, which tells us about kings of Kashmir?
(a) Kalhana
(b) Dr. Karan Singh
(c) Ranjit Singh
(d) Farow Abdullaha
52. The city of Vijayanagar was established by two brothers Harihara and Bukka Rai in the y ear AD 1336 on the banks of which river?
(a) Krishna
(b) Cauvery
(c) Tungabhadra
(d) Mahanadi
53. First Battle of Panipat was fought between Babur and Ibrahim Lodi in the year
(a) 1524 AD
(b) 1526 AD
(c) 1527 AD
(d) 1523 AD
54. World Environment Day is
(a) 28th February
(b) 5th August
(c) 28th April
(d) 5th June
55. Which game is associated with Thomas cup?
(a) Chess
(b) Badminton
(c) Table Tennis
(d) Lawn Tennis
56. Who is the recipient of Nobel Prize 2004 for Literature?
(a) Elfriede Jelinek
(b) Edward Prescott
(c) Peter Jackson
(d) David J Gross
57. As per Saka Era, when was the National Calendar adopted by the Nation?
(a) Chaitra 1, 1950, Saka
(b) Chaitra 1, 1947, Saka
(c) Chaitra 1, 1879, Saka
(d) Chaitra 1, 1957, Saka
58. Which is the last month of National Calendar of India?
(a) Chaitra
(b) Phalguna
(c) Ashadha
(d) Bhadra
59. Sariska Sanctuary is located in which State?
(a) Assam
(b) Kerala
(c) Gujarat
(d) Rajasthan
60. Bhakra Nangal Dam is built on which river?
(a) Ravi
(b) Sutlej
(c) Chenab
(d) Beas
61. India lies between the longitudes of
(a) 68°7ʹ to 97°28ʹ E
(b) 72° E to 97° E
(c) 77° E to 97° E
(d) 62° E to 70° E
62. Which mountain range is situated between rivers Narmada and Tapit?
(a) The Sahyadri
(b) The Mahadev Hills
(c) The Satpuras
(d) The Aravallis
63. Which type of soil retains maximum amount of water?
(a) Black
(b) Clayey
(c) Red
(d) Loam
64. What is the tenure of the members of Rajya Sabha?
(a) 5 years
(b) 6 years
(c) 7 years
(d) 4 years
65. President of India is elected indirectly by an electoral college consisting of elected members of
(a) Lok Sabha
(b) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(c) Lok Sabha, Rajya Sabha and State Legislative Assemblies
(d) People of India
66. Football World Cup 2006 will be held at
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) Brazil
67. Who is the author of book titled ‘Waiting for Mahatma’?
(a) Jai Prakash Narayan
(b) R. K. Narayan
(c) Vinoba Bhave
(d) Sarojini Naidu
68. Indian Naval Academy is located at
(a) Panjim
(b) Vishakhapatnam
(c) Chennai
(d) Cochin
69. Who started Home Rule League Movement?
(a) Mrs. Annie Beasant
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Pandit J. L. Nehru
(d) B. G. Tilak
70. Who said, ‘Independence is our birth-right; we shall size it.”?
(a) Bal Gnagadhar Tilak
(b) Bhagat Singh
(c) Ram Prasad Bismil
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
71. Who is known as ‘Pujab Kesari’?
(a) Lala Lajpat Rai
(b) Udham Singh
(c) Bhagat Singh
(d) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
72. Yuan is the currency of which country?
(a) China
(b) Japan
(c) Korea
(d) Vietnam
73. Which of the following countries is called, “The Land of Morning Calm”?
(a) Korea
(b) Taiwan
(c) China
(d) Japan
74. 1 megabyte is equal to … bytes.
(a) 1048576
(b) 10000000
(c) 10240000
(d) 1024
75. Find out the missing term
APOC : ? : : ITSK : MVUN
(a) EQRH
(b) DQRH
(c) ERQF
(d) DRQF
76. Which of the following is the classical dance of Andhra Pradesh?
(a) Kunchipudi
(b) Kathakali
(c) Kathak
(d) Bharatnatyam
77. Which computer programming language uses letters, instead of digits, to express the instructions?
(a) Functional language
(b) Imperative language
(c) List processing
(d) Assembly language
78. Find out the missing term
2, 3, 5, 7, ?, 13, 17
(a) 15
(b) 17
(c) 19
(d) 11
79. Find out the missing term
2, 2, 4, 6, ?, 10, 8, 14, 10, 18, 12
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 8
(d) 5
80. Find out the missing term
BCDE : VWXY : : ? : QRST
(a) HIJK
(b) GHIJ
(c) MNOP
(d) CDEF
81. Headquarter of which of the following agencies is located in Paris?
(a) UNESCO
(b) UNICEF
(c) UNO
(d) None of these
82. In the series 196, 169, 144, 121, 80 which number is wrong?
(a) 121
(b) 196
(c) 169
(d) 80
83. In a code language, if FHQK means GIRL, how can WOMEN be written in the same code language?
(a) FHQKN
(b) XPNFO
(c) VLNDM
(d) VNLDM
84. If code number of SHARP is 58034 and that of PUSH is 4658, what should be the code number of RUSH?
(a) 3568
(b) 3658
(c) 3583
(d) 3685
85. In English alphabet, a letter is located at 5th place from left and the second letter is located at 12th place towards right from this 5th place letter. What is this second letter?
(a) Q
(b) R
(c) S
(d) P
86. If GOLFER is coded as HNMEFQ, then HUNGER will be coded as
(a) IVOHFS
(b) ITODFQ
(c) TIDOQF
(d) ITOFFQ
87. If GO = 32, SHE = 42, then SOME will be equal to
(a) 60
(b) 62
(c) 64
(d) 58
88. Find the missing term
(a) −729
(b) 729
(c) 1331
(d) −343
89. A speaks truth in 60% cases B speaks truth in 70% cases. The probability that they will say the same thing while describing single event is
(a) 0.56
(b) 0.68
(c) 0.94
(d) 0.54
90. Three different dice are rolled three times. The probability that they show different numbers only two times is
(a) 107/54
(b) 5/9
(c) 100/243
(d) 1/3
91. In how many ways can we distribute 5 different balls in 4 different boxes when order is not consider inside the boxes and empty boxes are not allowed?
(a) 150
(b) 240
(c) 280
(d) 120
92. The area of the triangle formed b y the lines y – 2x, x = 0, y = 2 is
(a) 
(b) 2 sq units
(c) 3 sq units
(d) 1 sq unit
93. If a, b, c are in AP then the straight line ax + by + c = 0 will always pass through a fixed point whose coordinates are
(a) (1, −2)
(b) (1, 2)
(c) (−1, −2)
(d) (−1, 2)
94. The maximum number of points intersection of 8 circles is
(a) 52
(b) 48
(c) 42
(d) 56
95. If a, b, c are in HP then 4−a, 4−b, 4−c are
(a) GP
(b) HP
(c) AP
(d) none of these
96. A man running round a race course notes that the sum of the distance of two flag posts from him is always 10 metres and the distance between the flag posts is 8 metres. The area of the path he encloses in square metres is
(a) 12 π
(b) 15 π
(c) 18 π
(d) 9 π
97. A stone thrown vertically upwards rises ‘s’ metres in t seconds, where s = 80t – 16t2, then the velocity after 2 seconds is
(a) 24 m/s
(b) 32 m/s
(c) 64 m/s
(d) 16 m/s
98. In off season, after reduction of 12%, the cost of a blanket comes down to Rs 748. What was its original cost?
(a) Rs 820
(b) Rs 840
(c) Rs 850
(d) Rs 815
99. In an examination, minimum marks for first division is 60%. Ayush obtains 447 marks which are 3 marks less than the first division minimum marks. What are the maximum marks in the examination?
(a) 720
(b) 750
(c) 780
(d) 600
100. A shopkeeper buys a watch for Rs 400. He marks 25% more on the watch, than the cost price. He allows 12% discount at the marked price. What is the percentage of profit?
(a) 11%
(b) 13%
(c) 15%
(d) 10%
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