Railway Recruitment Boards (RRB) Non-Technical Cadre (Phase-I) Computer Based Test Examination Held on 16 April, 2016
1. Who founded Twitter?
(a) Mark Zuckerberg
(b) Tom Cock
(c) Noah Ark
(d) Evan Williams
2. An Assertion (A) and a Reason (R) are given below.
Assertion (A) In India, females have higher life expectancy than the males.
Reason (R) Females receive a better diet
Choose the correct option
(a) A is true but R is false
(b) A is false but R is true
(c) Both A and R are true
(d) Both A and R are false
3. Vikash purchased 5 bananas for Rs 4 and sold 4 bananas for Rs 5. Calculate his % profit?
(a) 55.56%
(b) 53.25%
(c) 45.50%
(d) 56.25%
4. Which state in India has the highest forest cover?
(a) Kerala
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) Bihar
5. Based on the analogy given, find the missing word from the given options.
Butter : Milk :: Book : ….
(a) Author
(b) Paper
(c) Chapter
(d) Printing
6. …. is a unit of length, roughly the distance from Earth to the Sun.
(a) Light years
(b) Astronomical unit
(c) Kelvin
(d) Joule
7. What is the name of the process where gas is directly converted to solids called?
(a) Sublimation
(b) Deposition
(c) Condensation
(d) Evaporation
8. In which city is the newly proposed AIIMS to be setup in Maharashtra?
(a) Nagpur
(b) Mumbai
(c) Aurangabad
(d) Pune
9. Which vaccine is primary used against tuberculosis?
(a) BCG
(b) DPT
(c) HIB
(d) Varicella
10. Based on the analogy given, find the missing pair from the given options.
5 : 35 : : … : ….
(a) 11 : 55
(b) 7 : 77
(c) 3 : 24
(d) 9 : 45
11. Consider the following statements and choose the correct statements.
(I) It is possible to draw three straight lines by given at least two points.
(II) If the sides of one angle is parallel to the sides of another angles then neither both are
(a) Both I and II are not correct.
(b) Both I and II are correct.
(c) I is not correct and II is correct.
(d) I is correct and II is not correct.
12. An Assertion (A) and Reason (R) are given
Assertion (A) Simla is colder than Delhi
Reason (R) Simla is at a higher altitude as compared to Delhi
Choose the correct option.
(a) A is true but R is false
(b) A is false but R is true
(c) Both A and R are true and R is the correct explanation of A.
(d) Both A and R are true but R is not the correct explanation A.
Comprehension (Q. Nos. 13-15)
Study the following information carefully and answer the questions given below it.
There are six persons in a family – three males and females. Out of these, there are two married couples and two persons who are unmarried. Each one of them likes different colour, viz. Blue, Red, Pink, Green, Yellow and White.
Seema, who likes Red colour, is Anitha’s mother-in-law and Anitha is Raja’s wife. Dinesh is Rohan’s father and he does not like the blue colour or White colour. Bavya likes the Yellow colour and is Rohan’s sister who likes Pink colour Raja.
13. Which of the following is one of the married couples?
(a) Rohan – Bavya
(b) Dinesh – Bavya
(c) Dinesh – Seema
(d) Rohan – Seema
14. Which of the following colours is liked by Anitha?
(a) White
(b) Yellow
(c) Pink
(d) Green
15. How is Rohan related to Seema?
(a) Brother
(b) Son
(c) Father
(d) None of these
16. If DRIVER is coded as 5 and BELIEVED is coded as 7, then what is for the EXAMINATION?
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 11
(d) 8
17. Anil can do a piece of work in 14 days which Rohit can do in 21 days. They worked together for few days after which Anil left. If Rohit worked alone for 3 days, find the total number of days it took to complete the whole work.
(a) 31/5
(b) 51/5
(c) 21/5
(d) 13/5
18. Rearrange the jumbled up letters to form a meaningful word and find the odd one out.
(a) ESAEIDS
(b) EATHLTH
(c) LISENL
(d) CKSESNS
19. If A : B = 3 : 4 and B : C = 6 : 5, then A : (A + C) is
(a) 9 : 11
(b) 9 : 10
(c) 9 : 19
(d) 6 : 7
20. If two complimentary angles are in the ratio of 11 : 7, find the smaller angle.
(a) 35°
(b) 55°
(c) 45°
(d) 25°
21. What does TCP stand for with respect to computer networks?
(a) Transmission Control Protocol
(b) Transfer Call Plan
(c) Transfer Control process
(d) Transmission Call Protocol
22. 30 litres of salt solution contains 5% salts. How many litres of water must be added so as to get a resultant solution containing 3% salt?
(a) 20 litres
(b) 25 litres
(c) 30 litres
(d) 35 litres
23. IF DIJOB means CHINA, then the last letter of the word got by decoding KBQBO is
(a) I
(b) A
(c) M
(d) N
24. Below are given statements followed by two conclusions I and II. You have to take the given statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance commonly known facts.
Statement All birds are tall.
Some tall are peacocks.
Conclusions
(I) Some birds are peacocks.
(II) Some peacocks are tall.
options logically follows the given statement
(a) Both conclusions I and II follows
(b) Neither conclusion I nor II follows
(c) Only conclusion I follow
(d) Only conclusion II follow
25. If the length of the shadow of a vertical pole on the horizontal ground is √3 times, its height, then the angle of elevation?
(a) 40°
(b) 50°
(c) 30°
(d) 45°
26. On which river is the city Madurai situated?
(a) Cooum
(b) Kaveri
(c) Vaigai
(d) Pennar
27. Engineer is related to Engineering in the same way as Doctor is related to
(a) Medicine
(b) Hospital
(c) Disease
(d) Body
28. Which of the following Prime Ministers was awarded Bharat Ratna?
(a) V. P. Singh
(b) Morarji Desai
(c) Charan Singh
(d) Manmohan Singh
29. How much salt is present in our body?
(a) 1%
(b) 2%
(c) 0.4%
(d) 0.6%
30. What is the old name of Singapore?
(a) Temasek
(b) Myanmar
(c) Ceylon
(d) Bohemia
31. If the angles of a triangle are in the ratio of 2 : 5 : 8, then find the value of the largest angle
(a) 36°
(b) 96°
(c) 84°
(d) 60°
32. What is the name of the moon of Pluto?
(a) Charon
(b) Ganymede
(c) Luna
(d) Triton
33. If GOAT can be written as KSEX, then WOLF can be written as
(a) APJS
(b) AJSP
(c) ASPJ
(d) ASSJ
34. Find the unit digit in the given product (4211)102 × (361)52
(a) 5
(b) 1
(c) 4
(d) 7
35. The traffic lights at four different crossings change after every 15 sec, 18 sec 27 sec and 30 sec respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 6 : 10:00 hours, then at what will they again change simultaneously.
(a) 6 : 14 : 30 hr
(b) 6 : 40 : 00 hr
(c) 6 : 14 : 00 hr
(d) 10 : 40 : 00 hr
36. The mean of a distribution is 21 and standard deviation is 7? What is the value of the coefficient variation?
(a) 16.66%
(b) 66.66%
(c) 33.33%
(d) 100%
37. Michael Schumacher, a racing driver belongs to which country?
(a) USA
(b) Germany
(c) Canada
(d) Australia
38. Choose the one which of is odd from the following options.
(a) Rupee
(b) Lira
(c) Coin
(d) Dinar
39. What was the element used in traditional thermometers which is highly toxic in nature?
(a) Carbon
(b) Mercury
(c) Arsenic
(d) Cadmium
40. Which of the following was built by the ancient Incas?
(a) City of Petra
(b) Hagia Sohia
(c) Machu Picchu
(d) Arcopolis
41. In which year was Aam Aadmi Party founded?
(a) 2010
(b) 2011
(c) 2012
(d) 2013
42. A spoon which looks bent is an example of which of the following.
(a) Reflection
(b) Refraction
(c) Retention
(d) Focus
43. Who discovered radioactivity?
(a) Max Planck
(b) James Clerk Maxwell
(c) Henri Becquerel
(d) Heinrich Hertz
44. Which is special about a sword – billed hummingbird?
(a) It is the smallest bird in the world
(b) Its bill is longer than rest of its body
(c) It lives only in Antarctica
(d) it cannot fly
45. A boy running at 10/g the of his actual speed covers 39 km in 2 hours 20 mnin and 24 s. Find the actual speed of the boy (approx).
(a) 15 km/hr
(b) 50 km/hr
(c) 39 km/hr
(d) 150 km/hr
46. Who devised the policy of Doctrine of Lapse?
(a) Lord Curzon
(b) Lord Mountbatten
(c) Lord Dalhousie
(d) Robert Clive
47. Sonam’s age after eight year will be half of her father ages. Eight year ago the ratio of their ages was 1 : 3. Find the present age of Sonam’s father.
(a) 48
(b) 56
(c) 36
(d) 65
48. Mohan earns a profit of 20% on selling a jean at 15% discount on printed price. The ratio of the cost price to printed price of the jean is
(a) 17 : 24
(b) 17 : 34
(c) 16 : 13
(d) 21 : 23
49. In accordance to the 18th Mercer Quality of Life study, which city in the World holds the first position as the best city to live in?
(a) Zurich
(b) Vienna
(c) Sydney
(d) Hyderabad
50. When was the battle of Chillianwala fought?
(a) 1865
(b) 1892
(c) 1849
(d) 1856
51. If ‘W’ means ‘x’, ‘X’ means ‘−’, ‘Y’ means ‘+’ and ‘z’ means ‘÷’, then
28 Z 7 W 8 X 6 Y 4 = ?
(a) 30
(b) 3/2
(c) 32
(d) 34
52. If ‘>’ stands for ‘−’, ‘>’ stands for ‘+’, ‘=’ stands for ‘x’ and ‘@’ stands for ‘+’ then what be the value of 27 > 81 @ 9 <6.
(a) 32
(b) 33
(c) 30
(d) 35
53. If ‘x’ means ‘−’, ‘−’ means ‘x’, ‘+’ means ‘÷’ and ‘÷’means ‘+’, then what will be the value for 15 – 2 ÷ 900 + 90 × 100?
(a) 60
(b) −60
(c) 0
(d) 1
54. A boy in a train notices that he can count 31 telephone posts in 60 seconds. The distance between two posts is 60 metres. Calculate the speed of the train?
(a) 90 km/hr
(b) 108 km/hr
(c) 60 km/hr
(d) 120 km/hr
55. Which of the following is a temple built out of marble by Vimal Shah?
(a) The Dilwara temple
(b) Brihadeeswarar temple
(c) Omkareswar temple
(d) Ranakpur Adinath temple
56. Who was the first Indian Badminton player to win the men’s singles title at the All England Championship in 1980 ?
(a) Prakash Padukone
(b) Pullela Gopichand
(c) Syed Modi
(d) Chetan Anand
57. Who won the Academy award for documentary ‘Army’ in 2016?
(a) Duke Johnson
(b) Asif Kapadia
(c) Steven Spielberg
(d) George Miller
58. What is income available with a person after deducting for taxes called.
(a) Disposable Income
(b) Cash Income
(c) Salary
(d) General Income
59. Which of the following was the first super computer developed in 1976?
(a) Acorn – Atom
(b) Cray – 1
(c) PCW
(d) PET
60. The average of five consecutive even numbers is 40. What is the value of smallest of these numbers?
(a) 35
(b) 36
(c) 44
(d) 48
61. Which series is India’s First Supercomputer developed in Pune?
(a) Vigyan
(b) Param
(c) Dhanush
(d) Shakti
62. A sum of money (P) doubles in 10 years. How much would it be in 20 years at the same rate of simple interest?
(a) P
(b) 2P
(c) 3P
(d) 4P
63. If (a + c + 1) = 0, then find the value of (a3 + c3 + 1 – 3ac)
(a) −1
(b) 1
(c) 2
(d) 0
64. Based on the analogy given, find the missing number from the given options.
49 : 81 :: 100 : ….
(a) 144
(b) 169
(c) 225
(d) 64
65. If (x + y)2 – xy = 0, then find the value of (x3 – y3)/(x – y).
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 0
(d) 5
66. One of four words in a class of which the other three belong. Identify the class.
(a) NOVELS
(b) BOOKS
(c) POEMS
(d) SHORT STORIES
67. A ladder (vertical) is placed against the wall. The top end of the ladder is at 9 m above the ground surface. When the bottom end of ladder is moved 3m away from the wall, then the top end reaches to the bottom of the wall. What is the height of the ladder?
(a) 16 m
(b) 15 m
(c) 20 m
(d) 30 m
68. Who propounded the homeopathic principle of ‘like cures like’?
(a) Hippocrates
(b) Samuel Hahnemann
(c) Samuel Cockburn
(d) George Vithoulkas
Comprehension (Q. Nos. 69-71) Study the following table carefully and answer the questions based on it.
The following table shows the domestic sales of cars of five manufacturers from 2005 to 2010. (All the figures are in thousand)
69. During 2006, what is approximate share domestic sales of cars of manufacturer M?
(a) 19.5%
(b) 10.5%
(c) 20.5%
(d) 25.5%
70. During 2010, the sales of which manufacturers has shown the maximum percentage increases over the previous year?
(a) L
(b) M
(c) N
(d) P
71. With respect to which of the following combinations, is the sales of cars the highest over the given period?
(a) L, 2009
(b) L, 2010
(c) L, 2008
(d) O, 2008
72. Which one of the following interchanges in signs and numbers would make the given equation correct?
3 + 5 – 2 = 4
(a) + and −, 2 and 5
(b) + and −, 3 and 4
(c) + and −, 2 and 4
(d) + and −, 3 and 5
73. Which dynasty has its capital at chittorgarh?
(a) Chauhan
(b) Sisodia
(c) Hada
(d) Rathor
74. With which sport is the term ‘Freestyle’ connected with?
(a) Tennis
(b) Kho-Kho
(c) Kabaddi
(d) Swimming
75. Atul and Binay together complete a piece of work in 5 days. If Binay alone can complete the same work in 8 days, how many days can Atul take to complete the same work alone?
(a) 40/3 days
(b) 20/3 days
(c) 9 days
(d) 10 days
76. Given below is statement (A) and a reason (R).
Assertion (A) In India, there can be seen a rapid increase in the number of smartphone users.
Reason (R) Best 3G and 4G coverage can be obtained at lowest prices.
(a) A is correct but R is incorrect
(b) A is incorrect but R is correct
(c) A and R both are correct and R is the correct explanation A
(d) A and R both are correct and R is not the correct explanation of A
77. Find the dividend if the divisor is (x + 2), quotient is (4x – 5) and the remainder is 12.
(a) 4x2 + 5x + 2
(b) 4x2 + 3x + 2
(c) 4x2 − 3x+ 2
(d) 4x2 + 3x – 2
78. Who is considered the greatest of the early Chola kings?
(a) Pulakeshi II
(b) Rajasimha
(c) Karikala
(d) Nandivarman
79. The mass per u nit volume is called
(a) Force
(b) Work
(c) Density
(d) Pressure
80. The BRICS Development Bank is now called as
(a) Asia Development Bank
(b) World Bank
(c) New Development Bank
(d) New BRICS Bank
81. The MACHINE is coded as 19-7-9-14-15-20-11, how will you code DANGER?
(a) 10-7-20-13-11-24
(b) 13-7-20-11-10-25
(c) 11-7-20-16-11-24
(d) 13-7-20-9-11-25
82. What sum will produce the same interest in 9 years at the rate 8% simple interest as Rs 800 produce in 3 years at 9/2% per annum?
(a) Rs 100
(b) Rs 125
(c) Rs 150
(d) Rs 110
83. Which among the following is not a qualification to become a Vice President of India?
(a) Citizen of India
(b) Above 35 yrs of age
(c) Possess the membership of Lok Sabha
(d) Possess the Membership of Rajya Sabha
Comprehension (Q. Nos. 84-86)
The following questions are based on the information given below.
Out of a group of 60 students, 25 plays Cricket, 30 play Football, 24 play Volleyball, 10 play Cricket and Football, 9 play Cricket and Volleyball, 12 play Volleyball and Football and 5 play all the three.
84. How many students play exactly two games?
(a) 7
(b) 13
(c) 5
(d) 16
85. How many students do not play anyone of the games?
(a) 5
(b) 2
(c) 7
(d) 1
86. How many students play Cricket only?
(a) 11
(b) 13
(c) 8
(d) 5
87. Choose the pair which is related in the same way as the words in the first pair from the given choices
Moon : Satellite : : Earth : …
(a) Air
(b) Planet
(c) Sun
(d) Sea
88. Naveen purchased a gas cylinder and a stove for Rs 4500. He sold the gas cylinder at a gain of 25% and the stove at a loss of 20%, still gaining 4% on the whole. Find the cost of the gas cylinder.
(a) Rs 3600
(b) Rs 2400
(c) Rs 3000
(d) Rs 2600
89. The name of our planet Earth originates from which language?
(a) Greek
(b) Roman
(c) English
(d) Sanskrit
90. Which of the following is a goods source of Vitamin A?
(a) Cabbage
(b) Carrot
(c) Regular Potato
(d) Strawberry
91. In new government policy, the price of onion is raised by 35%. By what % should a person reduce onion consumption so that the expenditure of it does increase?
(a) 25%
(b) 29%
(c) 26%
(d) 3%
92. The mean of 10 observations is 13. Two more observations are included and the new mean becomes 14. The mean of two new observations is
(a) 19
(b) 18
(c) 17
(d) 16
93. If the standard deviation of a population is 6.5, what would be the population variance?
(a) 40.25
(b) 42.25
(c) 18.25
(d) 18.00
94. Rearrange the jumbled up letters to form a meaningful word and find the odd one out.
(a) ROUWBER
(b) EDN
(c) ORFO
(d) ETNS
95. How many natural numbers between 15 and 85 are divisible by 7?
(a) 9
(b) 10
(c) 8
(d) 7
96. Who proposed the Scientific Management School of thought as opposed to the Administrative Management School of thought?
(a) Henry Fayol
(b) Frederick Taylor
(c) Peter Drucker
(d) Max Weber
97. Who discovered the ABO blood group system?
(a) Karl Koller
(b) Maurice Hilleman
(c) Karl Landsteiner
(d) Edward Jenner
98. Which value is closed to
(a) 0.2
(b) 0.002
(c) 2
(d) 0.02
99. HCF of two numbers is 19 and their LCM is 665. If one of the number is 95, find the other.
(a) 19
(b) 133
(c) 190
(d) 77
100. Which of the following states in India has the highest area under mangroves?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Andhra Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra
(d) West Bengal
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