Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Patna Traffic Apprentice (TA) & Commercial Apprentice (CA) Examination Held on 13-12-2009 Question Paper With Answer Key

Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Patna Traffic Apprentice (TA) & Commercial Apprentice (CA) Examination Held on 13-12-2009

 

1. The first woman film star nominated to the Rajya Sabha was

(a)  Nargis Dutt

(b)  Shabana Azmi

(c)  Madhubala

(d)  Meena Kumari

Answer: (a)

2. Vikrama era started from

(a)  57 BC

(b)  78 AD

(c)  57 AD

(d)  78 BC

Answer: (a)

3. Who were the first to issue gold coins?

(a)  Indo Greeks

(b)  Shakas

(c)  Parthains

(d)  Kushans

Answer: (a)

4. Who among the following was the first defence Minister of India?

(a)  KM Cariappa

(b)  Saradar Baldev Singh

(c)  N Gopalaswami Ayyangar

(d)  Maulana Azad

Answer: (b)

5. Who was the first Indian to get selected in ICS?

(a)  Surendra Nath Bannerjee

(b)  Ravindra Nath Tagore

(c)  Satyendra Nath Tagore

(d)  CR Das

Answer: (c)

6. Where was the first Cotton Mill in India established?

(a)  Surat

(b)  Bombay

(c)  Ahmedabad

(d)  Combatore

Answer: (b)

7. Kalinga Award is given for

(a)  Art

(b)  Science

(c)  Literature

(d)  Sports

Answer: (b)

8. Who among the following rulers fought the fourth Anglo-Mysore war in which he was killed?

(a)  The Nizam

(b)  Aurangzeb

(c)  Tipu Sultan

(d)  Shivaji

Answer: (c)

9. The founder of the autonomous kingdom of Avadh was

(a)  Shuja-ud-Daula

(b)  Saadat Khan Burhan-ul Mulk

(c)  Safdarjang

(d)  Sher Shah

Answer: (b)

10. Which of the following is known as red planet?

(a)  Venus

(b)  Mars

(c)  Earth

(d)  Jupiter

Answer: (b)

11. The position of the Earth in its orbit, when it is at its greatest distance from the Sun causing summer in the Northern hemisphere is

(a)  perihelion

(b)  apihelion

(c)  perigee

(d)  apogee

Answer: (b)

12. Narmada river orginates from Amrkanatak in

(a)  Gujarat

(b)  Maharashtra

(c)  Madhya Pradesh

(d)  Chhattisgarh

Answer: (c)

13. Which one of the following lakes in India has the highest water salinity?

(a)  Dal

(b)  Chilka

(c)  Wular

(d)  Sambhar

Answer: (d)

14. Which organ of UNO is considered as world parliament?

(a)  General Assembly

(b)  Security Council

(c)  International Court of Justice

(d)  Trusteeship Council

Answer: (a)

15. Fundamental duties have been added in the Constitution by 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 in accordance with the recommendations of

(a)  Santhanam Committee

(b)  Sarkaria Committee

(c)  Swaran Singh Committee

(d)  Indira Gandhi Committee

Answer: (c)

16. The Constitution of India does not mention the post of

(a)  the Deputy Chairman of t he Rajya Sabha

(b)  the Deputy Prime Minister

(c)  the Deputy Speaker of the Lok Sabha

(d)  the Deputy Speaker of the State Legislative Assemblies

Answer: (b)

17. The sweetest sugar is

(a)  sucrose

(b)  glucose

(c)  fructose

(d)  lactose

Answer: (c)

18. DPT is a vaccine for

(a)  diarrhoea, polio and typhoid

(b)  diphtheria, whooping cough and tetanus

(c)  diarrhoea, polio and tetanus

(d)  diphtheria, whooping cough and typhoid

Answer: (b)

19. Which of the following is skin disease?

(a)  Anaemia

(b)  Pellagra

(c)  Osteomalacia

(d)  Rickets

Answer: (b)

20. The light year is the unit of

(a)  Time

(b)  Distance

(c)  Intensity

(d)  Weight

Answer: (b)

21. Speed of sound is greater in solids than in liquids because

(a)  the atoms in solids are regularly arranged

(b)  the atoms in liquids are loosely packed

(c)  the solids have high elasticity

(d)  None of the above

Answer: (c)

22. Optic fibres are mainly used for which of the following?

(a)  Communication

(b)  Weaving

(c)  Musical instruments

(d)  Food industry

Answer: (a)

23. Who is considered the father of Sahatara (Sitar)?

(a)  Mian Tansen

(b)  Baiju Bawara

(c)  Amir Khusro

(d)  Bade Ghulam Ali Khan

Answer: (c)

24. Which of the following was adopted from the Maurya dynasty in the emblem of Government of India?

(a)  Four Lions

(b)  Chariot Wheel

(c)  Horse

(d)  Words ‘Satyameva Jayate’

Answer: (a)

25. Who among the following is known as the Father of the Indian Constitution?

(a)  Dr. B R Ambedkar

(b)  Mahatma Gandhi

(c)  Jawaharlal Nehru

(d)  Vallabhbhai Patel

Answer: (a)

26. During sleep of man’s blood pressure

(a)  increases

(b)  decreases

(c)  remains constant

(d)  fluctuates

Answer: (b)

27. The pitch of the voice of women is generally

(a)  same as that of men

(b)  higher than that of men

(c)  much lower than that of men

(d)  None of the above

Answer: (b)

28. Which among the following formulates fiscal policy?

(a)  RBI

(b)  Finance Ministry

(c)  SEBI

(d)  Planning Commission

Answer: (a)

29. Economic survey is published by

(a)  Ministry of Finance

(b)  Planning Commission

(c)  Government of India

(d)  Indian Statistical Institute

Answer: (a)

30. The capital of Cholas was

(a)  Badami

(b)  Tanjore

(c)  Delhi

(d)  Mahabalipuram

Answer: (b)

31. The ‘Battle of Ten Kings’ was fought on the banks of

(a)  Asikini (Chenab)

(b)  Parushni (Ravi)

(c)  Vitasta (Jhelum)

(d)  Vipas (Beas)

Answer: (b)

32. Upanishadas are books on

(a)  Religion

(b)  Yoga

(c)  Law

(d)  Philosophy

Answer: (d)

33. Who was the first Sultan of Delhi to introduce the practice of ‘Sijda’?

(a)  Firoz Tughlaq

(b)  Alauddin Khalji

(c)  Balban

(d)  Mohammad Tughlaq

Answer: (c)

34. The ‘Shahnama’ was written by

(a)  Alberuni

(b)  Firdausi

(c)  Amir Khusrau

(d)  Abul Fazal

Answer: (b)

35. Who was the leader of Poona Sarvajanik Sabha founded in 1870?

(a)  SN Banjerjee

(b)  Justice Ranade

(c)  KT Telang

(d)  Firozshah Mehta

Answer: (b)

36. Which part of the Earth’s surface receives the highest amount of insolation?

(a)  Tropical deserts

(b)  Equatorial region

(c)  Svanna region

(d)  No such criteria

Answer: (a)

37. The Vindhyas belong to which class of mountains?

(a)  Block mountains

(b)  Fold mountains

(c)  Volcanic mountains

(d)  Residual mountains

Answer: (d)

38. Who among the following was a great ruler of Kalinga in ancient times?

(a)  Ajatasatru

(b)  Bindusara

(c)  Kharavela

(d)  Mayurasarman

Answer: (c)

39. Hieun Tsang, the Chinese traveler, visited India during the period of

(a)  Ashoka

(b)  Chandragupta Vikramaditya

(c)  Harsha

(d)  Kumargupta

Answer: (c)

40. Dronacharya Award is given to

(a)  fire fighting operation

(b)  archery

(c)  outstanding coaching in sports and games

(d)  outstanding coaching in athletics

Answer: (c)

41. The system of open competitions through examination for entering the civil service was introduced in

(a)  1813

(b)  1833

(c)  1853

(d)  1858

Answer: (c)

42. Which of the following was the founder of ‘Prarthana Samaj’?

(a)  Devendra Nath Tagore

(b)  Mahadeo Govind Ranade

(c)  Keshab Chandra Sen

(d)  GK Devdhar

Answer: (b)

43. The first person to conduct heart transplantation in India is

(a)  Dr. PKK Ayyangar

(b)  Dr. R Valiathan

(c)  Dr. Venugopal

(d)  Dr. R Kesvan Nair

Answer: (c)

44. The ruler who was the first to establish a ministry of agriculture was

(a)  Alauddin Khalji

(b)  Mohammad Bin Tughlaq

(c)  Sher Shah

(d)  Akbar

Answer: (b)

45. In how many times zones has the world been divided?

(a)  15

(b)  24

(c)  90

(d)  180

Answer: (b)

46. Which one of the following elements is most abundant in the Earth’s crust?

(a)  Oxygen

(b)  Sulphur

(c)  Silicon

(d)  Carbon

Answer: (c)

47. All the watches of a country are set according to

(a)  local time

(b)  standard time of the country

(c)  Greenwich mean time

(d)  time of sunrise and sunset

Answer: (b)

48. The length of India’s coastline is about

(a)  5900 km

(b)  6100 km

(c)  7000 km

(d)  7500 km

Answer: (d)

49. Tansen Sanman is given by the Government of

(a)  Uttar Pradesh

(b)  Gujarat

(c)  Maharashtra

(d)  Madhya Pradesh

Answer: (d)

50. Which one of the following is not an official language of the United Nations Organization?

(a)  Arabic

(b)  Russian

(c)  Chinese

(d)  German

Answer: (d)

51. Each member of a Picnic party contributed twice as many rupees as the total collection was Rs 3042. The number of members present in the party was

(a)  2

(b)  32

(c)  42

(d)  39

Answer: (d)

52. The product of two number is 4107. If the HCF of the number is 37. The greatest number is

(a)  185

(b)  111

(c)  107

(d)  101

Answer: (b)

53. When simplified, the expression  is equal to

(a)  1.6

(b)  0.8

(c)  1.0

(d)  0

Answer: (a)

54.  simplifies to

(a)  350

(b)  785

(c)  1220

(d)  1320

Answer: (c)

55. When simplified the product  becomes

(a)  1/n

(b)  2/n

(c) 

(d) 

Answer: (b)

56. The greatest number which when divided by 989 and 1327 leaves remainder 5 and 7 respectively, is

(a)  8

(b)  16

(c)  24

(d)  32

Answer: (c)

57. A milkman has 75 L milk in cane and 45 L in another. The maximum capacity of container which can measure milk of either container exact number of times, is

(a)  1 L

(b)  5 L

(c)  15 L

(d)  25 L

Answer: (c)

58. The average of five numbers is 27. If one number is excluded. The average becomes 25. The excluded number is

(a)  25

(b)  27

(c)  30

(d)  35

Answer: (d)

59. The average of the marks obtained in an examination by 8 students was 51 and by 9 other students was 68. The average marks of the 17 students was

(a)  59

(b)  59.5

(c)  60

(d)  60.5

Answer: (c)

60. The sum of the present ages of Varun and Kapil is 42 yr. The ratio of their ages after 5 yr will be 15 : 11. What is the present age of Kapil?

(a)  17 yr

(b)  24 yr

(c)  25 yr

(d)  22 yr

Answer: (c)

61. A bag contains Rs 90 in coins of denominations of 50 paise, 25 paise and 10 paise. If coins of 50 paise, 25 paise and 10 paise are in ratio 2 : 3 : 5, then the number of 25 paise coins in the bag is

(a)  80

(b)  120

(c)  100

(d)  135

Answer: (b)

62. If the volumes of two cubes are in the ratio 27 : 64 and then the ratio of their total surface area is

(a)  27 : 64

(b)  3 : 4

(c)  9 : 16

(d)  3 : 8

Answer: (c)

63. A and B can do a work in 18 and 24 days, respectively. They worked together for 8 days and then A left. The remaining work was finished by B in

(a)  5 days

(b) 

(c)  8 days

(d)  10 days

Answer: (b)

64. A and B can do a work in 12 days, B and C in 15 days, C and A in 20 days. If A, B and C work together, they will complete the work in

(a)  5 days

(b) 

(c)  10 days

(d) 

Answer: (c)

65. If 12 men and 16 boys can do a piece of work in 5 days; 13 men and 24 boys can do it in 4 days, then the ratio of the daily work done by a man to that of a boy is

(a)  2 : 1

(b)  3 : 1

(c)  2 : 2

(d)  5 : 4

Answer: (a)

66. If 50% of (x – y) = 30% of (x + y), then what per cent of x is y?

(a)  25

(b) 

(c)  40

(d)  400

Answer: (a)

67. If the sale tax be reduced from  what difference does it make to person who purchases an article whose marked price is Rs 8400?

(a)  Rs 20

(b)  Rs 15

(c)  Rs 14

(d)  Rs 10

Answer: (c)

68. A man sold 18 cots for Rs 16800, gaining there by the cost price of 3 cots. The cost price of a cot is

(a)  Rs 600

(b)  Rs 800

(c)  Rs 900

(d)  Rs 1000

Answer: (b)

69. The selling price of 5 articles is the same as the cost price of 3 articles. The gain or loss is

(a)  20%, gain

(b)  25%, gain

(c)  33.33%, loss

(d)  40%, loss

Answer: (d)

70. Dillip, Ram and Amar started a shop by investing Rs 2700, Rs 8100 and Rs 7200, respectively. At the end of 1 yr, the profit was distributed. If Ram’s share was Rs 3600, their total profit was

(a)  Rs 10800

(b)  Rs 11600

(c)  Rs 8000

(d)  None of these

Answer: (c)

71. In what time will the simple interest by 2/5 of the principal at 8% per annum?

(a)  8 yr

(b)  7 yr

(c)  5 yr

(d)  6 yr

Answer: (c)

72. A sum of Rs 1600 gives a simple interest of Rs 252 in 2 yr and 3 months. The rate of interest per annum is

(a) 

(b)  8%

(c)  7%

(d)  6%

Answer: (c)

73. The difference between the simple interest and the compound interest (compounded annually) at the rate of 12% per annum on Rs 5000 for 2 yr will be

(a)  Rs 17.50

(b)  Rs 36

(c)  Rs 45

(d)  Rs 72

Answer: (d)

74. If the compound interest on a certain sum for two consecutive years is Rs 220 and Rs 242, then the rate of interest per annum is

(a)  8%

(b)  10%

(c)  11%

(d)  12%

Answer: (b)

75. The perimeter of two squares are 40 cm and 32 cm. The perimeter of a third square whose area is the difference of the area of two square, is

(a)  24 cm

(b)  42 cm

(c)  40 cm

(d)  20 cm

Answer: (a)

76. The area of square field is 69696 m2. Its diagonal will be equal to (use √2 = 1.414)

(a)  313.296 m

(b)  353.296 m

(c)  373.296 m

(d)  393.296 m

Answer: (c)

77. The volume of a cube is 512 cm3. Its surface area (in sq cm) is

(a)  284

(b)  384

(c)  484

(d)  576

Answer: (b)

78. The wooden box measure 20 cm by 12 cm by 10 cm. Thickness of wood is 1 cm. The volume of wood to make the box (in cu cm) is

(a)  960

(b)  519

(c)  2400

(d)  1.120

Answer: (a)

79. A hollow iron pipe is 21 cm long and its exterior diameter is 8 cm. If the thickness of the pipe is 1 cm and iron weights 8 g/cm3, then the weight of the pipe (take π = 22/7) is

(a)  3.696 kg

(b)  3.6 kg

(c)  36 kg

(d)  36.9 kg

Answer: (a)

80. The height of a wall is six times its width and the length of the wall is seven times its height. If volume of the wall be 16128 cube m, its width is

(a)  5 m

(b)  4 m

(c)  4.5 m

(d)  6 m

Answer: (b)

Directions (Q. Nos. 81 and 82) Read the following informations carefully and answer the questions given below it.

(i) A, B, C, D, E and F-six friends are sitting in a circle facing the centre.

(ii) E is to the immediate left of D.

(iii) C is sitting between A and B.

(iv) F is sitting between E and A.

81. Who is to the immediate right of C?

(a)  F

(b)  E

(c)  A

(d)  B

Answer: (c)

82. Who is to the immediate left of B?

(a)  D

(b)  E

(c)  C

(d)  A

Answer: (a)

83. Which of the following diagrams correctly represents Elephants, Wolves, Animals?

Answer: (a)

84. Ravi is 7 ranks ahead of Sumit in a class of 39. If Sumit’s rank is seventeenth from the last, what is Ravi’s rank from the start?

(a)  14th

(b)  15th

(c)  16th

(d)  17th

Answer: (c)

85. In a certain code language CAT I s written as DDY. How will BIG be written in that code?

(a)  CML

(b)  CJL

(c)  CLL

(d)  CNL

Answer: (c)

Directions (Q. Nos. 86-88) In each of the following questions, there is a certain relationship between two given words on one side of :: and one word is given on another side of :: while another word is to be selected from the given alternatives, having the same relationship with this word as the words of the given pair bear. Choose the correct alternative.

86. Malaria: Disease :: Spear : ?

(a)  Wound

(b)  Sword

(c)  Weapon

(d)  Death

Answer: (c)

87. Food : Stomach :: Fuel : ?

(a)  Plane

(b)  Truck

(c)  Engine

(d)  Automobile

Answer: (c)

88. Fire : Ashes :: Explosion : ?

(a)  Flame

(b)  Death

(c)  Sound

(d)  Debris

Answer: (d)

Directions (Q. Nos. 89-91) In each of the following questions, four words have been given out of which three are alike in a certain way and one is different. Choose out the odd one.

89.

(a)  Cupboard

(b)  Chair

(c)  Paper weight

(d)  Sofa

Answer: (c)

90.

(a)  Swim

(b)  Listen

(c)  Climb

(d)  Run

Answer: (b)

91.

(a)  Needle

(b)  Nail

(c)  Hammer

(d)  Screw

Answer: (c)

Directions (Q. Nos. 92 and 93) In each of the following letter series, some of the letters are missing which are given in that order as one of the alternatives below it.

92. ab _ _ _b___ bbaa__

(a)  abaab

(b)  abbab

(c)  baaab

(d)  babba

Answer: (c)

93. ___bcdbc__dcabd__bcdbc__dc__bd

(a)  aaaaa

(b)  ccccc

(c)  bbbbb

(d)  ddddd

Answer: (a)

Directions (Q. Nos. 94-97) 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.

94. 121, 225, 361, (…..)

(a)  441

(b)  484

(c)  529

(d)  729

Answer: (c)

95. 19, 2, 38, 3, 114, 4, (……)

(a)  228

(b)  256

(c)  352

(d)  456

Answer: (d)

96. 3, 6, 18, 72, (….)

(a)  144

(b)  216

(c)  288

(d)  360

Answer: (d)

97. 21, 25, 33, 49, 81, (……)

(a)  145

(b)  129

(c)  113

(d)  97

Answer: (a)

98. After walking 6 km, I turned right and covered a distance of 2 km, then turned left and covered a distance of 10 km. In the end, I was walking towards the East. From which direction did I start my journey?

(a)  North

(b)  South

(c)  East

(d)  West

Answer: (d)

99. Q’s mother is sister of P and daughter of M. S is daughter of P and sister of T. How is M related to T?

(a)  Grandmother

(b)  Father

(c)  Grandfather

(d)  Grandfather or grandmother

Answer: (d)

Directions (Q. Nos. 100 and 101) Find the missing character in the following questions.

100. 

(a)  5

(b)  6

(c)  8

(d)  9

Answer: (d)

101. 

(a)  127

(b)  142

(c)  158

(d)  198

Answer: (b)

102. If 3rd December, 1990 is Sunday. What day is 3rd January, 1991?

(a)  Tuesday

(b)  Wednesday

(c)  Thursday

(d)  Friday

Answer: (b)

103. Ajay left home for the bus stop 5 min earlier than usual. It takes 10 min to reach the stop. He reached the stop at 8 : 40 am. What time does he usually leave home for the bus stop?

(a)  8 : 30 am

(b)  8 : 45 pm

(c)  8 : 55 am

(d)  8 : 45 am

Answer: (d)

Directions (Q. Nos. 104 and 105) In the following questions, choose the figure which is different from the other three.

104. 

Answer: (d)

105. 

Answer: (a)

Directions (Q. Nos. 106-108) Find out the part which has an error in the following sentences. If there is no error, your answer is (d).

106. Neither Sunil nor I (a)/ are leaving (b)/ for Mumbai. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (b)

107. The rest of the students (a)/ is still working (b)/ in the classroom. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (b)

108. He don’t know (a)/ the difference between (b)/ a ship and a submarine. (c)/ No error (d)

Answer: (a)

Directions (Q. Nos. 109-111) In the following questions, choose the word same in meaning of the word given in bold  letters.

109. Bonhomie

(a)  Friendliness

(b)  Wrath

(c)  Very

(d)  Greed

Answer: (a)

110. Candour

(a)  Enthusiasm

(b)  Openness

(c)  Freedom

(d)  Intimacy

Answer: (b)

111. Bashful

(a)  Haughty

(b)  Discreet

(c)  Shy

(d)  Upset

Answer: (c)

Directions (Q. Nos. 112-114) In the following questions, choose the word opposite in meaning of the word given in bold letters.

112. Pertinent

(a)  Appropriate

(b)  Pleasant

(c)  Extraneous

(d)  Paltry

Answer: (c)

113. Meticulous

(a)  Inappropriate

(b)  Sloppy

(c)  Robust

(d)  Gullible

Answer: (b)

114. Wanton

(a)  Sportive

(b)  Ardent

(c)  Fragile

(d)  Discreet

Answer: (d)

Directions (Q. Nos. 115-117) Choose the alternative which can be substituted for the given words/sentence.

115. That which cannot be done without

(a)  Irrevocable

(b)  Impracticable

(c)  Indispensable

(d)  Impossible

Answer: (c)

116. A cure for all diseases

(a)  Exorcism

(b)  Incantation

(c)  Panacea

(d)  Antibiotic

Answer: (c)

117. One who travels from place to place

(a)  Itinerant

(b)  Mendicant

(c)  Journeyman

(d)  Tramp

Answer: (a)

Directions (Q. Nos. 118-120) In the following questions, choose the alternative which is an improvement upon the italicized part. If none of the three alternatives (a, b, c) improves the sentence, your answer is (d).

118. He doesn’t hesitate to do whatever his brother does.

(a)  will do

(b)  would do

(c)  shall do

(d)  No improvement

Answer: (d)

119. Sumit would have been looked smart in traditional clothes.

(a)  was looked

(b)  would be looked

(c)  would have looked

(d)  No improvement

Answer: (c)

120. I would gladly accompany your sister if you had asked me.

(a)  would have gladly accompanied

(b)  was to have gladly accompanied

(c)  will gladly accompany

(d)  No improvement

Answer: (a)

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