Railway Recruitment Board, Chandigarh Diesel/Electrical Assistant Examination Held on 25-05-2003
1. International Literacy Day is observed on
(a) 8th September
(b) 18oth October
(c) 18th September
(d) 10th October
2. Indian Railways have recently celebrated the completion of how many years of existence?
(a) 100 years
(b) 150 years
(c) 75 years
(d) 50 years
3. The August-Kranti Express train runs between
(a) Delhi-Mumbai
(b) Delhi-Guwahati
(c) Delhi-Sabarmati
(d) Delhi-Kolkata
4. Indian Railways manufacture Rail Coach Factory at
(a) Varanasi
(b) Perambur
(c) Kapurthala
(d) Chittaranjan
5. Where is Headquarter of South East Central Railway?
(a) Bhubaneswar
(b) Bilaspur
(c) Hajipur
(d) Asansol
6. Lines drawn on a map through places having equal height above sea level are called
(a) Isobars
(b) Contours
(c) Isotherms
(d) Isotopes
7. The Salal Project is on the river
(a) Chenab
(b) Ravi
(c) Sutlej
(d) Jhelum
8. The Panama Canal connects
(a) The Mediterranean Sea and the Red Sea
(b) The Mediterranean Sea and Caspian Sea
(c) The Red Sea with the Indian Ocean
(d) The Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean
9. Gautama Buddha preached his first sermon at
(a) Valabhi
(b) Vaishali
(c) Sarnath
(d) Rajagriha
10. Which of the following is not the Union Territory?
(a) Pondicherry
(b) Mizoram
(c) Chandigarh
(d) Daman and Diu
11. Where is the Headquarter of World Health Organization (WHO)?
(a) Hague
(b) New York
(c) Washington
(d) Geneva
12. Hepatitis is a disease affecting
(a) Eyes
(b) Throat
(c) Liver
(d) Pancreas
13. ‘Dev Das’ is the noval written by
(a) Sarat Chandra Chatterjee
(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
(c) Ravindra Nath Tagore
(d) Tara Shankar Bandopadhyaya
14. Article 370 of Indian Constitution provides for
(a) Reservation of jobs for Backward classes
(b) Imposition of President’s Rule in a State
(c) Protection of religious monuments
(d) Special status for Jammu and Kashmir
15. Eighth Schedule of Indian Constitution deals with
(a) Allocation of Seats in Rajya Sabha
(b) Union, State and concurrent list
(c) Languages
(d) Disqualification on the ground of defection
16. Which is the capital of Chhattisgarh State
(a) Raipur
(b) Ranchi
(c) Tata Nagar
(d) Bhagalpur
17. ‘Davis Cup’ is associated with which game?
(a) Lawn Tennis
(b) Badminton
(c) Chess
(d) Table Tennis
18. Which of the following are ‘Kharif’ crops?
(a) Gram
(b) Linseed
(c) Maize
(d) Both (b) and (c)
19. Television was invented by
(a) Graham Bell
(b) J. L. Baird
(c) Einstein
(d) Edison
20. Who is responsible for formulation of Five Year Plans in India?
(a) Prime Minister’s office
(b) National Development Council
(c) Planning Commission
(d) Central and State Governments
21. Who is the creator of ‘Rock Garden’ of Chandigarh?
(a) Prem Chand
(b) D. P. Roy Choudhary
(c) Nek Chand
(d) Le Corbousier
22. World Cup Cricket 2007 will be held in
(a) India
(b) West Indies
(c) Australia
(d) England
23. Who was the President of Iraq against whom U.S.A. waged the war recently?
(a) Uday Hussain
(b) Hosni Mubarak
(c) Saddam Hussain
(d) Mohammad Khatami
24. Which space shuttle of U.S.A. exploded this year causing the death of Kalpana Chawla?
(a) Columbia
(b) Challenger
(c) Sptunik
(d) Voyager
25. Who is the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir?
(a) Farooq Abudllah
(b) Omar Abdullah
(c) Gulam Nabi Azad
(d) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed
26. Who was the first Indian Nobel Prize Winner?
(a) S. Chandrashekhar
(b) Rabindra Nath Tagore
(c) Sir C. V. Raman
(d) Mother Teresa
27. In the SARS disease, the letter ‘A’ stands for
(a) And
(b) Asthma
(c) Anti
(d) Acute
28. In 1498, Vasco da Gama landed at
(a) Bombay
(b) Cochin
(c) Calicut
(d) Goa
29. Which of the boxy entrusted with regulating the functioning of stock Exchanges in India?
(a) R.B.I
(b) N.S.E.
(c) C.B.D.T.
(d) S.E.B.I.
30. Samynkta Panigrahi is best known for
(a) Kathak
(b) Manipuri
(c) Odissi
(d) Bharatnatyam
Directions (Q. 31 to 35) : In each of the following questions there is certain relationship between the first two terms. Choose the one word from the given alternatives which bears the same relationship as that of original pair.
31. Chennai : Tamil Nadu :: Dehradun : ?
(a) Uttaranchal
(b) Jharkhand
(c) Chhattisgarh
(d) Uttar Pradesh
32. Cobbler : Leather :: Carpenter : ?
(a) Furniture
(b) Table
(c) Wood
(d) Nails
33. Medicine : Patient :: Education : ?
(a) Teacher
(b) School
(c) Tution
(d) Student
34. Press : Newspaper :: Goldsmith : ?
(a) Gold
(b) Ornament
(c) jewellery
(d) Silver
35. Blood : Heart :: Air : ?
(a) Nostrils
(b) Lungs
(c) Breathing
(d) Nose
Directions (Q. 36 to 40) : Find the odd one out.
36. May, July, August, September
(a) May
(b) July
(c) August
(d) September
37. Box, Field, Room, Hall
(a) Box
(b) Field
(c) Room
(d) Hall
38. Poster, Diagram, Paper, Chart
(a) Poster
(b) Diagram
(c) Paper
(d) Chart
39. Brass, Silver, Copper, Aluminium
(a) Brass
(b) Silver
(c) Copper
(d) Aluminium
40. Wrist, Elbow, Knee, Shoulder
(a) Wrist
(b) Elbow
(c) Knee
(d) Shoulder
41. In a certain code language WORK is written as 4567 and MAN is written as 328, then how the word WOMAN be written in that code language?
(a) 43528
(b) 82354
(c) 32845
(d) 45328
42. If in a certain code 2 + 3 = 32 and 4 + 5 = 54 then, 6 + 8 = ?
(a) 68
(b) 86
(c) 76
(d) 67
43. A man starts walking from h is office and walks 3 km. towards North. He turns right and walks 2 km and walks 5 km. turning to his right. Finally, he turns to his right and walks 2 km. How far is he now from the starting point?
(a) 2 km
(b) 12 km
(c) 8 km
(d) At his office
44. A man talks 2 km to the East. Then he turns left and walks 2 km. He again turns left and walks 2 km. Which direction is the facing?
(a) East
(b) West
(c) North
(d) South
45. ‘X’ is twice his daughter’s resent age. how many years ago, was he three times his daughter’s age. If h is daughter’s present age is 20 years?
(a) 15
(b) 12
(c) 10
(d) 8
46. Which number will come at the sign of interrogation (?)?
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 14
(d) 20
47. Out of the following, what is the number when it square is added to it, the result is 240?
(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 18
(d) 20
48. Last Saturday was on the twentieth of the month. If Tuesday is 3 days ahead, what day of the week is today?
(a) Sunday
(b) Saturday
(c) Friday
(d) Thursday
49. Karim ranks 16th from top in a class of 49 students. What is his rank from the bottom ?
(a) 32nd
(b) 33rd
(c) 36th
(d) None of these
50. A, B, C, D and E are five books. Book C is above the book D. Book E is below the book D. Book D is above the book A. Book B is below the book E. Which book is at the bottom?
(a) E
(b) B
(c) A
(d) C
51. How many triangles are there in the following figure?
(a) 8
(b) 10
(c) 12
(d) 14
52. Introducing towards a photograph a person told his friend, “She is only daughter of only son of my father’s wife.” How the girl in photograph I s related to that persons?
(a) Daughter
(b) Mother
(c) Sister
(d) Niece
53. A and B are sisters. C is brother of A. D is brother of E. E is daughter of B. Who is aunt of D?
(a) E
(b) C
(c) A
(d) B
54. A bus leaves every 30 minutes for Delhi from a bus stop. Enquiry clerk told a passenger that the last bus left 10 minutes ago and the next bus will leave at 9 : 35 AM. When did the enquiry clerk give this information to the passenger?
(a) 9 : 10 AM
(b) 8 : 55 AM
(c) 9 : 08 AM
(d) 9 : 15 AM
55. Which of the following names will come last in the telephone directory?
(a) Vasu
(b) Veena
(c) Vidhi
(d) Vandana
Directions (Q. 56 to 60) : Find the missing number (?) in each of the following questions
56. 1, 3, 7, 15, 31, ? 127
(a) 62
(b) 63
(c) 61
(d) 71
57. 5, 7, 5, 9, 5, 11, 5, ?
(a) 12
(b) 5
(c) 13
(d) 14
58. 2, 6, 14, 30, 62, ?, 254
(a) 126
(b) 124
(c) 132
(d) 142
59. 6, 13, 18, 25, 30, 37, ?
(a) 44
(b) 41
(c) 43
(d) 42
60. AB, BA ABC, CBA, ABCD, ?
(a) CABD
(b) BACD
(c) DACB
(d) DCBA
61. The apparent weight of a man in a lift is less than real weight when the lift is going
(a) up with an acceleration
(b) down with an acceleration
(c) up with uniform speed
(d) down with uniform speed
62. Which of the following colours has the maximum wavelength?
(a) Red
(b) Violet
(c) Yellow
(d) Green
63. Which of the following represents the height of a geostationary satellite?
(a) 1000 km
(b) 10000 km
(c) 36000 km
(d) 72000 km
64. The blanket of which of the following gases absorbs harmful ultra-violet radiation from the Sun?
(a) Ozone
(b) Oxygen
(c) Carbon dioxide
(d) Nitrogen
65. The crest is which p art of the thread of bolt?
(a) Bottom most
(b) Top most
(c) Middle
(d) None of these
66. Generally ‘key’ is use to prevent which movement between two parts?
(a) Axial
(b) Reciprocating
(c) Rotary
(d) None of these
67. When a cyclist goes round a curve, he
(a) leans outward
(b) leans forward
(c) leans inward
(d) does not lean at all
68. On micron is equal to
(a) 100 mm
(b) 1000 mm
(c) 0.01 mm
(d) 0.001 mm
69. By which of the following lenses a myopic eye can be rectified?
(a) Concave lens
(b) Convex lens
(c) Plane mirror
(d) Concave mirror
70. A 12 cm thick rectangular piece of glass is kept on the ink-spot over a paper sheet. From what distance will this ink-spot seem raised?
(a) 3.0 cm
(b) 3.2 cm
(c) 3.8 cm
(d) 4.0 cm
71. Which of the following characteristics is different for solids, liquids and gases?
(a) Motion of molecules
(b) Size of the particles of matter
(c) Mass of the matter
(d) Exchange of energy
72. Which of the following changes is not a chemical change?
(a) Rusting of iron
(b) Conversion of water into vapour
(c) Formation of curd from milk
(d) Burning of coal
73. In a balanced chemical equation, which number of reactants and products is equal ?
(a) Mole
(b) Molecule
(c) Atom
(d) Ion
74. There are 10 electrons, 10 protons and 12 neutrons in an atom of an element. What is the atomic weight of that element?
(a) 32
(b) 22
(c) 44
(d) 20
75. Which of the following is a particle with 20 neutrons and 18 electrons?
(a) 17Cl37
(b) 18Ar38
(c) 19K39
(d) 16S36
76. Atomic number of an element does not help in the determination of the
(a) number of neutrons present in the nucleus
(b) number of protons present in the nucleus.
(c) number of electrons around the nucleus
(d) valency of the element
77. The atomic mass of an element is expressed in terms of
(a) grams
(b) milligrams
(c) kilograma
(d) a.m.u.
78. All gases will occupy zero volume when the temperature is reduced to
(a) 273°C
(b) 27.3°C
(c) −273°C
(d) 0°C
79. Acids turn
(a) blue litmus into red
(b) red litmus into blue
(c) do not change colour of litmus
(d) None of the above
80. By increasing the temperature of a sugar solution, the solubility of sugar
(a) decreases
(b) increases
(c) remains the same
(d) first decreases, then increases
81. Which is the purest form of Carbon?
(a) Coke
(b) Wood Charcoal
(c) Coal
(d) Diamond
82. Which of the following elements is present in an organic compound?
(a) Carbon
(b) Nitrogen
(c) Sulphur
(d) Phosphorus
83. The weight of a body on the Earth’s surface is 29.4 Newtons. What is its mass?
(a) 2 kg
(b) 3 kg
(c) 4 kg
(d) 29.4 kg
84. The amount of heat required to increase the temperature of a body of mass 1 gm by 1°C is called
(a) Specific heat
(b) Total energy
(c) Latent heat
(d) None of these
85. Brass is a mixture of
(a) zinc and tin
(b) copper and tin
(c) copper and zinc
(d) copper and aluminium
86. Solder is a mixture is
(a) Lead and zinc
(b) Lead and bismuth
(c) Lead and copper
(d) Lead and tin
87. Which gas is used for preparing soda water?
(a) NO
(b) CO
(c) CO2
(d) SO2
88. The property of a body that tends to resist any change in the state of rest or uniform motion in a straight line, is called
(a) motionlessness
(b) inertia
(c) dead weight
(d) inactivity
89. In a right angled triangle, the sides perpendicular to each other are 15 cm and 8 cm. Its perimeter is
(a) 46 cm
(b) 60 cm
(c) 120 cm
(d) 40 cm
90. sin2 38° + cos2 38° = ?
(a) 1/2
(b) √3
(c) 1
(d) 1/3
91. The value of log2 64 is equal to
(a) 2
(b) 4
(c) 6
(d) 8
92. log m + log n is equal to
(a) log (m/n)
(b) log (m × n)
(c) log (mn)
(d) log (nm)
93. The velocity of a car changes from 20 km/h to 50 km/h in 10 seconds. Then its acceleration is
(a) 30 m/s2
(b) 3 m/s2
(c) 18 m/s2
(d) 0.83 m/s2
94. Two pillars of heights 10 m and 15 m are standing on a plain. If the distance between their bases be 12 m, then what will be the distance between their vertices?
(a) 13 m
(b) 12 m
(c) 1.5 m
(d) 13.5 m
95. A 25 cm long wire is folded along the arc of a circle of circumference 100 cm. The angle subtended by the arc at the centre is
(a) π/8
(b) π/4
(c) π/2
(d) π
96. Suresh starts his job with a certain monthly salary and earns a fixed increment every year. If his salary was Rs 1200 after 4 years of service and Rs 1550 after 11 years of service, what was his starting salary?
(a) Rs 1000
(b) Rs 1100
(c) Rs 1050
(d) Rs 1150
97. If x% of 1400 = 119, then x is equal to
(a) 17
(b) 28
(c) 8.5
(d) 7.5
98. If (x + 3) be a factor of x2 + kx + 12, then K is equal to
(a) 8
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 5
99. If 
is equal to
(a) 3
(b) 2
(c) 1
(d) zero
100. What percent of a day is 4 hours and 30 minutes?
(a) 
(b) 20%
(c) 
(d) 19%
101. A reduction of 20% in the price of rice enables a person to buy 3.5 kg more rice for Rs 77. Find the original price of rice per kg :
(a) Rs 4.00
(b) Rs 4.50
(c) Rs 5.00
(d) Rs 5.50
102. In an examination 52% students failed in Hindi and 42% in English. If 17% failed in both subjects, find the percentage of students who passed in both subjects?
(a) 38%
(b) 33%
(c) 23%
(d) 18%
103. A dishonest shopkeeper declares to sell at cost price but he uses a weight of 900 gm instead of 1 kg to sell the commodity. What I s the his gain per cent?
(a) 13%
(b) 
(c) 11.25%
(d) 
104. If the cost price of 10 articles be equal to selling price of 9 articles, then find the gain or loss per cent?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
105. Three pieces of furniture wood of lengths 119 m, 153 m and 204 m are to be divided into planks of equal length. What will be the maximum length of each plank?
(a) 7 m
(b) 17 m
(c) 34 m
(d) 51 m
106. What is the value of 
(a) 0.3
(b) 0.03
(c) 0.33
(d) 0.94
107. What will come at the place of the question mark (?)?
(a) 72
(b) 27
(c) 36
(d) 63
108. The simple interest on a certain sum at 14% p.a. rate of interest for 3 years is Rs 235.20. What is the sum?
(a) Rs 720
(b) Rs 650
(c) Rs 560
(d) Rs 480
109. Two resistances of 3 ohm and 6 ohm are connected in parallel. The equivalent resistance is
(a) 9 ohm
(b) 2 ohm
(c) 
(d) 
110. The instrument used for converting electrical energy into mechanical energy is called
(a) Voltmeter
(b) Electric Motor
(c) Galvanometer
(d) Electric Generator
111. The resistance of a heater rated at 2.2 KW at 220 V is
(a) 220 ohm
(b) 22 ohm
(c) 484 ohm
(d) 20 ohm
112. What are the number of significant figures in 0.0029?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
113. A body goes from ‘A’ to ‘B’ with a velocity of 40 metre per second and comes back to ‘A’ with a velocity of the total journey is
(a) Zero
(b) 50 metre per second
(c) 100 metre per second
(d) 48 metre per second
114. Kinetic Energy is expressed as
(a) mv2
(b) mgh
(c) 
(d) 
115. Why an echo is heard?
(a) Reflection of sound waves
(b) Refraction of sound waves
(c) Interference of Sound waves
(d) Resonance
116. The ratio of output to input is called
(a) torque
(b) work
(c) efficiency
(d) capability
117. A piece of ice is floating in a pot full of water. On melting the ice, the water-level will be
(a) increase
(b) decrease
(c) increase first and, then decrease
(d) remain the same
118. A metallic sphere is kept between two parallel plane mirrors. How many images will be formed?
(a) Zero
(b) Three
(c) Five
(d) Infinite
119. Ina lever having less than one mechanical gain, there is
(a) fulcrum between effort and load
(b) load between effort and fulcrum
(c) effort between fulcrum and load
(d) load and effort both acting at the same point
120. A pin forms an image in a plane mirror. If the mirror is shifted by 10 cm towards the pin, then by what distance will the image shift?
(a) 10 cm
(b) 20 cm
(c) 30 cm
(d) 40 cm
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