Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Combined Preliminary Examination Non-Technical Stage-I Held on 02-12-2012
1. In which of the following organ carbohydrate is stored as glycogen
(a) Intestine
(b) Stomach
(c) Liver
(d) Pancreas
2. Ascorbic acid is
(a) a vitamin
(b) an enzyme
(c) a protein
(d) an amino acid
3. Ohm’s law does not apply to which of the following?
(a) AC Circuits
(b) Conductors
(c) Semi conductors
(d) None of these
4. Which of the following is used in oven?
(a) X-rays
(b) UV-rays
(c) Microwaves
(d) Radiowaves
5. One of the states through which the Tropic of Cancer passes is
(a) Jammu and Kashmir
(b) Himachal Pradesh
(c) Bihar
(d) Jharkhand
6. On which one of the following rivers, the Indo-Pak Bagalihar Project is located?
(a) Chenab
(b) Jhelum
(c) Beas
(d) Sutlej
7. Who propounded the ‘market law’?
(a) Adam Smith
(b) JB Say
(c) TR Malthus
(d) David Ricardo
8. The term ‘Paper Gold’ means
(a) Special Drawing Rights (SDR) of the IMF
(b) Special accommodation facility of the World Bank
(c) Currencies Still on Gold Standard
(d) Deficit Financing
9. Where is the headquarter of International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) located?
(a) Geneva
(b) Washington DC
(c) London
(d) Paris
10. In India, as per census 2011, the India’s population growth rate has declined from 21.54% (2001) to
(a) 17.64% (2011)
(b) 17.65% (2011)
(c) 17.63% (2011)
(d) 17.66% (2011)
11. Comptroller and Auditor General of India is appointed by
(a) President
(b) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
(c) Chairman of the Planning Commission
(d) Finance Minister
12. Japan’s Parliament is known as
(a) Diet
(b) Dail
(c) Yuan
(d) Shora
13. The Indian Parliament consists of
(a) Lok Sabha only
(b) Lok Sabha and the President
(c) Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
(d) The President, Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha
14. Which one of the following four Vedas contains an account of magical charms and spells?
(a) Rigveda
(b) Samaveda
(c) Yajurveda
(d) Atharvaveda
15. Upanishad are books on
(a) Religion
(b) Yoga
(c) Law
(d) Philosophy
16. Which religious reformer of Western India was known as ‘Lokhitwadi’?
(a) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
(b) RG Bandarkar
(c) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(d) BG Tilak
17. The First Governor General and Viceroy of British India was
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) John Lawrence
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Lord Canning
18. Who is the author of the book ‘A Foreign Policy of India’?
(a) IK Gujral
(b) BG Deshmukh
(c) LK Advani
(d) AJ Toynbee
19. Organization responsible for maintaining Red Data Book/Red List is
(a) WWF
(b) IUCN
(c) IBWL
(d) CITES
20. Bhopal gas tragedy struck in the year 1984 due to the leakage of the following gas
(a) Nitrous oxide
(b) Methane
(c) Methyl iso cyanate
(d) Carbon monoxide
21. SPM stands for
(a) Standards Particles Material
(b) Suspended Particulate Matter
(c) Suspended Particles Material
(d) None of the above
22. Which sector is the largest emitter of greenhouse gases in India?
(a) Transport
(b) Domestic
(c) Agricultural
(d) Electric power generation
23. Potential is measured in
(a) Watt
(b) Joule
(c) Joule/Coulomb
(d) Newton-second
24. An instrument used to measure humidity is
(a) anemometer
(b) hygrometer
(c) thermometer
(d) pyrheliometer
25. SONAR is based on the principle of
(a) echo
(b) resonance
(c) reverberation
(d) None of these
26. Electron microscope was invented by
(a) Knoli and Ruska
(b) Robert Koch
(c) Leeuwenhock
(d) CPS Wanson
27. Optical fibres are based on the phenomena of
(a) Dispersion
(b) Interference
(c) Total Internal Reflection
(d) Diffraction
28. For measuring very high temperature, we use
(a) mercury thermometer
(b) thermoelectric pyrometer
(c) platinum resistance thermometer
(d) None of the above
29. RAM is …….. and …… .
(a) nonvolatile, permanent
(b) volatile, temporary
(c) nonvolatile, temporary
(d) volatile, permanent
30. Viruses are made up of
(a) Protein and Lipids
(b) Nucleic acid and Protein
(c) Lipids and Carbohydrate
(d) Carbohydrate and Nucleic acid
31. Bat can fly in dark because they
(a) have strong waves
(b) have sharp eyes
(c) produce ultrasonic waves
(d) are natural
32. The stone formed in human kidney consist mostly of
(a) Calcium oxalate
(b) Sodium Oxalate
(c) Sodium acetate
(d) Calcium
33. Which of the following started the newspaper ‘Bande Mataram’?
(a) Barindra Kumar Ghosh
(b) Bipin Chandra Pal
(c) Devendra Nath Tagore
(d) Surendra Nath Bannerjee
34. Who is the author of the book ‘Glimpses of World History’?
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) S Gopalan
(d) S Radharkrishnan
35. Which incident led Gandhiji to withdraw Non-Cooperation Movement?
(a) Kokori episode
(b) Chauri-Chaura episode
(c) Jallianwala Bagh episode
(d) Muzaffarpur episode
36. During the Mughal period, which one of the following teaders first come to India?
(a) Portuguese
(b) English
(c) Dutch
(d) Danish
37. ‘India Wins Freedom’ is the autobiography of
(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Muhammad Ali
(c) Zakir Hussain
(d) Syed Ahmed Khan
38. Depreciation is equal to
(a) Gross National Product – Net National Product
(b) Net National Product – Gross National Product
(c) Gross National Product – Personal Income
(d) Personal Income – Personal Taxes
39. Which one of the following is not a method of measurement of National Income?
(a) Value Added Method
(b) Income Method
(c) Expenditure Method
(d) Investment Method
40. National Income estimates in India are prepared by
(a) Planning Commission
(b) Reserve Bank of India
(c) Central Statistical Organization
(d) Indian Statistical Institute
41. The world’s most active volcano
(a) Fujiyama
(b) Cotopaxi
(c) Kilaueu
(d) Vesuvius
42. What is the difference between IST and GMT?
(a) 5 h 10 min
(b) 5 h 20 min
(c) 5 h 30 min
(d) 5 h 40 min
43. Which is the highest peak in Andaman and Nicobar Islands?
(a) Saddle peak
(b) Mount Thuiller
(c) Mount Diavolo
(d) Mount Koyale
44. The river also known as Tsangpo in Tibet is
(a) Ganga
(b) Brahmaputra
(c) Indu
(d) Testa
45. Kaziranga National Park is famous for
(a) Rhinoceros
(b) Tiger
(c) Lion
(d) Crocodile
46. What will be the difference between SI and CI on a sum of Rs 15000 for two years at the same rate of interest of 
per annum?
(a) Rs 234.375
(b) Rs 230.550
(c) Rs 250.129
(d) Rs 324.357
47. The SP of a TV set is marked at Rs 17600 including sales tax at the rate of 10%. Find the sales tax
(a) Rs 1600
(b) Rs 1250
(c) Rs 1550
(d) Rs 1660
48. 8 men can finish a certain amount of work in 40 days. If 2 more men join with them, the days needed to do the same amount of work is
(a) 30
(b) 32
(c) 36
(d) 25
49. If the length of the diagonal of a square is a + b, then the area of the square is
(a) (a + b)2
(b) 1/2(a + b)2
(c) a2 + b2
(d) 1/2(a2 + b2)
50. AB and CD are lines, P is point on AB. A line HQ meets CD at R. If angle BPR = 30 degrees and angle CRQ = 150 degrees, then
(a) AB and CD are perpendicular
(b) AB and CD are parallel
(c) CD and PQ are perpendicular
(d) None of the above
51. How many metres of carpet 63 cm wide will be required to cover the floor of a room 14 m by 9 m?
(a) 200 m
(b) 210 m
(c) 220 m
(d) 185 m
52. The radius of a circular pond is 14 m. A circular stage is made at the centre of the pond whose diameter is 14 m, what is the area where water is present?
(a) 462 sq m
(b) 564 sq m
(c) 454 sq m
(d) 532 sq m
53. A number of two digits is 6 times the sum of its digits. When the sum of its digits is added to the number, the result is 63. What is t he number?
(a) 32
(b) 42
(c) 53
(d) 54
54. The result of division a3 + b3 by a + b is
(a) a3 – ab + b2
(b) a2 + ab + b3
(c) a2 – ab +b2
(d) a – ab – b2
55. A rectangle measures 8 cm on length. Its diagonal measures 10 cm. What is the perimeter of the rectangle?
(a) 36 cm
(b) 38 cm
(c) 28 cm
(d) 18 cm
56. What is the volume in cubic cm of a pyramid whose area of the base is 25 sq cm and height 9 cm?
(a) 105
(b) 90
(c) 60
(d) 75
57. Ram has Rs 6 more than Mohan and Rs 9 more than Sohan. All the three have Rs 33 in all. Ram has a share of
(a) Rs 10
(b) Rs 16
(c) Rs 7
(d) Rs 13
58. Anil sells two houses at the same prices. On one he makes a profit of 10% and on the other he suffers a loss of 10%. Select the correct statement.
(a) He suffers a loss of 1%
(b) He makes a profit of 10%
(c) He mades a profit of 2%
(d) He makes no profit no loss
59. Ravi invested Rs 913 partly in 4% stock at Rs 97 and partly in 5% stock at Rs 107. If his income from both I s equal, amount invested on first stock was
(a) Rs 750
(b) Rs 525
(c) Rs 610
(d) Rs 485
60. A room is 
long and 7 m wide. The maximum length of a square tile to fill the floor of rooms with whole number of tiles, should be
(a) 200 cm
(b) 175 cm
(c) 125 cm
(d) 150 cm
61. If 
then x = ?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
62. 
is equal to
(a) 5/9
(b) 
(c) 4/7
(d) 
63. 
(a) 2.3
(b) 3
(c) 6
(d) 6.3
64. The value of 
is
(a) 38/109
(b) 109/38
(c) 1
(d) 116/109
65. A river 3 m deep and 40 m wide is flowing at the rate of 2 km/h. How much water (in litres) will fall into the sea in a minute?
(a) 400000
(b) 4000000
(c) 40000
(d) 4000
66. In an examination, a student scores 4 marks for every correct answer and loses 1 mark for every wrong answer. If he attempts all 75 questions and secures 125 marks, the number of questions he attempts correctly is
(a) 35
(b) 40
(c) 42
(d) 46
67. The traffic lights at three different road crossings change after 24 s, 36 s, and 54 s respectively. If they all change simultaneously at 10 : 15 : 00 am, then at what time will they again change simultaneously?
(a) 10 : 16 : 54 am
(b) 10 : 18 : 36 am
(c) 10 : 17 : 02 am
(d) 10 : 22 : 12 am
68. A copper wire is bent in the shape of a square of area 81 cm2. If the same wire is bent in the form of semicircle, the radius (in cm) of the semicircle is (take π = 22/7)
(a) 16
(b) 14
(c) 10
(d) 7
69. A bicycle wheel makes 5000 revolutions in moving 11 km. Then, the radius of the wheel (in cm) is (take π = 22/7)
(a) 70
(b) 35
(c) 17.5
(d) 140
70. When the price of sugar decreases by 10%, a man could buy 1 kg more for Rs 270. Then, the original price of sugar per kg is
(a) Rs 25
(b) Rs 30
(c) Rs 27
(d) Rs 32
71. A man can row 6 km/h in still water. If the speed of the current is 2 km/h, it takes 3 h more in upstream than in the downstream for the same distance. The distance is
(a) 30 km
(b) 24 km
(c) 20 km
(d) 32 km
72. The simple interest on a sum for 5 yr is one-fourth of the sum. The rate of interest per annum is
(a) 5%
(b) 6%
(c) 4%
(d) 8%
Directions (Q. Nos. 73-75) The following graph shows the demand and production of cotton by 5 companies A, B, C, D and E. Study the graph and answer the questions given below.
73. The demand for company B is what per cent of the demand for company C?
(a) 1.5
(b) 2.5
(c) 25
(d) 30
74. What is the ratio of companies having more demand than production to those having more production than demand?
(a) 2 : 3
(b) 4 : 1
(c) 3 : 2
(d) 1 : 4
75. What is the difference (in tones) between average demand and average production of the five companies taken together?
(a) 320
(b) 420
(c) 2100
(d) 1050
Directions (Q. Nos. 76-78) Select the related letters/words/ numbers from the given alternatives.
76. Good conductor : Copper : : Bad conductor : ?
(a) Iron
(b) Aluminium
(c) Wood
(d) Coal
77. DAM : MAD : : WARD : ?
(a) DWAR
(b) DWOR
(c) DRAW
(d) DROW
78. 7 : 32 : : 35 : ?
(a) 144
(b) 156
(c) 160
(d) 172
Directions (Q. Nos. 79-81) In these questions, select the one which is different from the other three responses.
79.
(a) Game – Coach
(b) Drama – Director
(c) Counseling – Counselor
(d) Student – Teacher
80.
(a) ACB
(b) GIH
(c) MON
(d) PQR
81.
(a) 515-103
(b) 635-127
(c) 745-149
(d) 856-214
Directions (Q. No. 82) In this question, which one of the given responses would be a meaningful order of the following.
82. (1) Lung (2) Nostrils
(3) Windpipe (4) Blood
(a) 1, 2, 3, 4
(b) 2, 3, 1, 4
(c) 1, 3, 4, 2
(d) 4, 3, 2, 1
83. Which one set of letters when sequentially placed at the gaps in the given letter series shall complete it?
_OPQ, N_PQ, NO_Q, NOP_
(a) ONQP
(b) NOQP
(c) NOPQ
(d) PQNO
Directions (Q. Nos. 84 and 85) In these questions, a series is given, with one term missing. Choose the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.
84. KiD, NkH, QmL, ToP, ?
(a) WqT
(b) UqS
(c) WvS
(d) VrT
85. 24, 6, 18, 9,36, 9, 24, ?
(a) 24
(b) 12
(c) 8
(d) 6
86. In a row of trees one tree is the 7th from either end of the row. How many trees are there in the row?
(a) 11
(b) 13
(c) 15
(d) 14
87. Introducing a man, a woman said, “His wife is the only daughter of my mother.” How is the woman related with the man?
(a) Sister-in-law
(b) Wife
(c) Aunt
(d) Mother-in-law
88. From the given alternative words, select the word which cannot be formed using the letters of the given word
HONESTY
(a) Nest
(b) Honed
(c) Host
(d) Honey
89. If PREMA is coded as 96731, how can RAMA be written in that code?
(a) 6737
(b) 6131
(c) 9631
(d) 6936
90. Which sequence of mathematical symbols can replace in the given equation
8 * 5 * 9 * 31
(a) − × =
(b) − = ×
(c) = × −
(d) × − =
91. If T means ‘×’, U means ‘−’, V means ‘÷’ and W means ‘+’ then what will be the value of following expression
(50 V 2) W (28 T 4)
(a) 142
(b) 158
(c) 137
(d) 163
92. Some equations are solved on the basis of a certain system. On the same basis find out the correct answer from t he given alternatives for the unsolved problem.
4 × 7 × 5 × 3 = 3574,
8 × 6 × 5 × 6 = 6568,
7 × 5 × 8 × 5 = ?
(a) 3846
(b) 6567
(c) 5857
(d) 6857
Directions (Q. No. 93) In these questions, select the missing number from the given responses.
93. 
(a) 10
(b) 20
(c) 22
(d) 110
94. A travelled Westward 8 km, turned left and travelled 3 km, turned right and travelled 9 km. He then travelled North 3 km. How far is he from the starting
(a) 15 km
(b) 17 km
(c) 19 km
(d) 11 km
95. Two statements are given followed by two inferences I and II. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from commonly known facts. You are to decide which of the given inferences can definitely be drawn from the given statements.
Statements
All cupboards are watches.
All watches are costly.
Inferences
(I) All cupboards are watches.
(II) Some costly things are cupboards.
(a) Only inference I follows
(b) Only inference II follows
(c) Both of them follow
(d) Neither of them follows
Directions (Q. No. 96) In these question, select the related figure from the given alternatives.
96. 
Directions (Q. No. 97) Find the odd figure from the given alternatives.
97. 
98. Three positions of the dice are given below. Identify the number on the face opposite to 6.
(a) 1
(b) 4
(c) 5
(d) 7
99. Identify the diagram that correctly represents the relationship among illiterates. poor people and unemployed.
100. Which one of the answer figures will complete the given question figure?
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