Railway Recruitment Board, Gorakhpur Diesel Assistant Driver’s Examination Held on 21-10-2001
1. The first to have trade relations with India were the
(a) Dutch
(b) English
(c) Portuguese
(d) French
2. Jesse Owens Global Award is given in the field of
(a) literature
(b) journalism
(c) science
(d) sports
3. The rising of the evening star indicates the
(a) South Pole
(b) North Pole
(c) East
(d) West
4. Which country led a boycott of the 1980 Olympic Games held in Moscow?
(a) Great Britain
(b) China
(c) United States of America
(d) South Korea
5. Who among the following transferred his capital from Delhi to Devagiri?
(a) Iltutmish
(b) Giasuddin Balban
(c) Ala-ud-din Khilji
(d) Mohammad-bin-Tughlaq
6. Napolean Bonapart belonged to
(a) Italy
(b) Britain
(c) Germany
(d) France
7. The French Revolution began in the year
(a) 1770
(b) 1788
(c) 1789
(d) 1750
8. The capital of Lakshadweep is
(a) Mahe
(b) Minicoy
(c) Kavaratti
(d) Kachativu
9. Gautam Buddha died at
(a) Lumbani
(b) Srawasti
(c) Kushinagar
(d) Bodhgaya
10. KLM Airlines belongs to
(a) Kuwait
(b) The Netherlands
(c) Japan
(d) Indonesia
11. Which is the smallest gland in human body?
(a) Liver
(b) Thyroid
(c) Pituitary
(d) Salivary glands
12. Who expounded the theory of ‘Advaita’?
(a) Ramunuja
(b) Sri Shnkaracharya
(c) Madhavacharya
(d) Swami Vivekananda
13. The Rupees coin was first minted in India during the rule of
(a) Shahjahan
(b) Sher Shah Suri
(c) East India Company
(d) Razia Behgum
14. The oceans cover approximately … of the earth’s surface.
(a) 50%
(b) 60%
(c) 70%
(d) 80%
15. Who is regarded as the great law giver of ancient India?
(a) Panini
(b) Manu
(c) Kautilya
(d) None of these
16. Which war in the name of Florence Nightingale associated with?
(a) World War I
(b) World War II
(c) Crimean War
(d) Battle of Leipzig
17. The polar diameter of the earth is shorter than its equatorial diameter by
(a) 25 km
(b) 80 km
(c) 43 km
(d) 30 km
18. When did the ‘Jalianwala Bagh’ tragedy take place?
(a) 1928
(b) 1919
(c) 1946
(d) 1942
19. The First Battle of Panipat was fought-between
(a) Sher Shah Suri and Akbar
(b) Humayun and Ibrahim Lodhi
(c) Babur and Ibrahim Lodhi
(d) Babur and Rana Sanga
20. Which sport returned to Olympics in 1988 after 64 years?
(a) Judo
(b) Tennis
(c) Croquet
(d) Canoeing
21. Aryans emerged on the Indian scene sometimes between
(a) 2000-2500 BC
(b) 3100-2400 BC
(c) 1500-1000 BC
(d) 322-185 BC
22. Ranthambore is a wild life sanctuary in India. In which state it is located and what it is famous for?
(a) Gujarat-Lions
(b) Rajasthan-Black buck
(c) Rajasthan-Lions
(d) Gujarat-Wild ass
23. The world’s tallest freestanding structure is
(a) Eiffel Tower
(b) Leaning Tower of Pisa
(c) CN Tower
(d) Qutab Minar
24. What is the name of the Parliament of Bangladesh?
(a) Jatiya Sansad
(b) Majlis
(c) People’s Council
(d) National Assembly
25. Bangladesh was created in
(a) 1970
(b) 1971
(c) 1972
(d) 1973
26. Mahavira was born in the royal family of the
(a) Sakyas
(b) Kshatriyas
(c) Licchavis
(d) Satavahanas
27. Monsoon is caused by
(a) Seasonal reversal of winds
(b) Revolution of earth
(c) Movement of clouds
(d) Rise in temperature
28. Faizee lived in the court of …
(a) Humayun
(b) Dara Shikoha
(c) Bahadur Shah Zafar
(d) Akbar
29. Rome is situated on the banks of the river
(a) Vistula
(b) Avon
(c) Rhime
(d) Tiber
30. Sikhism was founded in
(a) 1000 AD
(b) 1500 AD
(c) 300 BC
(d) 1400 AD
31. Nobel Alfred Bernhard after whom noble prizes are given was
(a) Engineer
(b) Chemist
(c) Both (a) and (b)
(d) Doctor
32. The mass of the moon in comparison to the earth is
(a) 1/4
(b) 1/80
(c) 1/100
(d) none of these
33. Where is the Sahara Desert?
(a) South Africa
(b) North Africa
(c) Europe
(d) Asia
34. …… was the founder of the Mughal empire.
(a) Akbar
(b) Humayun
(c) Babur
(d) Ala-ud-din Khilji
35. The Kalahari Desert is in :
(a) South-West Africa
(b) North Africa
(c) North-West Mexico
(d) South-West Asia
36. Red Cross was founded by
(a) J. H. Durant
(b) Baden Powell
(c) Trygve Lie
(d) Frederick Passey
37. The Hundred Year War was fought between
(a) France and Germany
(b) Germany and Austria
(c) France and England
(d) England and Austria
38. Seychelles is located in the
(a) Pacific ocean
(b) Indian ocean
(c) Atlantic ocean
(d) Mediterranean sea
39. The saltiest sea is
(a) Arbian sea
(b) Mediterranean sea
(c) Red sea
(d) Dead sea
40. The Dronacharya Award for sports coaches was instituted in the year
(a) 1984
(b) 1985
(c) 1987
(d) 1988
41. The sunlight takes ….. minutes to reach the earth,
(a) 8.3
(b) 7.3
(c) 9.4
(d) less than 5 min
42. The British Government declared for the first time that their intention in India is to gradually establish responsible government through
(a) The Regulating Act, 1773
(b) The Government of India Act, 1858
(c) The Cripps Proposal, 1942
(d) The August declaration, 1917
43. Who was the first Indian to receive the World Food Prize?
(a) Dr. Verghese Kurien
(b) Dr. M.S. Swaminathan
(c) Dr. Amita Patel
(d) None of these
44. The first electric railway was opened in
(a) 1853
(b) 1885
(c) 1905
(d) 1929
45. Who wrote the ‘Communist Manifesto’?
(a) Lenin
(b) Karl Marx
(c) Stalin
(d) None of these
46. Which State has the lowest area under forests?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Uttar Pradesh
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Haryana
47. The boundary line between India and China is called
(a) McMahon line
(b) Durand line
(c) Red line
(d) Radcliffe line
48. It is 12 noon at Greenwich. What will be the time at a place situated at 55° east longitude?
(a) 8.40 am
(b) 3.20 pm
(c) 5.00 am
(d) 12.00 midnight
49. Sanchi portrays the art and sculpture of the
(a) Jains
(b) Buddhists
(c) Muslims
(d) Christians
50. The UNO came into existence in
(a) 1946
(b) 1945
(c) 1947
(d) 1950
51. For body floating in water the apparent weight is equal to
(a) actual weight of the body
(b) zero
(c) weight of the body minus weight of the liquid displaced
(d) weight of the body pus upward thrust
52. The required DC voltage for arc welding is
(a) 6 to 9 V
(b) 50 to 60 V
(c) 200 to 250 V
(d) 90 to 100 V
53. The speed of sound in water is four times its speed in air. When a sound wave of frequency ‘n’ and wavelength ‘λ’ enters from air into water its frequency and wavelength will respectively become
(a) 4 and λ
(b) n and 4λ
(c) 2n and λ
(d) none of these
54. Universal Building Blocks are
(a) NAND, NOR Gate, OR
(b) OR, NOR, NOT Gate, NAND
(c) AND, OR< NOT Gate, NOR
(d) none of the above
55. The four triangles formed by joining the mid points of the sides of any triangles are
(a) Isosceles triangles
(b) Equilateral triangles
(c) Similar but not congruent triangles
(d) Congruent triangles
56. A class comprises of 60 students, 35 students out of them study mathematics, 20 students study mathematics and chemistry both. The number of students studying only chemistry will be
(a) 40
(b) 35
(c) 25
(d) 15
57. A persons fails to see clearly an object placed at a distance less than 60 cm from his eye. Lens of what power should be used by him so, as to eliminate this defect?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) None of these
58. If (x2 – 1) divides 2x3 + 4x2 + 2ax + b completely, then the values of a and b are respectively
(a) 1, 3
(b) −1, −4
(c) −1, 4
(d) 1, −2
59. Akshay is younger than Anil, Anil is older than Ram but not as old as Sumit. Rajan is the third in age sequence among the five friends. Who is the youngest?
(a) Akshay
(b) Anil
(c) Ram
(d) Data inadequate
60. A body starts moving from rest with uniform acceleration. If the distance travelled by the body in the first 4 seconds seconds be S1, the distance S2 travelled in the next 4 seconds will be
(a) S2 = 3S1
(b) S2 =S1
(c) S2 = 4S1
(d) S2 = 2S1
61. A man pushes a wall and fails to displace it. He does
(a) no work at all
(b) negative work
(c) positive but not maximum work
(d) maximum work
62. Carbon monoxide reacts with H2 at 300°C to form
(a) ethane
(b) methane
(c) propane
(d) ethylene
63. A crime had been committed and the officer incharge knew that two among the witnesses were liars but one person was speaking the truth. You have to find out which of the following persons is telling the truth.
(P) On the night of the crime ‘X’ was at home
(Q) ‘X’ was not at home
(R) P is right
(a) P
(b) Q
(c) R
(d) Can’t say
64. The perimeters of two similar ∆ABC and ∆PQR are 36 cm and 24 cm respectively. If PQ is 10 cm then AB is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 15 cm
(d) 
65. If equations x2 + ax + b = 0 and x2 + bx + a = 0 have a common root, then value of (a + b) is
(a) 1
(b) 1/2
(c) −1
(d) 2
66. The volume of a certain mass of gas at 273° absolute temperature is 25 m. If the pressure is kept constant, the volume of the same mass of gas at 546° absolute temperature will be
(a) 100 ml
(b) 50 ml
(c) 75 ml
(d) 200 ml
67. There was a road beside a river. Two friends set forth on a walk. Starting from a place A they moved to a temple situated at another place B and then they returned to A again. One of them moves on a cycle at a speed of 12 km/h while the other sails on a boat at a speed of 10 km/h. If the river flows at the speed of 4 km/h, which of the two friends will return to A first?
(a) the sailor
(b) the cycler
(c) both will return together
(d) a definite answer is not possible
68. Two capacitors of 5 μF each are connected in parallel and then one capacitor of 10 μF is connected in series, the resultant capacitance will be
(a) 20 μF
(b) 10 μF
(c) 5 μF
(d) 15 μF
69. Which of the following pairs of physical quantities do not have the same dimensional formula?
(a) Force and Pressure
(b) Work and Energy
(c) Impulse and Momentum
(d) Weight and Force
70. The frequency of a light wave of wavelength 3000 Å is
(a) 1 × 105 Hz
(b) 1 × 1014 Hz
(c) 3 × 1015 Hz
(d) 6 × 1014 Hz
71. If the sum of two positive numbers is 25 and their product is 144, then the difference of these number is
(a) 3
(b) 5
(c) 7
(d) 11
72. The value of 
is:
(a) 2.4431
(b) 2 log 2
(c) 
(d) 2 log 5
73. The frequency of a wave is 120 hertz. If the speed of the wave is 480 m/s, its wavelength will be
(a) 2 metres
(b) 4 metres
(c) 3 metres
(d) 8 metres
74. When the price of a cycle was reduced by 20%, the number of cycles sold increased by 20%. What was the effect on the sales of the shop?
(a) 4% decrease
(b) 4% increase
(c) 10% increase
(d) 10% decrease
75. An equi pyramid is having a base of a square of side 10 cm and height 12 cm. Its slant surface will be
(a) 520 sq cm
(b) 260 sq cm
(c) 40√65 sq cm
(d) 80√61 sq cm
76. A secant is drawn from an external point O to the circle and it cuts the circle at A and B points such that OA = 4 cm, and OB = 98 cm then the length of tangent to the circle from O will be
(a) √13 cm
(b) √5 cm
(c) 6 cm
(d) √97 cm
77. A current of 2 amperes flows through a resistance when it is connected across a battery of EMF 15 V. The circuit is then broken after 5 seconds. Which o f the following statements is not true regarding the above?
(a) A net charge of 10 coulombs has passed through resistance
(b) Energy dissipated by the battery is 75 J
(c) Power dissipated is 30 W
(d) Value of resistance is 7.5 ohms
78. If 
then value of 
is equal to :
(a) 4
(b) 8
(c) 12
(d) 34
79. Area of a regular Hexagon whose each side is equal to 2 cm is
(a) 8 sq cm
(b) 6√3 sq cm
(c) 
(d) 18 sq cm
80. The ore of aluminium metal is
(a) cuprite
(b) galena
(c) bauxite
(d) zirconite
81. Hydrogen has the tendency to gain one electron to acquire helium configuration. In this tendency it resembles
(a) alkali metals
(b) inert gases
(c) alkaline earth metals
(d) halogens
82. If the Highest Common Factor of x2 + px = q and 5x2 – 3px – 15q be (x – 3), the value of p and q will be
(a) −5, 6
(b) 5, −6
(c) −5, −6
(d) 5, 6
83. Food is readily cooked in a pressure cooker because
(a) boiling occurs at high temperature
(b) boiling occurs at low temperature
(c) pressure remains constant
(d) the cooking material cannot come out
84. An element X forms compounds of the formula XCl3, X2O5 and Ca3X2 but does not form XCl3. Which of the following can be the element X?
(a) B
(b) Al
(c) N
(d) P
85. Two resistors when connected in series give a value of 50 ohms and when connected in parallel give a value of 8 ohms. What are the values of these resistors?
(a) 21 ohms and 29 ohms
(b) 10 ohms and 40 ohms
(c) 20 ohms and 30 ohms
(d) 15 ohms and 35 ohms
86. Which of the following has a greater penetrating power?
(a) α-rays
(b) β-rays
(c) γ-rays
(d) Neutron
87. AB and CD are the diameters of a circle C(O, r). If ∠OBD = 50°, then the measure of ∠AOC is
(a) 80°
(b) 40°
(c) 100°
(d) 25°
88. By what percent should the pressure of a gas be increased so as to reduce its volume by 20% at constant temperature?
(a) 20%
(b) 25%
(c) 30%
(d) 40%
89. 10% of 15% of 20% of Rs 500 is
(a) Rs 225
(b) Rs 125
(c) Rs 67
(d) Rs 1.50
90. In Binary System 11 + 1 =
(a) 12
(b) 111
(c) 110
(d) 100
91. Two objects of masses 1 g and 4 g are moving with equal kinetic energies. The ratio of the magnitude of their linear momentum is
(a) 4 ; 1
(b) √2 : 1
(c) 1 : 2
(d) 1 : 16
92. In the equation ax = b2x – 3, the value of x is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
93. The value of cos θ + sin θ will be maximum when
(a) θ = 45°
(b) θ = 30°
(c) θ = 60°
(d) θ = 90°
94. After 1 pm something went wrong with the mechanism of a certain clock and at 1.30 it struck two hours. Then it went on striking after half an hour and the next one after another half an hour in a routine way. You task is to find out when did it strike the correct hour next
(a) 12.30 am
(b) 11 pm
(c) 1 am
(d) none of these
95. The length of diagonals of rhombus are 8 cm and 6 cm, the length of its side is
(a) 14 cm
(b) 5 cm
(c) 10 cm
(d) 2 cm
96. 40% people read newspaper x, 50% read newspaper y and 10% read both the newspapers. What percentage of the people read neither newspaper?
(a) 10%
(b) 15%
(c) 20%
(d) 25%
97. Kumar sold an article for Rs 21 and thereby incurred a loss of as much percentage as was his purchase price. Then the purchase price of the article will be
(a) Rs 21 or Rs 100
(b) Rs 36 or Rs 27
(c) Rs 28 or Rs 43
(d) Rs 30 or Rs 70
98. In a compound microscope magnifying power of objective and eyepiece are m1 and m2 The magnifying power of the microscope will be
(a) m1 × m2
(b) m1 + m2
(c) m1/m2
(d) m2/m1
99. If α, β be roots of the equation (x – a) (x –b)=c, then the roots of the equation (x – α) (x – β) + c = 0 are
(a) a, c
(b) b, c
(c) a, b
(d) a + c, b + c
100. Sodium chloride has a
(a) covalent bond
(b) electrovalent bond
(c) coordinate covalent bond
(d) None of these
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