Railway Recruitment Board, Gorakhpur Electrical Signal Maintainer (ESM-II) Examination Held on 08-10-2006
1. At any point P on the ground the angles of elevation of the top of a 10 m high building and that of a helicopter flying just over the building are 30° and 60° Find the height of the helicopter from the earth.
(Given sin 30° = 1/2, cos 30° = √3/2)
(a) 10√3 m
(b) 20 m
(c) 
(d) 30 m
2. If the applied force and the displacement of body are inclined to each other at 90°, then the work done is
(a) infinity
(b) maximum
(c) zero
(d) cannot be determined
3. The CGS unit of charge is
(a) Stat coulomb
(b) ESU
(c) both (a) and (b)
(d) none of these
4. The output of the following circuit is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
5. The intensity of sound that can damage the layer of ear is
(a) 20 dB
(b) 60 dB
(c) 100 dB
(d) 160 dB
6. The amount of work done in raising body of mass 1 kg to a height of 9.8 m is
(a) 1 J
(b) 9.8 J
(c) (9.8)2 J
(d) none of these
7. With a fuse of 10 A and at 220V, how many bulbs each of 200 W can be used safety?
(a) 11
(b) 10
(c) 20
(d) None of these
8. Which metal is abundantly found in earth’s crust?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Potassium
(c) Iron
(d) Calcium
9. Find the coordinates of that point which divides the line joining the points (1, 3) and (2, 7) in the ratio 3 : 4.
(a) (3/2, 5)
(b) (10/7, 33/7)
(c) (−2, −9)
(d) (5/3, 5)
10. If a sun doubles in 16 years, how much will it be in 8 years?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
11. Find the pair of those numbers which is not alike in property to the other three pairs.
(a) 47, 59
(b) 61, 73
(c) 29, 42
(d) 57, 69
12. The total surface area of a sphere is S1 and the curved surface area of a cylinder enclosing it is S2, S1, S2 will be equal to
(a) S1
(b) 2S2
(c) S2/2
(d) none of these
13. Which of the following elements substitutes hydrogen from dilute acids?
(a) Aluminium
(b) Iron
(c) Gold
(d) Copper
14. The energy of a particle moving at 5 m/s is 125 J. The mass of particle is
(a) 4 kg
(b) 6 kg
(c) 10 kg
(d) 25 kg
15. Ashok buys a car at 20% discount of the price and sells it at 20% higher price. His percentage gain is
(a) 
(b) 50%
(c) 20%
(d) 40%
16. A 150 m long train is moving at 90 kmph. How much time will it take crossing the railway signal?
(a) 60 seconds
(b) 6 seconds
(c) 8 seconds
(d) 10 seconds
17. By which constitutional amendment ten fundamental duties were included in the constitution?
(a) 24th
(b) 38th
(c) 42nd
(d) 44th
18. Who founded the Satya Shodhak Samaj in 1873?
(a) Shivanath Shastri
(b) Gopal Krishan Gokhale
(c) Jotiba Phule
(d) None of the above
19. The Right to constitutional remedies has been enshrined in the Article of the constitution.
(a) 30
(b) 31
(c) 35
(d) 32
20. Which of the following state’s boundary does not touch Myanmar?
(a) Manipur
(b) Assam
(c) Arunachal Pradesh
(d) Meghalaya
21. Gold dissolves in
(a) hydrogen
(b) nitric acid
(c) aqua ragia
(d) acetic acid
22. In the following figure ‘O’ is the centre of circle and ∠BAC = n°, ∠OCB = m°. Then
(a) m + n = 90°
(b) m + n = 180°
(c) m + n = 120°
(d) m + n = 150°
23. A manufacturer sells an article to a wholesale dealer at a profit of 20% and the wholesale dealer sells it to a retail merchant at a loss of 5%. Find the resultant loss or profit.
(a) 14% loss
(b) 14% gain
(c) 12% gain
(d) 12% loss
24. A car travelling at speed of 40 km/h can complete a journey in 9 hours. How long will it take to travel the same distance at 60 km/h?
(a) 6 hours
(b) 3 hours
(c) 4 hours
(d) 
25. A mixture of 45 litres of spirit and water contains 20% of water in it. How much water must be added to it to make the water 25% in new mixture?
(a) 5 litres
(b) 4 litres
(c) 3 litres
(d) 6 litres
26. Find the least number which is exactly divisible by 32, 36, 45, 60, 80
(a) 1440
(b) 1400
(c) 1380
(d) 1360
27. The atomic number of an element is 11 and the mass number is 23. The respective number of electrons, protons and neutrons in this atom will be
(a) 11, 11, 12
(b) 11, 12, 11
(c) 12, 11, 11
(d) 23, 11, 23
28. If half-life of a radioactive matter is 1000 years, the time required for total decay of matter will be
(a) 1000 years
(b) 2000 years
(c) 3000 years
(d) none of these
29. Which of the following is not a noble gas?
(a) Helium
(b) Xenon
(c) Radium
(d) Radon
30. In electrovalency :
(a) molecules lose electron forming atoms
(b) molecules gain electrons forming atoms
(c) atoms share electrons
(d) atoms lose or gain electron forming atoms
31. Which of the following graphs represents effect to temperature on reaction rate for enzyme catalyzed reaction?
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
32. Which of the following reactions involves the combination of two elements?
(a) CaO + CO2 → CaCO3
(b) 4Na + O2 → 2Na2O
(c) 
(d) NH3 + HCl → NH4Cl
33. The first man made synthetic fibre is
(a) polyester (terelyne)
(b) neopren
(c) nylon
(d) polythene
34. Which of the substance is present in photochromatic glass?
(a) PbO
(b) Cr2O3
(c) Borax
(d) Silver bromide
35. Which of the following vitamins is helpful in coagulation of blood?
(a) C
(b) D
(c) E
(d) K
36. Muscle fatigue occurs due to accumulation of
(a) pyruvic acid
(b) lactic acid
(c) oxaloacetic acid
(d) uric acid
37. Anthrax is a serious disease of
(a) cattle
(b) poultry
(c) fishes
(d) all of these
38. Excessive secretion from the pituitary gland in children results in
(a) dwarfism
(b) gigantism
(c) weakening of bones
(d) none of the above
39. If DEEP = 120 and HOPE = 176, then REVIVE = ?
(a) 160
(b) 150
(c) 64
(d) 324
40. Find the missing number of series
18, 30, 48, 72, 926, ?
(a) 106
(b) 115
(c) 120
(d) 96
41. ‘Win’ is related to ‘Competition’ in same way as ‘Invention ‘ is related to
(a) discovery
(b) experiment
(c) laboratory
(d) product
42. A, B, C, D, E and F are six persons travelling together in a b oat. Three of them B, C and E are women and rest are men. A, B, C and E are all vegetarians and other are non-vegetarians. Only B, E and F know the swimming.
The non-vegetarian male who does not know swimming is
(a) D
(b) F
(c) A
(d) E
43. Following figures ‘X’, ‘Y’ and ‘Z’ show sequence of folding paper and figure ‘Z’ shows also the manner in which the paper has been punched. Choose from the answer figure how paper will look in opened position?
44. Pointing to a photograph a woman tells Pramod, “I am daughter of this lady and her son is your maternal uncle.” How I s Pramod’s father related to the woman?
(a) Husband
(b) Brother-in-law
(c) Either (a) or (b)
(d) Neither (a) nor (b)
45. There are group of statements indicated below followed by some conclusions. Choose the conclusion which logically follows from given statements.
Statements:
(i) I watch TV only if I am bored.
(ii) I am never bored when I have my brother’s company.
(iii) Whenever I go to the theatre I take my brother along.
Conclusions :
(a) If I am bored I seek my brother’s company
(b) If I am not bored I don’t watch TV
(c) If I am bored I watch IV
(d) If I am not with my brother I watch TV
46. The Italian traveler who left very praise worthy account of Vijayangar Empire was
(a) E Barbosa
(b) Manucci
(c) Marco Polo
(d) Nicolo Conti
47. Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya was the
(a) Son of Chandra Gupta I
(b) Father of Skanda Gupta
(c) Son of Samudra Gupta
(d) Grandfather of Kumar Gupta I
48. Chhatrapati Shivajee died in the year
(a) 1680 AD
(b) 1666 AD
(c) 1687 AD
(d) 1689 AD
49. Who was the Hindu King shown playing Veena on the ancient coins?
(a) Shivajee
(b) Vikramaditya
(c) Samudra Gupta
(d) Ashoka
50. What was unique to Harappan civilization in comparison to Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilization?
(a) Pictographic script
(b) Temples
(c) Rectangular Town Planning
(d) Drainage system
51. The Ryotwari settlement was introduced by British in
(a) Bengal Presidency only
(b) Bombay Presidency only
(c) Madras Presidency only
(d) Bombay and Madras presidency
52. Where did Mahatma Gandhi first try the weapon of ‘Satyagraha’?
(a) Champaran
(b) Ahmedabad Mill Strike
(c) Dandi
(d) South Africa
53. Which pair threw a bomb at a carriage that they believed was occupied by Kingsford, the unpopular Judge at Muzaffarpur?
(a) Ram Prasad Bismil, Surya Sen (1906)
(b) Khudi Ram Bose, Prafull Chaki (1908)
(c) Jatindra Nath Das, Ashfaqullah Khan (1910)
(d) None of the above
54. Which one of the following was not a President of Indian National Congress?
(a) Sir William Wedderburn
(b) Lal Bahadur Shastri
(c) Purushottam Das Tandon
(d) None of the above
55. Which of the following movements was launched along with Khilafat Movement?
(a) Non-Cooperation Movement
(b) Civil Disobedience Movement
(c) Home Rule Movement
(d) Swadeshi Movement
56. Match the method of protest against the British with its propounder
(a) Method of direct action
(b) Non-cooperation means
(c) Method of petitions and resolutions
(d) Acts of courage to rouse the mass revolt by masses
(1) Gokhale (2) Bhagat Singh
(3) Tilak (4) Gandhiji
(a) (a) – 3; (b) – 4; (c) – 1; (d) – 2
(b) (a) – 2; (b) – 4; (c) – 1; (d) – 3
(c) (a) – 4; (b) – 2; (c) – 3; (d) – 1
(d) (a) – 3; (b) – 4; (c) – 2; (d) – 1
57. ‘Kesari’ was
(a) An organization for social reforms started by Tilak
(b) An English language paper owned by S. N. Banerjee
(c) A Marathi Newspaper
(d) None of the above
58. The main weakness of revolt of 1857 was lack of
(a) External help
(b) Discipline among rebel soldiers
(c) Modern weapons
(d) United and coordinated efforts by rebels
59. Of the following who is credited for the unification of India after independence?
(a) Vallabah Bhai Patel
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) C. Rajgopalachari
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
60. Amnesty International won Noble Prize for peace in
(a) 1971
(b) 1977
(c) 1984
(d) 1987
61. ‘Rajtarangini’ has been written by
(a) Jayadev
(b) Vidyapati
(c) Kalhana
(d) Chandbardai
62. Who was the first woman Chief Minister in India?
(a) Nandini Satpathi
(b) Sashikala Kodokar
(c) Vijay Laxmi Pandit
(d) Sucheta Kriplani
63. When India got independence the Prime Minister of England was
(a) Winston Churchill
(b) Clement R. Atlee
(c) Neville Chamberlain
(d) None of the above
64. Recently ‘Abu-Ghraib’ was very much in news which is ?
(a) A dreaded terrorist
(b) A sunken passenger ship
(c) A character in art movies
(d) A jail for prisoner of war
65. Which region is famous for Jhoomar Dance?
(a) Nagaland
(b) Chhattisgarh
(c) Chhota Nagpur
(d) Maharashtra
66. Ustad Vilayat Khan is associated with
(a) Veena
(b) Sitar
(c) Sarod
(d) Violin
67. Which among the following is first indigenously built missile?
(a) Agni
(b) Prithvi
(c) Akash
(d) None of these
68. Present day name of ‘Siam’ is
(a) Thailand
(b) Malaysia
(c) Indonesia
(d) Mali
69. Which thermometer is used to measure the temperature above 1500°C?
(a) Pyrometer
(b) Thermocouple thermometer
(c) Platinum resistance thermometer
(d) Al of the above
70. A motion of no confidence against the council of ministers can be moved in Lok Sabha if it is supported by at least
(a) 50 members
(b) 55 members
(c) 100 members
(d) one-fifth of total number
71. The function of the Pro-Tem Speaker is to
(a) conduct the proceedings of House in absence of Speaker and Deputy speaker
(b) officiate as Speaker when the Speaker is unlikely to be elected
(c) swear in members and hold charge till a regular Speaker is elected
(d) check if the election certificates of the members are in order
72. The Comptroller and Auditor General acts as
(a) the guardian of peoples liberties
(b) the guardian of public money
(c) the chief financial adviser of Govt. of India
(d) all of the above
73. ‘Vote on Account’ is a grant voted/passed by Parliament
(a) after the budget and grant has been voted/passed by Lok Sabha
(b) grant to manage the administrative work in interim period till budget and grant for financial year are passed
(c) passage of account of expenditure actually done during last year
(d) approval of account of Public Undertaking
74. The defeat of government in Rajya Sabha leads to
(a) its dismissal by the President
(b) resignation by Prime Minister
(c) advice by President to Prime Minister to relinquish office
(d) none of these
75. The Parliament or a State Legislature can declare a seat vacant if a member absents himself without permission from the sessions for
(a) 30 days
(b) 60 days
(c) 90 days
(d) doesn’t has this power
76. Which State is not one of major producers of bananas?
(a) Gujarat
(b) Tamil Nadu
(c) Bihar
(d) Kerala
77. Of the following, which project is not primarily a hydro-electric project?
(a) Mettur Project, Tamil Nadu
(b) Rana Pratap Sagar Project, Rajasthan
(c) Kakarpara Project, West Bengal
(d) None of the above
78. From origin to delta, the Brahmaputra traverses
(a) Tibet, China, Myanmar
(b) Bhutan, Nepal, India
(c) China, India, Bangladesh
(d) India, Bangladesh, Myanmar
79. Where was first Bio-reserve established in India?
(a) Nokrek
(b) Kanha
(c) Nilgiris
(d) Periyar
80. What is the term used to describe cultivation on the hill slopes with small patches of land in descending order?
(a) Truck farming
(b) Slope cultivation
(c) Hill farming
(d) Contour farming
81. Two spheres of same size are made of same metal, but one is follow and the other is solid. Both are heated to the same temperature. Then
(a) hollow sphere will expand more than the solid one
(b) solid sphere will expand less than the hollow one
(c) both the spheres will expands equally
(d) only solid sphere will expand
82. The ratio of the wavelengths of first harmonic : second harmonic : third harmonic in a stretched string is
(a) 1 : 2 : 3
(b) 6 : 3 : 2
(c) 2 : 3 : 6
(d) 3 : 2 : 1
83. Find the equivalent resistance between A and B.
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
84. The equivalent capacitance of a circuit between A and B is 15 μ Find the capacitance of ‘C’.
(a) 35 μF
(b) 60 μF
(c) 20 μF
(d) none of these
85. The electrical resistance of a material is directly proportional to its
(a) length
(b) cross sectional area
(c) current
(d) all of the above
86. The value of 
is
(a) tan 56°
(b) tan 11°
(c) tan 22°
(d) tan 40°
87. The value of (0.03125)−2/5 is
(a) 31.25
(b) 12
(c) 9
(d) 4
88. For the equation ax2 – 2√5x + 4 = 0 having equal roots, the value of ‘a’ is
(a) 5/3
(b) 4/5
(c) −5/4
(d) 5/4
89. Kilo watt hour is the unit of
(a) force
(b) power
(c) time
(d) energy
90. If n(C ∪ T) = 70, n(C) = 37, n(T) = 45, then n(C ∩ T) = ?
(a) 8
(b) 12
(c) 82
(d) 35
91. In how many ways 4 boys and 3 girls can be seated in a row such that two girls never sit together?
(a) 1440
(b) 1600
(c) 60
(d) 24
92. Three dice are thrown simultaneously. What is the probability that numbers appearing on each of them will be odd?
(a) 1/12
(b) 1/6
(c) 1/8
(d) 1/4
93. The average of twenty numbers is 18. The average of first ten numbers is 19 and that of last nine numbers is 18. What is the 11th numbers?
(a) 15
(b) 16
(c) 8
(d) 20
94. Tamil Nadu gets winter rain due to
(a) South west monsoon
(b) North east monsoon
(c) Easter currents
(d) None of the above
95. After textile industry, the second most commonly found industry is
(a) sugar
(b) jute
(c) cement
(d) none of these
96. The north flowing tributary of the Ganges is
(a) Kosi
(b) Ghaghara
(c) Sone
(d) Gandak
97. Law of Natural Selection is related to
(a) Dalton
(b) Darwin
(c) Kepler
(d) Mendel
98. During the reign of Harsh Vardhan which city in the northern India was important?
(a) Ujjain
(b) Hastinapur
(c) Kannauj
(d) Pataliputra
99. In a Geometric series the third term is 24 and the sixth term is 192. The 10tgh term of the series is
(a) 3072
(b) 1536
(c) 6144
(d) none of these
100. The average weight of men is 46 kg and that of women is 40 kg.
(a) 65
(b) 60
(c) 55
(d) 52
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