Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Patna ECRC-CC-SR Clerk Examination Held on 08-01-2006
1. The chemical name of baking soda is
(a) sodium carbonate
(b) sodium bicarbonate
(c) sodium chloride
(d) sodium nitrate
2. Human requires chiefly
(a) vitamin
(b) protein
(c) carbohydrate
(d) fat
3. Inventor of thermometer is
(a) Galileo
(b) Newton
(c) Fahrenheit
(d) None of these
4. Who said, “The child is a father of man”?
(a) William Wordsworth
(b) Shakespeare
(c) Rabindranath Tagore
(d) None of the above
5. The founder of ‘Rama Krishna Mission’ was
(a) Rama Krishna Paramhans
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Rai
(c) Vivekananda
(d) None of the above
6. Where did Lord Buddha got enlightenment?
(a) Gaya
(b) Vaishali
(c) Sarnath
(d) Bodhgaya
7. The most populous tribes in India is
(a) Santhali
(b) Tharu
(c) Bhil
(d) None of these
8. Seismograph is used for the measurement of
(a) rainfall
(b) intensity of earthquake
(c) position of aeroplane
(d) viscosity of the fluids
9. Who gave the slogan ‘Inquilab’?
(a) Bhagat Singh
(b) Chandrashekar Azad
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
10. Indian Military Academy is situated at
(a) Khadagwasala
(b) New Delhi
(c) Dehradun
(d) Ahmad Nagar
11. ‘AIDS Day’ is celebrated on
(a) 10 December
(b) 1 December
(c) 6 March
(d) 17 December
12. Who is known as ‘Nightingale of India’?
(a) Lata Mangeshkar
(b) PUT Usha
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Mother Teresa
13. The chemical name of Vitamin C is
(a) thiamin
(b) riboflavin
(c) ascorbic acid
(d) calciferol
14. Bishop is related to which sports?
(a) Golf
(b) Tennis
(c) Chess
(d) Swimming
15. The headquarter of ‘WTO’ is situated at
(a) Paris
(b) New York
(c) Jeneva
(d) London
16. The folk dance of Rajasthan is
(a) chhau
(b) kathakali
(c) mandi
(d) ghumar
17. Who was declared ‘Sahastrabdi player of cricket’?
(a) V V Richards
(b) Sunil Gavaskar
(c) Kapil Dev
(d) Sachin Tendulkar
18. Who has written ‘Madhushala’?
(a) Maithili Sharan Gupta
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Harivansh Rai Bachchan
(d) Jai Shankar Prasad
19. The 29th Olympic, 2008 will be organized in which of the following countries?
(a) Athens (Greece)
(b) Sydney (Australia)
(c) Atlanta (USA)
(d) Beijing (China)
20. Central Building Research Institute is situated at
(a) New Delhi
(b) Roorkee
(c) Lucknow
(d) Dhanbad
21. The biggest bird is
(a) humming bird
(b) ostrich
(c) blue whale
(d) giraffe
22. The international boundary between India and Pakistan is
(a) Durand line
(b) Mac Mohan line
(c) Rad-Cliffe line
(d) Hinden Berg line
23. The first man to reach in space is
(a) Major Uri Gagrin
(b) Neil Armstrong
(c) Arther Ash
(d) Anegjimender
24. The first Indian to win ‘Bharat Ratna’ is
(a) Rabindranath Tagore
(b) Dr. Sarvapalli Radhakrishnan
(c) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(d) Har Govind Khurana
25. The headquarter of ‘Asian Development Bank’ is situated at
(a) Washington DC
(b) New York
(c) Geneva
(d) Manila
26. Who is founder of Lodhi Dynasty?
(a) Ibrahim Shah
(b) Daulat Khan Lodhi
(c) Bahlol Lodhi
(d) Sikandar Lodhi
27. Who promulgated system of measurement?
(a) Sher Shah Suri
(b) Shahjahan
(c) Allaudin Khilji
(d) Balban
28. The biggest planet of solar system is
(a) Mercury
(b) Venus
(c) Jupiter
(d) Saturn
29. Which country is known as ‘Land of Rising Sun’?
(a) Norway
(b) Finland
(c) Japan
(d) Germany
30. Which metal is used for galvanization?
(a) Zinc
(b) Iron
(c) Copper
(d) Aluminium
31. Which of the following is found largely in bone and teeth?
(a) Calcium and Zinc
(b) Calcium and Phosphorus
(c) Potassium and Phosphorus
(d) Nickel and Cobalt
32. Maximum digestion of food takes place in which organ of human body?
(a) Large intestine
(b) Small intestine
(c) Liver
(d) Pancreas
33. Which one is a major source of Vitamin A?
(a) Carrot
(b) Pulse
(c) Rice
(d) Wheat
34. Who was firstly appointed as acting Prime Minister?
(a) Sardar Patel
(b) Gulzari lal Nanda
(c) TN Pye
(d) Kamraj
35. Article 368 of the Constitution is related to
(a) Amendment of the Constitution
(b) Emergency
(c) Organization of Finance Commission
(d) Organization of Election Commission
36. The Article 370 is related to which state ?
(a) Himachal Pradesh
(b) Arunachal Pradesh
(c) Jammu and Kashmir
(d) Manipur
37. Who works as acting President when the post of President and Vice-President both are vacant?
(a) Chief Justice of Supreme Court
(b) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(c) Deputy Chairman of Rajya Sabha
(d) Attorney General of India
38. When the National Flag of India was adopted?
(a) 26 January, 1947
(b) 22 July, 1947
(c) 27 December, 1911
(d) 24 January, 1980
39. Family Welfare Programme was launched in
(a) 1985
(b) 1983
(c) 1977
(d) 1986
40. ‘Satyameva Jayate’ is famous as
(a) National Song
(b) National Anthem
(c) National Insignia
(d) None of the above
41. When was the T.V. started in India?
(a) 1956
(b) 1957
(c) 1958
(d) 1959
42. Who is the present Chief Election Commissioner of India?
(a) BB Tandon
(b) K J Rao
(c) GM Lingdoh
(d) TS Krishnanmurthy
43. The smallest state regarding population is
(a) Goa
(b) Mizoram
(c) Sikkim
(d) Arunachal Pradesh
44. The leading country in mica production is
(a) China
(b) Russia
(c) America
(d) India
45. Who propounded the principle of radioactivity?
(a) Rutherford
(b) Madam Curie
(c) Henry Bacquerel
(d) Saddy and Fazens
46. Who is the writer of ‘India Wins freedom?
(a) Dr. Rajendra Prasad
(b) Jawahar Lal Nehru
(c) Abdul Kalam Azad
(d) Lala Lajpat Rai
47. The longest river in Asia is
(a) Nile
(b) Amazon
(c) Yangtze
(d) Ganga
48. The unit of energy is
(a) watt
(b) joule/second
(c) joule
(d) Pascal
49. Atmospheric pressure is measured by
(a) barometer
(b) hydrometer
(c) hygrometer
(d) lactometer
50. Who discovered ‘Blood Circulation?
(a) Wattson and Krick
(b) Edward Zenar
(c) William Harvey
(d) Lister
51. The Parliament of Bangladesh is called
(a) Congress
(b) Sansad
(c) Majlis
(d) Jatiya Sansad
52. Who was the inventor of steam engine?
(a) James Watt
(b) Einstein
(c) Rudolf Diesel
(d) Foltar
53. The biggest desert is
(a) Thar
(b) Gobi
(c) Sahara
(d) Kalahari
54. Which one of the following is a ‘cold water’ current?
(a) Gulf stream
(b) Venezuala
(c) Labradore
(d) None of these
55. Who has written War and Peace?
(a) Nirad C Chaudhary
(b) Leo Tolstoy
(c) Vishnu Prabhakar
(d) Catherin Geyo
56. The name of the writer of ‘Panchtantr’ is
(a) Vishnu Sharma
(b) Raghuvansha
(c) Ashwaghosh
(d) Patanjali
57. Which one is not included in Fundamental Right?
(a) Right to Equality
(b) Right against Exploitation
(c) Right to Freedom
(d) None of the above
58. Who may take part in the function of Parliament without being a member of the Parliament?
(a) Attorney General
(b) Supreme Court
(c) Vice President
(d) Governor of Reserve Bank
59. The currency of India is printed at
(a) Kolkata
(b) New Delhi
(c) Nasik
(d) Bengaluru
60. Where is the Tomb of Sher Shah situated?
(a) Agra
(b) Gwalior
(c) Sasaram
(d) New Delhi
61. A mixture contains milk and water in ratio of 5 : 1. After mixing 5 L, of water the ratio of milk and water become 5 : 2. What is the amount of milk?
(a) 16 L
(b) 25 L
(c) 32.5 L
(d) 22.75 L
62. Ramesh bought a fan on 25% discount on its price. He get profit of 10% by selling it on Rs 660. What was the price of the fan?
(a) Rs 800
(b) Rs 700
(c) Rs 600
(d) Rs 685
63. An amount at a fix rate of interest becomes Rs 850 in 3 yr and Rs 925 in 4 yr. What is the amount?
(a) Rs 600
(b) Rs 575
(c) Rs 625
(d) Data is inadequate
64. At a fixed rate of simple interest an amount becomes double in 10 yr. In how many ears the amount becomes triple?
(a) 15
(b) 20
(c) 30
(d) 12
65. A shopkeeper sells a radio at 20% discount on printed price and gets 15% profit. What is the price?
(a) 35% more than cost price
(b) 75% more than cost price
(c) 20% more than cost price
(d) None of the above
66. In a group of 15 people, 7 people like Madhuri, 8 people like Aishwarya and 3 people do not like both of them. How many people like Madhuri and Aishwarya both?
(a) 2
(b) 3
(c) 4
(d) 5
67. If the area of two square is in ratio 9 : 1, then the ratio of their perimeter is
(a) 9 : 1
(b) 3 : 1
(c) 3 : 4
(d) 1 : 3
68. If 7x + 5y = 13 and 2x + 7y = 26, then 5x + 2y is equal to
(a) 9
(b) 3
(c) 13
(d) 2.2
69. In a day, how many times the hands of a clock are co-incident?
(a) 22
(b) 25
(c) 24
(d) 30
70. Find the product of the roots of 6x2 – 7x + 3 = 0.
(a) −2
(b) 1/2
(c) 2
(d) −1/2
71. If 4 is deducted from one-fifth of a number we get 5. What is the number?
(a) 25
(b) 50
(c) 60
(d) 75
72. The area of an equilateral triangle which is inscribed in a circle of radius 2a cm is
(a) 
(b) 
(c) 
(d) 
73. A boy went out from a group of eight boys. A new boy comes at his place whose weight is 56 kg. The average weight of the group increases by 2.5, then what is the average weight of the boys?
(a) 38.5
(b) 38
(c) 36.5
(d) 36
74. A boat goes 48 km upstream in 8 h and 36 km downstream in 6 h. Then, what is the speed of the boat in still water?
(a) 16 km/h
(b) 1 km/h
(c) 8 km/h
(d) 6 km/h
75. There were 12 boys shake hands with each other. How many handshakes took place?
(a) 132
(b) 144
(c) 200
(d) 240
76. If 
then the value of 
is
(a) 8.9668
(b) 8.6658
(c) 9.1678
(d) 78.8658
77. A man decreases the consumption of sugar by 20% when the price of sugar increases by 40%. What is the net effect on his expenditure of?
(a) 12% increase
(b) 12% decrease
(c) 20% increase
(d) 20% decrease
78. A 25 cm long wire is folded with the arch of a circle of diameter 100 cm. The angle subtended by the arc at the centre of the circle is
(a) π/8
(b) π/4
(c) π/2
(d) π
79. If x% of 1400 = 119, then x is equal to
(a) 17
(b) 28
(c) 85
(d) 75
80. If the factor of x2 + kx + 12 is x + 3, then k is equal to
(a) 8
(b) 7
(c) 6
(d) 5
81. If in a code language PRABA is written as 27595 and THILAK is written as 368451, then BHARATHI will be written as
(a) 37536689
(b) 96575368
(c) 57686535
(d) 96855368
82. In a code language 256 means ‘Your are good’, 637 means ‘We are bad’ and 358 means ‘Good and bad’, then what will be the code of ‘and’?
(a) 8
(b) 2
(c) 3
(d) 5
83. The brother of A is F, the daughter of A is C, the sister of F is K and the brother of C is I, then who is the uncle of I?
(a) F
(b) C
(c) K
(d) A
84. As 7 is related to 49, similarly 11 is related to which of the following?
(a) 100
(b) 81
(c) 121
(d) 169
85. The relation between tree to ‘sapling’ is same as the relation between ‘woman’ to ……..
(a) offspring
(b) father
(c) boy
(d) girl
Directions (Q. Nos. 86-90) Find the next number in the series given below.
86. 2, 6, 10, 16, 20, 28, ?, 42
(a) 30
(b) 36
(c) 34
(d) 32
87. 2, 4, 7, 11, 16, 22, ?
(a) 28
(b) 30
(c) 29
(d) 31
88. 3, 18, 43, 78, 123, 178, ?
(a) 240
(b) 242
(c) 241
(d) 243
89. 2, 5, 10, 17, 26, 3, ?
(a) 51
(b) 50
(c) 81
(d) 49
90. 17, 19, 23, 29, 33, ?, 41
(a) 37
(b) 39
(c) 40
(d) 41
Directions (Q. Nos. 91 and 92) In the following questions several figures are given. Among them, all have some similarity except one, find it.
91. 
92. 
Directions (Q. Nos. 93 and 94) Fill in the blank spaces of figures in questions with the most suitable options chosen from among the four figures given after them.
93. 
94. 
95. If ‘÷’ means ‘−’, ‘×’ means ‘+’ ‘+’ means ‘÷’ and ‘−’ means ‘×’, then the value of equation
10 ÷ 3 × 4 + 2 – 1 is
(a) 2
(b) 9
(c) 3
(d) 5
96. After arranging the following numbers in descending order, what will be the middle digit of the third number?
268, 197, 678, 129, 259
(a) 6
(b) 2
(c) 5
(d) 9
97. There are rabbits and pigeons in a zoo. If the heads of them are counted, then it is 90 but the legs are 224. What is the number of pigeons in the zoo?
(a) 68
(b) 70
(c) 72
(d) None of the above
98. In the following sequence of words which word will come at the place of question mark (?)?
LXF, MTJ, NPN, OLR ?
(a) PHV
(b) PPV
(c) PLV
(d) PUV
Directions (Q. Nos. 99 and 100) In the following figure the rectangle denotes male, triangle denotes educated, circle denotes urban, square denotes government servant.
99. Among the following which is educated people not living in urban area?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 9
(d) 11
100. Among the following which is lady laving in urban area and also a government servant?
(a) 6
(b) 7
(c) 10
(d) 13
Directions (Q. Nos. 101-105) There is an error in one part of the following sentences. Find out that part in which the mistake occurs.
101. Everyone is (a)/ impress by (b)/ her zeal (c)/ and enthusiasm. (d)
102. If you had (a)/ contacted him (b)/ on phone (c)/ he helped you. (d)
103. I used to like (a)/ you (b)/ but now (c)/ I am not enjoy it. (d)
104. The book is very important (a)/ for me because (b)/ it was present (c)/ from my mother (d)
105. Thirty five kilometers (a)/ from Patna to Ranchi (b)/ are a long (c)/ distance. (d)
Directions (Q. Nos. 106-110) Each of the following five items consists of a word in capital letters. Followed by for words of groups of words. Select the word or group of words that is most nearly opposite in meaning to the word in capital letters.
106. AMPLE
(a) Spacious
(b) Great
(c) Cramped
(d) Roomy
107. BOURGEOIS
(a) Ordinary
(b) Common
(c) Conventional
(d) Upper-class
108. MODEST
(a) Demure
(b) Decent
(c) Prudish
(d) Conceit
109. LUSTER
(a) Sheen
(b) Gloss
(c) Glitter
(d) None
110. PREMATURE
(a) Untimely
(b) Early
(c) Unexpected
(d) Timely
Directions (Q. Nos. 111-115) Each of the following five items consists of a word in capital letters. Followed by four words or group of words. Select the word or group of words that is most similar I meaning to the word in capital letters.
111. MAGNITUDE
(a) Direction
(b) Extent
(c) Ability
(d) Weight
112. PARITY
(a) Similarity
(b) Originality
(c) Vicinity
(d) Equivocal
113. VINDICTIVE
(a) Apologetic
(b) Fearful
(c) Unpardonable
(d) Revengful
114. INEXTRICABLY
(a) Certainly
(b) Unfortunately
(c) Inevitably
(d) Incorrectly
115. RIVAL
(a) Friend
(b) Partner
(c) Associate
(d) Opponent
Directions (Q. Nos. 116-118) Fill in the blank in the following sentences by choosing the correct alternative.
116. Although he was tired he ……… working.
(a) was going on
(b) is going on
(c) goes on
(d) went
117. The wounded soldiers were ………. by the comrades.
(a) enervated
(b) evacuated
(c) appalled
(d) excavated
118. We shall finish the work before he ………… back.
(a) will come
(b) shall come
(c) comes
(d) would come
Directions (Q. Nos. 119 and 120) Select the correct word for the given expression.
119. One who eats everything
(a) Omnipotent
(b) Insolvent
(c) Ommivorous
(d) Irresistible
120. A remedy for all diseases
(a) Recoil
(b) Panacea
(c) Marvel
(d) Treatment
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