Railway Recruitment Board (RRB) Patna Enquiry-cum-Reservation Clerk Examination Held on 08-01-2006
1. Find two signs which should be interchanged to get the equality
9 + 5 ÷ 4 × 3 – 6 = 12
(a) +, ÷
(b) −, ÷
(c) ×, ÷
(d) +, −
2. The children’s Day is celebrated on
(a) November 14
(b) November 20
(c) December 1
(d) December 16
3. What number will come opposite to 1 in the following dice?
(a) 4
(b) 5
(c) 3
(d) 2
4. What is the cause for no atmosphere on the moon?
(a) Less gravitational force
(b) It is situated in space
(c) The mobility of air is large
(d) None of the above
5. Who is benefitted most by inflation?
(a) Borrower
(b) Debtor
(c) Banks
(d) None of these
6. Who was Miss Universe 2004?
(a) Lara Dutta
(b) Jennifer Hawkins
(c) Shandi Finnessey
(d) Maria Julia Mantilla
7. Coins are manufactured in
(a) Delhi
(b) Hoshangabad
(c) Nasik
(d) Kolkata
8. On chewing bread, a man tastes sweet due to
(a) conversion of carbohydrate into sugar
(b) conversion of fat into sugar
(c) conversion of protein into sugar
(d) None of the above
9. What is the geographical area of India?
(a) 32.19 lakh sq km
(b) 37 lakh sq km
(c) 32.87 lakh sq km
(d) 35 lakh sq km
10. World No Tobacco Day is observed on
(a) May 31
(b) October 31
(c) June 30
(d) July 31
11. What is the retirement age of the justice of High Court?
(a) 65 Yr
(b) 62 Yr
(c) 60 Yr
(d) 58 Yr
12. What is the number of judges in addition to the Chief Justice in the Supreme Court of India?
(a) 18
(b) 28
(c) 25
(d) 30
13. When did the Aryans come to India?
(a) 2500-1800 BC
(b) 2000-1500 BC
(c) 2500 BC
(d) 1500-1000 BC
14. Beri-Beri is caused due to deficiency of
(a) Vitamin B-1
(b) Vitamin B-12
(c) Vitamin A
(d) Vitamin D
15. Who invented the electric battery?
(a) Volta
(b) Davy
(c) Faraday
(d) Newton
16. What is the period of onset of South-West monsoon?
(a) Mid January-Mid February
(b) March-Mid April
(c) December-March
(d) Mid June-September
17. SIDO is related to
(a) Small industries
(b) Major industries
(c) Industrial Bank
(d) None of the above
18. Which of the following is a vector quantity?
(a) Temperature
(b) Energy
(c) Momentum
(d) Force
19. A and B are married couples. X and Y are brothers and X is the brother of A. How Y is related to B?
(a) Brother
(b) Cousin
(c) Brother-in-law
(d) None of the above
20. Which of the following is fastest storing input/output device in a computer?
(a) Tele-typewriter
(b) Visual display unit
(c) Magnetic floppy disc
(d) None of the above
21. Nimo is 23 yr 1 month old. Shyam is 18 yr 7 months old and Bano is as much older than Shyam is younger than Nimo. The age of Bano is
(a) 18 yr 6 months
(b) 21 yr 11 months
(c) 20 yr 9 months
(d) 20 yr 10 months
22. In your bookshelf, you have five favourite books. If you decide to arrange these five books in every possible combination and moved just one book in every half a minute. How much time it will take you to arrange?
(a) 3 h
(b) 1 h
(c) 2 h
(d) 30 min
23. Ram remembers that his brother’s birthday is after 15th but before 18th of February whereas his sister Kali remembers that her brother’s birthday is after 16th but before 19th of February. On which day is their brothers birthday?
(a) 17th
(b) 18th
(c) 16th
(d) 15th
24. If the number, X 78 Y is divisible by 55, then value of X and Y are
(a) 1, 0
(b) 4, 5
(c) 6, 5
(d) None of these
25. Statement Should smoking be prohibited.
Argument
(I) Yes, it is wrong to smoke away millions of money.
(II) No, it will throw thousands of workers in tobacco industry out of employment. Indicate whether.
(a) Argument I is strong to decide
(b) Argument II is strong to decide
(c) Argument I and II both are strong
(d) None of the argument is strong
26. Which of the following is used in beauty parlours for hair setting?
(a) Sulphur
(b) Silicon
(c) Phosphorous
(d) Chlorine
27. Which of the following is the largest living mammals?
(a) Blue whale
(b) Giraffe
(c) White elephant
(d) Rhinoceros
28. A fisherman on the bank of the pond is attempting to spear a fish. He should
(a) Aim below the fish
(b) Aim directly at fish
(c) Aim above the fish
(d) None of the above
29. Three bells toll at the intervals of 10, 15 and 24 min. All the three begin to toll together at 8 am. At what time they will again toll together?
(a) 10.45 am
(b) 10 am
(c) 9.25 am
(d) 8.50 am
30. Pouring of kerosene oil over stagnant water reduces mosquito problems because
(a) It repels mosquitoes
(b) It interrupts the breathing of larvae
(c) It interrupts the mating of adults
(d) It is highly toxic to mosquitoes
31. What is the minimum number of colours required to paint the given figure so that no two adjacent sides have the same colours?
(a) 5
(b) 4
(c) 3
(d) 2
32. Which of the following venn diagrams correctly represent Elephants, Wolves, Animals?
33. A man always has
(a) Heart
(b) Hands
(c) Eyes
(d) Feet
34. Fill in the blank
4, 6, 12, 147, 28, 30, (?).
(a) 60
(b) 62
(c) 64
(d) 32
35. When an iron nail gets rusted, Iron oxide is formed
(a) with reduction of weight
(b) without any change in weight
(c) without any change in colour
(d) with increase in weight
36. National Dairy Research centre is situated at
(a) Karnal
(b) Bhopal
(c) Mumbai
(d) Chandigarh
37. ECO mark is related to
(a) Environment
(b) Gold
(c) Quality of food stuffs
(d) None of the above
38. Any dispute related to the election of the President is settled by the
(a) Supreme Court
(b) Parliament
(c) Council of Ministers
(d) Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
39. Who contributed most in the integration of India after independence?
(a) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) LB Shashtri
40. Neil Armstrong put foot on the moon on July 21, 1969. Who accompanied him?
(a) Aldrin
(b) Alexi Lenov
(c) Bladimir Titov
(d) Edward White
41. Asiatic Society, Calcutta was founded in
(a) 1784
(b) 1782
(c) 1786
(d) 1790
42. Four metallic balls have been kept in sunlight. Which will be hottest?
(a) Black
(b) White
(c) Red
(d) Blue
43. The Sagar University has been renamed as
(a) Goud University
(b) Rajiv Gandhi University
(c) Dakshineshwar University
(d) None of the above
44. What is MOD VAT?
(a) Excise duty
(b) Income tax
(c) Sales tax
(d) None of these
45. What is Oral-B?
(a) A model of Car
(b) Fashion design
(c) Mobile handset
(d) Tooth brush
46. What is Bijli and Bikram?
(a) Three wheeler
(b) Four wheeler
(c) Two wheeler
(d) None of the above
47. In the railway, fish plates are used
(a) To join two rails
(b) To adjust due to heat
(c) To provide safety from accident
(d) To save from linear expansion
48. Who put forward ‘Drain of Wealth Theory’?
(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Swami Vivekanand
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
49. An air bubble in water behaves as
(a) Convex lens
(b) Concave lens
(c) Convex mirror
(d) Concave mirror
50. The world bank gives loan to poor countries for
(a) Long period
(b) Short period
(c) No period
(d) None of the above
51. Who ordered firing in Jallianwala Bagh?
(a) Michael ‘O’ Dwyer
(b) General R E H Dyer
(c) Chelmsford
(d) None of the above
52. Arrange the following in a suitable sequence of their happening?
(A) Key (B) Door
(C) Lock (D) Room
(E) Switch on
(a) ACBDE
(b) ECBAD
(c) CEBAD
(d) BCAED
53. The content of pure gold in 18 carat gold is
(a) 60%
(b) 75%
(c) 80%
(d) 89%
54. The roof of the world is
(a) Pamir plateau
(b) Hindukush Mountain
(c) The Himalayas
(d) None of the above
55. The first woman Prime Minister in the world was
(a) S. Bhandarnayake
(b) Indira Gandhi
(c) Margret Thatcher
(d) None of the above
56. An unknown quantity of type-A tea priced at Rs 9 per kg is mixed with 25 kg of type-B tea priced at Rs 32 per kg. The mixture is sold at Rs 33 per kg to gain 10%. Find the quantity of type-A tea.
(a) 50 kg
(b) 45 kg
(c) 33 kg
(d) 25 kg
57. A man transfers his stock from 
to the 5% at 
Brokerage 1/8% is allowed on each transaction and hereby increases his annual income by Rs 21. Find the original stock held by him.
(a) Rs 2500
(b) Rs 3000
(c) Rs 3100
(d) Rs 3200
58. What is the meaning of the word ‘secular’?
(a) Protection of religion by State
(b) No particular religion
(c) To realize the importance of all religions
(d) None of the above
59. Who succeeded Linlithgow as viceroy in 1943?
(a) Lord Wavell
(b) Mountbaten
(c) William Bentinck
(d) None of the above
60. Which of the following rivers falls into the Arabian sea?
(a) Godavari
(b) Mahanadi
(c) Mahi
(d) Krishna
61. Which of the following factors takes part in atmospheric change?
(a) CO2, vapour
(b) Vapour, dust particles
(c) Storm
(d) Sun, storm, dust particles
62. What is condensation?
(a) Change from vapour to water
(b) Change from water to vapour
(c) Change from solid to liquid
(d) Change from liquid to solid
63. A fuse wire is made of
(a) Copper and iron
(b) Lead and tin
(c) Copper and tin
(d) Copper and lead
64. Two persons A and B are standing between two mountains. If A fires a gun with the velocity of sound, B listens its echo after 2 seconds; when B fires, A listens the echo after 4. Both fire in opposite directions. What is the distance between the mountains?
(a) 990 m
(b) 1920 m
(c) 1620 m
(d) 1720 m
65. Which of the following pollutants are inhaled by a traffic constable?
(a) CO, PBO2, SO2
(b) lead
(c) SO2, Pb
(d) CO2, SO2
66. Hargobind Khurana was honoured with Nobel Prize of Medicine for
(a) Genetic code deciphering
(b) Reading essay on genes
(c) Discovering DNA composition
(d) None of the above
67. Which organ of human body has the largest number of bones ?
(a) Fingers
(b) Brain
(c) Chest
(d) None of the above
68. The sticks of a match box are arranged to form different figures. Which of the following figures cannot be formed?
69. The shape of red blood corpuscles is
(a) Spherical
(b) Double convex
(c) Double concave
(d) None of the above
70. A man is affected by malaria. He will feel deficiency of
(a) Platelets
(b) RBC
(c) WBC
(d) Plasma
Directions (Q. Nos. 71-75) In the following bar diagram the production of wheat, rice and other food grains in four States P, Q, R and S has been represented. Study the following diagram carefully and answer the questions.
71. What percentage of rice is produced by State S out of total production of rice?
(a) 31%
(b) 37%
(c) 33.3%
(d) 37.5%
72. Which State is the largest producer of wheat?
(a) Q
(b) S
(c) R
(d) P
73. What is average production of wheat in all States taken together? (in tones)
(a) 150
(b) 78.75
(c) 152.45
(d) 162.45
74. What per cent of total production of wheat is produced by State R?
(a) 25.4%
(b) 26.4%
(c) 24.5%
(d) 30.5%
75. What per cent of total production of wheat is produced by State R?
(a) 30.4%
(b) 20.4%
(c) 25.4%
(d) 31.4%
76. Each edge of cube is increased by 50%. What will be per cent increase in its volume?
(a) 50%
(b) 150%
(c) 
(d) 
77. Ramesh has some cows and hens. If the number of total heads be 48 and that of legs be 140, then find the number of hens.
(a) 22
(b) 23
(c) 24
(d) 26
78. The diagonals of a rhombus are 30 cm and 40 cm long. Find its side
(a) 25 cm
(b) 120 cm
(c) 100 cm
(d) 200 cm
79. Statement
(I) No permission is guaranteed for discussion on any secret proposal.
(II) There was no secret proposal last week.
Conclusion It was discussed by the concerned parties.
(a) It is definitely true
(b) It is probably true
(c) It is definitely wrong
(d) It cannot be said
80. The voice of a woman is sharper than man because
(a) The pitch of woman’s voice is more
(b) The pitch of woman’s voice is less
(c) The pitch of man’s voice is more
(d) None of the above
81. What is Garoj?
(a) Tribe of Jharkhand
(b) Tribe of Nagaland
(c) Tribe of Himachal Pradesh
(d) None of the above
82. Choose the odd man
(a) Raipur
(b) Ranchi
(c) Chennai
(d) Resin
83. The weight (in gram) of human brain is
(a) 1350
(b) 1230
(c) 1400
(d) 1500
84. The tropic of cancer passes through
(a) Madhya Pradesh
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Manipur
(d) Mizoram
85. What will come in place of question mark (?) in the following question?
(a) 6
(b) 13
(c) 10
(d) 9
86. Who built the Tajmahal?
(a) Akbar
(b) Ustad Usman
(c) Sohrab
(d) Shahjahan
87. Which of the following dams is not on the river Narmada?
(a) Koyana
(b) Indira Sagar
(c) Sardar Sarovar
(d) Gandhi Sagar
88. What is lagoon?
(a) Karnataka
(b) Gujarat
(c) Goa
(d) Kerala
89. Bhatkal port is situated in
(a) Karnataka
(b) Gujarat
(c) Goa
(d) Kerala
90. What are comets?
(a) Celestial bodies with long tail that revolve around the sun
(b) Small stone like objects
(c) Planets between mars and Jupiter
(d) None of the above
91. Who represents the State government at Panchayat level?
(a) VLW
(b) Mukhiya
(c) Sarpanch
(d) Panchayat Samiti
Directions (Q. Nos. 92 and 93) In the following questions, choose the word which is most opposite to the given word.
92. ANXIETY
(a) Anguish
(b) Apathy
(c) Examine
(d) Repose
93. ACQUITTED
(a) Freed
(b) Burdened
(c) Convicted
(d) Entrusted
Directions (Q. Nos. 94 and 95) In the following questions choose the word which best expresses the meaning of the given word.
94. MANIFOLD
(a) Few
(b) Scanty
(c) Plenty
(d) Deform
95. CANTANKEROUS
(a) Quarrelsome
(b) Rash
(c) Disrespectful
(d) Noisy
Directions (Q. Nos. 96-98) Find out the grammatical error in the following sentences.
96. He bought (a) / the dress before (b) / he met the girl friend. (c) / No error (d)
97. The customer handed over (a)/ a hundred rupees note (b) / to the shopkeeper. (c)/ No error (d)
98. If I were him (a)/ I would have taught (b) / those cheats a lesson. (c)/ No error (d)
Directions (Q. Nos. 99 and 100) Fill up the blanks with appropriate words.
99. No sooner did he go in ……… he came out.
(a) and
(b) then
(c) when
(d) than
100. I have great respect ……. your qualities.
(a) in
(b) for
(c) towards
(d) into
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