Railway (RRC) Delhi Group ‘D’ Examination Held on 08-12-2013
1. The right option which when prefixed with ‘serve, side, set’ gives meaningful words is
(1) fre
(2) pre
(3) mind
(4) all three
2. Which of the following words when rearranged will give the word ‘PRESENT’?
(1) REETEPS
(2) REETNPS
(3) SEERENPT
(4) PREENSL
3. The cost of 5 tables and 7 chairs is Rs. 3,350 and the cost of 4 tables and 3 chairs is Rs. 1,900. The cost of a chair is
(1) Rs. 300
(2) Rs. 250
(3) Rs.450
(4) Rs. 320
4. The cost of an article is Rs. 350. If a salesman sells it at a profit of 14%, then the selling price of the article is
(1) Rs. 399
(2) Rs. 395
(3) Rs. 459
(4) Rs. 364
5. A fruit seller had some apples. He sells 40% of apples and still has 420 apples left. Originally, he had
(1) 588 apples
(2) 600 apples
(3) 672 apples
(4) 700 apples
6. Look at this series :
36, 34, 30, 28, 24, …..
What number should come next ?
(1) 20
(2) 22
(3) 23
(4) 26
7. Look at this series :
7, 10, 8, 11, 9, 12, ……
What number should come next ?
(1) 7
(2) 10
(3) 12
(4) 13
8. If 6 men and 8 boys can do a piece of work in 10 days while 26 men and 48 boys can do the same in 2 days, the time taken by 15 men and 20 boys in doing the same type of work will be
(1) 4 days
(2) 5 days
(3) 6 days
(4) 7 days
9. A can do a work in 15 days and B in 20 days. If they work on together for 4 days, then the fraction of the work that is left is
(1) 1/4
(2) 1/10
(3) 7/15
(4) 8/15
10. Fill up the blanks :
B2CD, BCD4, B5CD, BC6D
(1) B2C2D
(2) BC3D
(3) B2C3D
(4) BCD7
11. A man took loan from a bank at the rate of 12% p.a. simple interest. After 3 years he had to pay Rs. 5,400 as interest only for the period. The principal amount borrowed by him was
(1) Rs. 2,000
(2) Rs. 10,000
(3) Rs. 15,000
(4) Rs. 20,000
12. A batsman scored 110 runs which included 3 boundaries and 8 sixes. What per cent of his total score did he make by running between the wickets?
(1) 45%
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 55%
13. In the first 10 overs of a cricket game, the run rate was only 3.2. What should be the run rate in the remaining 40 overs to reach the target of 282 runs?
(1) 6.25
(2) 6.5
(3) 6.75
(4) 7
14. A grocer has a sale of Rs. 6,435, Rs. 6,927, Rs. 6,855, Rs. 7,230 and Rs. 6,562 for 5 consecutive months. How much sale must he have in the sixth month so that he gets an average sale of Rs. 6,500
(1) Rs. 4,991
(2) Rs. 5,991
(3) Rs. 6,001
(4) Rs. 6,991
15. If 16% of x is same as 12% of 48, then x = ?
(1) 24
(2) 36
(3) 32
(4) 40
16. A sum of money at simple interest amounts to Rs. 815 in 3 years and to Rs. 854 in 4 years. The sum is
(1) Rs. 650
(2) Rs. 690
(3) Rs. 698
(4) Rs. 700
17. A shopkeeper expects a gain of 22.5% on his cost price. If in a week his sale was of Rs. 392, what was h is profit?
(1) Rs. 18.20
(2) Rs. 70
(3) Rs. 72
(4) Rs. 88.25
18. A man buys a cycle for Rs. 1,400 and sells it at a loss of 15%. What is the selling price of the cycle?
(1) Rs. 1,090
(2) Rs. 1,160
(3) Rs. 1,190
(4) Rs. 1,202
19. Shyam purchased 20 dozens of toys at the rate of Rs. 375 per dozen. He sold each one of them at the rate of Rs. 33. What was h is percentage profit?
(1) 3.5
(2) 4.5
(3) 5.6
(4) 6.5
20. The percentage profit earned by selling an article for Rs. 1,920 is equal in the percentage loss incurred by selling the same article for Rs. 1,280. At what price should the article he sold to make 25% profit?
(1) Rs. 2,000
(2) Rs. 2,200
(3) Rs. 2,400
(4) Data inadequate
21. The dance form popular in North East India is
(1) Lai Haroba
(2) Parhaun
(3) Roof
(4) Bhangra
22. CRIS stands for
(1) Centre for Railway Internal Services
(2) Centre for Railway Information Systems
(3) Centre for Rail and Indian Stations
(4) Centre for Railway International Services
23. Narora Atomic Power Station is situated in
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Jammu and Kashmir
(4) Haryana
24. Among the following wonders of the world, the one that is still surviving is
(1) Pyramids of Egypt
(2) Colossus of Rhodes
(3) Pharos of Alexandria
(4) Statue of Zeus at Olympia
25. Deficiency of iodine causes
(1) Scurvy
(2) Goitre
(3) Anaemia
(4) Rickets
26. ‘Devdas’ is written by
(1) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(2) Vikram Seth
(3) Munshi Premchand
(4) Rabindranath Tagore
27. ‘Court’ is the playing area for
(1) Badminton
(2) Law tennis
(3) Basketball
(4) All three of the above
28. The term not associated with football is-
(1) forward
(2) corner
(3) pass
(4) penalty corner
29. Which of the following University is an Open University?
(1) Calcutta University
(2) Mumbai University
(3) IGNOU
(4) Nalanda University
30. The word ‘epicentre’ is used to describe
(1) Marine waves
(2) Tsunami
(3) Earthquake
(4) Glacier
31. Which among the following States is the major producer of woollen goods in India?
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Gujarat
(4) Uttar Pradesh
32. Which of the following cities does not lie on the banks of Yamuna?
(1) Delhi
(2) Agra
(3) Mathura
(4) Lucknow
33. Dudhwa National Park is situated in which State?
(1) Haryana
(2) Punjab
(3) Madhya Pradesh
(4) Uttar Pradesh
34. The Harappa culture belonged to the
(1) Iron Age
(2) Bronze Age
(3) Copper Age
(4) Stone Age
35. Who plundered the Somnath Temple in 1025 A.D.?
(1) Mahamud of Ghazni
(2) Mohammad Ghori
(3) Chengiz Khan
(4) Taimur Lung
36. The first Europeans who came to India were
(1) British
(2) French
(3) Dutch
(4) Portuguese
37. Who wrote “Tughlaqnama”?
(1) Amir Khusrao
(2) Malik Mohammad Jaisi
(3) Abul Fazal
(4) None of the above
38. Which one of the following will be same as its mirror image?
(1) WYTOTYW
(2) WYOTTWY
(3) WYTOTWY
(4) WYOTTYW
39. The word that can not be formed from t he letters of ‘DICTIONARY’ is
(1) DICTION
(2) DAIRY
(3) NATION
(4) RAIN
40. Which among the following words will come second in a dictionary?
(1) preside
(2) presidency
(3) presidentship
(4) president
41. Banihal is an important mountain pass of which State?
(1) Jammu and Kashmir
(2) Himachal Pradesh
(3) Uttarakhand
(4) Sikkim
42. Who founded the Gupta Dynasty?
(1) Chandragupta I
(2) Sri Gupta
(3) Chandragupta Vikramaditya
(4) Samudragupta
43. Who propounded the concept of zero and decimal system?
(1) Aryabhatta
(2) Varahamihira
(3) Charak
(4) Sushruta
44. The Agra Fort was built by which Mughal ruler?
(1) Babur
(2) Akbar
(3) Shah Jahan
(4) Aurangzeb
45. Which Mughal ruler was exiled to Rangoon after the Revolt of 1857?
(1) Bahadur Shah-I
(2) Akbar-II
(3) Shah Alam-II
(4) Bahadur Shah Zafar
46. When was the Battle of Buxar fought?
(1) 1757 AD.
(2) 1760 A.D.
(3) 1764 A.D.
(4) 1768 A.D.
47. Aligarh Muslim University was founded by
(1) Sir Syed Ahmad Khan
(2) Maulana Azad
(3) Badruddin Tyabji
(4) None of the above
48. Which Sikh Guru transformed the Sikhs into a body called Khalsa?
(1) Guru Tegh Bahadur
(2) Guru Govind Singh
(3) Guru Angad
(4) Guru Har Govind
49. The Gandhara School of At flourished during which period?
(1) Maurya period
(2) Gupta period
(3) Kushan period
(4) Harsha period
50. Who was the first Indian Governor-General of free India?
(1) C. Rajagopalachari
(2) Maulana Azad
(3) Sardar patel
(4) Rajendra Prasad
51. What is the maximum member strength of the Lok Sabha in India?
(1) 530
(2) 540
(3) 550
(4) 552
52. The Municipal Corporation is headed by
(1) Chairperson
(2) Councillor
(3) Mayor
(4) Collector
53. Who is the Commander of the Armed Forces in India?
(1) President
(2) Vice-President
(3) Prime Minister
(4) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
54. Which of the following countries is not a permanent member of UN Security Council?
(1) USA
(2) UK
(3) France
(4) Spain
55. Which of the following is not a type of cheque?
(1) Crossed cheque
(2) Blank cheque
(3) Speed cheque
(4) Bearer cheque
56. ATM stands for
(1) Any time Money
(2) All time Money
(3) Automated Teller Machine
(4) Automatic Telling Machine
57. Who is the current Chairman of the Planning Commission of India?
(1) Montek Singh Ahluwalia
(2) Dr. Manmohan Singh
(3) Pranab Mukherjee
(4) Vinod Rai
58. Who is the present Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha ?
(1) Sushma Swaraj
(2) Arun Jaitley
(3) Meira Kumar
(4) Najma Heptulla
59. Dada Saheb Phalke Award is given by the Ministry of
(1) Social Welfare
(2) Corporate Affairs
(3) Home Affairs
(4) Information and Broadcasting
60. Manmohan Singh is recently re-elected as a Rajya Sabha member from which State?
(1) Punjab
(2) Haryana
(3) Delhi
(4) Assam
61. Fill up the gap with proper group of alphabets :
MOQ, NPR, OQS, ______
(1) PTR
(2) PRT
(3) QSU
(4) PTT
62. Which one of the following will be same as its mirror image?
(1) XOYTXOY
(2) XOYTYOX
(3) XYTOOYX
(4) YTXYTXO
63. The word that can not be formed from the letters of ‘THOUSAND’ is
(1) SAND
(2) DATE
(3) HAND
(4) THOU
64. Which among the following words will come last in a dictionary?
(1) deficient
(2) defiance
(3) definition
(4) defiant
65. Which of the following can be added as a prefix to each of ‘vision, phone, scope’ to give meaningful words ?
(1) tell
(2) tele
(3) tel
(4) All of these
66. Which of the following words when rearranged will give the word ‘GRAPHIC’?
(1) APHICRG
(2) HIPARGA
(3) RGIPHIC
(4) IAHPCRA
67. A popular dance form of Jammu and Kashmir is
(1) Garba
(2) Chhau
(3) Chakri
(4) Bihu
68. Kalpakkam in Tamil Nadu is famous for
(1) Oil refinery
(2) Atomic power station
(3) Rice production
(4) Hydel power station
69. The instrument used to obtain a magnified view of small objects is
(1) Telescope
(2) Macroscope
(3) Microscope
(4) Stethoscope
70. ‘Otis’ is the name associated with
(1) Telegraph
(2) Submarine
(3) Computer
(4) Lift
71. The disease for which no vaccine has yet been developed is
(1) AIDS
(2) Tetanus
(3) Measles
(4) TB
72. The full name for LAN associated with computer networking is
(1) Land area network
(2) Local area network
(3) Local and non local
(4) Land and network
73. ‘Mahabharata’ was written by
(1) Maharshi Ved Vyas
(2) Kalidasa
(3) Valmiki
(4) Tulsidas
74. The name of the eminent activist associated with Lokpal Bill is
(1) Medha Patkar
(2) Anna Hazare
(3) Sonia Gandhi
(4) Baba Amte
75. Zubin Metha, the Indian-born maestro is a
(1) Vocalist
(2) Painter
(3) Musician
(4) Poet
76. Which of the following Stadium is not in Delhi?
(1) Chepauk Stadium
(2) Shivaji Stadium
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium
(4) Indira Gandhi Indoor Stadium
77. The acid that is present in curd is
(1) hydrochloric acid
(2) citric acid
(3) succinic acid
(4) lactic acid
78. The time difference between I.S.T. and G.M.T. is
(1) 5 hours
(2) 5 hours and 15 minutes
(3) 5 hours and 30 minutes
(4) 5 hours and 45 minutes
79. The largest deltaic plain of the world is
(1) Mesopotamian Plain
(2) Ganga-Brahmaputra Plain
(3) Irrawa-day Plain
(4) Tigris-Euphrates Plain
80. Sardar Sarovar Dam is built on which river?
(1) Yamuna
(2) Narmada
(3) Sutlej
(4) Bhagirathi
81. Anushka Shankar is the daughter of which famous Indian?
(1) Ravi Shankar
(2) Uday Shankar
(3) Mamta Shankar
(4) Tanushree Shankar
82. Who is the present Chief Minister of Uttarakhand?
(1) Vijay Bahuguna
(2) Akhilesh Yadav
(3) Kamalapati Tripathi
(4) Ajit Singh
83. Who, among the following, is the propagator of ‘Art of Living’?
(1) Sri Sri Ravishankar
(2) Swami Ramdev
(3) Swami Agnivesh
(4) Rajneesh
84. The mobile set Blackberry is manufactured by which company?
(1) Nokia
(2) Samsung
(3) Motorola
(4) RIM
85. Who is the present Governor of Himachal Pradesh?
(1) Shivraj Patil
(2) Urmila Singh
(3) M. K. Narayanan
(4) N. N. Vohra
86. Fill up the blanks :
ELFA, GLHA, ILJA, ______, MLNA
(1) OLPA
(2) KLMA
(3) LLMA
(4) KLLA
87. Electricity produced from falling water is called
(1) geothermal power
(2) thermal power
(3) hydro electricity
(4) non conventional energy
88. Major plantations of rubber is found in
(1) Malaysia
(2) Canada
(3) Alaska
(4) Mexico
89. Uttarakhand, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, West Bengal and Sikkim have common frontiers with
(1) China
(2) Bhutan
(3) Nepal
(4) Myanmar
90. Dehra Dun is part of the
(1) Himadri
(2) Himachal
(3) Shiwalik
(4) Garhwal Mountain
91. The southern stretch of the western coastal strip is referred to as
(1) Kannad
(2) Konkan
(3) Southern Circar
(4) Malabar
92. The rivers Bhagirathi and Alakananda meet at
(1) Haridwar
(2) Devaprayag
(3) Dhra Dun
(4) Gaumukh
93. The river Narmada has its source at
(1) Satpura
(2) Brahmagiri
(3) Amarkantak
(4) Gangotri
94. The word ‘monsoon’ is derived from the
(1) Latin word
(2) Sanskrit word
(3) Urdu word
(4) Arabic word
95. El Nino is
(1) a warm ocean current
(2) a cyclone
(3) a bird
(4) a forest in Africa
96. Pyorrhoea is a disease related to
(1) tooth
(2) gums
(3) nose
(4) mouth
97. Which one of the metals mentioned below is a liquid?
(1) Mercury
(2) Sodium
(3) Aluminium
(4) Zinc
98. Which gas is found dissolved in fizzy drinks?
(1) Argon
(2) Oxygen
(3) Carbon dioxide
(4) Carbon monoxide
99. Table salt is added while boiling vegetables as
(1) it increases boiling point of water
(2) it decreases boiling point of water
(3) it is tastier
(4) to save excess use of salt
100. The working of the human eye is like that of a
(1) Camera
(2) Telescope
(3) Microscope
(4) Periscope
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