Railway (RRC) Eastern Railway Group ‘D’ Examination 1st Sitting Held on 09-11-2014
1. Total monthly income of two persons is Rs. 7500. They spend 90% and 80% of their incomes respectively. If the ratio of their monthly savings is 3 : 4., what are their monthly incomes?
(1) 5000, 2500
(2) 4000, 3500
(3) 5500, 2000
(4) 4500, 3000
2. A man can row upstream at 16 km/hr and downstream at 22 km/hr. Find the man’s speed in still water in km/hr.
(1) 19
(2) 14
(3) 17
(4) 18
3. The difference of simple interest of Rs. 1200 for 3 years and that of Rs. 800 for 4 years at some rate is Rs. 20. The rate percent per annum is
(1) 2.5
(2) 5
(3) 8
(4) 10
4. A exceeds B by 40% and B is less than C by 20%, then A : C is –
(1) 28 : 25
(2) 26 : 25
(3) 3 : 2
(4) 3 : 1
5. If there be a loss of 20% on cost price, the rate of loss calculated on selling p rice would be –
(1) 15%
(2) 20%
(3) 25%
(4) 30%
6. The value of 
(1) 2
(2) 1
(3) 1/2
(4) 2/3
7. Two three digit numbers have their H.C.F (Highest Common Factor) 29 and L.C.M (Lowest Common Multiple) 4147. The sum of the numbers is-
(1) 966
(2) 696
(3) 669
(4) 666
8. In a school, 65% of the students passed in English, 55% in Mathematics and 40% passed in both the subjects in the last annual examination. If 20 students failed in both the subjects, find the total number of examinees in the school.
(1) 12
(2) 80
(3) 100
(4) 90
9. In a camp of 4,000 men there was provision for food for 190 days. After 30 days 800 men went way to other place. How many days will the rest of food provide for the remaining men?
(1) 100
(2) 160
(3) 200
(4) 220
10. In a certain type of brass, 25% is zinc and rest is copper. How much copper is present in 264 kg of this quality of brass?
(1) 198 kg
(2) 202 kg
(3) 66 kg
(4) 132 kg
11. Out of 3,650 villagers in a village, the ratio of number of adults to the number of minors is 7 : 3. Find the number of adults in the village.
(1) 2550
(2) 1095
(3) 2555
(4) 2600
12. How many seconds a caravan 120 metres long running at the rate of 10 m/s will take to pass a standing boy.
(1) 10
(2) 12
(3) 11
(4) 14
13. The number 72 is divided into two parts such that 20% of one part is equal to 25% of the other part. Find the two parts.
(1) 40, 32
(2) 50, 22
(3) 48, 24
(4) 60, 12
14. 15 labourers can plough 18 bighas of land in 5 days. If 10 labourer work for 10 days, then how much land will be ploughed?
(1) 20 bighas
(2) 12 bighas
(3) 18 bighas
(4) 24 bighas
15. The average of 25 results is 18. The average of first 12 of them is 14 and that of last 12 is17. The thirteenth result is
(1) 28
(2) 78
(3) 72
(4) 85
16. P can do a piece of work in 20 days and Q in 40 days. P begins the work and thereafter they work alternately on one on each day. On which day will the work be completed ?
(1) 24th day
(2) 25th day
(3) 26th day
(4) 27 day
17. What is the least number which when lessened by 5 is divisible by 36, 48, 21 and 28?
(1) 1008
(2) 1003
(3) 1013
(4) 1018
18. The sum of the present ages of father and his son is 65 years. Ten years ago the ratio of their ages was 7 : 2. What will be the ratio of their ages ten years hence?
(1) 12 : 6
(2) 11 : 6
(3) 11 : 5
(4) 12 : 7
19. What principal will amount to Rs. 747 in 6 years at the rate of 11% per annum?
(1) 500
(2) 425
(3) 450
(4) 600
20. A boy was asked to multiply a number by 12. By mistake, he multiplied the number by 21 and got his answer 63 more than the correct answer. The number to be multiplied was-
(1) 7
(2) 9
(3) 8
(4) 12
21. In a certain code, PAN is written as 31 and PAR is coded as 35; what will be the code of PAT in the same code?
(1) 30
(2) 37
(3) 39
(4) 41
22. If ‘ghost’ is coded as ‘haste’, then how will you code ‘rose’?
(1) pose
(2) dsep
(3) oser
(4) osep
23. A man starts from his office and goes 3 km East. Then he turns to the left and again walks for 3 km. Again he turns left and walks 5 km. At what distance is he form the starting point?
(1) 3 km
(2) 4 km
(3) 6 km
(4) 7 km
24. The lowest number of 4 digits which is a perfect square is-
(1) 1000
(2) 1024
(3) 1089
(4) 1156
25. In a queue at the bust stop, A is 7th from the front and B is 9th from the end. When they both exchange their positions, A becomes 11th from the beginning. How m any people are there in the queue?
(1) 20
(2) 19
(3) 18
(4) 21
Directions (26-27) Select the pair which is different from others.
26.
(1) Chair and Table
(2) Shirt and Trousers
(3) Home and House
(4) Pen and Inkpot
27.
(1) 21, 42
(2) 24, 48
(3) 37, 74
(4) 35, 28
28. In an examination, 70 percent of the students passed in auditing, 55 percent in accountancy and 40 percent in both the subjects. If 45 students had failed in both the subjects, the total number of students passed at least in one subject is –
(1) 300
(2) 250
(3) 255
(4) 270
29. Deepak is the brother of Naresh and Suresh is the father of Deepak. Ramesh is the brother of Anu and Anu is the daughter of Naresh. Who is the uncle of Ramesh?
(1) Deepak
(2) Suresh
(3) Naresh
(4) None of these
30. 49 : 81 :: 64 : ?
(1) 36
(2) 100
(3) 121
(4) 144
31. Chauri Chaura incident took place on –
(1) February 5, 1922
(2) January 5, 1921
(3) March 5, 1923
(4) April 10, 1924
32. Rana Sangha was defeated by Babur in 1527 in the battle of-
(1) Panipat
(2) Haldighat
(3) Chausa
(4) Khanwa
33. Treaty of Salbai took place in the year-
(1) 1780
(2) 1781
(3) 1782
(4) 1783
34. ‘Ramacharitmanas’ was written by
(1) Tulsidas
(2) Namdev
(3) Gyandev
(4) Kabir
35. The famous Bengali novel ‘Pather Dabi’ was written by
(1) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(2) Sarat Chandra Chattopadhyay
(3) Bibhuti Bhuan Bandyopadhyay
(4) Rabindranath Tagore
36. Freedom fighters Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev were executed on-
(1) 23rd August, 1931
(2) 23rd March, 1931
(3) 31st March, 1931
(4) 29th March, 1931
37. The last powerful and significant Gupta king who defeated the Hunas was-
(1) Kumaragupta
(2) Chandragupta III
(3) Mahagupta
(4) Sikandragupta
38. Who founded ‘Khudai Khidmatgar’?
(1) Abul Kalam Azad
(2) Muhammad Barkatullah
(3) Hakim Azmal Khan
(4) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
39. Who was the Venetian traveler to the Vijayangar empire?
(1) Nicolo di Conti
(2) Megasthenes
(3) Vasco da Gama
(4) IbnBatuta
40. Whose clarion call to the nation was-‘Arise, Awake and Stop not till the goal is reached’?
(1) Rabindranath Tagore
(2) Dayananda Saraswati
(3) Swami Vivekananda
(4) Aurobindo Ghosh
41. Civil Disobedience Movement was started b y Gandhiji in the year
(1) 1929
(2) 1930
(3) 1931
(4) 1932
42. Who was the British Prime Minister when India achieved independence?
(1) Ramsay Macdonald
(2) Winston Churchill
(3) Clement Atlee
(4) Stafford Cripps
43. Poona Pact (1932) was between Gandhiji and-
(1) Vallabbhai Patel
(2) Rajendra Prasad
(3) Lord Irwin
(4) B. R. Ambedkar
44. Satyashodhak Samaj was founded by –
(1) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(2) Jyotiba Phule
(3) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(4) Govind Ballabh Pant
45. Who was the ninth Guru of the Sikhs?
(1) Guru Ramdas
(2) Guru Govind SIngh
(3) Guru Teg Bahadur
(4) Guru Amardas
46. Vasco da Gama set foot on the Indian soil in the year-
(1) 1487
(2) 1488
(3) 1489
(4) 1498
47. Shivaji assumed the title ‘Chatrapti’ in the year-
(1) 1670
(2) 1672
(3) 1673
(4) 1674
48. Who was the proponent of ‘Din-i-Ilahi’?
(1) Shah Jahan
(2) Jehangir
(3) Humayun
(4) Akbar
49. Which Iindian national leader was popularly known as ‘Deshbandhu’?
(1) Motilal Nehru
(2) Chittaranjan Das
(3) Surendranath Banerjee
(4) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
50. Who was the writer of Buddhacharita?
(1) Vasumitra
(2) Asvaghosha
(3) Panini
(4) Visakhdutta
51. In which country is the volcanic mountain Mt. Catopaxi situated?
(1) U.S.A.
(2) Mexico
(3) Italy
(4) Ecuador
52. What is the special branch of Geology by which earthquake is studied?
(1) Anthropology
(2) Epilogy
(3) Seismology
(4) Earthology
53. Northern half of Western Ghats
(1) Sahyadri
(2) Malayadri
(3) Satpura
(4) Nilgiri
54. Ranathambore wild life sanctuary is located in the state of:
(1) Gujarat
(2) Assam
(3) Karnataka
(4) Rajasthan
55. What type of mountain is the Andes?
(1) Block
(2) Fold
(3) Residual
(4) Volcanic
56. The river which is known as ‘Sorrow of Bengal is :
(1) Mahanadi
(2) Subarnarekha
(3) Tista
(4) Damodar
57. The Hwang Ho plains in China is an example of :
(1) Erosional Plains
(2) Structural Plains
(3) Coastal Plains
(4) Depositional Plains
58. Which is the largest river of Peninsular India?
(1) The Krishna
(2) The Kaveri
(3) The Godavari
(4) The Pennar
59. Tributary joining the Ganga from the south is:
(1) Yamuna
(2) Son
(3) Tapi
(4) Gomati
60. The plateau of Malwa in India is one of the examples of:
(1) Piedmont Plateau
(2) Continental Plateau
(3) Intermontane Plateau
(4) None of these
61. The atmospheric layer which reflects radio-waves is called :
(1) Exosphere
(2) Ionosphere
(3) Stratosphere
(4) Troposphere
62. Alloys like brass and bronze are examples of which kind of mixture?
(1) Solid in Solid
(2) Solid in Liquid
(3) Slid in Gas
(4) Gas in Solid
63. Sulphur dioxide is an example of :
(1) Acidic oxide
(2) Basic oxide
(3) Neutral oxide
(4) Amphoteric oxide
64. The three primary colours are :
(1) Blue, Green and Red
(2) Blue, Yellow and Red
(3) Yellow, Orange and Red
(4) Violet, Indigo and Blue
65. The specific heat of water is :
(1) Zero
(2) Half
(3) Three fourth
(4) One
66. The reverberation of sound in a hall results due to continued :
(1) Reflection
(2) Interference
(3) Diffraction
(4) Absorption
67. In an electric kettle, water becomes hot by :
(1) Conduction
(2) Radiation
(3) Moving particles
(4) Convection
68. Galvanising is coating iron with :
(1) Nickel
(2) Zinc
(3) Chromium
(4) Copper
69. Among the following, the compound used as a fertilizer is :
(1) Copper sulphate
(2) Ammonium sulphate
(3) Sodium sulphate
(4) Aluminium sulphate
70. Deficiency of iron causes :
(1) Nervous disorders
(2) Heart diseases
(3) Anaemia
(4) Impairment of vision
71. The constituents of German Silver are :
(1) Copper, Nickel, Tin
(2) Copper and Silver
(3) Copper, Nickel and Chromium
(4) Copper, Nickel, Zinc
72. First organic compound prepared in the laboratory was :
(1) Urea
(2) Acetic acid
(3) Ammonium sulphate
(4) Calcium cynamide
73. An astronaut in an earth satellite will observe sky as :
(1) Deep red
(2) Sky blue
(3) Deep blue
(4) Black
74. The chemical name of common salt is :
(1) Sodium chloride
(2) Potassium chloride
(3) Sodium carbonate
(4) Potassium carbonate
75. Relative humidity is measured by :
(1) Anemometer
(2) Thermometer
(3) Chronometer
(4) Hygrometer
76. A non-material kind of pollution is :
(1) Land pollution
(2) Air pollution
(3) Noise pollution
(4) Water pollution
77. The chemical name of vitamin B is :
(1) Riboflavin
(2) Cobalamine
(3) Ascorbic acid
(4) Thiamin
78. The process by which solids are transformed directly into the vapour state is known as :
(1) Distillation
(2) Sedimentation
(3) Decantation
(4) Sublimation
79. Temperature is measured by :
(1) Anemometer
(2) Thermometer
(3) Seismometer
(4) Barometer
80. I. unit of heat is:
(1) Faraday
(2) Watt
(3) Joule
(4) Kelvin
81. Vice-President of India is elected by an electoral college consisting of
(1) elected members of the Rajya Sabha
(2) elected members of both Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha
(3) the members of the parliament and state legislatures
(4) the members of both Houses of the Parliament
82. Capital of Peru is :
(1) Brasilia
(2) Montevideo
(3) Lima
(4) Asuncion
83. The highest court of appeal in India is :
(1) Parliament
(2) High Court
(3) Supreme Court
(4) Vidhan Sabha
84. The monetary unit of South Africa is :
(1) Pound
(2) Dollar
(3) Rand
(4) Rupee
85. Who has been appointed as Home Minister of India after the constitution of 16th Lok Sabha?
(1) Arun Jaitley
(2) Ravi Shankar Prasad
(3) Sushma Swaraj
(4) Rajnath Singh
86. Which country is called the ‘low country’ of the earth?
(1) Spain
(2) Holland
(3) Italy
(4) Hungary
87. Which article of the Constitution of India deals with the procedure of its amendment?
(1) Article 360
(2) Article 362
(3) Article 368
(4) Article 367
88. The largest desert in the world is :
(1) Sahara
(2) Gobi
(3) Kalahari
(4) Thar
89. Who has been awarded Dadasaheb Phalke Award in 2013?
(1) Amitabh Bachhan
(2) Lata Mangeshkar
(3) Gulzar
(4) Saumitra Chatterjee
90. Who was the first human being who went to space?
(1) Neil Armstrong
(2) Yuri Gagarin
(3) Rakesh Sharma
(4) Edwin Aldrin
91. Who has been awarded Indira Gandhi Peace Prize for 2013?
(1) Angela Markel
(2) Dalai Lama
(3) Sheikh Hasina
(4) Hilary Clinton
92. River Po flows through :
(1) Austria
(2) Italy
(3) Yugoslavia
(4) France
93. Which among the following is not a SAARC country?
(1) Myanmar
(2) Bhutan
(3) India
(4) Maldives
94. The supreme command of the defence forces in India is vested in the :
(1) President
(2) Vice President
(3) Prime Minister
(4) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
95. Who has been awarded Nobel Prize in literature in the year 2013?
(1) Pablo Neruda
(2) Omar Pamuk
(3) James Coetzee
(4) Alice Munro
96. As per 2011 census of India, which state is the highest population density?
(1) Bihar
(2) West Bengal
(3) Kerala
(4) Uttar Pradesh
97. Surya Kiran VI is :
(1) a temple
(2) a navy exercise between U.S.A. and India
(3) an army exercise between Nepal and India
(4) a solar energy plant
98. Who administers oath of office of the Vice-President of India?
(1) Chief Justice of India
(2) President of India
(3) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(4) Prime Minister of India
99. Which film has been awarded Oscar Academy Award in 2014 in the category of ‘Best Picture’?
(1) Blue Jasmine
(2) 12 Years a Slave
(3) Gravity
(4) Frozen
100. Who is the author of the famous novel, “One hundred Years of Solitude”?
(1) Pablo Neruda
(2) Charles Dickens
(3) V. S. Naipaul
(4) Gabriel Garcia Marquez
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