Railway (RRC) Ranchi Group ‘D’ Examination Held on 01-12-2013
1. Which of the following beings with – “We, the people of India”?
(1) Declaration of Indian Independence
(2) Freedom at midnight speech by Nehru
(3) Constitution of India
(4) First Five Year Plan document
2. The Sarkaria Commission was related to
(1) Centre-State relations
(2) Provisions regarding Emergency
(3) Kavery Water dispute
(4) Administrative reforms
3. Which of the following states is the youngest?
(1) Telangana
(2) Sikkim
(3) Jharkhand
(4) Gujarat
4. Amul was established by
(1) M. S. Srinivasan
(2) Aruna Roy
(3) Ila Bhatt
(4) Verghese Kurien
5. The Chittagong Conspiracy was led by
(1) Subhash Chandra Bose
(2) Bhagat Singh
(3) Khudiram Bose
(4) Surya Sen
6. The Headquarters of Reserve Bank of India is located in
(1) New Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai
(4) Bangalore
7. The Indian Statistical Institute was established by
(1) P. C. Mahalanobis
(2) Homi Jahangir Bhabba
(3) Amartya Sen
(4) C. Ramanujan
8. Which of the following is not a direct cause of Current Account Deficit in
India?
(1) Import of Oil
(2) Import of Gold
(3) Imports being much more than Exports
(4) Depreciation of Rupee
9. In which of the following conditions can Emergency not be imposed in India?
(1) Financial distress
(2) Dissolution of government by President
(3) Breakdown of law and order
(4) War or external threat
10. The basic structure of the Constitution is defined by
(1) Supreme Court
(2) Parliament
(3) Constitution itself
(4) People of India
11. Any case of violation of Fundamental Rights can be heard
(1) Directly by the District Courts only
(2) Directly by the High Court only
(3) Directly by the Supreme Court
(4) By the National Human Rights Commission only
12. The Constitution of India can be amended
(1) By the supreme Court
(2) By the President
(3) By the Parliament
(4) By the Government
13. The women’s singles title in French Open, 2013 was won by
(1) Serena Williams
(2) Venus Williams
(3) Maria Sharapova
(4) Ana Ivanovic
14. The Directive Principles of State Policy are
(1) Enforceable by law
(2) Not enforceable by law
(3) Some are enforceable and some are not enforceable
(4) Enforceability is to be decided by Supreme Court
15. The voting age in India is
(1) 16 years
(2) 18 years
(3) 20 years
(4) 21 years
16. The epic Mahabharata was written by
(1) Valmiki
(2) Yagnavalakya
(3) Kalidas
(4) Ved Vyas
17. Which of the following does not characterize the Indus Valley Civilization?
(1) Town planning
(2) Trade
(3) A script that has not been deciphered
(4) Military Conquests
18. Chandragupta Maurya became king after overthrowing the
(1) Pala dynasty
(2) Kalinga dynasty
(3) Nanda dynasty
(4) Shunga dynasty
19. Susruta was a
(1) Dramatist
(2) Author of a treatise on Ayurveda
(3) King
(4) Philosopher
20. Which Mughal King did Rana Pratap fight with?
(1) Humayun
(2) Akbar
(3) Shah Jahan
(4) Aurangzeb
21. Which Mughal King did Shivaji fight with ?
(1) Akbar
(2) Jahangir
(3) Shah Jahan
(4) Aurangzeb
22. Permanent Settlement is associated with
(1) Warren Hastings
(2) Lord Curzon
(3) Lord Cornwallis
(4) Lord Lytton
23. The Viceroy of India at the time of Independence was
(1) Lord Mountbatten
(2) Lord Ripon
(3) Lord Curzon
(4) Lord Wavell
24. Dandi March is associated with
(1) Salt
(2) Sugar
(3) Onions
(4) Indigo
25. The Indian National Army was established by
(1) Bhagat Singh
(2) Chandra Shekhar Azad
(3) Subhash Chandra Bose
(4) Sardar Patel
26. The last Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah Zafar was exiled to _______after the 1857 war of independence.
(1) London
(2) Kathmandu
(3) Kabul
(4) Rangoon
27. The Mopla rebellion took place in
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Kerala
(3) Karnataka
(4) Andhra Pradesh
28. Vasco da Gama came to India in
(1) 1526 A.D.
(2) 1498 A.D.
(3) 1476 A.D.
(4) 1505 A.D.
29. Before integration with India, Goa was under the occupation of
(1) Spain
(2) Holland
(3) Portugal
(4) France
30. Which of the following was established a country for a Jews?
(1) Israel
(2) Iran
(3) Palestine
(4) Lebanon
31. Who said “God does not p lay dice with the Universe”?
(1) Pope John Paul II
(2) Winston Churchill
(3) Martin Luther
(4) Einstein
32. Which of the following countries was not a part of the Axis Powers during World War II?
(1) Italy
(2) Germany
(3) Japan
(4) Russia
33. The terms “Glasnost” and “Perestroika” are associated with
(1) Mikhail Gorbachev
(2) Vladimir Putin
(3) Boris Yeltsin
(4) Stalin
34. The author of “Das Kapital” was
(1) Karl Marx
(2) Sigmund Freud
(3) Freidrich Engels
(4) Immanuel Kant
35. Cultural Revolution in China is associated with
(1) Mao Tse Tung
(2) Sun Yat Sen
(3) Wu Jintao
(4) Deng Xiaoping
36. The river Looni flows through
(1) Bihar
(2) Jharkhand
(3) Chhattisgarh
(4) Rajasthan
37. The Satpura range meets the vindhya range at
(1) Nasik
(2) Nagpur
(3) Amarkantak
(4) Vadodara
38. Munnar is a hill station in
(1) Satpura range
(2) Vindhya range
(3) Himalayas
(4) Western ghats
39. The rivers Ganga and Yamuna meet at
(1) Varanasi
(2) Allahabad
(3) Kanpur
(4) Haridwar
40. The Andes Mountain Range is in
(1) Europe
(2) South America
(3) North America
(4) Australia
41. A cut from a rusted blade can cause
(1) Haemophilia
(2) Diphtheria
(3) Tetanus
(4) Rubella
42. Which of the following diseases does not take the form of an epidemic?
(1) Plague
(2) Cholera
(3) Bird Flu
(4) Anaemia
43. Which of the following is called the Powerhouse of the cell?
(1) Nucleus
(2) Ribosome
(3) Mitochondria
(4) Cytoplasm/Protoplasm
44. Somati cells divide by the process of
(1) Mitosis
(2) Meiosis
(3) Replication
(4) None of the above
45. The human foetus develops inside the
(1) Ovary
(2) Uterus
(3) Fallopian Tube
(4) Cervix
46. Obesity is not a cause for which of the following diseases?
(1) Diabetes
(2) Coronary Heart Disease
(3) Hypertension
(4) Jaundice
47. Which of the following diseases occurs due to uncontrolled cell division?
(1) Rabies
(2) Bubonic Plague
(3) Cancer
(4) Gangrene
48. How many kinds of Blood Groups do humans have?
(1) 4
(2) 6
(3) 8
(4) 12
49. Sex of a child is determined by
(1) Father
(2) Mother
(3) Both Father and Mother
(4) Neither Father nor Mother
50. Amoeba is an example of
(1) Bacteria
(2) Virus
(3) Fungus
(4) Unicellular Organism
51. Andromeda is a
(1) Star
(2) Comet
(3) Galaxy
(4) Satellite
52. Telephones was invented by
(1) Edison
(2) Graham Bell
(3) Farady
(4) Franklin
53. Manometer is used to measure
(1) Small distances
(2) Humidity
(3) Fluctuations in current
(4) Pressure
54. Which of the following units is used for very small distances?
(1) Millimetre
(2) Nanometre
(3) Decimetre
(4) Milligram
55. SETI organization devoted to searching for
(1) Extraterrestrial intelligence
(2) Oil and Natural Gas reserves
(3) Distant stars and galaxies
(4) Cosmic radiation
56. Volume of an iceberg remains submerged in water
(1) 1/9th
(2) 8/9th
(3) 4/5th
(4) 2/3th
57. Resonance is a phenomenon related to
(1) Amplitude
(2) Wavelength
(3) Frequency
(4) None of the above
58. Lambda is used to denote
(1) Amplitude
(2) Wavelength
(3) Frequency
(4) Viscosity
59. Oil floats over water because
(1) Density of oil is higher than water
(2) Density of oil is lesser than water
(3) Oil does not mix with water
(4) Oil is more viscous than water
60. Organic compounds generally form
(1) Electrovalent bonds
(2) Do not form bonds
(3) Electromagnetic bonds
(4) Covalent bonds
61. Graphite and Diamond are ______of carbon.
(1) Allotropes
(2) Isotopes
(3) Isomers
(4) Isotherms
62. Bulb : Electricity : : Car : ?
(1) Steering wheel
(2) Road
(3) Fuel
(4) Brakes
63. Month : Day :: Hour : ?
(1) Clock
(2) Year
(3) Time
(4) Minute
64. Moustache : Man :: ? : Woman
(1) Lips
(2) Beauty
(3) Breasts
(4) Saree
65. Music : Singer : : Painting : ?
(1) Artist
(2) Photographer
(3) Poet
(4) Painter
66. Pick the odd one out from amongst
(1) Potato
(2) Tomato
(3) Cabbage
(4) Mango
67. Pick the odd one out from amongst
(1) Clock
(2) Calculator
(3) Pendulum
(4) Chronometer
68. Pick the odd one out from amongst
(1) Clock
(2) Calculator
(3) Pendulum
(4) Chronometer
69. Pick the odd one out from amongst
(1) Navy
(2) Ship
(3) Boat
(4) Yacht
70. Pick the odd one out from amongst
(1) Cotton
(2) Wool
(3) Silk
(4) Nylon
71. In the diagram, the square represents the number of people who speak English and the circle represents the number of people who speak Hindi. If 550 people speak only English, the number of people who speak both English and Hindi is
(1) 850
(2) 550
(3) 300
(4) Cannot be determined
72. By my watch, I reached in time at my office which starts at 9 A. M. However, if I was actually 20 minutes early, my watch is running
(1) 20 minutes fast
(2) 20 minutes slow
(3) 10 minutes fast
(4) 10 minutes slow
73. If ‘South-east’ is called ‘East’, ‘North-west’ is called ‘West’, ‘South-west’ is called ‘South’ and so on, what will ‘North’ be called?
(1) East
(2) North-East
(3) North-west
(4) South-west
74. A man is facing East. If he turns 270
(1) North
(2) North-west
(3) South-west
(4) South
75. You go North, turn right, then, right again, and then go to the left. In which direction are you facing now?
(1) West
(2) East
(3) North
(4) South
76. If Ram is Saroj’s uncle’s daughter’s brother, then Ram is Saroj’s_____.
(1) Brother-in-law
(2) Cousin
(3) Nephew
(4) Uncle
77. If X is the brother of the son of Y’s son, how is X related to Y?
(1) Son
(2) Grandson
(3) Brother
(4) Uncle
78. Pointing towards a person. a man said to a woman, “His mother is the only daughter of your fathers”. How is the woman related to that person?
(1) Daughter
(2) Mother
(3) Sister
(4) Wife
79. At the end of a party, the ten people present all shake hands with each other once. How many handshakes will be there altogether?
(1) 10
(2) 20
(3) 45
(4) 55
80. 
Find the missing number :
(1) 38
(2) 39
(3) 40
(4) 44
81. 
Find the missing number :
(1) 45
(2) 50
(3) 60
(4) 63
82. The next number in the series 2, 5, 12, 27 is
(1) 54
(2) 56
(3) 58
(4) 60
83. The next number in the series 
(1) 
(2) 15
(3) 
(4) 20
84. The ratio of two numbers is 15 : 11. If their highest common factor is 13, then the numbers are :
(1) 75, 55
(2) 45, 22
(3) 104, 44
(4) 195, 143
85. The greatest four digit number exactly divisible by 88 is
(1) 8888
(2) 9944
(3) 9988
(4) 9968
86. Which among the following is the greatest quantity?
(1) 1/√2
(2) 1/√3
(3) 1/√4
(4) 1/√5
87. What fraction is 6 bananas out of 5 down bananas?
(1) 6/5
(2) 5/6
(3) 1/10
(4) 1/5
88. A man spent 2/7 of h is savings and still has Rs. 1000 left with him. What were his total savings?
(1) Rs. 1200
(2) Rs. 1400
(3) Rs. 1600
(4) Rs. 2100
89. 7/8 is what percent of 3/4?
(1) 96%
(2) 
(3) 
(4) 
90. 4/7 is 24% of what?
(1) 50/21
(2) 100/21
(3) 50/42
(4) 25/21
91. 35 increased 200% is equal to
(1) 70
(2) 110
(3) 105
(4) 90
92. When 75% of a number is added to 75, the result is the number again. The number is
(1) 150
(2) 300
(3) 350
(4) 450
93. A man spends 80% of his income and saves the rest. What percentage of his expenditure does he save?
(1) 20
(2) 25
(3) 40
(4) Data insufficient
94. 09 ÷ 9 = ?
(1) 0.9
(2) 0.1
(3) 0.01
(4) 0.001
95. The average age of 24 boys in a class is 16. If the teacher is included and one boy is excluded, the average age increases by 1. The age of the teacher is
(1) 32 years
(2) 28 years
(3) 24 years
(4) Data insufficient
96. The ratio between the number of boys and girls is a school is 2 : 5. If there are 350 students in the school, find the number of girls.
(1) 100
(2) 150
(3) 200
(4) 250
97. The ratio between two numbers is 3 : 5. If each number is increased by 4, the ratio becomes 2 : 3. The two numbers are
(1) 12 and 20
(2) 9 and 15
(3) 15 and 25
(4) 6 and 10
98. If Mohan’s profit on selling a pen is 20% of the selling price, what is h is real profit percent?
(1) 20%
(2) 10%
(3) 15%
(4) 25%
99. I gave some money at simple interest and at the end of 10 years got back twice the sum. The rate % per annum was
(1) 5%
(2) 15%
(3) 10%
(4) 20%
100. A sum of money doubles itself in 7 years. In how many years does it become four fold at the same rate of simple interest?
(1) 21 years
(2) 28 years
(3) 35 years
(4) 24 years
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