Railway (RRC) South Eastern Railway Group ‘D’ Examination Delhi Zone Held on 23.11.2014
1. A train crosses a pole in 15 seconds. If the speed of the train is 36 km/hr, then the length of the train is :
(1) 200 metres
(2) 175 metres
(3) 150 metres
(4) 120 metres
2. By selling 100 bananas, a fruit-seller gains the selling price of 20 bananas. His gain is :
(1) 10%
(2) 15%
(3) 20%
(4) 25%
3. One type of tea costing Rs. 150 per kg is mixed with another type of tea costing Rs. 200 per kg in the ration 2 : 3. What is the price of the mixed tea per kg?
(1) Rs. 180
(2) Rs. 170
(3) Rs. 175
(4) Rs. 185
4. A train moves past a telegraph post in 8 seconds and a bridge 264 long in 20 seconds. What is the speed of the train.
(1) 69.5 km/hr
(2) 70 km/hr
(3) 79 km/hr
(4) 79.2 km/hr
5. Cost of 3 chairs and 4 tables together is equal to cost of 5 chairs and 3 tables. What is the ratio of the cost of a chair and table?
(1) 2 : 1
(2) 1 : 2
(3) 3 : 1
(4) 3 : 2
6. Given P : Q = 2 : 3 and Q : R = 4 : 5; if R – P = 21, then what is Q?
(1) 24
(2) 27
(3) 30
(4) 36
7. If the numerator of a fraction be decreased by 10% and the denominator be increased by 20%, the fraction becomes 9/20. Find the original fraction.
(1) 3/5
(2) 2/5
(3) 5/9
(4) 4/5
8. The product of two numbers is 4107. If the H.C.F. of the numbers is 37, the greater number is :
(1) 185
(2) 111
(3) 107
(4) 101
9. At what ratio milk costing 16.50 per litre be mixed with water so that the price of the mixture is Rs. 15 per litre?
(1) 5 : 1
(2) 10 : 1
(3) 5 : 2
(4) 5 : 3
10. If the length of each side of a square is decreased by 10%, how much percent will the area of the square decrease?
(1) 20%
(2) 40%
(3) 19%
(4) 21%
11. If the ratio of two numbers is 2 : 3 and their L.C.M. is 144, what are the numbers?
(1) 36, 54
(2) 24, 36
(3) 12, 18
(4) 48, 72
12. If lemons are bought 6 for a rupee and sold at 5 for a rupee, what will be the gain percent?
(1) 25%
(2) 10%
(3) 15%
(4) 20%
13. In two types of brass, the ration of copper and zinc are 8 : 3 and 15 : 7 respectively. If these two types of brass are mixed in the ratio 5 : 2, what will be t he ratio of copper and zinc in the new mixture?
(1) 5 : 3
(2) 5 : 2
(3) 7 : 3
(4) 8 : 15
14. 10 men working 6 hours a day can complete a work in 18 days. How many hours a day must 15 men work to complete the same work in 12 days?
(1) 6
(2) 10
(3) 12
(4) 15
15. If 6 persons working 8 hours a day earn Rs. 8400 per week, then 9 persons working 6 hours a day will earn week –
(1) Rs. 8400
(2) Rs. 16800
(3) Rs. 9450
(4) Rs. 16200
16. By selling a tape-recorder for Rs. 950, I lose 5%. What percent shall I gain by selling it for Rs. 1040?
(1) 5
(2) 4
(3) 4.5
(4) 9
17. The average monthly income of X and Y is Rs. 5050. The average monthly income of Y and Z is Rs. 6250 and the average monthly income of X and Z is Rs. 5200. The monthly income of X is :
(1) Rs. 4050
(2) Rs. 3500
(3) Rs. 4000
(4) Rs. 5000
18. There are 50 students in a class. One of them weighing 50 kg goes way and a new student joins. By this, the average weight of the class increases by 1/2 kg. The weight of the new student is :
(1) 70 kg
(2) 72 kg
(3) 75 kg
(4) 76 kg
19. The length of a rectangular hall is 5 metres more than its breadth. The area of the hall is 750 metre square. The length o f the hall is :
(1) 15 m
(2) 22.5 m
(3) 25 m
(4) 30 m
20. In two (2) hours, a man can row 26 km downstream but only 14 km upstream. The sped of the stream is :
(1) 2 km/hr
(2) 3 km/hr
(3) 4 km/hr
(4) 4.5 km/hr
21. A was born 5 years before B. B is 4 years older than C and 3 years younger to D. If A is now 17 years old, how old is D?
(1) 19 years
(2) 15 years
(3) 12 years
(4) 8 years
22. If NATION is coded as 467234 and EARN is coded as 1654, then ATTENTION should be coded as :
(1) 432769561
(2) 956143654
(3) 766412743
(4) 677147234
23. In a certain code language, ‘col tip mot’ means ‘singing is appreciable’; mot baj min’ means ‘adancing is good’; ‘tip mop baj’ means ‘singing and dacning’. Which of the following means ‘appreciable’?
(1) tip
(2) mot
(3) mop
(4) col
Directions (24-27) : Select the related word/letters/number from the given alternatives.
24. 1 : 8 : : 27 : ?
(1) 37
(2) 47
(3) 64
(4) 57
25. 12 : 30 : : 20 : ?
(1) 22
(2) 42
(3) 35
(4) 48
26. Fox : Cunning : Rabbit : ?
(1) Courageous
(2) Dangerous
(3) Timid
(4) Ferocious
27. ABC/F : BCD/I :: CDE/L : ?
(1) DEF/O
(2) DEF/N
(3) EDF/O
(4) DEF/M
Direction (28-30) : Find the missing number/letters word from the given alternatives.
28. 7, 9, 13, 21, ?
(1) 31
(2) 35
(3) 32
(4) 37
29. DWEF, FUGT, HISR, ?
(1) JKQP
(2) JPQK
(3) JQKP
(4) JPKQ
30. 1, 1, 4, 8, 9, 7 ?
(1) 31
(2) 64
(3) 16
(4) 10
31. Identify the case where the members of the Hindustan Republican Party were involved?
(1) Alipore Conspiracy case
(2) Deli Conspiracy case
(3) Kakor Conspiracy case
(4) Chittagong Armoury Raid
32. Krishnadeve Raya belonged to which of the following dynasties?
(1) Sangama
(2) Saluva
(3) Tuluva
(4) Aravidu
33. The biggest building at Mohenjaodaro was the :
(1) Assembly Hall
(2) Great Bath
(3) Rectangular Building
(4) Great Granary
34. The famous Bengali play ‘Neel Darpan’ (1860) was about :
(1) the handloom wavers
(2) the indigo planters and indigo farmers
(3) the artisans
(4) the common man
35. Which movement was launched along with Khilafat movement?
(1) Swadeshi Movement
(2) Home Rule Movement
(3) Civil Disobedience Movement
(4) Non-Cooperation Movement
36. Theosophical Society was founded in the year :
(1) 1867
(2) 1870
(3) 1875
(4) 1884
37. What was the capital of Kadamba Kings?
(1) Banavasi
(2) Badami
(3) Malabar
(4) Vengi
38. During the British rule, in which year was the All India Muslim League founded?
(1) 1905
(2) 1906
(3) 1907
(4) 1908
39. Who was the founder of the Hindu Philosophical thought, Sankhya’?
(1) Patanjali
(2) Gautama
(3) Kapila
(4) Badrayana
40. Chand Bibi, the famous queen who fought valiantly against Akbar belonged to which Kingdom?
(1) Bijapur
(2) Golconda
(3) Ahmadnagar
(4) Berar
41. Who was the first Muslim President of Indian National Congress
(1) Hakim Azmal Khan
(2) Rafi Ahmed Kidwai
(3) Abul Kalam Azad
(4) Badruddin Taiyabjee
42. ‘Mattavilasa-Prahasana’ was written by :
(1) Mahdravarman I
(2) Narasimha
(3) Narasimhavarman II
(4) Simhavishnu
43. Where did Gautama Buddha attain enlightenment?
(1) Lumbini
(2) Sarnath
(3) Bodh Gaya
(4) Kusinagara
44. Which national leader during the freedom struggle was known as ‘Desapriya’?
(1) Chittaranjan Das
(2) Jatindranath Das
(3) Birendranath Sansmal
(4) Jatindra Mohan Sengupta
45. Which one of the following leaders was elected as President of the all India Khilafat Conference held in Delhi in 1919?
(1) Mahatma Gandhi
(2) Shaukat Ali
(3) M. A. Jinnah
(4) Abul Kalam Azad
46. Who was the father of Gautama Buddha?
(1) Devadatta
(2) Siddhartha
(3) Tathagata
(4) Suddhodhana
47. Who along with Bhagat Singh threw a bomb in the Central Legislative Assembly on April 8, 1929?
(1) Rajguru
(2) Sukhdev
(3) Jatin Das
(4) Batukeshwar Dutta
48. Who among the following foreigners was first to arrive in India?
(1) Megasthenes
(2) Iban Batuta
(3) Hiuen Tsang
(4) Fa Hien
49. Where was Mahatma Gandhi detained during ‘Quit India’ movement?
(1) Sabarmati Ashram
(2) Sevagram
(3) Aga Khan Palace
(4) Residence of Jamnalal Bajaj
50. The Aihole Inscription refers to the exploits of
(1) Harsha Vardhana
(2) Rajendra I
(3) Pulakesin II
(4) Rajaraja I
51. Palk Strait separates India from :
(1) Pakistan
(2) China
(3) Maldives
(4) Sri Lanka
52. In which course of the river, deltas are formed?
(1) Upper or Mountain Course
(2) Middle or Valley Course
(3) Lower of Plain Course
(4) None of these
53. Which one of the following types of plaints is not formed by the action of the rivers?
(1) Loess Plains
(2) Alluvial Plains
(3) Flood Plain Deposits
(4) Deltas
54. In which Indian state is Bharatpur Bird Sanctuary situated?
(1) Gujarat
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Himachal Pradesh
55. Which of the following is not a tributary of the river Krishna?
(1) Tungabhadra
(2) Malaprabha
(3) Ghataprabha
(4) Amravati
56. On which river is the Idukki Dam located?
(1) Krishna
(2) Kaveri
(3) Periyar
(4) Mahanadi
57. The leading producer of Coffee in the world is :
(1) Turkey
(2) Brazil
(3) Venezuela
(4) Cuba
58. The grassland ‘Pampas’ is situated in which of the following countries?
(1) Brazil
(2) U.S.A
(3) Canada
(4) Argentina
59. Which of the following is not an igneous rock?
(1) Granite
(2) Quartz
(3) Feldspar
(4) Slate
60. Roaring Forties is/are:
(1) One of the major water currents of the Atlantic Ocean
(2) Westerly Winds
(3) The biggest and the most dangerous river of the Europe
(4) The name given to the biggest waterfalls in the world
61. The vitamin t hat is found in citrus foods such as lemon and oranges is :
(1) vitamin C
(2) vitamin A
(3) vitamin B
(4) vitamin D
62. Which of the following is by product in the manufacture of soap?
(1) glycerol
(2) ethanol
(3) methanol
(4) glycol
63. A wire conveying current can deflect a pivoted magnetic needle. This was was discovered by:
(1) Marconi
(2) Oersted
(3) Feraday
(4) Ohm
64. Who discovered neutron, one of the constituent particles of nucleus of an atom?
(1) Madam Curie
(2) Rutherford
(3) James Chadwick
(4) Max Planck
65. What is the chemical formula for Green Vitriol?
(1) FeSO4 . 7H2O
(2) MgSO4 . 7H2O
(3) CaSO4 . 2H2O
(4) ZnSO4 . 7H2O
66. The weight of an object would be minimum when it is placed:
(1) at the North Pole
(2) at the South Pole
(3) at the Equator
(4) at the centre of the earth
67. In a refrigerator, the refrigerant is :
(1) nitrogen
(2) oxygen
(3) chlorine
(4) Freon
68. A red object, when seen through a thick blue glass, appears :
(1) red
(2) violet
(3) green
(4) black
69. Among the following, whose function is to transport Oxygen through the human body?
(1) White Blood Corpuscles
(2) Blood Platelets
(3) Plasma
(4) Red Blood Corpuscles
70. What is the chemical name of vitamin B2?
(1) Thiamin
(2) Retinol
(3) Ascorbic Acid
(4) Riboflavin
71. Which of the following is the cause of weightlessness experienced while orbiting around earth on a spaceship?
(1) inertia
(2) zero gravity
(3) acceleration
(4) centre of gravity
72. Formation of shadows can be explained by:
(1) rectilinear propagation of light
(2) reflection
(3) refraction
(4) total internal reflection
73. Formation of the following is a solid?
(1) Chloroform
(2) Iodoform
(3) Ethy Alcohol
(4) Ether
74. The method used to separate aluminium from alumina is :
(1) electroplating
(2) electrotyping
(3) electrolysis
(4) distillation
75. Treatment of rubbers with sulphur is termed as :
(1) hardening
(2) blackening
(3) softening
(4) vulcanising
76. Of the following types of electromagnetic radiation, which has the longest wavelength?
(1) ultraviolet rays
(2) gamma rays
(3) radio waves
(4) infrared waves
77. We cannot see during a fog because of :
(1) reflection of light
(2) internal reflection
(3) refraction
(4) scattering of light
78. In the working of an electric fan, there is conversion of:
(1) electrical energy into heat energy
(2) electrical energy into mechanical energy
(3) mechanical energy into electrical energy
(4) mechanical energy into heat energy
79. Which among the following is not a nitrogenous fertilizer?
(1) Ammonium Sulphate
(2) Calcium Cynamide
(3) Superphosphate of Lime
(4) Urea
80. A hormone which contains iodine is :
(1) adrenalin
(2) glucagon
(3) epinephrine
(4) thyroxin
81. To which country does the footballer Christiano Ronaldo belong to ?
(1) Portugal
(2) Spain
(3) England
(4) France
82. Where is Himalayan Mountaineering Institute located?
(1) Darjeeling
(2) Dehradun
(3) Marmagao
(4) Dispur
83. The salary and allowances of President are charged on the :
(1) Consolidated Fund of India
(2) Contingency Fund of India
(3) Rashtrapati Fund
(4) Special Fund of Parliament
84. Who will become President of the European Council on 1st December, 2014?
(1) Alexandero Stubb
(2) Donal Tusk
(3) Antonis Samaras
(4) Matteo Renzi
85. Who was the first Speaker of first Lok Sabha of India?
(1) Hukum Singh
(2) G. V. Mavalankar
(3) Balaram Jakhar
(4) M. V. Iyengar
86. Philology is the :
(1) Study of Bones
(2) Study of Muscles
(3) Study of Architecture
(4) Study of Languages
87. Who has taken over as the new Chairperson of Union Public Service Commission (UPSC) in August, 2014?
(1) Rajni Razdan
(2) P C. Hota
(3) D. P. Agarwal
(4) Mata Prasad
88. ‘To value and preserve the rich heritage of our composite culture’ is included in which part of our Constitution?
(1) Fundamental Rights
(2) Citizenship
(3) State List
(4) Fundamental Duties
89. ‘To separate the Judiciary from t he Executive’ is mentioned in which Article of the Indian Constitution?
(1) Article 43
(2) Article 40
(3) Article 42
(4) Article 50
90. What is the area wise biggest Indian state as per Census of 2011?
(1) Uttar Pradesh
(2) Maharashtra
(3) Rajasthan
(4) Madhya Pradesh
91. Among the following places of India, where is one of the satellite launching stations located?
(1) Sriharikota
(2) Solapur
(3) Salem
(4) Warangal
92. East Timor which became 191st member of the United Nations is in the continent of :
(1) Asia
(2) Europe
(3) Africa
(4) South America
93. What is the Parliament of Iran known as?
(1) National Assembly
(2) Senate
(3) Congress
(4) Majlis
94. Who has taken over as the Chairman of the Parliament’s Public Accounts Committee after the constitution of 16th Lok Sabha?
(1) Mallikarjun Kharge
(2) Murli Manohar Joshi
(3) K. V. Thomas
(4) A. K. Antony
95. What is the capital of Finland?
(1) Bonn
(2) Oslo
(3) Helsinki
(4) Prague
96. The Chief Justice of a High Court is appointed by :
(1) The State Government
(2) The President
(3) The Governor of the State Concerned
(4) The Chief Justice of India
97. The Council of Ministers of the Central Government of India is responsible to :
(1) the Prime Minister
(2) the President
(3) the Parliament
(4) the Vice President
98. Who is the inventor of ‘Crescograph’?
(1) Jagadish Chandra Bose
(2) Satyendra Nath Bose
(3) Prafulla Chandra Roy
(4) C. V. Raman
99. As per Census of 2011, which Indian state has the highest literacy rate ?
(1) Goa
(2) Mizoram
(3) Meghalaya
(4) Kerala
100. Which is the recently commissioned India’s largest domestically built destroyer warship?
(1) INS Kamrota
(2) INS Kolkata
(3) INS Kamurk
(4) INS Ranvijay
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