RRB Mumbai Group ‘D’ Examination Held on 07-05-2006
1. The longest river in the world is
(1) Amazon
(2) Nile
(3) Mississippi
(4) Brahmaputra
2. Who played the lead role in Hindi film “Iqbal”?
(1) Nagehs Kookunur
(2) Nasiruddin Shah
(3) Shreyas Talpade
(4) None of these
3. In which of the following fields the terms Bear and Bull are used?
(1) Zoo
(2) Agriculture
(3) Share Market
(4) Animal Husbandry
4. Who is the author of the book “Mein Keimf”?
(1) Alexander the Great
(2) Adolf Hitler
(3) Sir Winston Churchill
(4) Beneto Mussolini
5. Phulkan Commission is related with
(1) Reservation for Minorities
(2) Tehlaka Defence Scandal
(3) Improvement in civic services
(4) Anti-Sikh riots of 1984
6. Which state of India is the largest producer of rubber?
(1) Karnataka
(2) Kerala
(3) Andhra Pradesh
(4) Tamil Nadu
7. Why a stone is turned yellow or red?
(1) Hydration
(2) Oxidation
(3) Carbonation
(4) Ex-foliation
8. The ruling party at Centre at present is
(1) the UPA
(2) Congress
(3) the NDA
(4) BJP
9. Which of the following is the fastest train in India?
(1) New Delhi – Bhopal Shatabdi
(2) New Delhi – Mumbai Rajdhani
(3) Mumbai – Ahemdabad Shatabdi
(4) Toofan Express
10. There are ____ States and ____Union Territories in India.
(1) 25 and 6
(2) 25 and 5
(3) 28 and 7
(4) 25 and 7
11. In which of the following stadium Sachin Tendulkar made his 35th century?
(1) Chepauk
(2) Green Park
(3) Eden Garden
(4) Firoz Shah Kotla
12. Who among the following resigned from Council of Ministers due to Volcker controversy?
(1) Natwar Singh
(2) Digvijay Singh
(3) Arjun Singh
(4) None of these
13. Triple vaccine protects children from
(1) Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Tuberculosis
(2) Whooping Cough, Tetanus and Diphtheria
(3) Whooping Cough, Tuberculosis and Diphtheria
(4) Tetanus, Tuberculosis and Diphtheria
14. Which of the following film won the Best Feature Film award at 52 and National Film Awards announced in July 2005?
(1) Black
(2) Mangal Pandey
(3) Page – 3
(4) Hum Tum
15. What is the distance between two rails in Broadgauge line system?
(1) 1.676 metres
(2) 1.576 metres
(3) 1.845 metres
(4) 1.453 metres
16. Which of the following is not a component of DNA molecule?
(1) Adenine
(2) Cytosine
(3) Thiamine
(4) Uracil
17. In which of the following nitrogen is found?
(1) Fat
(2) Protein
(3) Carbohydrates
(4) Oil
18. The term related to internet, is
(1) World Wide Web
(2) Web Site, Homepage
(3) Navigator and Java
(4) All of the above
19. What is the average rate per minute of the heart beat of an adult?
(1) 60
(2) 72
(3) 84
(4) 96
20. The term of the Rajya Sabha is
(1) 6 years
(2) 2 years
(3) Permanent
(4) 7 years
21. Abhijit Sawant earned fame in a television programme. Which of the following was that programme?
(1) Fame Gurkul
(2) Sa Re Ga Ma
(3) Indian Idol
(4) None of these
22. Which one of the pairs is not matched correctly?
(1) Vishwanathan Anand – Chess
(2) Kutirileeshwarn – Swimming
(3) M Vijayan – Tennis
(4) Kapil Dev – Cricket
23. “Swaraj is my birthright, and I shall have it”. Who gave this slogan?
(1) Subhash Chandra Bose
(2) M K Gandhi
(3) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(4) J L Nehru
24. Which of the following Indian States shares boundaries with the maximum number of States?
(1) West Bengal
(2) Madhya Pradesh
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Karnataka
25. The southernmost end of the Union of India lies in
(1) Tamil Nadu
(2) Lakshadweep
(3) Andaman – Nicobar Islands
(4) Trivandrum
26. What effect do sand storms have on the temperature during summer?
(1) temperature slightly increases
(2) decrease temperature
(3) increase in temperature substantially
(4) do not have any effect
27. Which place in India receives minimum rainfall?
(1) Leh
(2) Jaisalmer
(3) Bikaner
(4) Jodhpur
28. The maximum percentage of tribal population in India is of
(1) Santhals
(2) Bhils
(3) Mundas
(4) Nagas
29. New Pension Scheme announced by the Central Government is operative since
(1) January 1, 2003
(2) January 1, 2004
(3) April 1, 2004
(4) April 1, 2005
30. What is inflation?
(1) increase in prices
(2) rate of increase in prices
(3) decrease in prices
(4) stability in prices
31. India won by what margin in recently played one-day international cricket series against Pakistan?
(1) 4 – 1
(2) 3 – 2
(3) 5 – 0
(4) Series draw
32. Which of the following is an important source of revenue of the States in India?
(1) Sales Tax
(2) Excise duty
(3) Land revenue
(4) Commercial Tax
33. How many countries are members of the United Nations Organization?
(1) 187
(2) 154
(3) 192
(4) 199
34. ‘Bibi ka Makbara’ is situated in India at
(1) Hyderabad
(2) Fatehpur Sikri
(3) Aurangabad
(4) Bijapur
35. Which of the following is the smallest country in the world in terms of area?
(1) Tavalu
(2) Vatican City
(3) Monaco
(4) Maldives
36. Who were the first rulers to issue gold coins in India?
(1) Mauryas
(2) Indo – Greeks
(3) Guptas
(4) Kushans
37. Which of the following years is referred to as Great Divid3e in Indian demography?
(1) 1901
(2) 1921
(3) 1945
(4) 1959
38. In which of the following sectors maximum work force is engaged in India?
(1) Primary sector
(2) Secondary sector
(3) Tertiary sector
(4) None of these
39. Which of the following is not an all India service?
(1) Indian Police Service
(2) Indian Administrative Service
(3) Indian Foreign Service
(4) Indian Economic Service
40. Who is regarded as the ‘Father of Modern Olympics’?
(1) Robert Dover
(2) Pierre De Coubertin
(3) Theodosius – I
(4) None of these
41. ‘Hemlet Cup’ is associated with which of the following games?
(1) Volleyball
(2) Badminton
(3) Tennis
(4) Handball
42. The colour of an opaque object is the colour which it
(1) absorbs
(2) refracts
(3) reflects
(4) scatters
43. On which of the following principles does optical fibre work?
(1) Total internal reflection
(2) Refraction
(3) Scattering
(4) Interference
44. When was atom bomb dropped on Hiroshima?
(1) August 6, 1945
(2) August 8, 1942
(3) August 9, 1945
(4) August 6, 1944
45. Blue Revolution is related to
(1) agriculture
(2) iron and steel industry
(3) irrigation
(4) fishing
46. Who was the first Speaker of the Lok Sabha?
(1) Hukum Singh
(2) G V Mavalankar
(3) G S Dhillon
(4) Sardar Patel
47. The American astronaut of Indian origin who was killed in the accident during the return journey of Columbia spacecraft, was
(1) Kalpana Chawla
(2) Rakesh Sharma
(3) Deepak Thakur
(4) None of these
- Who is the author of ‘Devdas’?
(1) K M Munshi
(2) Sharat Chandra Chatterjee
(3) Amrita Pritam
(4) R K Naryana
49. Who was the President of India just before Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam?
(1) Shankar Dayal Sharma
(2) R Venkataraman
(3) K R Narayanana
(4) R K Narayana
50. Which of the following wavelengths is the most effective in photosynthesis?
(1) Blue
(2) Green
(3) White
(4) All are equally effective
51. To an astronaut the outer space appears to be
(1) Blue
(2) White
(3) Black
(4) Red
52. Due to the which of the following phenomena mirages are seen?
(1) Interference of light
(2) Total international reflection of light
(3) Scattering of light
(4) Double refraction of light
53. The imaginary lines parallel to Equator are called
(1) Latitudes
(2) Longitudes
(3) Isobars
(4) Isotherms
54. Where is the headquarters of the World Bank, which is also called “International Reconstruction and Development Bank” situated?
(1) New York
(2) Paris
(3) Zenava
(4) Washington
55. The scientific study of the earthquakes and related phenomena is known as
(1) Seismology
(2) Geology
(3) Both (1) and (2)
(4) None of these
56. Conservation of energy means
(1) Energy can be created and destroyed
(2) Energy can be created but cannot be destroyed
(3) Energy can not be created but can be destroyed
(4) Energy can neither be created nor be destroyed
57. The work done in lifting a weight of 20 kg upto a height one metre from the surface of the earth is
(1) Zero
(2) 20 Joules
(3) 200 Joules
(4) None of these
58. Which of the following is not a part of human eye?
(1) Femur
(2) Iris
(3) Pupil
(4) Retina
59. Which of the following can be lifted by a hydrogen balloon?
(1) One kg of water
(2) One kg of copper
(3) One kg pack of feathers
(4) All are similar
60. The word ‘Mach” is used to measure
(1) Sound
(2) Air
(3) Ships
(4) Aeroplanes
61. When velocity of a body is doubled its kinetic energy is
(1) doubled
(2) halved
(3) quadrupled
(4) one-fourth
62. Which of the following has the equal atomic number and atomic weight?
(1) Hydrogen
(2) Helium
(3) Oxygen
(4) Nitrogen
63. The edible part of which of the following is a fruit?
(1) Coconut
(2) Groundnut
(3) Pea
(4) Wheat
64. The colour of milk of cow is yellow due to the presence of
(1) Keratin
(2) Riboflavin
(3) Ribulose
(4) None of these
65. There was industrial unrest in a city due to strike of employees of the Honda company. The city is
(1) New Delhi
(2) Kolkata
(3) Gurgaon
(4) Meerut
66. Which of the following diseases is/are caused by a mutant gene?
(1) Haemophilia
(2) Sickle Cell Anaemia
(3) Thalassimea
(4) All of the above
67. The stores of which of the following are depicted in Ajanta paintings?
(1) Ramayana
(2) Mahabharata
(3) Jataka
(4) Panchtantra
68. Kepler’s law is associated with
(1) Law of Gravitation
(2) Motion of planets
(3) Law of Conservation of Energy
(4) None of these
69. Two plane mirrors are kept parallel to teach other. If an object is kept in between these two, how many images of this object would be formed?
(1) Two
(2) Infinite
(3) Ten
(4) Four
70. How far into the Sea do the territorial waters of India extend?
(1) 12 nautical miles
(2) 6 nautical miles
(3) 15 nautical miles
(4) 10 nautical miles
71. All of the following diseases are caused by virus, except :
(1) Jaundice
(2) Influenza
(3) Typhoid
(4) Mumps
72. Leather shoes are often covered b y patches of greenish fluffy mass during the rainy season, if unattended for some time. This is due to the growth of :
(1) blue-green algae
(2) bacterium
(3) algae
(4) fungus
73. The gland that contains the thermostat of the body is :
(1) pineal
(2) pituitary
(3) thyroid
(4) hypothalamus
74. The transport of organic substances in plants it through :
(1) Fibres
(2) Phloem
(3) Xylem
(4) Wood
75. Malaria can be cured from a drug extracted from :
(1) Belladona tree
(2) Cinchona tree
(3) Oak tree
(4) Amaltas tree
76. Which of the following is not a parasite?
(1) Louse
(2) Mosquito
(3) Housefly
(4) None of these
77. Hardness of water is caused by soluble salts of :
(1) Sodium and Potassium
(2) Potassium and Ammonium
(3) Sodium and Calcium
(4) Calcium and Magnesium
78. She is a Pakistani actress detained by the Immigration Officers at Delhi airport, who was invited by the film maker Mahesh Bhatt to attend an Indo-Pak Peace March at Nizamuddin Dargah. Who is she?
(1) Noor Phatima
(2) Abida Hussain
(3) Soha Ali
(4) Meera
79. The deficiency of Vitamin ‘A’ causes :
(1) Hair to fall
(2) Dysentry
(3) Night Blindness
(4) Wekaness
80. Which of the following human diseases is/are controlled by Heredity?
(1) Haemophilia
(2) Leukemia
(3) Anaemia
(4) All of these
81. Cow milk is a rich source of :
(1) Vitamin B
(2) Vitamin A
(3) Vitamin D
(4) Vitamin K
82. Ramesh was born on 21st October. He is younger to Sohan by 9 days. Gandhi Jayanti falls on Sunday this y ear. The day on which Sohan will celebrate his birthday is :
(1) Sunday
(2) Tuesday
(3) Wednesday
(4) Thursday
83. A squirrel starts climbing up a tree at the speed of 6 metres a minute but after each 6 metres it slips down 4 metres. It will be able to reach a top 120 metres high in :
(1) 20 minutes
(2) 60 minutes
(3) 115 minutes
(4) 
84. ‘Central Rice Research Institute of India’s is located in :
(1) Kolkata
(2) Cuttack
(3) Bangalore
(4) Mysore
85. A clock buzzes 1 time at 1 O’clock, 2 times 2 O’clock, 3 times at 3 O’clock and so n. What will be the total number of buzzes in a day?
(1) 150
(2) 156
(3) 100
(4) None of these
86. A man bought 5 shirts at Rs. 450 each, 4 trousers at Rs. 750 each and 12 pairs of shoes at Rs. 750 each. What is the average expenditure per article?
(1) Rs. 900
(2) Rs. 678.50
(3) Rs. 800
(4) Rs. 1000
87. In a class of 25 students, 12 have taken Mathematics, 8 have taken Mathematics but not Biology. The number of students who have taken both Mathematics and biology is :
(1) 4
(2) 8
(3) 24
(4) 36
88. Among 4 friends, Hari is twice the age of Gautam. Gopi is one and a half times elder than Gautam. Bala is 6 years elder to Gautam, but 6 years younger to Hari. Who is the eldest?
(1) Bala
(2) Gautam
(3) Hari
(4) Gopi
89. Ram and Shyam together can finish a job in 8 days. Ram can do the same job on his own in 12 days. How long will Shyam take to do the job by himself?
(1) 16
(2) 20
(3) 24
(4) 30
90. A ball hitting the ground bounces 10 metres above the ground. On each successive bounce its height decreases by 40%. Its height after 2 bounces will be :
(1) 4 metres
(2) 6 metres
(3) 8 metres
(4) 7 metres
91. If INDIA is written as 95491, the DELHI will be written as :
(1) 45389
(2) 45489
(3) 45498
(4) 45398
92. A lucky boy has been getting HEADS every time in 3 tosses of a coin. What is the probability that he will get HEADS again in the fourth tossing of the coin?
(1) 1/16
(2) 1/8
(3) 1/4
(4) 1/2
93. In 1 minute 3/7 of a bucket is filled. The rest of the bucket can be filled in :
(1) 7/3 minutes
(2) 2 minutes
(3) 4/3 minutes
(4) None of these
94. If the day after tomorrow is Sunday, what was it day before yesterday?
(1) Wednesday
(2) Thursday
(3) Friday
(4) Saturday
95. Select the odd one out :
(1) Delhi
(2) Mumbai
(3) Chennai
(4) London
96. 10 men can finish construction of a wall in 8 days. How many men are needed to finish the work in half a day?
(1) 80
(2) 100
(3) 120
(4) 160
97. The average height of the students in a class of 10 is 105 cm. If 20 more students with an average height of 120 cm join the class, what will the new average height be?
(1) 105 cm
(2) 110 cm
(3) 112 cm
(4) 115 cm
98. In a bag, there are coins of 50 paise, 25 paise and one rupee in the ratio of 5 : 6 : 2. If there are in all Rs. 42, how many 25 paise coins are there?
(1) 60
(2) 52
(3) 34
(4) 42
99. If √2n = 64, the value of n is :
(1) 12
(2) 6
(3) 4
(4) 2
100. The numbers 1, 3, 5, ……, 25 are multiplied together. The number of zeros at the right end of the product is :
(1) 1
(2) 0
(3) 2
(4) 3
101. Complete the series :
5, 9, 17, 29, 45, ____
(1) 60
(2) 65
(3) 68
(4) 70
102. Complete the series :
3, 7, 15, 31, 63, ____
(1) 92
(2) 115
(3) 127
(4) 131
103. The average age of three boys is 15 years. If the ratio in their ages is 3 : 5 : 7, what is the age of the youngest boy?
(1) 9
(2) 15
(3) 18
(4) 21
104. A certain sum is invested on simple interest. If it trebles in 10 years, what is the rate of interest?
(1) 18%
(2) 20%
(3) 22%
(4) 25%
105. Pointing to a girl in the photograph, Amar said, “her mother’s brother is the only son of my mother’s father”. How is the girl’s mother related to Amar?
(1) Mother
(2) Sister
(3) Aunt or Mother
(4) Grandmother
106. If today is Thursday, what will be the day after 363 days?
(1) Sunday
(2) Saturday
(3) Thursday
(4) None of these
107. In a certain code language, ‘123’ means ‘bright little boy’, 145 means ‘tall big boy’ and ‘637’ means ‘beautiful little flower’. Which digit in that language means ‘bright’?
(1) 1
(2) 3
(3) 4
(4) None of these
108. If + means ×, ÷ means −, × means ÷ and – means +, what will be the value of 4 + 11 ÷ 5 – 55 = ?
(1) 94
(2) −11
(3) 79
(4) −6
109. How many triangles does the given figure contain?
(1) 12
(2) 10
(3) 6
(4) 11
110. Amniocentesis is a technique related to
(1) use of ammonia
(2) test of sex of embryo
(3) education of children
(4) simplification of domestic works
111. Who among the following coined the term ‘Gene’ for factors controlling inheritance?
(1) Gregory Mendel
(2) Hugo de Vries
(3) T H Morgan
(4) W Johansson
112. The main witness of Best Bakery incident Zahira Shekh was punished by the Supreme Court recently due to
(1) contempt of the Supreme Court
(2) absence on being summoned
(3) involvement in conspiracy with the accused
(4) charges against Teesta Setalvad
113. Mahmud of Gazni attacked India first in the year
(1) 1004
(2) 1001
(3) 1000
(4) 999
114. The term “Pivot” is associated with which of the following games?
(1) Golf
(2) Swimming
(3) Judo
(4) Sumo Wrestling
115. Who was the first Muslim President of the Indian National Congress?
(1) Hakim Ajmal Khan
(2) Rafi Ahmad Kidwai
(3) Abul Kalam Azad
(4) Badruddin Taiyabji
116. Indian National Congress was founded in the year
(1) 1867
(2) 1885
(3) 1887
(4) 1920
117. One of the pilgrimages of India was rocked by the bomb blast on March 7, 2006. Which of the following is that city?
(1) Ayodhya
(2) Ujjain
(3) Varanasi
(4) Mathura
118. No trace of _____ has been found in the Indus Valley Civilization.
(1) Sugarcane
(2) Mustard
(3) Seasame
(4) Barley
119. ‘ATM’ (related with banking), is abbreviation for :
(1) Automated Taller Machine
(2) Any Time Money
(3) All Time Money
(4) None of these
120. Which country is the host of the World Cup Football, 2006?
(1) Brazil
(2) Germany
(3) France
(4) Argentina
121. Which of the following Vedas was the earliest composition?
(1) Rigveda
(2) Samaveda
(3) Yajurveda
(4) Atharvaveda
122. Which was NOT one of the “Three Jewels” of Buddhism?
(1) Buddha
(2) Ahimsa
(3) Dhamma
(4) Sangha
123. At which of the following place did Mahavira, the Jaina Tirthankara, die?
(1) Kusinagara
(2) Vaishali
(3) Rajagriha
(4) Pavapuri
124. Which of the following is NOT among the “Three Ratnas” or Gems of Jainism?
(1) Full Knowledge
(2) Action
(3) Liberation
(4) Belief in God
125. Prime Minister of India, Dr. Manmohan Singh is a Member of Rajya Sabha. Which State is he elected from?
(1) Assam
(2) Punjab
(3) Uttar Pradesh
(4) Haryana
126. Hari Sena was the Poet-laureate of :
(1) Ashoka
(2) Samudragupta
(3) Chandragupta
(4) Harshwardhana
127. Who wrote the song “Vande Mataram”?
(1) Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay
(2) Sharatchandra Chatterjee
(3) Ravindranath Tagore
(4) Mahatma Gandhi
128. Who shot dead General Dyer to take revenge of the Jallianwala Bagh Tragedy?
(1) Udham Singh
(2) Madanlal Dhingra
(3) Veer Savarkur
(4) Khudiram Bose
129. The main feature of the Montagu – Chelmsford Reforms (1919) was to provide
(1) Provincial autonomy
(2) Veto Power of Governor
(3) Separate Communal Electorate
(4) Dyarchy
130. Which of the following is not a feature of the Constitution of India?
(1) Federal Government
(2) Parliamentary Government
(3) Presidential form of Judiciary
(4) Independence of Judiciary
131. The constitution of India provides
(1) Single citizenship
(2) Double citizenship
(3) Multi-nations citizenship
(4) None of these
132. Which of the following is not a Fundamental Right?
(1) Right against exploitation
(2) Equality of opportunity
(3) Right to freedom of religion
(4) Right of strike
133. Who was the first to give the idea of Pakistan?
(1) M A Jinnah
(2) Shaukat Ali
(3) Sir Sayyed Ahmed Khan
(4) Mohammad Iqbal
134. At which of the following places Subhash Chandra Bose had established h is “Azad Hind Fauz” and “Azad Hind Government”?
(1) Burma
(2) Japan
(3) Malaya
(4) Singapore
135. Akbar did not construct :
(1) Purana Quila
(2) Agra Fort
(3) Allahabad Fort
(4) Lahore Fort
136. Who among the following Gurus introduced the Gurumukhi Script for the spoken language of the Punjabis?
(1) Guru Nanak
(2) Guru Angad
(3) Guru Amardas
(4) Guru Ramdas
137. Who was regarded as the greatest exponent of Guerilla tactics of Warfare?
(1) Baji Rao – I
(2) Balaji Vishwanath
(3) Shivaji
(4) Rajaram
138. Who founded the ‘Servants of India Society’ in 1905?
(1) G. K. Ghokhale
(2) Dadabhai Naoroji
(3) Madan Mohan Malviya
(4) Motilal Nehru
139. The famous ‘Academy Awards’ also known as ‘Oscars’ are related with :
(1) Movies
(2) Literature
(3) Sports
(4) All of these
140. The first sepoy who refused to use the greased cart ridge and killed an Adjutant was :
(1) Mangal Pandey
(2) Shiv Ram
(3) Hardev
(4) Abdul Rahim
141. H5N1 Virus causes :
(1) AIDS
(2) Blood Cancer
(3) Bird Flu
(4) Lung Cancer
142. The Tajmahal was designed by :
(1) Ustad Mansur
(2) Ustad Isa
(3) Ustad Rohoni
(4) Ustad Shamsher
143. The formation of Council of Ministers starts with the appointment of :
(1) President
(2) Speaker
(3) Prime Minister
(4) None of these
144. Nobody can become a member of the Rajya Sabha until he/she attains the age of
(1) 30 years
(2) 25 years
(3) 21 years
(4) 35 years
145. Who is the Chief Minister of Maharashtra at present?
(1) Balasaheb Thackre
(2) Gopinath Munde
(3) Vilasrao Deshmukh
(4) Narayan Rane
146. The normal tenure of a Governor is
(1) 3 years
(2) 5 years
(3) Dependent on the tenure of Legislative Assembly
(4) 6 years
147. Who was the right of Judicial Review in India?
(1) President
(2) High Court and Supreme Court
(3) Prime Minister
(4) Parliament
148. The minimum age required for contesting Panchayati Raj elections is
(1) 21 years
(2) 18 years
(3) 25 years
(4) 30 years
149. What is the maximum age prescribed for the election to the post of President of India?
(1) 58 years
(2) 62 years
(3) 60 years
(4) No such limit
150. The Vice-President holds his post
(1) as per the wishes of the President
(2) For 4 years
(3) For 5 years
(4) for the period fixed by the Parliament
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