RRB ALP Practice Set 38

General Awareness (1-25)

1. The “World Environment Day” is observed every year on
   A) 5 May
   B) 5 June
   C) 15 July
   D) 22 April

2. Who is the first Indian woman to win a silver medal in Olympic Games?
   A) Karnam Malleswari
   B) P.V. Sindhu
   C) Mary Kom
   D) Sakshi Malik

3. The capital of Estonia is
   A) Tallinn
   B) Riga
   C) Vilnius
   D) Helsinki

4. Which Indian state launched the “Pink Sarthi” service for women commuters?
   A) Maharashtra
   B) Rajasthan
   C) Madhya Pradesh
   D) Gujarat

5. The Reserve Bank of India was nationalised in
   A) 1947
   B) 1949
   C) 1951
   D) 1935

6. The book “The Hindu View of Life” was written by
   A) Radhakrishnan
   B) Vivekananda
   C) Aurobindo
   D) Gandhi

7. The 2028 Summer Olympics will be hosted by
   A) Paris
   B) Los Angeles
   C) Brisbane
   D) Milan

8. India’s first solar-powered railway station is
   A) Guwahati
   B) Jaipur
   C) Anand Vihar
   D) Secunderabad

9. The currency of Argentina is
   A) Peso
   B) Real
   C) Dollar
   D) Sol

10. Which regiment of Indian Army is also called “The Bravest of the Brave”?
    A) Gorkha
    B) Punjab
    C) Rajputana
    D) Madras

11. India’s first indigenously developed COVID-19 vaccine is
    A) Covishield
    B) Covaxin
    C) Sputnik V
    D) ZyCoV-D

12. The “Duckworth–Lewis–Stern” rule is associated with
    A) Football
    B) Cricket
    C) Hockey
    D) Tennis

13. Which river is known as the “Sorrow of Bihar”?
    A) Kosi
    B) Gandak
    C) Son
    D) Damodar

14. The “Goldman Environmental Prize” is awarded by
    A) UNEP
    B) USA
    C) Goldman Sachs
    D) Goldman Environmental Foundation

15. The latest Indian state to achieve 100% household tap-water coverage (Har Ghar Jal) is
    A) Goa
    B) Telangana
    C) Haryana
    D) Punjab

16. Who is the ex-officio chairman of NITI Aayog?
    A) President
    B) Vice-President
    C) Prime Minister
    D) Finance Minister

17. The headquarters of Asian Development Bank is located in
    A) Manila
    B) Tokyo
    C) Bangkok
    D) Shanghai

18. The first woman judge of the Supreme Court of India was
    A) Sujata Manohar
    B) Fatima Beevi
    C) Ruma Pal
    D) Indira Jaising

19. Which organ of UNO has ceased its operations since 1994?
    A) Trusteeship Council
    B) ECOSOC
    C) ILO
    D) UNDP

20. The National Youth Day is celebrated on the birthday of
    A) Bhagat Singh
    B) Swami Vivekananda
    C) Subhas Chandra Bose
    D) APJ Abdul Kalam

21. The term “Fiscal Deficit” refers to
    A) Revenue receipts minus revenue expenditure
    B) Total expenditure minus total receipts excluding borrowings
    C) Borrowings minus interest payments
    D) Primary deficit plus interest payments

22. Which Indian city hosted the first-ever “Khelo India Winter Games”?
    A) Gulmarg
    B) Leh
    C) Auli
    D) Gangtok

23. The “Bharat Ratna” award was instituted in the year
    A) 1952
    B) 1954
    C) 1956
    D) 1960

24. Which missile is also known as “Fire-and-Forget” missile?
    A) Agni-V
    B) BrahMos
    C) Nag
    D) Astra

25. The present strength (2023) of judges in the Supreme Court of India is
    A) 30
    B) 31
    C) 34
    D) 36

Mathematics (26-50)

26. The value of (0.3̅ ÷ 0.6̅) × 1.2̅ is
    A) 0.6̅
    B) 0.72
    C) 0.66
    D) 0.75

27. A train 200 m long passes a pole in 10 s. The time taken to cross a 400 m long platform is
    A) 20 s
    B) 25 s
    C) 30 s
    D) 40 s

28. If x + 1/x = 5, then x² + 1/x² equals
    A) 23
    B) 24
    C) 25
    D) 26

29. The average of 11 numbers is 60. If the average of first 6 is 58 and that of last 6 is 63, the 6th number is
    A) 66
    B) 68
    C) 70
    D) 72

30. A shopkeeper marks his goods 40% above cost price and allows 20% discount. His gain % is
    A) 12%
    B) 15%
    C) 20%
    D) 25%

31. The smallest 4-digit number exactly divisible by 12, 15, 18 and 20 is
    A) 1080
    B) 1260
    C) 1440
    D) 1020

32. If log 3 = 0.4771, then the number of digits in 3⁶⁰ is
    A) 28
    B) 29
    C) 30
    D) 31

33. A man rows 24 km upstream and 54 km downstream in 9 hrs. If the speed of the boat in still water is 8 km/h, the speed of the stream is
    A) 2 km/h
    B) 3 km/h
    C) 4 km/h
    D) 5 km/h

34. The compound interest on ₹ 4000 at 10% p.a. for 1.5 years compounded half-yearly is
    A) ₹ 630.50
    B) ₹ 620
    C) ₹ 630
    D) ₹ 631

35. If (x-2) is a factor of x³-2x²+ax-4, then a =
    A) 2
    B) 3
    C) 4
    D) 5

36. A cone of height 24 cm and radius 7 cm is reshaped into a sphere. The radius of the sphere is
    A) 5 cm
    B) 6 cm
    C) 7 cm
    D) 8 cm

37. If 2cos²θ - 1 = 0, then θ in degrees is
    A) 30°
    B) 45°
    C) 60°
    D) 90°

38. A sum becomes 8 times itself in 3 years at compound interest. The rate % p.a. is
    A) 50%
    B) 100%
    C) 150%
    D) 200%

39. The ratio of ages of A and B is 5:7. After 8 years the ratio becomes 3:4. The present age of A is
    A) 20
    B) 25
    C) 30
    D) 35

40. A man buys 8 pens for ₹ 80 and sells 10 pens for ₹ 120. His gain % is
    A) 20%
    B) 25%
    C) 30%
    D) 50%

41. The least perfect square divisible by 12, 15 and 18 is
    A) 900
    B) 3600
    C) 8100
    D) 1800

42. If a²+b²=89 and ab=40, then a-b (a>b) is
    A) 3
    B) 4
    C) 5
    D) 6

43. A tap can fill a tank in 12 hrs, another can empty it in 16 hrs. If both are opened together, the tank fills in
    A) 36 h
    B) 48 h
    C) 24 h
    D) 60 h

44. The value of sin 30° + cos 60° - tan 45° is
    A) 0
    B) 1
    C) ½
    D) -½

45. A car covers 420 km in 7 hrs partly at 60 km/h and partly at 80 km/h. The distance covered at 80 km/h is
    A) 280 km
    B) 350 km
    C) 140 km
    D) 210 km

46. The sum of first 20 odd natural numbers is
    A) 200
    B) 300
    C) 400
    D) 420

47. If 3ˣ = 729√3, then x equals
    A) 6
    B) 6.5
    C) 7
    D) 7.5

48. A wheel makes 1000 revolutions in covering 4400 m. The radius of the wheel is
    A) 0.5 m
    B) 0.6 m
    C) 0.7 m
    D) 0.8 m

49. The single discount equivalent to successive discounts of 20% and 25% is
    A) 40%
    B) 45%
    C) 50%
    D) 35%

50. If (x+1)² + (y-2)² = 0, then x² + y² equals
    A) 5
    B) -3
    C) 0
    D) 3

General Intelligence & Reasoning (51-75)

51. Find the odd one out:
    A) Tomato
    B) Potato
    C) Radish
    D) Carrot

52. Complete the series: 3, 8, 18, 38, ?, 158
    A) 78
    B) 68
    C) 88
    D) 98

53. If FRIEND is coded as HUMTKT, then ENEMY is coded as
    A) GPLWB
    B) GPLWA
    C) GOLWB
    D) GPLVB

54. Select the pair analogous to “Book : Library”
    A) Tree : Forest
    B) Student : School
    C) Page : Chapter
    D) Writer : Publisher

55. A man walks 8 km North, then 6 km East. His shortest distance from start is
    A) 10 km
    B) 12 km
    C) 14 km
    D) 16 km

56. Find the missing number:
    4 9 ?
    16 25 36
    64 81 100
    A) 16
    B) 25
    C) 36
    D) 49

57. If 25th August is Sunday, then 25th December of the same year is
    A) Sunday
    B) Monday
    C) Tuesday
    D) Wednesday

58. Arrange words: 1.Plant 2.Flower 3.Seed 4.Fruit 5.Tree
    A) 3,1,5,2,4
    B) 3,5,1,2,4
    C) 1,3,5,2,4
    D) 5,3,1,2,4

59. If A means +, B means -, C means ×, D means ÷, then 18 C 3 A 6 D 2 B 5 =
    A) 22
    B) 24
    C) 26
    D) 28

60. Mirror image of

61. Count triangles in given figure (8 small, 4 medium, 1 large)
    A) 12
    B) 13
    C) 14
    D) 15

62. If A is brother of B, C is mother of A, D is father of C, then how is D related to B?
    A) Grandfather
    B) Uncle
    C) Father
    D) Brother

63. Find the word that cannot be formed from “INTELLIGENCE”
    A) GENTLE
    B) TELL
    C) NIECE
    D) INTEGER

64. In a code, MADRAS is NBESBT, then BOMBAY is
    A) CPNCBZ
    B) CPOCBZ
    C) CQOCBZ
    D) CPNCBY

65. Find the odd number pair: 8-18, 12-27, 16-36, 20-45
    A) 8-18
    B) 12-27
    C) 16-36
    D) 20-45

66. Statement: All books are pages. Some pages are covers.
    Conclusion I: Some books are covers.
    Conclusion II: No book is cover.
    A) Only I
    B) Only II
    C) Neither
    D) Either

67. If 6@4 = 26, 8@5 = 39, then 10@7 =
    A) 51
    B) 52
    C) 53
    D) 54

68. Select the missing figure from given pattern (rotation by 90° clockwise)

69. In a row of 40 boys, A is 14th from left, B is 17th from right. Number of boys between A and B is
    A) 9
    B) 10
    C) 11
    D) 12

70. If 1st Oct is Tuesday, then 1st Nov is
    A) Thursday
    B) Friday
    C) Saturday
    D) Sunday

71. Find the odd one: 133, 147, 153, 187
    A) 133
    B) 147
    C) 153
    D) 187

72. Which Venn diagram correctly represents: Lion, Animal, Tiger?

73. If TEMPLE is coded as 352496, then PLEASE is
    A) 652943
    B) 652394
    C) 562943
    D) 652934

74. Find the next term: ZA, YB, XC, WD, ?
    A) VE
    B) UF
    C) VE
    D) EV

75. Statement: Use of mobile phones is banned in school.
    Assumption I: Mobile phones distract students.
    Assumption II: Students will obey the rule.
    A) Only I implicit
    B) Only II
    C) Both
    D) Neither

General Science (76-100)

76. The unit of electric charge is
    A) Henry
    B) Coulomb
    C) Tesla
    D) Watt

77. The pH of human blood is approximately
    A) 6.8
    B) 7.0
    C) 7.4
    D) 8.0

78. Which of the following is a non-metal that conducts electricity?
    A) Sulphur
    B) Phosphorus
    C) Graphite
    D) Bromine

79. The speed of sound is maximum in
    A) Air
    B) Water
    C) Steel
    D) Vacuum

80. The hormone that regulates blood sugar level is
    A) Insulin
    B) Thyroxine
    C) Adrenaline
    D) Testosterone

81. The chemical formula of washing soda is
    A) Na₂CO₃
    B) NaHCO₃
    C) Na₂CO₃·10H₂O
    D) NaOH

82. The device used to measure electric current is
    A) Voltmeter
    B) Ammeter
    C) Galvanometer
    D) Ohmmeter

83. Which organelle is called the “Power house” of the cell?
    A) Ribosome
    B) Mitochondria
    C) Golgi body
    D) Lysosome

84. The process of conversion of sugar into alcohol is
    A) Fermentation
    B) Esterification
    C) Saponification
    D) Oxidation

85. The gas responsible for greenhouse effect is
    A) CO₂
    B) N₂
    C) O₂
    D) H₂

86. The velocity ratio of a single movable pulley is
    A) 1
    B) 2
    C) 3
    D) 4

87. Which vitamin is water-soluble?
    A) A
    B) D
    C) K
    D) C

88. The metal used in galvanising iron is
    A) Tin
    B) Zinc
    C) Copper
    D) Aluminium

89. The unit of specific heat is
    A) J kg⁻¹ K⁻¹
    B) J kg⁻¹
    C) J K⁻¹
    D) kg J⁻¹

90. Which of the following is a vector quantity?
    A) Speed
    B) Distance
    C) Velocity
    D) Mass

91. The acid present in vinegar is
    A) Citric
    B) Acetic
    C) Tartaric
    D) Lactic

92. The most reactive metal among the following is
    A) Na
    B) Fe
    C) Cu
    D) Ag

93. The phenomenon of scattering of light by colloidal particles is
    A) Tyndall effect
    B) Brownian motion
    C) Diffusion
    D) Osmosis

94. The number of chambers in human heart is
    A) 2
    B) 3
    C) 4
    D) 5

95. The process of photosynthesis converts light energy into
    A) Heat energy
    B) Electrical energy
    C) Chemical energy
    D) Mechanical energy

96. The gas used in filling weather balloons is
    A) Hydrogen
    B) Helium
    C) Neon
    D) Oxygen

97. Which of the following is a non-renewable resource?
    A) Wind
    B) Coal
    C) Solar
    D) Water

98. The colour of light which is deviated least by a prism is
    A) Violet
    B) Red
    C) Yellow
    D) Blue

99. The chemical name of bleaching powder is
    A) Calcium oxychloride
    B) Sodium hypochlorite
    C) Calcium hypochlorite
    D) Calcium chloride

100. The value of acceleration due to gravity at poles is
     A) Less than equator
     B) More than equator
     C) Zero
     D) Same everywhere