Railway Recruitment Board Examination : Loco Pilot & technician Genera; Knowledge sample Questions

RRB Assistant Loco Pilot & Technician

Model Paper - I

General knowledge, Reasoning, Arithmetic

1. A lunar eclipse occurs when?

1. The moon comes between the sun and the earth.
2. The earth comes between the Sun and the moon.
3. The Sun comes between the earth and the moon.
4. None.

2. Who introduced famous 20 point input-output programme?

1. Rajiv Gandhi 
2. Indira Gandhi
3. P.V.Narasimha Rao 
4. None

3. The Nanvakkal is famous in?

1. Sericulture 
2. Piggory
3. Poultry 
4. None

4. How many bones are in the adult human skeleton?

1. 205 
2. 206 
3. 207 
4. 212

5. The Agricultural University is it?

1. Coimbatore 
2. Salem 
3. Sivaganga 
4. None

6. In Tamil Nadu Bird Sanctuary is situated at?

1. Mudumalai 
2. Vedanthangal
3. Mundanthurai 
4. None

7. The famous lion reserve is situated at?

1. Gir sanctuary 
2. Hazaribagh Park
3. Corbett Park 
4. None

8. Who out of the following had abolished Zajiya on Hindus?

1. Aurangzeb 
2. Jahangir 
3. Shah Jahan 
4. Akbar

9. Sound cannot travel through?

1. Vacuum 
2. Hydrogen gas 
3. Water 
4. Steel

10. Which planet is the nearest to the Sun?

1. Earth 
2. Venus 
3. Pluto 
4. Mercury

11. Which of the following diseases is caused by virus?

1. Pellagra 
2. Small-pox 
3. Filariasis 
4. None

12. The density of water is higher at?

1. 4° C 
2. 0°C 
3. -4°C 
4. -273°C

13. Which one of the following regulates & co-ordinates the group movement of skeletal muscles?

1. Cerebrum 
2. Cerebellum 
3. Spinal cord 
4. Medulla

14. Chemical equations can be written on the basis of

1. Law of constant proportion 
2. Law of multiple proportions
3. Law of reciprocal proportion 
4. None

15. Trimuthis festival is annually held at

1. Tanjore 
2. Tirurayar
3. Tiruavares 
4. Kumbakonam

16. If the side of a square is increased by 25% then how much percent does its area get increased?

1. 125 
2. 156.25 
3. 50 
4. 56.25

17. If the circumference of a circle is 44 meters, then its area in m2

1. 145 
2. 154 
3. 308 
4. 462

18. The height of a cylinder in 14cm and its curved surface area is 264 sq.cm. The Volume of the cylinder is

1. 308 cm2 
2. 396 cm3 
3. 1848 m3 
4. 1232 cm3

19. How many times are the hands of a clock at right angles in a day?

1. 24 
2. 48 
3. 22 
4. 44

20. Which letter will be the sixth to the right of the eleventh letter from the right end of the English alphabet?

1. K 
2. V 
3. J 
4. U

21. What number is opposite “3”?

1. 1 
2. 2
3. 5 
4. 4

22. COOK – BAT = 21, then CANE – HAD =?

1. 9 
2. 11 
3. 10 
4. 15

23. Pointing out to a person a man said to a woman. ‘’His mother is the only daughter of your father’’. How as the woman related to the person?

1. Aunt 
2. Brother 
3. Cousin 
4. Mother

Direction (24-27): Read the following information and Answer the questions.
Five persons namely P, Q, X, Y and Z are sitting in a park. ‘P’ is the mother of ‘X’ who is wife of ‘Z’. ‘Y’ is brother of ‘P’ and ‘Q’ is the husband of ‘P’.
24. How is P related to Z?

1. Mother 
2. Aunt
3. Mother-in-law 
4. None

25. How is Y related to Q?

1. Brother 
2. Brother-in-law
3. Cousin 
4. Uncle

26. How is X related to Q?

1. Daughter 
2. Niece 
3. Aunt 
4. Mother

27. How is Q related to Z?

1. Brother-in-law 
2. Father
3. Father-in-law 
4. None

28. In 12 hours the hands of the clock will coincide and at 90° for how many times?

1. 22 
2. 11 
3. 32 
4. 33

29. 15, 30, 60, 105, _____?

1. 160 
2. 175 
3. 150 
4. 165

30. Find out wrong Number?
16, 23, 26, 64, 100, 144

1. 36 
2. 16 
3. 25 
4. 144

31. Who invented the law of gravitational force?

1. Einstein 
2. C.V. Raman 
3. Newton 
4. None

32. Energy generated by turbine blade is?

1. P.E. 
2. P.E. + K .E 
3. K.E 
4. None

33. What is the purpose of tempering for hardened steel?

1. To harden the steel 
2. To soften the steel
3. To change the structure 
4. To strengthen the steel

34. Leg vice is sued for _____ operations?

1. Smithy 
2. Forging 
3. Casting 
4. Welding

35. Rainbow has elliptical shape due to?

1. Reflection 
2. Refraction 
3. Rare Fraction 
4. None

36. When bullet is fired, which law is applied to riffle?

1.  Newton’s 3rd law 
2. Law of conservation
3. c.law of thermodynamics 
4. All of the above

37. A motorist moving in a straight direction he contains ______ energy?

1. Potential only 
2. Kinetic + Potential Energy
3. Kinetic energy only 
4. None

38. Sound travel is faster in?

1. Air 
2. Vacuum 
3. Cast Steel 
4. Aluminum

39. Pilot tube is used to measure?

1. Velocity of a gas 
2. Pressure of fluid
3. Quantify of flow 
4. Velocity of fluid in open Channels

40. Air conditioning means?

1. To control the condition of air
2. To control the movement of air
3. To maintain pleasingness
4. All of the above

41. In motor vehicles which type of mirror used?

1. Concave 
2. Convex
3. Both above
4. Plane

42. Why coolant is used in lathes?

1. To increase the cutting action 
2. To decrease heat loss
3. To remove chips 
4. All of the above

43. In simple indexing the crank movement is given by?

1. 24/N 
2. 24/N+N/40
3. 40/N 
4. 40/N = n1/N1 ± n2/N2

44. Usually shafts are made with?

1. Cast iron 
2. H.S.S.
3. M. S 
4. All of the above

45. Angle plates are used in conjunction with a ____ when holding surface of the work piece should be kept horizontal?

1. Chuck 
2. Face plate
3. Mandrel 
4. Rests

46. Number of taps used for making a complete thread in the hole is?

1. Single tap only 
2. Two taps
3. Three taps 
4. None

47. Cutting edges of the reamers are called?

1. Lands 
2. Flutes
3. Heal 
4. All of the above

48. Slip gauges are sometimes used for accurate setting of the?

1. Tail stock 
2. Carriage
3. Tool part 
4. All of the above

49. Thermal stress in a bar is directly proportional to?

1. Its cross sectional area 
2. It’s Volume
3. Change in temperature 
4. None

50. Which type of radiation is liberating form the sun?

1. Fission 
2. Fusion
3. Both Above
4. None

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Railway Recruitment Board Examination : general Awareness Solved Questions

Railway Recruitment Board Examination

Previous Years General Awareness Questions

1. When was the first underground railway (Metro Railway) started?

1. 1982 
2. 1989
3. 1984 
4. 1992

2. Shatabdi Express train was started in–

1. 1984 
2. 1988
3. 1990 
4. 1985

3. At which of the following places Diesel Component Works is established?

1. Jamshedpur 
2. Patiala 
3. Perambur 
4. Varanasi

4. Which Zone is the largest in Indian Railways?

1. Central Railway 
2. Northern Railway
3. Eastern Railway 
4. Western Railway

5. The railway station situated in the extreme south is–

1. Chennai 
2. Cochin 
3. Kanyakumari 
4. Trivandrum

6. A platform surrounded by rail lines from all the four sides, is called–

1. dock platform 
2. passenger platform
3. island platform 
4. goods platform

7. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?

1. 1952 
2. 1950 
3. 1951 
4. 1954

8. In which year Research, Design and Standard organization was established?

1. 1954 
2. 1957 
3. 1959 
4. 1967

9. Railway Staff College is situated at–

1. Bangalore 
2. Secundrabad 
3. Chennai
4. Vadodara

10. Where is the Research, Design and Standard Organization situated?

1. Lucknow 
2. Bangalore 
3. Pune 
4. New Delhi

11. Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?

1. South-Central Railway - Secunderabad
2. Central railway - Bhopal
3. South Railway - Chennai
4. North Railway - New Delhi

12. Between which of the destinations the first Indian train was started?

1. From Calcutta to Delhi 
2. From Mumbai to Thane
3. From Mumbai to Surat 
4. From Mumbai to Madras

13. When was the first train in Indian started?

1. 1851
2. 1852 
3. 1853 
4. 1854

14. In which Governor-General’s reign railway lines in India were established?

1. Lord William Bentick 
2. Lord Cornwallis
3. Lord Kenning 
4. Lord Dalhousie

15. A station where the rail lines end, is called

1. junction station 
2. way-side-station
3. block station 
4. terminal station

16. How much distance was traveled by first train of India?

1. 33 km 
2. 36 km 
3. 34 km 
4. 46 km

17. What is the position of the Indian Railway in the world according to the length of rail lines?

1. First 
2. Second 
3. Third 
4. Fourth

18. What is the length of North-Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR)?

1. 4300 Km 
2. 3700 Km 
3. 4290 km 
4. 5298 km

19. The headquarters of North-Eastern railway is situated at–

1. Mumbai (V.T) 
2. Guwahati 
3. Gorakhpur 
4. New Delhi

20. When was the North-Eastern frontier Railway (NEFR) established?

1. 15th Jan, 1958 
2. 15th Jan, 1955
3. 2nd Jan, 1956 
4. 14th April, 1952

21. The headquarters of North -Eastern Frontier Railway (NEFR) is–

1. Calcutta 
2. Maligaon (Guwahati)
3. Chennai 
4. Gorakhpur

22. In which of the following cities, the first sub-way train was started?

1. Mumbai 
2. Delhi 
3. Calcutta 
4. Chennai

23. General Manger is responsible for–

1. Railway Board 
2. Railway Ministry
3. Both railway Board and Railway Ministry 
4. None of these

24. The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at–

1. Mumbai (V.T) 
2. Chennai
3. Secundrabad 
4. Mumbai (Central)

25. The headquarters of Northern Railway is at–

1. New Delhi 
2. Guwahati 
3. Gorakhpur 
4. Mumbai (V.T)

26. The headquarters of South Railways is situated at–

1. Calcutta 
2. Chennai 
3. Delhi 
4. Mumbai

27. In which institution the training of electric work is being given?

1. Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering
2. Indian Railways Institute of Electrical Engineering
3. Railway Staff College
4. Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering

28. Who invented the railway engine?

1. Charles Babbage 
2. Isaac Newton
3. James Watt 
4. George Stephenson

29. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering Insttitue situated?

1. Nasik 
2. Baroda 
3. Jamalpur 
4. Pune

30. Metro Railway is functioning in which of the following Indian States?

1. Gujarat 
2. Maharashtra 
3. West Bengal 
4. Tamil Nadu

31.The zone with the minimum length is

1. North-Eastern Railway 
2. North-Eastern Frontier Railway
3. South-East Railway
4.  South-Central Railway

32. Where is the Indian Railways Institute of Civil Engineering Institute situated?

1. Pune 
2. Chennai 
3. Nasik 
4. Sikandrabad

33. How many training institutions of Railways are in India?

1. Three 
2. Four 
3. Five 
4. Six

34. What is the position of the Indian Railway under the zonal system?

1. First 
2. Second 
3. Third 
4. Forth

35. Which of the gauges is used in the hilly areas?

1. Broad gauge 
2. Meter gauge
3. Narrow gauge 
4. Special gauge

36. Where is the extreme north of India a railway station?

1. Jammutavi 
2. Amritsar 
3. Pathancoat 
4. Guwahat

37. How many institutions do give suggestions for railways technology?

1. One 
2. Two 
3. Three 
4. Four

38. Diesel Locomotive Works is situated at–

1. Perambur 
2. Varanasi 
3. Kapurthala 
4. Bangalore

39. The manufacturing of steam engine in Chittranjan Locomotive Works was stopped in–

1. 1974 
2. 1961 
3. 1971 
4. 1973

40. The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following places?

1. Kapurthala 
2. Chittranjan 
3. Perambur 
4. Bangalore

41. Indian Railways which is the largest of the Public Sector Enterprises, is divided in how many regions?

1. 7
2. 9 
3. 8
4. 10

42. Besides Mahrashtra, Karnataka and Goa, which of the following is the fourth State for Konakan Railway Project?

1. Kerala 
2. Tamil Nadu 
3. Gujarat 
4. Andhra Pradesh

43. Palace On Wheels train was inaugurated in which year?

1. 1988 
2. 1972
3. 1982 
4. 1965

44. When was the Central Railway established?

1. 5th Nov 1951 
2. 14th Nov 1951 
3. 14th April 1951 
4. 16th August, 1951

45. Rajasthan is under which of the following railway zones?

1. Northern region 
2. Western region
3. North-Western region
4. Central Region

46. The largest national enterprise of India is–

1. Indian Railway 
2. Indian Shipyard
3. Airways 
4. None of these

47. The first locomotive which was manufactured in Chittaranjan on–

1. November 1950 
2. October 1950
3. September 1949 
4. October 1954

48. Where is the wheel and axle plant of Indian Railways situated?

1. Chittranjan 
2. Kapurthala 
3. Bangalore 
4. Perambur

49. When was the Jammu City appeared on the map of Indian Railway?

1. 1965 
2. 1963 
3. 1967 
4. 1965

50. Where is the headquarters of Central Railway situated?

1. Mumbai (V.T) 
2. Mumbai (Church Gate)
3. Gwalior 
4. Gorakhpur

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RRB SOLVED QUESTION PAPERS I

RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD RRB BHUBANESHWAR

A.S.M.EXAMINATION 2009

SOLVED PAPERS

Directions—(Q. 61 and 62) What approximate value should come in place of question-mark (?) in the following questions ? (You are not expected to calculate the exact value)
Q.61.(9321 + 5406 + 1001) ÷ (498 + 929 + 660) = ?

• 13•5 
• 4•5
• 16•5
• 7•5

Q.62.561204 ×58 = ? ×55555

• 606 
• 646
• 586
• 716

Q.63.The difference between the greatest number and the NORMALest number of 5 digits 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 using all but once is—

• 32976 
• 32679
• 32769
• None of these

Q.64.Area of a parallelogram whose base is 9 cm and height 4 cm is ……… sq cm.

• 9 
• 4
• 36
• 13

Q.65.The number which is neither prime nor composite is—

• 0 
• 1
• 3
• 2

Q.66.The length of a room is three times its breadth. If the perimeter of the room is 64 cm, then its breadth is ……… cm.

• 64 
• 32
• 16
• 8

Q.67.Aditi read 4/5th of Tintin comic book which has 100 pages. How many pages of the book is not yet read by Aditi ?

• 40 
• 60
• 80
• 20

Q.68. What is the meaning of beckoned ?

• Summon by sign or gesture 
• Did not signal 
• Did not call 
• Invite

Q.69.A box contains coins (equal no. of every one) of rupee and half rupee, coins of 25 paise, 10 paise, 5 paise value, 2 paise value and one paise value. The total value of coins in the box is Rs. 1158. Find the number of coins of each value.

• 500 
• 400
• 700
• 600

Q.70.The area of a rhombus with diagonals 12 cm and 20 cm is ……… sq cm. 

• 12
• 120
• 20
• 240

Q.71.A piece of road is one kilometer in length. We have to supply lamp posts. One post at each end,distance between two consecutive lamp posts is 25 metres. The number of lamp posts required is—

• 51
• 41
• 61
• 42

Q.72.There are 800 students in a class.On one particular day, if 1/10th of the students were absent, how many students were present ?

• 700 
• 650
• 720
• 750

Q.73.The quotient in a division is 403.The divisor is 100 & the remainder is 58,the dividend is—

• 40458 
• 34058
• 43058
• 40358

Q.74.A labourer was engaged for 25 days on the condition that for every day, he works, he will be paid Rs. 2 and for every day, he is absent he will be fined 50p. If he receives only Rs. 37•50, find the no. of days he was absent—

• 5 
• 6
• 7
• 4

Directions—(Q. 75 to 77)Choose the word/phrase which is most opposite in meaning to the word ?
Q.75.Quixotic

• Visionary 
• Whimsical
• Realistic
• Foolish

Q.76.Rabid

• Mad 
• Normal
• Furious
• Fanatical

Q.77.Scurrilous

• Inoffensive 
• Vulgar
• Insulting
• Coarse

Q.78.Digits of first place and third place are interchanged of the numbers 349, 483, 766, 598, 674 and then the new numbers are arranged in ascending order. Which would be the fourth number ?

• 483 
• 766
• 674
• 598

Q.79.What least number should be added to 2600 to make it a complete square ?

• 3 
• 9 
• 1 
• 25

Q.80.When sun-light passes through a glass prism,which of the following colours refracts the most ?

• Blue 
• Red
• Orange
• Green

Q.81.If (78)2 is subtracted from the square of a number, we get 6460. What is that number ?

• 109 
• 112
• 111
• 115

Q.82.The difference between 28% and 42% of a number is 210. What is 59% of this number ?

• 900 
• 420
• 885
• None of these

Q.83.A–B means A is the father of B. A + B means A is the daughter of B. A ÷ B means A is the son of B.A ×B means A is the wife of B. Then, what is the relation of P with T in the expression P + S – T ?

• Son 
• Daughter
• Sister
• Wife

Q.84.Ellora caves in Maharashtra were built during the rule of which of the following dynasties ?

• Rashtrakoot 
• Pallav
• Pala
• Chola

Q.85.But for the Surgeon’s skill, the patient ……… died.

• may have 
• must have 
• should have 
• would have

Q.86.I want to see the Principal, …… I have something to tell him urgently.

• so 
• for
• since
• and

Q.87.I wasn’t really listening and didn’t ……… what he said.

• catch 
• receive
• accept
• take

Q.88.The first division of Congress took place in—

• Kolkata 
• Surat 
• Allahabad
• Chennai

Q.89.What is ginger ?

• Flower 
• Root
• Stem
• Leaf

Q.90.Battle of Kalinga was fought at which of the following places ?

• Udaigiri 
• Dhauli
• Balasore
• Barabaki

Q.91.MIG aircraft manufacturing plant is located at which of the following places of Orissa ?

• Beharampur 
• Sunabeda
• Koraput 
• Sambalpur

Q.NO.1-30         Q.NO.31-60             Q.NO.61-90             Q.NO.91-120            Q.NO.121-150

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