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Railway GK Questions 2026

Static GK in railway exams starts with one shared block: Class 10 science. Every RRB exam on GK24 tests it. Group D has 25 questions on Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences of 10th CBSE level. JE has 30 in CBT-1 and another 15 on Physics and Chemistry in CBT-2. ALP tests General Science in CBT-1 and Basic Science and Engineering in CBT-2, and NTPC lists general science up to 10th inside General Awareness. Beyond science, the lists differ. NTPC names history and the freedom struggle, geography, polity, the economy, art and culture, environment, computers, abbreviations, transport systems in India, world organisations and government bodies. JE names geography, history and culture, polity, the economy and environmental issues, and adds computers and pollution control in CBT-2. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for railway exams in English and Hindi: General Science, History, Geography, Polity, Economy, Art and Culture, Environment, Computers and static GK, including Indian Railways. Each note is short facts and tables that can be revised in one sitting. Begin with the science notes, since they serve every railway exam, then add the static topics your exam lists, and test each note with its quiz.

Railway GK Questions with Answers

Q6041.NationalEasy

Who can submit inputs on the new demography portal?

  1. A.Only Central Ministries and Departments
  2. B.Only State and Union Territory Governments
  3. C.Central Ministries, State and UT Governments, NGOs and institutions, and individuals
  4. D.Only members of the committee and its research staff
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Correct answer: C. Central Ministries, State and UT Governments, NGOs and institutions, and individuals

The portal is fully operational and open for public access, stakeholder submissions and data interaction, which is why options A, B and D, each of which narrows the list, are wrong.

Q6043.NationalEasy

Who is the Chairman of the High-Level Committee on Demographic Changes (HLCDC), which launched its web portal?

  1. A.Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar (Retd.)
  2. B.Justice Rohinton Fali Nariman (Retd.)
  3. C.The Union Home Secretary
  4. D.The Registrar General of India
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Correct answer: A. Justice Prakash Prabhakar Naolekar (Retd.)

As Chairman of the committee he launched its dedicated digital web portal in New Delhi, a portal that is now fully operational for public access, stakeholder submissions and data interaction.

Q6044.InternationalMedium

Which scheme adopted under SIOFA will India take part in to strengthen coastal security?

  1. A.Deep Ocean Surveillance Programme
  2. B.High Seas Boarding and Inspection Scheme
  3. C.Marine Stock Certification Scheme
  4. D.Blue Flag Vessel Scheme
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Correct answer: B. High Seas Boarding and Inspection Scheme

It has been adopted under the agreement and is to be put in place, and active involvement in it is expected to advance India’s strategic regional priorities while strengthening national coastal security.

Q6046.InternationalEasy

India’s accession has been approved to which fisheries agreement?

  1. A.Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement
  2. B.Indian Ocean Tuna Commission
  3. C.Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Convention
  4. D.Bay of Bengal Fisheries Compact
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Correct answer: A. Southern Indian Ocean Fisheries Agreement

The Central Government has approved India moving from the position of a cooperating non-contracting party, which it has held since 2022, to that of a full contracting party, which brings voting rights in the bodies that run the agreement.

Q6047.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATEasy

Which one of the following frequency ranges is sensitive to human ears ?

  1. A.0-200 Hz
  2. B.20-20,000 Hz
  3. C.200-20,000 Hz only
  4. D.2,000-20,000 Hz only
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Correct answer: B. 20-20,000 Hz

The normal human ear hears sound from about 20 hertz to 20,000 hertz, the audible range. Frequency, measured in hertz, is the number of vibrations per second, and it decides the pitch of a sound: the higher the frequency, the shriller the note.

Q6048.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATEasy

The frequency of ultrasound waves is

  1. A.less than 20 Hz
  2. B.between 20 Hz and 2 kHz
  3. C.between 2 kHz and 20 kHz
  4. D.greater than 20 kHz
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Correct answer: D. greater than 20 kHz

Ultrasound is sound with a frequency above 20,000 Hz, the upper limit of human hearing. Humans hear sound between about 20 Hz and 20 kHz.

Q6050.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATEasy

A sample of 'soft soap' contains

  1. A.Caesium
  2. B.Potassium
  3. C.Calcium
  4. D.Magnesium
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Correct answer: B. Potassium

Soft soaps are potassium salts of fatty acids, while ordinary hard bar soaps are sodium salts. Soap is made by saponification, heating an oil or fat with an alkali.

Q6051.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATEasy

Which of the following sets of elements has the same valency?

  1. A.Na, Mg, Ca
  2. B.Na, Mg, Al
  3. C.Mg, Ca, K
  4. D.Mg, Ca, Ba
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Correct answer: D. Mg, Ca, Ba

Magnesium, calcium and barium are all alkaline earth metals of group 2, and each has a valency of 2. Elements in the same group of the periodic table have the same number of electrons in their outermost shell, and so the same valency.

Q6055.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2023, GATEasy

Eukaryotic cells are much more complex as compared to prokaryotes. Which one of the following structures is exclusively present in a eukaryotic cell ?

  1. A.Cell wall
  2. B.Plasma membrane
  3. C.Nucleic acid
  4. D.Mitochondria
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Correct answer: D. Mitochondria

Mitochondria are membrane-bound organelles, and only eukaryotic cells have membrane-bound organelles. Prokaryotes such as bacteria and cyanobacteria have no true nucleus and no membrane-bound organelles; their DNA lies in a region called the nucleoid, and they carry out respiration on their plasma membrane.

Q6056.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATMedium

The relative atomic mass of boron (which exists in two isotopic forms ¹⁰B and ¹¹B) is 10.81. What will be the abundance of ¹⁰B and ¹¹B, respectively (consider a sample of 100 atoms)?

  1. A.19% and 81%
  2. B.81% and 19%
  3. C.38% and 62%
  4. D.62% and 38%
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Correct answer: A. 19% and 81%

Only this split of boron-10 and boron-11 gives an average atomic mass of 10.81. The relative atomic mass of an element is the average of its isotopes' masses, each weighted by how common it is.

Q6058.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2026, GATMedium

A particle is moved from point X to point Y under a force field. The work done depends only on the initial and final speeds. Which one of the following is correct?

  1. A.The force is conservative.
  2. B.The net work equals the change in kinetic energy.
  3. C.The force is constant.
  4. D.The velocity must always increase.
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Correct answer: B. The net work equals the change in kinetic energy.

A work done that is fixed by the starting and ending speeds alone is exactly what the work-energy theorem states: W(net) = ½mv² − ½mu².

Q6059.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2026, GATHard

Two conducting wires made of the same material have lengths L and 1.2 L. If the volume of the longer wire is half that of the shorter wire, then what is the electric resistance of the longer wire in comparison with the shorter wire?

  1. A.288% larger
  2. B.200% larger
  3. C.188% larger
  4. D.108% larger
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Correct answer: C. 188% larger

The longer wire's resistance works out to 2.88 times that of the shorter one, which is 188% more. Resistance is R = ρL/A, where ρ is the resistivity of the material.

Q6060.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2017, GATMedium

Molecules of which of the following has cage like structure ?

1. Diamond

2. Graphite

3. Fullerenes

Select the correct answer using the code given below :

  1. A.1, 2 and 3
  2. B.2 and 3 only
  3. C.2 only
  4. D.3 only
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Correct answer: D. 3 only

Of the three forms of carbon, only fullerenes are made of closed, hollow, cage-like molecules. The best-known fullerene is buckminsterfullerene, C60, a hollow sphere of 60 carbon atoms arranged in 20 hexagons and 12 pentagons, shaped like a football.

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