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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

Q7103.GeographyAsked in: Delhi · 28 Aug 2019, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following is the longest strait in the world?

  1. A.Malacca Strait
  2. B.Sunda Strait
  3. C.Denmark Strait
  4. D.Bering Strait
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Correct answer: A. Malacca Strait

It runs for about eight hundred kilometres between the Malay Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra, joining the Andaman Sea with the South China Sea, and is the longest strait in the world as well as one of the busiest shipping lanes, carrying a large share of the oil…

Q7105.General ScienceMedium

Cardiac muscle of the human heart is

  1. A.striated and voluntary
  2. B.striated and involuntary
  3. C.non-striated and voluntary
  4. D.non-striated and involuntary
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Correct answer: B. striated and involuntary

Cardiac muscle shows the cross stripes of skeletal muscle under the microscope, but it is not under the control of the will and it beats rhythmically on its own, driven by the pacemaker of the heart; its cells are branched and joined end to end by intercalated discs, which let…

Q7106.General ScienceMedium

Which pair of proteins slides over each other during the contraction of a skeletal muscle?

  1. A.Actin and myosin
  2. B.Collagen and keratin
  3. C.Albumin and globulin
  4. D.Insulin and glucagon
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Correct answer: A. Actin and myosin

In the sliding filament theory of contraction, a nerve impulse causes calcium to be released from the sarcoplasmic reticulum; the calcium exposes binding sites on the thin actin filaments, the heads of the thick myosin filaments attach to them and swivel, using energy from ATP, and the actin is pulled…

Q7107.General ScienceEasy

Tendons in the human body connect

  1. A.bone to bone
  2. B.muscle to bone
  3. C.muscle to muscle
  4. D.nerve to muscle
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Correct answer: B. muscle to bone

A tendon is a cord of white fibrous connective tissue, with very little elasticity, that transmits the pull of a contracting muscle to the bone it moves; the Achilles tendon at the heel is the best known example.

Q7108.General ScienceEasy

The joint found at the shoulder and the hip, which allows movement in all directions, is a

  1. A.hinge joint
  2. B.ball and socket joint
  3. C.pivot joint
  4. D.gliding joint
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Correct answer: B. ball and socket joint

The rounded head of the humerus sits in the socket of the shoulder blade and the head of the femur sits in the socket of the hip bone, which lets the limb move forwards, backwards, sideways and in rotation; these are synovial joints with a fluid-filled cavity.

Q7109.General ScienceEasy

How many pairs of ribs are there in the human body?

  1. A.10 pairs
  2. B.11 pairs
  3. C.12 pairs
  4. D.14 pairs
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Correct answer: C. 12 pairs

All of them are attached behind to the thoracic vertebrae. In front, the first seven pairs join the sternum directly and are called true or vertebrosternal ribs; the next three pairs join the seventh rib through cartilage and are called false or vertebrochondral ribs; and the last two pairs have…

Q7111.General ScienceEasy

Which is the smallest bone in the human body?

  1. A.Stapes
  2. B.Malleus
  3. C.Patella
  4. D.Hyoid
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Correct answer: A. Stapes

It is the innermost of the three ear ossicles of the middle ear and is shaped like a stirrup; it passes vibrations from the incus to the oval window of the inner ear and is the smallest bone of the body.

Q7112.General ScienceEasy

How many bones are there in the body of an adult human being?

  1. A.186
  2. B.206
  3. C.280
  4. D.300
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Correct answer: B. 206

The adult skeleton has eighty bones in the axial part, that is the skull with the ear ossicles and hyoid, the vertebral column, the ribs and the sternum, and one hundred and twenty-six in the appendicular part, that is the limbs with the pectoral and pelvic girdles, making two hundred…

Q7113.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 10 June 2019, Shift 3Easy

How many canine teeth does an adult human have?

  1. A.3
  2. B.8
  3. C.2
  4. D.4
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Correct answer: D. 4

An adult set of thirty-two permanent teeth has eight incisors for cutting, four canines for tearing, eight premolars and twelve molars for grinding, so there is one canine on each side of each jaw.

Q7114.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 25 May 2019, Shift 3Medium

Which is the longest muscle in the body?

  1. A.Soleus
  2. B.Gracilis
  3. C.Trapezius
  4. D.Sartorius
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Correct answer: D. Sartorius

It is a thin, strap-like muscle that runs across the front of the thigh from the hip bone to the inner side of the knee, and because it crosses two joints it is the longest muscle of the human body; it helps in bending the hip and the knee and…

Q7115.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATEasy

Which one of the following has maximum inertia ?

  1. A.An atom
  2. B.A molecule
  3. C.A one-rupee coin
  4. D.A cricket ball
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Correct answer: D. A cricket ball

Inertia depends only on mass, and a cricket ball is the heaviest of the four. Inertia is the tendency of a body to stay at rest or keep moving uniformly in a straight line unless a force acts on it; this is Newton's first law.

Q7117.GeographyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2019, GATEasy

Spring tides refer to

  1. A.greatest difference in the sea level at high and low tides
  2. B.lowest difference in the sea level at high and low tides
  3. C.no difference in the sea level at high and low tides
  4. D.counteraction of gravitational pull of the Sun to that of Moon
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Correct answer: A. greatest difference in the sea level at high and low tides

Spring tides have the highest high tides and the lowest low tides, so the tidal range is at its greatest.

Q7119.Indian PolityAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2020, GATMedium

Which one of the following Directive Principles was inserted by the Constitution (42nd Amendment) Act, 1976?

  1. A.The State shall minimise inequalities in income
  2. B.Equal justice and free legal aid
  3. C.Promotion of co-operative societies
  4. D.Provision for early childhood care
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Correct answer: B. Equal justice and free legal aid

Article 39A, which directs the State to secure equal justice and provide free legal aid, was added by the 42nd Amendment in 1976.

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