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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

Q13261.General ScienceAsked in: CTET · 28th Dec 2021Easy

Which of the following statements about the image formed by a concave lens is always correct?

  1. A.It is upside down and larger than the object.
  2. B.It is upside down and smaller than the object.
  3. C.It is upright and larger than the object.
  4. D.It is upright and smaller than the object.
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Correct answer: D. It is upright and smaller than the object.

A concave lens is a diverging lens, so for every position of a real object it forms an image that is virtual, erect and diminished.

Q13263.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 02 Dec 2022, Shift 4Medium

Which road plan in India was the first attempt for the Road Development Programme between 1943-1963?

  1. A.Poona Road Plan
  2. B.Nagpur Road Plan
  3. C.Bombay Road Plan
  4. D.Lucknow Road Plan
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Correct answer: B. Nagpur Road Plan

The Nagpur Plan, drawn up at a conference of chief engineers of the provinces and states held at Nagpur in 1943, was the first attempt at planned road development in India and covered the twenty years from 1943 to 1963.

Q13264.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 18 Aug 2021, Shift 1Medium

Sandalwood grows in which type of forests?

  1. A.Savanna forests
  2. B.Equatorial evergreen forests
  3. C.Tropical rainforests
  4. D.Tropical deciduous forests
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Correct answer: D. Tropical deciduous forests

Sandalwood is a tree of the tropical deciduous or monsoon forests, and in India it grows best on the dry eastern slopes of the Western Ghats in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu.

Q13266.Indian EconomyAsked in: SSC CGL · 11 April 2022, Shift 3Medium

The number of deaths during the first 28 completed days of life per 1000 live births in a given year or period is defined as ______.

  1. A.infant mortality rate
  2. B.crude mortality rate
  3. C.neonatal mortality rate
  4. D.age-specific mortality rate
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Correct answer: C. neonatal mortality rate

The neonatal period is the first 28 completed days after birth, and the neonatal mortality rate counts the deaths in that period for every 1,000 live births in a year.

Q13270.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 17 Jul 2023, Shift 1Medium

Identify the subsidiary of SAIL that is located along the Kolkata-Asansol railway line.

  1. A.ESL Steel Limited (ESL)
  2. B.Jindal Steel and Power Ltd (JSPL)
  3. C.Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO)
  4. D.Tata Iron and Steel plant (TISCO)
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Correct answer: C. Indian Iron and Steel Company (IISCO)

IISCO has its works at Burnpur, near Asansol in West Bengal, on the Kolkata-Asansol railway line, and it became a subsidiary of the Steel Authority of India and was later merged into it, the plant now being run as the IISCO Steel Plant.

Q13273.Indian PolityAsked in: SSC CGL · 18 April 2022, Shift 3Hard

The 40th Amendment Act of 1976 was applied to which Article of the Constitution of India?

  1. A.297
  2. B.248
  3. C.245
  4. D.226
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Correct answer: A. 297

The Constitution (Fortieth Amendment) Act, 1976 rewrote Article 297 so that all lands, minerals and other things of value lying in the territorial waters, the continental shelf and the exclusive economic zone of India vest in the Union and are held for the purposes of the Union.

Q13276.Awards & HonoursEasy

Which organisation holds the National Exhibition of Art, whose 65th edition was held in New Delhi?

  1. A.Sangeet Natak Akademi
  2. B.Sahitya Akademi
  3. C.Lalit Kala Akademi
  4. D.National Gallery of Modern Art
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Correct answer: C. Lalit Kala Akademi

The correct answer is the Lalit Kala Akademi, India's national academy of fine arts, which works under the Ministry of Culture and organises the National Exhibition of Art. At the sixty fifth edition the Union Minister of Culture and Tourism, Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, was the Chief Guest and felicitated twenty…

Q13278.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Which body received the hosting baton for Routes Asia 2027 from the China West Airport Group?

  1. A.Directorate General of Civil Aviation
  2. B.Airports Economic Regulatory Authority
  3. C.Airports Authority of India
  4. D.Air India
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Correct answer: C. Airports Authority of India

India formally assumed hosting responsibilities at the closing ceremony of the previous Routes Asia held in Xi'an in China during April of the year twenty twenty six, and it was the Airports Authority of India that received the hosting baton from the China West Airport Group.

Q13279.Summits & ConferencesEasy

At which venue will Routes Asia 2027 be held?

  1. A.Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi
  2. B.Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi
  3. C.Yashobhoomi, Dwarka
  4. D.Jio World Centre, Mumbai
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Correct answer: B. Bharat Mandapam, New Delhi

The Civil Aviation Minister announced while unveiling the curtain raiser that the route development event will take place there from the sixteenth to the eighteenth of March in the year twenty twenty seven, bringing together more than one hundred and fifteen airlines and representatives from over fifty five countries.

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