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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

Q1901.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GATEasy

The volume of a sealed packet is 1 litre and its mass is 800 g. The packet is first put inside water with density 1 g cm⁻³ and then in another liquid B with density 1.5 g cm⁻³. Then which one of the following statements holds true?

  1. A.The packet will float in both water and liquid B.
  2. B.The packet will sink in both water and liquid B.
  3. C.The packet will sink in water but will float in liquid B.
  4. D.The packet will float in water and sink in liquid B.
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Correct answer: A. The packet will float in both water and liquid B.

The packet’s density is 800 g divided by 1,000 cm³, which is 0.8 g/cm³, less than the density of both liquids.

Q1902.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2025, GATMedium

An object is placed between infinity and the pole (P) of a convex mirror. The position of the image is

  1. A.between pole (P) and the focus (F), behind the mirror
  2. B.between the focus (F) and infinity, behind the mirror
  3. C.between the pole (P) and the infinity, in front of the mirror
  4. D.at the focus (F), behind the mirror
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Correct answer: A. between pole (P) and the focus (F), behind the mirror

For any position of a real object in front of a convex mirror, the image forms behind the mirror between P and F. A convex mirror bulges outward, and its focus and centre of curvature lie behind it.

Q1905.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2021, GATEasy

Tyndall effect is a phenomenon of

  1. A.scattering of light by the colloidal particles.
  2. B.refraction of light by the colloidal particles.
  3. C.dispersion of light by dust particles.
  4. D.refraction of light by dust particles.
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Correct answer: A. scattering of light by the colloidal particles.

Particles in a colloid are large enough to scatter a beam of light, which makes the path of the beam visible.

Q1906.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2022, GATEasy

The refractive index of crown glass is close to 3/2. If the speed of light in air is c, then the speed of light in the crown glass will be close to

  1. A.(3/2)c
  2. B.(4/9)c
  3. C.(2/3)c
  4. D.(9/4)c
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Correct answer: C. (2/3)c

Refractive index is the ratio of the speed of light in air to its speed in the medium, so the speed in glass is c divided by 3/2, which is (2/3)c. The absolute refractive index of a medium is n = c/v, where c is the speed of light in…

Q1908.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2019, GKEasy

Consider the following statement : "Atomic number of an element is a more fundamental property than its atomic mass." Who among the following scientists has made the above statement ?

  1. A.Dmitri Mendeleev
  2. B.Henry Moseley
  3. C.J.J. Thomson
  4. D.Ernest Rutherford
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Correct answer: B. Henry Moseley

In 1913 the English physicist Henry Moseley showed that atomic number, not atomic mass, is the fundamental property of an element.

Q1909.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKEasy

Which one of the following amendments to the Constitution of India has introduced reservations in education and in public employment for people from the Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) of society ?

  1. A.The Constitution (101st Amendment) Act
  2. B.The Constitution (102nd Amendment) Act
  3. C.The Constitution (122nd Amendment) Act
  4. D.The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act
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Correct answer: D. The Constitution (103rd Amendment) Act

The 103rd Amendment Act, 2019 allowed reservation of up to 10 percent for the Economically Weaker Sections in educational institutions and in government jobs.

Q1910.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2024, GKMedium

How can one determine the relative humidity on a particular day at a given place?

  1. A.If temperature is given
  2. B.If absolute humidity is given
  3. C.If both temperature and absolute humidity are given
  4. D.If percentage of absolute humidity is given
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Correct answer: C. If both temperature and absolute humidity are given

Relative humidity compares the water vapour actually present in the air with the most the air could hold at that temperature, so both figures are needed.

Q1915.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKEasy

The Eight Degree Channel separates which of the following?

  1. A.India from Sri Lanka
  2. B.Lakshadweep from Maldives
  3. C.Andaman from Nicobar Islands
  4. D.Indira Point from Indonesia
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Correct answer: B. Lakshadweep from Maldives

The Eight Degree Channel runs roughly along the 8 degree north latitude in the Arabian Sea and separates Minicoy, the southernmost island of Lakshadweep, from the Maldives.

Q1920.Indian PolityAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

Which one of the following is not a correct statement with reference to the Constitution of India ?

  1. A.The Constitution (Eighty-Fifth) Amendment Act has inserted the 'Right to Education' under Article 21A.
  2. B.Article 22 talks about preventive detention.
  3. C.Right to Constitutional Remedies is in Part-III of the Constitution.
  4. D.Writ jurisdiction of High Courts is wider than the Supreme Court of India.
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Correct answer: A. The Constitution (Eighty-Fifth) Amendment Act has inserted the 'Right to Education' under Article 21A.

Article 21A, the right to education, was inserted by the Constitution (Eighty-sixth) Amendment Act, 2002, not by the Eighty-fifth.

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