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RRB Group D GK Questions 2026

Static GK is not a separate section in RRB Group D, but it decides most of the paper's recall marks. General Science is 25 questions of Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences at 10th standard (CBSE) level as per CEN 09/2025, and the 20 General Awareness questions lean on the standing facts behind the news: the sport, the award, the institution, the state, the river or the scientist an event touches. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for RRB Group D. The General Science notes go topic by topic through motion and force, work, energy and power, gravitation, heat, light, sound, electricity and magnetism, atomic structure and the periodic table, chemical reactions, acids, bases and salts, metals and non-metals, and carbon compounds, and the Life Sciences notes cover cells, the human body, nutrition, diseases, plants and genetics. The static GK notes cover Indian Railways zones and facts, national symbols, first and largest in India and the world, awards and honours, important days, books and authors, sports GK, art and culture, and the basics of Indian Polity, Geography, History and the Economy. Each note is short facts and tables that can be revised in one sitting. Read a note, then solve its quiz and the previous-year questions on this site to check what stayed.

RRB Group D GK Questions with Answers

Q583.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which of the following statements are true for the reaction of Fe2O3 with aluminium? 1. It is known as the 'thermite reaction'. 2. The heat evolved is used for welding purpose. 3. Aluminium metal acts as an oxidizing agent. 4. Molten Fe and Al are formed at the end of the reaction. Select the correct answer using the code given below.

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

When iron(III) oxide is heated with aluminium powder, aluminium takes away the oxygen, and the reaction gives out so much heat that the iron produced is molten: Fe2O3 + 2Al → 2Fe + Al2O3 + heat.

Q584.EconomyEasy

Apart from the Ministry of Power, which ministry is Indian Railways coordinating with to ensure efficient coal evacuation?

  1. A.Ministry of Mines
  2. B.Ministry of Coal
  3. C.Ministry of Heavy Industries
  4. D.Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Coal

The railways works with it on moving coal out of the mines efficiently, while its coordination with the Ministry of Power is about sustaining transport and supply so that thermal plants hold enough stock to generate reliably.

Q586.EconomyMedium

What was the growth in Indian Railways' coal loading in October 2026 up to the 18th of the month, compared with the same period a year earlier?

  1. A.7.1 per cent
  2. B.14 per cent
  3. C.22.5 per cent
  4. D.32.5 per cent
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Correct answer: C. 22.5 per cent

That is the growth the railways registered in coal loading during the month up to the eighteenth day, measured against the corresponding stretch of the previous year, and it amounts to an all-time high for coal loading.

Q587.SportsHard

Who were the Indian pair that won the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 para badminton bronze at the Asian Para Games 2026?

  1. A.Krishna Nagar and Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan
  2. B.Suhas L. Yathiraj and Sanjana Kumari
  3. C.Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass
  4. D.Abhijeet Sakhuja and Manisha Ramadass
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Correct answer: C. Pramod Bhagat and Manisha Ramadass

The two won the bronze medal in the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 event, and their teamwork, determination and competitive spirit through the tournament were singled out in the Prime Minister's message.

Q589.SportsMedium

Which Indian para shuttler won two bronze medals on a single day at the Asian Para Games 2026?

  1. A.Sanjana Kumari
  2. B.Manisha Ramadass
  3. C.Nithya Sre Sumathy Sivan
  4. D.Suhas L. Yathiraj
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Correct answer: B. Manisha Ramadass

She won bronze in the Women's Singles SU5 event, a bronze medal for the second consecutive edition of the Games, and then won a second bronze in the Mixed Doubles SL3-SU5 event alongside Pramod Bhagat, which gave her two medals on the same day.

Q590.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKEasy

Kwashiorkor disease in children is caused by

  1. A.sufficient carbohydrates but less fats in diet
  2. B.sufficient carbohydrates and fats but deficient proteins in diet
  3. C.sufficient vitamins but deficient fats in diet
  4. D.sufficient fats but deficient vitamins in diet
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Correct answer: B. sufficient carbohydrates and fats but deficient proteins in diet

Kwashiorkor is a disease of protein deficiency in a child who still gets enough calories. It usually appears when a child is weaned from breast milk onto a starchy diet with little protein.

Q591.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKMedium

Which one of the following is the correct order of pH for the given substances?

  1. A.Coffee < Lemon juice < Milk of magnesia < Blood
  2. B.Milk of magnesia < Blood < Coffee < Lemon juice
  3. C.Lemon juice < Blood < Coffee < Milk of magnesia
  4. D.Lemon juice < Coffee < Blood < Milk of magnesia
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Correct answer: D. Lemon juice < Coffee < Blood < Milk of magnesia

Arranged from most acidic to most basic, the four substances fall in exactly this order. Lemon juice, rich in citric acid, has a pH of about 2 to 2.5.

Q592.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKEasy

The Research Design and Standards Organization is the R&D wing of which one of the following organizations ?

  1. A.Bhabha Atomic Research Centre
  2. B.Indian Space Research Organization
  3. C.Indian Railways
  4. D.Defence Research and Development Organization
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Correct answer: C. Indian Railways

The Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) is the sole research and development wing of the Ministry of Railways. RDSO is headquartered at Lucknow.

Q594.Government SchemesMedium

Under the revised disability pension, what benchmark of disability now decides eligibility?

  1. A.40 per cent, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016
  2. B.80 per cent, under the National Trust Act 1999
  3. C.50 per cent, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016
  4. D.60 per cent, under the National Trust Act 1999
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Correct answer: A. 40 per cent, under the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act 2016

Section 2(r) of that Act defines a person with benchmark disability as one with not less than 40 per cent of a specified disability, as certified by the certifying authority, and the Cabinet decision of 14 October 2026 brings the pension on to that measure.

Q595.Government SchemesMedium

What is the outlay approved for the Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana for 2026-27 to 2030-31?

  1. A.Rs 9,652 crore
  2. B.Rs 35,428 crore
  3. C.Rs 53,428 crore
  4. D.Rs 73,428 crore
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Correct answer: C. Rs 53,428 crore

The Union Cabinet, chaired by the Prime Minister, approved this outlay on 14 October 2026 when it cleared the continuation of the National Social Assistance Programme for five years and renamed it the Pradhan Mantri Samajik Sahayata Yojana.

Q596.Environment & EcologyAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATEasy

Which one of the following group of organisms forms a food chain?

  1. A.Grass, human and fish
  2. B.Grass, goat and human
  3. C.Tree, tree cutter and tiger
  4. D.Goat, cow and human
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Correct answer: B. Grass, goat and human

In this chain each organism is eaten by the next: grass, a producer, is eaten by the goat, a herbivore, and the goat is eaten by humans, so energy passes in a straight line.

Q598.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATMedium

Human body works in the pH range of :

  1. A.6.8 - 7.2
  2. B.7.0 - 7.8
  3. C.6.5 - 7.5
  4. D.7.5 - 8.0
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Correct answer: B. 7.0 - 7.8

NCERT's Class 10 chemistry chapter on acids, bases and salts states that our body works within the narrow pH range of 7.0 to 7.8, which is slightly basic.

Q600.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2017, GATEasy

How long does light take to reach the Earth from the Sun ?

  1. A.About 4 minutes
  2. B.About 8 minutes
  3. C.About 24 minutes
  4. D.About 24 hours
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Correct answer: B. About 8 minutes

Sunlight takes about 8 minutes and 20 seconds, roughly 500 seconds, to travel from the Sun to the Earth. The average distance between the Sun and the Earth is about 150 million kilometres, a distance called one astronomical unit.