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RRB JE GK Questions 2026

Static GK makes up most of the General Awareness syllabus of RRB JE, and General Science adds a larger block of its own. CEN 04/2026 lists Indian geography, the culture and history of India including the freedom struggle, Indian Polity and Constitution, the Indian Economy and environmental issues concerning India and the world. In CBT-1 these share 15 questions with current affairs, while General Science, which the CEN defines as Physics, Chemistry and Life Sciences up to the 10th Standard CBSE syllabus, has 30 questions of its own. CBT-2 repeats the General Awareness syllabus in 15 questions and adds 15 on Physics and Chemistry, 10 on Basics of Computers and Applications and 10 on Basics of Environment and Pollution Control. This page holds GK24's topic-wise GK notes for RRB JE: Polity, History, Geography, the Economy, Art and Culture, Environment and Ecology, General Science and Computer basics. Each note is a set of short facts and tables in English and Hindi that can be revised in one sitting. Read one topic, solve its quiz and previous-year questions, and return to it a week later. With 15 General Awareness questions spread over eight areas, breadth matters more than depth, while General Science rewards thorough revision of Class 10 concepts.

RRB JE GK Questions with Answers

Q522.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 25 May 2019, Shift 1Easy

Bacilli are bacteria which are-

  1. A.Comma-shaped
  2. B.Rod-shaped
  3. C.Spiral
  4. D.Spherical
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Correct answer: B. Rod-shaped

Bacteria are grouped by shape, and bacilli are the rod-shaped ones; the Latin word bacillus itself means a small rod or stick.

Q525.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 28 May 2019, Shift 1Easy

What is the thrust on unit area called?

  1. A.Volume
  2. B.Surface area
  3. C.Density
  4. D.Pressure
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Correct answer: D. Pressure

Thrust is the force acting perpendicular to a surface, and the thrust acting on unit area of that surface is called pressure, so pressure = thrust ÷ area.

Q526.Sports GKAsked in: RRB JE · 29 Aug 2019Easy

Ryder Cup is associated with which sport?

  1. A.Golf
  2. B.Table Tennis
  3. C.Cricket
  4. D.Hockey
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Correct answer: A. Golf

The Ryder Cup is a team golf tournament, played between teams representing the United States and Europe. It began in 1927 and is named after Samuel Ryder, the English seed merchant who donated the trophy.

Q527.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug 2019Easy

1 gigabyte is equal to-

  1. A.1391 megabytes
  2. B.1024 kilobytes
  3. C.1024 megabytes
  4. D.1150 megabytes
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Correct answer: C. 1024 megabytes

Computer storage is counted in powers of two, so each step up the ladder multiplies by 1024, and one gigabyte equals 1024 megabytes.

Q529.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB NTPC · 06 Jun, 2025, Shift 2Medium

Consider a hierarchical file system. If a user attempts to delete a non-empty directory using a standard 'delete directory' command without any recursive options, what is the most likely outcome?

  1. A.The operating system will automatically delete all files and subdirectories within it.
  2. B.Only the directory structure will be removed, leaving the files and subdirectories orphaned.
  3. C.The operating system will prompt the user for confirmation to delete each item within the directory.
  4. D.The operating system will return an error indicating that the directory is not empty
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Correct answer: D. The operating system will return an error indicating that the directory is not empty

The plain remove-directory command is built to delete an empty folder only. In Windows it is rmdir, also written rd, and in Linux it is rmdir; both stop with a message such as "The directory is not empty" when anything is still inside.

Q530.General ScienceAsked in: Rajasthan · 26 Dec 2020Medium

Permanent magnet type instrument may be used for -

  1. A.A.C. only
  2. B.D.C. only
  3. C.Impulse quantities
  4. D.A.C. and D.C. both
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Correct answer: B. D.C. only

only. In a permanent magnet moving coil instrument the coil is pivoted in the field of a permanent magnet, so the deflecting torque is proportional to the current itself and not to its square.

Q531.General ScienceAsked in: Rajasthan · 16 Dec, 2018Medium

For a floating body to be in stable equilibrium, its metacenter should be-

  1. A.Below the center of gravity
  2. B.Below the center of buoyancy
  3. C.Above the center of buoyancy
  4. D.Above the center of gravity
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Correct answer: D. Above the center of gravity

When a floating body tilts a little, the centre of buoyancy shifts to the centre of the newly displaced water, and the vertical drawn through it cuts the original axis of the body at a point called the metacentre.

Q532.Computer AwarenessAsked in: Rajasthan · RSSB Informatics Assistant 2018 OfficialMedium

A network security system that protects network resources by filtering messages at the application layer is:

  1. A.Packet Filter Firewall
  2. B.Proxy Firewall
  3. C.Stateful inspection Firewall
  4. D.Next-Gen Firewall
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Correct answer: B. Proxy Firewall

A proxy firewall, also called an application gateway, stands between the client and the server as a stand-in for both, opens each message and filters it at the application layer, so it can read a URL, a command or an attachment before passing the request on.

Q534.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 4 June 2019, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following is an aldehyde?

  1. A.Propanal
  2. B.Propanol
  3. C.Propyne
  4. D.Propanone
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Correct answer: A. Propanal

The ending 'al' marks an aldehyde, so propanal is the three-carbon aldehyde, CH3CH2CHO. An aldehyde carries the group -CHO at the end of the carbon chain, with the carbonyl carbon attached to a hydrogen.

Q537.Computer AwarenessAsked in: SSC CHSL · 02 Nov, 2023, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following types of firewall operates at the Network layer to examine incoming and outgoing packets?

  1. A.Circuit-level gateway
  2. B.Application-level gateway
  3. C.Packet filtering
  4. D.Network filtering
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Correct answer: C. Packet filtering

A packet filtering firewall works at the network layer, the third layer of the OSI model, where it reads the header of every incoming and outgoing packet and compares the source and destination IP address, the port number and the protocol against a list of rules, then allows the packet…