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RRB JE 2019 Previous Year GK Questions with Answers

GK questions asked in RRB JE 2019, with answers and explanations.

Previous Year Questions

Q21.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 25 May 2019, Shift 3Easy

Which organ in the human body helps to maintain balance?

  1. A.Heart
  2. B.Liver
  3. C.Ear
  4. D.Tongue
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Correct answer: C. Ear

Balance is controlled by the inner ear, which holds the vestibular apparatus alongside the organ of hearing. It is made of three semicircular canals set at right angles to one another and two small sacs, the utricle and the saccule.

Q23.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug 2019 (IT, CBT 2)Medium

Which of the following tag creates a checkbox for a form in HTML?

  1. A.<input checkbox>
  2. B.<checkbox>
  3. C.<input=checkbox>
  4. D.<input type="checkbox">
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Correct answer: D. <input type="checkbox">

HTML has no separate checkbox element at all. Every simple form control is written with the single input tag, and the type attribute decides what the browser draws, whether that is text, password, radio, checkbox, submit, file or hidden.

Q26.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 01 Sep 2019, Shift 2 (Electronics)Easy

What does PPP stand for with respect to Data Communication?

  1. A.Packet to Point Protocol
  2. B.Point to Point Protocol
  3. C.Point to Packet Protocol
  4. D.Packet to Packet Protocol
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Correct answer: B. Point to Point Protocol

PPP is a data-link layer protocol that carries data directly between two nodes over a single link, such as a telephone line, a leased line or a serial cable.

Q27.Environment & EcologyAsked in: RRB JE · 31 Aug 2019Easy

Which of the following is a disadvantage of most of the renewable energy sources?

  1. A.Unreliable supply
  2. B.High waste disposal cost
  3. C.Highly polluting
  4. D.High running cost
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Correct answer: A. Unreliable supply

Most renewable sources depend on the weather, so the power they give is intermittent rather than steady. Solar panels make nothing at night and little under thick cloud, wind turbines stop when the wind drops, and hydropower falls away in a weak monsoon.

Q28.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 01 Sep 2019, Shift 2Medium

Convert the hexadecimal number C6 to binary number.

  1. A.10010110
  2. B.11000100
  3. C.11000110
  4. D.10100110
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Correct answer: C. 11000110

Each hexadecimal digit stands for exactly four binary digits, so a two-digit hex number becomes an eight-bit binary number. Here C is 12 in decimal, which is 1100 in binary, and 6 is 0110.

Q31.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug 2019Medium

What is the shortcut key for a manual line break in MS-Word?

  1. A.Ctrl + Enter
  2. B.Alt + Enter
  3. C.Shift + Enter
  4. D.Space + Enter
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Correct answer: C. Shift + Enter

A manual line break, also called a soft return, moves the text to the next line while keeping it inside the same paragraph, so the spacing before and after the paragraph and the list numbering are not disturbed.

Q32.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug 2019Medium

Which of the following is/are the rules to declare variables in Java?

  1. A.Java keywords cannot be used as variable names
  2. B.All of the options
  3. C.Variable names are case-sensitive
  4. D.The first character must be a letter
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Correct answer: B. All of the options

The correct answer is B, all of the options, because each of the other three statements is a genuine rule of the language and the question asks which of them apply.

Q33.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug 2019Hard

Which of the following is NOT a java primitive type?

  1. A.short
  2. B.long
  3. C.long double
  4. D.boolean
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Correct answer: C. long double

Java has exactly eight primitive data types, namely byte, short, int, long, float, double, char and boolean, and long double is not among them; it belongs to C and C++, where it denotes an extended precision floating point number, so the option is a deliberate trap for candidates who have…

Q34.Computer AwarenessAsked in: RRB JE · 30 Aug 2019Medium

What is the use of the 'javac' command?

  1. A.Execute a java program
  2. B.Debug a java program
  3. C.Interpret a java program
  4. D.Compile a java program
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Correct answer: D. Compile a java program

The command javac is the Java compiler: it takes a source file with the extension.java, checks its grammar and converts it into a class file containing bytecode, the intermediate code that any Java Virtual Machine can run.

Q35.General ScienceAsked in: RRB JE · 25 May 2019, Shift 3Easy

Cooking gas (LPG) mainly consists of

  1. A.Ethene
  2. B.Ethyne
  3. C.Propene
  4. D.Propane and Butane
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Correct answer: D. Propane and Butane

Liquefied petroleum gas is a mixture of these two saturated hydrocarbons, which are gases at ordinary pressure but turn liquid under moderate pressure, so a large quantity of fuel fits into a small cylinder; a strong-smelling compound is added so that a leak is noticed.

Q36.Indian PolityAsked in: RRB JE · 29 Aug 2019, Shift 2Easy

How many times has 'Financial Emergency' been declared in India so far?

  1. A.4 times
  2. B.5 times
  3. C.Never
  4. D.Once
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Correct answer: C. Never

Article 360 has never been used. Even in 1991, when India faced a severe balance of payments crisis, had foreign exchange reserves for only a few weeks of imports and had to pledge gold to raise loans, the government chose economic reforms rather than a Financial Emergency.

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