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RRB NTPC GK Questions 2026

Static General Knowledge makes up the rest of the General Awareness section in RRB NTPC, and the notices name its topics: General Science and Life Science up to Class 10, History of India and the freedom struggle, Physical, Social and Economic Geography of India and the world, Indian Polity and Governance, Indian Economy, Art and Culture, Indian Literature, Monuments and Places, Flora and Fauna, Famous Personalities, the UN and other world organisations, environmental issues, Transport Systems in India, Important Government and Public Sector Organisations, Common Abbreviations, and Basics of Computers and Computer Applications. RRB frames these as short factual questions: the unit of a physical quantity, the year of a battle, the article of the Constitution, the river a city stands on, the full form of an abbreviation, the headquarters of an organisation. GK24's GK notes on this page cover each topic in English and Hindi, arranged the way the syllabus lists them, with the facts RRB tends to ask placed first. Work through one topic at a time, note the lists (national parks, dances, articles, schedules, awards), and pair each topic with its quiz on GK24 to check what has stayed with you.

RRB NTPC GK Questions with Answers

Q2741.Uttar PradeshHard

Who appoints district judges in a state?

  1. A.The President, in consultation with the Chief Justice of India
  2. B.The Governor, in consultation with the High Court
  3. C.The Chief Justice of the High Court alone
  4. D.The State Public Service Commission
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Correct answer: B. The Governor, in consultation with the High Court

Article 233(1) says that appointments of persons to be district judges in any state shall be made by the Governor of the state in consultation with the High Court exercising jurisdiction in relation to that state.

Q2743.Uttar PradeshMedium

Before whom does a judge of a High Court take the oath of office?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Chief Justice of India
  3. C.The Governor of the state
  4. D.The Chief Justice of that High Court
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Correct answer: C. The Governor of the state

Article 219 says that every person appointed to be a judge of a High Court shall, before he enters upon his office, make and subscribe an oath or affirmation before the Governor of the state, or some person appointed in that behalf by him, in the form set out in…

Q2747.Uttar PradeshEasy

Which is the oldest High Court in India?

  1. A.Calcutta High Court
  2. B.Bombay High Court
  3. C.Allahabad High Court
  4. D.Madras High Court
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Correct answer: C. Allahabad High Court

It was inaugurated on 17 March 1866 as the High Court for the North-Western Provinces at Agra, and it is the oldest High Court in the country in continuous existence under that description.

Q2748.Madhya PradeshHard

The transfer of a judge from one High Court to another is made by which authority?

  1. A.The Chief Justice of India alone
  2. B.The President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India
  3. C.The Governor of the state concerned
  4. D.The Union Minister of Law and Justice
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Correct answer: B. The President, after consulting the Chief Justice of India

Article 222(1) says that the President may, after consultation with the Chief Justice of India, transfer a judge from one High Court to any other High Court, and clause (2) provides for a compensatory allowance to a judge so transferred.

Q2750.Madhya PradeshMedium

Who appoints the Advocate-General of a state?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Governor of the state
  3. C.The Chief Justice of the High Court
  4. D.The state legislature
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Correct answer: B. The Governor of the state

Article 165 says that the Governor of each state shall appoint a person who is qualified to be appointed a judge of a High Court to be Advocate-General for the state, that he shall hold office during the pleasure of the Governor, and that he shall receive such remuneration as…

Q2752.Madhya PradeshMedium

Which writ is issued by a High Court to a public authority to compel it to perform a public duty that it has failed to perform?

  1. A.Habeas corpus
  2. B.Mandamus
  3. C.Certiorari
  4. D.Quo warranto
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Correct answer: B. Mandamus

It is issued by a High Court under Article 226, or by the Supreme Court under Article 32, to a public official, a public body, a corporation or an inferior court, directing it to perform a public duty that it has refused or failed to perform.

Q2754.Madhya PradeshMedium

The High Court of Chhattisgarh, created when the state was separated from Madhya Pradesh, has its seat at which city?

  1. A.Raipur
  2. B.Bilaspur
  3. C.Durg
  4. D.Jagdalpur
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Correct answer: B. Bilaspur

Chhattisgarh was carved out of Madhya Pradesh on 1 November 2000 under the Madhya Pradesh Reorganisation Act, 2000, and the High Court of Chhattisgarh was established at Bilaspur, so the districts of that region ceased to be under the Madhya Pradesh High Court at Jabalpur.

Q2755.Madhya PradeshMedium

On which date was the High Court of Madhya Pradesh constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur?

  1. A.2 January 1936
  2. B.26 January 1950
  3. C.1 November 1956
  4. D.1 November 2000
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Correct answer: C. 1 November 1956

The States Reorganisation Act, 1956 created the state of Madhya Pradesh from that date out of the Central Provinces and Berar, Madhya Bharat, Vindhya Pradesh and Bhopal, and the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was constituted with its principal seat at Jabalpur and Benches at Indore and Gwalior.

Q2756.Madhya PradeshMedium

The court that is today the High Court of Madhya Pradesh was first established in 1936 under which name?

  1. A.Nagpur High Court
  2. B.Madhya Bharat High Court
  3. C.Vindhya Pradesh High Court
  4. D.Jabalpur High Court
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Correct answer: A. Nagpur High Court

It was established on 2 January 1936 by Letters Patent as the High Court of Judicature at Nagpur for the Central Provinces and Berar, which until then had been under a Judicial Commissioner rather than a High Court.

Q2759.HaryanaMedium

The political phrase Aaya Ram Gaya Ram, used for legislators who change parties, originated from the politics of which state?

  1. A.Punjab
  2. B.Haryana
  3. C.Bihar
  4. D.Uttar Pradesh
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Correct answer: B. Haryana

The phrase came from the defections of 1967 in the newly formed state, when Gaya Lal, a member of the Legislative Assembly, changed his party three times within a fortnight, and the comment made on the occasion gave the language a lasting expression for floor-crossing.