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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

Q3123.RajasthanMedium

In which folk dance of Rajasthan does the performer balance a column of pots on the head and dance on the rim of a thali or the edge of a sword?

  1. A.Bhavai
  2. B.Chakri
  3. C.Kachhi Ghodi
  4. D.Walar
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Correct answer: A. Bhavai

In this dance of acrobatic skill a woman places one earthen or brass pot upon another in a tall column on her head and then dances on the narrow rim of a brass thali, on the edge of a sword or on a heap of broken glass, keeping the column…

Q3126.RajasthanMedium

The Chari dance of Rajasthan, performed with a lighted brass pot balanced on the head, belongs mainly to which area?

  1. A.Kishangarh and Ajmer
  2. B.Bikaner and Churu
  3. C.Jaisalmer and Barmer
  4. D.Kota and Baran
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Correct answer: A. Kishangarh and Ajmer

The Chari dance is performed by Gujjar women of this belt, who balance on the head a brass pot, the chari, filled with cotton seeds soaked in oil and set alight, so the dance goes on beneath a flame; it marks weddings and the birth of a son.

Q3128.RajasthanEasy

Which folk dance of Rajasthan was inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010?

  1. A.Ghoomar
  2. B.Kalbelia
  3. C.Chari
  4. D.Terah Taali
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Correct answer: B. Kalbelia

The songs and dances of the Kalbelia community, the traditional snake charmers of Rajasthan, were added to the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2010; the women dance in a flowing black skirt worked with silver ribbon to the been and the khanjari, with movements…

Q3129.Indian PolityHard

Under the UAPA, a notification declaring an association unlawful must be referred to a Tribunal consisting of one sitting judge of which court?

  1. A.The Supreme Court
  2. B.A High Court
  3. C.A District Court
  4. D.A Sessions Court
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Correct answer: B. A High Court

When the Central Government declares an association unlawful under the UAPA, the notification does not stand on the Government's word alone: it must be referred to a Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal constituted of one person who is a sitting judge of a High Court, and the Tribunal decides within six…

Q3130.Indian PolityMedium

Which anti-terror law was repealed in 2004, with its provisions moved into the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act?

  1. A.MISA, 1971
  2. B.TADA, 1985
  3. C.POTA, 2002
  4. D.The National Security Act, 1980
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Correct answer: C. POTA, 2002

The Prevention of Terrorism Act was enacted in 2002 and repealed in 2004, and the amendment of the UAPA made in the same year carried its definitions of terrorist act and terrorist organisation into that older Act, which is why the UAPA is today the principal anti-terror law.

Q3131.Indian PolityHard

Which committee recommended the repeal of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958?

  1. A.The Sarkaria Commission
  2. B.The Jeevan Reddy Committee
  3. C.The Punchhi Commission
  4. D.The Malimath Committee
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Correct answer: B. The Jeevan Reddy Committee

The committee headed by Justice B. P. Jeevan Reddy, appointed in 2004 to review AFSPA, reported in 2005 that the Act should be repealed and that the powers genuinely needed should instead be written into the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act.

Q3133.Indian PolityHard

Under which provision of the Constitution is preventive detention beyond three months permitted only when an Advisory Board reports that there is sufficient cause for it?

  1. A.Article 20(3)
  2. B.Article 21
  3. C.Article 22(4)
  4. D.Article 32
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Correct answer: C. Article 22(4)

Article 22(4) says that no law providing for preventive detention shall authorise detention for longer than three months unless an Advisory Board, consisting of persons qualified to be judges of a High Court, has reported before the expiry of that period that there is sufficient cause for the detention.

Q3135.Indian PolityMedium

Prosecution of a person acting under the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 requires the previous sanction of which authority?

  1. A.The Governor of the State
  2. B.The High Court of the State
  3. C.The Central Government
  4. D.The State Government
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Correct answer: C. The Central Government

Section 6 of AFSPA provides that no prosecution, suit or other legal proceeding shall be instituted against any person in respect of anything done in exercise of the powers conferred by the Act, except with the previous sanction of the Central Government.

Q3136.Indian PolityMedium

Under which section of the Armed Forces (Special Powers) Act, 1958 is an area declared to be a disturbed area?

  1. A.Section 2
  2. B.Section 3
  3. C.Section 4
  4. D.Section 6
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Correct answer: B. Section 3

Section 3 of AFSPA empowers the Governor of a State, the administrator of a Union Territory or the Central Government to declare the whole or a part of a State or Union Territory to be a disturbed area, and that declaration is the condition on which every other power in…

Q3137.Indian PolityMedium

Which amendment to the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act allowed the Central Government to designate an individual as a terrorist?

  1. A.The amendment of 2004
  2. B.The amendment of 2008
  3. C.The amendment of 2012
  4. D.The amendment of 2019
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Correct answer: D. The amendment of 2019

Until then the UAPA allowed the Government to notify only an organisation as a terrorist organisation; the UAPA (Amendment) Act, 2019 added the power to notify an individual as a terrorist and to enter that name in the Fourth Schedule of the Act.