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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

Q3661.Summits & ConferencesMedium

India's chemical industry is projected to reach which size by 2030?

  1. A.USD 150 billion
  2. B.USD 300 billion
  3. C.USD 500 billion
  4. D.USD 850 billion
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Correct answer: B. USD 300 billion

The industry is projected to reach that size by 2030 and to grow to USD 1 trillion by 2040, supported by rising demand, export opportunities, a demographic dividend, relatively low per capita consumption and enabling government initiatives.

Q3662.Summits & ConferencesMedium

What is the theme of the 14th India Chem 2026?

  1. A.Chemicals for a Green Tomorrow
  2. B.Make in India, Make for the World
  3. C.Advantage Bharat: An Emerging Global Chemicals Hub
  4. D.Sustainable Petrochemicals for Viksit Bharat
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Correct answer: C. Advantage Bharat: An Emerging Global Chemicals Hub

Under this theme the three-day event at the Bombay Exhibition Centre, NESCO, in Mumbai will display the country's industrial capabilities, investment opportunities and emerging technologies, and position India as a global manufacturing and sourcing destination.

Q3664.EnvironmentHard

Which technology, introduced in India through Namami Gange, uses fixed artificial media and plant roots and has operational plants at Bhatpara and Prayagraj?

  1. A.Food Chain Reactor
  2. B.Johkasou
  3. C.Electrocoagulation
  4. D.Upflow Anaerobic Sludge Blanket
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Correct answer: A. Food Chain Reactor

This technology was brought to India through the programme and improves upon the activated sludge process and the sequential batch reactor by adding fixed artificial media and plant roots, which gives it a smaller footprint, lower power use and nutrient removal.

Q3669.ObituariesEasy

Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj, whose death was mourned by the Prime Minister, is remembered for crafting which object?

  1. A.The Ashoka Pillar replica
  2. B.The Sengol
  3. C.The Amrit Kalash
  4. D.The Rashtrapati Bhavan mace
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Correct answer: B. The Sengol

The Prime Minister said that Thiru Vummidi Ethiraj would always be remembered for his effort in crafting the historic sceptre that was presented to former Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru, and that in 2023 the government had the honour of giving it a place of pride in the new Parliament building.

Q3670.DefenceMedium

Which awards will be conferred by the Chief of the Army Staff at the conference?

  1. A.Green Military Stations and Aviation Flight Safety
  2. B.Swachh Cantonment and Best Marching Contingent
  3. C.Unit Citation and Battle Honours
  4. D.Best Recruiting Zone and Sainik School Trophy
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Correct answer: A. Green Military Stations and Aviation Flight Safety

The Chief of the Army Staff is to confer these awards to recognise excellence in environmental sustainability, resource management and the promotion of a strong aviation safety culture within the force.

Q3672.DefenceEasy

Which document is to be released by the Raksha Mantri at the Army Commanders' Conference that began on 21 October 2026?

  1. A.Joint Doctrine for Amphibious Operations
  2. B.Land Warfare Doctrine
  3. C.Maritime Security Strategy
  4. D.Air Power Doctrine
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Correct answer: B. Land Warfare Doctrine

A key highlight of the conference is its release by the Raksha Mantri, and the document is intended to give the Indian Army an overarching framework for meeting the challenges created by the changing character of warfare and by future conflicts.

Q3673.Awards & HonoursMedium

Which of the following did the President NOT say at the award ceremony?

  1. A.Traditional artists in remote areas should be trained in new technologies
  2. B.Artists need financial support and links with art collectors
  3. C.Art should reach schools, universities and public spaces
  4. D.Art galleries should be closed down across the country
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Correct answer: D. Art galleries should be closed down across the country

Her point was the opposite in spirit: art should not be confined to galleries but should also travel to schools, universities, public spaces and wider sections of society, which makes option C a statement she did make.

Q3674.Awards & HonoursMedium

The Grand Prize winners of which event were felicitated along with the Lalit Kala Akademi awardees?

  1. A.Kala Kumbh
  2. B.Print Biennale India
  3. C.India Art Fair
  4. D.Kochi-Muziris Biennale
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Correct answer: B. Print Biennale India

Besides giving away the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the artists of the 65th National Exhibition of Art, the President felicitated the Grand Prize winners and the artists who received Honourable Mentions at the third edition of the Print Biennale India, which is the Akademi's platform devoted to printmaking.

Q3675.Awards & HonoursEasy

Who presented the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the selected artists of the 65th National Exhibition of Art?

  1. A.The President of India
  2. B.The Vice-President of India
  3. C.The Prime Minister
  4. D.The Union Minister of Culture
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Correct answer: A. The President of India

President Droupadi Murmu handed over the Lalit Kala Akademi Awards to the artists selected for the 65th National Exhibition of Art at a ceremony in New Delhi, and at the same function she felicitated the Grand Prize winners and the Honourable Mentions of the third Print Biennale India.

Q3676.Books & AuthorsAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKEasy

Who among the following is the author of the book 'The Indian Struggle 1920 - 1942'?

  1. A.Vinayak Damodar Savarkar
  2. B.Subhas Chandra Bose
  3. C.Vallabhbhai Patel
  4. D.Sarat Chandra Bose
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Correct answer: B. Subhas Chandra Bose

Netaji wrote The Indian Struggle, his own political account of India's freedom movement. Bose wrote the first part, covering 1920 to 1934, while living in Europe for medical treatment; it was published in London in 1935 and was banned in India by the British government.

Q3677.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2016, GKEasy

The pressure exerted by a 760 mm column of mercury at 0 °C is known as

  1. A.1 pascal
  2. B.1 atmosphere
  3. C.1 bar
  4. D.1 poise
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Correct answer: B. 1 atmosphere

Standard atmospheric pressure at sea level is defined as the pressure of a 760 mm column of mercury at 0 °C. In 1643 Evangelista Torricelli showed that air pressure holds up a column of mercury about 760 mm (76 cm) tall in a glass tube, inventing the mercury barometer.

Q3679.GeographyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2020, GKEasy

Which one among the following Union Territories of India is the smallest in geographical area?

  1. A.Chandigarh
  2. B.Puducherry
  3. C.Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu
  4. D.Lakshadweep
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Correct answer: D. Lakshadweep

With a land area of only about 32 square kilometres, Lakshadweep is the smallest Union Territory of India. Lakshadweep is a group of 36 coral islands in the Arabian Sea off the Kerala coast, of which only about ten are inhabited.

Q3680.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2023, GKEasy

Sound and light waves are

  1. A.respectively longitudinal and transverse in air
  2. B.respectively transverse and longitudinal in air
  3. C.both longitudinal in air
  4. D.both transverse in air
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Correct answer: A. respectively longitudinal and transverse in air

Sound travels as compressions and rarefactions, while light is a transverse electromagnetic wave. In a longitudinal wave the particles of the medium vibrate back and forth along the direction in which the wave moves.