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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

Q3942.SportsMedium

What was notable about India’s performance in the Men’s Discus Throw F43/F44/F62/F64 event at the Asian Para Games 2026?

  1. A.India won only the gold medal
  2. B.India won all three medals in the event
  3. C.India won the silver and bronze only
  4. D.India finished without a medal
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Correct answer: B. India won all three medals in the event

Devender Kumar took the gold, Rakesh the silver and Pradeep Kumar the bronze in the Men’s Discus Throw F43/F44/F62/F64 at the Asian Para Games 2026 on 20 October 2026, which accounts for every medal the event had to give.

Q3944.SportsMedium

What does the code T47 in the event name ‘Men’s High Jump T47’ indicate?

  1. A.The height cleared by the winner
  2. B.The number of athletes in the final
  3. C.The classification of the athletes competing
  4. D.The edition number of the Games
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Correct answer: C. The classification of the athletes competing

Para athletics groups competitors by the type and degree of their impairment and marks each group with a code, so a medal is always announced with that code attached.

Q3948.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATMedium

How is carbon black obtained ?

  1. A.By heating wood at high temperature in absence of air
  2. B.By heating coal at high temperature in absence of air
  3. C.By burning hydrocarbons in a limited supply of air
  4. D.By heating coal at high temperature in presence of air
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Correct answer: C. By burning hydrocarbons in a limited supply of air

When natural gas or heavy oil burns with too little air, the carbon cannot all turn into carbon dioxide and separates as a very fine black soot, which is collected as carbon black.

Q3951.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2021, GATMedium

Which one of the following reactions does not result in the evolution of hydrogen gas ?

  1. A.Reaction of zinc metal with dilute sulphuric acid solution
  2. B.Mixing water to Plaster of Paris
  3. C.Heating zinc metal with sodium hydroxide solution
  4. D.Reaction of potassium metal with water
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Correct answer: B. Mixing water to Plaster of Paris

Here water only combines with calcium sulphate hemihydrate to form gypsum; no gas is given off and the paste simply sets hard.

Q3952.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2022, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements is not correct?

  1. A.Most carbon compounds are good conductors of electricity.
  2. B.Bonding in organic compounds is covalent.
  3. C.Graphite is used as a lubricant.
  4. D.Diamond is an allotrope of carbon.
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Correct answer: A. Most carbon compounds are good conductors of electricity.

Most carbon compounds are poor conductors of electricity, because their atoms are joined by covalent bonds and they do not form ions or free electrons that could carry a current.

Q3954.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2024, GATMedium

Consider the two statements given below : Statement-1 : Infrared waves are also called heat waves. Statement-2 : Water molecules readily absorb infrared waves. Select the correct answer using the code given below:

  1. A.Both the statements are individually true and Statement-2 is the correct explanation of Statement-1.
  2. B.Both the statements are individually true, but Statement-2 is not the correct explanation of Statement-1.
  3. C.Statement-1 is true, but Statement-2 is false.
  4. D.Statement-2 is true, but Statement-1 is false.
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Correct answer: A. Both the statements are individually true and Statement-2 is the correct explanation of Statement-1.

Both statements are true, and the second explains the first: infrared waves are called heat waves because water molecules, present in most materials, absorb them readily and heat up.

Q3955.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2024, GATEasy

Which one of the following statements best defines the concept of heat?

  1. A.The transformation of energy from one form to another
  2. B.The conversion of energy into mass and vice-versa due to temperature difference
  3. C.The transfer of energy due to temperature difference
  4. D.The change in volume of a substance with temperature
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Correct answer: C. The transfer of energy due to temperature difference

Heat is energy in transit: it flows from a hotter body to a colder one only because their temperatures differ, and stops when they reach the same temperature.

Q3957.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-I 2018, GATMedium

Which one of the following is the number of water molecules that share with two formula unit CaSO₄ in plaster of Paris ?

  1. A.One
  2. B.Two
  3. C.Five
  4. D.Ten
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Correct answer: A. One

Plaster of Paris is calcium sulphate hemihydrate, CaSO₄·½H₂O, so one molecule of water is shared by two formula units of calcium sulphate, written (CaSO₄)₂·H₂O. It is made by heating gypsum, CaSO₄·2H₂O, to about 373 K (100 °C), when gypsum loses one and a half molecules of water per formula unit.

Q3958.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2018, GATMedium

Consider the following statements about visible light, UV light and X-rays: 1. The wavelength of visible light is more than that of X-rays. 2. The energy of X-ray photons is higher than that of UV light photons. 3. The energy of UV light photons is less than that of visible light photons. Which of the statements given above is/are correct?

  1. A.1, 2 and 3
  2. B.1 and 2 only
  3. C.2 and 3 only
  4. D.1 only
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Correct answer: B. 1 and 2 only

In the order visible light → ultraviolet → X-rays, the wavelength falls and the photon energy rises, so statements 1 and 2 are true and 3 is false.

Q3960.General ScienceAsked in: NDA · NDA-II 2019, GATEasy

Light rays move in straight lines. But through an optical fibre, they can move in any type of zigzag path because

  1. A.the holes through the fibre are extremely fine.
  2. B.light rays are absorbed at the entry end and relieved at the exit end of the fibre.
  3. C.scattering of light occurs inside the fibre.
  4. D.successive total internal reflections occur as a ray moves through the fibre.
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Correct answer: D. successive total internal reflections occur as a ray moves through the fibre.

Light inside an optical fibre strikes the wall at more than the critical angle, is totally reflected back inside, and repeats this again and again along the fibre.