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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

Q4221.Indian EconomyMedium

Under the National Food Security Act, 2013, a priority household is entitled to how much food grain?

  1. A.Five kilograms per person per month
  2. B.Thirty-five kilograms per person per month
  3. C.Five kilograms per household per month
  4. D.Ten kilograms per household per month
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Correct answer: A. Five kilograms per person per month

The Act divides the covered population into priority households, who receive five kilograms of grain for each member every month, and Antyodaya Anna Yojana households, which are the poorest and receive thirty-five kilograms for the whole household every month.

Q4223.Indian EconomyEasy

The PAHAL scheme of the Government of India is related to the direct transfer of the subsidy on:

  1. A.Fertilisers
  2. B.Domestic LPG
  3. C.Food grains
  4. D.Kerosene for industry
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Correct answer: B. Domestic LPG

PAHAL, the direct benefit transfer scheme for cooking gas, was begun in fifty-four districts in November 2014 and extended to the whole country from 1 January 2015; the consumer buys the cylinder at the market price and the subsidy is credited to his bank account, and the Give It Up…

Q4224.Indian EconomyEasy

In the context of Direct Benefit Transfer, the JAM trinity stands for:

  1. A.Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile
  2. B.Jan Dhan, Agriculture and Market
  3. C.Jobs, Aadhaar and Money
  4. D.Jan Dhan, Ayushman and MGNREGA
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Correct answer: A. Jan Dhan, Aadhaar and Mobile

The Economic Survey of 2014-15 used the expression JAM number trinity for these three, because together they make it possible to send money to a poor household without a middleman: the Jan Dhan account receives the payment, the Aadhaar number identifies the beneficiary and removes duplicate names, and the mobile…

Q4225.Indian EconomyEasy

The Direct Benefit Transfer scheme of the Government of India was launched on which date?

  1. A.1 January 2013
  2. B.15 August 2014
  3. C.1 April 2015
  4. D.26 January 2016
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Correct answer: A. 1 January 2013

Direct Benefit Transfer began on that date in a small group of districts and for a limited number of schemes, and was then extended across the country and to hundreds of central schemes, paying scholarships, pensions, wages and subsidies into the beneficiary's own bank account.

Q4228.GeographyMedium

The Beas river joins the Sutlej at which place in Punjab?

  1. A.Harike
  2. B.Ferozepur
  3. C.Ropar
  4. D.Ludhiana
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Correct answer: A. Harike

The Beas, which rises at Beas Kund near the Rohtang Pass, joins the Sutlej at Harike in the Tarn Taran district of Punjab, where a barrage has been built; the Indira Gandhi Canal, which carries water into the desert of Rajasthan, takes off from this barrage, and the wetland there…

Q4230.GeographyMedium

Through which pass does the Sutlej river enter India?

  1. A.Rohtang Pass
  2. B.Shipki La
  3. C.Nathu La
  4. D.Zoji La
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Correct answer: B. Shipki La

The Sutlej rises in the Rakshastal area of Tibet, near Lake Mansarovar, and enters India through the Shipki La pass in the Kinnaur district of Himachal Pradesh, after which it flows past the Bhakra dam into the plains of Punjab.

Q4232.GeographyHard

The Kishanganga project, on which a Court of Arbitration gave its award in 2013, lies on a tributary of which river?

  1. A.The Indus
  2. B.The Jhelum
  3. C.The Chenab
  4. D.The Ravi
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Correct answer: B. The Jhelum

The Kishanganga, known as the Neelum in Pakistan, is a tributary of the Jhelum, and the Court of Arbitration at The Hague held in 2013 that India could divert its water for generating power at the Kishanganga project while maintaining a minimum flow downstream.

Q4233.GeographyHard

The Baglihar hydroelectric project dispute on the Chenab was decided by which authority under the treaty?

  1. A.The Permanent Indus Commission
  2. B.A Neutral Expert
  3. C.A Court of Arbitration
  4. D.The United Nations Security Council
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Correct answer: B. A Neutral Expert

When the Permanent Indus Commission could not settle Pakistan's objections to the design of the Baglihar dam, the matter was referred to a Neutral Expert, the Swiss engineer Raymond Lafitte, appointed with the help of the World Bank, who gave his determination in 2007 and allowed the project with changes…

Q4234.GeographyMedium

Which international institution acted as the broker of the Indus Waters Treaty and is a signatory to it?

  1. A.The United Nations
  2. B.The World Bank
  3. C.The International Court of Justice
  4. D.The Asian Development Bank
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Correct answer: B. The World Bank

The Bank brought India and Pakistan to the table in 1952, proposed the division of the rivers into eastern and western groups, helped to arrange the finance for Pakistan's replacement canals, and signed the treaty for the limited purposes in which it has a role, such as helping to appoint…

Q4235.GeographyEasy

Under the Indus Waters Treaty, which group of rivers was allotted to India for unrestricted use?

  1. A.Indus, Jhelum and Chenab
  2. B.Ravi, Beas and Sutlej
  3. C.Ganga, Yamuna and Gomti
  4. D.Chenab, Ravi and Beas
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Correct answer: B. Ravi, Beas and Sutlej

These are the three eastern rivers of the Indus system, and the treaty gives their waters to India for unrestricted use, which is why the Bhakra dam on the Sutlej, the Pong dam on the Beas and the Ranjit Sagar dam on the Ravi could be built.

Q4237.General ScienceEasy

Why is the efficiency of every real machine less than one hundred per cent?

  1. A.Because the load is always greater than the effort
  2. B.Because part of the work done is spent against friction
  3. C.Because the velocity ratio is always less than one
  4. D.Because machines create energy of their own
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Correct answer: B. Because part of the work done is spent against friction

In every real machine some of the work put in is used in overcoming friction between the moving parts and in lifting the parts of the machine itself, and that work leaves the system as heat and sound, so the work delivered to the load is always less than the…

Q4238.General ScienceEasy

Which of the following is an example of a wedge?

  1. A.A crowbar
  2. B.An axe
  3. C.A pulley block
  4. D.A steering wheel
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Correct answer: B. An axe

A wedge is two inclined planes joined back to back, and an axe, a knife, a chisel and a nail all work on that principle: a force applied at the blunt end is turned into a much larger sideways force at the sharp edge, and the thinner and longer the…