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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

Q6421.DefenceMedium

What does the crest of the Indian Navy's Multi-Purpose Vessel Samarthak depict?

  1. A.A tiger leaping over a wave
  2. B.An Indian elephant emerging from the waves
  3. C.A golden eagle above an anchor
  4. D.A trident crossed with a sword
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Correct answer: B. An Indian elephant emerging from the waves

The crest was designed around the formidable Indian elephant to convey strength, intelligence and agility, the qualities the Navy associates with this class of ship.

Q6425.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2020, GKEasy

In a periscope, the two plane mirrors are kept

  1. A.parallel to each other
  2. B.perpendicular to each other
  3. C.at an angle of 60° with each other
  4. D.at an angle of 45° with each other
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Correct answer: A. parallel to each other

A simple periscope has two plane mirrors facing each other in parallel, each tilted at 45° to the tube. Light from the object enters the top opening and strikes the upper mirror, which is set at 45° and turns the light through 90° down the tube.

Q6427.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2021, GKMedium

Which one of the following statements about variations is not true?

  1. A.Variation is minimum in asexual reproduction.
  2. B.All variations in a species have equal chances of survival.
  3. C.Changes in genetic constitution result in variation.
  4. D.Variants can be selected by environmental factors.
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Correct answer: B. All variations in a species have equal chances of survival.

This is false, because variations differ in how well they suit the environment, and that difference is the basis of natural selection.

Q6428.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2022, GKMedium

While burning hydrocarbon fuels, if we see a yellow flame with lots of black smoke, it means that the fuel is:

  1. A.made of saturated hydrocarbons.
  2. B.made of unsaturated hydrocarbons.
  3. C.burning completely.
  4. D.wet.
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Correct answer: B. made of unsaturated hydrocarbons.

Unsaturated hydrocarbons have a high carbon content and burn with a yellow, sooty flame, while saturated ones usually burn with a clean blue flame.

Q6431.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2023, GKEasy

Chromosomes are composed of DNA and:

  1. A.lipids
  2. B.vitamins
  3. C.proteins
  4. D.carbohydrates
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Correct answer: C. proteins

Chromosomes are made of DNA wound around proteins, mainly histones; together this DNA-protein material is called chromatin. In eukaryotic cells, a very long DNA molecule wraps around groups of eight histone proteins to form beads called nucleosomes.

Q6432.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2024, GKEasy

Photosynthesis that converts light energy into chemical energy by the plants, involves the use of green pigments of leaves called chlorophyll. The only structure in a leaf that hosts chlorophyll is:

  1. A.Nucleus
  2. B.Ribosome
  3. C.Chloroplast
  4. D.Chromosome
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Correct answer: C. Chloroplast

Chlorophyll is held in the chloroplasts, the green plastids of leaf cells where photosynthesis takes place. A chloroplast is a double-membrane organelle.

Q6433.Environment & EcologyAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2025, GKMedium

Which one among the following Biosphere Reserves is spread over three states in India?

  1. A.Dehang Debang
  2. B.Nilgiris
  3. C.Nokrek
  4. D.Seshachalam
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Correct answer: B. Nilgiris

The Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve spreads across Tamil Nadu, Kerala and Karnataka, meeting where the Western and Eastern Ghats join. Set up in 1986, the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was India's first biosphere reserve and in 2000 became the first in India to join UNESCO's World Network of Biosphere Reserves.

Q6436.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-I 2017, GKMedium

In human body, the cell growth and differentiation are highly controlled and regulated, but in cancer cells

  1. A.there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors
  2. B.controlled cell division and over-production of genetic material occur
  3. C.RNA is mutated and produced in less amount
  4. D.DNA is mutated and produced in less amount
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Correct answer: A. there is breakdown of these regulatory mechanisms leading to formation of benign and malignant tumors

Cancer is uncontrolled cell division that follows the loss of the checks that normally govern growth. Normal cells divide only when signalled and stop when they touch neighbouring cells, a property called contact inhibition.

Q6437.Environment & EcologyAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2017, GKMedium

Blue Baby Syndrome is caused by the contamination of

  1. A.nitrite (NO2)
  2. B.sulphite (SO3)
  3. C.nitrate (NO3)
  4. D.sulphate (SO4)
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Correct answer: C. nitrate (NO3)

Blue baby syndrome, or methaemoglobinaemia, strikes infants who drink water with excess nitrate, usually from fertiliser runoff or sewage. In an infant's digestive system, nitrate is converted into nitrite, which oxidises the iron of haemoglobin and turns it into methaemoglobin.

Q6439.General ScienceAsked in: CDS · CDS-II 2018, GKEasy

Which of the following characteristics is common to hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide?

  1. A.They are all diatomic.
  2. B.They are all gases at room temperature.
  3. C.They are all coloured.
  4. D.They all have same reactivity.
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Correct answer: B. They are all gases at room temperature.

Hydrogen, nitrogen, oxygen and carbon dioxide all exist as gases at about 25 °C and normal atmospheric pressure. Hydrogen boils at about −253 °C, nitrogen at −196 °C and oxygen at −183 °C, so all three are gases at room temperature.