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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

Q6581.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which law separated commercial banking from investment banking in the United States in 1933?

  1. A.Glass-Steagall Act
  2. B.Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
  3. C.Dodd-Frank Act
  4. D.Sarbanes-Oxley Act
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Correct answer: A. Glass-Steagall Act

Passed in 1933 after the stock market crash and the Great Depression, it stopped a deposit-taking commercial bank from doing securities business and also brought in federal deposit insurance, because lawmakers believed that speculation with depositors money had deepened the crisis.

Q6582.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

In India, investment banking is carried on as merchant banking, which is registered and regulated by which authority?

  1. A.Reserve Bank of India
  2. B.SEBI
  3. C.IRDAI
  4. D.PFRDA
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Correct answer: B. SEBI

Issue management, underwriting, book building and the rest of investment banking touch the securities market, which is SEBI domain, and a firm must hold a certificate of registration as a merchant banker under the SEBI (Merchant Bankers) Regulations, 1992; the lead manager to any public issue must be such a…

Q6584.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

The Working Group that recommended universal banking in India in 1998 was chaired by which person?

  1. A.M. Narasimham
  2. B.S. H. Khan
  3. C.S. S. Tarapore
  4. D.R. N. Malhotra
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Correct answer: B. S. H. Khan

The Reserve Bank of India set up a Working Group under S. H. Khan, then chairman of IDBI, to examine the roles of development financial institutions and banks; its 1998 report recommended that the two be harmonised and that India move towards universal banking, which is why the idea is…

Q6585.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Which deposits are the cheapest source of funds for a bank and the mainstay of retail banking?

  1. A.Certificates of deposit
  2. B.CASA deposits
  3. C.Bulk term deposits
  4. D.Interbank borrowings
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Correct answer: B. CASA deposits

CASA stands for current account and savings account balances. A current account earns no interest and a savings account earns a low rate, so the money a bank collects through them costs it far less than any other source, and gathering such balances from lakhs of individuals is exactly what…

Q6587.Uttar PradeshMedium

Which river is the longest tributary of the Ganga?

  1. A.Ghaghara
  2. B.Yamuna
  3. C.Gomti
  4. D.Son
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Correct answer: B. Yamuna

The Yamuna rises at the Yamunotri glacier in Uttarakhand, flows past Delhi, Mathura and Agra and joins the Ganga at Prayagraj after a course of more than thirteen hundred kilometres, which makes it the longest tributary of the Ganga.

Q6597.Science & TechnologyHard

The Genome India Project, launched in January 2020 to build a reference database of Indian genomes, is coordinated by

  1. A.The Indian Council of Medical Research
  2. B.The Department of Biotechnology
  3. C.The Indian Space Research Organisation
  4. D.The Central Drug Standard Control Organisation
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Correct answer: B. The Department of Biotechnology

The Genome India Project was launched in January 2020 by the Department of Biotechnology, which works under the Ministry of Science and Technology, and brings together about twenty academic institutions to sequence Indian genomes and build a reference set that reflects the country's genetic diversity.

Q6598.Science & TechnologyHard

The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics, set up in 1995 under the Department of Biotechnology, is located at

  1. A.Pune
  2. B.Hyderabad
  3. C.Kalyani
  4. D.Lucknow
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Correct answer: B. Hyderabad

The Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics was established in 1995 as an autonomous institution of the Department of Biotechnology and works at Hyderabad on DNA fingerprinting services, diagnostics of genetic disorders and research in genomics.

Q6600.Science & TechnologyMedium

Which enzyme is used in the polymerase chain reaction because it remains active at high temperature?

  1. A.DNA ligase
  2. B.Taq polymerase
  3. C.Restriction endonuclease EcoRI
  4. D.Reverse transcriptase
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Correct answer: B. Taq polymerase

The polymerase chain reaction, invented by Kary Mullis in 1983, repeats three steps: the DNA is denatured near ninety-five degrees Celsius, short primers anneal at a lower temperature, and the strand is extended at about seventy-two degrees.