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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

Q10061.Art & CultureEasy

Baul songs belong to the folk tradition of which state?

  1. A.Odisha
  2. B.West Bengal
  3. C.Assam
  4. D.Bihar
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Correct answer: B. West Bengal

The Bauls are wandering singers of Bengal who reject caste and ritual and sing of the man of the heart, accompanying themselves on the one-stringed ektara and the small drum called duggi; their songs were inscribed on the UNESCO Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in 2008.

Q10062.Art & CultureAsked in: Delhi · 3 Sept 2019, shift 3Easy

Lotia is the regional music of:

  1. A.Rajasthan
  2. B.Tamil Nadu
  3. C.Punjab
  4. D.Assam
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Correct answer: A. Rajasthan

Lotia takes its name from the lota, the small metal water pot that women carry on the head in the procession with which it is performed, and it belongs to the folk tradition of Rajasthan, alongside Maand, Panihari and the Banna-Banni wedding songs.

Q10071.Sports GKMedium

Who scored the first Test century for India?

  1. A.C.K. Nayudu
  2. B.Lala Amarnath
  3. C.Vinoo Mankad
  4. D.Polly Umrigar
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Correct answer: B. Lala Amarnath

Lala Amarnath scored 118 against England at the Bombay Gymkhana ground in 1933, in the first Test match ever played on Indian soil and in his own debut Test, and it was the first century by an Indian in Test cricket.

Q10072.Sports GKMedium

Who captained India in its first ever Test match?

  1. A.C.K. Nayudu
  2. B.Lala Amarnath
  3. C.Vijay Hazare
  4. D.Vijay Merchant
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Correct answer: A. C.K. Nayudu

Nayudu. Cottari Kanakaiya Nayudu led India in its first Test match at Lord's in 1932 and is regarded as the first great Indian cricketer; the Board of Control for Cricket in India named its lifetime achievement award after him.

Q10075.GeographyMedium

A fjord is best described as which of the following?

  1. A.A narrow desert valley cut by wind
  2. B.A deep glacial trough later invaded by the sea
  3. C.A volcanic crater filled with rainwater
  4. D.A river gorge formed in soft limestone
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Correct answer: B. A deep glacial trough later invaded by the sea

A valley glacier reaching the coast scoops its floor below present sea level; when the ice melts and the sea rises, water floods the trough and leaves a long, narrow, steep-sided inlet with great depth.

Q10079.GeographyEasy

An ox-bow lake is formed by which of the following?

  1. A.A glacier scooping out a hollow
  2. B.A meandering river cutting off a loop
  3. C.Wind deflation in a desert
  4. D.Volcanic subsidence of a crater
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Correct answer: B. A meandering river cutting off a loop

In its middle and lower course a river swings from side to side, eroding the outer bank of each bend and depositing on the inner bank.