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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

Q10525.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CPO · 03 Oct, 2023, Shift 1Hard

Methyl ethyl ketone is also known as:

  1. A.2-butanone
  2. B.propanone
  3. C.methyl pentanone
  4. D.2-butanol
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Correct answer: A. 2-butanone

Methyl ethyl ketone has a methyl group on one side of the carbonyl and an ethyl group on the other, which makes four carbons in all with the carbonyl at the second position, so its IUPAC name is butan-2-one or 2-butanone.

Q10526.GeographyAsked in: SSC CPO · 11 Nov 2022, Shift 1Hard

The cold snow forest climate is found largely in the continental region in the Northern Hemisphere between ____ northern latitudes in Europe, Asia, and North America.

  1. A.40°-70°
  2. B.30°-50°
  3. C.80°-110°
  4. D.15°-20°
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Correct answer: A. 40°-70°

The cold snow-forest climate, group D in Koeppen's scheme, lies in the continental interiors of the northern hemisphere between about 40 and 70 degrees north, across northern Europe, Siberia, Canada and Alaska.

Q10527.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 25 November 2020, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following statements is NOT true about C Rajagopalachari ?

  1. A.He was the first Indian to become the Governor General of India
  2. B.He was the founder of the Swatantra Party
  3. C.He was a senior leader of the Congress
  4. D.He was the first recipient of the Padma Shree Award
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Correct answer: D. He was the first recipient of the Padma Shree Award

C. Rajagopalachari was one of the first three recipients of the Bharat Ratna in 1954, along with C. V. Raman and S. Radhakrishnan, not of the Padma Shri, so this statement is not true.

Q10530.Environment & EcologyAsked in: SSC CPO · 1st July 2017, Shift 1Easy

What is the main aim of Montreal Protocol?

  1. A.Protection of the Ozone layer
  2. B.Bio-diversity Conservation
  3. C.Global Warming
  4. D.Climate Change
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Correct answer: A. Protection of the Ozone layer

The Montreal Protocol was signed in 1987 and came into force in 1989 to phase out the substances that destroy stratospheric ozone, chiefly chlorofluorocarbons, halons and carbon tetrachloride used in refrigeration, foam and fire fighting.

Q10531.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 29 Jun, 2024, Shift 1Hard

The author of Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi, Yahya Sirhindi claims that the founder of ________ dynasty of Delhi sultanate was a descendant of Prophet Muhammad.

  1. A.Sayyid
  2. B.Mamluk
  3. C.Lodhi
  4. D.Khalji
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Correct answer: A. Sayyid

Yahya bin Ahmad Sirhindi wrote the Tarikh-i-Mubarak Shahi in the reign of Mubarak Shah and claimed that Khizr Khan, who founded the dynasty in 1414, descended from the Prophet, which is how the line came to be called Sayyid.

Q10533.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 25 November 2020, Shift 2Medium

In order to overturn the British rule through arms, the Kakori train incident was planned by the members of the ______ in 1925.

  1. A.Gadar Party
  2. B.Hindustan Republican Association
  3. C.Indian National Army
  4. D.Indian National Congress
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Correct answer: B. Hindustan Republican Association

On 9 August 1925 members of the Hindustan Republican Association stopped the 8 Down train near Kakori in Uttar Pradesh and took the government treasury bags, hoping to fund an armed struggle and buy weapons.

Q10534.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CPO · 24 November 2020, Shift 1Easy

The princely state of Hyderabad was brought under the Indian Union in the year ______.

  1. A.1948
  2. B.1950
  3. C.1952
  4. D.1963
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Correct answer: A. 1948

The Nizam of Hyderabad, Mir Osman Ali Khan, refused to sign the Instrument of Accession and signed only a standstill agreement in 1947, so in September 1948 the Indian government sent in the army in a police action code-named Operation Polo and the state joined the Indian Union.

Q10535.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC CPO · 27 Jun, 2024, Shift 3Medium

Which of the following is correctly matched?

  1. A.Hariprasad Chaurasia – Sarood
  2. B.Zakir Husain – Sitar
  3. C.Bismillah Khan – Tabla
  4. D.Sultan Khan – Sarangi
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Correct answer: D. Sultan Khan – Sarangi

Ustad Sultan Khan of the Sikar gharana was the best known sarangi player of his time, accompanied Ravi Shankar on world tours and won the Padma Bhushan in 2010.

Q10537.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CPO · 24 November 2020, Shift 2Easy

Name the high-frequency radiation produced in nuclear reactions and also emitted by radioactive nuclei that are used in medicine to destroy cancer cells.

  1. A.Gamma rays
  2. B.Ultraviolet waves
  3. C.Light waves
  4. D.X-rays
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Correct answer: A. Gamma rays

Gamma rays are electromagnetic waves of the highest frequency and shortest wavelength, given out by the nucleus of a radioactive atom and in nuclear reactions, and their energy lets them kill cancer cells in radiotherapy.