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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

Q10741.Books & AuthorsEasy

The play Waiting for Godot was written by

  1. A.Samuel Beckett
  2. B.Bertolt Brecht
  3. C.Arthur Miller
  4. D.Tennessee Williams
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Correct answer: A. Samuel Beckett

In Waiting for Godot two tramps pass the time by a bare tree waiting for a man who never arrives, and the play became the defining work of the Theatre of the Absurd, the movement that refused ordinary plot and meaning in order to show life as it felt after…

Q10749.Sports GKHard

Who was the first Asian woman to swim across the English Channel?

  1. A.Bula Choudhury
  2. B.Arati Saha
  3. C.Mihir Sen
  4. D.Nilima Ghose
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Correct answer: B. Arati Saha

The correct answer is B, Arati Saha, who crossed the English Channel in 1959 and became the first Asian woman to do so; in 1960 she also became the first Indian sportswoman to be awarded the Padma Shri. Option A is wrong because Bula Choudhury, also a swimmer from Bengal…

Q10750.Sports GKMedium

Who was the first Indian to win an Olympic medal in badminton?

  1. A.P. V. Sindhu
  2. B.Saina Nehwal
  3. C.Jwala Gutta
  4. D.Ashwini Ponnappa
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Correct answer: B. Saina Nehwal

The correct answer is B, Saina Nehwal, who won the bronze in the women's singles at the London Olympics in 2012, the first Olympic medal in badminton for India; in 2015 she also became the first Indian woman to reach the world number one ranking in the sport.

Q10757.Indian PolityMedium

Which Article allows Parliament to provide for the adjudication of disputes relating to the waters of inter-State rivers and to bar the jurisdiction of courts in such disputes?

  1. A.Article 256
  2. B.Article 257
  3. C.Article 262
  4. D.Article 263
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Correct answer: C. Article 262

Article 262 lets Parliament provide by law for the adjudication of any dispute or complaint about the use, distribution or control of the waters of an inter-State river or river valley, and it also permits Parliament to provide that neither the Supreme Court nor any other court shall exercise jurisdiction…

Q10758.Indian PolityHard

Which of the following five subjects was NOT transferred from the State List to the Concurrent List by the 42nd Amendment Act of 1976?

  1. A.Education
  2. B.Forests
  3. C.Public health and sanitation
  4. D.Weights and measures
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Correct answer: C. Public health and sanitation

The 42nd Amendment Act of 1976 moved exactly five subjects from the State List to the Concurrent List: education, forests, weights and measures, protection of wild animals and birds, and administration of justice with the constitution and organisation of all courts except the Supreme Court and the High Courts.

Q10759.Indian PolityHard

The Goods and Services Tax Council was created by inserting which Article into the Constitution?

  1. A.Article 279A
  2. B.Article 268A
  3. C.Article 246A
  4. D.Article 269A
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Correct answer: A. Article 279A

The Constitution (One Hundred and First Amendment) Act, 2016 inserted Article 279A, under which the President constitutes the GST Council, chaired by the Union Finance Minister, with the Union Minister of State for Finance and a minister nominated by each State as members.

Q10760.Indian PolityEasy

The Finance Commission of India is constituted by the President under which Article, and at what interval?

  1. A.Article 275, every third year
  2. B.Article 280, every fifth year or earlier if necessary
  3. C.Article 282, every fourth year
  4. D.Article 293, every fifth year
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Correct answer: B. Article 280, every fifth year or earlier if necessary

Article 280 requires the President to constitute a Finance Commission every fifth year, or at such earlier time as the President considers necessary, consisting of a chairman and four other members.