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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

Q10781.GeographyEasy

The Bering Strait separates which two continents?

  1. A.Europe and Africa
  2. B.Asia and North America
  3. C.Asia and Africa
  4. D.North America and South America
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Correct answer: B. Asia and North America

The Bering Strait lies between the eastern tip of Siberia and the western tip of Alaska and joins the Pacific Ocean with the Arctic Ocean; during the ice ages a land bridge across it is believed to have carried the first human migrations into the Americas.

Q10782.GeographyMedium

Which continent is crossed by the Equator, the Tropic of Cancer, the Tropic of Capricorn and the Prime Meridian?

  1. A.Asia
  2. B.Africa
  3. C.South America
  4. D.Australia
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Correct answer: B. Africa

Africa is the only continent through which all four of these lines pass: the Equator crosses its middle, the Tropic of Cancer runs across the Sahara, the Tropic of Capricorn crosses its southern part, and the Prime Meridian passes through its western bulge near Accra.

Q10784.GeographyEasy

Which ocean is the only one named after a country?

  1. A.Arctic Ocean
  2. B.Southern Ocean
  3. C.Indian Ocean
  4. D.Atlantic Ocean
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Correct answer: C. Indian Ocean

It takes its name from India, whose peninsula projects into it, and this is the only case of an ocean named after a nation; it is also unusual in being closed in the north by the Asian landmass, which makes its monsoon-driven currents reverse twice a year.

Q10785.GeographyMedium

The Challenger Deep, the deepest known point of the world's oceans, lies in which trench?

  1. A.Puerto Rico Trench
  2. B.Mariana Trench
  3. C.Sunda Trench
  4. D.Tonga Trench
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Correct answer: B. Mariana Trench

The Mariana Trench lies in the western Pacific Ocean, east of the Mariana Islands, and its southern end holds the Challenger Deep, close to eleven thousand metres below sea level, named after the British survey ship that sounded it in the nineteenth century.

Q10786.GeographyEasy

Which is the largest and the deepest ocean in the world?

  1. A.Atlantic Ocean
  2. B.Indian Ocean
  3. C.Pacific Ocean
  4. D.Arctic Ocean
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Correct answer: C. Pacific Ocean

It is the largest ocean, covering nearly half the total ocean surface, and the deepest, because the Challenger Deep in its Mariana Trench is the deepest known point on earth; its rim of volcanoes and earthquake zones is called the Ring of Fire.

Q10787.GeographyEasy

Which of the following is the correct order of continents from the largest to the smallest by area?

  1. A.Asia, Africa, South America, North America
  2. B.Asia, Africa, North America, South America
  3. C.Africa, Asia, North America, Europe
  4. D.Asia, North America, Africa, South America
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Correct answer: B. Asia, Africa, North America, South America

By area the order of the continents is Asia, about 44 million square kilometres, then Africa with about 30 million, North America with about 24 million, South America with about 18 million, Antarctica with about 14 million, Europe with about 10 million and Australia with about 8 million.

Q10789.Indian PolityMedium

Which constitutional amendment gave effect to the Land Boundary Agreement with Bangladesh, under which enclaves were exchanged?

  1. A.Ninth Amendment Act, 1960
  2. B.Thirty-sixth Amendment Act, 1975
  3. C.Hundredth Amendment Act, 2015
  4. D.Hundred and First Amendment Act, 2016
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Correct answer: C. Hundredth Amendment Act, 2015

It amended the First Schedule to give effect to the acquiring of territories by India and the transfer of certain territories to Bangladesh under the Land Boundary Agreement, settling a dispute that had lasted since Partition.

Q10791.Indian PolityHard

The States Reorganisation Act of 1956 was given effect along with which constitutional amendment?

  1. A.Fifth Amendment
  2. B.Sixth Amendment
  3. C.Seventh Amendment
  4. D.Ninth Amendment
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Correct answer: C. Seventh Amendment

The Seventh Constitutional Amendment Act of 1956 accompanied the States Reorganisation Act, abolished the old classification of States into Parts A, B, C and D, and reorganised the country into fourteen States and six Union territories.

Q10794.Indian PolityHard

In the Berubari Union case of 1960, the Supreme Court held that ceding Indian territory to a foreign State requires

  1. A.only a law under Article 3
  2. B.a constitutional amendment
  3. C.a resolution of the State legislature
  4. D.a decision of the Inter-State Council
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Correct answer: B. a constitutional amendment

The President sought the advisory opinion of the Supreme Court on whether the agreement to transfer part of the Berubari Union to Pakistan could be carried out under Article 3.

Q10795.Indian PolityHard

A law made under Article 3 that alters the First Schedule of the Constitution is passed by

  1. A.a simple majority, and is not deemed an amendment of the Constitution
  2. B.a special majority under Article 368
  3. C.a special majority and ratification by half the States
  4. D.a two-thirds majority of the Rajya Sabha alone
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Correct answer: A. a simple majority, and is not deemed an amendment of the Constitution

Article 4 states that a law made under Article 2 or Article 3 may contain provisions for amending the First Schedule, which lists the States and Union territories, and the Fourth Schedule, which allots Rajya Sabha seats, and that no such law shall be deemed to be an amendment of…

Q10796.Indian PolityMedium

A Bill to form a new State under Article 3 can be introduced in Parliament only

  1. A.after a resolution of the State legislature
  2. B.on the recommendation of the President
  3. C.with the consent of the Rajya Sabha
  4. D.on the recommendation of the Inter-State Council
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Correct answer: B. on the recommendation of the President

The proviso to Article 3 lays down two conditions. First, such a Bill may be introduced in either House only on the recommendation of the President.

Q10800.Indian HistoryHard

The memoir Bandi Jivan, widely read by young revolutionaries, was written by

  1. A.Ram Prasad Bismil
  2. B.Sachindra Nath Sanyal
  3. C.Bhagat Singh
  4. D.Ashfaqullah Khan
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Correct answer: B. Sachindra Nath Sanyal

Sanyal, a founder of the Hindustan Republican Association and the author of its manifesto The Revolutionary, wrote Bandi Jivan, an account of prison life and revolutionary faith that circulated widely among the youth of the 1920s. Option A is wrong because Ram Prasad Bismil is remembered for his autobiography written…