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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

Q11581.Art & CultureEasy

The Barabar and Nagarjuni caves, the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in India, are located in which state?

  1. A.Maharashtra
  2. B.Bihar
  3. C.Odisha
  4. D.Madhya Pradesh
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Correct answer: B. Bihar

The Barabar and Nagarjuni hills lie near Gaya in Bihar and hold the oldest surviving rock-cut caves in the country, cut in the Mauryan period in the third century BCE and connected with the Ajivika sect; their polished interiors carry the mirror-like finish known as Mauryan polish.

Q11582.Static GKEasy

The Sardar Sarovar Dam is built on which river?

  1. A.Tapi
  2. B.Narmada
  3. C.Mahi
  4. D.Sabarmati
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Correct answer: B. Narmada

The Sardar Sarovar is a concrete gravity dam on the Narmada in the Narmada district of Gujarat, and its water and power are shared by four states, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan; the Narmada Bachao Andolan, led by Medha Patkar, grew around the displacement it caused.

Q11583.Static GKMedium

The Damodar Valley Corporation, the first multipurpose river valley project of independent India, was modelled on which foreign project?

  1. A.Hoover Dam project
  2. B.Tennessee Valley Authority
  3. C.Aswan High Dam project
  4. D.Three Gorges project
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Correct answer: B. Tennessee Valley Authority

The Damodar Valley Corporation was set up in 1948, the first statutory corporation of its kind in India, and it was consciously modelled on the Tennessee Valley Authority of the United States, which had shown how one authority could take up flood control, irrigation, power and navigation across a whole…

Q11586.Static GKMedium

The Chenab Rail Bridge, the highest railway arch bridge in the world, is located in which state or union territory?

  1. A.Himachal Pradesh
  2. B.Jammu and Kashmir
  3. C.Uttarakhand
  4. D.Ladakh
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Correct answer: B. Jammu and Kashmir

The Chenab Rail Bridge was built on the Udhampur Srinagar Baramulla rail link in the Reasi district of Jammu and Kashmir, and its steel arch carries the track about three hundred and fifty nine metres above the bed of the Chenab, which makes it the highest railway arch bridge in…

Q11587.Static GKMedium

Which was the first nuclear power station of India?

  1. A.Kalpakkam
  2. B.Rawatbhata
  3. C.Tarapur
  4. D.Kudankulam
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Correct answer: C. Tarapur

The Tarapur Atomic Power Station in the Palghar district of Maharashtra was commissioned in 1969 and was the first nuclear power station in India and in Asia to generate electricity commercially; its first two units were boiling water reactors built with American assistance.

Q11588.Static GKMedium

The Gobind Sagar reservoir was created by which dam?

  1. A.Rihand Dam
  2. B.Bhakra Dam
  3. C.Pong Dam
  4. D.Nagarjuna Sagar Dam
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Correct answer: B. Bhakra Dam

Gobind Sagar is the reservoir formed by the Bhakra Dam on the Sutlej in the Bilaspur district of Himachal Pradesh, and it is named after Guru Gobind Singh; the dam is part of the Bhakra Nangal project that serves Punjab, Haryana, Rajasthan and Himachal Pradesh.

Q11589.Static GKEasy

The Hirakud Dam, one of the longest dams in the world, is built across which river?

  1. A.Godavari
  2. B.Mahanadi
  3. C.Brahmani
  4. D.Subarnarekha
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Correct answer: B. Mahanadi

The Hirakud Dam lies across the Mahanadi above Sambalpur in Odisha, and counting the main dam together with its earthen dykes it is among the longest dams in the world; it was built chiefly to control the floods that used to devastate coastal Odisha, and it also serves irrigation and…

Q11592.Important Days & DatesMedium

The Purna Swaraj resolution, declaring complete independence as the goal of the Congress, was adopted at which session?

  1. A.Lahore session of 1929
  2. B.Karachi session of 1931
  3. C.Nagpur session of 1920
  4. D.Lucknow session of 1916
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Correct answer: A. Lahore session of 1929

Presided over by Jawaharlal Nehru, the Lahore session of December 1929 passed the resolution of Purna Swaraj or complete independence, unfurled the tricolour on the bank of the Ravi and called on the country to observe the twenty sixth of January 1930 as Independence Day.

Q11597.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 29th November 2021, Shift 1Medium

In which place was the first session of the Indian National Congress held in a rural area?

  1. A.Karumadi
  2. B.Punnapra
  3. C.Rampur
  4. D.Faizpur
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Correct answer: D. Faizpur

The fiftieth session of the Indian National Congress met in December 1936 at Faizpur in the Khandesh region of what is now Maharashtra, and it was the first session of the Congress held in a village rather than in a city.

Q11598.Important Days & DatesEasy

The Jallianwala Bagh massacre at Amritsar took place on which date?

  1. A.13 April 1919
  2. B.10 May 1857
  3. C.5 February 1922
  4. D.13 April 1920
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Correct answer: A. 13 April 1919

On the day of Baisakhi in 1919 a crowd gathered in the walled garden of Jallianwala Bagh in Amritsar to protest against the Rowlatt Act and the arrest of Saifuddin Kitchlew and Satyapal, and Brigadier General Reginald Dyer ordered his troops to fire without warning on the closed enclosure.

Q11599.Important Days & DatesAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 11 Feb 2019, Shift 1Medium

In which of the following locations did the 1920 Indian National Congress session take place?

  1. A.Thiruvananthapuram
  2. B.Mumbai
  3. C.Tripura
  4. D.Nagpur
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Correct answer: D. Nagpur

The annual session of the Indian National Congress in December 1920 met at Nagpur under the presidency of C. Vijayaraghavachariar, and it confirmed the programme of non cooperation that a special session at Calcutta had approved in September of that year.

Q11600.Important Days & DatesAsked in: Uttar Pradesh · UPPSC Civil Service 2018 Official PaperHard

Arrange the following in their chronological order and select the correct answer from the codes given below: A. Hunter Commission B. Saddler Commission C. Wood's Despatch D. Sargent Plan

  1. A.A B D C
  2. B.C B A D
  3. C.A B C D
  4. D.C A B D
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Correct answer: D. C A B D

Taking the four in the order they appear in history: Wood's Despatch came first, in 1854, and is called the Magna Carta of English education in India because it laid down a graded system of schools and universities.