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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

Q12521.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

The Immediate Payment Service (IMPS) is operated by:

  1. A.The Reserve Bank of India
  2. B.The State Bank of India
  3. C.The National Payments Corporation of India
  4. D.The Indian Banks Association
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Correct answer: C. The National Payments Corporation of India

IMPS was launched by that organisation in 2010 and was the first Indian system to offer interbank transfer instantly at any hour, including Sundays and holidays.

Q12523.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

NEFT stands for:

  1. A.National Electronic Funds Transfer
  2. B.New Electronic Fund Transaction
  3. C.National Exchange of Funds and Transfers
  4. D.Net Electronic Financial Transfer
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Correct answer: A. National Electronic Funds Transfer

NEFT is the nationwide system operated by the Reserve Bank of India for transferring funds from one bank account to another, settled on a deferred net basis in half hourly batches and available on all days of the year since December 2019.

Q12527.Awards & HonoursEasy

National Sports Day, around which the national sports awards are conferred, is observed on 29 August as the birth anniversary of:

  1. A.Major Dhyan Chand
  2. B.Sachin Tendulkar
  3. C.P. T. Usha
  4. D.Vishwanathan Anand
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Correct answer: A. Major Dhyan Chand

National Sports Day is observed on 29 August, the birth anniversary of the hockey player Major Dhyan Chand, who was part of the Indian teams that won Olympic gold in 1928, 1932 and 1936, and the national sports awards are conferred around this day.

Q12528.Awards & HonoursHard

The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize, India's best known award for science, is given by which body?

  1. A.Indian National Science Academy
  2. B.Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
  3. C.Department of Science and Technology
  4. D.Indian Space Research Organisation
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Correct answer: B. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research

The prize is named after Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar, the first Director General of the Council, and is given by the Council to scientists working in India, usually announced around its foundation day on 26 September.

Q12529.Awards & HonoursMedium

Who was the first recipient of the Dadasaheb Phalke Award?

  1. A.Devika Rani
  2. B.Prithviraj Kapoor
  3. C.Satyajit Ray
  4. D.Lata Mangeshkar
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Correct answer: A. Devika Rani

The Dadasaheb Phalke Award was instituted in 1969 for lifetime contribution to Indian cinema, in memory of Dhundiraj Govind Phalke, who made Raja Harishchandra in 1913, the first Indian feature film, and the first award went to the actress Devika Rani.

Q12530.Awards & HonoursEasy

On which date are the Nobel Prize ceremonies held every year?

  1. A.21 October
  2. B.10 December
  3. C.1 January
  4. D.24 October
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Correct answer: B. 10 December

The Nobel ceremonies are held on 10 December every year, the anniversary of the death of Alfred Nobel in 1896; the prizes in physics, chemistry, physiology or medicine, literature and economic sciences are presented at Stockholm, while the peace prize is presented at Oslo.

Q12533.Awards & HonoursMedium

Which is the highest gallantry award of India for bravery shown away from the battlefield?

  1. A.Param Vir Chakra
  2. B.Ashoka Chakra
  3. C.Kirti Chakra
  4. D.Shaurya Chakra
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Correct answer: B. Ashoka Chakra

India's gallantry awards come in two families. For valour in the presence of the enemy the order is Param Vir Chakra, Maha Vir Chakra and Vir Chakra; for valour otherwise than in the face of the enemy the order is Ashoka Chakra, Kirti Chakra and Shaurya Chakra, so the Ashoka…

Q12538.Art & CultureMedium

Which article of the Constitution declares Hindi in the Devanagari script to be the official language of the Union?

  1. A.Article 343
  2. B.Article 345
  3. C.Article 348
  4. D.Article 351
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Correct answer: A. Article 343

It states that the official language of the Union shall be Hindi in the Devanagari script and that the form of numerals to be used shall be the international form of Indian numerals; it also allowed English to continue for fifteen years from the commencement of the Constitution, a period…

Q12540.Art & CultureAsked in: SSC GD Constable · 6 March 2019, Shift 1Medium

In which amendment to the Constitution were Bodo, Dogri, Santhali and Maithili added to the list of recognised languages?

  1. A.73rd Constitution Amendment Act of 1992
  2. B.92nd Constitution Amendment Act of 2003
  3. C.103rd Constitution Amendment Act, 2018
  4. D.101st Constitution Amendment Act, 2016
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Correct answer: B. 92nd Constitution Amendment Act of 2003

That amendment added four languages, Bodo, Dogri, Maithili and Santhali, to the Eighth Schedule and took the count from 18 to 22, where it stands.