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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

Q12950.Indian States & UTsEasy

The state of Maharashtra was formed on which date?

  1. A.1 November 1956
  2. B.1 May 1960
  3. C.1 April 1936
  4. D.1 November 2000
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Correct answer: B. 1 May 1960

On that day the bilingual Bombay State was divided into Maharashtra and Gujarat under the Bombay Reorganisation Act, 1960, after the Samyukta Maharashtra movement had pressed for a separate state for Marathi speakers.

Q12951.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Under Section 138 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, within how many days of receiving the notice must the drawer make payment to avoid the offence?

  1. A.Seven days
  2. B.Fifteen days
  3. C.Thirty days
  4. D.Forty five days
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Correct answer: B. Fifteen days

The Section 138 timeline runs in three steps. The payee must give the drawer a written notice demanding payment within thirty days of receiving information from the bank that the cheque has been returned unpaid.

Q12952.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, how many days of grace are allowed while computing the maturity of a bill or a promissory note payable after date?

  1. A.Two days
  2. B.Three days
  3. C.Five days
  4. D.Seven days
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Correct answer: B. Three days

Section 22 of the Act provides that the maturity of a promissory note or bill of exchange payable after a stated period is the day on which the period ends, and that three days of grace are added in computing that date.

Q12953.Banking & Financial AwarenessHard

When a cheque is crossed with the words 'not negotiable', what is the effect under the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881?

  1. A.The cheque cannot be transferred at all
  2. B.The transferee gets no better title than the transferor had
  3. C.The cheque can be paid in cash over the counter
  4. D.The cheque becomes payable only after three months
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Correct answer: B. The transferee gets no better title than the transferor had

Section 130 provides that a person taking a cheque crossed 'not negotiable' shall not have, and shall not be capable of giving, a better title than the person from whom they took it had.

Q12954.Banking & Financial AwarenessEasy

How many parties are there to a bill of exchange?

  1. A.Two
  2. B.Three
  3. C.Four
  4. D.Five
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Correct answer: B. Three

A bill of exchange, defined in Section 5 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881, is an unconditional order in writing by which the drawer directs another person, the drawee, to pay a certain sum to or to the order of the payee.

Q12955.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

For how long is a cheque valid from the date written on it, under the present direction of the Reserve Bank of India?

  1. A.One month
  2. B.Three months
  3. C.Six months
  4. D.One year
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Correct answer: B. Three months

The Reserve Bank of India directed that cheques, drafts, pay orders and banker's cheques would be payable for three months from the date of the instrument, with effect from 1 April 2012, cutting the earlier period of six months.

Q12956.Banking & Financial AwarenessMedium

Two parallel transverse lines drawn across the face of a cheque, without the name of any bank, amount to which kind of crossing?

  1. A.General crossing
  2. B.Special crossing
  3. C.Restrictive crossing
  4. D.Not negotiable crossing
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Correct answer: A. General crossing

Section 123 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 provides that where a cheque bears across its face two parallel transverse lines, with or without words such as 'and company', that addition is a general crossing.

Q12959.Banking & Financial AwarenessAsked in: Rajasthan · 2 Aug 2015Medium

The payment of a negotiable instrument becomes due

  1. A.at maturity
  2. B.after maturity
  3. C.before maturity
  4. D.on third day of maturity
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Correct answer: A. at maturity

Section 22 of the Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881 says that the maturity of a promissory note or bill of exchange payable otherwise than on demand is the date on which it falls due, and the three days of grace are already counted in arriving at that date.