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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

Q13844.EconomyMedium

Up to what claim amount does the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool pay out of its own reserves before the sovereign guarantee is invoked?

  1. A.USD 50 million
  2. B.USD 100 million
  3. C.USD 500 million
  4. D.USD 1.5 billion
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Correct answer: B. USD 100 million

Claims up to that level are met from the pool's accumulated reserves together with its reinsurance recoveries, and the government's guarantee is activated only once those reserves have been completely used up.

Q13845.EconomyMedium

Which body has been made the Pool Administrator of the Bharat Maritime Insurance Pool?

  1. A.General Insurance Corporation of India
  2. B.Life Insurance Corporation of India
  3. C.Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India
  4. D.New India Assurance Company Limited
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Correct answer: A. General Insurance Corporation of India

The correct answer is the General Insurance Corporation of India, better known as GIC Re, which has taken charge as Pool Manager and Administrator and handles the pool's day-to-day running, its performance reporting and its operational systems.

Q13848.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 4 June 2019, Shift 2Medium

Which of the following is an aldehyde?

  1. A.Propanal
  2. B.Propanol
  3. C.Propyne
  4. D.Propanone
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Correct answer: A. Propanal

The ending 'al' marks an aldehyde, so propanal is the three-carbon aldehyde, CH3CH2CHO. An aldehyde carries the group -CHO at the end of the carbon chain, with the carbonyl carbon attached to a hydrogen.

Q13851.Environment & EcologyAsked in: SSC CGL · 18 April 2022, Shift 1Easy

Which of the following is NOT a water pollutant?

  1. A.Chromium
  2. B.Silt
  3. C.Glacier
  4. D.Arsenic
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Correct answer: C. Glacier

A glacier is a natural mass of moving ice and a source of fresh water, not a pollutant. A water pollutant is any substance added to water that makes it unfit for use.

Q13853.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 09 Sept, 2024, Shift 2Easy

In which part of India does the hot wind 'Loo' blow?

  1. A.West and Southwestern
  2. B.North and Northwestern
  3. C.East and Northeastern
  4. D.South and Southwestern
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Correct answer: B. North and Northwestern

The Loo is the hot, dry wind of the northern and north-western plains of India. The Loo blows from the west and north-west during the day in May and June, when the land heats up and a low pressure trough forms over north-west India.

Q13854.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 April 2022, Shift 1Medium

Which of the following crops is described as - 'It is a crop which is used both as food and fodder. It is a Kharif crop that requires temperature between 21°C to 27°C and grows well in old alluvial soil'?

  1. A.Sesamum
  2. B.Maize
  3. C.Bajra
  4. D.Ragi
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Correct answer: B. Maize

Maize is the crop grown both as food and as fodder, needing 21°C to 27°C and old alluvial soil. Maize is a kharif crop sown with the onset of the monsoon, though in Bihar and a few other states it is also raised in the rabi season.

Q13856.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 01 Dec 2022, Shift 4Easy

Which of the following is NOT the correct match?

  1. A.The acid present in tomato - Formic acid
  2. B.The acid present in orange - Citric acid
  3. C.The acid present in grapes - Tartaric acid
  4. D.The acid present in rancid butter - Butyric acid
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Correct answer: A. The acid present in tomato - Formic acid

This pair is wrong, because tomato contains oxalic acid, along with some citric and malic acid. Formic acid, or methanoic acid, is the acid of an ant sting and a bee sting, and its name comes from the Latin word for ant.

Q13857.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 Sept, 2025, Shift 3Medium

Read the following statements carefully and choose the correct option: Assertion (A): Iron and steel is considered a heavy industry. Reason (R): It requires lightweight raw materials like cotton and rubber.

  1. A.Both A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A
  2. B.Both A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A
  3. C.A is true, but R is false
  4. D.A is false, but R is true
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Correct answer: C. A is true, but R is false

Iron and steel is indeed a heavy industry, but not because of light raw materials. Industries are classified by the weight of the material they handle.

Q13858.GeographyAsked in: SSC CGL · 13 Aug 2021, Shift 3Hard

Which of the following is a tributary of the river Brahmaputra that flows through Bhutan?

  1. A.Ayeyarwady River
  2. B.Sittaung River
  3. C.Chindwin River
  4. D.Wang Chhu River
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Correct answer: D. Wang Chhu River

The Wang Chhu flows through western Bhutan and joins the Brahmaputra system in India. The Wang Chhu rises in the Himalayas of Tibet, passes Thimphu and Paro in Bhutan, and enters West Bengal, where it is known as the Raidak.

Q13859.Indian HistoryAsked in: SSC CGL · 20 Aug 2021, Shift 1Medium

C. Rajagopalachari led the Salt Satyagraha in which of the following states?

  1. A.Maharashtra
  2. B.Tamil Nadu
  3. C.Rajasthan
  4. D.Gujarat
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Correct answer: B. Tamil Nadu

C. Rajagopalachari led the salt march in the Madras Presidency, in the area that is now Tamil Nadu. When the Civil Disobedience Movement began in 1930, Rajagopalachari marched from Tiruchirappalli to Vedaranyam on the Tanjore coast and broke the salt law there in April 1930.

Q13860.General ScienceAsked in: SSC CGL · 12 April 2022, Shift 3Medium

Urea, a commonly used nitrogen-based fertiliser, is prepared by the reaction between ammonia and ______.

  1. A.carbon dioxide
  2. B.hydrogen
  3. C.oxygen
  4. D.sulphur
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Correct answer: A. carbon dioxide

Urea is made industrially by reacting ammonia with carbon dioxide under high pressure. The process runs in two steps: ammonia and carbon dioxide first form ammonium carbamate, which then loses a water molecule to give urea.