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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

Q14483.Important Days & DatesEasy

National Doctors Day is observed in India on which date?

  1. A.1 July
  2. B.7 April
  3. C.12 May
  4. D.11 July
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Correct answer: A. 1 July

National Doctors Day is observed in India on 1 July because that date is both the birth anniversary and the death anniversary of Dr Bidhan Chandra Roy, the physician who became Chief Minister of West Bengal and received the Bharat Ratna.

Q14484.Computer AwarenessHard

The technique of placing output in a queue on the disk so that a slow device such as a printer does not hold up the processor is called

  1. A.Paging
  2. B.Spooling
  3. C.Caching
  4. D.Swapping
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Correct answer: B. Spooling

Spooling stands for simultaneous peripheral operations on line. The operating system writes the data meant for a slow device into a queue on the disk and lets the processor go on with other work, while the device picks jobs out of that queue at its own pace.

Q14486.Computer AwarenessHard

An operating system that guarantees a response within a strictly fixed time limit, as needed in missile control and medical equipment, is called

  1. A.Batch operating system
  2. B.Real time operating system
  3. C.Time sharing operating system
  4. D.Distributed operating system
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Correct answer: B. Real time operating system

A real time system is judged not only by whether it gives the right answer but by whether it gives that answer inside a fixed deadline.

Q14492.Computer AwarenessMedium

Which scheduling algorithm allots a fixed time slice to every process in rotation and is therefore used in time sharing systems?

  1. A.First Come First Served
  2. B.Shortest Job First
  3. C.Round Robin
  4. D.Priority scheduling
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Correct answer: C. Round Robin

In Round Robin scheduling every ready process is given the processor for a fixed period called the time quantum, and when that period expires the process is moved to the back of the queue and the next one is served.

Q14495.Books & AuthorsHard

Joothan, a landmark autobiographical work of Dalit writing in Hindi, was written by

  1. A.Omprakash Valmiki
  2. B.Premchand
  3. C.Harivansh Rai Bachchan
  4. D.Phanishwar Nath Renu
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Correct answer: A. Omprakash Valmiki

Joothan is the autobiography of Omprakash Valmiki and is regarded as a landmark of Dalit writing in Hindi. It records the humiliations of caste that the writer faced in school and at work, and the title itself refers to the leftover food that his community was expected to accept.