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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

Q15981.Awards & HonoursMedium

Which of these is NOT a category of the Tenzing Norgay National Adventure Awards?

  1. A.Land Adventure
  2. B.Water Adventure
  3. C.Air Adventure
  4. D.Polar Adventure
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Correct answer: D. Polar Adventure

The award has exactly four categories and that is not one of them. Three of the four are defined by where the feat takes place, namely Land Adventure, Water Adventure and Air Adventure, and the fourth is Lifetime Achievement, which recognises a career rather than a single exploit.

Q15987.EconomyHard

Why did the mining and quarrying sector show real GVA growth of -2.4 per cent but nominal GVA growth of 22.3 per cent?

  1. A.Because mining output rose sharply in volume terms
  2. B.Because mineral prices, especially crude petroleum and natural gas, rose steeply
  3. C.Because the sector was moved out of the GDP series
  4. D.Because coal production was excluded from the estimates
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Correct answer: B. Because mineral prices, especially crude petroleum and natural gas, rose steeply

Constant-price estimates for mining are built from the Index of Industrial Production, which grew -3.8 per cent in April, -1.4 per cent in May and 1.6 per cent in June, broadly matching real GVA growth of -2.4 per cent.

Q15989.EconomyMedium

Under double deflation, which two items are deflated separately to arrive at real Gross Value Added?

  1. A.Output and intermediate consumption
  2. B.Exports and imports
  3. C.Wages and profits
  4. D.Government spending and private consumption
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Correct answer: A. Output and intermediate consumption

Double deflation is a production-side technique: gross output is deflated with one price index and intermediate consumption with another, and real Gross Value Added is what remains after subtracting the second from the first.

Q15993.Science & TechnologyMedium

Dr Jitendra Singh spoke about the RDI Fund at the Foundation Day of which body?

  1. A.Council of Scientific and Industrial Research
  2. B.Technology Development Board
  3. C.Department of Science and Technology
  4. D.Science and Engineering Research Board
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Correct answer: B. Technology Development Board

The board was created so that technologies would not remain confined to laboratories but would be translated into products, solutions and enterprises that bring ease of living, provide livelihoods and add to the economy of the country.

Q15994.Science & TechnologyEasy

What is the corpus of the Research, Development and Innovation Fund?

  1. A.₹10,000 crore
  2. B.₹50,000 crore
  3. C.₹1 lakh crore
  4. D.₹2 lakh crore
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Correct answer: C. ₹1 lakh crore

The release refers throughout to the ₹1 lakh crore Research, Development and Innovation Fund, and it is the size of that corpus that makes the Minister's appeal for outreach necessary: thousands of applications are arriving, some from applicants who do not appear to understand what the fund is for.

Q15995.EnvironmentHard

What is the length of India's coastline as quoted by the Minister at the launch?

  1. A.Over 7,500 km
  2. B.Over 9,000 km
  3. C.Over 11,000 km
  4. D.Over 15,000 km
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Correct answer: C. Over 11,000 km

In his video message the Minister said India has one of the longest stretches of coastal area in the world, spanning more than that distance and extending from the eastern to the western parts of the country, and he used the figure to explain why a week-long national drive is…

Q15997.EnvironmentMedium

Which ministry runs the Swachh Sagar, Surakshit Sagar campaign?

  1. A.Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change
  2. B.Ministry of Earth Sciences
  3. C.Ministry of Jal Shakti
  4. D.Ministry of Ports, Shipping and Waterways
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Correct answer: B. Ministry of Earth Sciences

The campaign is spearheaded by that ministry, and the minister who launched it, Dr Jitendra Singh, holds Earth Sciences as Minister of State with Independent Charge.

Q15999.NationalMedium

Which work was sanctioned at a cost of ₹233 crore?

  1. A.Kavach 4.0 in Moradabad Division
  2. B.Electronic Interlocking at 21 stations of Samastipur Division
  3. C.The Adra-Joychandipahar bypass line
  4. D.Bhavnagar Para yard remodelling
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Correct answer: B. Electronic Interlocking at 21 stations of Samastipur Division

The work replaces existing panel interlocking with Electronic Interlocking, which is computer-based signalling in place of ageing relay-based systems, giving higher reliability, quicker fault diagnosis, easier maintenance and greater operational flexibility, besides supporting the roll-out of Kavach.