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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

Q16001.NationalEasy

Kavach is best described as which kind of system?

  1. A.An indigenous Automatic Train Protection system
  2. B.A ticketing and reservation platform
  3. C.A satellite-based cargo tracking service
  4. D.A rolling stock maintenance depot
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Correct answer: A. An indigenous Automatic Train Protection system

The release sets out four things it does, and each of them is worth remembering separately because questions are framed on them.

Q16007.DefenceHard

At which institutions did she lead the setting up of Indian Air Force Chairs of Excellence?

  1. A.IIT Delhi and Jawaharlal Nehru University
  2. B.IIT Kanpur and Pune University
  3. C.IIT Madras and Osmania University
  4. D.IIT Bombay and Panjab University
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Correct answer: B. IIT Kanpur and Pune University

Among the institutional initiatives she led during her career, the release singles out the establishment of Indian Air Force Chairs of Excellence at these two places, created to carry forward academic work and strategic collaboration in the field of defence.

Q16008.DefenceMedium

Which appointment did Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma assume on 1 September 2026?

  1. A.Director General of Medical Services (Air)
  2. B.Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Education)
  3. C.Air Officer-in-Charge Maintenance
  4. D.Principal, Sainik School, Kapurthala
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Correct answer: B. Assistant Chief of the Air Staff (Education)

She took it over on 1 September 2026, and it is with this appointment that she became the first woman officer outside the medical stream to hold a two-star rank in the Indian defence forces.

Q16009.DefenceEasy

Who became the first woman officer (non-medical) to attain a two-star rank in the Indian defence forces?

  1. A.Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma
  2. B.Air Marshal Sadhna Saxena Nair
  3. C.Surgeon Vice Admiral Arti Sarin
  4. D.Air Vice Marshal Padma Bandopadhyay
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Correct answer: A. Air Vice Marshal Shakti Sharma

The Ministry of Defence release says that she became the first woman officer outside the medical stream in the Indian defence forces to attain the rank of Air Vice Marshal or an equivalent rank, and that on 1 September 2026 she assumed the appointment of Assistant Chief of the Air…

Q16010.EconomyHard

Which statement about the revised national accounts estimates is correct?

  1. A.The new base year for price and production indices is 2022-23
  2. B.Growth for the three previous years was revised downwards
  3. C.The revision dropped the Output Producer Price Index
  4. D.Real GDP growth for 2025-26 was revised to 7.1 per cent
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Correct answer: A. The new base year for price and production indices is 2022-23

The annual revised estimates use new price and production indices on that base, including an Output Producer Price Index and a Banking Services Price Index, along with updated administrative data drawn from several sources.

Q16011.EconomyMedium

Which expenditure component of real GDP recorded 11.9 per cent growth in the quarter?

  1. A.Private Final Consumption Expenditure
  2. B.Gross Fixed Capital Formation
  3. C.Government Final Consumption Expenditure
  4. D.Imports of goods and services
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Correct answer: B. Gross Fixed Capital Formation

It grew 11.9 per cent in the first quarter of 2026-27 against 5.8 per cent in the same quarter of the previous year, and that jump is the sharpest change among the expenditure components listed.

Q16014.Summits & ConferencesHard

Consider the 26th SCO Summit. Which statement is correct?

  1. A.It marked the 15th anniversary of the SCO
  2. B.It adopted the Bishkek Declaration along with four MoUs
  3. C.It was chaired by Afghanistan
  4. D.It removed English from the SCO Charter
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Correct answer: B. It adopted the Bishkek Declaration along with four MoUs

Besides the declaration and the four memoranda, the meeting also adopted more than twenty decisions and statements in fields such as climate, nuclear safety, energy conservation and the fight against drug addiction.

Q16015.Summits & ConferencesMedium

Which SCO forum, proposed by India, will hold its first edition in India?

  1. A.SCO Start-up Forum
  2. B.SCO Young Scientists Forum
  3. C.SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum
  4. D.SCO Young Authors Conclave
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Correct answer: C. SCO Civilisational Dialogue Forum

The Prime Minister said India would be glad to host the first edition of this forum later this year, and described it as an Indian flagship proposal meant to build civilisational exchanges among member states.

Q16016.Summits & ConferencesMedium

In India's vision for the SCO, what do the letters S, C and O stand for?

  1. A.Stability, Commerce and Order
  2. B.Security, Connectivity and Opportunity
  3. C.Solidarity, Culture and Outreach
  4. D.Sovereignty, Cooperation and Openness
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Correct answer: B. Security, Connectivity and Opportunity

In his statement at Bishkek the Prime Minister recalled that at the previous summit he had set out three main pillars of India's thinking on the grouping, and that their initials spell the organisation's own short name: S for Security, C for Connectivity and O for Opportunity.

Q16017.Summits & ConferencesEasy

Which city hosted the 26th SCO Summit attended by Prime Minister Narendra Modi?

  1. A.Astana
  2. B.Bishkek
  3. C.Tashkent
  4. D.Samarkand
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Correct answer: B. Bishkek

The release from the Prime Minister's Office says that the 26th meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation was held at Bishkek, the capital of the Kyrgyz Republic, and that the Prime Minister took part in it on 1 September 2026 after the meeting…