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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

Q16242.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.

Q16243.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.

Q16244.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…

Q16246.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.

Q16248.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.

Q16250.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.

Q16256.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.

Q16257.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.

Q16258.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…

Q16259.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.

Q16260.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.