RRB NTPC CBT 2 (Level-2) Question Paper (Held On: 16 June 2022 Shift 1) - RRB NTPC/ASM/CA/TA MCQ

Given:

When usual Speed (S) increased = 30%

Time Taken = Usual Time(T) - 24 minutes

Formula used:

Speed = Distance/Time

Distance = Speed × Time

Calculations:

According to the question,

The distance traveled by car in each scenario is the same

Let the usual speed of the car be 'a'

⇒ Increased speed × TIme Taken = Usual speed × Time Taken

⇒ (a + 30% of a) × (T - 24) = a × T

⇒ (a + 0.30 a) × (T - 24) = a × T

⇒ (1.30 a) × (T - 24) = a × T

⇒ 1.30 × (T - 24) = T

⇒ 1.30 × (T - 24) = T

⇒ 1.3T - 31.2 = T

⇒ 0.3T = 31.2

⇒ T = 31.2/0.3 = 104 minutes OR 1 hour 44 minutes.

∴ The time taken by the car to cover the same distance at its usual speed is 1 hour 44 minutes.

The correct answer is 277.
Key Points
Water Density :

• The density of water is measured as weight per unit volume of the water and it is mainly dependent on the temperature of water.
• In the crystal lattice, there are lot of void area present, when the water is in its ice form doe to sufficient hydrogen bonding between the water molecules. This crystal structure begins to collapse as the ice begin to melt.
• As the temperature increases, the molecules of water start migrating farther from each other hydrogen bond start collapsing and therefore the molecules start coming close to each other resulting in the increase of water density and decrease in volume.
• At 273 kelvin (0°C), ice clusters are seen in the water which are allowed to move freely. Due to the vacant spaces present in the ice clusters, its density get reduced and volume is increased.
• At 0 and 227 kelvin the temperature decreases and thus the density decreases.
• At 277 kelvin (4°C), as the temperature increases the clusters begin to deform, resulting in the highest water density.

Additional Information

• The unit of temperature kelvin is converted into celcius (C) by
  • K = C + 273, thus 277 kelvin is 4°C ( K = 4 + 273 = 277 kelvin)
• After 277 k, the rise in volume due to the expansion of liquid water becomes more than the reduce in volume caused due to hydrogen bond breakage.
• After 277 k, there is a net gain in volume during heating, which leads to a decrease in density.
• It falls within a variety of abnormal physical properties.
• As compared to liquid water, the density of ice is less and thus ice floats on water.
• When we freeze the water, the density of ice is reduced by about 9%.

​We have to find total of five natural even numbers .
Explanation:
Statement I: The second number s two times the first number.

• Let the first number = x
• Then, the second number = 2x

Statement II: All the five even numbers are consecutive even numbers in increasing order.

• We get that number will be x, x + 2, x + 4, x + 6, x + 8.
• Combining I and II, we get
• x + 2 = 2x
• x = 2

Total of five natural even numbers = x + x + 2 + x + 4 + x + 6 + x + 8 = 2 + 4 + 6 + 8 + 10 =30
Hence, Both the Statements together are necessary to answer the Question is the correct answer.

Given: Q ≤ R = S > T < U ≥ V

Explanation:

• V < T →(False) T< U ≥ V → (As U > T and U ≥ V then T > V is does not follow)
• S < Q→(False) Q ≤ R = S → (As Q ≤ R and R = S. So, Q > S is does not follow)

Hence, Neither I nor II is true is the correct answer.

Eight friends: K, L, M, N, O, P, Q and R

• Number of friends = 8, namely, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R
• K, L, M and N are sitting in a straight line and are facing North.
• O, P, Q and R are sitting on a parallel line and are facing South.
• ​Each of the persons sitting in a line, faces another person sitting in the parallel line.
• M faces a person who has two people sitting to his right. M is facing North.​

​

• N is sitting between M and K.

• Q faces K.

​

• O is neither an immediate neighbour of P nor Q.

Hence, R is the correct answer.

Given:

A can do the piece of work in 8 days,

B can do the piece of work in 10 days

C can do the piece of work in 20 days

Calculations:

According to the question,

One day work of A = 1 / 8 .........(1)

One day work of B = 1 / 10 .........(2)

One day work of C = 1 / 20 .........(3)

Adding all the equations (1), (2), and (3)

⇒ A + B + C = (1 / 8) + (1 / 10) + (1 / 20)

⇒ A + B + C = (5 + 4 + 2) / 40

⇒ A + B + C = 11 / 40

∴ A, B, and C together do the same work in 40/11 days or days.

The logic followed here is:
Logic: Given word is written from the reverse side and middle two alphabet is remain same in all words.
'COMPUTER' is written as 'RETPUMOC'

'NOTEBOOK' is written as 'KOOEBTON'

Similarly,

For INTERNET

Hence, the correct answer is "TENERTNI".

The correct answer is Tuluva.

Key Points

• Krishnadeva Raya was an emperor of Vijayanagar Empire who reigned from 1509 to 1529.
• He was the third monarch of Tuluva Dynasty and was considered as a greatest leaders from Indian history.
• Tuluva Dynasty
  • Tuluva Dynasty was founded by Tuluva Narasa Nayaka.
  • It was third of the four dynasties: Sangama Dynasty, Saluva Dynasty, Tuluva Dynasty and Aravidu Dynasty to rule Vijayanagara Empire.
  • Tuluva Dynasty was ruled from 1491 to 1570.
  • The fall of the Tuluva dynasty led to the beginning of the disintegration of the Vijayanagar empire.

Additional Information

• Sadasiva Raya was the sixth and last ruler of the Tuluva Dynasty.
• The original home of the kingdom was the westerly Tulu speaking region.

The correct answer is Ctrl + Z.
Key Points
UNDO operation

• UNDO is the operation used to reverse the effects of previous action.
• UNDO is mainly used to undone the actions.

Additional Information

• Ctrl + V is keyboard shortcut for paste in MS Word.
• Ctrl + C is keyboard shortcut for copy in MS Word.
• Ctrl + X is keyboard shortcut for cut in MS Word.
• Ctrl + Y is keyboard shortcut for redo in MS Word.

The correct answer is Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.
Key Points
MGNREGA

• This was initiated with the objective of “enhancing livelihood security in rural areas by providing at least 100 days of guaranteed wage employment in a financial year, especially to household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work".
• This Act also aiming to create durable assets (such as roads, canals, ponds, wells).
• Within 5 km of an applicant’s residence, employment is provided.

Additional Information
NREGA

• National Rural Employment Guarantee Act 2005, later renamed as the MGNREGA, is an Indian labour law and social security measure that aims to guarantee the ‘right to work’.
• NREGA can also help in protecting the environment, empowering rural women, reducing rural-urban migration and fostering social equity, among others.

Given :

Concept used :

Calculations :

Hence, the required answer is

The correct answer is Godavari.
Key Points

• There are many rivers drains into Bay of Bengal: The Ganges–Hooghly, the Padma, the Brahmaputra–Yamuna, the Barak–Surma–Meghna, the Irrawaddy, the Godavari, the Mahanadi, the Brahmani, the Baitarani, the Krishna and the Kaveri.

Bay of Bengal

• The northeastern part of the Indian Ocean.
• Bounded on the west and northwest by India, on the north by Bangladesh, and on the east by Myanmar and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands of India.
• Maximum Length: 2090km.

Additional Information
Himalayan Rivers

• The rivers that originate from the Himalayan mountain ranges.
• These rivers are snow fed.
• They receive water from the melting ice of the glaciers as well as from the rains.
• The three main Himalayan Rivers are the Ganga, the Indus and the Brahmaputra.

The position of letters according to the English alphabet series:

Logic: Alphabet are arranged according to opposite letters.

'TEACHING' is written as 'GVZXSRMT'

And,

'TENDENCY' is written as 'GVMWVMXB'

Similarly,

Hence, "HBNYLORX" is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Mizoram.

Key Points

Forest cover of Mizoram

• Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Bhupender Yadav, released the 'Indian State of Forest Report 2021' on 13 January 2022.
• According to the report, Mizoram has the highest forest cover as a percentage of the total geographical area.
• The forest cover percentage of Mizoram is 84.53%.
• Followed by Mizoram the second highest cover has Arunachal Pradesh, then Manipur and Nagaland respectively.

Additional Information

Forest cover of Arunachal Manipur and Nagaland

• Arunachal Pradesh has a forest cover of 79.33% as a percentage of the total geographical area.
• Manipur has a forest cover of 74.34% as a percentage of the total geographical area..
• Nagaland has a forest cover of 73.90% as a percentage of the total geographical area..

Given:

(44.97% of 226) + 55.03 × 4.98 - ? = 140

Calculations:

Let unknown no. be 'x'.

(0.45 × 226) + 55 × 5 - (x) = 140

⇒ (102) + 275 - 140 = x

⇒ x = 377 - 140 = 237.

∴ The simplified value is 237.

The correct answer is Ginning.

Key Points

• The process of separating cotton fibres from seeds is called ginning.
• From the field, seed cotton moves to nearby gins for separation of lint and seed.
• The cotton first goes through dryers to reduce moisture content and then through cleaning equipment to remove foreign matter.
• These operations facilitate processing and improve fiber quality.
• The cotton is then air conveyed to Cotton Ginning in stands where revolving circular saws pull the lint through closely spaced ribs that prevent the seed from passing through.
• The lint is removed from the saw teeth by air blasts or rotating brushes, and then compressed into bales weighing approximately 500 pounds.
• Cotton is then moved to a warehouse for storage until it is shipped to a textile mill for use.
• A typical gin will process about 12 bales per hour, while some of today’s more modern gins may process as many as 60 bales an hour.

Additional Information

• Yarning is the process where the cotton yarn is spinned at the initial stage of textile processing.
• Thermoforming is a manufacturing process where a plastic sheet is heated to a pliable forming temperature, formed to a specific shape in a mold, and trimmed to create a usable product.
• Molding is the process where specific thing is moulded into the desired shape.

The correct answer is Sharangdev.

Key Points

• Sangeet Ratnakar, the earliest known treatise on music was composed by Sharangdev.
• Sangeet Ratnakar was called the "Ocean of Music and Dance", is one of the most important musicological texts from India.
• The text is divided into seven chapters
• The first six chapters Svaragatadhyaya, Ragavivekadhyaya, Prakirnakadhyaya, Prabandhadhyaya, Taladhyaya and Vadyadhyaya.
• Sarnga Deva, was the 13th-century Musician who authored Sangeet Ratnakar – the classical Sanskrit text on music and drama.

Additional Information

• Amir Khusrau is called the father of qawwali and was the one who introduced ghazal in India.
• Tansen is also known to as Tan Sen or Ramtanu, was a well known person of North Indian classical music.
• Muhammad Shah was a great patron of the arts, including musical, cultural and administrative developments.

The correct answer is Cache Memory.

Key Points

• Cache memory is a chip-based computer component that makes retrieving data from the computer's memory more efficient.
• ​Cache, which is pronounced "cash" (not "catch" or "cashay"), stores recently used information so that it can be quickly accessed at a later time.
• Computers incorporate several different types of caching in order to run more efficiently, thereby improving performance.
• Common types of caches include browser cache, disk cache, memory cache and processor cache.

Additional Information

• Tertiary memory is a level below secondary storage
  • Typically, it involves a robotic mechanism which will mount (insert) and dismount removable mass storage media into a storage device according to the system's demands; such data are often copied to secondary storage before use.
• Optical memory
  • Optical memory is an electronic storage medium that uses a laser beam to store and retrieve the data. If we classify the memory system then optical memory comes under the external memory in the computer system.
• Auxiliary memory
  • Auxiliary memory units are among computer peripheral equipment.
  • They trade slower access rates for greater storage capacity and data stability.
  • Auxiliary memory holds programs and data for future use, and, because it is nonvolatile (like ROM).
  • It is used to store inactive programs and to archive data.

The logic followed here is:
Logic: First number × First number + First number = Second number
A. 3 : 12 → 3 × 3 + 3 = 12
B. 14 ∶ 220 → 14 × 14 + 14 = 210 ≠ 220
C. 11 ∶ 132 → 11 × 11 + 11 = 132
D. 5 ∶ 30 → 5 × 5 + 5 = 30
Hence, '14 ∶ 220' is the odd one out.

The correct answer is the Second Five-Year Plan.

• The Second Five-Year Plan pointed out that 'the benefits of economic development must accrue more and more to the relatively less privileged classes of society'.

Key Points

• The Second Five Year Plan covers the period from April 1956 through March 1961.
• The Second Plan focused on the development of the public sector and "rapid Industrialisation".
• The plan followed the Mahalanobis model, an economic development model developed by the Indian statistician Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis in 1953.
• The plan attempted to determine the optimal allocation of investment between productive sectors in order to maximise long-run economic growth.
• It used the prevalent state-of-the-art techniques of operations research and optimization as well as the novel applications of statistical models developed at the Indian Statistical Institute.
• The plan assumed a closed economy in which the main trading activity would be centred on importing capital goods.
• From the Second Five-Year Plan, there was a determined thrust towards substitution of basic and capital good industries.

Additional Information

• From 1947 to 2017, the Indian economy was premised on the concept of planning.
• This was carried through the Five-Year Plans, developed, executed, and monitored by the Planning Commission (1951-2014) and the NITI Aayog (2015-2017).
• With the prime minister as the ex-officio chairman, the commission has a nominated deputy chairman, who holds the rank of a cabinet minister.
• Montek Singh Ahluwalia is the last deputy chairman of the commission (resigned on 26 May 2014).
• The Twelfth Plan completed its term in March 2017.
• With the Planning Commission dissolved, no more formal plans are made for the economy, but Five-Year Defence Plans continue to be made.
• The latest would have been 2017–2022. However, there is no Thirteenth Five-Year Plan.

Given:

288 and 468

Concept used:

HCF = Highest Common Factor

Calculations:

HCF of 468 = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 × 13

⇒ HCF of 288 = 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 2 × 3 × 3

⇒ HCF = 2 × 2 × 3 × 3 = 36

∴ The largest number that will divide both 288 and 468 without leaving any remainder is 36.

The correct answer is Parliament.
Key Points

• The Fifth Amendment of the Constitution of India, officially known as The Constitution Act, 1955.
• It empowered the President to prescribe a time limit for a State Legislature to convey its views on proposed Central laws relating to the formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States.
• The amendment also permitted the President to extend the prescribed limit, and prohibited any such bill from being introduced in Parliament until after the expiry of the prescribed or extended period.
• Parliament can form a new state by separating the territory from any state, by merging two or more states or parts of states.
• Parliament can also reduce or increase the area or alter the boundary of any state or even change its name.
• But first, a bill on the matter has to be referred by the President to the legislature of the affected state so that the legislature can express its views within a certain period.

Additional Information
The 5^th Amendment re-enacted the proviso to Article 3 of the Constitution.
The full text of Article 3 of the Constitution, before the 5th Amendment is given below:

• Formation of new States and alteration of areas, boundaries or names of existing States. Parliament may by law—
  • form a new State by separation of territory from any State or by uniting two or more States or parts of States or by uniting any territory to a part of any State
  • increase the area of any State
  • diminish the area of any State
  • alter the boundaries of any State
  • alter the name of any State:

The correct answer is marginal revenue has a positive value; marginal revenue has a negative value.

Key Points

• The demand curve is a concept in economics that plots the price of a product or service against how much of the product or service people buy.
• Typically, the lower the price of an item, the more people buy.
• However, that relationship varies depending on the item.
• An elastic demand curve means that a change in price has a large effect on buying, while an inelastic demand curve means that a price change has less effect on buying.

Additional Information

• Marginal revenue is related to the price elasticity of demand — the responsiveness of quantity demanded to a change in price.
• When marginal revenue is positive, demand is elastic; and when marginal revenue is negative, demand is inelastic.
• On a graph with both a demand curve and a marginal revenue curve, demand will be elastic at all quantities where marginal revenue is positive.
• Demand is unit elastic at the quantity where marginal revenue is zero.
• If the elasticity of demand is less than zero then it denotes that the change in quantity demand is opposite to the change in its own price.
• It means that the slope of the demand curve is negative at this point and the marginal revenue is also negative due to negative slope.

Given:

The data: 16, 78, 26, 91, 29, 71, 31, 46, 9, 51, 54, 56, 61, 21, 62, 65, 73, 86, 41, 89

Formula Used:

Median for even no. of observations = Average of (n/2)^th & (n/2 + 1)/2^th term

Calculations:

Let the Median of original data be 'x'

Arranging the data in ascending order,

9, 16, 21, 26, 29, 31, 41, 46, 51, 54, 56, 61, 62, 65, 71, 73, 78, 86, 89, 91

⇒ Total no. of observations = 20

⇒ Median = 20/2^th + (20/2 + 1)/2^th = 10^th & 11^th term

⇒ Median = (54 + 56)/2 = 55

Now observations 26 and 41 are replaced by 59 and 75 the new data will be,

Let the New Median be 'y',

9, 16, 21, 29, 31, 46, 51, 54, 56, 59, 61, 62, 65, 71, 73, 75, 78, 86, 89, 91

⇒ Total no. of observations = 20

⇒ New Median = 20/2^th & (20/2 + 1)^th = 10^th & 11^th term

⇒ New Median = (59 + 61)/2 = 60

According to the question,

(3x - 2y) = (3 × 55) - (2 × 60)

⇒ 165 - 120 = 45

∴ The value of (3x - 2y) is 45

Additional Information

⇒ Median for odd no. of observations = [(n + 1)/2]^th term.

The correct answer is 87.

Key Points

• Article 87 of the Indian Constitution deals with the special address by the President to the Parliament.
• Article 87 of the constitution provides two instances when the President specially addresses both Houses of Parliament.
• The President of India addresses both the Rajya Sabha and the Lok Sabha at the beginning of the first Session after each general election when the reconstituted lower house meets for the first time.
• The President also addresses both the houses at beginning of the first session of each year.

Additional Information

• Article 79 of the Constitution of India, the council of the Parliament of the Union consists of the President and two Houses known as the Council of States (Rajya Sabha) and the House of the People (Lok Sabha).
• Article 85 of the Indian Constitution deals with the provisions of Sessions of Parliament, prorogation and dissolution.
• Article 81 of the Indian Constitution defines the makeup of the House of The people, Lok Sabha.
• The House of Representatives shall have no more over 550 members elected, with little than 20 from Territories.

The correct answer is Karsten Warholm.

Key Points

• Karsten Warholm
  • Karsten Warholm,of Norway obliterated his own 400-meter hurdles world record in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic.
  • He made history by running the first 400-meter hurdles in under 45.94 seconds.
  • He win his first Olympic gold medal in Tokyo 2020.
  • He broke Young's record by running in front of a cheering crowd at Bislett Stadium in Oslo, in Tokyo.
  • He overtakes American Kevin Young's 29-year-old world record, which he had held since the Olympics in Barcelona.

Additional Information

• Rai Benjamin
  • He is from the United states.
  • Benjamin finished second in Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic.
  • He also broke the previous mark in 46.17 seconds.
• With a time of 46.72 second, Brazilian Alison dos Santos came in third.
• Melaine Walker is a 400 meter hurdler from Jamaica. She misses medal at Tokyo 2020.

Given:

LCM = 252

HCF = 14

One Number = 28

Formula used:

Percentage = Required Value/Total Value × 100

Concept used:

LCM × HCF = Product of the two numbers

Calculations:

Let the other no. be 'a'

⇒ 252 × 14 = 28 × a

⇒ a = (252 × 14)/28

⇒ a = 3528/28 = 126

Required % = (126 - 28)/28 × 100 = (98 × 100)/28 = 350%

∴ 350% percentage is the other number more than 28.

The correct answer is Nagpur.
Key Points

• Nagpur
  • Nagpur, often known as the city of oranges, is very famous for its oranges.
  • It is in the state of Maharashtra, India.
  • After Mumbai and Pune, it is the third-largest city in Maharashtra.
  • It serves as Maharashtra's wintertime capital.
  • The Tiger Capital of India and the Tiger Gateway of India are other names for Nagpur.

Additional Information

Given:

A can complete a piece of work alone in 20 days,

B can do it alone in 15 days,

C can complete it alone in 18 days

B and C started the work together but both were forced to leave after 4 days

Calculations:

According to the question,

⇒ Work done by A in 1 day = 1/20

⇒ Work done by B in 1 day = 1/15

⇒ Work done by C in 1 day = 1/18

⇒ Work done by B and C in 1 day = 1/15 + 1/18 = (6 + 5)/90 = 11/90

⇒ Work done by B and C in 4 days = 4 × 11/90 = 22/45

Assuming the total work in the job as a whole = 1

The remaining work = Total work - Work done by B and C in 4 days = 1 - 22/45 = 23/45

Time taken to complete the work,

⇒ (23/45)/ (1/20)

⇒ (23/45) × 20 = 92/9 days =

∴ The remaining work was done by A in days.

The correct answer is Maharashtra Bhushan Award.

Key Points

• Maharashtra Bhushan Award
  • The Maharashtra Bhushan Award is established in 1996.
  • It is the highest honour given by the Maharashtra government to recognise the outstanding efforts and accomplishments of notable state residents from all areas of life.
  • It comes with a citation and a monetary prize of Rs. 10 lakh.
  • The iconic playback singer Asha Bhosle has been chosen unanimously for this honour by the Maharashtra Bhushan Selection Committee in 2021.
  • This committee is led by Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray.
  • She receive the esteemed Maharashtra Bhushan Puraskar in March 2021.

Additional Information

• ​Yash Chopra Memorial Award
  • The TSR Foundation of T. Subbarami Reddy established the Yash Chopra Memorial Award ceremonies.
  • It comes with a citation and Rs 10,000,000.
  • These award shows were established in 2013, the night before Yash Chopra passed away, and are held in his honour.
• Deenanath Mangeshkar Award
  • The Deenanath Mangeshkar Award was instituted in Lata Mangeshkar's honour and memory.
  • The person who has made ground-breaking, remarkable, and exemplary contributions to the country will receive the award each year.
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi has got the first Lata Deenanath Mangeshkar Award.
• Banga Bhushan Award
  • The West Bengal government created the title "Banga Bhushan" to recognise individuals for their contributions in a variety of sectors.
  • It comes with a citation and Rs, 100,000.