RRB NTPC CBT 2 (Level-6) Question Paper (Held On: 9 May 2022 Shift 1) - RRB NTPC/ASM/CA/TA MCQ

The correct answer is Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Key Points

• IPCC's full form is Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change
• It is an international organization that assesses the reasons behind climate change.
• It is a part of the United Nations.
• It was established by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).
• Its objective is to provide input to all governments regarding the scientific information and Technical Guidance that may be used to design climate policies.
• It releases annual assessment reports that guide the governmental decision-making process and and plays an important role in UNFCCC-COP meetings.

Additional Information

• IPCC
  • Established: 1988
  • Headquarters: Geneva, Switzerland
  • It was awarded the Nobel peace prize in 2007 for its role in assessing man-made climate change.
  • Rajendra Pachauri served as chairman of IPCC.

Given:

A sum increases by 75% in 10 years at a certain rate of simple interest per annum

Concept used:

Simple Interest, SI = (P × R × T) ÷ 100

where

P = Principal amount

R = Rate of interest per year

T = Time in years

Calculation:

Let the rate of interest and principal amount be R% and Rs. P respectively,

According to the question,

P + (P × R × 10) ÷ 100 = 1.75 × P

⇒ R = 7.5%

Hence, the sum becomes after 6 years = P + (P × 7.5 × 6)/100 = Rs. 1.45P

Thus, the sum becomes increases by = = 45%

∴ By 45% the same sum will increase in 6 years at the same rate of simple interest per annum.

Given that:-

Only one person is younger than Y.

• Y > _ .

X is older than E but younger than D.

• D > X > E

E is older than Y.

• E > Y

Neither D nor C is the eldest.

• Z > D > X > E > Y > C
• Thus, no one is older than Z.

Hence, "option 2" is the correct answer.

Given:

72 - 4(40 + 24 ÷ 8 × 6 - 4 × 4) + 20

Concept used:

Calculation:

72 - 4(40 + 24 ÷ 8 × 6 - 4 × 4) + 20

⇒ 72 - 4(40 + 3 × 6 - 4 × 4) + 20

⇒ 72 - 4(40 + 18 - 16) + 20

⇒ 72 - 4 × 42 + 20

⇒ 72 - 168 + 20

⇒ (-76)

∴ The simplified value is (-76).

The correct answer is January 2021.

Key Points

• The initiative of Jail Tourism has been launched by the Maharashtra government in January 2021.
• It is aimed at increasing awareness about the historical prisons and their role in the freedom struggle.
• As a part of the initiative, some parts of Yerwada Prison of Pune are opened for visitors.
• The prison has the historical significance of signing the Poona Pact(between Ambedkar and Gandhi) and accommodating many freedom fighters during the independence movement.

Additional Information

• Maharashtra
  • CM: Eknath Shinde
  • Governor: Ramesh Bais.
  • Parliamentary seats: 48 (LS) and 19(RS).
  • Capital: Mumbai , Nagpur(Winter capital
• Recent News : A loan scheme named Jivhala has been launched by the Maharashtra Department of Prisons for the inmates who are serving sentences in various jails across Maharashtra

Given:

245, 175 and 385

Concept used:

If P is the HCF of A and B then

A = P × m

B = P × n

(Where m and n are arbitrary positive integers and they are co-prime to each other)

Calculation:

Prime Factorization,

245 = 5 × 7²

175 = 5² × 7

385 = 5 × 7 × 11

Hence, HCF (245, 175, 385) = 5 × 7 = 35

∴ The HCF of 245, 175 and 385 is 35.

The correct answer is 29 August, 1947.
Key Points

• On 29 August 1947, the Constituent Assembly set up a Drafting Committee under the Chairmanship of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar to prepare a Draft Constitution for India.
• While deliberating upon the draft Constitution, the Assembly moved, discussed, and disposed of as many as 2,473 amendments out of a total of 7,635 tabled.
• The Constitution of India was adopted on 26 November 1949 and the hon'ble members appended their signatures to it on 24 January 1950.
• In all, 284 members actually signed the Constitution.
• On that day when the Constitution was being signed, it was drizzling outside and it was interpreted as a sign of a good omen.
• The Constitution of India came into force on 26 January 1950.
• On that day, the Assembly ceased to exist, transforming itself into the Provisional Parliament of India until a new Parliament was constituted in1952.

Additional Information
Drafting Committee:

• Chairman - Dr B. R. Ambedkar
• Other 6 members -
  • K.M.Munshi
  • Muhammed Saadulah
  • Alladi Krishnaswamy Iyer
  • Gopala Swami Ayyangar
  • N. Madhava Rao (He replaced B.L. Mitter )
  • T. T. Krishnamachari (He replaced D.P. Khaitan)

The logic followed here is:-

• Code for the first 2 letters out of 5 = Positional value - 1
• Code for the remaining letters = Positional value + 1

And,

• Code for the first 3 letters out of 7 = Positional value - 1
• Code for the remaining letters = Positional value + 1

Similarly,

• Code for the first 3 letters out of 7 = Positional value - 1
• Code for the remaining letters = Positional value + 1

Hence, "option 1" is the correct answer.

The correct answer is 1948.
Key Points

• The first industrial policy statement of India is known as Industrial Policy Resolution.
• It was announced in the year 1948.
• It defined the role of the State in industrial development both as an entrepreneur and authority.
• Industrial Policy Resolution,1948 states that India is going to have a Mixed Economic Model.
• The Industries (Development and Regula­tion) Act was passed in 1951.
• It was passed to implement the Industrial Policy Resolution, 1948.

Additional Information
India’s Industrial Policy classified industries into four broad areas:​

• Strategic Industries (Public Sector) - It included in its ambit the manufacture of arms and ammunition, production and control of atomic energy and the ownership and management of railway transport. These industries became the exclusive monopoly of the Central government of India.
• Basic/Key Industries (Public-cum-Private Sector) - This included coal, iron and steel, aircraft manufacture, shipbuilding, manufacture of telephone, telegraphs and wireless apparatus, and mineral oils. New undertakings in this category could be started only by the state government.
• Important Industries (Controlled Private Sector) - This included industries of basic importance like machine tools, chemicals, fertilizers, non-ferrous metals, rubber manufacturers, cement, paper, newsprint, automobiles, electric engineering, etc. for which the Central Government would feel necessary to plan and regulate.
• Other Industries (Private and Cooperative Sector) - It included those industries which were left open to the private sector, individual as well as cooperative.

The correct answer is Mandamus.
Key Points

• 'Mandamus' means - We Command.
• It is an order from the Supreme Court or High Court to a lower court or tribunal or public authority to perform a public or statutory duty if it is not discharging its duty.
• There are five writs that can be issued by the Supreme Court of India and the High Court of India - Habeas Corpus, Mandamus, Prohibition, Quo Warranto, and Certiorari.
• Supreme Court has the power to issue writs under Article 32.
• High Courts have the power to issue writs under Article 226.

Additional Information

• Habeas Corpus
  • A Latin term which literally means ‘to have the body of’.
  • It is an order which is issued by the court to a person who has detained another person to produce the body of the latter before it.
  • The court then examines the cause and the legality of the detention.
  • It is the only writ that can be issued both against public authorities as well as private individuals.
• Prohibition
  • It means ‘to forbid’
  • It is issued by the higher court to the lower court or the tribunal to prevent the latter from exceeding its jurisdiction or usurping a jurisdiction that it does not possess.
• Certiorari
  • It means ‘to be certified’ or sometimes ‘to be informed’.
  • It is issued by a higher court to the lower court or the tribunal either to transfer a case pending with the latter to itself or to squash the order of the latter is the case.
• Quo-Warranto
  • It means ‘by what authority or warrants’.
  • It is issued by the court to inquire into the legality of the claim of the person to the public office.
  • It prevents an illegal usurpation of the public office by the person.

The correct answer is Disinvestment.
Key Points

• Disinvestment can be defined as the process in which the government sells a majority stake to one or more companies, while the government still owns it and the minority stakeholder persists.
• It is the process of selling subsidiary assets, investments, or divisions of a company in order to maximize the value of the parent company.

Additional Information

• In finance and economics, Disinvestment is the reduction of some kind of asset for financial, ethical, or political objectives or the sale of an existing business by a firm.
• A Disinvestment is the opposite of an investment.
• Divestiture is an adaptive change and adjustment of a company's ownership and business portfolio made to confront with internal and external changes.

The correct answer is indifference curve.
Key Points

• The optimum bundle of the consumer is located at the point where the budget line is tangent to one of the indifference curves.
• The indifference curve is a geometrical device developed by J.R. Hicks and R.G.D. Allen in the article “A Reconsideration of the Theory of Value”.
• An indifference curve shows a combination of two goods that give a consumer equal satisfaction and utility thereby making the consumer indifferent.
• An indifference schedule is a table which represents various combinations of two goods, which yield equal satisfaction to the consumer.
• The graphical presentation of the Indifference schedule is known as the Indifference curve.
• Along the curve, the consumer has an equal preference for the combinations of goods shown—i.e. is indifferent about any combination of goods on the curve.
• Typically, indifference curves are shown convex to the origin, and no two indifference curves ever intersect.
• A diagram showing different indifference curves corresponding to different indifference schedules of the consumer is an indifference map. In other words, a set or family of indifference curves is an indifference map.

• Law of Demand
• According to the law of demand
  • ​​​​when the price of a commodity increase, the quantity demanded decreases
  • when the price of a commodity decreases, it’s the quantity demanded increases
  • keeping other factors remains the same.
• The consumer’s demand for goods must be inversely related to the price of the good.
• There is an inverse relationship between price and demand and due to this the demand curve always has a downward slope.
• The demand curve is the relation between the quantity of the good chosen by a consumer and the price of the good.
• ​Assumptions for the Law of Demand
  • ​​No change in the income of consumers
  • No change is the taste and preference of the consumers
  • No change in price related to other goods.

The correct answer is Lipase.

Key Points

• Lipase enzymes are used in the stabilization of rice bran oil.
• Rice bran oil is known as wonder oil and it is the most important vegetable oil in Asia.
• Rice bran oil is extracted from bran which is the outer hard layer of rice.
• It is an emerging category in edible oil with a lot of nutritional properties and health benefits.
• Rice bran oil is heart-friendly, immunity, and prevents other diseases.
• The current study aimed to stabilize rice bran oil through different probiotic isolates and to assess the nutritional content of rice bran oil after stabilization.
• The study was aimed to inactivate naturally occurring lipases that can hydrolyze oil into glycerol and free fatty acid which is a serious problem that gives it a rancid taste and smell.

Additional Information

• Hydrolases are the group of enzymes that catalyze bond cleavages by reaction with water. The natural function of most hydrolases is digestion to break down nutrients into smaller units for digestion.
• Catalase is a key enzyme that uses hydrogen peroxide, a non-radical ROS, as its substrate. This enzyme is responsible for neutralization through the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, thereby maintaining an optimum level of the molecule in the cell which is also essential for cellular signaling processes.
• Cellulase is any of several enzymes produced chiefly by fungi, bacteria, and protozoans that catalyze cellulolysis, the decomposition of cellulose and of some related polysaccharides. The name is also used for any naturally occurring mixture or complex of various such enzymes, that act serially or synergistically to decompose cellulosic material.

Given that:-

• No of days from 2 January 2017 to 31 March 2017 = 30 + 28 + 31 = 89 as 2017 is a non-leap year.
• Since, it was Thursday on 1 January 2017, every 7th day from 1 January will be a Thursday.
• Thus, no. of odd days = 89/7 = 5
• Now, 1 January 2017 (Thursday) + 5 odd days = 31 March 2017 (Tuesday)
• 31^st March 2017 will be Tuesday.

Hence, "option 2" is the correct answer.

The logic followed here is:-

From option 1:-

• (22, 34)
• 22 × 2 = 44 - 10 = 34

From option 2:-

• (11, 12)
• 11 × 2 = 22 - 10 = 12

From option 3:-

• (25, 42)
• 25 × 2 = 50 - 10 = 40 ≠ 42,
• It is different from others.

From option 4:-

• (17, 24)
• 17 × 2 = 34 - 10 = 24

Hence, "option 3" is the correct answer.

Given:

A man can do work in 20 days and a woman can do the same work in 30 days.

Concept used:

Total work = Efficiency (Work done per day) × Total time taken

Calculation:

⇒ LCM (20, 30) = 60

Let the total work be the LCM of the time taken by the individuals.

Hence, the total work = 60 units

Efficiencies,

⇒ 1 man does each day = 60 ÷ 20 = 3 units

⇒ 1 women does each day = 60 ÷ 30 = 2 units

⇒ Time is taken by the mentioned workforce to finish the work 
⇒  = 5 days

∴ In 5 days 2 men and 3 women will do the work.

The correct answer is 1974.

Key Points

• The Central Pollution Control Board was set up by the government in the year 1974.
• The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) of India is a statutory organization under the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (Mo.E.F.C.C.).
• It was established in 1974 under the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
• The CPCB is also entrusted with the powers and functions under the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981.
• The board has approximately 500 full-time employees.
• It Coordinates the activities of the State Pollution Control Boards by providing technical assistance and guidance and also resolves disputes among them.
• It is the apex organization in the country in the field of pollution control, as a technical wing of MoEFCC.

Given:

The circumference of a circle is given as 308 m.

Concept used:

The circumference of a circle = 2πR

The area of a circle = πR²

Where R is the radius.

Calculation:

Let the radius of the circle be R meter.

According to the question,

2πR = 308

⇒ 2 × 22/7 × R = 308

⇒ R = 49

⇒ πR² = 22/7 × 49²

⇒ πR² = 7546

∴ The area of the circle is 7546m².

The correct answer is Tauktae.
Key Points

• Cyclone Tauktae
  • It was the first cyclonic storm of 2021 that emerged from the Arabian Sea.
  • It hit southern Gujarat on 17 May 2021 and was classified as a Very Severe Cyclonic Storm (VSCS).
  • It is a tropical cyclone, It has been named by Myanmar.
  • It means 'gecko', a highly vocal lizard, in the Burmese language.

Additional Information

• Tropical Cyclones
  • Tropical cyclones are violent storms that originate over oceans in tropical areas and move over to the coastal areas bringing about large-scale destruction due to violent winds (squalls), very heavy rainfall (torrential rainfall) and storm surge.
  • They are irregular wind movements involving the closed circulation of air around a low-pressure centre.
  • Conditions Favourable for Tropical Cyclone Formation
    • Large sea surface with a temperature higher than 27° C,
    • The presence of the Coriolis force is enough to create a cyclonic vortex,
    • Small variations in the vertical wind speed,
    • A pre-existing weak low-pressure area or low-level-cyclonic circulation,
    • Upper divergence above the sea level system.
  • The depth of warm water (26-27°C) should extend for 60-70 m from the surface of the ocean/sea, so that deep convection currents within the water do not churn and mix the cooler water below with the warmer water near the surface.
  • The above condition occurs only in western tropical oceans because of warm ocean currents (easterly trade winds push ocean waters towards the west) that flow from the east towards the west forming a thick layer of water with temperatures greater than 27°C. This supplies enough moisture to the storm.
  • The cold currents lower the surface temperatures of the eastern parts of the tropical oceans making them unfit for the breeding of cyclonic storms.

Given that:-

B sits second to the right of E.

C sits to the immediate left of E.

F sits second to the right of D.

D sits third to the right of A.

Concept used:

Calculation:

⇒ 13/26
⇒  1/2
∴ The simplified value is 1/2.

The correct answer is Harshit Raja.

Key Points

• Harshit Raja, a 20-year-old chess player from Pune, Maharashtra, has become India's 69th Grandmaster of Chess.
• He achieved the feat of becoming the GM at Biel Masters Open 2021 where he drew his game against Dennis Wagner to get his final GM norm with one round to spare.
• He won silver in U-13 National Chess Championship in Jamshedpur in 2014 and gold in the SGFI Nationals held in Tamil Nadu the same year.
• He represented India in World Youth Chess Championship U-14 in Greece in 2015.

Additional Information

• Federation Internationale des Echecs-FIDE is the highest authority of chess.
• It is also known as the "World Chess Federation".
• FIDE was founded on 20 July 1924.
• Chess players are awarded Grandmaster (GM) degrees by the World Chess Federation (FIDE).
• This is the highest book a chess player can get.
• India's First grandmaster - Viswanathan Anand
• India's First woman grandmaster - Subbaraman Vijayalakshmi
• By July 2020, 65 Indian chess players had won the Grand Master title.

The correct answer is ​Assam.

Key Points

• Bodo language is spoken mainly in Assam.
• Boro, also called Bodo, is the largest ethnolinguistic group in the Assam state of India.
• They are spread across north-eastern India.
• They are concentrated mainly in the Bodoland Territorial Region of Assam, though Bodos inhabit all other districts of Assam and Meghalaya.
• Bodos are officially identified as "Boro, Borokachari" scheduled tribe under the Constitution of India.
• Bodos speak Bodo language, which is recognised as one of twenty-two Scheduled languages of India.​

Additional Information

• ​In May 2022, President Ram Nath Kovind attended the concluding session of the 61st Bodo Sahitya Sabha at Kachubri in Tamulpur district, Assam.
• It was a historic moment for Bodo Sahitya Sabha as no President of India has ever participated in a literary program of any language in the Northeast region.​

Given that:-
E sits fourth from one of the extreme ends of the line.

H sits third to the right of E.

As many people sit to the right of H as to the left of M.

Only one person sits between M and P. Therefore case 1 gets eliminated.

S sits to the immediate right of Z.

Only one person sits between Z and T.

• Thus, only one person sits to the left of Y.

The correct answer is HTTP.

Key Points

• HTTP allows us to access the data over the World Wide Web.
• HTTP stands for Hypertext Transfer Protocol.
• Hypertext Transfer Protocol is an application protocol used for data communication.
• It is the base of data communication in the World Wide Web.
• It provides a standard for web browsers that facilitates users to exchange information over the internet.
• HTTP is used by most websites to access any file or page.
• HTTP is a request-response protocol in the client-server computing model. It is an application layer protocol designed within the framework of the Internet Protocol Suite.
• Hypertext - A text containing a link within it, is known as hypertext. If you click on a word on a webpage and it redirects you to a new page, it means you have clicked on a hypertext.

The logic followed here is:-

• count is coded as either 'sn' or 'um'.

Hence, "option 3" is the correct answer.

Given:

First observation: 29, 36, 21, 18, 7, 19, k, k ; mean = 21.25

Second observation: 29, 22, 15, 15, 22, 18, 21, p, p; mode = 29.

Concept used:

The mode is the most frequently occurring value on the list.

Total = Mean (Average) × number of entities

Calculation:

The mean of the observations first observation = Sum (29, 36, 21, 18, 7, 19, k, k) ÷ 8

According to the question,

Sum (29, 36, 21, 18, 7, 19, k, k) ÷ 8 = 21.25

⇒ 130 + 2k = 170

⇒ k = 20

The mode of the observations second observation = 29

Hence, p has to be 29 i.e. P = 29

Thus,

(p - k)

⇒ 29 - 20

⇒ 9

∴ The value of (p - k) is 9.

The correct answer is Umeshchandra Dutta.

Key Points

• Bamabodhini Patrika
  • Bamabodhini Patrika a monthly journal edited by Umeshchandra Dutta.
  • He along with some other young Brahmo activists established the Bamabodhini Sabha in 1863.
  • Its aim was to educate Bengali housewives and to publish suitable books and journals for them.
  • Bethune School was founded in 1849, and the total number of girls' schools in Bengal in 1863 was 35 with students numbering only 1183.
  • Umesh Chandra and others tried to educate Bengali families through the medium of a journal.
  • The outcome was the' Bamabodhini Patrika.
  • Bamabodhini Sabha started the journal in August 1863.

Important Points

• Umesh Chandra Dutta (1840-1907)
  • He was an educationist, organizer, writer, and journalist.
  • He had been a teacher in a number of educational institutions like Bijoynagar School, Calcutta Training Academy, Dattapukur Nibadhoi Middle English School, etc
  • When Umesh Chandra embraced the Brahma faith, he came into contact with the leading personalities like Devendranath Thakur, Akshay Kumar Datta, Ramtanu Lahiri, and Anand Mohan Bose, Keshav Chandra Sen.
  • After going through the writings of Akshay Kumar Datta, he devoted himself to social reformist activities, especially to the fostering of female education.
  • As part of his reformist activism, he edited the Bamabodhini Patrika (1863-1902) for long 40 years.
  • This newspaper had an important role in the emancipation of women and the spread of female education.
  • He also edited two weeklies, the Dharmasadhon (1872) and the Bharat Sanskarak (1880).
  • Umesh Chandra was a symbol of simplicity, plain living, and nobility.
  • Liberal and generous, Umesh Chandra devoted his whole life to the service of society.
  • He was in favor of fostering western education with the utmost desire that the women would be able to ameliorate their condition and emancipate themselves through western education.
  • Besides the Romer Itihaas (1859) he wrote a book titled Nari Shiksha (1884).
  • He died on 19 June 1907.

Given that:-

• Box M is placed above box N.
• Box O is placed below box K.
• Box L is placed below O.
• Box N is placed above K.

After combining the statements:-

Thus, L is the bottom-most box.

Hence, "option 2" is the correct answer.

• Shamita's birthday was on 15 March 2020 and it was a Sunday.
• Her husband's birthday was on 31 May 2020.
• No of days from 15 March 2020 to 31 May 2020 = 16(days in March) + 30(April) + 31(May) = 77.
• Since it was Sunday on 15 March 2020, every 7th day from 15 March will be a Sunday.
• Thus, no. of odd days = 77/7 = 0

• Therefore, 31st May 2020 will be Sunday.