RRB NTPC CBT 1 Question Paper (Held On: 29 Dec 2020 Shift 1) - RRB NTPC/ASM/CA/TA MCQ

The correct answer is Ajmer.

Key Points

• One of the most important teachers of Chishti Silsila, Shaikh Moinuddin Chishti dargah is located at Ajmer.
• Moinuddin Hasan Chishti was born in Sijistan in Iran in 1141-42 CE.
• After Muizuddin Muhammad bin Sam of Ghor had already defeated Prithviraj Chauhan in the Second Battle of Tarain (1192) and established his rule in Delhi, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti started living and preaching in Ajmer.

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Additional Information

• The First Battle of Tarain was fought in 1191.
• The third Battle of Tarain was fought in 1216 between Iltutmish and Tajuddin.

The correct answer is Awadh.

Key Points

• The exile of the ruler of Awadh kingdom was termed as "The life has gone out of the body".
• Awadh, known in British historical texts as Avadh or Oudh.
• Awadh is a region of Uttar Pradesh
• The traditional capital of Awadh was Lucknow, also the station of the British Resident, which now is the capital of Uttar Pradesh.

Important Points Why it was termed as "The life has gone out of the body"?

• Awadh was annexed by the British on the plea that the region was being misgoverned
• The British thought that the Nawab was not popular but on the contrary, he was very popular.
• People considered it as “the life has gone out of the body”.
• The removal led to an emotional upheaval among the people of Awadh.

Given:

Percentage number of students enrolled in Karate = 25%

Percentage number of students enrolled in Cooking = 8%

Percentage number of students enrolled in creative writing = 14%

Total percentage number of students enrolled in Karate, Cooking and creative writing = 25 + 8 + 14 = 47%

∴ Total number of students enrolled in Karate, Cooking, and Creative writing = 47/100 × 3500 = 1645

The correct answer is Joseph Noel Paton.

Key Points

• Joseph Noel Paton painted ''In Memorium'', a painting dedicated to the British ladies in India during the mutiny of 1857.
• Sir Joseph Noel Paton FRSA was a Scottish artist, illustrator, and sculptor.
• He was also a poet and had an interest in, and knowledge of, Scottish folklore and Celtic legends.

Additional Information

• Some other important works of Joseph Noel Paton:
  • Hesperus (1857)
  • Home (1855–56)
  • How an Angel Rowed Sir Galahad Across the Dern Mere (1888)
  • Oberon and the Mermaid (1888)

The correct answer is Further Excavations at Mohenjo-Daro.

Key Points

• 'Further Excavations at Mohenjo-Daro's is the name of the book written by Ernest Mackay about archaeological excavations.
• This book was originally published in 1934.
• Other books are written by Ernest Mackay:
  • Chanhu-Daro excavation.
  • Indus Civilisation.
  • The city of Shepherd Kings and Ancient Gaza V.
  • Further Excavations At Mohenjo-Daro.

Additional Information

• Some features of Mohenjo-Daro:
  • Mohenjo-Daro was the largest site of the Indus Valley Civilization.
  • Mohenjo-Daro was the world's earliest major urban settlement.
  • Evidence of 'The great bath'.

1 × 2 = 2 and 1 + 2 = 3

Here minimum value obtained is 2 when we replace @ by × sign.

Again, we know that if we add the numbers, the value obtained will be minimum, and if we multiply the numbers, the value obtained will be maximum.

So, replacing first @ by × and remaining @ by +, we get:

1 × 2 + 3 + 4 + 5

= 2 + 3 + 4 + 5

= 14

Therefore, the minimum value of '1@2@3@4@5' is 14.

Hence, ‘14’ is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Tamilisai Soundararajan.

Key Points

• Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan took charge as Governor of Telangana on 8th September 2019 and happens to be the 1st woman to hold this office.
  • Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan (born 2 June 1961) is an Indian politician serving as the 2nd and current Governor of Telangana, also current Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry (Additional charge) as of 18 February 2021.
  • She was the National Secretary and Tamil Nadu State Unit President of the BJP prior to this appointment.

Additional Information

• About Telangana:
  • Capital - Hyderabad.
  • State Animal - Jinka (Deer).
  • State Bird - Palapitta (Indian Roller or Blue Jay).
  • State Tree - Jand.

The correct answer is Malawi.

Key Points

• Malawi launched the first Malaria vaccine to immunize children on the occasion of World Malaria Day (observed on 25 April).
  • It was launched as part of a pilot program aimed at immunizing children aged 2 years and below in three African countries Malawi, Ghana, and Kenya.
  • The name of the Malaria vaccine was launched in Malawi as Mosquirix.
• About Vaccine:
  • It is a recombinant protein-based malaria vaccine.
  • It is the world’s first and only malaria vaccine.
  • Its trade name is Mosquirix.

Additional Information

• About Malawi:
  • Capital - Lilongwe.
  • Currency - Malawian kwacha.
  • National Sports - Football.

The correct answer is Denmark.

Key Points

• A group of farmers forms a cooperative society by pooling in their resources voluntarily for more efficient and profitable farming.
• Individual farms remain intact and farming is a matter of cooperative initiative.
• Co-operative societies help farmers, to procure all important inputs of farming, sell the products at the most favourable terms and help in the processing of quality products at cheaper rates.
• The co-operative movement originated over a century ago and has been successful in many western European countries like Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Italy etc.
• In Denmark, the movement has been so successful that practically every farmer is a member of a co-operative.

Given:

⇒ 1² + 2² + 3² + ....... + 14² = 1015

Calculation:

⇒ 1² + 2² + 3² + ....... + 14² = 1015

Multiply by 9 to both sides,

⇒ 9 × (1² + 2² + 3² + ....... + 14² ) = 9 × 1015

⇒ 9 × 1² + 9 × 2² + 9 × 3² + ....... + 9 × 14² = 9 × 1015

⇒ 3² × 1² + 3² × 2² + 3² × 3² + ....... + 3² × 14² = 9 × 1015

∴ 3² + 6² + 9² + ...... + 42² = 9135

Seven Chocolates: A, B, C, D, E, F and G.

Cost of Chocolates: Between Rs. 40 and Rs. 50

(1) The cost of the chocolate A is a prime number, implies A can be 41, 43, or 47.

(2) The cost of chocolate F is two more than that of chocolate A, (means F = A + 2), implies F can be 43, 45, or 49.

(3) The cost of chocolate F is more than that of chocolate E, (means F > E), implies E can be 48 or 46.

(4) The cost of chocolate C is five less than that of chocolate E, (means C = E - 5), implies C can be 43 or 41.

(5) The cost of chocolate D is an odd number, implies D can be 41, 43, or 45.

(6) The cost of chocolate G is three more than the cost of chocolate D, (means G = D + 3), implies G can be 44, 46, or 48.

(7) None of the chocolates costs Rs. 44. Therefore, G can be 46 or 48 and therefore D can be 43 or 45.

(8) The cost of chocolate B is an even number, implies B can only be 42. Thus the final arrangement is as follows:

We can see that among the options, G(48) is costlier than E (46).

Hence, G is the correct answer.

The correct answer is A. O. Hume.

Key Points

• A. O. Hume founded the Indian National Congress.
• The Indian National Congress is a political party in India with widespread roots.
• It was founded in 1885.

Important PointsSome important facts:

• First Muslim President of Indian National Congress - Badruddin Tyabji.
• First Female President of Indian National Congress - Annie Besant.
• First Indian woman President of Indian National Congress - Sarojini Naidu.

Additional Information

• Sir Pherozeshah Merwanjee Mehta KCIE was an Indian Parsi politician and lawyer from Bombay.
• He was knighted by the British Government in India for his service to the law.'''
• Dadabhai Naoroji, also known as the "Grand Old Man of India" and "Unofficial Ambassador of India".

Given:

Mean of 150 items = 45

Formula:

Average = (Sum of elements)/(Number of terms)

Calculation:

Sum of 150 items = 45 × 150 = 6750

Corrected sum of 150 items = 6750 - (83 + 76) + (38 + 46) = 6675

∴ Correct mean = 6675/150 = 44.5

Five people - A, B, C, D and E

Profession - teacher, a doctor, a lawyer, an accountant and an engineer

1. The engineer is married to the teacher

2. C is the unmarried lawyer.

3. D is an accountant.

4. Teacher B is a female whose female friend is the accountant.

1. D is a male → False (As, D is female)

2. E is a teacher. → False (As, B is a Teacher)

3. B is a doctor. → False (As, B is a Teacher)

4. A is an engineer. → It can be possible as the profession of A is not known.

Hence, ‘A is an engineer’ is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Soma Mondal.
Key Points

• In Aug 2020, Soma Mondal was selected as the next Chairman of Steel Authority of India Limited.
• Mondal's appointment was approved by the Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC).
• Soma Mondal replaced Anil Chaudhary as the chairman of SAIL.

Additional Information
About SAIL:

• Headquarters: New Delhi
• Founded: 24 January 1973
• Subsidiaries: Bhilai Steel Plant, Rourkela Steel Plant, etc.

Given:

The ratio of train, bus, airfares = 5 : 8 : 12

The ratio of passengers traveling by train, bus, air = 3 : 4 : 5

Total fair collected for single trip = Rs.107000

Calculation:

Compound ratio of fares and number of travelers of train, bus and air =

= 5 × 3 : 8 × 4 : 12 × 5

= 15 : 32 : 60

Fare collected from air passengers = 60/(15 + 32 + 60) × 107000 = 60000

∴ Fare collected from air passengers is Rs.60000.

Hint

Compound ratio: When two or more ratios are multiplied term-wise, the ratio thus obtained is called compound ratio.

Two ratios = m : n and a : b

compound ratio = ma : nb

Given:

⇒ ? = √150 - √54 - √24

Calculation:

⇒ ? = √(25 × 6) - √(9 × 6) - √(4 × 6)

⇒ ? = √(5 × 5 × 6) - √(3 × 3 × 6) - √(2 × 2 × 6)

⇒ ? = 5√6 - 3√6 - 2√6

⇒ ? = √6(5 - 3 - 2)

∴ ? = 0

Given:

PQ = RS = 25m

Calculation:

In right angled triangle PSR,

⇒ tan a = RS/PS = 25/PS

In right angled triangle PST,

⇒ tan a = TS/PS

Then,

⇒ 25/PS = TS/PS

⇒ TS = 25

Height of tower = RS + TS = 25 + 25 = 50m

∴ Height of tower is 50m.

The correct answer is AB+.
Key Points

• Type AB-positive blood is called the "universal recipient" type because a person who has it can receive blood of any type.
• Individuals with type O Rh D negative blood are often called universal donors.
• However, these terms are only generally true with respect to possible reactions of the recipient's anti-A and anti-B antibodies to transfused red blood cells, and also possible sensitization to Rh D antigens.

Important Points
The blood group was discovered by Karl Landsteiner in 1901.
About Rh factor:

• The Rh factor is a protein that can be found on the surface of red blood cells.
• If your blood cells have this protein, you are Rh-positive.
• If your blood cells do not have this protein, you are Rh-negative

Given:

Total number of students in auditorium = 6889

Calculation:

Let the number of students and number of rows be n.

⇒ n × n = 6889

⇒ n = √6889

⇒ n = 83

∴ There are 83 rows in the auditorium.

The correct answer is Kamala Das.
Key Points

• Kamala Das popularly known by her one-time pen name Madhavikutty and married name Kamala Das was an Indian poet in English as well as an author in Malayalam from Kerala, India.
• Her popularity in Kerala is based chiefly on her short stories and autobiography, while her oeuvre in English, written under the name Kamala Das, is noted for the poems and explicit autobiography.
• Some awards of Kamala Das:
  • 2002: Ezhuthachan Award
  • 2006: Muttathu Varkey Award

Additional Information
Books written by Kamala Das:

• 1976: Alphabet of Lust
• 2005: Vandikkalakal (novel)
• 1996: Aattukattil (short novel)

The correct answer is Green Good Deeds.
Key Points

• Green Good Deeds is the name of the Societal movement launched by the Union Minister of Environment, forest, and climate change.
• Green Good Deeds movement was launched to protect the environment and promote good living in the country, has found acceptance by the global community.
• The 'Green Good Deeds' initiative is about simple, practical steps that students/teachers/citizens can perform in their day-to-day life towards the protection of the environment.
• The BRICS Ministerial on Environment was also agreed to include this movement in its official agenda.

Additional Information
About BRICS:

• Founded: June 2006
• Countries - Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa.
• Headquarters - Shanghai, China.

The correct answer is Plastic Pollution.

Key Points

• The focus of World Environment Day, 2018 was on Plastic Pollution.
• The theme for 2018 is beating plastic pollution.
• Every World Environment Day has a different global host country, where the official celebrations take place.
• The focus on the host country helps highlight the environmental challenges it faces and supports the effort to address them.

Important Points

• World Environment Day is celebrated on 5 June every year.
• This day was first observed in 1974.
• The theme for 2021 World Environment Day is Ecosystem Restoration.

Given expression: 25 + 48 × 6 ÷ 12 – 2

After replacing the symbols by their meaning, we get:

25 - 48 ÷ 6 + 12 × 2

= 25 – 8 + 24

= 49 – 8

= 41

Hence, ‘41’ is the correct answer.

The logic is:

Hence, ‘0’ is the correct answer.

Main Statement:

Whenever Sakshi hears it's someone's birthday, she orders a cake.

Options:

1. DB

D. Sakshi did not ordered a cake.

B. Sakshi did not hear of someone's birthday.

The ordered pair of statements is logically consistent with the main statement.

Sakshi did not ordered a cake because Sakshi did not hear of someone's birthday. (As, whenever Sakshi hears it's someone's birthday, she orders a cake)

2. BD

B. Sakshi did not hear of someone's birthday.

D. Sakshi did not ordered a cake.​

The ordered pair of statements is logically not consistent with the main statement.

Whenever Sakshi hears it's someone's birthday, she orders a cake. So, Sakshi did not hear of someone's birthday, the later is known from the main statement. The statement D is unnecessary.

3. AB

A. Sakshi heard of someone's birthday.

B. Sakshi did not hear of someone's birthday.

The ordered pair of statements is logically not consistent with the main statement.

The pair of statements have absurd meaning.

4. CA

C. Sakshi ordered a cake.

A. Sakshi heard of someone's birthday.

The ordered pair of statements is logically not consistent with the main statement.

Whenever Sakshi hears it's someone's birthday, she orders a cake. So, Sakshi ordered a cake because of the fact we know from the main statement. The statement A is unnecessary.

Hence, ‘DB’ is the correct answer.

Confusion Points
The options "AB" and "DB" are not the same. This is because in the direction of the question it is mentioned that the options are ordered pairs.

A. (i) All shops are showrooms.

(ii) No showroom is a mall.

(iii) All shops are not malls. → True (As, All shops are showrooms and No showroom is a mall → All shops are not malls)

B (i) No Japanese can dance.

(ii) All Americans are books.

(iii) Americans and Japanese can dance. → False (As, there is no definite relation between Americans and Dance. Hence, false and No Japanese can dance)

C. (i) No P is Q.

(ii) No Q is R.

(iii) No P is R. → False (As, there is no definite relation between P and R. Hence, false)

Hence, ‘Only A’ is the correct answer.

Calculation:
Total number of web series released by subscription from 2015 to 2018
⇒ 35 + 35 + 42 + 48 = 160
⇒ 160/4 = 40
∴ The average number of web series released by the subscription service mobile application from 2015 to 2018 is 40

Calculation:

Cost price of all five goods = 173 + 219 + 350 + 481 + 227 = Rs.1450

Total selling price of all five goods for shopkeeper X = 180 + 220 + 360 + 490 + 250 = Rs.1500

Total selling price of all five goods for shopkeeper Y = 175 + 225 + 357 + 500 + 235 = Rs.1492

Profit % of shopkeeper X = (1500 - 1450)/1450 × 100 = 3.45%

Profit % of shopkeeper Y = (1492 - 1450)/1450 × 100 = 2.90%

∴ Shopkeeper X have more profit percentage, which is 3.45%.

The logic is as follows:

243 → This number is multiple of 3.

280 → This number is multiple of 7, 5 and 2.

172 → This number is multiple of 2.

230 → This number is multiple of 2, 5 and 23.

92 → This number is multiple of 2 and 23.

41 → This number is a prime number.

14 → This number is multiple of 2 and 7.

Hence, 41 is the odd one out.

Note: For this question, discrepancy is found in the question paper so we have improvised this question.