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

The correct answer is Flipkart Internet Pvt. Ltd.

• In June 2021, the Telangana government partnered with Flipkart Internet Pvt Ltd to develop the 'Medicine from the Sky' project.
• The Telangana government has selected 16 Primary Healthcare Centres (PHCs) for pilot testing of the ambitious ‘Medicine from the sky’, the first-of-its-kind project.

Key Points

• E-commerce firm Flipkart has partnered with the Telangana government to lead a consortium tasked with the development and execution of the drone deliveries of medical supplies to remote areas under the ‘Medicines from the Sky’ project.
• The project was tested out for delivering thousands of Covid-19 vaccines in Hyderabad while keeping in mind all the safety and efficiency parameters.
• Google-backed delivery and e-commerce firm Dunzo Digital earlier announced similar drone delivery flights under the same project in Telangana.
• These technologies will be used to conduct ‘Beyond Visual Line of Sight’ (BVLOS) deliveries in remote areas in Telangana where road infrastructure is not conducive to delivering vaccines faster.
• This project is conceived by World Economic Forum and Healthnet Global Limited which outlines the requirements for drone delivery and assesses proposals.

Important Points
Other Projects involving the Use of Drones:

• Similar permission was granted to the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) for conducting feasibility study of Covid-19 vaccine delivery using drones, in collaboration with IIT-Kanpur.
• The International Crops Research Institute (ICRISAT) was permitted to deploy drones for agricultural research activities, apart from some agriculture universities and educational institutions.

Additional Information
Beyond Visual Line of Sight (BVLOS):

• It is a term relating to the operation of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and drones at distances outside the normal visible range of the pilot.
• BVLOS flights typically require additional equipment and extra training and certification and are subject to permission from aviation authorities.
• Unmanned Aircraft System Rules 2021 states that drones will not be allowed to operate BVLOS, which would limit the use of these gadgets for surveys, photography, security, and various information gathering purposes.

The correct answer is Ustad Zakir Hussain.
Ustad Zakir Hussain is an Indian tabla virtuoso, composer, percussionist, music producer, and film actor who was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002.
Key Points

• Zakir Hussain is an Indian tabla player, composer, percussionist, music producer, and film actor.
• He is the eldest son of tabla player Alla Rakha.
• He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1988, and the Padma Bhushan in 2002.
• He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1990.
• He was named an Old Dominion Fellow by the Humanities Council at Princeton University.
• He was a visiting professor at Stanford University.

Additional Information
Ustad Allah Rakha:

• ​He was an Indian tabla player who specialized in Hindustani classical music.
• He was born in Ghagwal Village Jammu, Jammu, and Kashmir.
• He was awarded the Padma Shri in 1977 and the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in 1982.

Pandit Kumar Bose:

• ​He is an Indian tabla maestro and composer of Indian classical music.
• He was taught by Kishan Maharaj.
• He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Akademi award in 2007.

Pandit Anindo Chatterjee:

• ​He is an Indian tabla player.
• He performed at Rashtrapati Bhavan when President of US Barack Obama visited India in November 2010.
• He was awarded the Sangeet Natak Academy Award in 2002.

This question is based on the positional value of alphabets.

The logic followed here is-

 And

Similarly,

Hence, 'option 3' is the correct answer.

This question is based on the concept of positional value of alphabets.

The logic followed here is-

Similarly,

Thus, 'option 3' is the correct answer.

Given:

Sum = Rs. 4750

Time = years

Amount = Rs. 6840

Concept used:

S.I = PTR/100

P = Principal

T = time

R = rate

Amount = P + S.I

Calculation:

Interest = 6840 - 4750

⇒ 2090

Let the rate be R

According to the question,

2090 = (4750 × 11 × R)/(100 × 2)

⇒ 2090 × 20 = 475 × 11R

⇒ R = 41800/(475 × 11)

⇒ R = 8

∴ The per annum per cent rate of simple interest paid is 8

The correct answer is Rs. 50,000 crores.
Key Points
Rs. 50,000 cr. for National Research Foundation:

• Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman earmarked Rs. 50,000 crore over five years for the creation of a National Research Foundation (NRF) — an umbrella body that is expected to fund research across a range of disciplines, from science and technology to humanities.
• Sitharaman had first announced such a foundation in her 2019 Budget speech after it was proposed in a draft of India’s New Education Policy (NEP).
• NRF will ensure that the overall research ecosystem in the country is strengthened with a focus on identified national priority thrust areas.
• The NRF will also seed and build research capacity at universities and colleges through a formal mechanism of mentoring.
• It will also catalyse research at universities and colleges that have until now not been big players in research.
• The NRF will also help build the capacity to do research through an institutionalised mentoring mechanism, involving expert researchers from premier institutions of the country, the NEP document notes.
• The NRF would be an autonomous body and represented by all major research and education bodies.

Given:

The mean of a certain number of observations is 12

If one observation is removed and the mean remains unaltered

Concept used:

Mean = Sum of observation/No. of observation

Calculation:

Let total observations be a

So, total = 12 × a = 12a

Now, after removing one observation no. of observation = a - 1

New total = (a - 1) × 12 = 12a - 12

Difference = 12a - (12a - 12)

⇒ 12 i.e the removed observation.

∴ Required answer is 12

The correct answer is Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act.

Key Points

• The FRBM Act aims to introduce transparency in India's fiscal management systems.
• The Act's long-term objective is for India to achieve fiscal stability and give the RBI flexibility to deal with inflation in India.
• In 2016, the government set up a committee under N K Singh to review the FRBM Act.

In News

• In 2021-22, the government had not provided a target for the next three years and will amend the FRBM Act to accommodate the higher fiscal deficit.
• The fiscal deficit is targeted at 6.8% of GDP in 2020-21 (4.6% in 2019-20)
• In Union Budget 2021 speech, the Finance Minister has announced the government's aim to steadily reduce the fiscal deficit to 4.5% of GDP by 2025-26.

Additional Information

FRBM Act:

• It was enacted in August 2003.
• It aims to make the Central government responsible for ensuring inter-generational equity in fiscal management and long-term macro-economic stability.
• The Act envisages the setting of limits on the Central government’s debt and deficits.
• It limited the fiscal deficit to 3% of the GDP.
• To ensure that the States to are financially prudent, the 12th Finance Commission’s recommendations in 2004 linked debt relief to States with their enactment of similar laws.
• The States have since enacted their own respective Financial Responsibility Legislation, which sets the same 3% of Gross State Domestic Product (GSDP) cap on their annual budget deficits.
• It also mandates greater transparency in fiscal operations of the Central government and the conduct of fiscal policy in a medium-term framework.
• The Budget of the Union government includes a Medium-Term Fiscal Policy Statement that specifies the annual revenue and fiscal deficit goals over a three-year horizon.
• The rules for implementing the Act were notified in July 2004. The rules were amended in 2018, and most recently to the setting of a target of 3.1% for March 2023.
• The NK Singh committee (set up in 2016) recommended that the government should target a fiscal deficit of 3% of the GDP in the years up to March 31, 2020, cut it to 2.8% in 2020-21, and to 2.5% by 2023.

The correct answer is Meteosat - 11.

• The orbit of Meteosat - 11 is not sun-synchronous.

Key Points

• The Meteosat series of satellites are geostationary meteorological satellites operated by EUMETSAT under the Meteosat Transition Programme (MTP) and the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) program.
• EUMETSAT currently operates the Meteosat -9, -10, and -11 in geostationary orbit (36,000km) over Europe and Africa, and Meteosat-8 over the Indian Ocean.
• Sun-synchronous orbit (SSO) is a particular kind of polar orbit.
• Satellites in SSO, traveling over the polar regions, are synchronous with the Sun.
• This means they are synchronized to always be in the same 'fixed' position relative to the Sun.

Additional Information
ERS-1:

• It is a sun-synchronous satellite.
• It was launched in 1991.
• ERS stands for European Remote Sensing satellite.

NIMBUS-7:

• It is the seventh and last satellite in the series of the Nimbus program.
• It is a sun-synchronous satellite.
• It was launched on October 24, 1978, by a Delta rocket from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California, United States.

IKONOS:

• It was a commercial Earth observation satellite.
• It was the first to collect publicly available high-resolution imagery at 1 and 4-meter resolution.
• It is also sun-synchronous and was launched in 1999.

The correct answer is 13^th century.

• On the shores of the Bay of Bengal, the temple at Konark was built in the 13^th century.

Key Points

• Konark Sun Temple, located in the East Odisha near the sacred city of Puri.
• Built in the 13^th year by King Narasimha I (AD 1238-1264).
• Its scale, refinement and concept represent the strength and stability of the Ganga Empire as well as the value systems of the historical environment.
• The temple is designed in the shape of a colossal chariot.
• It is dedicated to the god sun.
• In this sense, it is directly and materially linked to Brahmanism and tantric belief systems.
• The Konark temple is widely known not only for its architectural grandeur but also for the intricacy and profusion of sculptural work.
• It marks the highest point of achievement of Kalinga architecture depicting the grace, the joy and the rhythm of life all its wondrous variety.
• It was declared a UNESCO world heritage site in 1984.
• There are two rows of 12 wheels on each side of the Konark sun temple.
• Sailors once called this Sun Temple of Konark, the Black Pagoda because it was supposed to draw ships into the shore and cause shipwrecks.
• Konârak is the invaluable link in the history of the diffusion of the cult of Surya, which originating in Kashmir during the 8th century, finally reached the shores of Eastern India.

The correct answer is Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana.

• Nuthalapati Venkata Ramana is the Chief Justice of India.

Key Points

• Justice Ramana is the 48^th Chief Justice of India and was born on August 27, 1957.
• He hails from the Krishna district of Andhra Pradesh.
• .He will have a tenure as the Chief Justice of India till August 26, 2022.
• He took charge on April 24, 2021, a day after Sharad Arvind Bobde retired as chief justice.
• He has practiced in the High Court of Andhra Pradesh, Central and Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunals, and the Supreme Court of India in Civil, Criminal, Constitutional, Labour, Service, and Election matters.
• He was elevated as a Judge in the Supreme Court of India on 17 February 2014.

Additional Information

• Indira Banerjee
  • ​She was born on 24th September 1957.
  • Elevated as a permanent Judge of Calcutta High Court on 5th February 2002.
  • Appointed Judge of the Delhi High Court on 8th August 2016.
  • Sworn in as Chief Justice of Madras High Court on 5th April 2017.
  • Elevated as Judge of Supreme Court on 7th August 2018.
• Uday Umesh Lalit
  • ​Justice Uday Umesh Lalit is the current and 49th Chief Justice of India (CJI).
  • He succeeded Justice N V Ramana, who retired on 26 August 2022.
• Sanjay Kishan Kaul
  • ​He practiced mainly in the Commercial, Civil, Writ, Original, and Company jurisdictions of the High Court of Delhi and the Supreme Court of India.
  • He remained Advocate-on-Record of the Supreme Court of India from 1987 to 1999 and was designated as a Senior Advocate in December 1999.
  • He was appointed as a Judge of the Supreme Court of India on 17th February 2017.

• As 2012 is divisible by 4. So, it is a leap year.
• Number of odd days in a leap year = Remainder of (366 ÷ 7) = 2
• So, on 01^st January 2013, the day would be
  → Day on 01^st Jan 2012 + 2
  → Sunday + 2
  → Tuesday

Hence, 'option 2' is the correct answer.

According to given information,
Arranging products from the costliest to the cheapest.

• 'A' is cheaper than 'C' but costlier than 'B'.

So, C > A > B

• 'E' is costlier than 'C' but cheaper than 'D'.

So, D > E > C

• Combining both sequences: D > E > C > A > B

Thus, clearly B is the cheapest.
Hence, 'option 4' is the correct answer.

• Statement I: Sujatha's birthday can be on → Wednesday or Thursday or Friday.

Thus, Statement I alone is not sufficient as no definite answer can be given.

• Statement II: Sujatha's birthday can be on → Tuesday or Wednesday

Thus, Statement II alone is not sufficient as no definite answer can be given.

• Combining data in Statement I and Statement II:

Sujatha's birthday can be on → Wednesday
Thus, both statements are required.
Hence, 'option 4' is the correct answer.

The given information can be depicted as follows-

Thus, Rekha is facing South-West direction at the end.

Hence, 'option 4' is the correct answer.

The correct answer is Fe.
Key Points

• D block elements are the elements that can be found from the third group to the twelfth group of the modern periodic table.
• The valance electrons of these elements fall under the d orbital.
• D block elements are also referred to as transition elements or transition metals.
• The first three rows of the d block elements correspond to the 3d, 4d and 5d orbitals.
  • 3d - Sc, Ti, V, Cr, Mn, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn.
  • 4d - Y, Zr, Nb, Mo, Tc, Ru, Rh, Pd, Ag, Cd
  • 5d - La, Hf, Ta, W, Re, Os, Ir, Pt, Au, Hg
• Fe ( Iron) is in Group - 8 and period -4. Atomic number= 26.

Explanation-

• The electronic configuration of the iron is [Ar] 3d⁶ 4s²
• The electronic configuration of the calcium is [Ar] 4s²
• The electronic configuration of the mg is [Ne] 3s²
• The electronic configuration of the Na is[Ne] 3s¹
• From the electronic configuration of the various elements, we can understand that the Fe comes under the d block element as its outermost electron falls under the d shell.

Hence due to the Aufbau principle which states that electrons fill lower-energy atomic orbitals before filling higher-energy ones 3d is written before 4s,
Hence the Fe comes under the d block element
Important Points

• Calcium (Ca) is one of the alkaline-earth metals of Group 2 (IIa) of the periodic table. Atomic number= 20.
• Magnesium (Mg) is another alkaline-earth metal of Group 2 (IIa) of the periodic table. Atomic number = 12.
• Sodium (Na) is the most common alkali metal and the sixth most abundant element on earth, Atomic number= 11.

The correct answer is Madurai.

Key Points

• Madurai Shanmukhavadivu Subbulakshmi is a name that is synonymous with the world of Carnatic music.
• She was the first singer to be presented with India's highest civil honor, the Bharat Ratna.
• When she was honored with the Ramon Magsaysay award, which is considered Asia's Nobel Prize, she became the first Indian musician to do so.

Important Points

• Carnatic Music
  • It is a form of Indian Classical music with origins in Southern India
  • Lyrics in Carnatic music are largely devotional; most of the songs emphasize love and other social issues or rest on the concept of sublimation of human emotions for union with the divine.

The correct answer is Europe.
Key Points

• The name Scandinavia comes from that a region in southern Sweden called Skane or Scania.
• The terms Norden and Nordic, both meaning "North," have also been used to refer collectively to the five Scandinavian countries i.e., Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland, Iceland, and the Faroe Islands.
• It is a subregion in Northern Europe, with strong historical, cultural, and linguistic ties between its constituent peoples.

Additional Information

Given:

Calculation:


⇒ x = (2 + √3)²
⇒ x = 2² + √3² + 2 × 2 × √3
⇒ x = 4 + 3 + 4√3 = 7 + 4√3
(x - 7)²
⇒ (7 + 4√3 - 7)²
⇒ (4√3)²
⇒ 48
∴ Required answer is 48

Given:

A purchased an item for Rs. 12,300. He spent Rs. 200 as cartage.

A sold it to B at 10% profit

B sold it C at 6% profit

Discount % of C = 10%

Concept used:

Selling price = Cost price + Cost price × Profit%

Selling price = Marked price - Markes price × Discount%

Calculation:

A's actual cost = 12300 + 200 = Rs. 12500

Here A's selling price = B's cost price

So, A's selling price = 12500 × 11/10

⇒ 13750 = B's cost price

Again B sold it to C at a profit of 6%

So, B's selling price = C's cost price

B's selling price = 13750 × 106/100

⇒ 14575

C's marked price = 14575 + 2915

⇒ 17490

C's selling price = 17490 × 9/10

⇒ 15741

Profit of C = 15741 - 14575

⇒ 1166

∴ Profit of C is Rs. 1166

The correct answer is 1932.

Key Points

• JRD Tata flew the first flight of Tata Airlines on October 15, 1932.
• The airline came to be known as Air India following its nationalization post-independence.
• During its initial years, Air India was called Tata Airlines.
• It was later nationalized and renamed Air India post-independence of India, which meant that the Tatas stayed out of the Business.

In News

• Life came in a full circle for Maharaja on Thursday, January 27 as India's first commercial carrier Air India returned to the Tata Group on the Day.
• The Government officially handed over the national carrier to the business conglomerate, after PM Modi met Tata Group Chairperson N, Chandrasekaran.
• Tata Sons announced the appointment of Campbell Wilson as the MD and CEO of Air India

The correct answer is 1651 CE.
Key Points

• In 1651, the first English factory was set up on the banks of river Hugli in Bengal.
• The East India Company convinced merchants to settle near the factory.
• By 1696, the company began building a fort around the Hugli settlement.

Additional Information
English East India Company:

• The East India Company first arrived via sea route at Surat in the year 1608 for the purpose of establishing trade with India.
• The Battle of Plassey was a decisive victory of the British East India Company over the Nawab of Bengal Siraj-Ud-Daulah and his French allies on 23 June 1757.
• The battle consolidated the Company's presence in Bengal, which later expanded to cover much of India over the next hundred years.
• Fort William was built in 1696 by East India Company by John Goldsborough at Calcutta.

Given word: DOLPHIN
The alphabets are positioned in the following order-

The given word can be represented as follows-

In forward direction: DH, DI, HI
In backward direction: IL
Thus, here are four pairs of such letters.
Hence. 'option 2' is the correct answer.

• '3' is the 10^th element from the right end.
• '+' is the 7^th element to the right of '3'.

Hence, 'option 4' is the correct answer.
7^th to the right of the 10^th element from the right end = 10 - 7 = 3rd element from the right end = +

Given:

The median of a, , , , is 6

Concept used:

To find the median, first order the numbers from smallest to largest.

Median of set of n observation when n is odd = [(n + 1)/2]th observation

Calculation:

The numbers are a, , , ,

= 0.5a

= 0.67a

= 0.25a

= 0.6a

So, the numbers in ascending order = , , , , a

Now,

Medina = (5 + 1)/2 = 3rd term which is

So, = 6

⇒ a = 10

∴ The value of a is 10

The correct answer is national emergency.

Key Points

• NATIONAL EMERGENCY
  • ​Under Article 352, the President can declare a national emergency when the security of India or a part of it is threatened by war or external aggression or armed rebellion.
  • It may be noted that the president can declare a national emergency even before the actual occurrence of war or external aggression or armed rebellion if he is satisfied that there is an imminent danger.
  • The President can also issue different proclamations on grounds of war, external aggression, armed rebellion, or imminent danger thereof, whether or not there is a proclamation already issued by him and such proclamation is in operation.
  • This provision was added by the 38th Amendment Act of 1975.
  • When a national emergency is declared on the ground of ‘war’ or ‘external aggression’, it is known as an ‘External Emergency’.
  • On the other hand, when it is declared on the ground of ‘armed rebellion’, it is known as ‘Internal Emergency’.

Given:

A man on a cliff observes a boat at an angle of depression of 30°, which is approaching the shore to a point exactly beneath the observer, at a uniform speed. Ten minutes later, the angle of depression of the boat is found to be 60°

Concept used:

Calculation:

Let A and D be the positions of the boat at the two instants.

Let the speed of the boat be v m/min.

Therefore, AD = 10v metres

Let the boat takes t minutes to reach from D to B.

So, BD = vt metres

In ΔDBC

tan60° = BC/DB

⇒ √3 = h/vt

⇒ h = √3vt ----(i)

In ΔABC

tan30° = BC/AB

⇒ 1/√3 = h/(10v + vt)

⇒ h = (10v + vt)/√3 ----(ii)

From (i) and (ii),

√3vt = (10v + vt)/√3

⇒ 3vt = 10v + vt

⇒ 2vt = 10v

⇒ t = 5

So, total time taken to reach the shore is 10 + 5 = 15 minutes.

∴ Required answer is 15

The correct answer is The Chairman and Deputy Chairman of the Legislative Council.
Key Points

• Article 182: States about The chairman and deputy chairman of a state legislate council.

Important Points

The correct answer is Deccan traps.

Key Points

• Black Soil found in lava-covered areas is the most conspicuous.
• Those soils are often referred to as regur but are popularly known as "Black cotton soils" since cotton has been the most common traditional crop in areas where they are found.
• Black soils are spread mostly across the Deccan lava plateau and malwa plateau, where there is both moderate rainfall and underlying basaltic rock.
• They are rich in iron and highly moisture-retentive but poor in humus.

Important Points

• Indo Gangetic plains: The greater part of the plain is made up of alluvial soil, deposited by the three main rivers and their tributaries.
• Himalayan mountains: The major soils in the Himalayas are brown hill soil, sub-mountain soils, mountain meadow soil, and red loamy soils.
• Thar desert: Desert soil is mainly found in this area.

Calculation:

Number of candidates trained in Batch 2 in 2001 = 144

Number of candidates trained in Batch 5 in 2005 = 90

Difference = 144 - 90 = 54

Required % = 54/90 × 100

⇒ 60%

∴ Required answer is 60%