Railway TTE Mock Test - 2 - RRB NTPC/ASM/CA/TA MCQ

Seaweed Farming:
​In Budget 2021, the Finance Minister has proposed to set up a multi-purpose seaweed park in Tamil Nadu. It will be a part of the Seaweed Farming promotion in India.
Seaweed: It is the name given to the many species of marine algae and plants.  These species grow in water bodies such as rivers, seas and oceans. The practice of cultivating and harvesting seaweed is known as Seaweed Farming.
Seaweed Species in India: The commercially exploited seaweed species in India mainly include Kappaphycus alvarezii, Gracilaria edulis, Gelidiella acerosa, Sargassum spp. and Turbinaria spp. So, statements 1, 2, 3 and 4 are correct.

"NABARD" means 'National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development.

It is not a wholly own subsidiary of RBI now because RBI sold 99% of its stake to GOI. Its headquarter is in Mumbai, India. The Chairman of NABARD is Dr. Harsh Kumar Bhanwala. NABARD was founded on 12 July 1982. The main role of NABARD is to provide and manage credit flow for the development of the rural area. National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) was approved by the Parliament through Act 61 of 1981. It is the development Bank of the Nation for Fostering Rural Prosperity. It promotes sustainable and equitable agriculture and rural development through participative financial and non-financial interventions, innovations, technology, and institutional development for securing prosperity.

The God of Small Things was the first novel written by famous Indian writer Arundhati Roy.

Men's badminton world number one Viktor Axelsen won the men's singles title after defeating Indonesian ace Anthony Ginting at the season-ending World Tour Finals in Bangkok on 11 December 2022.

The BWF moved its $1.5 million flagship event to the Thai capital's Nimibutra Arena after the tournament's original host China pulled out of the tournament due to Covid restrictions.

E-waste is a popular, informal name for electronic products nearing the end of their “useful life.” Computers, televisions, VCRs, stereos, copiers, and fax machines are common electronic products. Many of these products can be reused, refurbished, or recycled.

The major female leaders of the Quit India movement are Aruna Asaf Ali, Sucheta Kripalani, and Usha Mehta, So, statement 1 is correct.
Aruna Asaf Ali is popularly known as the 'Grand Old Lady' of the Independence movement because of the hoisted flag at Gowalia Tank Maidan in Mumbai during the Quit India Movement. So, statement 2 is correct.
Female leaders like Usha Mehta have helped set up an underground radio station during Quit India Movement.

The 'CM Learn and Earn scheme' has been launched by the Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh, Shivraj Singh Chouhan. This program aims to provide young people with highly sought-after skills that are valued by employers.

J P Dalal, Haryana Agriculture Minister, launched the portal of Mukha Mantri Bagwani Bima Yojana. The scheme's aim is compensation for the damage caused to their crops due to adverse weather and natural calamities. The initial corpus of the scheme is Rs 10 crore.

Viceroy Lord Wavell joined as Governor-General in October 1943. He tried to break the existing deadlock in India therefore it is called as The Breakdown plan. He went to England for consultations and later He proposed to resolve the deadlock in India on 14th June which is called Wavell Plan.

'Powada dance' is a performing art from the state of Maharashtra.

The word Powada itself means “the narration of a story in glorious terms”. The narratives are always odes in praise of an individual hero or an incident or place. The chief narrator is known as the Shahir who plays the duff to keep the rhythm. The tempo is fast and controlled by the main singer who is supported by others in the chorus. The earliest notable Powada was the Afzal Khanacha Vadh (The Killing of Afzal Khan 1659) by Agnidas which recorded Shivaji’s encounter with Afzal Khan.

The Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation has announced the winners of the Jamnalal Bajaj award 2022. The Foundation gives 4 awards in different categories.
Three are given to Indians and one award, for promoting Gandhian values outside is given to a foreigner.
The Jamnalal Bajaj Foundation was established in 1977. Jamnalal Bajaj was among the stalwarts of India's freedom movement.

Acid rain is caused by a chemical reaction that begins when compounds like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides are released into the air. These substances can rise very high into the atmosphere, where they mix and react with water, oxygen, and other chemicals to form more acidic pollutants, known as acid rain

Kabir was a 15th-century Indian mystic poet and saint, whose writings, according to some scholars, influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement. Kabir’s verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Guru Granth Sahib. He is famous for his dohas (couplets). Tulsidas wrote Ramacharithamanas. Hence, Both the statements are correct.

Indian Navy’s guided missile frigate, INS Sahyadri participated in a Maritime Partnership Exercise (MPX) with French Navy (FN) ships.

Child-woman ratio measures of fertility can be computed from the date on sex and age alone from a single census. One technique for representing age and sex composition is the population pyramid, a diagram of the age distribution of a population differentiated by sex. The pyramidal shape results from the fact that there are usually fewer older people in the population differentiated by sex. The study of the population pyramids affords a more intensive analysis of changes in the age and sex composition of a population.

"Article: 156 - Qualifications for the appointment as Governor" is not correctly matched pair.
Article 156 Term of office of Governor – Constitution Of India.

• The Governor shall hold office during the pleasure of the President.
• The Governor may, by writing under his hand addressed to the President, resign his office.

Most atmospheric ozone is concentrated in a layer in the stratosphere, about 9 to 18 miles (15 to 30 km) above the Earth's surface. Ozone is a molecule that contains three oxygen atoms. At any given time, ozone molecules are constantly formed and destroyed in the stratosphere. The total amount has remained relatively stable during the decades that it has been measured.

No Smoking Day is observed every year on the second Wednesday of March. It falls on March 8 in 2023. This year’s theme of the Day is: “Stopping smoking improves your brain health”.

• Monopsony Market refers to a situation where one buyer and many sellers exist.
• On contrary to this, one seller and many buyers refer to a Monopoly Market.
• Oligopoly refers to a few sellers with identical products and intense competition among themselves and many buyers.
• Monopolistic Competition means many buyers and many sellers; here seller is the price maker, not the price taker. 
• Perfect Competition is a situation where infinite buyers and infinite sellers exist.

Azerbaijani manat is the currency of Azerbaijan. Azerbaijan is a European country in the boundaries of Europe and Asia, with Baku as its capital. The majority of the population i.e more than 95 % of the people follow Islam. Ilham Aliyev is the president and Ali Asadov is the prime minister of the country.

The high energy radiations, salts of heavy metals, CO and protein poisons like cyanides, make protein inactive by the sudden change in pH. Heavy metal toxicity has proven to be a major threat and there are several health risks associated with it. The toxic effects of these metals, even though they do not have any biological role, remain present in some or the other form harmful for the human body and its proper functioning. 

Australia was crowned the winner of the 2022 ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, on 3 April 2022. This was their seventh title. Australia defeated England in the final by 71 runs at Hagley Oval in Christchurch, New Zealand. Alyssa Healy became the first batter in the history of the game to hit a hundred in the semi-final and the final of the World Cup.

Gatka originates from Punjab. It is a traditional fighting style of the Nihang Sikh Warriors, used both as self-defence as well as a sport.

Chief Minister of Uttarakhand, Pushkar Singh Dhami has announced the launch of Mukhyamantri Ekal Mahila Swarozgar Yojana in the state at the end of Women Empowerment and Safety Week.

Sonu Sood, the acclaimed actor and philanthropist, received the esteemed Honoris Causa for his noble work at the 1st Convocation Ceremony of Apex University Jaipur.

The term 'Manigramams' refers to trade union of the South Indian traders for domestic and International trade.

• Manigramams were the trade guildsc(union) established during the medieval period by the local traders for domestic and international trade.
• They were Kerala's trade organisations from the 9th century to the 13th century CE.
• This existed in South India and controlled commercial activities of that area.
• Nanadesi, Anjuvannam were the other popular trade guilds.
• They were active in both sea trade and land trade.
• The copper plate grants found from various parts of South India refer to these trade guilds.
• According to some sources, Christians were mostly involved in these guilds and they actively traded with West Asia via the West coast of India.
• Manigramam guild was a localized merchant body.

• It first appeared on the coast of Kerala in the ninth century.
• Manigramam gradually expanded in Tamil Nadu during the Pallava and Chola periods.
• It became hyper-regional in character, being active in South East Asia.

Tardigrades are little creatures also known as water bears or moss piglets. They have eight legs and hands having four to eight claws on each. It is said that they are one of the toughest and most resilient creatures on Earth. According to recent development and research, these tiny animals are polluting the moon that is they started reproducing. 

Union Minister of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar launched National Crop Insurance Portal’s digitized claim settlement module namely DigiClaim under the ambit of Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMFBY).

The correct sequence of the activities is 3, 2, 4, 1.
For initial surveys of tunnels, the following activities are involved in the given sequence:
3.Preliminary setting of the tunnel on the topographical Survey of India maps.
2.Marking tunnel obligatory points on the topographical maps.
4.Driving lines between the fixed obligatory points.
1.Marking portal point with concrete pillars on the ground.

Broken stone ballast is the most used ballast on Indian railways. It is economical in the long run and can be used for high-speed tracks. Broken stone is one of the best materials for railway ballast to be used on the railway tracks. The stone to be used as railway ballast should be hard, tough nonporous and should not decompose when exposed to air and light. Igneous rocks like quartzite and granite forms the excellent ballast materials.