RRB Assistant Station Master General Knowledge Solved Paper 2007

1. Which of the following countries is a land locked country in south America?

a. Ecuador

b. Peru

c. Uruguay

d. Bolivia

Answer : d

2. Canary Islands belongs to

a. Norway

b. Spain

c. New Zealand

d. Portugal

Answer: b

3. Titan is the largest natural satellite of planet

a. Mercury

b. Venus

c. Saturn

d. Neptune

Answer: c

4. Which of the following planets rotates clock wise?

a. Pluto

b. Jupiter

c. Venus

d. Mercury

Answer: c

5. A difference of 1 degree in longitude at the Equator is equivalent to nearly

a. 101 km

b. 111 km

c. 121 km

d. 125 km

Answer: b

6. The earliest known Indian script is

a. Mori

b. Devanagari

c. Brahmi

d. Kharosti

Answer: c

7. How many times the preamble was amended

a. once

b. twice

c. thrice

d. four times

Answer: a

8. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the...amendment

a. 40th

b. 42nd

c. 44th

d. 49th

Answer: b

9. The state with the lowest population in India is

a. Goa

b. Tripura

c. Mizoram

d. Sikkim

Answer: d

10. Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three times so far?

a. Medame Curie

b. Linus Pauling

c. Alexender Flemming

d. International Committee of the Redcross

Answer: d

11. The Finance Commission is appointed for every... year

a. 3

b. 4

c. 5

d. 6

Answer: c

12. Under which five year plan did agriculture show a negative growth?

a. 1st plan

b. 2nd plan

c. 3rd plan

d. 4th plan

Answer: c

13. Who is the founder of the Capital city of Agra?

a. Akbar

b. Babar

c. Sikinder Lodi

d. Mubarak Shah Sayyad

Answer: c

14. The first tide generated electricity project was established at

a. Vizhinjam, Kerala

b. Mangalore, Karnataka

c. Paradeep, Orissa

d. Vishakapattanam

Answer: a

15. National Institute of Oceanography is located in :

a. Calcutta

b. Chennai

c. Mangalore

d. Panaji

Answer: d

16. The 2004 Olympics were held in :

a. Bangkok

b. Rome

c. Athens

d. Nagasaki

Answer: c

17. Who headed the committee appointed on Kargil War ?

a. Gen. V. P. Malik

b. Gen. S. K. Sinha

c. K. Subramanyam

d. K. C. Panth

Answer: c

18. The C. K. Nayudu Trophy is related to the sport of

a. cricket

b. Hockey

c. Football

d. Chess

Answer: a

19. New York is situated on the river

a. Hudson

b. Thames

c. Danube

d. Tigris

Answer: a

20. "The Woman of the Millennium" selected by the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is

a. Margaret Thacher

b. Hillary Clinton

c. Chandrika Kumaratunga

d. Indira Gandhi

Answer: d

21. The General Assembly of United Nations meets

a. Once a year

b. twice a year

c. thrice a year

d. Once in five years

Answer: a

22. The "Common Wealth Games 2002" will be held in

a. Toranto

b. Manchester

c. Tokyo

d. Canberra

Answer: b

23. All India Radio commenced operations in

a. 1926

b. 1936

c. 1945

d. 1947

Answer: b

24. The "Killer Instinct" is written by

a. Sulakshan Mohan

b. M.K.Santanam

c. O.P.Sabharwal

d. Subash Jain

Answer: c

25. The Secretary-General of UN is appointed by the

a. Security Council

b. Trusteeship Council

c. General Assembly

d. World Bank

Answer: c

26. Postal Voting is other wise called:

a. external voting

b. secret voting

c. plural voting

d. proxy voting

Answer: d

27. The Common Wealth of Independent states (CIS) consists of....republica?

a. 10

b. 11

c. 12

d. 13

Answer: c

28. Which of the following harbours is considered as the world's finest natural harbour?

a. Sydney harbour

b. Toronto harbour

c. New Jersy harbour

d. Singapore harbour

Answer: a

29. Who invented Radar?

a. Henrey Backquerel

b. Max Planck

c. Robert Watson Watt

d. Humphrey Davy

Answer: c

30. Sandal Wood trees are mostly found in...

a. Trophical Evergreen Forests

b. Tropical most Decidous

c. Alpine forests

d. Trophical Thorn Forests

Answer: d

31. The first country to legalise medically assisted suicide is

a. Switzerland

b. New Zealand

c. USA

d. Netherlands

Answer: d

31. India's newsprint industry is mainly located in

a. Indore

b. Dehradun

c. Nepanagar

d. Nagpur

Answer: c

32. The tomb of Babur is at

a. Kabul

b. Lahore

c. Multan

d. Larkhana

Answer: a

33. The joint session of the two houses is presided by

a. the speaker

b. the president

c. chairman of Rajyasabha

d. none of these

Answer: a

34. The Gandhara school of Art was influenced most by the

a. Greeks

b. Shakas

c. persians

d. Kushans

Answer: a

35. The Simon Commission was appointed in

a. 1927

b. 1928

c. 1929

d. 1930

Answer: c

36. Sikkim became a full fledged state of the Indian Union, in the year ?

a. 1972

b. 1973

c. 1974

d. 1975

Answer: d

37. Who is the founder of Mahabalipuram ?

a. Rajaraja Chola

b. Mahendra Varman

c. Narsimha Varman

d. Narsimha Chola

Answer: c

38. The 189th member of United Nations is

a. Palau

b. Tuvalu

c. Soloman Islands

d. Nauru

Answer: b

39. When was Burma separated from India

a. 1947

b. 1942

c. 1937

c. 1932

Answer: c

40. Which of the following country has more than 55,000 lakes?

a. Poland

b. Denmark

c. Finland

d. Norway

Answer: c

RRB ASM EXAM GENERAL KNOWLEDGE SOLVED PAPER

1. Destination India, conference on commerce and trade was organised at:

(a) Zurich 
(b) Bangalore 
(c) Singapore 
(d) Tokyo

2. According to a survey by Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry which of the following countries tops the list on labour productivity:

(a) India 
(b) Luxembourg 
(c) Belgium 
(d) France

3. Indias first Asset Reconstruction Companys road map was prepared by:

(a) SBI 
(b) IDBI 
(c) ICICI 
(d) HDFC

4. Which of the following country is the new member of International Coffee Organisation?

(a) India 
(b) Sri Lanka 
(c) Kenya 
(d) Vietnam

5. Who among the following headed the Indo-UK Round Table conference held at London to strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries?

(a) Swaraj Paul 
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) K.C. Pant 
(d) Yashwant Sinha

6. Diva a specially ! ! designed womens international credit card has been launched by:

(a) Federal Bank 
(b) Standard Chartered Bank
(c) Dresdner Bank 
(d) ABN-Amro Bank

7. Richard Grasso is the head of:

(a) NASDAQ
(b) London Stock Exchange
(c) New York Stock Exchange
(d) Dubai Stock Exchange

8. Indiva is the multipurpose vehicle, launched by____at the international motorshow in Geneva.

(a) TELCO 
(b) BAJAJ and SIL 
(c) LML 
(d) HONDA

9. Match the following Company/organisation Chief Executive Officer

I. General Electricals A. Harvey Pitt
II. Star Alliance B. S. Devarajah
III. Securities and C. Jeff Immelt Exchange Commission 
IV. Manufacturers Association of Information Technology D. Cheong Choong Kong
 

Code:I II III IV
(a) A B C D
(b) B A C D
(c) C D B A
(d) D C A B

10. Nokia Corporation, the leading mobile phone makers is a___based company.

(a) USA 
(b) Japan 
|(c) Philippines 
(d) Finland! !

11. ICENET is the network connecting the offices of the:

(a) Central Board of Excise and Customs
(b) State Bank of India
(c) Human Resource Ministry
(d) External Affairs Ministry

12. Geographical Information System Software known as Gram Chitra was unveiled by:

(a) C-DAC 
(b) Media Labs Asia
(c) Satyam Infoway 
(d) Honda

13. The Kofi Annan Institute for IT Excellence, has been set by India at____:

(a) Kenya 
(b) Guatemala 
(c) Ghana 
(d) Durban

14. Indias first Defence Intelligence Agency became operational in___2002.

(a) June 
(b) March 
(c) April 
(d) May

15. The first hydel project in Andaman and Nicobar islands has been commissioned by:

(a) NHPC 
(b) Dabhol Power Corporation
(c) BHEL 
(d) NTPC

16. First Indian Laboratory (and India to be the 26th country) to be accredited by the College of American Pathology is:

(a) Cipla lab 
(b) Speciality Ranbaxy Ltd
(c) Zydu! ! s Cadila Ltd 
(d) Sun Pharma lab

17. Smart Kid Insurance policy has been launched for students by:

(a) Tata-AIG 
(b) SBI-Cardif
(c) ICICI Prudential 
(d) LICI

18. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Central Electricity Authority:

(a) J.L. Bajaj 
(b) H.L. Bajaj
(c) Y.N. Prasad 
(d) J.L. Raina

19. Chilka Development Authority, the first organisation in the Asian subcontinent to receive Ramsar Wetland Conservation Award for the year 2002 is in:

(a) Kerala 
(b) Orissa 
(c) Assam 
(d) Uttaranchal

20. The chief architect of Ganga Action Plan, an environmentalist and recipient of various awards died recently. Name him.

(a) Md. Bazzi 
(b) Arshad-uz-Zaman
(c) Dr T.N. Khoshro 
(d) George Soros

21. CBE-2002 a NATO exercise by Canada, Greece, Hungary, Turkey, UK and US was launched in____, for NATO peace programme.

(a) Georgia 
(b) Angola 
(c) Durban 
(d) Ireland

22. 2002 MN is the name of:

(a) Supercomputer 
(b) Asteroid
(c) Spacecraft 
(d) Star

23. Orange Prize is given in the field of:

(a) literature 
(b) sports 
(c) medicine 
(d) acting

24. In the global tea production, India accounts for____per cent of tea production.

(a) 27 
(b) 26.7 
(c) 24.3 
(d) 27.7

25. USA has signed a legislation to protect the country from biological terrorist attack worth:

(a) $ 4.6 billion 
(b) $ 6 billion
(c) $ 7 billion 
(d) $ 8 billion

26. World day to combat desertification and drought is observed on:

(a) June 17 
(b) June 20 
(c) April 17 
(d) July 20

27. Name the robot spacecraft, launched by NASA to observe frozen core of comets.

(a) Contour 
(b) Odyssey 
(c) Dumar 
(d) Columbia

28. Blue Ocean, the Worlds most powerful Supercomputer, is specifically designed for:

(a) NASA
(b) US Naval Oceanographic office
(c) US Federal Reserve Bank
(d) US Intelligence Agency

29. To review the disclosure and investor protection guidelines, a committee was constituted by SEBI under:

(a) T.N. Chaturvedi 
(b) A.K. Basu
(c) N.J. Reddy 
(d) Y.H. Malegam

30. First State to introduce a life insurance scheme covering 1.2 crore students and three lakh teachers is:

(a) Karnataka 
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Maharashtra 
(d) Rajasthan

31. Hrithik Roshan has turned down an offer to act in the Warner Brothers film,____due to unavailability of dates.

(a) Escape from Taliban
(b) Hamlet
(c) Three Wall
(d) Hey Ram! Genocide in the land of Gandhi

32. œThe Shade of Swords  is a book written by:

(a) M.J. Akbar 
(b) Manil Suri
(c) Urmila Lanba
(d) Vasant Potdar

33. Indias first Jan Shatabdi Express between Mumbai-Goa was commenced on:

(a) April 16, 2002 
(b) April 20, 2002
(c) June 20, 2002 
(d) June 16, 2002

34. Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of IIM Ahmedabad:

(a) Y.C. Deveshwar 
(b) N.R. Narayana Murthy
(c) Sanjiv Gupta 
(d) M. Damodaran

35. Automobile Industrys man of the year 2002 is:

(a) Carlos Ghoshn (Japan) 
(b) Dr Mark Faber
(c) Dr Doom 
(d) Lious Haochuang

36. Who among the following has been named as the White Lightning in the cricket?

(a) Adam Parore (New Zealand)
(b) Allan Donald (South Africa)
(c) Ben Hollioake (Australia)
(d) Dion Nash (New Zealand)

37. Which Indian cricketer has bagged a deal with ESPN?

(a) Md Kaif 
(b) Yuvraj
(c) Sachin Tendulkar 
(d) Anil Kumble

38. Who among the following is the official sponsors of the Indian team at the Asian Games to be held ! ! in Busan, South Korea?

(a) Phillips 
(b) Sahara 
(c) LG 
(d) Samsung

39. 24 Brand Mantras, is a book written by:

(a) Bimal Chowdhary 
(b) Shiv Khera
(c) Arindam R. Chowdhary 
(d) Jagdeep Kapoor

40. Ist developing country in the world to make use of fire optics technology is:

(a) China 
(b) Japan 
(c) India 
(d) Vietnam

41. Defence Research and Development Organisation was formed in the year:

(a) 1980 
(b) 1958 
(c) 1956 
(d) 1975

42. Who among the following has been appointed as the President of the flagship channel Zee TV:

(a) Apurva Purohit 
(b) Pritish Nandi
(c) Jitendra K. Singh 
(d) Raghu Rai

43. Indias first commercially manufactured sports car is:

(a) Reeva 
(b) Indigo 
(c) Sedan 
(d) Fibro

44. How many new railway zones have been notified by the Railway Ministry in July 2002:

(a) 10 
(b) 8 
(c) 14 
(d) 5

45. Name the quarterly magazine, launched by The Time Grou! ! p.

(a) Bindia 
(b) b-drive
(c) businessdrive.com 
(d) none of these

46. According to Economic Intelligence Unit, maximum amount of FDI is received by:

(a) India 
(b) China 
(c) South Korea 
(d) Brazil

47. European Union Summit was held in Slovenia at:

(a) Bled 
(b) Geory 
(c) Repti 
(d) Ottowom

48. Transport Research and Injury Prevention Programme was awarded the Stockholm award and is unveiled by:

(a) IIT, Kanpur 
(b) IIT, Delhi
(c) IIT, Kharagpur 
(d) IIT, Chennai

49. Alvaro Silva Calderon was appointed as the Secretary General of:

(a) OPEC 
(b) FIEO 
(c) NACO 
(d) AIMPLB

50. ASEAN was set up in the year:

(a) 1985
(b) 1975 
(c) 1967 
(d) 1958

ANSWERS:

1. (a)2. (b)3. (c)4. (d)5. (c)6. (b)7. (c)8. (a)9. (c)10. (d)

11. (a)12. (b)13. (c)14. (c)15. (a)16. (b)17. (a)18. (b)19. (b)20. (c)

21. (a)22. (b)23. (a)24. (d)25. (a)26. (a)27. (a)28. (b)29. (d)30. (a)

31. (b)32. (a)33. (a)34. (b)35. (a)36. (b)37. (c)38. (d)39. (d)40. (c)

41. (c)42. (a)43. (a)44. (d)45. (b)46. (c)47. (a)48. (b)49. (a)50. (c)