RRB KOLKATA TC QUESTION PAPER 2008

1. Who is considered the real founder of the Gupta Empire?
(a) Chandragupta II
(b) Chandragupta I
(c) Samudragupta
(d) Srigupta
2. Shahjahan ascended the Mughal throne in
(a) 1628 AD
(b) 1626 AD
(c) 1625 AD
(d) 1627 AD
3. Which is correct order?
(a) Babur, Humayun, Jahangir, Akbar, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb
(b) Babur, Humayun, Akbar, Jahangir, Shahjahan, Aurangzeb
(c) Babur, Akbar, Humayun, Shahjahan, Jahangir, Aurangzeb
(d) Babur, Humayun, Shahjahan, Akbar, Jahangir, Aurangzeb
4. Ibn Batutah visited India during the rule of
(a) Alauddin Khilji
(b) Ghiyasuddin Tughlaq
(c) Sher Shah Suri
(d) Muhammad-bin-Tughlaq
5. Who was the Nawab of Bengal during ‘Battle of Plassey’?
(a) Siraj-ud-daola
(b) Mir Jafar
(c) Mir Qasim
(d) None of these
6. FIFA World Cup, 2006 was played in
(a) Germany
(b) France
(c) Spain
(d) UK
7. Munaf Patel plays which sport?
(a) Badminton
(b) Football
(c) Cricket
(d) Table-Tennis
8. The first Asian lady swimmer to have crossed the English Channel was
(a) Bula Choudhury
(b) Arati Saha
(c) Nilima Ghosh
(d) None of these
9. Which country has never won the Cricket World Cup?
(a) India (b) Pakistan
(c) Sri-Lanka (d) England
10. Which cricket playing countries fight for the ‘ASHES’?
(a) Indian and Pakistan
(b)Australia and South Africa
(c) Australia and England
(d) England and Westindies
11. Who was the first Law Minister of independent India?
(a) Jawaharlal Nehru
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
(d) Dr. B.R.Ambedkar
12. Who was the first speaker of the Lok-Sabha?
(a) B.R.Ambedkar
(b) G.V.Mavlankar
(c) N.Sanjeeva Reddy
(d) Dr. S.P.Mukherjee
13. How many states (except Delhi) are there in India?
(a) 28
(b) 29
(c) 25
(d) 30
14. Which country won the first World Cup Cricket?
(a) Australia (b) India
(c) England (d) West Indies
15. Who was the woman President of the United Nations?
(a) Sarojini Naidu
(b) Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
(c) Golda Mayer
(d) Margaret Thatcher
16. Who was the first man to land on moon?
(a) Neil Armstrong
(b) Edwin
(c) Gagarin
(d) John Collins
17. One inch is equal to how many centimeters?
(a) 2.54
(b) 2.84
(c) 2.94
(d) 3.0
18. Bronze is an alloy of copper and
(a) Nickel
(b) Tin
(c) Zinc
(d) Aluminium
19. Minus 40 degree centigrade is equal to _____ degree Fahrenheit.
(a) 104 (b) 122
(c) -40 (d) None of these
20. What is the value of XC (Roman Number)?
(a) 100 (b) 40
(c) 110 (d) 90
21. The person of which of the following blood groups can accept the blood of any group?
(a) AB
(b) O
(c) A
(d) B
22. Mountain K2 is known as
(a) Everest
(b) Nanga Parbat
(c) Godwin
(d) Austen
23. Lucknow is situated on the banks of river
(a) Yamuna
(b) Tapti
(c) Shipra
(d) Gomti
24. Who won the Golden Ball Award during FIFA World Cup 2006?
(a) Ronaldo
(b) Klose
(c) Ronaldinho
(d) Zidane
25. Who is the Chief Minister of Goa?
(a) K C Singhdeo
(b) Nandini Satyaji
(c) Shivinder Singh Sidhu
(d) Rameshwar Thakur
26. Who is the Finance Minister of India?
(a) Manmohan Singh
(b) P Chidambaram
(c) Murasoli Maran
(d) Pranab Mukherjee
27. Where is the headquarters of South-East Central Railway located?
(a) Bilaspur
(b) Jabalpur
(c) Bhopal
(d) Raipur
28. Which of the following places in India receives maximum precipitation?
(a) Itanagar
(b) Mawsynram
(c) Cherrapunjee
(d) Tezpur
29. Who is the present Indian Cricket coach?
(a) Lal Chand Rajput
(b) Greg Chappel
(c) Gary Kirsten
(d) Madan Lal
ANSWERS :
1. (a) 2. (a) 3. (b) 4. (d) 5. (a) 6. (a) 7. (c) 8. (b) 9. (d) 10. (c) 11. (d) 12. (b) 13. (a) 14. (d) 15. (b) 16. (a) 17. (a) 18. (b) 19. (c) 20. (d) 21. (a) 22. (c) 23. (d) 24. (b) 25. (c) 26. (b) 27. (a) 28. (b) 29. (c)

RRB BHOPAL TICKET COLLECTOR, COMMERCIAL CLERK EXAM

RRB BHOPAL TICKET COLLECTOR, COMMERCIAL CLERK EXAM 

(Held on 16.9.2007) 

1. The main sources about the Indus Valley civilization are :
(1) Inscriptions
(2) Coins
(3) Manuscripts on leaves of palm and birch
(4) Archaeological excavations
2. The propounder of Yoga School of Philosophy was
(1) Patanjali (2) Gautam
(3) Jaimini (4) Shankaracharya
3. The term Double Fault is related to the game of
(1) Badminton (2) Golf
(3) Tennis (4) Cricket
4. Which of the following pairs of names are related?
(1) Golf- Polo (2) Soccer- Football
(3) Billiards- Snookers (4) Volleyball- Football
5. Which of the following pairs is the highest peak of India?
(1) Kanchanjungha (2) Nanda Devi
(3) Mount Everest (4) Kamet
6. After how many years elections are held to elect the members of Rajya Sabha?
(1) 6 years (2) 2 years
(3) 3 years (4) 4 years
7. Which of the following is the longest river in India?
(1) Ganga (2) Brahmaputra
(3) Yamuna (4) Godavari
8. Which of the following vitamins is obtained from sunlight?
(1) Vitamin A (2) Vitamin C
(3) Vitamin D (4) Vitamin B
9. How many bones are there in the human body?
(1) 206 (2) 202
(3) 204 (4) 203
10. Which of the following is the longest river in the world?
(1) Amazon (2) Nile
(3) Mississippi (4) Danube
11. Silk is mostly obtained from
(1) Ujjain (2) Koshambi
(3) Taxila (4) Varanasi
12. Who among the following is associated with the Sarnath Inscription ?
(1) Ashoka (2) Harshavardhana
(3) Chandra Gupta Maurya (4) Samundra Gupta
13. Which of the following names of play ground is correct?
(1) Ring Skating (2) Diamond Cricket
(3) Field Cycling (4) Bull  Tennis
14. Who among the following is competent to amend the provisions of citizenship?
(1) Parliament (2) President
(3) Prime Minister (4) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
15. Who among the following administers the oath of office to the President?
(1) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(2) Prime Minister
(3) Vice President
(4) Speaker of the Lok Sabha
16. Who among the following administers the oath of office to the Chief Justice of a High Court?
(1) Governor
(2) President
(3) Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
(4) Council of Ministers
17. Railway in included in which of the following lists?
(1) Union list (2) State list
(3) Concurrent list (4) None of these
18. Who among the following was the first and last woman ruler of Delhi?
(1) Razia Beghum (2) Chand Bibi
(3) Mumtaz (4) Karnavati
19. Who among the following was the first to land on moon?
(1) Neil Armstrong (2) Tenzing Norgay
(3) Rakesh Sharma (4) Edwin Aldrin
20. Who among the following was the first Indian woman to scale the Mount Everest?
(1) Bachendri Pal (2) Santosh Yadav
(3) Dicky Dolma (4) None of these
21. Zero hour is the period
(1) just after question hour in both Houses of Parliament
(2) at the starting of the sitting
(3) at the end of sitting
(4) None of these
22. The maximum interval between the two sessions of the Houses is
(1) Six months (2) 3 months
(3) 2 months (4) one year
23. The period of proclamation of emergency is
(1) one month (2) two months
(3) six months (4) one year
24. The Chief Minister who remained in the office for the longest period :
(1) Jyoti Basu (2) Lalu Prasad
(3) Mayawati (4) M. Karunanidhi
25. The Salarjung Museum is located in
(1) Hyderabad (2) Bhopal
(3) Patna (4) Ranchi
26. Which of the following gases is filled in a balloon?
(1) Helium (2) Hydrogen
(3) Bromine (4) Oxygen
27. Which of the following is called Banker’s Bank?
(1) Reserve Bank of India (2) State Bank of India
(3) Punjab National Bank (4) None of these
28. Who was the President of the Constituent Assembly?
(1) Dr. Rajendra Prasad (2) Bhimrao Ambedkar
(3) Jawaharlal Nehru (4) Sachchidanand Sinha
29. Which of the following is the longest platform in the world?
(1) Kharagpur (2) Kolkata
(3) Leningrad (4) Tokyo
30. Who among the following built the Grand Trunk road?
(1) Shershah (2) Akbar
(3) Humayun (4) Shahjehan
31. Focus on the age eye is adjusted through
(1) Retina (2) Iris
(3) Comea (4) Lens
32. Who among the following was the ruler of Kalinga?
(1) Kharvela (2) Ashoka
(3) Samudragupta (4) None of these
33. Maximum oil can be extracted from
(1) Sunflower (2) Groundnut
(3) Mustard (4) Cardamom
34. The most suitable conductor is
(1) Saline water (2) Fresh water
(3) Pure water (4) None of these
35. The mausoleum of which saint is located in Ajmer?
(1) Moinuddin Chisti (2) Badruddin Zacharia
(3) Khwaja Walliullah (4) Abdul Shatari
36. Gobar gas mainly contains
(1) Methane (2) Ethane
(3) Propane (4) Butane

37. Who among the following invented the decimal system?
(1) Aryabhatt (2) Copernicus
(3) Magellan (4) Charak
38. Nose starts bleeding when one climbs up mountain due to
(1) low pressure (2) high pressure
(3) height (4) None of these
39. In which of the following sectors maximum number of women are employed?
(1) Tea (2) Agriculture
(3) Jute (4) Textile
40. Railway earns maximum revenue from
(1) freight charges (2) passenger fares
(3) advertisement (4) None of these
41. Which of the following is called the laughing gas?
(1) Nitrogen Oxide (2) Hydrogen Oxide
(3) Nitrous Oxide (4) Sulphur Oxide
42. Who was the first Indian to qualify for Olympics?
(1) Shiny Abraham (2) PT Usha
(3) Karmam Malleshwari (4) Jyotirmony Sikdar
43. During Shivaji childhood, who among the following exercised the maximum influence on his character?
(I) Jija Bai, his mother (II) Dadaji Kondadev, his tutor
(III) Shahji Bhonsle, his father
(1) I Only (2) I and III
(3) I, II and III (4) I and II
44. Black Hole Episode was the main cause of :
(1) Battle of Buxar (2) Battle of Plassey
(3) Battle of Wandiwash (4) Battle of Haldighati
45. Who is known as the Grand Old Man of India?
(1) Khan Abdul Ghaffar Kan (2) C. Rajgopalachari
(3) Lala Lajpat Rai (4) Dadabhai Naoroji
46. The slogan Inquilab Zindabad was first raised by :
(1) Lokmanya Tilak (2) Veer Savarkar
(3) Chandrashekhar Azad (4) Bhagat Singh
47. Which of the following is/ are true about Sarojini Naidu?
(a) She was the First Woman President of the Congress
(b) She was the first Woman Governor in independent India
(c) She was the first Health Minister in independent India
(d) She wrote the famous Golden Bough
(1) a, b and d (2) a and c
(3) a and b (4) Only b
48. Which planet looks reddish in the night sky?
(1) Mercury (2) Mars
(3) Jupiter (4) Saturn
49. Geostationary orbit is at a height of :
(1) 6 km (2) 1000 km
(3) 3600 km (4) 36,000 km
50. The ozone layer in the upper part of the atmosphere protects us from :
(1) Cosmic rays (2) Ultrasonic waves
(3) Infra- red rays (4) Ultraviolet rays
51. Nights are cooler in the deserts than in the plains because :
(1) sand radiates that more quickly than the earth
(2) the sky remains clear most of the time
(3) sand absorbs heat more quickly than the earth
(4) None of these
52. Which of the following is the highest plateau in the world?
(1) Colorado Plateau (2) Pamir Plateau
(3) Patagonia Plateau (4) Potwar Plateau
53. Pointing towards a woman Manju said that She is the sister of father of son of my mother.
How is that woman related to woman?
(1) Aunt (2) Sister
(3) Niece (4) None of these
54. Tipu Sultan was the ruler of
(1) Hyderabad (2) Madurai
(3) Mysore (4) Vijayanagar
55. Which of the following passes through India?
(1) Tropic of Cancer (2) Tropic of Capricorn
(2) Prime Meridian (4) Equator
ANSWER

1. (4) 2. (1) 3. (3) 4. (2) 5. (1) 6. (1) 7. (1) 8. (3) 9. (1) 10. (2) 11. (4) 12. (1) 13. (1) 14. (1) 15. (1) 16. (1) 17. (1) 18. (1) 19. (1) 20. (1) 21. (1) 22. (1) 23. (1) 24. (1) 25. (1) 26. (1) 27. (1) 28. (1) 29. (1) 30. (1) 31. (2) 32. (1) 33. (1) 34. (1) 35. (1) 36. (1) 37. (1) 38. (2) 39. (1) 40. (1) 41. (3) 42. (2) 43. (4) 44. (2) 45. (4) 46. (4) 47. (4) 48. (2) 49. (4) 50. (4) 51. (1) 52. (2) 53. (1) 54. (3) 55. (1)

JAMMU – KASHMIR RRB TICKET COLLECTOR / COMMERCIAL CLERK SOLVED PAPER

1. In which ritual book attached to the Rig Veda Andhras were first mentioned ?
(A) Brihihakta
(B) Aitreya Brahmana
(C) Gatha Sapthasati
(D) Silppadikaram
Ans (B)

2. Which of the following is capital a city of Manipur?
(A) Dispur
(B) Guwahati
(C) Imphal
(D) Itanagar
Ans (C)

3. Which of the following was the birth place of Gautam Buddha?
(A) Lumbini
(B) Saranath
(C) Gaya
(D) Prayaga
Ans (A)

4. Which of the following protects India from cold winds and foreign invasions in the north of India?
(A) River Ganga
(B) Vindhya Ranges
(C) Himalayas
(D) Sahyadri
Ans (C)

5. Africa occupies which part of the earth?
(A) 1/3rd
(B) 2/3rd
(C) 4/5th
(D) 1/5th
Ans (D)

6. What is the Insurance company founded by sir Dorab Tata in 1919?
(A) LIC
(B) UIIC
(C) NIAC
(D) OIC
Ans (C)

7. Who invented Telephone?
(A) Alexandar Graham Bell
(B) Thamas Edision
(C) Alexandar Flemming
(D) Marconi
Ans (A)

8. Where is “India Gate”?
(A) New Delhi
(B) Mumbai
(C) KolkAta
(D) Chandigarh
Ans (A)

9. Who was the wife of “Mahatma Gandhi”?
(A) Anjali Bai
(B) Putli Bai
(C) Kasthuri Bai
(D) Kanchana Bai
Ans (C)

10. Where is the “Mahamastaka Abhisheka” festival held?
(A) Hassan
(B) Shravanabelagola
(C) Bangalore
(D) Mysore
Ans (B)

11. The first woman to become Governor of a state in India was -
(A) Sarojini Naidu
(B) Fateema Biwi
(C) Vijayalaxmi Pandit
(D) Sucheta Kripalani
Ans (A)

12. Who among was the controversial painter, painted the nude paintings of “Hindu Goddess”
(A) Jakir Hussain
(B) M.F. Hussain
(C) Mohit Hussain
(D) N.F. Hussain
Ans (B)

13. Which among the following is the Indian News Papers Day?
(A) 29th January
(B) 2nd October
(C) 25th December
(D) 14th April
Ans (A)

14. Which was the old name of “New Delhi”?
(A) Hastinapur
(B) Ayodhya
(C) Daulatabad
(D) Indhraprastha
Ans (D)

15. On which river Hirakud project was built?
(A) Mahanadi
(B) Sutlej
(C) Tungabadra
(D) Kosi
Ans (A)

16. Doctors Day is observed on___
(A) June 1
(B) July 1
(C) Aug 1
(D) Sep 1
Ans (B)

17. Which of the following is the farthest planet to the Sun?
(A) Mars
(B) Jupiter
(C) Neptune
(D) Pluto
Ans (D)

18. Who wrote the book “Rama Charita Manas”
(A) Tulsi Das
(B) Bhakta Kabir
(C) Bhakta Ramdev
(D) Valmiki
Ans (A)

19. Who has written the novel “The inheritance of loss” which was awarded “Booker Award”?
(A) Saniya Mirza
(B) Kiran Desai
(C) Kiran Bedi
(D) Sakuntala Devi
Ans (B)

20. Who won the Wimbledon Open (Mens ) Title for 2008?
(A) Fernando Gonazlez
(B) Roger Federer
(C) Boris Becker
(D) Sharapova
Ans (B)

21. Who is present governor of RBI?
(A) Biman Jalal
(B) N. Chaturvedi
(C) Y.V.Reddy
(D) None of these
Ans (C)

22. Which of the following is the smallest populated continent?
(A) Australia
(B) Antarctica
(C) South America
(D) Asia
Ans (B)

23. How many years for celebration of Silver Jubilee?
(A) 25
(B) 40
(C) 50
(D) 60
Ans (A)

24. Imperial Banks were amalgamated and changed as _________
(A) Reserve Bank of India
(B) State Bank of India
(C) Subsidiary Banks
(D) Union Bank of India
Ans (B)

25. The viceroy in whose period Indian Legislative Councils Act, 1909 was enacted?
(A) Lord William Benting
(B) Lord Marley Minto
(C) Lord Rippon
(D) Lord Curson
Ans (B)

RRB ASM EXAM PATTERN

1.The selection is made strictly as per merit, on the basis of single stage written examination. In addition, candidates equal to five times the number of vacancies according to community,
will be called for aptitude test which will be of qualifying nature. Short listed candidates will be called for verification of the original documents according to merit, availability of vacancies
and reservation rules.

2. There shall be negative marking in written examinations and marks shall be deducted for each wrong answer @1/3 of the allotted marks for each question.

3. The syllabus for the written examination will be generally in conformity with the educational standards prescribed for the posts.

The Questions will be of objective type with multiple answers and likely to include questions pertaining to General Awareness, Language General Hindi/General English , General Arithmetic, Analytical and Quantitative Skills and those subjects covered as part of minimum educational qualification for the post.

The question paper will be in English, Hindi, Urdu and local languages and the duration of the examination will be 90 minutes with approximately 100 to 120 questions.

4 .The Railway Recruitment Board, at its discretion may hold additional written test(s) and/or aptitude test if considered necessary for all or for a limited number of candidates as may be
deemed fit by Railway Recruitment Board.