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RRB NTPC Model Question Paper 2018-19

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Q1. Rahul’s salary is 40% more than Mohit’s salary. If Rahul’s salary is increased by 60% and Mohit’s salary is decreased by 20%, then Rahul’s salary will be how much percentage of Mohit’s salary?

1) 280

2) 100

3) 105

4) 64

Q2. A train starts from a place A at 8 : 00 a.m. and arrives at another place B at 1 : 30 p.m. on the same day. If the speed of the train is 30 km/hr, then what will be the distance (in km) covered by the train?

1) 165

2) 175

3) 150

4) 135

Q3. If the standard deviation of a population is 6.5, what would be the population variance?

1) 40.25

2) 42.25

3) 18.25

4) 13

Q4. A 13 m ladder is placed against a wall at a distance of 12 m from the foot of the wall. The same ladder is placed against a wall opposite to the previous wall, such that the upper end of the ladder touches the wall 7 m above the previous point. Find the distance between two walls.

1) 18 m

2) 22 m

3) 17 m

4) 16 m

Q5. The speed of the boat in still water is 18 km/hr and the speed of the current is 2 km/hr. If A man rows his boat

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upstream for 3 hours and downstream for 2 hours. Find the total distance travelled by him?

1) 94 km

2) 78 km

3) 84 km

4) 88 km

Q6. What is the 4th proportional of 3, 8, 12, ?

1) 36

2) 26

3) 32

4) 16

Q7. If (x + a) is the H.C.F of 2x2 + 5x – 12 and x2 + x – 12 then find the value of a.

1) -3

2) -2

3) 4

4) 5

Q8. If the profit on selling an article for Rs. 425 is the same as the loss on selling it for Rs. 355, then the cost price of the article is

1) Rs. 410

2) Rs. 380

3) Rs. 400

4) Rs. 390

Q9. In a two-digit number, the digit at the unit’s place is 1 less than twice the digit at the ten’s place. If the places of both digits are interchanged, the new number formed is 27 more than the original number. The original number is

1) 47

2) 59

3) 23

4) 35

Q10. The circumferences of two circles are touching externally. The distance between their centres is 12 cm. The radius of one circle is 7 cm. Find the diameter (in cm) of the other circle.

1) 12

2) 10

3) 8

4) 5

Q11. Evaluate (3 × 25) ÷ 5 - 20 × 4 + 75

1) 20

2) 30

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3) 6

4) 10

Q12. The cost price of 25 books is equal to the selling price of 20 books. The profit percent is

1) 20%

2) 22%

3) 24%

4) 25%

Q13. If 347P is divisible by 9, then what is the value of P?

1) 2

2) 3

3) 4

4) 7

Q14. Find the greatest number that will divide 390, 495 and 300 without leaving a remainder

1) 5

2) 15

3) 25

4) 35

Q15. Raja and Kundan together can build a wall in 20 days, Kundan and Mahesh can build the same wall in 30 days and Mahesh and Raja can build the same wall in 24 days. In how many days can all three of them complete the same wall while working together?

1) 18

2) 16

3) 20

4) 14

Q16. Rs. 1000 is lent at a 4% p.a. for 1 year at simple interest. If at the end of the first year, the whole amount is lent at compound interest for 2 years, find the total interest (approx.) incurred in these years.

1) Rs. 120

2) Rs. 122

3) Rs. 125

4) Rs. 13

Q17. The numerator and denominator of the fraction are in the ratio 15 : 8, if the numerator of the fraction is decreased by 9 and the denominator is increased by 6 their division gives a quotient of 1.5. Find the fraction.

1) 30/16

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2) 45/25

3) 60/32

4) 90/48

Q18. Rahul and Ravi undertook to do a piece of work for Rs. 9000. Rahul alone could do the work in the 16 days and Ravi in 24 Days. With the assistance Kamlesh, they finished the work in 8 days. How much money should be given to Kamlesh?

1) Rs. 4500

2) Rs. 3000

3) Rs. 2000

4) Rs. 1500

Q19. The speed of a train relative to a moving car is 70km/hr more. The car accelerates and starts moving at a speed 10% more than before. Both now travel for 3 hours and the train covers a total distance of 750 km. How much distance did the car travel?

1) 644 km

2) 354 km

3) 594 km

4) 185 km

Q20. If a + b + c = 45 and ab + bc + ca = 254. Find the value of a2 + b2 + c2 =?

1) 1517

2) 1516

3) 1515

4) 1518

Q21. Average weight of P and Q is 32 kg. Average weight of Q and R is 43 kg. Average weight of P and R is 51 kg. What is the average weight (in kg) of P, Q and R?

1) 44

2) 42

3) 40

4) 38

Q22. Of three positive numbers, the

ratio of first and second is 4 ∶ 7, that of

second and third is 2 ∶ 3. The product of

first and third is 4200. What is the sum

of the three numbers?

1) 225

2) 215

3) 250

4) 235

Q23. The average of 11 numbers is 8. If a number 12 is removed, then what will be the new average?

1) 7.4

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2) 7.6

3) 7.8

4) 8.2

Q24. Akash purchased an article at a

discount of 40% and sold it to Ram at

40% profit. What is the ratio between

the marked price and the price for which

he sold

1) 27 : 31

2) 25 : 21

3) 24 : 23

4) 25 : 24

Q25. √1+sin𝜃

1−sin𝜃 is equal to?

1) secθ - tanθ

2) secθ + tanθ

3) cosecθ + cotθ

4) cosecθ - cotθ

Q26. What is the simplified form of

412 × 1635 × 6415?

1) 4120

2) 4127

3) 4156

4) 4142

Q27. J, K and L started a business.

Twice the investment of J is equal to five

times the investment of K, and the

investment of K is twice the investment

of L. Find the share of J in a profit of Rs.

16800?

1) Rs. 19500

2) Rs. 24000

3) Rs. 10500

4) Rs. 14800

Q28. The value of a product depreciates

every year at the rate of 10% on its value

at the beginning of that year. If the

present value of the product is Rs. 7290,

its value three years ago was:

1) Rs. 9471

2) Rs. 8000

3) Rs. 10000

4) Rs. 7508.70

Q29. The monthly salaries of A and B

are in the ratio 8 : 9. If they get salary

increment of Rs. 4000 each, the ratio of

new monthly salaries of A and B

becomes 10 : 11. What is the new

monthly salary of A?

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1) Rs. 16000

2) Rs. 18000

3) Rs. 22000

4) Rs. 20000

Q30. The simple interest on a sum is

5/9 of the principal for 25 years. What is

the rate (in percentage) of interest per

annum?

1) 25/9

2) 9/2

3) 20/9

4) 15/4

Q31. Calculate the value of 0.77777 +

0.7777 + 0.777 + 0.77 + 0.7 + 0.07.

1) 3.86274

2) 3.80247

3) 3.85274

4) 3.87247

Q32. What is the remainder when

(256)47 is divided by 15?

1) 1

2) 2

3) 3

4) 4

Comprehension Start:

The table given below represents the amount of education loan (in crores) disbursed by 5 banks of a country over 5 years.

Year

Amount of education loan disbursed (in crores)

Bank 1 Bank 2

Bank 3

Bank 4

Bank 5

2010 265 65 138 109 80

2011 295 118 165 123 103

2012 317 85 195 125 140

2013 323 103 178 142 143

2014 352 122 211 157 158

Q33. What can be said about the two following ratios?

I. Loan amount disbursed by Bank 1 in 2011/Loan amount disbursed by Bank 2 in 2014

II. Loan amount disbursed by Bank 3 in 2014/Loan amount disbursed by Bank 4 in 2011

1) I > II

2) I < II

3) I = II

4) No relation

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Q34. Which banks show a continuous

trend of increase/decrease in loan

amount disbursed over 5 years?

1) Bank 1 and Bank 4

2) Bank 1, Bank 4 and Bank 3

3) Bank 1, Bank 4 and Bank 5

4) Bank 4 and Bank 5

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Q35. In the following question, select

the odd word from the given

alternatives.

1) Inch

2) Ounce

3) Centimeters

4) Yard

Q36. In the following question find out the alternative which will replace the question mark.

Grapes : Vineyard : : Birds : ?

1) Apiary

2) Chicken coop

3) Aviary

4) Stable

Q37. Select the related word from the given alternatives.

Pratibha Patil : First Woman President

of India : : C.D.Deshmukh : ?

1) First Chief Justice of India.

2) First Railway Minister of India.

3) First Indian Governor of RBI.

4) First Indian Governor General of

Independent India.

Q38. Out of the four given figures, three figures are similar in a certain way, one figure is not like the others. That means three figures form a group based on some common properties. Find the figure which does not belong to the group.

1) i

2) ii

3) iii

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4) iv

Q39. A series is given with one term missing. Select the correct alternative from the given ones that will complete the series.

8, 13, 23, 38, 58, 83, ?

1) 113

2) 97

3) 131

4) 63

Q40. Find the wrong term in the series.

AA, BD, CI, DR, EY

1) AA

2) CI

3) BD

4) DR

Q41. In a certain code language, GAME

is written as FHZBLNDF then BLUE will

be?

1) BBLMDFTV

2) CDMNTVFG

3) ACKMTVDF

4) ACZXVWNP

Q42. Direction: In a certain code language ‘festival for woman only’ is written as ’77 78 79 80’, ‘provide peace to woman’ is written as ’81 82 83 78’, ‘woman like to celebrate’ is written as ’78 85 86 81’ and ‘celebrate peace in festival’ is written as ’82 79 87 85’.

What may the possible code for ‘provide idea’ in the given code language?

1) 86 89

2) 80 79

3) 89 83

4) 83 80

Q43. Pointing to a lady in the

photograph, Jaya said, “Her son’s father

is the son-in-law of my mother.” How is

Jaya related to the lady?

1) Mother

2) Aunt

3) Cousin

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4) Sister

Q44. All the six members of a family A, B, C, D, E and F are travelling together. B is the son of C but C is not the mother of B. A and C are a married couple. E is the brother of C. D is the daughter of A. F is the brother of B.

How is F’s mother related to daughter of

C?

1) Aunt

2) Sister

3) Maternal aunt

4) Mother

Q45. How many times do the minute

hand and the hour hand come opposite

each other between 5 o'clock and 7

o'clock?

1) 2

2) 3

3) 1

4) 0

Q46. Direction: Read the following information carefully and answer the question that follows:

There are six persons Dheer, Dennise, Dev, Dharmesh and David, who got different ranks in an exam. David’s rank was immediately after Dev. Dev’s rank is better than all of them. Dheer got the poorest rank among all. Dharmesh got better rank than three of them. David got a bettar rank than Dennise.

Who got the fifth least marks?

1) Fifth

2) Second

3) Fourth

4) Third

Comprehension Start

Direction: Study the following information carefully and answer the question.

A said B,” A person has to walk 6 km to

the south of the point T to reach my

house. From point Q one has to walk

10km towards north and then turn 45

degree and walk 6km to reach point T.”

Q47. In which direction is A’s house

with respect to point Q?

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1) North-west

2) North-east

3) South-west

4) South-east

Q48. What is the distance between T

and Q?

1) 16 km

2) 10 km

3) 6 km

4) 22 km

Comprehension End

Q49. Which of the following jumble

words is not the name of the major gases

present in Air?

1) TRONIENG

2) YGENOX

3) GONRA

4) LFIEDIQU PEROELMUT

Comprehension Start

Direction: Study the following figure and answer the questions given below.

Where, rectangle represent Artists, Circle represent singers and Triangle represents Doctors.

Q50. How many doctors are neither

artists nor singers?

1) 17

2) 5

3) 10

4) 30

Q51. Refer to the above question and

answer how many doctors are both

singers and artists?

1) 22

2) 8

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3) 3

4) 30

Comprehension End

Q52. Six friends Ajay, Goarav, Adharav, Saurav, Pari, and Kashvi are sitting in two parallel rows containing three people each. Ajay, Goarav and Adharav are sitting in row-1 facing north and Saurav, Pari and Kashvi are sitting in row-2 facing south (but not necessarily in the same order). Thus, each person sitting in row-1 face another person sitting in row-2. Ajay, Goarav, Saurav and Pari are sitting at extreme ends. Saurav do not face Goarav. Ajay is sitting at extreme right end.

Who is sitting at extreme right of row-2?

1) Saurav

2) Pari

3) Goarav

4) Ajay

Q53. If a mirror is placed on the line AB, then which of the answer figures is the right image of the given figure?

1)

2)

3)

4)

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Q54. Which answer figure will complete

the pattern in the question figure?

1)

2)

3)

4)

Q55. Two statements are given

followed by two conclusions as

responses. You have to consider

the statements to be true even if

they seem to be at variance from

the commonly known facts. You

have to decide which of the given

conclusion(s) can definitely be

drawn from the given statements.

Statements:

I. Swine flu is spread by the outbreak of Influenza virus.

II. The Government is taking a rigorous action to control the spread of Swine flu.

Conclusions:

I. Swine flu is a fatal disease.

II. The Government needs to control the spread of Influenza virus.

1) Only Conclusion I follows.

2) Only Conclusion II follows.

3) Both the Conclusions I and II follow.

4) Neither Conclusion I nor II follows.

Q56. In the following question, select the number which can be placed at the sign of question mark (?) from the given alternatives.

4 6 5 16

9 8 3 21

5 8 7 ?

1) 18

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2) 21

3) 23

4) 27

Q57. In the following question, by using which mathematical operators will the expression become correct.

49_7_6_7

1) >, >, ≥

2) =, +, +

3) =, +, -

4) =, ×, +

Q58. If ‘+‘ means ‘÷’, ‘-‘ means ‘ב, ‘÷‘

means ‘+‘ and ‘×’ means ‘-‘, then what is

the value of 33 + 3 - 8 + 4 ÷ 10 × 2 × 5?

1) 22

2) 25

3) 4

4) -7

Q59. The question below consists of two statements followed by two conclusions as responses. You have to consider the statements to be true even if they seem to be at variance from the commonly known facts. You have to decide which of the given conclusion(s) can definitely be drawn from the given statements.

Statements:

I. Recycling is the best way of effectively managing the generation of waste.

II. The Municipal Corporations in Delhi have decided to collect waste to be recycled.

Conclusions:

I. The amount of waste accumulated in Delhi will reduce.

II. People will help the Municipal Corporations in this initiative.

1) Only conclusion I follows.

2) Only conclusion II follows.

3) Both the conclusions I and II follow.

4) Neither conclusion I nor II follows.

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Q60. The official seal of

the Government of India is based on

the capital or pillar head of the

Ashoka pillar at ________.

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1) Takshashila

2) Ujjayani

3) Sarnath

4) Toshali

Q61. FIFA Football World Cup of 2022

will be hosted by ________.

1) USA

2) UAE

3) Qatar

4) Russia

Q62. Bihu is folk dance from which of

the following Indian state?

1) Assam

2) Arunachal Pradesh

3) Mizoram

4) Goa

Q63. 'Naseem-Al-Bahr' is bilateral naval

exercise between India and ________.

1) UAE

2) Oman

3) France

4) South Korea

Q64. Which of the following Mission

will be launched by ISRO to study the

Sun?

1) Surya

2) Aditya-L1

3) Aditya

4) Mission Surya

Q65. Who among the following recently

appointed as Chairman of ISRO?

1) Dr K Sivan

2) A S Kiran Kumar

3) Dr. K. Radhakrishnan

4) G.Madhavan Nair

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Q66. Recently India tested a new

indigenous air-launched missile called

NGARM. What is strike range of

NGARM?

1) 1000 Km

2) 1500 Km

3) 500 Km

4) 100 Km

Q67. Indian railways launched the Rail

MADAD mobile app in June 2018.

Expand MADAD.

1) Mobile Application for Development

Assistance During travel

2) Managed Assistance for Desired

Application During travel

3) Mobile Application for Desired

Assistance During travel

4) Mobile Application for Desired

Association During travel

Q68. Which of the following satellite is

known as the "Big bird"?

1) GSAT-11

2) HysIS

3) GSAT-29

4) Microsat-R

Q69. Who is the captain of the Hong

Kong cricket team?

1) Anshuman Rath

2) William Porterfield

3) Kyle Coetzer

4) Paras Khadka

Q70. Which type of lens is used by

persons suffering from Hypermetropia?

1) Concave lens

2) Bifocal lens

3) Convexo-concave lens

4) Convex lens

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Q71. Atomic mass unit is defined in

terms of which of the following?

1) C-12

2) Hydrogen

3) N-15

4) C-14

Q72. The study of grass is known as

________.

1) Agronomy

2) Pharmacognosy

3) Dendrology

4) Agrostology

Q73. Which of the martial art dance

from belongs to the Punjab region of

India?

1) Silambam

2) Mukna

3) Gatka

4) Adithada

Q74. Which of the following

hydrocarbon is termed as "Fruit

ripening gas"?

1) Acetylene

2) Ethylene

3) Methane

4) Propane

Q75. Which of the following is a

protozoan?

1) Trypanosoma

2) Sycon

3) Fasciola

4) Nereis

Q76. What is pH of Lemon Juice?

1) 3.8

2) 5.5

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3) 6.6

4) 2.5

pH of some common aqueous solutions

Q77. Which of the following is/are

effects of Radioactive pollution?

1) Cancerous ulceration occurs due to

higher radiations of X-rays

2) Tissues in the body are destroyed

3) Vision is adversely affected

4) All the above

Q78. Who among the following is

known as Father of Blood Circulation?

1) Land Steiner

2) William Harvey

3) Lipmann

4) John Salk

Q79. Recently which country changed its political capital from Bujumbura to Gitega?

1) Sudan

2) Rwanda

3) Burundi

4) Somalia

Q80. Who received Man Booker

International Prize in 2018 for his/her

work 'Flights'?

1) David Grossman

2) Jessica Cohen

3) Han Kang

4) Olga Tokarczuk

Q81. Who among the following Indian female cricket player is first to complete 2000 runs in T-20 cricket?

1) Zulan Goswami

2) Smriti Mandhana

3) Mitali Raj

4) Punam Raut

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Q82. Who has been appointed as Chief

Executive Officer (CEO) of PayU in

February 2019?

1) Rajnish Kumar

2) A S Rajeev

3) Anirban Mukherjee

4) Rakesh Sharma

Q83. Who has been appointed as

Secretary of Ministry of Civil Aviation?

1) Ajay Kumar

2) Pradeep Kumar Sinha

3) Rajiv Nayan Choubey

4) Pradeep Singh Kharola

Q84. When will the 30th Road Safety

Week 2019 observed in india?

1) 3rd Feb - 8th Feb

2) 2nd Feb - 8th Feb

3) 4th Feb - 10th Feb

4) 1st Feb - 7th Feb

Q85. VAF was launched by Election

Commission of India on 16 January

2019. What does 'V' stands for?

1) Vigilance

2) Voter

3) Vocational

4) Verifiable

Q86. ‘Statue of Liberty’ is the National

Emblem of

1) UK

2) USA

3) Germany

4) Russia

Q87. Which of the following stations

has been renamed to 'Prabhadevi'?

1) Churchgate

2) CST

3) Elphinestone Road Station

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4) Dadar

Q88. Who among the following sportspersons has/have been conferred with Dronacharya Awards for the year 2018?

1. Clarence Lobo

2. Sukhdev Singh

3. Vijay Sharma

1) Only 1 and 3

2) Only 1 and 2

3) Only 2 and 3

4) All of the above

Q89. Which of the following countries

will host the fourth summer youth

Olympic games in 2022?

1) Mali

2) Gambia

3) Cameroon

4) Senegal

Q90. Which among the following is not

an ore of Aluminium (Al)?

1) Kaolin

2) Corundum

3) Cryolite

4) Chalcocite

Q91. What is the SI unit of self

inductance?

1) V A sec

2) Henry

3) V A-1 sec-2

4) ohm

Q92. ‘Lincoln in the Bardo’ is a book

written by ________.

1) David Herbert

2) Seth Grahame-Smith

3) George Saunders

4) Doris Kearns

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Q93. Which of the following does

resistivity NOT depend on?

1) nature of material

2) average relaxation time

3) dimensions of the material

4) number of free electrons per unit

volume

Q94. In which among the following

sensory organs, 'Olfactory Receptors' are

present?

1) Eyes

2) Tongue

3) Epidermis

4) Nose

Q95. The organ which aids in 'speech' is

known as ________.

1) Skin

2) Tongue

3) Nose

4) Skin and Ear

Q96. Which of the following words do

not exist in the Preamble of the Indian

Constitution?

1) Justice

2) Secular

3) Socialist

4) Diversity

Q97. Which of the following articles

prohibits discrimination on the grounds

of religion, race, sex, caste?

1) Article 15

2) Article 16

3) Article 17

4) Article 18

Q98. A cartel is ________

1) A consortium of consumers

2) An organization that sells oil

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3) An institution that creates price

ceilings

4) A group of producers who mutually

agree to limit their production, in order

to sustain a price floor.

Q99. Harisena was the court poet of

which king?

1) Ashoka

2) Kanishka

3) Akbar

4) Samudragupta

Q100. Who was the founder of Saka

era?

1) Kanishka

2) Chandra Gupta Maurya

3) Samudra Gupta

4) Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya