UPKAR PRAKASHAN, AGRA-2

ByDr. Lal & Mishra

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ISBN : 978-93-5013-474-0

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Code No. 1832

Printed at : UPKAR PRAKASHAN (Printing Unit) Bye-pass, AGRA

Contents

Section–I

General Awareness……………………………………………………………… 1–48

Current Affairs……………………………………………..…………………… 1–16

General Science……………………………………………..…………………… 1–16

Section–II

Arithmetic…………………………………………………………...…………… 1–48

Section–III

General Intelligence……………………………………………………………... 1–64

Section–IV

Electrical Engineering…………………………………..…………………..…… 1–148

Electronic Engineering……………………………………………..……….…… 1–32

General Information

● Minimum Educational QualificationFor Technician Grade-III Electrical/Technician Grade-III Electrical TRD :Matriculation plus course completed Act Apprenticeship/ITI approved by NCVT/SCVT in thetrade of Electrician.

● AgeA candidate must have attained the age of 18 years and must not have attained the age of 30 years.(The upper age limit is relaxable in respect of some reserved categories).

● Recruitment ProcessThe candidates who have elected one of the regional language as medium of examination will besupplied question booklet in English, Hindi, Urdu & regional language of concerned RRB. Thosewho have not elected regional languages as medium of examination will be supplied questionbooklet in English, Hindi and Urdu only.

Selection is made strictly as per merit, on the basis of Written Examination. First a writtenexamination is conducted.

The standard of questions for the written exam will be generally in conformity with the educationalstandards and/or minimum technical qualifications prescribed for the posts. The questions will beof objective type with multiple choice and are likely to include questions pertaining to generalawareness, arithmetic, general intelligence and reasoning, general science and relevant technicalability. The question paper will be in English, Hindi, Urdu and local languages. The duration of the

examination will be 1 12 hours with 100 to 120 questions.

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

Candidates who have opted for Technician, will be shortlisted as per their performance in theWritten Examination and called for Aptitude Test. Such shortlisted candidates should produce thevision certificate as per the prescribed format during Aptitude Test, failing which they will not bepermitted for Aptitude Test.

Based on the performance of candidates in the written examinations (For Technician) candidatesequal to the number of vacancies are called for document verification in the main list. In addition30% extra candidates are also called as standby candidates and they are considered forempanelment only if there is shortfall in empanelment from the main list. During documentverification, candidates will have to produce their original certificates. No additional time will begiven and the candidature of the candidates not producing their original certificates on the date ofverification is liable to be forfeited.

Appointment of selected candidates is subject to their passing requisite Medical Fitness Test to beconducted by the Railway Administration, final verification of educational and communitycertificates and verification of antecedents/character of the candidates.

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● Medical Fitness TestCandidates recommended for appointment will have to pass requisite medical fitness test(s)conducted by the Railway Administration to ensure that the candidates are medically fit to carryout the duties connected with the post. Visual Acuity Standard is one of the important criteria ofmedical fitness of railway staff. The medical requirements against the medical standards for B-1category are outlined below :

B-1 : Physically fit in all respects. Visual Standards Distance Vision : 6/9, 6/12 with or withoutglasses (power of lenses not to exceed 4D). Near Vision : Sn : 0.6, 0.6 with or without glasseswhen reading or close work is required and must pass tests for Colour Vision, Binocular Vision,Field of Vision and Night Vision.

Note :(i) Before indicating options for categories in the boxes against Item No. 1 of the Application

Form, the applicants must ensure that he/she fulfills the prescribed medical standards for thatcategory/post.

(ii) Candidates qualifying in examination(s) for these posts but failing in prescribed medicalexamination(s) will not under any circumstance be considered for any alternativeappointment.

(iii) Candidates who do not fulfil the prescribed medical standards need not apply.

(iv) The above medical standard (Criteria) are indicative and not exhaustive and apply to candi-dates in general.

(v) For Ex-Servicemen different standards apply.

Warning

● Beware of Touts and job racketeers trying to deceive by false promises ofsecuring job in Railways either through influence or by use of unfair andunethical means. RRB has not appointed any agent(s) or coachingcenter(s) for action on its behalf. Candidates are warned against anysuch claims being made by persons/agencies. Candidates are selectedpurely as per merit. Please beware of unscrupulous elements and do notfall in their trap. Candidates attempting to influence RRB directly orindirectly, shall be disqualified and legal action can be initiated againstthem.

● Candidates are advised to consult only the official website of RRBs asmentioned in advertisement. They should beware of FAKE websites putup by unscrupulous elements/touts.

O B J E C T I V E

General Knowledge

Practice TestPut a tick mark ( √√√√ ) in the correct answer in the following questions :

Example :

Mention the writer of ‘Anand Math’ :(a) Harindra Nath Chattopadhyaya(b) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee(c) Rabindra Nath Tagore(d) Mulk Raj AnandAns. (b)

1. The Indira Gandhi Prize for Peace, Disarma-ment and Development for 2013 has beenconferred on :

(a) Angela Merkel(b) Sonia Gandhi(c) Barack Obama(d) Robert Gebeisa

2. Who was crowned with Miss World title for2013 ?

(a) Amrita Patki (b) Zhang Zi Lin

(c) Amrita Thapar (d) Megan Young

3. The 5th BRICS Summit was held in March2013 at :(a) New Delhi (b) Havana(c) Tehran (d) Durban

4. Who was the first woman Deputy SecretaryGeneral of the United Nations ?(a) Sharmilla Tagore(b) Shamshad Akhtar(c) Girija Vyas

(d) Asha Rose Migiro

5. Who is the author of the book ‘A Call toHonour : In the Service of Emergent India’ ?(a) Khushwant Singh(b) Jaswant Singh(c) Amartya Sen(d) Rafiq Zakaria

6. Who was crowned with Miss India Worldwidetitle for 2014 ?

(a) Monika Gill(b) Pooja Gupta(c) Ankita Patki

(d) Amrita Thapar

7. The Nobel Prize for Economics for 2013 hasbeen conferred on :

(a) Eugene F. Fema

(b) Lars Peter Hanson

(c) Robert J. Shiller

(d) All of the above

8. Who is the author of ‘Wedding Album’ ?

(a) Shobha De (b) Girish Karnard

(c) Shashi Pandey (d) Amit Chaudhary

9. The new Foreign Secretary of India is—

(a) Sujata Singh

(b) R. K. Singh

(c) Ajit Seth

(d) Nirupama Rao

10. In which Shakespearean Drama is Desde-mona a character ?

(a) Hemlet

(b) The Merchant of Venice

(c) Othello

(d) As You Like It

11. Who said, “Fools rush in where angels fear totread ?’’

(a) The Bible

(b) John Milton

(c) Alexander Pope

(d) Dr. Samuel Johnson

12. James Bond is a character created by :

(a) Ian Fleming

(b) P.G. Wode House

(c) Perry Mason

(d) Erl Stanley Gardener

13. The famous work of Leo Tolstoy is :

(a) The Merchant of Venice

(b) Illiad

(c) War and Peace

(d) Great Expectations

4/G. S.

14. “I have not become His Majesty’s FirstMinister to preside over the liquidation of theBritish Empire.” Who said it ?

(a) Clement Attlee

(b) Winston Churchill

(c) Chamberlain

(d) Anthony Eden

15. In which year was English recommended asthe medium of instruction for higher educationin India by Lord Macaulay ?

(a) 1835 (b) 1833

(c) 1858 (d) 1821

(e) None of the above

16. The Arab invasion of Sind took place in :(a) 66 A.D. (b) 326 B.C.(c) 712 A.D. (d) 1191 A.D.

17. The 193rd member of the United Nations is :(a) Tuvalu(b) South Sudan(c) Tonga(d) Kiribati

18. Which one of the following universities wasnot established by Lord Dalhousie ?(a) Bombay (b) Madras(c) Delhi (d) Calcutta

19. The Third Battle of Panipat was foughtbetween :

(a) The British and the French

(b) The Marathas and the British

(c) The Mughals and Shershah Suri

(d) Ahmed Shah Abdali and the Marathas

20. India liberated Goa from the Portuguese in :

(a) 1948 (b) 1965

(c) 1961 (d) 1960

21. Which battle made the British rule in Indiafinally supreme ?

(a) Battle of Plassey (1757) between Britishforces under Clive and the ruler ofBengal, Sirazudaulla

(b) Battle of Buxar (1764) between Britishforces under Munroe and the Muslimrulers Shuja-ud-Daulah and Shah Alam II

(c) 3rd Mysore War (1790-92) between theBritish and Tipu Sultan

(d) 4th Mysore war (1799) between Britishforces under Wellesley and Tipu Sultan

22. Who was the British Governor General inIndia in whose reign a part of Charter Actread like this, “No native of India, nor naturalborn subject of His Majesty, should bedisabled from holding any place, office ofemployment by reason of his religion, placeof birth, descent or colour” ?

(a) Lord Cornwallis

(b) Lord Hastings

(c) Lord William Bentinck

(d) Lord Dalhousie

23. Who was the founder of Saka era ?

(a) Kaniska

(b) Chandra Gupta Maurya

(c) Samudra Gupta

(d) Chandra Gupta Vikramaditya

24. Tick out the names of the two countries inwhich the relics of cultural influence ofancient India are still present in the form oftemples :

(a) Egypt (b) Malaya(c) Cambodia (d) Indonesia(e) Thailand

25. Name one of the most illustrious kings ineach of the following dynasties :I. Guptas :(a) Skand Gupta(b) Chandra Gupta II(c) Ram Gupta

(d) None of these

II. Mughals :(a) Akbar (b) Shahjehan(c) Aurangzeb (d) None of these

26. In which year was (I) Akbar born and (II) inwhich year did he die ?I. (a) 1530

(b) 1542(c) 1545(d) 1528

RRB Technician Electrical (Grade-III)Recruitment Exam.

Publisher : Upkar Prakashan ISBN : 9789350134740 Author : Dr. Lal & Mishra

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