RRB NTPC Graduate CBT 1 2024 PYQs

Concept: The Green Revolution in India was preceded by pilot programmes to raise farm output in selected districts.

1. The Intensive Agricultural District Programme (IADP) was launched in 1960–61 in 7 selected districts (e.g. West Godavari, Ludhiana) – the first such experimental programme.
2. It was followed by the Intensive Agricultural Area Programme (1964) and the High Yielding Varieties Programme (1966).
3. Operation Green (2018) is a recent scheme for tomato, onion and potato – not related.

Yaad rakhein: IADP (1960) → IAAP (1964) → HYVP (1966) → Green Revolution.

Answer: (A) Intensive Agricultural District Programme

Concept: Lok Adalats (Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987) settle disputes by compromise, so only compromisable matters can go there.

1. Civil disputes, matrimonial and family matters, and compoundable criminal offences can be settled.
2. Non-compoundable offences such as murder cannot be compromised, so they are outside a Lok Adalat.
3. Its award is final and binding; no appeal lies against it.

Yaad rakhein: Lok Adalat = settlement by compromise → only “compoundable” offences.

Answer: (C) Compoundable offences

Concept: A Gram Panchayat is headed by elected office-bearers and supported by a government-appointed secretary.

1. Every Gram Panchayat has an elected Sarpanch (President) and an Upsarpanch (Vice-President).
2. A Panchayat Secretary (government employee) maintains records and accounts.
3. There is no separately elected Treasurer post in Gram Panchayats.

Yaad rakhein: Elected posts: Sarpanch, Upsarpanch, Panch (members) – no elected treasurer.

Answer: (C) Elected Treasurer of the Panchayat

Concept: The 2025 FIFA Club World Cup was the first edition in the expanded 32-team format.

1. It was hosted by the United States from 14 June to 13 July 2025.
2. Chelsea won the title, beating Paris Saint-Germain in the final at MetLife Stadium.
3. Saudi Arabia will host the 2034 FIFA World Cup; Qatar hosted the 2022 World Cup.

Yaad rakhein: Club World Cup 2025 (USA) is a warm-up for FIFA World Cup 2026 (USA, Canada, Mexico).

Answer: (C) United States

Concept: A fluid pushes up on any body immersed in it.

1. This upward force is the buoyant force (upthrust).
2. By Archimedes’ principle it equals the weight of the fluid displaced.
3. Normal reaction acts between surfaces in contact; tension acts in strings – neither depends on displaced fluid.

Yaad rakhein: Displaced fluid → Archimedes → buoyancy.

Answer: (B) Buoyant force

Concept: India’s first commercial semiconductor fab was approved under the India Semiconductor Mission in 2024.

1. Tata Electronics with Taiwan’s PSMC is building the fab at Dholera, Gujarat.
2. Its foundation stone was laid in March 2024.
3. Gujarat also hosts Micron’s ATMP (assembly and test) unit at Sanand.

Yaad rakhein: Dholera (Gujarat) = first commercial fab; Sanand = Micron chip assembly.

Answer: (C) Gujarat

Concept: The Gold Monetisation Scheme (2015) had short-term bank deposits and medium/long-term government deposits.

1. The Government decided to discontinue the Medium-Term and Long-Term Government Deposit components from 26 March 2025.
2. The reason given was changing market conditions and the scheme’s performance.
3. The Short-Term Bank Deposit component can continue at the discretion of banks.

Yaad rakhein: GMS launched 2015; MLTGD stopped 26 March 2025.

Answer: (C) 26 March 2025

Concept: The Asian Productivity Organization (APO), Tokyo, is an intergovernmental body of Asia-Pacific economies; India is a founder member.

1. Its Governing Body Meeting (GBM) sets the future direction of APO’s work.
2. At the 67th GBM, members discussed building a Green Productivity 2.0 ecosystem – linking productivity growth with sustainability and climate goals.
3. The other options (Smart Cities, free trade agreements) are not APO initiatives.

Yaad rakhein: APO’s flagship theme = Green Productivity (GP 2.0).

Answer: (A) Green Productivity 2.0 Ecosystem

Concept: PowerPoint offers several views, each for a different job.

1. Slide Sorter View shows all slides as thumbnails, so you can drag to reorder, delete or duplicate slides and see the whole structure.
2. Normal View is for editing one slide; Slide Show View runs the presentation; Reading View plays it in a window.

Yaad rakhein: Sorter = sort/arrange slides.

Answer: (A) Slide Sorter View

Concept: File Explorer in Windows 11 lets you arrange items by name from the right-click (context) menu in any view.

1. Right-click an empty area of the folder → the menu shows Sort by and Group by options, each with Name.
2. Choosing Name arranges all files alphabetically (A–Z groups), and it works in every view, not only in Details view where column headers exist.
3. Ctrl + S is “Save”; dragging files manually cannot sort them.

Yaad rakhein: Right-click menu in Explorer = quick sort/group options.

Answer: (D) Right-click → Select Group by → Name

Concept: Goods and Services Tax (GST) replaced many central and state indirect taxes with one tax.

1. Introduced by the 101st Constitutional Amendment Act, 2016; came into force on 1 July 2017.
2. It subsumed excise duty, service tax, VAT, entry tax etc. – so those options are taxes it replaced, not the reform.

Yaad rakhein: One Nation, One Tax – GST, 1 July 2017.

Answer: (B) GST

Concept: The Bagh caves are rock-cut Buddhist caves famous for their murals, similar in style to Ajanta.

1. They lie on the Baghani river in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh.
2. There are nine caves (about 5th–6th century CE, Gupta period).
3. Ajanta and Ellora are in Maharashtra – the tempting wrong option.

Yaad rakhein: Bagh – Dhar (MP); Ajanta/Ellora – Aurangabad (Maharashtra).

Answer: (A) Madhya Pradesh

Concept: Yōko Ogawa is a celebrated Japanese novelist (author of “The Memory Police”).

1. She writes in Japanese; “Mina’s Matchbox” (original 2006) was translated into English by Stephen B. Snyder and released in August 2024.
2. Ōe, Murakami, Ogawa – all are Japanese writers.

Yaad rakhein: Yōko = a Japanese name; “The Memory Police” was shortlisted for the International Booker 2020.

Answer: (A) Japanese

Concept: RBI’s liquidity window for emergency overnight borrowing by banks is the Marginal Standing Facility.

1. Under MSF (since 2011) banks borrow overnight against government securities, even from their SLR quota.
2. The MSF rate is normally repo rate + 0.25 percentage point – higher than repo.
3. Standing Deposit Facility is for absorbing (not lending) liquidity.

Yaad rakhein: MSF = ceiling of the corridor; SDF = floor; repo in between.

Answer: (B) Marginal standing facility

Concept: A device is input if it sends data to the computer and output if it presents data from the computer.

1. A touchscreen displays visual information (output).
2. It also senses the user’s touch and sends touch signals to the computer (input).
3. It does not process or store data itself, and voice is not its role.

Yaad rakhein: Touchscreen = display (out) + touch sensor (in).

Answer: (B) It allows users to interact with visual data and sends touch signals to the computer.

Concept: The Hornbill Festival is Nagaland’s “festival of festivals”.

1. It is held every year from 1 to 10 December at Kisama Heritage Village near Kohima.
2. It showcases the culture of all the Naga tribes together, started by the state government in 2000.
3. Ao is just one Naga tribe; Garo (Meghalaya) and Mizo (Mizoram) belong to other states.

Yaad rakhein: Hornbill – Nagaland – all Naga tribes – 1–10 December.

Answer: (C) Naga

Concept: British journalist Valentine Chirol called Bal Gangadhar Tilak the “Father of Indian Unrest”.

1. Tilak, an Extremist leader, gave the slogan “Swaraj is my birthright and I shall have it”.
2. He ran the newspapers Kesari (Marathi) and Mahratta (English), and was called “Lokmanya”.
3. Gandhi is “Father of the Nation”, not “Father of Indian Unrest”.

Yaad rakhein: Chirol’s book “Indian Unrest” (1910) → Tilak.

Answer: (A) Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Concept: The Indian Coast Guard (under the Ministry of Defence) is headed by a Director General.

1. Paramesh Sivamani took charge as the 26th Director General of the Indian Coast Guard on 15 October 2024.
2. He succeeded Rakesh Pal, who died in August 2024.
3. Vijaya Rahatkar became Chairperson of the National Commission for Women in October 2024.

Yaad rakhein: Coast Guard DG (2024) = Paramesh Sivamani.

Answer: (C) Paramesh Sivamani

Concept: Article 75(5): a minister who is not a member of either House of Parliament for six consecutive months ceases to be a minister at the end of that period.

1. So a non-member can be a minister for at most six months.
2. Within that time he or she must get elected or nominated to Parliament; there is no extension by the PM or the President.

Yaad rakhein: Art. 75(5) for Union ministers; Art. 164(4) is the same rule for state ministers.

Answer: (A) The minister ceases to hold office.

Concept: Harshavardhana (606–647 CE) of the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty began at Thanesar but later ruled from Kannauj.

1. After his sister Rajyashri’s kingdom of Kannauj came under him, he shifted his capital to Kannauj.
2. Thanesar was the original seat of his dynasty – the tempting wrong option.
3. Hiuen Tsang visited his court; Banabhatta wrote Harshacharita.

Yaad rakhein: Pushyabhuti: Thanesar → Kannauj (Harsha’s capital).

Answer: (C) Kannauj