RRB NTPC Graduate CBT 1 2024 PYQs

Concept: Non-volatile memory keeps its data even when power is off.

1. ROM is non-volatile and stores firmware such as BIOS/UEFI boot instructions.
2. RAM, cache and registers are volatile – they lose data when power is switched off.

Yaad rakhein: ROM = Read Only, Remains On (keeps data).

Answer: (A) ROM

Concept: Part V, Chapter V of the Constitution deals with the Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

1. Article 148: the CAG is appointed by the President by warrant under his hand and seal.
2. Article 149 – duties and powers; Article 151 – audit reports.
3. Articles 145–147 concern Supreme Court rules and interpretation.

Yaad rakhein: 148 – appoint, 149 – powers, 150 – form of accounts, 151 – reports.

Answer: (D) Article 148

Concept: The heartbeat starts from a special patch of self-exciting tissue called the pacemaker.

1. The SA node, in the wall of the right atrium, fires impulses on its own (about 70–75 per minute).
2. The impulse then passes to the AV node, Bundle of His and Purkinje fibres, which only conduct it.
3. The AV node is called the 'secondary pacemaker' – it takes over only if the SA node fails.

Yaad rakhein: Pacemaker order: SA → AV → His → Purkinje (S comes first, so SA starts).

Answer: (B) Sinoatrial (SA) node

Concept: Khelo India's 'Creation and Upgradation of Sports Infrastructure' component funds stadiums, turfs, halls etc. in States/UTs.

1. As per data shared by the Sports Ministry in February 2025, 323 sports infrastructure projects have been sanctioned under Khelo India.
2. These projects are spread across States and UTs to build grassroots sports facilities.

Yaad rakhein: Khelo India launched 2017-18; infrastructure projects – think '3-2-3'.

Answer: (D) 323

Concept: The Moplah (Mappila) Uprising of 1921 was an armed revolt of Mappila Muslim peasants.

1. It broke out in the Malabar region – today part of Kerala.
2. It began in August 1921 against British rule and local (mostly Hindu) landlords, linked with the Khilafat movement.
3. Leaders included Variyankunnath Kunjahammed Haji and Ali Musliyar.

Yaad rakhein: Malabar Coast = Kerala; Malabar Rebellion = Kerala.

Answer: (B) Kerala

Concept: The Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) elects its President and Vice-President every year.

1. In February 2025, CA Prasanna Kumar D was elected Vice-President of ICAI for 2025-26.
2. CA Charanjot Singh Nanda was elected President for the same term – so option (D) is the President, not the VP.
3. V Anantha Nageswaran is the Chief Economic Adviser.

Yaad rakhein: ICAI 2025-26: President – Nanda, Vice-President – Prasanna Kumar D.

Answer: (C) Prasanna Kumar D

Concept: Processing means carrying out arithmetic, logic and control operations on data.

1. The CPU (Central Processing Unit) – with its ALU and Control Unit – processes data; it is called the brain of the computer.
2. RAM only holds data temporarily; FDD (floppy disk drive) and HDD (hard disk drive) are storage devices.

Yaad rakhein: Store = RAM/HDD/FDD; Process = CPU.

Answer: (C) CPU

Concept: After the Narasimham Committee (1991), RBI issued guidelines in 1993 allowing new private sector banks.

1. HDFC Bank was the first to receive RBI's in-principle approval (1994) to set up a private sector bank under the new policy.
2. UTI Bank (now Axis), ICICI Bank and IndusInd Bank followed in the same 1994-95 wave.
3. IndusInd started operations in 1994 too, but HDFC is recognised as the first approved new-generation private bank.

Yaad rakhein: New private banks of 1994 – 'HDFC first, then UTI-ICICI-IndusInd'.

Answer: (A) HDFC Bank

Concept: Namo Drone Didi is a Central Sector Scheme approved in 2023-24 (outlay ₹1261 crore) to give drones to women SHGs.

1. Statement 1 – correct: it empowers women-led SHGs to provide drone-based agri services (spraying fertiliser/pesticide).
2. Statement 3 – correct: SHGs earn extra income by renting drone services to farmers (15,000 SHGs targeted).
3. Statement 2 – wrong: it is implemented by the Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare (with Rural Development and Fertilisers), not MeitY.

Yaad rakhein: Drone Didi = agriculture scheme → Agriculture Ministry, not Electronics.

Answer: (A) Only 1 and 3

Concept: Srirangam Srinivasa Rao (Sri Sri, 1910–1983) was a revolutionary Telugu poet.

1. His landmark collection Maha Prasthanam is a classic of modern Telugu poetry.
2. He received the Sahitya Akademi Award (1972) for Sri Sri Sahityamu, a Telugu work.
3. He also wrote many Telugu film songs.

Yaad rakhein: Sri Sri – Maha Prasthanam – Telugu.

Answer: (D) Telugu

Concept: Each of India's borders with neighbours has a named line.

1. The Durand Line (1893, Sir Mortimer Durand) marks the Afghanistan–British India boundary; India's claimed border with Afghanistan lies along it (in PoK/Gilgit-Baltistan).
2. McMahon Line – India–China; Radcliffe Line – India–Pakistan; Line of Control – ceasefire line in J&K.

Yaad rakhein: Durand – Afghanistan; McMahon – China; Radcliffe – Pakistan & Bangladesh.

Answer: (C) Durand Line

Concept: RBI was set up on 1 April 1935 under the RBI Act, 1934.

1. Its central office was first in Calcutta.
2. It was permanently moved to Mumbai (Bombay) in 1937.
3. RBI was nationalised later, on 1 January 1949 – the tempting distractor.

Yaad rakhein: 1935 – set up (Kolkata); 1937 – Mumbai; 1949 – nationalised.

Answer: (D) 1937

Concept: Norwesters are violent evening thunderstorms of April–May, approaching from the north-west.

1. They occur in Eastern India – West Bengal, Odisha, Assam (and Bangladesh).
2. In Bengal they are called Kalbaisakhi ('calamity of Baisakh'); in Assam 'Bardoli Chheerha' (tea showers) – useful for tea, jute and rice.
3. Northern India has 'Loo'; South India has 'Mango showers'.

Yaad rakhein: Kal-Baisakhi = Bengal = East; Mango shower = South; Loo = North.

Answer: (B) Eastern India

Concept: Chandragupta II (Vikramaditya, c. 375–415 CE) ended Saka (Western Kshatrapa) rule in western India.

1. He defeated the last Western Kshatrapa ruler Rudrasimha III (c. 409 CE) and annexed Gujarat and Malwa.
2. This gave the Guptas access to western sea ports; he took the title 'Sakari' (destroyer of Sakas).
3. Rudradaman I (Junagadh inscription) and Nahapana belong to earlier centuries.

Yaad rakhein: Chandragupta II = Sakari = victory over Rudrasimha III.

Answer: (C) Rudrasimha III

Concept: The Ramakrishna Mission was founded on 1 May 1897 at Belur (near Kolkata).

1. It was started by Swami Vivekananda in the name of his guru Ramakrishna Paramhansa.
2. Ramakrishna himself died in 1886, so he could not found it – the tempting wrong option.
3. Its motto: 'Atmano mokshartham jagat hitaya cha'.

Yaad rakhein: Guru's name, disciple's foundation: Ramakrishna → Vivekananda (1897).

Answer: (D) Swami Vivekananda

Concept: SpaceX's Fram2 (launched 31 March/1 April 2025) was the first human spaceflight in a polar orbit.

1. Its Crew Dragon flew directly over the North and South poles – the first crew to see Earth's polar regions from orbit.
2. It was commanded and funded by crypto entrepreneur Chun Wang and named after the Norwegian polar ship 'Fram'.

Yaad rakhein: Fram = famous polar ship → Fram2 = polar orbit crew mission.

Answer: (D) Fram2

Concept: Sectors: Primary – extracting natural resources; Secondary – manufacturing/industry; Tertiary – services.

1. Construction converts raw materials into buildings and infrastructure – it is an industrial activity.
2. Hence it is classified (with manufacturing, electricity-gas-water supply) in the Secondary sector.
3. Tertiary covers trade, transport, banking etc.; Quaternary is knowledge services.

Yaad rakhein: Secondary = MECE: Manufacturing, Electricity, Construction (+ water/gas).

Answer: (C) Secondary

Concept: NITI Aayog's discussion paper 'Multidimensional Poverty in India since 2005-06' (January 2024) estimated that 24.82 crore people escaped multidimensional poverty between 2013-14 and 2022-23.

1. Uttar Pradesh recorded the largest number – about 5.94 crore people.
2. Bihar (3.77 crore) was second, followed by Madhya Pradesh (2.30 crore) and Rajasthan (1.87 crore).

Yaad rakhein: Order: UP > Bihar > MP > Rajasthan (5.94, 3.77, 2.30, 1.87 crore).

Answer: (B) Uttar Pradesh

Concept: A laboratory thermometer measures temperatures of substances in experiments, so it needs a wide range.

1. Its usual range is −10 °C to 110 °C.
2. A clinical thermometer has a narrow range of 35 °C to 42 °C (94 °F to 108 °F) – option (D).
3. 32 °F to 212 °F (= 0 °C to 100 °C) are just water's freezing and boiling points.

Yaad rakhein: Lab = −10 to 110 °C; Clinical = 35 to 42 °C.

Answer: (A) -10°C to 110°C

Concept: Wet farming means growing water-loving crops (rice, jute, sugarcane) in high-rainfall or irrigated areas.

1. It is typically practised on alluvial soil of the Indo-Gangetic plains and deltas, which is fertile and holds water well.
2. Black soil suits dry farming of cotton; red and laterite soils are less fertile and porous.

Yaad rakhein: Wet farming → rice → alluvial plains/deltas; cotton → black soil.

Answer: (B) Alluvial soil