RRB NTPC Graduate CBT 1 2024 PYQs

Concept: The Department of Space comes under the Prime Minister, with a Minister of State handling it day to day.

1. In January 2025, Union MoS (Independent Charge) for Science & Technology and MoS in PMO/Department of Space Dr. Jitendra Singh chaired a high-level review of ISRO's 2025 missions (including Gaganyaan-related flights).
2. Dr. V Narayanan was the newly appointed ISRO Chairman who presented the plans; Dr. S Somanath was the outgoing chairman.

Yaad rakhein: Review chaired by the Minister (Jitendra Singh); missions presented by ISRO Chairman.

Answer: (C) Dr. Jitendra Singh

Concept: The European Political Community (EPC) is a forum of about 47 European leaders, started in 2022.

1. Its 5th summit was held in Budapest, Hungary on 7 November 2024, during Hungary's EU Council presidency.
2. Earlier summits: Prague (2022), Chișinău and Granada (2023), Blenheim Palace, UK (July 2024).

Yaad rakhein: Nov 2024 EPC → Hungary held the EU presidency → Budapest.

Answer: (C) Budapest

Concept: The Quick Access Toolbar of Office 2019 shows Save, Undo and Redo/Repeat icons.

1. The floppy-disk icon is Save (shortcut Ctrl + S) – it quickly saves changes to the current presentation.
2. The page icon is New, the curved left arrow is Undo (Ctrl + Z) and the circular arrow is Redo/Repeat (Ctrl + Y).

Yaad rakhein: Floppy disk = Save, in every Office app.

Answer: (B) the floppy-disk (Save) icon

Concept: A thermometric property is a measurable physical quantity that changes regularly and reproducibly with temperature.

1. Pressure of a gas (constant-volume gas thermometer), electrical resistance (platinum resistance thermometer) and length/volume expansion (mercury, bimetal) are standard thermometric properties.
2. Colour of a substance is not a reliable, uniformly varying measurable property, so it is not used as a thermometric property.

Yaad rakhein: Thermometers exist for gas pressure, resistance and expansion – none uses 'colour of a substance'.

Answer: (B) Colour of a substance

Concept: Colonial neglect of health left India with very poor demographic indicators in 1947.

1. Life expectancy at independence was only about 32 years.
2. Infant mortality was extremely high (around 218 per thousand), and famines and epidemics were common.
3. Today life expectancy is about 70 years, so 55–65 years cannot be the 1947 figure.

Yaad rakhein: 1947 life expectancy ≈ 32 years (NCERT Indian Economic Development).

Answer: (C) 30-32 years

Concept: Harshavardhana (606–647 CE) belonged to the Pushyabhuti (Vardhana) dynasty.

1. The dynasty's original seat was Thanesar (Sthanvishvara) in present-day Haryana.
2. Harsha later shifted his capital to Kannauj; his life is described in Banabhatta's Harshacharita.

Yaad rakhein: Harsha: Thanesar → Kannauj; Banabhatta; Hiuen Tsang visited his court.

Answer: (A) Thanesar

Concept: DFCCIL builds and operates the Dedicated Freight Corridors (Eastern and Western DFC).

1. It was incorporated on 30 October 2006 as a Special Purpose Vehicle under the Companies Act, 1956, under the Ministry of Railways.
2. The Companies Act, 2013 came later, so it cannot be the incorporating Act.

Yaad rakhein: Incorporated in 2006 → only the 1956 Act existed then.

Answer: (D) Companies Act, 1956

Concept: Land-record computerisation is a component of the Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP), run by the Department of Land Resources.

1. As of March 2025, records of rights had been computerised in about 6.25 lakh villages – over 95% of India's villages.
2. Other DILRMP components include digitisation of cadastral maps and ULPIN (Bhu-Aadhaar).

Yaad rakhein: DILRMP → about 6.25 lakh villages (95%+) computerised.

Answer: (D) 6.25 lakh

Concept: National Space Day is observed on 23 August every year.

1. On 23 August 2023, Chandrayaan-3's Vikram lander soft-landed near the lunar south pole, making India the first country to land there.
2. The landing point was named 'Shiv Shakti Point'; the first National Space Day was celebrated on 23 August 2024.

Yaad rakhein: 23 August = Chandrayaan-3 landing = National Space Day.

Answer: (A) The successful landing of Chandrayaan-3 on the Moon

Concept: Population density is lowest where relief, climate and accessibility are harsh.

1. The Ladakh region of the northern Himalayas is a cold desert with high altitude, rugged terrain and very poor connectivity – Ladakh has the lowest population density in India.
2. The Ganga basin and coastal Andhra Pradesh have fertile plains and are densely populated.

Yaad rakhein: Physical barriers + cold desert → Ladakh is the least populated.

Answer: (B) Northern Himalayas (Ladakh region)

Concept: ASCII assigns decimal codes to characters: uppercase A–Z = 65–90, lowercase a–z = 97–122.

1. 'A' = 65, so 'B' = 66.
2. 97 is lowercase 'a' and 90 is uppercase 'Z'.

Yaad rakhein: Uppercase letter code = 64 + alphabet position; lowercase = uppercase + 32.

Answer: (C) $66$

Concept: Article 394 lists the provisions that came into force on the day the Constitution was adopted.

1. Citizenship (Articles 5–9), elections, provisional Parliament, temporary provisions and short title came into force on 26 November 1949.
2. The rest of the Constitution came into force on 26 January 1950.

Yaad rakhein: Art. 394 → Arts. 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 60, 324, 366, 367, 379, 380, 388, 391, 392, 393 effective from 26 Nov 1949.

Answer: (C) November 26, 1949

Concept: The Thar (Great Indian Desert) lies in north-western India and eastern Pakistan.

1. The Indian part covers roughly 1,70,000 km², about 85% of the whole desert, mostly in western Rajasthan.
2. The whole desert including Pakistan is about 2,00,000 km², which is the tempting wrong option.

Yaad rakhein: Whole Thar ≈ 2 lakh km²; Indian share (≈ 85%) ≈ 1.7 lakh km².

Answer: (D) 1,70,000 km²

Concept: The Sanyasi (and Fakir) Rebellion took place in Bengal in the late 18th century (c. 1763–1800).

1. Its immediate cause was the British restriction on pilgrims – both Hindu sanyasis and Muslim fakirs – visiting holy places, along with taxes on them.
2. The great Bengal famine of 1770 and harsh revenue policies added to the anger; Bankim Chandra's Anandamath is based on it.
3. Chota Nagpur Tenancy Act (1908) relates to the Munda (Birsa) movement, not this rebellion.

Yaad rakhein: Sanyasi revolt → pilgrims restricted → Anandamath.

Answer: (A) Restrictions imposed by the British upon pilgrims visiting holy places among both Hindus and Muslims

Concept: Pithora is a ritual wall painting of the Rathwa and Bhil tribes of central Gujarat (Chhota Udaipur) and western Madhya Pradesh.

1. The paintings are made on house walls to honour the deity Baba Pithora, usually for thanksgiving or fulfilment of a wish.
2. They are painted by trained male painters called Lakhara (Lekhindra), under the guidance of the priest (Badwa).

Yaad rakhein: Pithora: painter = Lakhara, priest = Badwa, tribe = Rathwa.

Answer: (A) Lakhara

Concept: A balanced diet supplies all nutrients – carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, roughage and water – in the right proportions.

1. Fats are needed for energy and absorption of vitamins A, D, E, K, so excluding them is wrong.
2. Only fruits and vegetables, or mainly carbohydrates, would cause deficiencies (e.g., of protein).

Yaad rakhein: 'Balanced' = all nutrients in proper amount – not 'only' or 'mainly' one group.

Answer: (A) It contains all nutrients in appropriate proportions.

Concept: One Nation One Subscription (ONOS) was approved by the Union Cabinet in November 2024 with an outlay of about ₹6,000 crore for 2025–27.

1. It gives researchers in government higher-education and R&D institutions access to about 13,000 e-journals of 30 major international publishers – Statement 1 is correct.
2. INFLIBNET (an inter-university centre of UGC) is the central agency that coordinates the national subscription and access; the funding is provided centrally by the Department of Higher Education, so Statement 2 does not describe its role.

Yaad rakhein: ONOS → 13,000 journals, 30 publishers, INFLIBNET coordinates access.

Answer: (A) Only 1

Concept: The University Grants Commission (statutory body under the UGC Act, 1956) has its head office in New Delhi.

1. In Delhi it functions from 3 offices: the head office at Bahadur Shah Zafar Marg and two additional bureaus (35 Feroze Shah Road and the South Campus of the University of Delhi).
2. Besides these, UGC has six regional offices (Pune, Hyderabad, Kolkata, Bhopal, Guwahati and Bengaluru).

Yaad rakhein: UGC: 3 offices in Delhi + 6 regional offices.

Answer: (D) $3$

Concept: In Hyderabad State, 'Mulki' meant a native/local person and 'Non-Mulki' an outsider.

1. Anglo-Indian bureaucrats and officials brought from outside (North India, Madras etc.) into princely-state service were called Non-Mulkis.
2. The Mulki agitation demanded that government jobs go to Mulkis rather than these outsiders.
3. Zamindars and Jagirdars were land-holding classes, not bureaucrats.

Yaad rakhein: Mulki = local; Non-Mulki = outsider official.

Answer: (A) Non-Mulkis

Concept: The First Schedule lists the names of the States and Union Territories and their territorial extent.

1. It is linked to Article 1 (India, a Union of States; territory of India) and Article 4 (laws under Articles 2 and 3 to amend the First Schedule).
2. Article 2 is about admitting new states – it is not the article that refers to the Schedule directly, which is why option D is wrong; the Second Schedule deals with salaries/emoluments.

Yaad rakhein: 1st Schedule ↔ Articles 1 and 4; 4th Schedule ↔ Rajya Sabha seats (Articles 4 and 80).

Answer: (C) First Schedule – Articles 1 and 4