RRB NTPC Graduate CBT 1 2024 PYQs

Concept: Causes of 1857 included annexation policies, social interference and military grievances.

1. Doctrine of Lapse (Dalhousie) annexed states like Satara, Jhansi, Nagpur — a major political cause.
2. Greased cartridges of the Enfield rifle were the immediate cause; the gap between rulers and ruled added to discontent.
3. The British did not favour sati or female infanticide — they abolished sati (1829) and legalised widow remarriage (1856). So option (B) is not a valid cause as stated.

Yaad rakhein: Social reforms by the British (against sati, for widow remarriage) were resented — but the British never favoured sati.

Answer: (B) Policies of British favouring sati, female infanticide and widow re-marriage

Concept: Poona Pact (24 Sept 1932) ended Gandhi's fast in Yerwada Jail against separate electorates for Depressed Classes.

1. It was signed by Pt. Madan Mohan Malaviya on behalf of Gandhi/caste Hindus and by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar for the Depressed Classes.
2. It replaced separate electorates (Communal Award) with reserved seats in joint electorates.

Yaad rakhein: Poona Pact = Malaviya + Ambedkar; Gandhi was in Yerwada Jail.

Answer: (B) Pt. Madan Mohan Malviya

Concept: Panchayati Raj (73rd Amendment, 1992) has three tiers: village, block (intermediate) and district.

1. Village Panchayat (Gram Panchayat) is the local self-government at the village level.
2. Panchayat Samiti works at the block level; Zila Parishad at the district level; municipal corporations are urban bodies.

Yaad rakhein: Gram → Block (Samiti) → Zila (Parishad).

Answer: (B) Local government at the village level

Concept: PM E-DRIVE (PM Electric Drive Revolution in Innovative Vehicle Enhancement, 2024) gives demand incentives for e-2Ws, e-3Ws, e-trucks, e-ambulances and e-buses.

1. For three-wheelers, demand incentives are meant for vehicles registered for commercial use; e-trucks get incentives linked to scrapping certificates.
2. Hence electric three-wheelers bought for personal use are not eligible.

Yaad rakhein: E-DRIVE 3-wheeler subsidy = commercial (public transport/goods) use.

Answer: (B) Electric three-wheelers used for personal use

Concept: The 103rd Constitutional Amendment Act, 2019 inserted Articles 15(6) and 16(6).

1. It allows up to 10% reservation for Economically Weaker Sections in education and government jobs.
2. This is over and above existing SC/ST/OBC reservation; upheld in Janhit Abhiyan case (2022).

Yaad rakhein: 103rd Amendment = 10% EWS.

Answer: (D) 10%

Concept: The New Public Sector Enterprise Policy for Atmanirbhar Bharat was announced in Union Budget 2021-22.

1. It was notified in February 2021 by DIPAM/Department of Expenditure.
2. It divides sectors into strategic (bare minimum PSEs) and non-strategic (to be privatised or closed).

Yaad rakhein: Atmanirbhar PSE Policy = 2021 (Budget 2021-22).

Answer: (B) 2021

Concept: IIP measures short-term changes in the volume of industrial production (base year 2011-12).

1. It is compiled by NSO under MoSPI and released monthly, around the 28th, with about a six-week lag.
2. It covers mining, manufacturing and electricity.

Yaad rakhein: IIP and CPI — monthly; GDP — quarterly.

Answer: (A) Monthly

Concept: The Maclagan Committee on Co-operation (1914–15) reviewed the co-operative movement in India.

1. It was headed by Sir Edward Maclagan and reported in 1915, recommending a three-tier co-operative credit structure.
2. Simon (1927) dealt with constitutional reforms; Curzon and Irwin were Viceroys.

Yaad rakhein: Co-operatives 1915 = Maclagan.

Answer: (D) Sir Edward Maclagan

Concept: Penicillin, discovered by Alexander Fleming in 1928 from the mould Penicillium notatum, was the first true antibiotic.

1. It kills bacteria and made bacterial infections curable, starting the antibiotic era.
2. It is not a painkiller or a stain, and is widely used in humans.

Yaad rakhein: Fleming – 1928 – Penicillium – first antibiotic.

Answer: (B) It began the antibiotic era.

Concept: Michaelis–Menten equation: $v=\frac{V_{max}[S]}{K_m+[S]}$.

1. Put $[S]=K_m$: $v=\frac{V_{max}{K}_m}{2K_m}=\frac{V_{max}}{2}$.
2. So $K_m$ is the substrate concentration at which the rate is half of $V_{max}$; low $K_m$ means high affinity.

Yaad rakhein: $K_m$ = substrate concentration at half-maximum velocity.

Answer: (A) The substrate concentration at which the reaction rate is half of Vmax

Concept: WSDS is TERI's flagship annual summit on sustainable development.

1. The 24th edition was held on 5–7 March 2025 in New Delhi.
2. Its theme was "Partnerships for Accelerating Sustainable Development and Climate Solutions".

Yaad rakhein: WSDS = TERI = New Delhi.

Answer: (B) New Delhi, India

Concept: The Himalayas form an arc: they run northwest to southeast in Jammu & Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand, roughly east–west through Nepal and Sikkim, and turn to run southwest to northeast in Arunachal Pradesh.

1. In Arunachal Pradesh the correct alignment is southwest to northeast.
2. (A) "Southwest to northwest" is not this direction (it does not even describe one straight trend); (B) north–south and (C) northwest–southeast do not match; (D) east–west fits the central part, not Arunachal.
3. So no option is correct as printed.
4. If option (A) had read "Southwest to northeast", it would be correct.

Note: Himalayan trend: NW–SE in the west, E–W in the middle, SW–NE in Arunachal. In the exam, every candidate gets full marks (bonus) for such a question.

Answer: Bonus – no option is correct as printed; full marks to all.

Concept: The Right to Be Forgotten flows from the right to privacy under Article 21 (Puttaswamy, 2017).

1. In November 2024 the Delhi High Court, in a matrimonial-dispute case, allowed the petitioners to approach online platforms and search engines to mask their names/identities.
2. It did not reject the right, nor order names to stay public.

Yaad rakhein: Right to Be Forgotten = part of privacy (Art. 21).

Answer: (C) The Court permitted the petitioner to approach online platforms and search engines to mask their identities.

Concept: GHI categories: low, moderate, serious, alarming, extremely alarming.

1. In GHI 2024 India scored 27.3 and ranked 105th of 127 countries.
2. A score of 20.0–34.9 falls in the "serious" category.

Yaad rakhein: India GHI 2024: 105th, 27.3, Serious.

Answer: (A) Serious

Concept: Tamil Nadu coast lies in the rain-shadow of the Western Ghats for the southwest monsoon.

1. It receives some rain in June–September from the southwest monsoon.
2. Most of its rain (October–December) comes from the northeast (retreating) monsoon.
3. Gujarat, Maharashtra and Bihar get rain mainly from the southwest monsoon.

Yaad rakhein: Coromandel coast / Tamil Nadu = winter (NE monsoon) rainfall.

Answer: (A) Tamil Nadu

Concept: Gorakhpur (Uttar Pradesh) is developing India's first Integrated Waste Management City-cum-Learning Centre.

1. It is being built at Sutani in Gorakhpur by the Gorakhpur Municipal Corporation, targeted for completion by September 2025.
2. It aims at scientific processing of all waste to make the city garbage-free.

Yaad rakhein: First integrated waste city = Gorakhpur (UP).

Answer: (C) Gorakhpur

Concept: CCPI is published annually by Germanwatch, NewClimate Institute and CAN International.

1. In CCPI 2025 (released at COP29, Nov 2024) India ranked 10th, staying among high performers.
2. The first three ranks were left vacant; Denmark was 4th.

Yaad rakhein: CCPI 2025: India 10th (CCPI 2024: 7th).

Answer: (B) ${10}^{th}$

Concept: Directive Principles of State Policy are in Part IV (Articles 36–51).

1. Article 38: State to secure a social order for the promotion of welfare of the people (social, economic, political justice).
2. Art. 37 – DPSPs not justiciable; Art. 39 – principles of policy (livelihood, equal pay); Art. 40 – village panchayats.

Yaad rakhein: 38 = Welfare State; 40 = Panchayats.

Answer: (C) Article 38

Concept: Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) uses quantum properties of light to share encryption keys that cannot be intercepted unnoticed.

1. In 2025, Sterlite Technologies Limited (STL) and the Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT) successfully tested India's first QKD transmission over STL's optical fibre.
2. C-DOT is the telecom R&D centre of the Department of Telecommunications; C-DAC is the computing body under MeitY, so it is the tempting wrong option.

Yaad rakhein: QKD + telecom fibre → telecom lab → C-DOT.

Answer: (A) Centre for Development of Telematics (C-DOT)

Concept: India expands its diplomatic presence abroad through embassies and consulates.

1. In November 2024, External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar inaugurated India's new Consulate General in Brisbane (Queensland).
2. India already had consulates in Sydney, Melbourne and Perth, so Brisbane became the 4th.

Yaad rakhein: Sydney, Melbourne, Perth already existed → the new one is Brisbane.

Answer: (B) Brisbane