RRB NTPC Graduate CBT 1 2024 PYQs

Concept: Articles 74 and 75: the Council of Ministers is headed by the Prime Minister and has three ranks.

1. The three categories are Cabinet Ministers, Ministers of State and Deputy Ministers.
2. Parliamentary Secretaries are not members of the Council of Ministers; they only assist ministers in parliamentary work.

Yaad rakhein: Council of Ministers = Cabinet + MoS + Deputy Ministers (3 tiers only).

Answer: (B) Parliamentary Secretaries

Concept: President's Rule (Article 356) is imposed when a state's government cannot be carried on as per the Constitution.

1. Manipur had seen ethnic violence between the Meitei and Kuki-Zo communities since May 2023.
2. Chief Minister N. Biren Singh resigned on 9 February 2025, and President's Rule was imposed in Manipur on 13 February 2025, with the Assembly kept in suspended animation.

Yaad rakhein: Ethnic violence + CM resignation → Manipur → Article 356.

Answer: (D) Manipur

Concept: Literacy rate (Census 2011) is calculated for the population aged 7 years and above.

1. India's overall literacy rate in 2011: $74.04\%$.
2. Male literacy $82.14\%$, female literacy $65.46\%$; Kerala highest, Bihar lowest.

Yaad rakhein: 2011 literacy → 74.04 (male 82, female 65).

Answer: (A) $74.04\%$

Concept: The Home Rule Leagues (1916) demanded self-government within the British Empire, on the Irish model.

1. Bal Gangadhar Tilak founded his Home Rule League at Belgaum in April 1916.
2. Annie Besant started the All India Home Rule League at Madras in September 1916.
3. Gandhi and Gokhale were not its founders (Gokhale died in 1915).

Yaad rakhein: Home Rule = Tilak (April 1916) + Annie Besant (Sept 1916).

Answer: (B) Annie Besant and Bal Gangadhar Tilak

Concept: The Portuguese first based their Indian trade at Cochin, then shifted the capital to Goa.

1. Afonso de Albuquerque captured Goa from the Bijapur Sultanate in 1510.
2. In 1530, under Governor Nino da Cunha, Goa officially became the capital of the Portuguese commercial empire in India.
3. 1510 (capture) is often confused with 1530 (capital).

Yaad rakhein: 1510 – Goa captured; 1530 – Goa made capital.

Answer: (C) 1530

Concept: Writs are issued by the Supreme Court (Art. 32) and High Courts (Art. 226).

1. Habeas Corpus ('to have the body') orders a detained person to be produced before the court, protecting personal liberty under Article 21.
2. Mandamus commands a public official to do a duty; Certiorari and Prohibition are against lower courts/tribunals.

Yaad rakhein: Illegal detention → Habeas Corpus.

Answer: (B) Habeas Corpus

Concept: Article 85: the President summons each House from time to time.

1. The gap between two sessions cannot exceed six months.
2. Hence Parliament must meet at least twice a year (in practice three sessions: Budget, Monsoon, Winter).
3. Summoning is done on the advice of the Council of Ministers, not at pure discretion.

Yaad rakhein: Art. 85 → max 6-month gap ⇒ minimum 2 sessions a year.

Answer: (A) The President may summon the Parliament at least twice a year.

Concept: Digha is a seaside town in Purba Medinipur district of West Bengal.

1. On 30 April 2025 (Akshaya Tritiya), West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee inaugurated the newly built Jagannath Temple (Jagannath Dham) at Digha, modelled on the Puri temple.
2. Odisha is the tempting option because of the original Jagannath Temple at Puri, but Digha is not in Odisha.

Yaad rakhein: Puri = Odisha; Digha = West Bengal.

Answer: (B) West Bengal

Concept: Ashokan pillars are monolithic columns of the Mauryan period (3rd century BCE).

1. They were carved from single blocks of Chunar sandstone and given a mirror-like 'Mauryan polish'.
2. Famous capital: the Lion Capital of Sarnath (National Emblem). Iron is wrong – the Delhi iron pillar is Gupta-period.

Yaad rakhein: Ashoka pillar = Chunar sandstone + Mauryan polish.

Answer: (A) They were largely made of stone.

Concept: The Aligarh Movement was led by Sir Syed Ahmad Khan in the late 19th century.

1. Its main aim was spreading modern Western scientific education among Indian Muslims.
2. He founded the Muhammadan Anglo-Oriental College at Aligarh in 1875 (Aligarh Muslim University from 1920).

Yaad rakhein: Sir Syed → MAO College 1875 → modern education for Muslims.

Answer: (D) Modern Education among Muslims

Concept: Ctrl + M is the 'New Slide' shortcut in PowerPoint.

1. It inserts a new slide after the current one, using the same layout as the current/previous slide (e.g. Title and Content).
2. Ctrl + D duplicates a slide; the Slide Master is opened from View → Slide Master.

Trick: Ctrl + M = New slide (M for 'More slide'); Ctrl + D = Duplicate.

Answer: (A) A new slide is inserted with the same layout as the previous slide.

Concept: G20 presidency rotates; South Africa held it from 1 December 2024.

1. The 2025 G20 Leaders' Summit was held in Johannesburg, South Africa (November 2025) – the first G20 summit on the African continent.
2. Previous hosts: India (New Delhi, 2023), Brazil (Rio, 2024).

Yaad rakhein: 2023 India → 2024 Brazil → 2025 South Africa.

Answer: (D) South Africa

Concept: The Narmada rises at Amarkantak (Madhya Pradesh) in the Maikal range.

1. The Maikal range forms the eastern part of the Satpura system, so the source is attributed to the Satpura hills.
2. The Narmada then flows west in a rift valley between the Vindhyas (north) and Satpuras (south) into the Gulf of Khambhat.

Yaad rakhein: Narmada: Amarkantak (Maikal–Satpura) → rift valley → Gulf of Khambhat.

Answer: (B) Satpura

Concept: Free legal aid is a Directive Principle under Article 39A.

1. NALSA was constituted under the Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987, and became functional in 1995.
2. The Act also gives statutory status to Lok Adalats; the Chief Justice of India is NALSA's Patron-in-Chief.
3. There is no 'Public Interest Litigation Act'.

Yaad rakhein: NALSA → LSA Act 1987 → Art. 39A.

Answer: (A) Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987

Concept: Physical quantities are measured in base (fundamental) units and derived units.

1. The complete set of base and derived units is called a system of units, e.g. SI, CGS, MKS, FPS.
2. SI has 7 base units (metre, kilogram, second, ampere, kelvin, mole, candela); units like newton and joule are derived.

Yaad rakhein: Base + derived = system of units (SI has 7 base units).

Answer: (A) System of units

Concept: DGQI is a self-assessment index run by DMEO (NITI Aayog) to rate data systems of ministries and departments.

1. In DGQI 2.0 for Q4 of 2023-24, the Department of Rural Development scored 4.93 out of 5.
2. The index scores data generation, quality, use, analysis and dissemination of central schemes.

Yaad rakhein: DGQI → NITI Aayog's DMEO; Rural Development → 4.93 out of 5 (Q4 2023-24).

Answer: (D) 4.93 out of 5

Concept: India's coastline is shared by coastal States and Union Territories (including island UTs).

1. As per MHA Annual Report 2022-23: 9 coastal States – Gujarat, Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha, West Bengal.
2. 4 UTs – Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Puducherry, Lakshadweep, Andaman & Nicobar Islands.

Yaad rakhein: 9 + 4: after the 2020 merger of DNH and Daman & Diu, the coastal UTs became 4.

Answer: (D) 9 States and 4 Union Territories

Concept: Rugged relief, steep slopes and dense forests limit settlement and farming.

1. Arunachal Pradesh is mountainous (Eastern Himalaya) and has the lowest population density in India (about 17 persons per sq km, Census 2011).
2. Tamil Nadu, Odisha and Gujarat have large plains and coasts with much higher density.

Yaad rakhein: Lowest density state → Arunachal Pradesh (hilly terrain).

Answer: (C) Arunachal Pradesh

Concept: The Tab key is a navigation/formatting key.

1. In text it moves the cursor to the next tab stop (indent); in forms and dialog boxes it moves focus to the next field.
2. Backspace/Delete remove text; Alt + F4 closes the active application.

Trick: Tab → next field / tab stop; Shift + Tab → previous field.

Answer: (C) To shift the cursor to the next field or tab position

Concept: Mendeleev arranged elements by increasing atomic mass and similar properties.

1. Where no known element fitted, he left gaps and predicted undiscovered elements such as eka-aluminium (gallium), eka-silicon (germanium) and eka-boron (scandium).
2. Their later discovery with predicted properties proved his table right.

Yaad rakhein: Gaps = predictions: eka-Al → Ga, eka-Si → Ge, eka-B → Sc.

Answer: (A) For undiscovered elements