RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT 1 2024 PYQs

Concept: The World Press Freedom Index is published every year by Reporters Without Borders (RSF), Paris.

1. Norway topped the 2025 index – its ninth straight year at number one.
2. Estonia and the Netherlands followed; India was ranked 151st.

Yaad rakhein: Press Freedom No. 1 → Norway (again).

Answer: (B) Norway

Concept: Lakhwar Multipurpose Project is a dam on the Yamuna river near Lohari village, Dehradun district.

1. It is in Uttarakhand and will supply irrigation and drinking water to six States of the Upper Yamuna basin and generate about 300 MW of power.
2. UP, Rajasthan etc. only share its water; the project itself is located in Uttarakhand.

Yaad rakhein: Lakhwar–Vyasi on the Yamuna → Uttarakhand.

Answer: (D) Uttarakhand

Concept: Globalisation means integrating the national economy with the world economy through free flow of goods, services, capital and technology.

1. After 1991 multinational companies such as Amazon and Apple entered and expanded in India – a clear example of globalisation.
2. Bank nationalisation (1969 and 1980) and licensing for all businesses belong to the pre-1991 controlled economy; closure of ports is the opposite of globalisation.

Yaad rakhein: MNC entry = globalisation; nationalisation/licence raj = pre-1991.

Answer: (C) Entry of multinational companies like Amazon and Apple

Concept: Charter Acts renewed the East India Company's charter every 20 years and changed its powers.

1. The Charter Act of 1813 ended the Company's trade monopoly with India (except trade in tea and with China).
2. The Charter Act of 1833 ended even those remaining monopolies and made the Company a purely administrative body.

Yaad rakhein: 1813 → India trade monopoly ends; 1833 → all trade ends.

Answer: (D) Charter Act of 1813

Concept: BIMSTEC (written "BIMTEC" in the question) is a 7-member regional group of Bay of Bengal countries; the chair hosts the summit.

1. Thailand, as chair, hosted the 6th BIMSTEC Summit in Bangkok on 4 April 2025.
2. The summit adopted the Bangkok Vision 2030; Bangladesh took over the chairmanship next.

Yaad rakhein: 6th BIMSTEC → Thailand (Bangkok), April 2025.

Answer: (B) Thailand

Concept: Self-induction is the production of an induced emf in a coil when the current in the same coil changes.

1. Changing current → changing magnetic flux through the coil itself → back emf $\epsilon =-L\frac{dI}{dt}$ ($L$ = self-inductance, unit henry).
2. Emf in a coil due to current change in a nearby coil is mutual induction (option A).

Yaad rakhein: Self = own current; Mutual = neighbour's current.

Answer: (C) Induction of EMF in a coil due to a change in its own current

Concept: Operation Sindoor (7 May 2025) was India's strike on terror camps in Pakistan and PoK after the Pahalgam attack.

1. The official media briefings were led by Colonel Sofiya Qureshi (Army) and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh (IAF), along with Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri.
2. Their briefings were noted as a strong message of women's role in the armed forces.

Yaad rakhein: Sindoor briefing → two women officers: Col. Sofiya Qureshi & Wg Cdr Vyomika Singh.

Answer: (D) Colonel Sofiya Qureshi and Wing Commander Vyomika Singh

Concept: Fractional distillation separates a mixture of liquids whose boiling points are different, using a fractionating column.

1. Crude oil is heated; fractions such as petroleum gas, petrol, kerosene, diesel and lubricating oil condense at different heights of the column.
2. Heavy, high-boiling fractions like lubricating oil are separated by the same process (done under reduced pressure).
3. Filtration, sublimation and extraction cannot separate such liquids.

Yaad rakhein: Petroleum refining = fractional distillation.

Answer: (D) Fractional distillation

Concept: Each Veda has an Upaveda (subsidiary knowledge).

1. Rigveda – Ayurveda; Yajurveda – Dhanurveda; Samaveda – Gandharvaveda; Atharvaveda – Shilpaveda (Arthashastra by some).
2. Gandharvaveda deals with music and dance – fitting, because the Samaveda is the Veda of melodies (chants).

Yaad rakhein: Sama = music → Gandharva (music).

Answer: (C) Samaveda

Concept: The Indian Ocean Conference is organised by India Foundation with partner countries to discuss Indian Ocean cooperation.

1. The 8th Indian Ocean Conference was held in Muscat, Oman on 16–17 February 2025.
2. Its theme was "Voyage to New Horizons of Maritime Partnership"; External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar addressed it.

Yaad rakhein: Muscat 2025 → "Voyage to New Horizons".

Answer: (C) Voyage to New Horizons of Maritime Partnership

Concept: Precision agriculture robots use cameras and AI to spot diseased plants and spray pesticide only where it is needed.

1. Researchers of IIT Kharagpur developed such an agricultural robot that detects plant diseases and applies pesticides precisely.
2. Targeted spraying cuts chemical use, cost and harm to the environment and farm workers.

Yaad rakhein: Agri-robot for disease detection → IIT Kharagpur.

Answer: (D) Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur (IIT-KGP)

Concept: The Kherwar (Sapha Har) movement was a Santhal reform-and-revolt movement of the 1870s in the Santhal Parganas.

1. It was led by Bhagirath Manjhi, who called for a return to the "golden age" of tribal self-rule and opposed revenue settlement.
2. Sidhu Murmu led the Santhal Hul (1855), Birsa Munda the Ulgulan (1899–1900) and Tilka Manjhi the earlier revolt of 1784.

Yaad rakhein: Kherwar → Bhagirath; Hul → Sidhu–Kanhu; Ulgulan → Birsa.

Answer: (A) Bhagirath Manjhi

Concept: Bori is a Lower Palaeolithic site in the Kukadi river valley, Pune district.

1. Bori lies in Maharashtra; tools found in volcanic ash layers there were dated to about 1.4 million years, among the oldest in India.
2. Hence it is often called one of the earliest Lower Palaeolithic sites of India.

Yaad rakhein: Bori → Pune → Maharashtra.

Answer: (D) Maharashtra

Concept: Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) is a Central Armed Police Force under the Ministry of Home Affairs guarding the Nepal and Bhutan borders.

1. As of May 2025, Amrit Mohan Prasad (IPS) was the Director General of SSB.
2. Daljit Singh Chawdhary headed SSB earlier and moved on to head the BSF.

Yaad rakhein: SSB → Nepal & Bhutan border; DG (May 2025) Amrit Mohan Prasad.

Answer: (A) Amrit Mohan Prasad

Concept: BIMSTEC members: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Myanmar, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Thailand.

1. The 6th BIMSTEC Summit was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 4 April 2025 under Thailand's chairmanship.
2. Its theme was "Prosperous, Resilient and Open BIMSTEC"; the Bangkok Vision 2030 was adopted.

Yaad rakhein: 6th BIMSTEC → Bangkok.

Answer: (C) Bangkok

Concept: In Mauryan administration the village (grama) was the smallest unit, headed by a headman.

1. In North India the village headman was called the Gramika (Gramani), assisted by village elders.
2. Gavunda and Pattakila were terms for village headmen in the Deccan/South India in later periods.

Yaad rakhein: Grama → Gramika (North); Gavunda/Pattakila → South.

Answer: (B) Gramika

Concept: Khelo India Youth Games (KIYG) are national multi-sport games for young athletes under the Khelo India scheme.

1. The 7th KIYG was held in May 2025 in Bihar (Patna, Rajgir and other cities), with some events in New Delhi.
2. Maharashtra topped the medal table.

Yaad rakhein: KIYG 2025 → Bihar (+ New Delhi).

Answer: (D) Bihar

Concept: The Integrated Rural Development Programme (IRDP) aimed to give self-employment assets to the rural poor through subsidy and bank credit.

1. IRDP was started in 1978–79 and extended to all blocks of India from 2 October 1980, as a key programme of the Sixth Plan (1980–85).
2. The Sixth Plan focused on removal of poverty and employment generation.

Yaad rakhein: IRDP → Sixth Plan (1980); later merged into SGSY (1999).

Answer: (D) Sixth Plan

Concept: The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) is a financial committee of Parliament (22 members: 15 Lok Sabha + 7 Rajya Sabha).

1. Its main job is to examine the audit reports of the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) on government accounts.
2. Its chairman is traditionally from the Opposition. Budget estimates are examined by the Estimates Committee, not PAC.

Yaad rakhein: PAC = "watchdog" that studies CAG reports.

Answer: (A) To review CAG audit reports

Concept: In May 1857 the sepoys from Meerut marched to Delhi and sought a unifying symbol for the revolt.

1. They proclaimed the old Mughal emperor Bahadur Shah II (Zafar) as the Emperor of Hindustan and leader of the revolt.
2. Nana Saheb (Kanpur), Rani Lakshmibai (Jhansi) and Tantia Tope were regional leaders, not the symbolic head.

Yaad rakhein: Symbolic leader of 1857 → Bahadur Shah Zafar.

Answer: (D) Bahadur Shah II