RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT 1 2024 PYQs

Concept: Part II of the Constitution (Articles 5–11) deals with citizenship at the commencement of the Constitution.

1. Article 8 gives citizenship rights to persons of Indian origin residing outside India, if they register with the Indian diplomatic/consular representative.
2. Article 7 covers migrants to Pakistan; Article 9 says voluntary acquisition of foreign citizenship ends Indian citizenship; Article 11 empowers Parliament to regulate citizenship by law.

Yaad rakhein: 5 – domicile, 6 – from Pakistan, 7 – to Pakistan, 8 – Indian origin abroad, 9 – foreign citizenship, 10 – continuance, 11 – Parliament.

Answer: (A) Article 8

Concept: After the Industrial Revolution, Britain used India as a market for its factory goods and a source of raw materials.

1. Cheap machine-made cloth and goods from Manchester and Lancashire flooded Indian markets with little or no duty.
2. Indian handmade goods faced heavy duties in Britain and lost royal patronage, so artisans could not compete and the handicraft industry declined (de-industrialisation).
3. There was no 'rise of Indian industry' at that time – modern industry grew very slowly.

Yaad rakhein: De-industrialisation = British machine goods in, Indian raw material out.

Answer: (C) Influx of machine-made British goods

Concept: India shares land borders with seven countries: Pakistan, Afghanistan, China, Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Myanmar.

1. Sri Lanka is an island nation separated from India by the Palk Strait and the Gulf of Mannar – it has only a maritime boundary with India.
2. Afghanistan meets Indian territory (PoK, part of Ladakh) near the Wakhan corridor; China and Myanmar share long land borders.

Yaad rakhein: Sri Lanka and Maldives are India's sea neighbours, not land neighbours.

Answer: (A) Sri Lanka

Concept: BHASHINI (BHASHa INterface for India) is the National Language Translation Mission of MeitY, launched in July 2022 under Digital India.

1. It is an AI-based multilingual platform offering speech-to-text, text-to-speech and real-time translation across Indian languages.
2. Its goal is to make the internet and digital services available to every citizen in his or her own language.

Yaad rakhein: Bhashini = Bhasha (language) + AI translation.

Answer: (A) To create a multilingual AI platform for real-time translation among Indian languages

Concept: UNDP's Human Development Report 2025 (released May 2025) measures HDI on health, education and income.

1. India's HDI value rose to 0.685 (data for 2023) and its rank improved to 130 out of 193 countries.
2. 0.676 was India's value in the previous report (2023–24, for 2022) – a common trap.

Yaad rakhein: HDR 2025: India 0.685, rank 130 – still in the 'medium human development' group.

Answer: (C) 0.685

Concept: The taskbar in Windows has the Start button, pinned apps and, at its right end, the Notification Area.

1. The Notification Area (system tray) shows the clock and date, volume, network, battery, notifications and icons of apps running in the background.
2. File Explorer manages files; Start Menu launches programs; Control Panel changes system settings.

Yaad rakhein: System tray = Notification Area = bottom-right corner near the clock.

Answer: (B) Notification Area

Concept: Part XIV-A (Articles 323A and 323B) was added by the 42nd Amendment, 1976.

1. Article 323B lets Parliament and state legislatures set up tribunals for matters such as taxation, foreign exchange and import–export, industrial and labour disputes, land reforms, urban property ceiling, elections, food-stuffs, rent and tenancy.
2. Service matters of public servants come under Article 323A (administrative tribunals), so option C is wrong; 'only industrial disputes' is too narrow.

Yaad rakhein: 323A – Administrative (services); 323B – 'Other' tribunals (tax, land, labour, elections…).

Answer: (A) Matters such as taxation, foreign exchange, land reforms, etc.

Concept: On the eve of independence India's occupational structure was dominated by agriculture.

1. About 70–75% of the working population was engaged in the primary sector (agriculture and allied activities).
2. Manufacturing (secondary) employed only about 10% and services (tertiary) about 15–20%.

Yaad rakhein: Colonial India = agrarian economy, so the primary sector was the biggest employer.

Answer: (B) Primary sector

Concept: Impulse $J$ is the product of force and the time for which it acts, and equals the change in momentum.

1. $J=F\times \Delta t$; on a force–time graph it is the area under the curve.
2. By Newton's second law, $F\times \Delta t=\Delta p=m(v-u)$; SI unit $\text{N s}$.
3. 'Product of mass and velocity' is momentum, not impulse; rate of change of momentum is force.

Yaad rakhein: Impulse = Force × Time = Change in momentum (cricket fielder pulls hands back to increase $\Delta t$).

Answer: (D) product of force and time

Concept: The First Battle of Panipat (21 April 1526) ended the Delhi Sultanate's Lodi dynasty.

1. Babur, ruler of Kabul, defeated Ibrahim Lodi using field artillery and the Tulughma tactic, and founded the Mughal Empire.
2. Akbar fought the Second Battle of Panipat (1556); Shah Jahan and Aurangzeb came much later.

Yaad rakhein: Panipat: 1526 Babur–Ibrahim Lodi, 1556 Akbar–Hemu, 1761 Abdali–Marathas.

Answer: (D) Babar

Concept: In January 2025 the Madhya Pradesh cabinet approved the Drone Promotion and Utilisation Policy, 2025.

1. It aims to make MP a drone hub by encouraging drone manufacturing, training and use in agriculture, mining, health and governance.
2. It offers incentives to drone start-ups and plans thousands of jobs in the sector.

Yaad rakhein: Drone policy 2025 → MP (heart of India, 'drone hub').

Answer: (A) Madhya Pradesh

Concept: At independence there were over 560 princely states that had to join India or Pakistan.

1. As Home Minister, Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel with V. P. Menon persuaded rulers to sign the Instrument of Accession, using diplomacy and, where needed, firm action (Hyderabad, Junagadh).
2. For this he is called the 'Iron Man of India'; the Statue of Unity honours him.

Yaad rakhein: Princely states + Instrument of Accession → Patel & V. P. Menon.

Answer: (B) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Concept: The Hindu Widows' Remarriage Act, 1856 was passed during Lord Canning's time.

1. It legalised the remarriage of Hindu widows; Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar was its main campaigner.
2. Child labour, caste abolition and temple entry were not the objects of the 1856 law.

Yaad rakhein: 1829 – Sati banned (Bentinck); 1856 – Widow remarriage (Vidyasagar); 1929 – Sarda Act (child marriage).

Answer: (D) Legalising widow remarriage

Concept: The IIAS-DARPG India Conference was held in New Delhi in February 2025, organised by DARPG with the International Institute of Administrative Sciences.

1. Its theme was 'Next Generation Administrative Reforms – Empowering Citizens and Reaching the Last Mile'.
2. Option A shares the second half of the theme but begins with 'Digital Transformation' – that is not the actual title.

Yaad rakhein: DARPG = Administrative Reforms → theme starts with 'Next Generation Administrative Reforms'.

Answer: (B) Next Generation Administrative Reforms – Empowering Citizens and Reaching the Last Mile

Concept: The Charter Act of 1833 was the final step towards centralisation in British India.

1. It made the Governor-General of Bengal the Governor-General of India, vesting in him all civil and military powers; Lord William Bentinck was the first.
2. The Regulating Act 1773 created only the Governor-General of Bengal; the 1858 Act created the Viceroy.

Yaad rakhein: 1773 – GG of Bengal (Warren Hastings); 1833 – GG of India (Bentinck); 1858 – Viceroy (Canning).

Answer: (A) Charter Act 1833

Concept: The Seventh Schedule divides subjects into the Union, State and Concurrent Lists.

1. Police, public health and sanitation and agriculture are entries of the State List.
2. Hence the State Legislatures normally make laws on them; the Union legislates on defence, foreign affairs, railways etc.

Yaad rakhein: Law and order, health, farming = local matters → State List.

Answer: (B) State Legislatures

Concept: The Hornbill Festival is held every year from 1 to 10 December at Kisama Heritage Village near Kohima, Nagaland.

1. The 25th (silver jubilee) edition in December 2024 drew record participation and visitors.
2. It is called the 'Festival of Festivals' and is named after the hornbill bird, revered by Naga tribes.

Yaad rakhein: Hornbill → Nagaland (Kohima), 1–10 December.

Answer: (A) Nagaland

Concept: India and the UK signed the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA / FTA) on 24 July 2025 in London.

1. After ratification by both sides, the agreement is expected to come into force in 2026.
2. It removes tariffs on about 99% of Indian exports to the UK and cuts duties on UK goods such as whisky and cars.

Yaad rakhein: India–UK FTA: signed 2025, in force 2026.

Answer: (D) 2026

Concept: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) is the flagship short-term skill training scheme of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

1. PMKVY 4.0 is implemented for FY 2022–23 to 2025–26 and gives free skill training to youth, including rural youth, with focus on new-age skills (AI, drones, coding).
2. PMKVY 2.0 ran from 2016 to 2020 and PMKVY 3.0 from 2021; so the 2022–26 version is 4.0.

Yaad rakhein: PMKVY 1.0 – 2015, 2.0 – 2016–20, 3.0 – 2021, 4.0 – 2022–26.

Answer: (C) Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 4.0

Concept: At the Indian National Relay Carnival 2025 in Bengaluru, India's men's 4×100 m relay team set a new national record of 38.69 s.

1. The team: Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta Hoblidhar and Amlan Borgohain.
2. Option A replaces Amlan Borgohain with Amiya Mallick; option C is a women's team.

Yaad rakhein: Record team ends with Amlan Borgohain (anchor).

Answer: (B) Gurindervir Singh, Animesh Kujur, Manikanta H, Amlan Borgohain