RRB NTPC Undergraduate CBT 2 2024 PYQs

Concept: Mahatma Gandhi led the Dandi (Salt) March from Sabarmati Ashram on 12 March 1930.

1. He walked about 385 km with 78 followers, reaching Dandi on 5 April and breaking the salt law on 6 April 1930.
2. It launched the Civil Disobedience Movement.

Yaad rakhein: Salt Satyagraha: 12 March – 6 April 1930, Sabarmati → Dandi.

Answer: (A) Mahatma Gandhi

Concept: Raider is a kabaddi term – the player who enters the opponents' half chanting 'kabaddi'.

1. Cover drive (batting shot), Powerplay (fielding-restriction overs) and LBW (Leg Before Wicket) are cricket terms.

Yaad rakhein: Raid, bonus point, do-or-die → kabaddi.

Answer: (D) Raider

Concept: Flash ROM (flash memory / EEPROM type) is non-volatile and electrically rewritable, so firmware of embedded controllers (BIOS/UEFI, routers, microcontrollers) is stored in it.

1. DRAM and SRAM are volatile – they lose data when power goes off.
2. L3 cache is a volatile SRAM cache inside the CPU.

Yaad rakhein: Firmware needs to survive power-off and be updatable → Flash.

Answer: (C) Flash ROM

Concept: In the Odisha (Kalinga) school of Nagara architecture the mandapa is called the Jagamohana.

1. Sanctum tower = Deul (Rekha deul); dance hall = Nata mandira; offering hall = Bhoga mandapa.
2. Examples: Lingaraja (Bhubaneswar), Jagannath (Puri), Sun Temple (Konark).

Yaad rakhein: Odisha: Deul + Jagamohana.

Answer: (A) Odisha school

Concept: 'Indian Renaissance: The Modi Decade' is edited by Dr. Aishwarya Pandit.

1. The book is a collection of essays reviewing India's journey during the decade 2014–2024.
2. Arun Shourie is a journalist-author of other works; he is not its editor.

Yaad rakhein: 'Modi Decade' – editor Dr. Aishwarya Pandit.

Answer: (A) Dr. Aishwarya Pandit

Concept: The 42nd Amendment Act, 1976 added Part XIV-A (Articles 323A and 323B) on tribunals.

1. Art. 323A – administrative tribunals for public-service matters (Parliament only).
2. Art. 323B – tribunals for other matters such as taxation, land reforms, elections (Parliament and State legislatures).
3. It followed the Swaran Singh Committee recommendations.

Yaad rakhein: 42nd = 'mini-Constitution' – also added Fundamental Duties and Tribunals.

Answer: (D) Forty-second Amendment Act, 1976

Concept: Union Fisheries Minister Rajiv Ranjan Singh (Lalan Singh) launched India's first Organic Fisheries Cluster in Soreng district, Sikkim, in January 2025.

1. It was set up under the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY).
2. It promotes chemical-free, sustainable fish farming in line with Sikkim's status as a fully organic state.

Yaad rakhein: Organic State Sikkim → organic fish cluster at Soreng.

Answer: (D) Soreng

Concept: The Returning Officer (RO) conducts the election in a constituency under the Representation of the People Act, 1951.

1. The RO supervises all polling stations of the constituency, oversees counting and declares the result.
2. The Presiding Officer is in charge of only one polling station; Polling Officers assist him.

Yaad rakhein: RO = Result Officer of the constituency.

Answer: (D) Returning Officer

Concept: The Early (Rig) Vedic economy was mainly pastoral.

1. Cattle (go) were the chief wealth; words like gavishti (search for cows) meant war.
2. Agriculture was secondary; it became dominant only in the Later Vedic period.
3. Trade, priesthood and fishing were not the main occupation of the people.

Yaad rakhein: Rig Vedic = cattle-rearing (pastoral); Later Vedic = settled agriculture.

Answer: (A) Pastoralists

Concept: The Luni is the largest river of the Thar (desert) region.

1. It rises in the Aravalli range near Pushkar (Ajmer), flows about 495 km south-west through Rajasthan.
2. It ends in the Rann of Kutch; it is an inland, seasonal river (salty in its lower course).
3. Ganga, Yamuna and Brahmaputra are not desert rivers.

Yaad rakhein: Luni = "Lavanavari" (salt river) of Rajasthan.

Answer: (D) Luni

Concept: Bokaro Steel Plant is in Bokaro district, Jharkhand.

1. Set up in 1964–65 with Soviet (USSR) collaboration; now run by SAIL.
2. Bokaro was part of Bihar until Jharkhand was created in 2000 – hence "Bihar" is the tempting wrong option.

Yaad rakhein: Soviet-aided plants: Bhilai (Chhattisgarh) and Bokaro (Jharkhand).

Answer: (D) Jharkhand

Concept: CAA 2019 eases citizenship for persecuted minorities of three neighbouring countries.

1. Countries: Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan.
2. Communities: Hindu, Sikh, Buddhist, Jain, Parsi and Christian migrants who entered India on or before 31 December 2014.
3. Nepal, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Myanmar and Maldives are not covered.

Yaad rakhein: "ABP" – Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Pakistan; 6 communities; cut-off 31-12-2014.

Answer: (B) Afghanistan, Bangladesh and Pakistan

Concept: Vijay Hazare Trophy is India's domestic one-day (List A) championship.

1. Karnataka won the 2024-25 title, beating Vidarbha by 36 runs in the final at Vadodara (January 2025).
2. It was Karnataka's fifth Vijay Hazare title; Vidarbha were runners-up.

Yaad rakhein: VHT 2024-25: Karnataka (winner) vs Vidarbha (runner-up).

Answer: (D) Karnataka

Concept: WPL 2025 (3rd season) final was played at Brabourne Stadium, Mumbai on 15 March 2025.

1. Mumbai Indians beat Delhi Capitals by 8 runs, captained by Harmanpreet Kaur.
2. It was MI's second WPL title (2023, 2025); RCB won in 2024.
3. Delhi Capitals lost the final for the third season running.

Yaad rakhein: WPL winners: 2023 MI, 2024 RCB, 2025 MI.

Answer: (D) Mumbai Indians

Concept: Flat plains, fertile soil and heavy rainfall support dense population.

1. Kerala (coastal plains, high rainfall) had a density of 860 persons per sq km in Census 2011 – among the highest states.
2. Rajasthan (desert), Himachal Pradesh (mountains) and Gujarat have much lower densities.

Yaad rakhein: Census 2011 top densities: Bihar 1106 > West Bengal 1028 > Kerala 860.

Answer: (D) Kerala

Concept: Dantidurga founded the Rashtrakuta dynasty (c. 753 CE).

1. He was originally a feudatory of the Chalukyas of Badami and overthrew Kirtivarman II.
2. Capital later at Manyakheta; Krishna I built the Kailasa temple at Ellora.
3. Pala was founded by Gopala; Gurjara-Pratihara by Nagabhata I / Harichandra; Imperial Cholas by Vijayalaya.

Yaad rakhein: Dantidurga → Rashtrakuta; Gopala → Pala; Vijayalaya → Chola.

Answer: (A) Rashtrakuta

Concept: The 73rd Amendment (1992) added Part IX and the Eleventh Schedule for Panchayats.

1. The Eleventh Schedule lists 29 subjects (Article 243G) on which Panchayats can be given powers and responsibilities.
2. The Twelfth Schedule (74th Amendment) has 18 subjects for Municipalities – the common confusion.
3. Ninth: land reform laws; Tenth: anti-defection.

Yaad rakhein: 11th Schedule – 29 Panchayat subjects; 12th Schedule – 18 Municipal subjects.

Answer: (C) Eleventh Schedule

Concept: IN-SPACe is the single-window regulator and promoter for private space activities.

1. Created in June 2020 under the Department of Space as an autonomous nodal agency; HQ in Ahmedabad.
2. It authorises and supports non-government entities (start-ups, industry) to launch, build satellites and use ISRO facilities.
3. ISRO does research and missions; SAC builds payloads – they are not the private-sector regulator.

Yaad rakhein: IN-SPACe = authorise + promote private space players; NSIL = commercial arm of ISRO.

Answer: (A) Indian National Space Promotion and Authorization Centre (IN-SPACe)

Concept: Human development means expanding people's choices – education, health and income – for all.

1. Removing barriers to women's education and work raises literacy, health, income and productivity of half the population.
2. UNDP also tracks this through the Gender Development Index and Gender Inequality Index.
3. The other options limit opportunities, so they reduce human development.

Yaad rakhein: Equity (equal access) is one of the four pillars of human development – with productivity, sustainability and empowerment.

Answer: (B) By eliminating barriers to women's participation in education and workforce

Concept: ASCII = American Standard Code for Information Interchange.

1. It is a character-encoding standard: standard ASCII uses 7 bits to represent 128 characters (letters, digits, symbols, control codes).
2. Example: "A" = 65, "a" = 97.
3. The word is "Information", not "International" – the usual trap.

Yaad rakhein: ASCII – 7-bit, 128 characters; Extended ASCII – 8-bit, 256; Unicode for all languages.

Answer: (B) American Standard Code for Information Interchange