(Mock Paper) Railway Protection Force (RPF) Exam General Awareness Set-2
(Mock Paper) Railway Protection Force (RPF) Exam General Awareness Set-2
1. Why two. thin shirts can keep us warmer than a single thick shirt in winter ?
(a) Two thin shirts become thicker so prevent transmission of heat
(b) Air layer between two shirts works as good conductor
(c) Air layer between two shirts behaves likeinsulating media
(d) No radiation of heat takes place
2. Which laver of the earth’s atmosphere reflect back the radio waves to the earth’s surface ?
(a) ionosphere
(b) stratosphere
(c) mesosphere
(d) exosphere
3. Sound cannot pass through
(a) water
(b) steel
(c) air
(d) vacuum
4. Water is not effective in extinguishing a fire caused by petrol because
(a) the flame is too hot for water to cool it down
(b) water and petrol react chemically
(c) water and petrol are misciblewith each other
(d) water and petrol are immiscible with each other and petrol which forms the
upper layer continues to bum
5. Helium gas is used in gas balloons instead of hydrogen gas because it is
(a) lighter than hydrogen
(b) more abundant than hydrogen
(c) non-combustible
(d) more stable
6. The gas used in the artificial ripening of fruits is
(a) Acetylene
(b) Methane
(c) Ethane
(d) Butane
7. Ruby and sapphire are oxides of
(a) copper
(b) tin
(c) iron
(d) aluminium
8. In the 53rd National Film Awards, the award for ‘Best Feature Film’ has gone for
(a) ‘Kaaipurush - Memories in the Mist’
(b) ‘Rang De Basanti’
(c) Parzania
(d) Paheli
9. Which of the following pairs is incorrect ?
(a) Amirkhusro - Sarod
(b) Bhim Sen Joshi - Vocal music
(c) Utpal Dutt - Films
(d) Shambhu Maharaj - Kathak
10. In a photocell light energy is converted into
(a) potential energy
(b) chemical energy
(c) heat energy
(d) electrical energy
11. The World’s largest biofuel plant with production capacity of 110 million litres of fuel annually has been set up in
(a) China
(b) India
(c) Brazil
(d) U.S.A.
12. Which one of the following universities is a Central University?
(a) Kolkata
(b) Dibrugarh
(c) Puducherry
(d) Kurukshetra
13. According to WHO, the bird flue virus cannot. be transmitted through food cooked beyond
(a) 60 degrees celsius
(b) 70 degrees celsius
(c) 90 degrees Celsius
(d) 100 degrees celsius
14. The science of map-making is
(a) Cartography
(b) Geography
(c) Carpology
(d) Geology
15. Who is known as ‘the father of Indian missile technology’?
(a) Dr. U.R. Rao
(b) Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam
(c) Dr. Chidambaram
(d) Dr. Homi Bhabha
16. Which of the following cities/ towns lies to the northern-most latitude ?
(a) Patna
(b) Allahabad
(c) Pachmarhi
(d) Ahmedabad
17. Which of the following Twenty- 20 Cricket Rules is not correctly stated ?
(a) Each inning has a time limit of 75 minutes. For every over bowled after
that, the batting side gets extra 6 runs
(b) If a batsman fails to reach the crease within 90 seconds after the fall of
wicket, the bowling side gets 5 penalty runs
(c) A bowler can bowl a maximum of 6 overs per innings
(d) Fielding restrictions are applicable for the first six overs of the innings
18. What was the mascot of the Second Asian Indoor games which were held at Macau sometime back?
(a) Miwiki
(b) Mei Mel
(c) Chei Chei
(d) Chei Mel
19. Who is the author of “A River Sutra” ?
(a) V. S. Naipaul
(b) Nirad C. Choudhuri
(c) Gita Mehta
(d) Vikram Seth
20. Where was Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Summit, 2007 held ?
(a) New Delhi
(b) New York
(c) Singapore
(d) Sydney
21. Which of the following Indian banks became the first to touch a market capitalisation of Rs. 1,00,000 crore in India?
(a) ICICI
(b) HDFC
(c) SBI
(d) PNB
22. The capital of IMF is made up by contribution of the
(a) credit
(b) deficit financing
(c) member nations
(d) borrowings
23. Who among the following is a non- resident Indian ?
(a) An Indian tourist in America
(b) A person of Indian origin working as a Computer Engineer in America
(c) A person of Indian origin employed in the U.N.O. office at New Delhi
(d) The Indian manager of State Bank of India branch in London
24. Where is the National Academy of Agricultural Research Management located ?
(a) Dehradoon
(b) Hyderabad
(c) New Delhi
(d) Itanagar
25. Which kind of power accounts for the, largest share of power generation in India ?
(a) hydro-electricity
(b) thermal
(c) nuclear
(d) solar
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26. Who was the President of Indi- an National Congress when the Mountbatten Plan of independence was accepted ?
(a) Jawaharlal Negro
(b) Sandra Patel
(c) MaulanaAzad
(d) AcharyaJ. B. Kripalani
27. Age of a candidate to contest Par- liamentary election should not be lesser than
(a) 18 years
(b) 21 years
(c) 25 years
(d) 26 years
28. Who developed the idea that “means justify the ends”?
(a) Kautilya
(b) Raja Ram Mohan Roy
(c) Swami Dayanand Saraswatl
(d) Mahatma Gandhi
29. Who said that ‘the real seat of taste is not the tongue, but the mind’?
(a) Aurobindo Ghosh
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Bal GangadharT lak
(d) Swami Vivekananda
30. Which Amendment Act intro- duced changes in the preamble to the Indian Constitution ?
(a) the 38th Amendment Act,1975
(b) the 40th Amendment Act,1976
(c) the 42nd Amendment Act,1976
(d) the 44th Amendment Act,1979
31. The interval between two sessions of either House of Parliament should not exceed
(a) three months
(b) six months
(c) nine months
(d) twelve months
32. The caves and rock-cut temples at Ellora are
(a) Hindu and Buddhist
(b) Buddhist and Jain
(c) Hindu and Jain
(d) Hindu, Buddhist and Jain
33. The original name ofTansen, the most famous musician at the court of Akbar was
(a) Lal Kalwant
(b) Banda Bahadur
(c) Ramatanu Pande
(d) Markandey Pande
34. Provincial Autonomy was one of the important features of the Act of
(a) 1935
(b) 1919
(c) 1909
(d) 1858
35. The Seven Pagodas of Mahaba- lipuram are a witness to the art patronised by the
(a) Pallavas
(b) Pandyas
(c) Cholas
(d) Cheras
36. Who was the Governor-general of India during the Revolt of 1857 ?
(a) Lord Dalhousie
(b) Lord Canning
(c) Lord Mayo
(d) Lord Ripon
37. Name the clan Buddha belonged to
(a) Gnathrika
(b) Maurya
(c) Sakya
(d) Kuru
38. Which of the following will never get the vertical rays of the sun ?
(a) Mumbai
(b) Chennai
(c) Thiruvanthapuram
(d) Srinagar
39. During which decade did the population of India record a negative growth rate ?
(a) 1921-31
(b) 1911-21
(c) 1941-51
(d) 1931-41
40. Which one of the following is an ablotic and renewable resource?
(a) iron ore
(b) livestock
(c) water
(d) forests
41. Of the following, the town which does not come within the National Capital Region is ?
(a) Panipat
(b) Rohtak
(c) Khurja
(d) Mathura
42. Which river of India is called Vridha Ganga ?
(a) Krishna
(b) Godavari
(c) Kaveri
(d) Narmada
43. The capital of Tanzania is
(a) Nairobi
(b) Lusaka
(c) Kampala
(d) Dar-es-Salaam
44. The Andaman group and Nicobar group of islands are separated from each other by
(a) Ten Degree Channel
(b) Great Channel
(c) Bay of Bengal
(d) Andaman Sea
45. The number of chambers in a human heart is
(a) Four
(b) Two
(c) Three
(d) Five
46. A universal recipient belongs to the blood group
(a) AB
(b) O
(c) B
(d) A
47. The vitamin that helps in blood clotting is
(a) Vitamin C
(b) Vitamin D
(c) Vitamin E
(d) Vitamin K
48. Which of the following is a perfect match ?
(a) Coronary attack - vascular dilation
(b) Atherosclerosis - blockage of arteries
(c) Hypertension - low blood pressure
(d) Hypotension - heart attack
49. Which of the following is correct about cold blooded animals ?
(a) Their blood remains cold all the time
(b) Their body temperature changes in accordance with the atmosphere
(c) Their body temperature remains constant all the time
(d) They kill all the animals they come across
50. ‘IC Chips’ for computers are usually made of
(a) Chromium
(b) Silicon
(c) Lead
(d) Copper