(Paper) RRB -Bhubaneshwar : ASM Previous Year Exam Paper
Time Allowed: 90 Minutes
Maximum Marks: 90
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questions.
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1. This Booklet contains 90 questions in all comprising the following four
parts:
Part –A : General Awareness (30 Questions)
Part –B : Quantitative Aptitude & English Language (30 Questions)
Part –C : General Intelligence & Reasoning (30 Questions)
2. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks.
3. The paper carries negative marking 0.25 marks will be deducted for each
wrong answer.
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1. Where is the Punjab Lalit Kala Academy located?
(A) Muktasar
(B) Ludhiana
(C) Patiala
(D) Chandigarh
2. What does happens when water is condensed into ice ?
(A) Heat is absorbed
(B) Heat is released
(C) Quantity of heat remains unchanged
(D) None of these
3. Which of the following gases is not a noble gas?
(A) Zenon
(B) Argon
(C) Helium
(D) Chlorine
4. Which of the following diffuses most quickly 7
(A) Solid
(B) Gas
(C) Liquid
(D) None of these
5. Which temperature in Celsius scale is equal to 300 K '?
(A) 30°C
(B) 27°C
(C) 300°C
(D) None of these
6. First Youth Olympic games will be held in—
(A) Japan
(B) China
(C) North Korea
(D) Singapore
7. Where was the capital of Pandya dynasty situated ?
(A) Mysore
(B) Kanchipuram
(C) Madurai
(D) Delhi
8. Tripitik is the scripture of—
(A) Jain religion
(B) Hindu religion
(C) Buddhishtha religion
(D) Muslim religion
9. Who is the author of ‘Adhe-Adhure’?
(A) Mohan Rakesh
(B) Prem Chand
(C) Nirala
(D) Pant
10. Which of the following Constitutional Amendments has
included fundamental duties into the Constitution '?
(A) 42nd
(B) 43rd
(C) 44th
(D) 39th
11. Where is the Central Food Technology Research Institute
situated?
(A) Delhi
(B) Anand
(C) Ahmedabad
(D) Mysore
12. Which of the following is common in both, Buddhism and
Jainism?
(A) Nonviolence
(B) Violence
(C) Triratna
(D) Truth
13. Light-year measures which of the following?
(A) Intensity of light
(B) Mass
(C) Time
(D) Distance
14. Which of the following gases is used for ripening the
fruits 7
(A) Methane
(B) Ethane
(C) Ethylene
(D) Acetylene
15. Who among the following was involved in Alipore bomb
case'?
(A) Aravind Ghosh
(B) P. C. Banerjee
(C) Bipin Chandra Paul
(D) Chandrashekhar Azad
16. Sikh Guru Arjundev was contemporary to which of the
following rulers'?
(A) Humayun
(B) Akbar
(C) Shahjahan
(D) Jahangir
17. Besides hydrogen, which of the following elements is
common in organic compounds?
(A) Phosphorus
(B) Sulphur
(C) Nitrogen
(D) Carbon
Directions—(Q. 18-21) Find the correct meanings of the words
given below:
18. EWE
(A) Calf
(B) Female sheep
(C) Deer
(D) None of these
19. Buffalo
(A) Calf
(B) Baby box
(C) Baby bison
(D) Baby cow
20. Veneration—
(A) Esteem
(B) High respect
(C) Devotion
(D) Worship
21. Vicious—
(A) Remorseless
(B) Ferocious
(C) Kind
(D) Wicked
Directions—(Q. 22—25) Choose the word /phrase which is
nearest in meaning to the words in question:
22. Bizarre
(A) Colourful
(B) Odd
(C) insipid
(D) Smart
23. Innuendo
(A) Narration
(B) lnsinuation
(C) Insist
(D) lnsutale
24. Salutary
(A) Welcome
(B) Discharge
(C) Promoting
(D) Remove
25. Fictile
(A) Fiction
(B) Moulded
(C) Fictitious
(D) Smooth
26. Solid Carbon dioxide is termed as—
(A) Soft ice
(B) Dry ice
(C) White ice
(D) None of these
27. 1 kg of a liquid is converted into its vapour at its
boiling point. The heat absorbed in the process is called—
(A) Latent heat of vaporisation
(B) Latent heat of fusion
(C) Latent heat of sublimation
(D) None of these
28. Whether all the universities in the country should start
online admission at all levels with immediate effect?
(i) No, since all the students may not have access to the
internet easily.
(ii) Yes, it may liberate the students and their parents from the long-standing
problems of knocking at the doors of different colleges and standing in queue.
(A) Only argument (i) is correct
(B) Only argument (ii) is correct
(C) Neither argument (i) nor argument (ii) is correct
(D) Both the arguments, (i) and (ii), are correct
29. The product ‘Fair and Lovely’ is related to—
(A) WIPRO
(B) I.T.C.
(C) P&G
(D) H.U.L.
30. Should the Government make it compulsory for the private
medical colleges to join the entrance test conducted by the Government ’?
(i) No, private institutions should be empowered, so that
they may decide their own admission strategy and improve their work-management.
(ii) Yes, all medical institutions, whether these are private
or governments, should adopt the same entrance standard.
(A) Only argument (i) is correct
(B) Only argument (ii) is correct
(C) Either argument (i) is correct or argument (ii) is correct
(D) Neither argument (i) is correct nor argument (ii) is correct
31. In case the President of India decides to resign, he will
address his letter of resignation to—
(A) Prime Minister
(B) Chief Justice
(C) Speaker of Lok Sabha
(D) Vice-President
32. The metal extracted from Bauxite is—
(A) SiIver
(B) Copper
(C) Manganese
(D) Aluminium
33. The Cyclone represents a state of atmosphere in which—
(A) Low pressure in the center and high pressure around
(B) There is high pressure in the center and low pressure around
(C) There is low pressure all around
(D) None of these
34. The ‘Ocean of Storms’ is the name given to—
(A) Atlantic Ocean
(B) Pacific Ocean
(C) A waterless area on moon surface
(D) None of these
35. The capital of Pallavas was—
(A) Arcot
(B) Kanchi
(C) Malkhed
(D) Banavasi
36. Which Indian state was ranked as the No. 2 tourist
destination in the world by LONELY PLANET‘?
(A) Himachal Pradesh
(B) Tamil Nadu
(C) Kerala
(D) Uttarakhand
37. How much water is contained in our body by mass?
(A) 65%
(B) 70%
(C) 60%
(D) None of these
38. What determines the sex of a child ?
(A) Chromosomes of the father
(B) Chromosomes of the mother
(C) RH factor of the parents
(D) Blood group of the father
39. The two civilizations which helped in the formation of
Gandhara School of Art are—
(A) Indian and Roman
(B) Indian and Egyptian
(C) Greek and Roman
(D) Indian and Greek
40. ‘ThinkPad' is a laptop associated with which among the
following companies?
(A) HP
(B) TCS
(C) Infosys
(D) IBM
41. The first summit of SAARC was held at—
(A) Kathmandu
(B) Colombo
(C) New Delhi
(D) Dhaka
42. The wire of flash bulb is made of—
(A) Copper
(B) Barium
(C) Magnesium
(D) Silver
43. The curves showing the volume pressure behaviour of gases
plotted at different fixed temperatures are called—
(A) Isochors
(B) lsothermals
(C) V.T.P. Curves
(D) Isocurves
44. Project Tiger was launched in—
(A) 1973
(B) 1976
(C) 1978
(D) 1983
Directions—(Q. 45 and 46) Attempt the question to the best of
your judgment.
45. How many letters in the word TRYST have as many letters
between them as in the alpha beta?
(A) None
(B) 2
(C) 3
(D) 4
46. From the alternatives, select the set which is most like
the given set. Given set (23, 29, 31)—
(A) (17, 21, 29)
(B) (31, 37, 49)
(C) (13, 15, 23)
(D) (41, 43, 47)
Directions—what should come in place of question mark (?) in
the following number series?
47. 13 13 65 585 7605 129285 …..?....
(A) 2456415
(B) 2235675
(C) 2980565
(D) 2714985
48. If 'VEHEMENT’ is written as ‘VEHETNEM’ then in that code
how will you code ‘MOURNFUL’ '?
(A) MOURLUFN
(B) MOUNULFR
(C) OURMNFUL
(D) URNFULMO
49. MOLLIFY is to APPEASE as APPURTENANCE is to?
(A) Gratify
(B) Avarice
(C) Accessory
(D) Amend
50. Praduman is older than Janaki; Shreshtha is older
than Chhama; Ravindra is not as old as Shreshtha
but is older than Janaki. Chhama is not as old as
Janaki. Who is the youngest?
(A) Praduman
(B) Janaki
(C) Shreshtha
(D) Chhama
51. ln a row of children facing North, Bharat is eleventh
from the right end and is third to the right of Samir
who is fifteenth from the left end. Total how many
children are there in the row?
(A)29
(B) 28
(C) 30
(D) 27
52. Which number is missing '?
45389, ?, 453, 34
(A) 34780
(B) 8354
(C) 4892
(D) 3478
53. lf in the word CALIBRE, the previous letter in the
English alphabet replaces each consonant and each
vowel is replaced by the next letter and then the
order of letters is reversed, which letter will be
third from the right end '?
(A) A
(B) C
(C) B
(D) K
54. How many such digits are there in the number
57683421, each of which is as far away from the
beginning of the number, as they will be when
arranged in descending order within the number?
(A) One
(B) Two
(C) Three
(D) More than three
Directions—(Q. 55 to 57) In the following question
there are two words to the left of the sign (::) which
are connected in some way. The same relationship
obtains between the third word and one of the four
alter-natives under it. Find the correct alternative
in each case.
55. Medicine : Sickness : : Book : ?
(A) Ignorance
(B) Knowledge
(C) Author
(D) Teacher
56. River : Dam : : Traffic : ?
(A) Signal
(B) Vehicle
(C) Motion
(D) Lane
57. Session : Concludes : : Lapses
(A) Leave
(B) Permit
(C) Agency
(D) Policy
58. lf16=11,25=12,36=15,then49=?
(A) 14
(B) 20
(C) 19
(D) 17
59. Pick out the odd in the following—
(A) Ashok—Assam
(B) Poonam—Punjab
(C) Gyanendra—Gujarat
(D) Anjana—Rajasthan
60. KEATS = 25, SHELLEY = 35, BROWNING = ?
(A) 45
(B) 37
(C) 50
(D) 40
Directions—(Q. 61 and 62) what approximate value
should come in place of question-mark (?) in the
following questions?(You are not expected to calculate the exact value)
61. (9321 + 5406 + 1001) ÷ (498 + 929 + 660) = ?
(A) 13-5
(B) 4-5
(C) 16-5
(D) 7-5
62.
(A) 606
(B) 646
(C) 586
(D) 716
63. The difference between the greatest number and
the smallest number of 5 digits O, 1,2, 3,4 using all
but once is—
(A) 32976
(B) 32679
(C) 32769
(D) None of these
64. Area of a parallelogram whose base is 9 cm and
height 4 cm is ....... .. sq cm.
(A) 9
(B) 4
(C) 36
(D) 13
65. The number which is neither prime nor composite
is— (B)
(A) 0
(B) 1
(C) 3
(D) 2
66. The length of a room is three times its breadth. If
the perimeter of the room is 64 cm, then its breadth
is ....... .. cm.
(A) 64
(B) 32
(C) 16
(D) 8
67. Aditi read 4/5th of Tintin comic book which has 100
pages. How many pages of the book is not yet read
by Aditi'?
(A) 40
(B) 60
(C) 80
(D) 20
68. What is the meaning of beckoned?
(A) Summon by sign or gesture
(B) Did not signal
(C) Did not call
(D) Invite
69. A box contains coins (equal no. of every one) of
rupee and half rupee, coins of 25 paise, 10 paise, 5
paise value, 2 paise value and one paise value. The
total value of coins in the box is Rs. 1158. Find the
number of coins of each value.
(A) 500
(B) 400
(C) 700
(D) 600
70. The area of a rhombus with diagonals 12 cm and 20
cm is ........ sq cm.
(A) 120
(B) 12
(C) 20
(D) 240
71. A piece of road is one kilometer in length. We have
to supply lamp posts. One post at each end. distance
between two consecutive lamp posts is 25 metres.
The number of lamp posts required is—
(A) 41
(B) 51
(C) 61
(D) 42
72. There are B00 students in a class. On one particular
day, if 1/10th of the students were absent, how
many students were present?
(A) 700
(B) 650
(C) 720
(D) 750
73. The quotient in a division is 403. The divisor is 100
and the remainder is 58, the dividend is—
(A) 40458
(B) 34058
(C) 43058
(D) 40358
74. A labourer was engaged for 25 days on the
condition that for every day, he works, he will be
paid Rs. 2 and for every day, he is absent he will be
fined 50p. If he receives only Rs. 37-50, find the no.
of days he was absent—
(A) 5
(B) 6
(C) 7
(D) 4
Directions—(Q. 75 to 77) choose the word/phrase
which is most opposite in meaning to the word?
75. Quixotic
(A)Visionary
(B) Whimsical
(C) Realistic
(D) Foolish
76. Rabid
(A) Mad
(B) Normal
(C) Furious
(D) Fanatical
77. Scurrilous
(A) Inoffensive
(B) Vulgar
(C) Insulting
(D) Course
78. Digits of first place and third place are interchanged
of the numbers 349, 483, 766, 598, 674 and then the ew numbers are arranged in ascending order.
Which would be the fourth number?
(A) 483
(B) 766
(C) 674
(D) 598
79. What least number should be added to 2600 to
make it a complete square?
(A) 3
(B) 9
(C) 1
(D) 25
80. When sun-light passes through a glass prism, which
of the following colours refracts the most’?
(A) Blue
(B) Red
(C) Orange
(D) Green
81. if (78)2 is subtracted from the square of a number,
we get 6460. What is that number?
(A) 109
(B) 112
(C) 111
(D) 115
82. The difference between 28% and 42% of a number
is 210. What is 59% of this number?
(A) 900
(B) 420
(C) 885
(D) None of these
83. A-B meansA is the father of B. A + B means A is the
daughter of B. A + B means A is the son of B. A XB
means A is the wife of B. Then, what is the relation
of P with T in the expression P + S - T ?
(A) Son
(B) Daughter
(C) Sister
(D) Wife
84. Eilora caves in Maharashtra were built during the
rule of which of the following dynasties '?
(A) Rashtrakoot
(B) Pallav
(C) Paia
(D) Choia
85. But for the Surgeons skill, the patient........ died.
(A) may have
(B) must have
(C) should have
(D) would have
86. I want to see the Principal, I have something to tell
him urgently.
(A) so
(B) for
(C) since
(D) and
87. I wasn’t really listening and didn't what he said.
(A) Catch
(B) receive
(C) Accept
(D) take
88. The first division of Congress took place in—
(A) Surat
(B) Kolkata
(C) Allahabad
(D) Chennai
89. What is ginger?
(A) Flower
(B) Root
(C) Stem
(D) Leaf
90. Battle of Kalinga was fought at which of the
following places?
(A) Udaigiri
(B) Dhauli
(C) Balasore
(D) Barabaki