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GK Questions asked in Railway 2016 Exam
1) Rowlatt act year

28th March 2016

1919

2) TB day 24th March

Theme - unite to end TB
3) Who gave the slogan do or die

Mahatma Gandhi in the year 1942

4) When did Indian constitution came into amendment?

Ans. 18 June 1951
1) Thomas Cup Related to ?
Answer: Badminton
2) Dadasaheb phalke award 2015?
Answer: Manoj Kumar
3) Colour Of octopus blood?
Answer: Blue
4) National vigyan sansthan?
Ans. Jai kisan jai vigyan - (23-29 dec 2015)
5) Other name of chanakya?
Answer: Kautilya, vishnu guptha
6) 2015 miss universe?
Answer: Pia Wurtzbach (phillipines)
8) Who has given Droncharya award 2015?
Answer: Naval Singh, Anup singh, Harbans singh, Swatantra raj singh, nihar Ameen
9) Elephant Caves Situated in ?
Answer: Raigad (Dist) Maharastra
10) Biggest Mammal?
Answer: Blue whale
11) Who invented bramh samaj?
Answer: Raj Ram Mohan Rai
12) Rial is currency of which country? - Iran
13) Which river originates from western ghat?

Answer: Kaveri
14) which city of Australia densely populated
Answer: Sydney
15) which game is now eliminated from olympic?
Answer: wrestling / baseball or softball
16) Earths water cycle powered by?
Answer: Sun
17) Energy of sun by which process?
Answer: Nuclear fusion
18) 20 equinox means?
Answer: 20 Faces
19) Father of rabindra nath Tagore ?
Answer: Debendranath tagore
20) Titanic belongs to which country?
Answer: Ireland
21) Indian Institute of science situated at?
Answer: Bangalore
22) Current Chief Justice India?
Answer: T. S. Thakur Apponited by President pranad mukarjee
23) Oscar for best animated feature film 2015?
Answer: Big Hero 6
24) New name of Bharatpur National Park?
Answer: Keoladeo Ghana National Park - Rajasthan
5) What is the name of horse of Maharana Pratap Singh

Chetak

24) Which of following chemicals is called as saltpeter? Potassium Nitrate.

25) Which boxer is known as

Real Deal ? Evander Holyfield.

26) Which number of Lok Sabha was formed during 2014 election?
Yoga day celebrated on? June 21
No. of fundamental duties? 11
Polio vaccine is developed by? Jonas Edward Salk

16th.

Name of dog who first goes to space? Laika

Father of space research? Vikram Ambalal Sarabhai
2018 winter session Olympic game venue? PyeongChang South Korea
India s Oldest dam? Kallanai Dam, also known as - Grand Anicut. It still serves th
e people of Tamilnadu, India.
Highly educated person in india - Dr. Shrikant Jichkar
First Indian lady to won gold in asian games? Kamaljeet Sandhu
First Indian hockey player to awarded padam shri? Balbir Singh Dosanjh
Rabindnath tagore got noble prize in which year? 1913
Ethanol is obtained from? Cereals
Capital of Denmark? Copenhagen
Group of dolphin is called? School or Pod
First Lok sabha speaker? Ganesh Vasudev Mavalankar
Instrument to detect object under water? Sonar
Study of birds is called? Ornithology
First governer general of free india? Lord Mountbaten
Buddha attained enlightenment at? Bodh Gya
January 4th Independence day of which country? Burma
2015 French open winner? Stan Wawrinka (Men), Serena Williams (Women)
How many players in kho kho? 9
2nd largest country area wise

Canada

U.N climate change meeting held in which place? Paris

Ajanta and ellora cave is located in which state? Maharashtra
Smallest planet? Mercury
6) Karnam Malleswari related to which game? Weightlifting
7) In which places dead bodies are not burried options (tajmahal, charminar, oth
er 2 options i didn t remember)
8) Hacker is : _someone who seeks and exploits weaknesses in a computer system
9) Odd one out (external hard disk, CD, keyboard, digital camera)
10) First international cricket match was played between? USA and Canada
11) Golden Temple of Dambulla is present in? Sri Lanka

12) Cyprus capital? Nicosia

13) Sorrow of Bengal is? Damodar River
14) How many moons does mars have?

2 (Phobos and Deimos).

15) Establishment of the panchayati Raj System was recommended by? Balwant Rai M
ehta Committee Report 1957.
16) When did Swami Vivekanand delivered his speech in
n Chicago city?- 1893

World Religion Conference

17) What is Viticulture? -Production of grapes.

18) The words Satyameva jayate inscribed below the base plate of the emblem of Ind
ia are taken from? Mundak Upanishad
19) By which Constitutional Amendment the voting age was reduced from 21 years t
o 18 years? -61st Amendment.
20) Under Article 356 of the Constitution of India, President s rule was imposed f
or the first time in?- PEPSU (Patiala and East Punjab States Union (PEPSU) was a
state of India between 1948 and 1956.)
21) The Political parties got the constitutional recognition for the first time
in the year? 1985
22) The Khurda Road division,Odisha of the East Coast Railway (ECoR) has set a t
arget to install bio-toilets in 2,000 train coaches during 2016-17 as part of?-S
wachh Bharat Mission.
23) Who discovered penicillin?

Alexander Fleming.

1. Mrinalini Sarabai is related with -Dance

2. Konark Temple made by King Narasimhadeva I
3. Smallest Continent Australia.
4. Marsh Gas is Methane
5. Name of 1st satellite on Moon

Sputnik 1.

6. Aruna Asif Ali is related with which famous incident Quit India Movement.
27.Name of the part of Thar Desert in Pakistan

Tharparkar

5. First Nobel prize to Mr. Rabindranath Tagore was given in which year? 1913
11. India s Oldest dam? Kallanai Dam, also known as Grand Anicut. It still serves
the people of Tamilnadu, India.
15. Vitamin A deficiency leads to- Night Blindness
20. Another name of computer chip? Microchip or IC (integrated Circuit)
22. DMK (Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) party is founded by whom?
A) C. N. Annadurai in 1949

First awardee of Dadasaheb Phalke award

Which metal is noble

Gold, Silver or Platinum

Energy of sun by which process

Official Language of Brazil
A spice named

Devika Rani

Photosynthesis
Portuguese

clove is obtained from which part of the plant? Dried Flower Buds

Quit India Revolution? 8th August 1942

Unesco headquarter? Paris, France
Interpol headquarter? Lyon France
Where was paper invented/ 100 BC China in 105 AD
Environment day
Thailand currency

5th June
Thai Bhat

Smallest Bone in human body

stapes

Subash Chandra Bose fathers name

Who is called Semanth Gandhi
National Song written by

Janakinath Bose

Khan Abdul Gaffar Khan

Bankim Chandra Chattopadhyay

Where do you find Kunchilal water falls

Karnataka

Gases behind greenhouse effect Earth's atmosphere are water vapor, carbon dioxid
e, methane, nitrous oxide, and ozone
Organ that can grow and regenerate? Liver
Land locked country?
Liechtenstein in Central Europe, surrounded by Switzerland and Austria.
Largest non polar desert in the world? Antarctica
Q)Who was the first to score a perfect 10 in Olympics in Gymnastics?
Ans) Nadia Comaneci - 1976 - 3 gold medals
RBI Nationalized in? Jan 1st 1949
Pollination by wind is called? Anemophily
Where in the human body can you find of Langerhans? pancreas
Brightest star in our sky? Sirius A
Maximum football titles won by which country? - brazil 5 times
The bell metal is an alloy of Tin & Copper
Parsec is measure of orbital Velocity of giant stars

By fixation of Nitrogen is meant for

l compounds.

Conversion of atmospheric nitrogen to usefu

Atoms of the same element i.e; having the same atomic number that differ in atom
ic weight are
isotopes
The quantum numbers that tend to specify the orientation in space for an orbital
is Magnetic Quantum number.
Carbohydrates are the compounds of

carbon, oxygen and hydrogen.

The tides in the ocean are due to Gravitational pull of the moon.
When water freezes its density

decreases

A chemical reaction that takes place with the evolution of heat is called Exothe
rmic reaction
The manufacture of iron ore involves the process of reduction.
A double convex air bubble in water would behave as a divergent lens.
Which of the following has a strongest bleaching property
The most abundant element in the earths crust is
Nitric Acid does not react with

Chlorine

oxygen

Gold

Oxygen is manufactured by fractional evaporation of

Sodium burns in air to give

Sodium peroxide

Argon gas was discovered by

William Ramsay

Liquid air

Dry ice is Solid Carbon dioxide

The compound which caN be used to prepare iodoform is acetone
What is laughing gas
Last Mughal Emporer

Nitrus oxide
Bahadur Shah Zafar

Ethonal is obtained from

Conversion of Carbon based feedstock

Ritues news Paper headquarter? canada

Who got oscar award maximum times
Den is to Lion, Aviary is to

Walt Disney

Birds

Energy of sun by which process? Nuclear fusion

World Toboco Day : May 31st
2015 Cricket World Cup Hosting? Australia & Newzealand
MOM (Mars orbiter mission) mission year? 2014
Kailash satyarthi and Malala got noble prize which year? 2014

Largest boundary shared with Bangladesh? West Bengal,India

Bharat ratna non recipient?options: Ms subbalaxmi, lataji, ar rahman ??? Ar Rehm
an
Bismark of India? Sardal Patel
RTI implemented/adopted in which year? 2005
Second longest river of india? Godavri
Which is not a green house gas? Hydrogen
Who won 1st olympic medal of badminton? Saina Nehwal
When was rupee symbol adopted? 8 july 2011
What is the name of mission to be sent to study sun in 2019-2020? Aditya
Who was the 1st lady president of indian national congress?Annie Besant
which of the following do not cause cancer? caprolactam
Where was national science conference held in india? New Delhi
Which of the following has declared
ia

Cow

as Personality of the Year 2015? Yahoo Ind

Name of the operation between Pakistan and India in Kargil War? Operation Vijay
World heritage site Bhimbetka,MP is famous for? Rock Shelters
What is Akash missile? Surface to Air Missile
Osteoporosis is related to which organ? Bone
The pressure in Aeroplane? 11 000 12 200 m (36 000 40 000 feet)
When did Indian mars mission start? Sep 24, 2014
World heritage site Bhimbetka in Madhya Pradesh is famous for? Rock
Who is the cheif guest for republic day 2016? Francios Hollande
If the Temperature of the body decreases this condition is called? Hypothalamus.
RRB 30th March 1st Shift Questions:
1) Where are the headquarters of National Space Society headquarters located? Wa
shington DC
2) CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement award winner? Syed Kirmani.
3) Who started Young India Weekly Journal? Gandhiji.
4) Who won ISL (Indian super league) Champion 2015? Chennaiyan FC.
5) Western education in our country was established by whom? Raja Ram Mohan Roy.
6) Where is Headquarters of UNO is present? New york.

7) Which day is constitution day of India? 26 November

8) What is study of cancer called as? Oncology
9) What is the name of Prime minister appeared in Indian Currency notes?
10) In which year Quit India movement was started? 1942
11) What is distance of Normal eye vision ? 6 m.
12) What is the main source of Vitamin-D? Sunlight.
13) What are the factors on which Pressure depends upon? Area & Force
14) Between who Shimla agreement 1972 is made? Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali B
hutto
15) Expand IFSC Indian financial system code
16) When Good governance day is celebrated? 25th December
17) What is capital of Jammu and Kashmir in summer? Srinagar

19) In which state Thar Desert is situated? Rajasthan

20) Coin is made from? Ferritic stainless steel

22) What is the term used to describe Money Transfer through mobile? IMPS(Immedi
ate Payment Service).
23) Expand BIOS? Basic Input Output System.
At which state Yogini cult has its origin? Odisha.
RRB NTPC 30th March 2nd Shift GK Questions:
1. Chicken pox virus name? Varicella zoster virus.
2. Commonwealth game was held first time in India in which year? 2010.
3. India signed a contract to increase solar energy with which country? U.K.
4. Which one is not search engine? (Yahoo, Google, Flipkart and one more)
lipkart.

5. 1 rupee note bears signature of? Finance Secretary.

6. First women President of INC post independence? Indira Gandhi.
7. Chemotherapy is used for treatment of? Cancer.
8. Wings of Fire book written by? Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam.
9. How many languages written in Indian note? 17 or 15 (except hindi and english
)
10. Jalikattu game is famous in which state? Tamil Nadu.

11. 15th P.M. of India? Narendra Modi.

12. Which states achieved 100% inclusion in PMJDY? Goa and Kerala.
13. RBI currency note is made of which material? Cotton and Cotton rags.
14. What date was extended by RBI to change its pre-dated notes of 2005? 30th Ju
ne, 2016.
15. Who invented Audiophones in 1910? Nathaniel Baldwin
16. National flag of India was designed by? Pingali Venkaiyya.
17. LOC (line of control) between India and Pakistan was constructed in which ye
ar? 1972.
18. Which Computer key is used to get help menu? F1 button.
19. Bhagat Singh was executed in which year? 1931.
20. Arunachal Pradesh capital? Itanagar.
21. How much decibel can a human ear hear? 60-120 DB.
22. First woman to win Gold medal in Olympics Boxing? Nicola Adams.
23. What is MS Office? Application software.
24. Which river is called Ganga of South India? Godavari River
25. Which pm s name could be seen on Indian currency notes? Manmohan Singh.

26. Capital of J&K in summer? Srinagar.

27. Full form of IFSC Indian Financial System Code.
28.Quit India was held in which year 1942.
29. Thar desert is in? Rajasthan
30. The members of rajya sabha are elected by? Elected members of State Legislat
ive Assemblies
31. Study of cancer? Oncology
32. Good governance day? 25 Dec.
33. Constitution day? 26 Nov.
34. Today Indian coins are made from? Ferritic Stainless Steel
35. Venue of cricket world cup 2019? England and Wales.
36. Hockey league 2016 is won by- Punjab Warriors.
37. The exercise meghdoot
cier, Leh.

was conducted by Indian Army at which place? Siachen Gla

38. Headquarter of UNO? New york.

39 .Pressure depends upon? Force and Area.
41. National Space Society headquarters? Washington D.C.
42. Full form of BIOS? Basic Input Output System.
43. From where we get most of Vitamin-D? Cod Liver Oil.
44. ISL Champion 2015? Chennaiyan FC.
45. Shimla agreement 1972 between? Indira Gandhi and Zulfikar Ali Bhutto.
47. CK Naidu Lifetime Achievement award winner? Syed Kirmani.
48. Yogini cult has its origin from which state? Odisha.
49. Which compound in LPG gives it smell on leakage? (Carbon dioxide, nitrogen p
eroxide, Sulphur compound and one more) Ethyl Mercaptan(Sulphur Compound).
1) bharata samhita written by?
Ans) Varahamihira.
2) Sanskrit spoken village in India?
Ans) Mattur & Hosahalli, Karnataka state.
3) Penicillin inventor?
Ans) Alexander Fleming.
4) What is the common language spoken in Sri Lanka and Tamil Nadu?
Ans) Tamil.
5) Who is chanda Kochhar?
Ans) MD & CEO of ICICI Bank.
6) Life On My Terms: From the Grassroots to the Corridors of Power
aphy of?
Ans) Sharad Pawar
7) Who said

Live as if you were to die tomorrow ?

Ans) Mahatma Ghandi.

8)What is Mycology?
Ans) Study of Fungi.
9) Tirumala temple is a part of

mountain series?

Ans) Venkatadri mountains.

10) Brihadeshwara temple is made up of ?

is an autobiogr

Ans) Granite.
11) Among the following PM s who born after Indian Independence?
IK Gujral, Narendra Modi, manmohan Singh, Rajiv Gandhi?
Ans) Narendra Modi.
12) What is English IVY ?
Ans) flower.
13) What is Guru Shikar?
Ans) a peak in the Arbuda Mountains of Rajasthan, is the highest point of the Ar
avalli Range
1) Webpages are written using ________.
Ans) html
2) Where 2018 fifa world cup is held?
Ans) Russia
3) Dialysis is treatment for ______
Ans) Kidneys
4) Captcha is used for ________.
Ans) To check whether user is human or not
5) What is use of Nustar

x ray?

Ans) To focus high energy x-rays

6)______ is called as Bankers of Bankers ?
Ans) Reserve Bank of India.
7) International Unity day celebrated on?
Ans) 31 October.
8) NASA Headquarter is located at?
Ans) Washington DC.
9) IMO stands for?
Ans) International Maritime Organisation
10) What is National highway greenery plan?
Ans) To plant trees along 6000km on highways.
11) Ghandhiji s Guru name?

Ans) Gopal krishna gokale.

12) which is new scheme of formers?
Ans) Crop Insurance Scheme.
13) First female Chief minister in India?
Ans) Sucheta Krupalani.
14) Highest Tea producing state in India?
Ans) Assam state.
15) Kuchipudi belongs to?
Ans) Andhrapradesh state.
16) Water droplets cause Rainbow, why?
Ans) Dispersion of light.
17) What is Larynx?
Ans) sound box.
18) World heritage site by UNESCO in 1985 is?
Ans) Kaziranga wildlife sanctuary.
19) who won Male Gold medalist in 2012 Olympics in Tennis?
Ans) Andy Murray.
20) Who has hitted 6 sixes in T20 worldcups?
Ans) YuvRaj Singh.
21) Kudankulam is located at?
Ans) Tamil Nadu.
22) Computer security Day celebrated on?
Ans) 30 November.
23) First Home Minister of India?
Ans) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.
24) Osama Bin Laden was killed at which place?
Ans) Abbottabad, Pakistan.
25) Indian Coins made of which metal?
Ans) Ferritic Steel.
26) In which year Chandrayan-1 was launched?

2008
27) What is Young crocodile called as?
Ans) Hatchling
28) What is full form of Imo?
Ans) International Maritime Organisation
1)zika virus is caused by which mosquitos?
Ans) Aedes mosquitoes
2)Exobiology means?
Ans) search for extraterrestrial life
3)Prostate is a ?
Ans) Gland.
4) Bangladesh s constitution date?
Ans) November 4, 1972
5) Legislative power are vested with whom?
Ans) Parliament of India.
6) AC to DC Converter?
Ans) Rectifier
7)Triratna is related to what?
Ans) Budhist.
8) In Tennis, Grand slam is combination of ?
Ans) Australia open, French open, Wimbledon open and US open.
9) Which of following books is not written by Abdul kalam ?
Ans) My country My life.
10) Kalpana chawla s space shuttle name?
Ans) columbia.
11) Hirakud is located at which bank of river?
Ans) Mahanadi.
12) In, LAL BAL PAL, who are lal and bal?
Ans) Lala Lajpat rai and Bal gangadhar Tilak
13)Which authority is elected on the basis of proportional representation?

Ans) President
14) Kurukshetra is near to ?
Ans) Ambala city.
15) UNDP Focus on?
Ans)
16) When Virat Kohli got Arjun Award?
Ans) 2013.
17) Person can see only nearby objects? What is that disease?
Ans) Myopia
18) How many players in Volleyball team?
Ans) 6.
1)Which country capital is Male ?
Answer: Republic of Maldives
2)Which vitamin is related to Blood Clotting?
Answer: Vitamin K
3)Which is Longest railway destination of India?
Answer: Dibrugarh to Kanyakumari
4) Serbian Index _____________
Answer: capitalization-weighted price index
5)Capital of Uganda?
Answer: Kampala
6) In India where Chipko movement started ?
Ans: Rajasthan
7) Which country is New Member of WTO?
Answer: Afghanistan
8) H20 is formula for water then what is KOH?
Answer: Potassium Hydroxide
11) What is name of 1998 pokaran test operation?
Answer: Operation Shakti
12) In which Indian state Mica is found in large quantities?
Answer: Jharkhand
13) In which state of India Orange Park is located ?
Answer: Assam
14) Which is most Peaceful country according to 2015 peace index?
Answer: Iceland
15) Which is Cleanest city of India?
Answer: Mysuru

16) MakarSakranti is _______.

Answer: Festival
17) Which crop is produced at highest quantity in India?
Answer: Rice
18) Madhubani Paintings Indicates?
Answer: Forest of Honey
20) Archipelagos means ___________.
Answer: A group of small Icelands
Country got independence in 2011? South Sudan
Cultivation of saffron? Kashmir(in India) Iran (world)
Women participated all events in which Olympics? 1900 Games in Paris
Parliament in Delhi constructed by? Edwinn Lutyens, Herbert Baker
Srilanka got independence in which year? 4th Feb,1948
Ashoka was from which dynasty? Mauryan dynasty
Scientific name of Human Beings? Homo sapiens
Recently creature which lives without water for 10 yrs? The Kangaroo Rat
Currency of Korea? South Korean won
Capital of Gujarat? Gandhinagar
First man to reach outer space? Yuri Gagarin
River Brahmaputra doesn t flow in which country? Myanmar
In which cells Mitochondria doesn t exists? Erythrocytes (Red Blood Cells)
Periodic table invented by? Dmitri Mendeleev
X-ray was invented by? Roentgen
Fastest acting anti rabies vaccine was developed by which country? India
On which planet frozen water is found? Pluto
Planet with no moon? Venus
India s first defence satellite? GSAT 7
Height of badminton net above ground level? 1.524 meter
Molecular formula for sugar? C12H22011
Which monument was built to commemorate the eradication of plague? Charminar
Which was first geostationary satellite launched in India? Ariane Passenger Payl
oad Experiment (APPLE) in 1981
First President of Indian National Congress? Womesh Chandra Bonnerjee
Jallianwala Bagh massacre was commanded by? Colonel Reginald Dyer
Noble prize for peace was received by whom from India in 2014? Kailash Satyarthi
The term Wood shot/Hairpin shot is associated with which sport? Badminton
World s first space tourist? Dennis Tito
Air conditioner was invented by? Willis Carrier
How many tastes buds are present in tongue? 5
Oldest oil reserve in India? Digboi
White desert of India? Rann of Kuch desert.
Kidney stone is caused by? Calcium Oxalate
Who introduced Orthodox Christianity in Russia? Vladimir
Which of following colour has least wavelength? Violet
Which thing was discovered by Alexander Fleming? Penicillin
Mughal dynasty was established by? Babar
What did Shiva Ayyadurai invent? E-mail
Color of Solid iodine? Purple
NACL means? Salt
Homosapiens means? Wise man
Which of following element is found in room temperature? Mercury
Name of Space X`s satellite to study extreme emissions? DSCOVR
What is tri colour ratio of Indian National Flag? 2:3 (Width : Length)

First woman President of Pakistan? Benazir Bhutto

Tennis is played on which surface? Hard, Grass and Clay courts
Ramkhelia is folk dance of? Jammu & Kashmir
Name of NASA`s pluto mission? New Horizons
Last mauryan dynasty? Brihadratha
Jayakwadi Dam on which river? Godavari
If Ph value is below 7, what is it? Acidic
Venue of Rugby world cup 2019? Japan
Saffron is cultivated in India in? Jammu and Kashmir
Project tiger was introduced in year? 1973
Other name of Moss piglet :Tardigrade
On which planet frozen water is found? Pluto
How many bones a Infant baby have? around 300
Golden temple situated on which river? Rabi
2016 world economic forum summit held at? Davos (Switzerland)
1st Nobel prize for literature won by? Sully Prudhomme (French)
Minimum Age to become PM in India?
Ans. 25 Years..
What is currency of Korea?
Ans. Won
Who won Nobel Peace Prize award in 2011?
Ans. Tawakkol Karman, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee
Shah Jahan Build what?
Ans. Jama Masjid in Delhi
Emergency is borrowed from which country?
Ans. Germany
Which colour has the lowest frequency?
Ans. Violet
Tennis which is played on Hard Court?
Ans. US & Australian
Geostationary Satellite on 1981?
Ans. Apple
What is called White Desert of India?
Ans. Siachen