RRB Sample Question Papers With Answers
RRB Sample Question Papers With Answers
SECUNDERABAD
MATERIAL SUPERINTENDENT
PREVIOUS PAPER - 2014
HELD ON: 14-12-2014
1. If Arun is Chetna's son, Chetna and Kavitha are sisters, Jyothi is Kavitha's mother, Parth the son of
Jyothi, then
1) Parth and Arun are Cousins
2) Parth is maternal uncle of Arun
3) Kavitha is Arun's grandmother
4) Parth is maternal uncle of Kavitha
2. Find the next number in the series:
10, 100, 200, 310, ..........
1) 430 2) 510 3) 400 4) 420
3
3. A man is facing North. He starts walking on a circular path, completesthof the circle and takes a
4
right turn. Which direction is he facing now?
1) East 2) West 3) North 4) South
4. In a certain code MONKEY is coded as XDJMNL. How would the TIGER be coded?
1) SDFHS 2) UJHFS 3) QDFHS 4) SHFDQ
5. Find the number that will replace the .........:
1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, .........
1) 20 2) 21 3) 22 4) 23
6. How many cubes are there in the figure?
1) 6
2) 8
3) 9
4) 10
7. Ramesh goes 4 km South, then 8 km West, then 6 km North, then 8 km East and then 1 km South. How
far is Ramesh from the starting point?
1) 2 km 2) 1 km 3) 0 km 4) 8 km
8. 'Crime' is related to 'Court' in the same way as 'Disease' is related to
1) Doctor 2) Hospital 3) Medicine 4) Punishment
9. Two tangents are drawn to a circle of radius 10 cm. The tangents are parallel to each other. What is the
distance between the two tangents?
1) 10 cm 2) 20 cm 3) 10 √ 2 cm 4) 10 √ 3 cm
10. Match the following:
1. Cell a. Animal cell
b. Plant
2. ATP a. Mitochondria
b. Genes
1) 1-(a), 2-(a) 2) 1-(a), 2-(b) 3) 1-(b), 2-(a) 4) 1-(b), 2-(b)
11. Synapses and Dendrites are associated with
1) Cortex 2) Epithelium 3) Retina 4) Nerve-cells
12. A tissue that connects muscle to bones in humans is called
1) Tendon 2) Fibre 3) Axon 4) Femur
13. The human population of globe is approximately
1) 500 million 2) 600 million 3) 6 billion 4) 7 billion
14. Hematology is the study related to
1) Plant reproduction system 2) Blood
3) Food habits of animals 4) Bones
15. Which of the following is not a food borne disease?
1) Amoebiasis 2) Cholera 3) Influenza 4) Hepatitis A
16. Hadrons and Baryons are
1) Industrial chemicals
2) Types of subatomic particles
3) Alkalies
4) Cyclotrons
3) 2.22 A Ω
2Ω Ω
2Ω
10 V
4) 2.775 A
20. A transformer core is made of laminations
1) to increase the electrical conductivity of the core
2) to increase the permeability of the core
3) to reduce eddy currents
4) to increase eddy currents and improve efficiency
21. Domestic supply of electricity in India is 220 V AC. 220 V refers to the ........... Voltage.
1) rms value 2) peak value 3) mean value 4) minimum value
22.
π
In a given AC circuit there is a phase difference of between current and Voltage. When the current
2
is at its peak Voltage is zero. The circuit is
1) resistive 2) inductive 3) capacitive 4) can't say
23. An unknown DC Voltage is be measured. Which measuring range in the multimeter will you select
first?
1) 500 V 2) 50 V 3) 5 V 4) 0.5 V
24. The earth conductor provides a path to ground for
1) circuit current 2) leakage current 3) over current 4) high voltage
25. Distance between two buildings is 100 m. A surveyor is standing at a distance of 10 m from the taller
building on a line joining them. If the angle of elevation measured by him for the taller building is 1.5
times the angle of elevation of the smaller building what is the height of smaller building?
1) 45.3 m 2) 45.67m 3) 46.22 m 4) Data insufficient
26. A galvanometer is converted to a voltmeter by
1) adding a high resistance in series with the galvanometer
2) adding a low resistance in parallel with the galvanometer
3) increasing the number of windings of galvanometer coil
4) decreasing the number of windings of the galvanometer coil
27. A dynamometer is an equipment used to measure
1) current and voltage of generator 2) dynamic loads over cyclic times
3) fatigue propagation due to dynamic loads 4) torque and power of an engine
28. Interferometers are used for measurement of
1) changes in life cycle processes due to radiation
2) effect of interference of wearing of one mechanical on the whole machine
3) measurement of very small displacements and surface irregularities
4) chemical analysis of compounds
29. Sclerometer is used by
1) Astronomers 2) Civil Engineering Surveyors
3) Doctors 4) Metallurgists
30. The word Brinell is associated with
1) soil testing 2) tensile testing
3) hardness testing 4) testing of seasoning of wood
31. What is carbon footprint?
1) measure of radioactivity from a fossil.
2) environmental impact because of used cells and batteries.
3) total sets of green house gas emissions by organization, individual etc.
4) amount of carbon content in the organic compounds.
32. Ashoka in the 13th year of his coronation, appointed a special type of officer who surveyed the land,
kept land records and carried out justice. These officers were called
1) Amatyas 2) Samahartas 3) Rajukas 4) Chalukyas
33. Who built the Jagannatha temple of Puri?
1) Ananavarmana Chodaganga 2) Narsimhavarmana
3) Aadiyavarmana 4) Parameshwaravarmana
34. An individual who is not a member of either house of the Parliament can be appointed as a member of
the Council of Minister, but he hand to become the member of the either house in
1) 3 months 2) 6 months 3) one year 4) 2 years
35. The term 'Republic' used in the preamble of the Constitution of India implies
1) That the head of the state is hereditary
2) That the head of the state is a constitutional ruler
3) That the head of the state is an elected representative
4) None of the above
36. The Hindustan Shipyard Limited is located at
1) Goa 2) Cochin 3) Mumbai 4) Visakhapatnam
37. In India, what is the minimum permissible age for employment in a factory?
1) 14 years 2) 16 years 3) 18 years 4) 21 years
38. Lunar Eclipse occurs only on a
1) First quarter day 2) New moon day 3) Full moon day 4) Last quarter day
39. Mirages generally occur in
1) Mountains 2) forests 3) deserts 4) sea
40. Which states is known for its sandalwood carvings?
1) Maharashtra 2) Madhya Pradesh 3) Kerala 4) Karnataka
41. If circumference of a circle is increased by 10%, the area of the circle will increase by
1) 5% 2) 10% 3) 20% 4) 21%
42. A cylindrical shaped metal piece is converted into a wire. Out of the following, which parameter can
be assumed to remain the same
1) volume 2) cross-selection area
3) length 4) diameter
43. What is the probability of getting 3 aces three cards are drawn from a set of 52 playing cards?
1 1 4×3×2
1) 523 2) 3) 4)
523 52! 52 × 51 × 50
44. In a class of 40 students, 25 are sports persons and 25 are mathematicians. What is the probability that
the monitor of the class is both a sports person and a mathematician?
1 1 1 1
1) 2) 3) 4)
40 25 4 50
15
45. Sum of two numbers is 15 and sum of their reciprocals . The two numbers are
56
1) 4, 11 2) 5, 10 3) 6, 9 4) 7, 8
1 1
46. If α, β are the roots of quadratic equation x2 + x + 1 = 0, then
α + is β
1) -1 2) 1 3) 0 4) None of these
47. Value of √ 6 + √ 6
+ √
6 + ....... is
5
1) 2) -2 3) 3 4) 4
2
48. If a, b, c, d, e and f are in arithmetic progression, then e-c is equal to
1) 2(b-a) 2) c-b 3) 2(f-d) 4) 2(d-b)
49. In coordinate geometry, distance of the point (-4, 3) from origin is
1) 3 2) 4 3) 5 4) 25
50. A class of compounds which are used in increases when molecular weight is low and are naturally
occurring fats when molecular weight is high in the series, is called
1) amino 2) aromatic compounds
3) esters 4) organic acids
51. If the mass of Sun, earth and distance between them is respectively M, m and r; work done by the Sun's
gravity on earth for one revolution round the sum is
G Mm G M.m G Mm
1) zero 2) 3)
r .2Π 4) .2Π
r2 r2
52. The choke of a tube light works on the principle of
1) bi-metallic 2) capacitance 3) inductance 4) ionization
53. In the figure below, what is the acceleration of body with mass M2, given g is the acceleration due to
gravity (assume pulley and surfaces are smooth)
1) g
m1 + m2 m2
2) g
m1
m1 + m2
3) g
m2
m2 m2
4) .g
m1 + m2
54. Which of the following statements is correct?
1) Speed of light in vacuum is 3 × 108 m/s
2) Speed of light is different for different colours
3) Speed of light is different in different media
4) All of the above
55. In Heisenberg's Uncertainity principle, the uncertainity of momentum and position of a particle can be
1) reduced using smaller wavelength of probing light
2) reduced using larger wavelength of probing light
3) reduced using high energy probe particles accelerated by cyclotron
4) can't be reduced as it is fundamentally
56. A fuse should be connected in ........... in the ............ conductor.
1) series, neutral 2) series, live 3) parallel, neutral 4) parallel, live
57. Equipment earthing gives protection against
1) voltage fluctuation 2) overloading
3) electric shocks 4) high temperature of conductors
58. A generator is related 2 KW 200 V.D.C. It can supply load current of
1) 4000 A 2) 100 A 3) 10 A 4) 4 A
59. The term PCB stands for
1) Polyethylene Card Board 2) Printed Circuit Board
3) Printed Card Board 4) Polythene Circuit Board
60. Color bands for 1.5 Ohms resistor will be
1) Brown, Green, Brown 2) Brown, Green, Golden
3) Brown, Golden, Green 4) Brown, Golden, Golden
61. A frequency tuning electronic circuit would consist of
1) an inductor and a capacitor 2) an inductor and a resistor
3) two inductors 4) two capacitors
62. Main element of a filter that reduces the A.C. component of the output is
1) resistor 2) inductor 3) transformer 4) capacitor
63. For stabilizing the gain of an amplifier
1) positive feedback is used 2) no feedback is used
3) negative feedback is used 4) input voltage is varied
64. A stereophonic system requires
1) two separate microphones 2) two separate amplifiers
3) two separate speakers 4) all of the above
65. Which of the following statements in incorrect
1) Microsoft windows is GUI
2) Linux is GUI
3) More than 5000 KB data can be stored in a DVD
4) A 1 TB flash drive can store 2 million files each of size 1 MB
66. How many lines can be said to exist or be drawn in a three dimensional space, which are mutually
perpendicular to each other?
1) 2 2) 3 3) 4 4) 8
67. A third angle orthographic projection of an object is given below. What is this object?
1) Triangle
2) Trapezium
3) Cone
4) Frustrum of a cone
68. In an engineering drawing it is written scale 1 cm = 100 m. Which ratio does it correspond to?
1) 1 : 100 2) 1 : 1000 3) 1 : 10,000 4) 1 : 1,00,000
69. In machine drawing, a 'sectional view' cut portion is shown by
1) diagonal hatching 2) dots 3) cross marks 4) red colour
70. For complete description of a component, a machine drawing would require minimum how many
orthographic projections?
1) 1 2) 2 3) 3 4) 4
71. Hirakud dam has been built on the river
1) Cauvery 2) Mahanadi 3) Krishna 4) Yamuna
72. Who received the first Nobel Prize in Physics in India?
1) Dr. C.V. Raman 2) Dr. Hargobind Khurana
3) Prof. C.N.R. Rao 4) Prof. Narlikar
73. Which of the following books was banned by all Muslim countries and India?
1) The Shame Within 2) Discovery of India
3) Satanic Verses 4) Beyond Expanse
74. IGMDP, in Indian context, is a
1) Management Development Programme 2) Monetary Policy
3) Missile Programme 4) Marketing Policy in Management Studies
75. Who is the Secretary General of United Nations?
1) David Camaron 2) Stephen Harper 3) Jung-Hong-Won 4) Bank Ki-Moon
76. With reference to water pollution, BOD means
1) Biochemical Oxygen Dilution 2) Biochemical Oxygen Demand
3) Bio Organic Dissolutes 4) Basic Organic Dissolutes
77. Approx, percentage of oxygen in Earth's atmosphere is
1) 17% 2) 21% 3) 25% 4) 33%
78. In the context of genetics, DNA stands for
1) Di-Neuro Acid 2) Daily News Analysis
3) Detoxic Neuro Acid 4) Deoxyribo Nucleic Acid
79. In the context of Information Technology, OCR means
1) Optical Character Recognition 2) Octagonal Cyclic Recharge
3) Octadecimal Cyclic Regeneration 4) Optical Character Regeneration
80. Number of points on x-axis which are 2 units away from the point (4, 1) are
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) infinite
81. If the ratio of height of tower to its shadow is 1 : √ 3 the angle of elevation of Sun is
1
1) 30° 2) 45° 3) 60° 4) 87 °
2
82. The value of (1 + 0.1 + 0.11 + 0.111) is
1) 1.321 2) 1.211 3) 1.111 4) 1.0321
83. When a number is divided by 5, it gives remainder 3. What is the remainder when square of that
number is divided by 5?
1) 9 2) 3 3) 4 4) 1
84. Find the value of 672 - 332
1) 3200 2) 3400 3) 3146 4) 3143
85. If two sides of a triangle are given and by the two sides is also given, how many triangles can be drawn
at the area?
1) 0 2) 1 3) 2 4) 3
86. 4 men can complete a pieces of work in 5 days. How many are required to complete 3 times the work
in 4 days
1) 5 2) 15 3) 80 4) 20
87. Given that log2 = 0.3 approx, one billion would be apex
1) 29 2) 210 3) 220 4) 230
88. In how many different ways can 3 identical white balls and 2 identical red balls he arranged besides
each other, in straight line?
1) 6 2) 10 3) 12 4) 120
89. The value of sin2 302 + sin2 602 is
3 3
1) 1 2) 3) 2 4)
2 4
90. As the speed of charged particle increase in a cyclotron, (choose True (T) for False (F))
a. The particle moves to a larger circle
b. There is relativistic change in the mass of the particle
c. Frequency of the cyclotron has to be adjusted
1) F, F, F 2) T, T, T 3) T, F, T 4) T, T, F
91. In a thermodynamic system, a process in which volume remains constant is called ........ process.
1) isobaric 2) isometric 3) adiabatic 4) isentropic
92. Coefficient of performance of a commercially used refrigerator would be close to
1) 40% 2) 85% 3) 1.5 4) 3.5
93. In a thermodynamic system, thermal equilibrium is achieved when two bodies reach
1) same thermal energy 2) same entropy
3) same temperature 4) same molecular energy
94. A hot body Follows Newton's law of cooling. Typical temperature-time graph of the cooling body
would be
Temp.
Temp.
1) 2)
Times Times
Temp.
Temp.
3) 4)
Times Times
95. In a multicylinder diesel engine, the cylinders are fired in a particular sequence
1) to reduce fuel consumption 2) to reduce knocking
3) to reduce engine vibrations 4) all of the above
96. Consider the circuit below:
Q
R
Q
S
C
A D
B
(Calorie) heat
150. Contour lines drawn on a map, are the lines which pass through
1) hills and depressions 2) same elevation
3) same latitude 4) None of the above
ANSWERS
1-2; 2-1; 3-3; 4-3; 5-2; 6-4; 7-2; 8-2; 9-2; 10-3; 11-4; 12-1; 13-4; 14-2; 15-3; 16-2; 17-1; 18-2; 19-2; 20-3;
21-1; 22-3; 23-1; 24-2; 25-4; 26-1; 27-3; 28-3; 29-4; 30-3; 31-3; 32-2; 33-1; 34-2; 35-3; 36-4; 37-1; 38-3;
39-3; 40-4; 41-4; 42-1; 43-4; 44-3; 45-4; 46-1; 47-3; 48-1; 49-3; 50-3; 51-1; 52-3; 53-4; 54-4; 55-4; 56-2;
57-3; 58-3; 59-2; 60-2; 61-1; 62-4; 63-3; 64-4; 65-4; 66-2; 67-4; 68-3; 69-1; 70-2; 71-2; 72-1; 73-3; 74-3;
75-4; 76-2; 77-2; 78-4; 79-1; 80-3; 81-1; 82-1; 83-3; 84-2; 85-3; 86-2; 87-4; 88-2; 89-1; 90-2; 91-2; 92-4;
93-3; 94-4; 95-3; 96-2; 97-2; 98-1; 99-3; 100-2; 101-1; 102-3; 103-4; 104-2; 105-3; 106-3; 107-2; 108-4;
109-1; 110-4; 111-4; 112-3; 113-4; 114-1; 115-4; 116-2; 117-2; 118-2; 119-3; 120-3; 121-2; 122-1; 123-2;
124-4; 125-2; 126-2; 127-4; 128-1; 129-3; 130-2; 131-4; 132-1; 133-2; 134-4; 135-3; 136-1; 137-2; 138-3;
139-4; 140-4; 141-1; 142-3; 143-2; 144-3; 145-1; 146-4; 147-3; 148-2; 149-4; 150-2.