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RAILWAY EXAM SAMPLE PAPER 1
Railway Sample Papers
RAILWAY EXAM SAMPLE PAPER
1.
In which Satyagraha movement of Mahatma Gandhi women participated most?
(a) Quit India
(b) Non-cooperation (c) Salt
(d) Bardoli
2.
The railway station situated in the extreme south is
(a) Chennai
(b) Cochin
(c) Kanyakumari
(d) Trivandrum
3.
Which of the following planets has the highest period of revolution around the sun?
(a) Mercury
(b) Earth
(c) Mars
(d) None of these
4.
In an organization, 40% of the employees are matriculates, 50% of the remaining are graduates and
remaining 180 are post-graduates. How many employees are graduates?
(a) 360
(b) 240
(c) 180
(d) 300
5.
When was the first train in Indian started?
(a) 1851
(b) 1852
(c) 1853
(d) 1854
6.
U Thant Award is given for
(a) Contribution to east-west understanding (b) Community leadership
(c) Social service
(d) Journalism
7.
The biggest glacier of India is—
(a) Siachin
(b) Yamanotri
(c) Chunhari
(d) Gangotri
8.
The headquarters of South-Central Railways is situated at
(a) Mumbai (V.T)
(b) Chennai
(c) Secundrabad
(d) Mumbai (Central)
9.
Which disease is more common among agricultural workers as compared to urban population?
(a) Lung’s disease
(b) Cirrhasis of liver
(c) Hookworm infection
(d) Cancer
10.
The passenger bogies of the Indian Railways are manufactured at which of the following places?
(a) Kapurthala
(b) Chittranjan
(c) Perambur
(d) Bangalore
11.
Ahilyabai was the queen of
(a) Gwaliar
(b) Malwa
(c) Jaipur
(d) Bijapur
12.
Who among the following headed the Indo-UK Round Table conference held at London to
strengthen bilateral ties between the two countries?
(a) Swaraj Paul
(b) Jaswant Singh
(c) K.C. Pant
(d) Yashwant Sinha
13.
Gupta empire declined in the fifth century A.D. as a consequence of
(a) Chalukya raids
(b) Greek invasion
(c) Hun invasion
(d) Pallava raids
14.
Who is the Indian Mass Universe 2006 in india?
(a) Neha Kapoor
(b) Neha Dhupia
(c) Priyanka Sud
(d) None of these
15.
Who among the following has been appointed as the chairman of Central Electricity Authority:
(a) J.L. Bajaj
(b) H.L. Bajaj
(c) Y.N. Prasad
(d) J.L. Raina
16.
The black hole theory was discovered by
(a) S. Chandrasekhar
(b) Har Gobind Khorana
(c) C.V. Raman
(d) S. Ramanujan
17.
Automobile Industry’s man of the year 2002 is:
(a) Carlos Ghoshn (Japan)
(b) Dr Mark Faber
(c) Dr Doom
(d) Lious Haochuang
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Rowlatt Act was passed in the year
(a) 1917
(b) 1919
(c) 192
(d) 1923
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(a) GT
(b) SH
(c) MN
(d) FU
Name the quarterly magazine, launched by The Times Group.
(a) Bindia
(b) b-drive
(c) businessdrive.com (d) none of these
Nivedita stops to walk after covering a distance of 10 km to the west. She then turns to the right and
walks 8 km. Again she walks 4 km to the right. How far is she from her office?
(a) 18 km
(b) 8 km
(c) 16 km
(d) 10 km
Who is known as ‘Nightingale of India’:
(a) Asha Bhonsle
(b) Begum Akhtar
(c) Sarojini Naidu
(d) Vijaylaxmi Pandit
When water is changed into ice, its volume increases by 9%. If ice changes into water, the
percentage decrease in volume is—
(a) 9%
(b) 10%
(c) 18%
(d) 900/109%
The ratio of the redius and height of a cone is 5 : 12, respectively. Its volume is 23147cc. Find its
slant height.
(a) 13cm
(b) 14cm
(c) 17cm
(d) 26cm
A passenger train runs at the rate of 80 kmph. It starts from the station at some time. After 6 hours a
goods trains leaves the station. The passenger train overtakes the goods train after 4 hours. The
speed of goods train is—
(a) 32 km/h
(b) 50 km/h
(c) 45 km/h
(d) 64 km/h
The Nobel Prize in Economics was started in
(a) 1901
(b) 1936
(c) 1957
(d) 1967
Directions (27-29): In the following questions choose the word that can be substituted for the given
words.
27.
That which cann’t be corrected
(a) Ineligible
(b) Ineluctable
(c) Insortable
(d) Incorrigible
28.
One who believes easily
(a) sedulous
(b) credible
(c) assiduous
(d) credulous
29.
A speech made for first time
(a) simultaneous
(b) drawn
(c) extempore
(d) maiden
30.
Which of the following had strong navy?
(a) Bahmani
(b) Chalukya
(c) Chola
(d) Rashtrakuta
31.
Boys scout and Girls Guide movements were formed by—
(a) Charles Andies
(b) General Ramphel (c) John Quat
(d) Weden Powel
32.
If the atmosphere is removed from the earth—
(a) Day will lengthen
(b) Night will lengthen
(c) Both will remain same
(d) Both will be equal
33.
The canal joining Baltic Sea to North Sea is
(a) Kiel Canal
(b) Suez Canal
(c) Panama Canal
(d) None of these
34.
The land shape formed at the drainage site of the Chanbal river is—
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(a) Ramp
(b) Rift
(c) Delta
(d) None of these
The Shompens are the tribal people of
(a) Andaman
(b) Nicobar
(c) Lakshadweep
(d) None of these
Smart Kid Insurance policy has been launched for students by:
(a) Tata-AIG
(b) SBI-Cardif
(c) ICICI Prudential (d) LICI
Which of the following writs may be issued to enforce a Fundamental Right?
(a) Habeas Corpus (b) Mandamus
(c) Prohibition
(d) Certiorari
Which is not an electric resistant?
(a) Lac
(b) Glass
(c) Charcoal
(d) Ebonite
2002 MN is the name of:
(a) Supercomputer (b) Asteroid
(c) Spacecraft
(d) Star
The headquarter of Asian Development Bank is in—
(a) Geneva
(b) Manila
(c) Bangkok
(d) Jakarta
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