RRB NTPC GK Questions in Hindi / English (General Awareness)

GK or General Awareness plays a major role in the RRB NTPC written exam. As per the RRB NTPC exam pattern, 40 questions will be asked in the CBT 1 exam and 50 questions will be asked in the CBT 2 exam, which is the highest compared to other subjects. Here, we are providing the top 50 GK GD questions for the RRB NTPC 2025 CBT 1 and CBT 2 exams. Read these questions to surpass the cut-off marks and crack the exam.

RRB NTPC 2025 GK Questions

Top 40 GK and General Awareness Questions for RRB NTPC 2025 Exam are shared below.

Q1. Who among the following was the founder of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)?

(a) Vikram Sarabhai
(b) Satish Dhawan
(c) Dr Homi J Bhabha
(d) Dr APJ Abdul Kalam
Answer: (A) Vikram Sarabhai 

Q2. Umayalpuram K Sivaraman is an eminent musician associated with which of the following musical instruments?

(a) Sitar
(b) Guitar
(c) Dhol
(d) Mridangam
Answer: (D) Mridangam

Q3. When did Michael Faraday discover electromagnetic induction, the principle behind the electric transformer and generator?

(a) 1853
(b) 1820
(c) 1875
(d) 1831
Answer: (D) 1831

Q4. Which of the following ports was developed as a Satellite port to relieve the pressure at the Mumbai port?

(a) New Mangalore Port
(b) Marmagao Port
(c) Deendayal Port Authority
(d) Jawaharlal Nehru Port
Answer: (D) Jawaharlal Nehru Port

Q5. Correctly match the following Biosphere Reserves to their respective states.
Biosphere Reserves  States
1. Nokrek   a. Meghalaya
2. Panna    b. Madhya Pradesh
3. Manas   c. Assam

(a) 1-a, 2-c, 3-b
(b) 1-b, 2-a, 3-c
(c) 1-c, 2-b, 3-a
(d) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c
Answer: (D) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c

Q6. What happens in case of market equilibrium:
(A) Market demand = market supply
(B) There is no excess supply in the market

(a) Neither (A) nor (B)
(b) Only (A)
(c) Both (A) and (B)
(d) Only (B)
Answer: (C) Both (A) and (B) 

Q7. Match the concepts in column A with their respective descriptions in column B.

(a) a-5, b-1, c-2, d-3
(b) a-2, b-3, c-4, d-1
(c) a-2, b-1, c-4, d-3
(d) a-5, b-3, c-2, d-1
Answer: (A) a-5, b-1, c-2, d-3.

Q8. Which of the following is NOT a pillar of the strategic framework for achieving the objective of National State Policy 2024?

(a) Technological Intervention
(b) Restriction on Private Sector Engagement
(c) Strong Professional Sports Governance, Implementation and Monitoring
(d) National Framework and Regulatory Bodies
Answer: (B) Restriction on Private Sector Engagement

Q9. A car decreases its speed from 40 m/s to 20 m/s in 5 s . Find the acceleration of the car.

(a) 4m/s²
(b) -4m/s²
(c) 12m/s²
(d) 2m/s²
Answer: (B) -4 m/s²

Q10. Tsang Po and Jamuna are other names of which river?

(a) Indus
(b) Ganga
(c) Narmada
(d) Brahmaputra
Answer: (D) Brahmaputra

Q11. Which among the following is not considered a major industry according to the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion?

(a) Electricity
(b) Jute
(c) Fertilizers
(d) Crude Oil
Answer: (B) Jute

Q12. Which Articles of the Constitution of India deal with the Union Public Service Commission?

(a) Articles 300 to 320
(b) Articles 330 to 338
(c) Articles 210 to 219
(d) Articles 315 to 323
Answer: (D)  Articles 315 to 323

Q13. Who was appointed as the Viceroy of India in place of Lord Wavell in February 1947?

(a) Lord Willingdon
(b) Lord Linlithgow
(c) Lord Irwin
(d) Lord Mountbatten
Answer: (D) Lord Mountbatten

Q14. Rottela Panduga or the Roti Festival is celebrated in which Indian state?

(a) Karnataka
(b) Maharashtra
(c) Andhra Pradesh
(d) Tamil Nadu
Answer: (C) Andhra Pradesh

Q15. Which of the following committees recommended the inclusion of fundamental duties in the Constitution of India?

(a) Balwant Rai Mehta Committee
(b) Sarkaria Committee
(c) Swaran Singh Committee
(d) Raja Mannar Committee
Answer: (C) Swaran Singh Committee

Q16. Where is Birsa Munda International Hockey Stadium located?

(a) Bhubaneswar
(b) Jamshedpur
(c) Ranchi
(d) Rourkela
Answer: (D)  Rourkela

Q17. Which state in India was the most transformed by the Green Revolution?

(a) Kerala
(b) Maharashtra
(c) West Bengal
(d) Punjab
Answer: (D) Punjab

Q18. Which south-eastern Dravidian language has been approved by Odisha state to be included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution of India, on 10th July 2023?

(a) Tulu
(b) Kodagu
(c) Kui
(d) Malto
Answer: (C) Kui

Q19. Calculate the Body Mass Index (BMI) of a person whose weight is 50 kg and height is 1.5 m.

(a) 25.0 kg/m²
(b) 22.2 kg/m²
(c) 16.6 kg/m²
(d) 18.0 kg/m²
Answer: (B) 22.2 kg/m²

Q20. The kinetic energy of a moving object is dependent on which of the following quantities:
i) Mass of the body
ii) Square of the velocity
iii) Pressure

(a) Only (iii)
(b) Both (i) and (ii)
(c) Only (i)
(d) Both (ii) and (iii)
Answer: (B) Both (i) and (ii)

Q21. Brahmo Samaj was earlier known as:

(a) Veda Samaj
(b) Prarthana Samaj
(c) Arya Samaj
(d) Bramho Sabha
Answer: (D) Bramho Sabha

Q22. Mahavir Jayanti celebrates the birthday of Lord Mahavira who is the _______ Tirthankara of Jainism.

(a) 25th
(b) 26th
(c) 23rd
(d) 24th
Answer: (D) 24th

Q23. Who was the first to develop a mathematically predictive heliocentric model of the solar system?

(a) Pierre-Simon Laplace
(b) Immanuel Kant
(c) Galileo Galilei
(d) Nicolaus Copernicus
Answer: (D) Nicolaus Copernicus

Q24. Who among the following established the Indore Gharana?

(a) Bhimsen Joshi
(b) Ustad Amir Khan
(c) Tansen
(d) Ustad Ghaghe Khuda Baksh
Answer: (B) Ustad Amir Khan

Q25. Select the option that is true regarding the following two statements labeled Assertion (A) and Reason (R).
(A) The first battle of Panipat was one of the decisive battles of India.
(R) It brought into power a new band of invaders called the Mughals.

(a) Statements A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
(b) A is true, but R is false.
(c) R is true, but A is false.
(d) Statements A and R are true, but R is not the correct explanation of A.
Answer: (A) Statements A and R are true, and R is the correct explanation of A.
 

Q26. Which is the waterbody that separates the Andaman Islands and Nicobar Islands?

(a) Eight Degree Channel
(b) Nine Degree Channel
(c) Ten Degree Channel
(d) Eleven Degree Channel
Answer: (C) Ten Degree Channel

Q27. What percentage of solar energy is captured by green plants in terrestrial ecosystem?

(a) 10 percent
(b) 5 percent
(c) 100 percent
(d) 1 percent
Answer: (D) 1 percent

Q28. Which writ is issued by a high court or supreme court when a lower court has considered a case going beyond its
jurisdiction?

(a) Quo Warrant
(b) Habeas Corpus
(c) Certiorari
(d) Prohibition
Answer: (D) Prohibition

Q29. India's first artificial satellite, ________________, was launched in space by Indian Space Research Organisation.

(a) ScatSat
(b) Aryabhatta
(c) Bhaskara
(d) Resources
Answer: (B) Aryabhatta

Q30. What is the IUPAC name of the compound CH₃NH₂?

(a) Propan-1-amine
(b) Methenamine
(c) 2-Methyl propane-l-amine
(d) Ethanamine
Answer: (B) Methenamine

Q31. Which of the following is NOT a part of Carnatic music?

(a) Varnam
(b) Dhrupad
(c) Pallavi
(d) Charana
Answer: (B) Dhrupad

Q32. Who among the following won the Purple cap in the 17th Edition of Indian Premier League in 2024?

(a) T Natarajan
(b) Jasprit Bumrah
(c) Kuldeep Yadav
(d) Harshal Patel
Answer: (D) Harshal Patel

Q33. Which of the following is the roadmap to achieve development and child protection priorities aligned with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?

(a) Mission Surksha
(b) Mission Vardan
(c) Mission Vatsalya
(d) Mission Arpan
Answer: (C) Mission Vatsalya

Q34. Which state of India has the maximum number of large dams?

(a) Maharashtra
(b) Madhya Pradesh
(c) Odisha
(d) Rajasthan
Answer:(A) Maharasthra

Q35. Each of the following statements includes two terms. In three cases, the two terms mean the same as each other. In which of the following cases do the two termsnotmean the same as each other?

(a) Nominal GDP and GDP at current prices
(b) The base period and the reference period
(c) Changes in real GDP and the GDP deflator
(d) Real GDP and GDP at constant prices
Answer: (C) Changes in real GDP and the GDP deflator

Q36. Medini Rai of Chanderi, Hasan Khan of Mewat and Mahmud Lodi joined Rana Sanga with their forces to fight against which of the following Mughal rulers?

(a) Babur
(b) Akbar
(c) Aurangzeb
(d) Humayun
Answer: (A) Babur

Q37. Which Article provides that all minorities have the right to establish and administer educational institutions of their choice?

(a) Article 26
(b) Article 24
(c) Article 32
(d) Article 30
Answer: (D) Article 30

Q38. The Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 empowers the ______________ to establish authorities charged with the mandate of preventing environmental pollution in all its forms.

(a) State Governments
(b) Central Governments
(c) Supreme Court
(d) Local Municipalities
Answer: (B) Central Government

Q39. Match the terms in column A with their respective properties in column B.
Column A
Column B 
a. Glucose Intermediate substance in breakdown of glucose
b. Yeast Glucose is converted into pyruvic acid
c. Glycolysis Uses nutrients for the fermentation process
d. Glycolysis Best organic substrate for respiration

(a) i-b, ii-a, iii-d, iv-c.
(b) i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a.
(c) i-a, ii-b, iii-c, iv-d.
(d) i-d, ii-c, iii-a, iv-b
Answer: (B) i-d, ii-c, iii-b, iv-a

Q40. Why is the six-membered cyclic structure of glucose called a pyranose structure?

(a) Pyran is a non-cyclic organic compound, with one oxygen atom and five carbon atoms in the ring
(b) Pyran is a cyclic organic compound, with one oxygen atom and five carbon atoms in the ring
(c) Furan is a five-membered non-cyclic compound, with one oxygen and four carbon atoms
(d) Furan is a five-membered cyclic compound, with one oxygen and four carbon atoms.
Answer: (B)  Pyran is a cyclic organic compound, with one oxygen atom and five carbon atoms in the ring

Q41. In which year did the split in the Indian Congress occur?

(a) 1901
(b) 1905
(c) 1903
(d) 1907
Answer: (d) 1907

Q42. Badruddin Tyabji served as the President of the Indian Nation Congress in which year?

(a) 1887
(b) 1888
(c) 1885
(d) 1886
Answer: (a) 1877

Q43. The Indian National Congress was founded in December of which year?

(a) 1890
(b) 1858
(c) 1885
(d) 1872
Answer: (c) 1885

Q44. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress in the 1915 session?

(a) Satyendra Prasanna Sinha
(b) Ambica Charan Mazumdar
(c) Bhupendra Nath Bose
(d) Madan Mohan Malaviya
Answer: (a) Satyendra Prasanna Sinha 

Q45. The 1925 session of the Indian National Congress was held in which city?

(a) Kanpur
(b) Ahmedabad
(c) Delhi
(d) Nagpur
Answer: (a) Kanpur 

Q46. How many delegates attended the second session of the Indian National Congress?

(a) 434
(b) 628
(c) 212
(d) 190
Answer: (a) 434

Q47. The Indian National Congress demanded complete independence in 1929 under the presidency of:

(a) Dadabhai Naoroji
(b) Jawaharlal Nehru
(c) Mahatma Gandhi
(d) Chitta Ranjan Das
Answer: (b) Jawaharlal Nehru

Q48. George Yule became the President of the Indian National Congress in 1888 at which session?

(a) Calcutta
(b) Allahabad
(c) Madras
(d) Bombay
Answer: (b) Allahabad

Q49. In which year did the Karachi session of the Indian National Congress pass a resolution about the future Constitution of India?

(a) 1921
(b) 1931
(c) 1930
(d) 1940
Answer: (b) 1931

Q50. Who was elected as the President of the Indian National Congress in 1938 and 1939?

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Rajendra Prasad
(c) C. Rajagopalachari
(d) Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel
Answer: (a) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q51. Who presided over the special Congress session in September 1923, becoming the youngest President at the age of 35?

(a) Mahadev Govind Ranade
(b) Ram Manohar Lohia
(c) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad
Answer: (d) Maulana Abul Kalam Azad

Q52. Who was the President of the Indian National Congress when India gained independence in 1947?

(a) Abul Kalam Azad
(b) Vallabhbhai Patel
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) J. B. Kripalani
Answer: (d) J.B. Kripalani 

Q53. The national anthem “Jana Gana Mana” was first sung at which Congress session?

(a) Calcutta
(b) Lahore
(c) Belgaum
(d) Tripuri
Answer: (a) Calcutta

Q54. The Moplah Revolt of 1921 occurred in which present-day Indian state?

(a) Tamil Nadu
(b) Bengal
(c) Kerala
(d) Uttar Pradesh
Answer: (c) Kerala

Q55. Who founded the All India Forward Bloc in 1939 after resigning from Congress leadership?

(a) Bal Gangadhar Tilak
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) Subhash Chandra Bose
Answer: (d) Subhash Chandra Bose

Q56.Where was the first All-India Kisan Sabha formed in 1936?

(a) Lucknow
(b) Lahore
(c) Amritsar
(d) Delhi
Answer: (a) Lucknow

Q57. Who first proposed the theory of the economic drain of wealth from India to England?

(a) Mahatma Gandhi
(b) R. C. Dutt
(c) S. N. Banerjee
(d) Dadabhai Naoroji
Answer: (d) Dadabhai Naoroji

Q58. Who was the first Indian to qualify for the Indian Civil Services?

(a) Subhash Chandra Bose
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Satyendra Nath Tagore
(d) Surendra Nath Banerjee
Answer: (c) Satyendra Nath Tagore

Q59. The Hindu Mahasabha was founded in which year?

(a) 1917
(b) 1915
(c) 1925
(d) 1910
Answer: (b) 1915

Q60. Who authored the novel Anand Math, from which “Vande Mataram” is taken?

(a) Abanindranath Tagore
(b) Rabindranath Tagore
(c) Muhammad Iqbal
(d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee
Answer: (d) Bankim Chandra Chatterjee

Q61. Who said, “English education has enslaved us”?

(a) Raja Rammohan Roy
(b) Mahatma Gandhi
(c) Muhammad Ali Jinnah
(d) Muhammad Iqbal
Answer: (b) Mahatma Gandhi

Q62. The Moplah uprising was led by which leader?

(a) Alluri Sitarama Raju
(b) Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji
(c) Birsa Munda
(d) Baba Ramchandra
Answer: (b) Variyamkunnath Kunjahammed Haji

Q63. Who founded the Forward Bloc?

(a) Motilal Nehru
(b) Dadabhai Naoroji
(c) Subhas Chandra Bose
(d) Surendranath Banerjee
Answer: (c) Subhas Chandra Bose

Q64. Which reformer of British India was known as Lokhitwadi?

(a) Balshastri Jambhekar
(b) Dadoba Pandurang
(c) Gopal Ganesh Agarkar
(d) Gopal Hari Deshmukh
Answer: (d) Gopal Hari Deshmukh

Q65. Who founded the Asiatic Society in 1784 at Calcutta?

(a) Jonathan Duncan
(b) William Jones
(c) Warren Hastings
(d) Charles Eyre
Answer: (b) William Jones

Q66. Who founded the Social Service League in Bombay?

(a) M. N. Roy
(b) Gopal Krishna Gokhale
(c) Narayan Malhar Joshi
(d) Mahadev Govind Ranade
Answer: (c) Narayan Malhar Joshi

Q67. Who wrote the Hindi calligraphic version of the original Indian Constitution?

(a) S. N. Mukherjee
(b) Prem Behari Narain Raizada
(c) Vasant Krishan Vaidya
(d) Nand Lal Bose
Answer: (c) Vasant Krishan Vaidya

Q68. From which Act is the structural framework of the Indian Constitution largely derived?

(a) 1909
(b) 1935
(c) 1947
(d) 1919
Answer: (b) 1935

Q69. When was the Constitution of India adopted by the Constituent Assembly?

(a) 1947
(b) 1949
(c) 1950
(d) 1948
Answer: (b) 1949

Q70. Who moved the Objective Resolution that later became the Preamble of the Indian Constitution?

(a) Rajendra Prasad
(b) J. B. Kripalani
(c) Jawaharlal Nehru
(d) B. R. Ambedkar
Answer: (c) Jawaharlal Nehru