INDIAN RAILWAY QUIZ - 6

1. The earliest known Indian script is

a. Mori

b. Devanagari

c. Brahmi

d. Kharosti

2. How many times the preamble was amended

a. once

b. twice

c. thrice

d. four times

3. The term socialist was added in the Preamble by the...amendment

a. 40th

b. 42nd

c. 44th

d. 49th

4. The state with the lowest population in India is

a. Goa

b. Tripura

c. Mizoram

d. Sikkim

5. Which person or organisation received the Nobel Prize three times so far?

a. Medame Curie

b. Linus Pauling

c. Alexender Flemming

d. International Committee of the Redcross

6. When was the nationalization of Indian Railways done?

(a) 1952 

(b) 1950 

(c) 1951 

(d) 1954

7. Which is the following pairs of regional Railways and their headquarters not true?

(a) South-Central Railway - Secunderabad

(b) Central railway - Bhopal

(c) South Railway - Chennai

(d) North Railway - New Delhi

8. At what rate of compound interest a sum will be 25/ 16times of itself in 2 years?

(a) 16%

(b) 18%

(c) 20%

(d) 25%

9. A sum in 20 years double at a certain rate of simple interest. In how many years will it be four times of itself?

(a) 40 years

(b) 50 years

(c) 60 years

(d) 80 years

10. The sum of two numbers is 100 and their difference is 50. The ratio of these numbers is

(a) 2:1

(b) 3:1

(c) 4:1

(d) 5:1

11. The population of a town increases at 10% per annum. If the present population is 160000, what will be the population after 4 years?

(a) 1,94,481

(b) 1,78,641

(c) 1,92,000

(d) 1,65,000

12. A particle is thrown upwards at the velocity of 39.2 m/sec. Time to reach the highest point is

(a) 3 seconds

(b) 4 seconds

(c) 3.75 seconds

(d) 4.75 seconds

13. The velocity of rotation of Earth is

(a) 28 km/min 

(b) 30 km/min

(c) 25 km/min 

(d) 39.5 km/min

14. What is Hubble?

(a) Warship 

(b) Star

(c) Telescope 

(d) Missile

15. Which number is missing ?

     45389  ,  ?  ,  453  , 34

(A) 34780

(B) 8354

(C) 4892

(D) 3478

16. If 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

17. 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

18. Which of the following is not an ore of aluminium :

(a) Cryolite 

(b) Feldspar

(c) Bauxite 

(d) Azurite

19. Rhombic monoclinic and plastic sulphur are:

(a) Isomers 

(b) Isotopes

(c) Allotropes 

(d) Hydrides of sulphur

20. The alkaline hydrolysis of oils or fats gives soap and :

(a) Glycerol 

(b) Ethenol

(c) Glycol 

(d) Ethanoic acid

ANSWER KEY:

1.C

2.A

3.B

4.D

5.D

6.B

7.B

8.D

9.C

10.B

11.A

12.B

13.A

14.C

15.B

16.D

17.D

18.D

19.C

20.A