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RRB NTPC Exam 2016: GK Gets Tough for Some [Mar 31 Full Questions List]

To appear in the ongoing RRB NTPC Exam 2016 as part of recruitment for 18000 jobs in Indian Railways is nothing short of an adventure. Going by the feedback shared by candidates, it seems GK section could be the deciding factor when cutoffs are released.With many more days & numerous shifts remaining, exam is still a long way from the end.Here are the RRB exam GK questions that were asked on March 31, 2016.

As discussed already in our RRB NTPC exam review, the problems in General intelligence/ reasoning & Arithmetic are easy in all shifts.The questions are primarily from regular topics & some say that its only of clerical level.

General Knowledge questions are the ones that bring a twist & turn to the RRB exam.Candidates from few RRBs who appeared for March 31st 2nd & 3rd shift say that the GK questions were quite tough.

Are they increasing the difficulty level or is it normal? We would know it in the coming days as more people attend.

RRB NTPC Exam GK Questions

The question sets are not the same for all RRBs.So we are providing the March 31 questions gathered from individuals of different boards.Note them down & prepare from the chapters these belong.

What is Melioidosis? Disease caused by bacteria

Why Pravasi Bhartiya diwas is celebrated? To mark the contribution of the overseas Indian community to india`s development

What is Guru Shikhar? Peak

What is English Ivy? Plant

Where is Inventory Muscle?  In walls of internal organs

Mycology is study of? Fungi

Tirumala temple situated in which hills? Seshachalam (Sheshadri)

Which Indian Scientist contradicted Einstein’s theory of Energy(e=mc²)? Ajay Sharma

What is Brihadeshwara temple made of? Granite

Terracotta army is in which country? China

When was theory of relativity Proposed? 1905 (answer credit: Mr.H solanki)

Common language used in Tamilnadu & Sri Lanka? Tamil

Bankers of Banks? RBI

Asian Games Held in India ? 1951

National unity day? 31st Oct

Headquarters of NASA? Washington DC

Osama Bin laden was killed at? Abbottabad in Pakistan (answer credit: Mr.Akash & RK)

What is IMO?  International maritime organisation

First home minister? Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

National highway greenery plan? To Plant trees along 6,000 km of highways.

Computer Security Day – 30 Nov

Meaning of Grand Slams? Four important annual Tennis events.

Kurukshetra is near which city? Ambala

Kalpana chawla`s space shuttle name– Columbia

AC TO DC is converted by? Rectifier

A disease where person can see only nearby objects? Myopia

Who was Gandhi’s Political Guru? Gopala Krishna Gokhale

New Scheme for Farmers? Crop Insurance Scheme

Kudankulam nuclear power plant is situated in? Tamil Nadu

First woman CM? Sucheta Kriplani

Chandrayaan -1 launched in which year? 2008

Who hits 6 sixes in an over in world cup T20? Yuvraj Singh

Highest Tea Producing State of India? Assam

Who Won Gold Medal in Tennis at 2012 Olympics? Andy Murray

Kuchipudi dance form belongs to which state? Andhra Pradesh

UNSECO announced World heritage site in 1985? Kaziranga Wildlife Sanctuary

Who plays a key role in Nalanda university?  Chancellor

Water droplets cause rainbow due to? Spectrum of Light

Winner of Badminton in 2014 Commonwealth games held at Glasgow? Parupalli Kashyap

Who appoints Governor? President

Partition of Bengal in 1905 was done by? Lord Curzon

Indian village where people speak in Sanskrit? Mattur (Karnataka)

Who is the founder of Slave dynasty? Qutb-ud-din Aybak

Virat kohli awarded Arjuna Award in which year? 2013

Triratna is associated with which religion? Buddhism

Bangladesh Independence day? 26th March ,1971

Hirakud Dam situated on which river? Mahanadi

Number of Columns in MS Excel? 16,384 (in excel 2007) 256 (in 2003) [(answer credit: Mr.Sakthi vel)

Swacch Bharat Abhiyan Mission? 2019

Legislative power vested with whom in India? Parliament (answer tip: Rajiv Verma)

1 Gigabyte equals to how many bytes? 1 Billion bytes

International Gandhi Peace Prize given to Single person or Organization? Both

Who was called Edison of India? – G.D.Naidu

Founder of Mexican communist Party & Communist Party of India – M.N.Roy

Evaporation of liquid to absorb heat is a principle used in? Refrigerator

Webpages are written in? HTML

Captcha is used for? Security

Young crocodiles are called? Hatchlings

2018 FIFA world cup venue? Moscow (Russia)

NuSTAR – X ray is used to detect? Black Holes

Dialysis is treatment for? Kidney

NFC is based on? RFID

Larynx is? Voice box

Prostrate in our body is a? Gland

Study of Earth? Geology

Water is mixture of ? Hydrogen and Oxygen

Radish is Fruit or Vegetable?  Vegetable

How many players in a team in Volleyball? 6

Exobiology is? Study of life beyond the earth’s atmosphere

Rupee sign created by? D Udaya Kumar (question credit: Mr.Sameer)

Having read the full list,you may also checkout the previous day RRB GK questions.

Do you remember any other questions being asked in the exam or if you find any answer wrong, use the comment section below to voice it out.