Analysis Chart of Question Papers of Various

Previous Exams of RRB

S.N. Exam Exam Total General Total
year Question Science + Questions of
Papers General General Science
Awareness
1. RRB NTPC-2019 2020-2021 133 10 + 30 = 40 10×133= 1330
Stage-I
2. RRB JE-2018 2019 9 35 + 15 = 50 35×9 = 315
Stage-II
3. RPF Constable 2018 2019 17 20 + 30 = 50 20×17 = 340

4. RPF SI 2018 2019 23 20 + 30 = 50 20×23 = 460

5. RRB JE-2018 2019 38 30 +15 = 45 30×38 = 1140

Stage-I
6. RRB ALP/Tech.-2018 2019 18 40+10 = 50 40×18 = 720
Stage-II
7. RRB ALP/Tech.-2018 2018 30 20+10 = 30 20 × 30 = 600
Stage-I
8. RRB Group D 2018 2018 135 25+20 = 45 25 × 135 = 3375

9. RRB NTPC-2015 2017 9 35+15 = 50 35 × 9 = 315

Stage-II
10. RRB NTPC-2015 2016 63 10 + 30 = 40 10 × 63 = 630
Stage-I
11. RRB JE 2015 2015 26 10 + 15 = 25 10 × 26 = 260

12. RRB JE 2014 2014 10 10 + 15 = 25 10 × 10 = 100

Total 511 9585

Note– • In this book, a total of 511 question papers of NTPC Stage-I and II, Group D, JE Stage-I and II, ALP
Stage-I and II, RPF Constable and RPF SI online examinations conducted by RRB have been
included.
• In this book, out of total 9585 questions related to General Science, by removing the repetitive
questions, a chapterwise compilation has been presented with explanation of 1671 questions of
Physics, 1585 of Chemistry, 1557 of Biology, 677 of Computer and 449 questions of Environment
and Ecology. Out of which the name of the concerned examination and the date of examination have
been added to the original question by removing the repetitive questions, so that the examinee can
properly assess the importance of questions.

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PHYSICS
Ans : (b) The SI unit of Force is kg.ms-2. The quantity
1. Unit/Measurement/Measuring of force is expressed by the vector product of mass (m)
and acceleration (a).
Instrument ⇒ F = ma
5. Which of the following is not a unit of
(i) Unit temperature?
(a) Fahrenheit (b) Pascal
1. Newton is the unit to measure ______. (c) Celsius (d) Kelvin
(a) Power (b) Force RRB Group-D 31-10-2018 (Shift-II)
(c) Pressure (d) Resistance Ans : (b) Fahrenheit, Celsius and Kelvin are the units
RRB NTPC 08.02.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist of temperature. Pascal is a unit of pressure.
Ans : (b) : 6. The SI unit of electrical resistivity is ………….
Quantity SI - Unit (a) Ohm-meter (b) Ohm
Power Watt (d) Coulomb (d) Ampere
Force Newton RRB Group-D 04-12-2018 (Shift-III)
RRB Group-D 23-10-2018 (Shift-I)
Pressure Pascal
Ans : (a) The electrical resistivity of a substance
Resistance Ohm indicates its ability to resist the flow of electric current
2. The SI unit of sound wave frequency was by the substance. Low resistivity of materials allow
named in honour of which physicist? electric charge to flow smoothly. Its SI unit is Ohm
(a) Werner Karl Heisenberg meter (Ωm).
(b) Heinrich Rudolf Hertz
7. The commercial unit of electric energy is .......
(c) Albert Einstein
(a) watt (b) kW
(d) J C Maxwell
(c) kilowatt-hour (d) joule
RRB NTPC 19.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
RRB Group-D 20-09-2018 (Shift-II)
Ans : (b) The term 'Hertz' was proposed in the early
Ans : (c) The commercial unit of electric energy is the
1920s by German scientists to honour the 19th century
kilowatt hour. A 1 kilowatt hour or a unit is the amount
German physicist Heinrich Hertz. Hertz is a part of
of electrical energy that will be spent in an hour in a
International System of Units or SI System which is
circuit by an instrument of 1000 watt of power.
based on the Metric System.
1 kWh = 3.6 × 106 joule = 1 unit
3. The work done by a force acting on an object is
equal to the amount of force multiplied by the 8. The amount of radiation being emitted by a
distance travelled in the direction of the force. radioactive material is measured using the
Which of the following is NOT a unit of work ? conventional unit ––––––.
(a) Kgm/sec2 (b) Kgm2/sec2 (a) Watt (b) Pascal
(c) Newton meter (d) Joule (c) Ampere (d) Curie
RRB NTPC 13.03.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist RRB NTPC 29.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
Ans : (a) Work can be defined as 'workdone by a force Ans : (d) The amount of radiation being emitted by a
on an object is equal to the magnitude of the force radioactive material is measured in Curie. It is the
multiplied by the distance travelled by the object the traditional unit of radioactivity and shows the activity of
object in the direction of force. 1g of pure radium and is equal to 3.7×1010
⇒ W = FScos θ disintegration/second.
Becquerel is also the SI unit of radioactivity and is
The SI unit of work is Newton-metre (N-m) or Joule (J)
defined as the amount of a radioactive substance
or Kg-m2/sec2 and its CGS unit is Erg. Newton (Kg-
showing one disintegration/second.
m/sec2) is the unit of Force.
4. The unit of Force is: 9. What is measured in 'joules'?
(a) gms–1 (b) Kgms–2 (a) Energy (b) Velocity
(c) gms –2
(d) Kgms–1 (c) Force (d) Power
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Ans : (a) Ans : (d) The measurement of the total magnetic field
Physical Quantity SI Unit which passes through a given area is known as
Energy and Work Joule magnetic flux. It is useful in describing the effects of
Velocity m/s. the magnetic force acting on something occupying a
Force Newton given area. The SI unit of magnetic flux is Weber and
Power Watt is represented by wb.
Pressure Pascal 15. Which of the following quantities has the SI
Wavelength Angstrom unit as Candela?
(a) Impulse (b) Velocity
10. Henry per meter is the unit of______.
(c) Force (d) Luminous intensity
(a) Watt per steradian
(b) Electronegativity RRB JE CBT-II 29–08–2019 (evening)
(c) Magnetic permeability Ans : (d) The Candela (cd) is the SI unit of luminous
(d) electrical conductivity intensity, which is a measure of power emitted from a
light source.
ALP Stage -II 23.01.2019 (shift - II)
Ans : (c) "Henry per Metre" is the SI unit of magnetic 16. The rate of doing work is called power. The
permeability. unit of power is
(a) Ampere (b) Volt
11. A light-year is a unit of ______ (c) Kelvin (d) Watt
(a) Time (b) Intensity of light RRB NTPC 11.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
(c) Mass (d) Distance
Ans : (d) In physics, power is the rate of doing work. It
RRB NTPC 01.02.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
is the amount of energy consumed per unit of time. The
Ans : (d) A light year is a measurement of distance. A unit of power is the joule per second (J/s), known as the
light year is the distance that a beam of light travels in a Watt (in honor of James Watt, the eighteenth century
single Earth year or 6 trillion miles. One light year is developer of the steam engine). (1 HP =746 watt).
equal to 9.461×1012 kilometres.
Another units of distance are: 17. Unit of power is known as –
1 Parsec = 3.26 light year (a) Watt (b) Joule
1 Astronomical Unit = 1.496 × 1011m. (c) Newton (d) Pascal
12. Light-year is the unit of – RRB JE (24-05-2019, Shift -I)
(a) Time (b) Distance RRB Group-D, 01-10-2018 (Shift –II)
(c) Speed of light (d) Intensity of light RRB Group-D, 22-10-2018 (Shift –I)
RRB JE (14-12-2014, Green Paper) RRB ALP & Tec.(21-08-2018, Shift-I)
Ans : (b) See the explanation of above question. Ans : (a) See the explanation of above question.
13. What is the SI unit of power of a lens called? 18. Which of the following units is used to measure
(a) Hypermetropic (b) Dioptre the intensity of sound?
(c) Myopic (d) Presbyopic (a) Pascal (b) Curie
RRB NTPC 13.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Decibel (d) Joule
Ans : (b) Power of lens - The inverse of the focal RRB NTPC 25.01.2021 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
length of the lens is called the power of lens. If the focal Ans : (c) The decibel is the unit used to measure the
1 intensity of sound. It is also widely used in electronics,
length of a lens is 'f' in meter, then its power 'P' = in
f signals and communication.
diopters. Its SI unit is diopter which is represent by D. 19. Unit used for measuring the sound is –
• Myopia (Near sightedness) → A person suffering (a) Decibel (b) Hertz
from this disease can see the near object, but is (c) Ohm (d) Volt
unable to see the distant object. A concave lens is RRB NTPC Stage-Ist, 22-04-2016, Shift -II
used to correct myopia. RRB NTPC Stage-Ist, 18-04-2016, Shift -II
• Hypermetropia (Far sightedness) → A person Ans : (a) See the explanation of above question.
suffering from this disease can see distant objects 20. Which of the following units is used for
clearly but near objects are not clearly visible. A
measuring the amount of a substance?
convex lens is used to correct hypermetropia.
(a) Lux (b) Mole
• Presbyopia → Due to old age, the coordination
ability of the eye decrease or ends, due to which a (c) Tesla (d) Joule
person is neither able to see distant objects nor near RRB NTPC 28.12.2020 (Shift-I) Stage Ist
objects. This defect can be corrected by using bi- Ans : (b) The mole is used for measuring the amount of
focal lens. a substance. It is the SI unit of amount of substance.
14. The SI unit of 'Magnetic Flux' is: One mole contains 6.022 × 1023 molecule of the
(a) Farad (b) Henry substance.
(c) Pascal (d) Weber Tesla → SI unit of Magnetic flux density.
RRB NTPC 03.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Joule → SI unit of Work and Energy.
RRB NTPC 07.04.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist Lux → SI unit of Illumination.
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21. What is the SI Unit of amount of substances Ans : (b) The SI unit of electrical resistance is ohm
(a) Radian (b) Mole (Ω). Its denoted by 'R'. The resistance (R) of an object
(c) Jule (d) Kelvin is defined as the ratio of voltage (V) across to current
RPF Constable 05.02.2019 (I) through it.
Ans : (b) See the explanation of above question. V
Resistance (R) = ohm.
22. S.I. unit of weight is - I
(a) Kilogram (b) Newton 27. Ohm is unit of which physical quantity?
(c) Gram (d) Dyne (a) Resistance (b) Charge
RRB JE (24-05-2019, Shift-I) (c) Voltage (d) Current
RRB Group-D, 03-10-2018 (Shift –II) RRB JE (28-06-2019, Shift -IV)
RRB ALP & Tec.(17-08-2018, Shift-II) Ans : (a) See the explanation of above question.
Ans : (b) The SI unit of measurement of weight is 28. S.I. unit of stress is –
Newton. Since weight is the force on an object due to (a) kg/cm2 (b) N
gravity. The dyne is a derived unit of force specified (c) N/m2 (d) Watt
in the centimeter–gram–second (CGS) system RRB SSE (21-12-2014,Set-8, Green Paper)
of units. Ans : (c) SI unit of stress is N/m2 or Pa(Pascal). It is
–2
Dimensional formula of the weight is MLT represented by (σ)
23. Unit of momentum is – 1N
(a) kgms2 (b) kgms-1 1Pa = 2
m
(c) kgms (d) kgms-2
29. S.I. unit of electric current is –
RRB ALP & Tec.(14-08-2018, Shift-II) (a) Ampere (b) Coulomb
RRB Group-D, 23-10-2018 (Shift –I) (c) Joule (d) Watt
RRB Group-D, 19-09-2018 (Shift –III)
RRB Group-D, 04-12-2018 (Shift –II)
Ans : (b) Momentum (P) = mass (m) × velocity (v) RRB Group-D, 24-10-2018 (Shift –II)
= kg × m/s RRB ALP & Tec.(30-08-2018, Shift-II)
Unit of momentum (P) = kgms–1 Ans : (a) The SI unit of electric current is ampere,
–1
Dimensional formula of momentum = MLT which is the flow of electric charge across a wire at
24. Unit of power in industry is – the rate of one coulomb per second. Ampere is
(a) Kilowatt (b) Watt represented by symbol 'A'. Electric current is
(c) Joule (d) Horsepower measured by using a device called an ammeter.
RRB ALP & Tec.(13-08-2018, Shift-III) Electrical charge (Q) = I.t
Ans : (d) The industrial unit of power is Horsepower. Q
I= amp.
1 Horsepower (HP) = 746 watt t
25. S.I. unit of electric charge is – 30. Match the following –
(a) Volt (b) Coulomb (1) Magnetic flux density - (a) Tesla
(c) Kelvin (d) kg (2) Self inductance - (b) Weber
RRB Group-D, 26-11-2018 (Shift –III) (3) Magnetic flux - (c) Henry
RRB Group-D, 04-10-2018 (Shift –II) Match –
RRB ALP & Tec.(31-08-2018, Shift-III) (a) 1-b, 2-c, 3-a (b) 1-c, 2-a, 3-b
RRB ALP & Tec.(10-08-2018, Shift-III) (c) 1-a, 2-b, 3-c (d) 1-a, 2-c,3-b
RRB NTPC Stage-Ist,28-03-2016, Shift -II RRB SSE (21-12-2014, Set-8, Green Paper
Ans : (b) The S.I. unit of electric charge is coulomb Ans : (d) SI unit of magnetic flux density (b) is Tesla
and is represented by the symbol 'C'. (T).
A coulomb is defined as the amount of charge that CGS unit of magnetic flux density (b) is Gauss (G).
passes through an electrical conductor carrying one SI unit of self inductance is Henry (H).
ampere of current in one second. S.I unit of magnetic flux is weber (Wb), magnetic flux
Electric charge = Electric Current × Time is commonly denoted by (φs). The CGS unit is
E ⇒ Q = I. t Maxwell.
=1I×1t 31. Which unit is equal to unit of energy –
= One Coulomb (c) (a) Power (b) Density
26. S.I. unit of resistance is – (c) Work (d) Force
(a) Coulomb (b) Ohm RRB ALP & Tec.(21-08-2018, Shift-II)
(c) Joule (d) Newton Ans : (c) The SI unit of energy and work is same i.e.
RRB Group-D, 23-11-2018 (Shift –I) Joule (J), named after English physicist James
RRB Group-D, 31-10-2018 (Shift –II) Prescott Joule (1818 - 1889). Joule discovered the
RRB ALP & Tec.(09-08-2018, Shift-I) relationship between heat and mechanical work,
RRB NTPC Stage-Ist,26-04-2016, Shift -III which led to the development of the laws of
RRB NTPC 21.01.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist thermodynamics.
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32. Which of the following has no unit – 38. Nm-2 is S.I. unit of –
(a) Density (b) Relative density (a) Force (b) Repulsion
(c) Displacement (d) Pressure (c) Momentum (d) Pressure
RRB ALP & Tec.(29-08-2018, Shift-I) RRB Group-D, 05-11-2018 (Shift –I)
RRB Group-D, 03-12-2018 (Shift –III) Ans : (d) See the explanation of above question.
Ans : (b) Relative density of a substance is defined as 39. The unit of approximate distance from the
the ratio of density of the substance to the density of earth to the sun is –
water at 4ºc. (a) Light year (b) Astronomical Unit
Density of the substance (c) Kelvin (d) Joule
Thus, Relative Density= RRB NTPC Stage-Ist,16-04-2016, Shift -I
Density of water
Ans : (b) The unit of approximate distance from the
It has no unit.
earth to the sun is Astronomical unit (symbol : au or
33. Ampere second is the unit of –
AU).
(a) Charge (b) Power
(c) Voltage (d) Energy ⇒ 1AU =1.5 ×1011m
RRB JE (14-12-2014, Red Paper) 40. S.I. unit of force is -
(a) Kelvin (b) Newton
Ans : (a) Ampere second is the unit of charge.
(c) Pascal (d) Volt
Electric Charge (Q) = Ampere (I) × Second (t) RRB NTPC Stage-Ist,16-04-2016, Shift -II
34. Gallon is generally used for –
Ans : (b) The SI unit of force is Newton or kg m/s2.
(a) For velocity
1 Newton = 105 dyne
(b) For a container
Force is product of mass and acceleration
(c) For measuring the volume
(d) None of these ∴ Force = mass × acceleration
RRB NTPC Stage-Ist,31-03-2016, Shift -II 41. What is the SI unit of force?
(a) Newton (b) Dyne
Ans : (c) The gallon is a unit of measurement of
(c) Pascal (d) Kip
volume. Gallon is represented by symbol (gal).
RRB NTPC 30.12.2020 (Shift-II) Stage Ist
One gallon is equal to 3.7854 liters and 1 Imperial
gallon is equal to 4.54609 liters . Ans : (a) See the explanation of above question.
35. Which unit is used for measuring 42. Which of the following is not correctly matched
Astronomical distance? -
(a) Pedometer (b) Parsec (a) Frequency - Hertz
(c) Light year (d) Length of Hubble (b) Magnetic flux - Tesla
RRB NTPC Stage-Ist,04-04-2016, Shift -II (c) Pressure - Pascal
(d) Electric conductance - Siemens
Ans : (c) A light year is a unit of length used to
express astronomical distances. Its equivalent to about RRB NTPC Stage-Ist,30-04-2016, Shift -II
9.4607 × 1012 km. Ans : (b)
36. S.I. unit of pressure is – Physical Quantities Unit
(a) Newton/cm2 (b) Newton-m2 Frequency - Hertz
(c) Newton/m 2
(d) Newton-cm2 Pressure - Pascal
RRB Group-D, 04-10-2018 (Shift –I) Electric Conductance - Siemens or ohm–1 (Ω-1)
RRB Group-D, 01-10-2018 (Shift –III) Magnetic flux - Weber
RRB Group-D, 25-09-2018 (Shift –II) Note : SI unit of Magnetic Flux Density (b) is Tesla
RRB Group-D, 25-09-2018 (Shift –III) (T).
RRB NTPC Stage-Ist, 09-04-2016, (Shift -II) 43. S.I. unit of displacement is –
RRB JE, 25-05-2014, (Shift -III) (a) Meter (b) Kilometer
(c) Centimeter (d) Meter per second
Ans : (c) The unit of pressure in the SI system is the
Pascal (Pa), defined as a force of one Newton per RRB Group-D, 02-11-2018 (Shift –II)
square meter. Hence one pascal is equal to the one Ans : (a) The shortest distance between the starting
newton per square metre. and ending point is referred as displacement.
(1 Pa = 1N/m2) or (1Pa = 1N.m-2) Displacement always takes place in a straight line
The conversion between atm, Pa and torr is follows. between the initial and ending or final position of the
1 atm = 101325 Pa = 760 Torr. body.
1 atm = 1.01325 Bar Displacement is a vector quantity. 'Meter ' is the SI
unit of displacement and in CGS system, unit of
37. What is the SI unit of pressure?
displacement is centimeter.
(a) Pascal (b) Radian
44. The S.I. unit of ‘g’ is same as –
(c) Ampere (d) Steradian (a) Pressure (b) Momentum
RRB NTPC 15.03.2021 (Shift-II) Stage Ist (c) Velocity (d) Acceleration
Ans : (a) See the explanation of above question. RRB Group-D, 13-12-2018 (Shift –II)
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