Monday, February 15, 2016

Railway exam general awarness,aptitude and current affairs questions,

1)The layer of the atmosphere which reflects the radiowaves back to the earth is called?
Answer=Ionosphere
(Radio waves are bounced off the ions and reflect waves back to the earth. This generally helps radio communication)
2)Petroleum is found in?
Answer=sedimentary rocks
3)The National Bureau of Plant genetic resources is located at?
Answer=New Delhi
4)The deficiency of vitamin d(calciferol) causes?
Answer=Rickets
(Rickets in children(soft bones that bend easily),Osteamlacia painful bones in adults)
5)Dudhwa national park is in the state of?
Answer=Uttar pradesh
6)Which country has won under-19 worldcup for 2016?
Answer=Westindies
(westindies defeated india,Man of the match: Keacy Carty (West Indies),Player of the tournament: Mehidy Hasan Miraz (Bangaladesh)
7)Which bollywood actress has won the award of "pride of kerala"?
Answer=Vidhya Balan
8)Who has been appointed as the new director of indian insitute of millets research?
Answer=vilas tonapi
9)Which agreement is signed between Reserve Bank of India (RBI) and UAE Central Bank?
Answer=Currency swap agreement
(UAE's Central Bank Governor- Mubarak Rashed Al Mansoori)
10)Where is located Elephanta Island in India?
Answer=Maharastra
(it has another name is "city of caves")
11)A watch was sold at a profit of 15%.if its cost had been 5% less and it had been sold for Rs.21 less, then the profit would have been 10%.find the cost price of the watch?
Answer=Rs.200
(cost rice of watch=x
selling price=115x/100
(95x/100)*(110/100)=(115x/100)-21
(115x/100)-(1045x/1000)=21
10x=21*1000
x=(21*1000)/105=200)
12)A cloth merchant on selling 33 metres of cloth obtains a profit equal to the selling price of 11 metres of cloth.find the profit percentage?
Answer=50%
(selling price of 33 metre=profit of 11 metre
cost price=22 metre
selling price=33 metre
profit percentage=((33-22)/22)*100=50%)
13)An article was sold at a loss of 29%.Had it been sold for Rs.84 more,11% would have been gained;the cost price of that article is?
Answer=Rs.210
((111-71)*x)/100=210
(40*x)/100=210
x=Rs.210)
14)Gopal is elder than mohan,but younger than Ram.mohan is elder than sohan but younger than Ram. The eldest of them is?
Answer=Ram
15)Deepak walks 40 metre in North direction,then he turns right and walks 50 metre.He again turns right and walks 40 metre.How far he is with respect to his original position?
Answer=50 metre

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