Railway exam Aptitude,General knowledge,Current affairs Questions

1)Who built the famous shiva temple at ellora?
Answer=Rashtrakuta Ruler krishna I
(The kailasa temple at Ellora,maharashtra,was built in the 8th century by the Rashtrakuta king krishna I as attested in kannada inscriptions)
2)Which of the following is essential for blood clotting?
Answer=Blood platelets
3)Alpha keratin is a protein present in?
Answer=wool
4)Time gap between two sessions of parliament should not exceed?
Answer=6 months
(As per article 85 of indian constitution,the president shall from time to time summon each house of parliament to meet at such time and place)
5)Who had discovered Cathode Rays?
Answer=JJ Thomson
(It originate from cathode and travels in a straight line,These rays carry a negative charge and generate x-rays)
6)What is the position of india in World Happiness Index (WHI) for 2016?
Answer=118th
(India ranked 118th out of 157 countries on the United Nations World Happiness Index (WHI) 2016,First position is Denmark)
7)Who has won Abel prize for 2016?
Answer=Andrew Wiles( British mathematician)
8)Which initiative programme has recently been launched by NITI Aayog?
Answer=Women Transforming India
9)Which state government launched awarness programme to protect sparrow?
Answer=Uttar pradesh
(programme name-"CleanUP – Green UP")
10)what is the capital of Ukraine?
Answer=Kiev
(capital of this country is Hryvnia)
11)The product of two whole numbers is 1500 and their HCF is 10.Find the LCM?
Answer=150
(LCM=Product of two numbers/Their HCF
LCM=1500/10=150)
12)A sum becomes its double in 10years.find the annual rate of simple interest?
Answer=10%
(S.I=PNR/100
S.I=Rs.x
Rate=S.I*100/Principal*time
Rate=(x*100)/(x*10)=10% per annum)
13)A flagstaff 17.5m high casts a shadow of length 40.25m.The height of the building,which casts shadow of length 28.75m under similar conditions will be?
Answer=12.5m
(Let the height of the building be x metres,
40.25:28.75::17.5:x
40.25*x=28.75*17.5
x=28.75*17.5/(40.25)
x=12.5 metre)
14)The number of marble slabs of size 20cm*30cm required to pave the floor of a square room of side 3 metres,is?
Answer=225
(Number of marbles=(300*300)/(20*20)
Number of marbles=225)
15)A cone,a hemisphere and a cylinder stand on equal bases and have the same height.find the ratio of their volumes?
Answer=1:2:3
(Let R be the radius of each,
Height of hemisphere=Its radius=R
Height of each=R
Ratio of volumes=(1/3)*II*R^2*R:(2/3)*II*R^3:II*R^2*R=1:2:3)
16)Funk:vitamins::Curie:?
Answer=Radium
(Funk discovered vitamins and Curie discovered radium)
17)Mirror is related to Reflection in the same way as Water is related to?
Answer=Refraction
(Light rays falling on a mirror undergo reflection and those falling on water undergo refraction)
18)A man walks 1 km towards East and then he turns to south and walks 5 km.Again he turns to east and walks 2 km,after this he turns to north and walks 9 km.Now,how far is he from his starting point?
Answer=5km
19)If FADE is coded as 3854 then how can GAGE be coded?
Answer=2824
(FADE=3854
Inorder to write the code for GAGE,we have to determine the code for G only,the same number is given at two places.Therefore, the code for G is 2)
20)Female:Femimine::Male:?
Answer=Masculine
(Feminine refers to a class of words that are female persons,animals etc. similarly,Masculine refers to a class of words that are male persons,animals etc...)