Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Railway Exam General awarness,Aptitude,Reasoning and current affairs questions

1)The slogan "Garibi Hatao" was included in the?
Answer=Fourth plan(1969-1974)
(It was launched by indra gandhi,main objectives of this plan are growth and justice and garibi hatao)
2)Which tennis player has been recently suspended for ITF(International tennis federation)?
Answer=Maria Sharapova
(she is from russia and has revealed that she failed a drugs test at australian open)   
3)The capital of south africa is?
Answer=pretoria
(currency of this country is Rand)
4)Indian railways has recently renamed the Haridwar mail as "Yoga Express".It commutes between 'haridwar' and?
Answer=Ahmedabad(Gujarat)-Haridwar(Uttarakhand)
(Indian railways on 16 july 2015,renamed the Haridwar mail as "Yoga Express", The name change came before the world celebrated international yoga day on 21 july)
5)Asia's largest Tulip garden is situated in?
Answer=India
(Indira gandhi memorial tulip garden in srinagar,Jammu-kashmir.It is the largest Tulip garden in Asia and the garden was opened in 2007)
6)Who was the last viceroy of British india?
Answer=Lord Mounbatten
7)The capital of the Union Territory of 'Lakshadweep'?
Answer=Kavaratti
8)Which country has decided to partner with india's smart city programme?
Answer=Germany
(Kochi (Kerala), Bhubaneswar (Odisha) and Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) as smart cities)
9)Who is the author of a book of "Fixed, Cash and Corruption in Cricket"?
Answer=Shantanu Guha Ray
10)The National safety day is observed on?
Answer=March 4
11)The profit earned by selling a article at Rs.5600 is equal to the loss incurred on selling the same article at Rs.4500.What will be percent profit,it the article is sold at Rs.6500?
Answer=28.71%
(cost price of article=(5600+4500)/2=Rs.5050
When selling price=Rs.6500
Profit=6500-5050=Rs.1450
Profit percent=(1450/5050)*100=28.71%)
12)A courtyard is 25m long 16m broad is to be paved with bricks of dimensions 20cm by 10cm.What is the total number of bricks required?
Answer=20,000
(Area of courtyard=(25*16)sq.metre=400 sq.metre
Area of the surface of brick=((20*10)/10000) sq.metre
Number of bricks required=400/((20*10)/10000))sq.metre
400*10000/(20*10)=20,000 nos)
13)In an election between two candidates,one got 72% of the total valid votes. 25% of the total votes are invalid.If total votes are 8200,what is the number of valid votes the other person got?
Answer=1722
(Total votes=8200
total valid votes=8200*(75/1000)=6150
Votes obtained by other person(loser)
(100-72)%of 6150
6150*28/100=1722)
14)The diameter of a circle is equal to the perimeter of a square whose area is 3136 cm^2.what is the circumference of the circle?
Answer=704 cm
(Side of the square=root of 3136(56*56)=56 cm
Perimeter of square=(4*56) cm=Diameter of the circle
Circumference of circle=II*diameter=((22/7)*56*4))cm=704 cm)
15)The respective ratio of milk and water in the mixture is 4:3 respectively.If 6 litres of water is added to this mixture, the repective ratio of milk and water becomes 8:7.what is the quantity of milk in the original mixture?
Answer=48 litres
(Let the quantity of milk in intial mixture be 4x litres,
Quantitiy of water=3x litres
On adding 6 litres of water,
4x/(3x+6)=8/7
28x=24x+48
4x=48
x=12
Required quantity of milk=4*12=48 litres)
16)Rajesh walked 45 metres in North-West from her uncle's house. there he met his friend and they walked 45 metres in south-west diretion.then they walked 45 metres in south-east direction and turned to uncle's house.Now in which direction they are going?
Answer=North-East
17)In a certain code MISCHIEF is written as NKVGMOLN,then how is RELIEVED written in that code?
Answer=SGOMJBLL
18)school:Teacher::Bank:?
Answer=Banker
(Here working place-worker relationship has been shown.Teacher teaches in school and banker manages bank.)
19)Patient:Fowler Bed::_?
Answer=Baby:Cradle
(Fowler Bed is a special type of bed meant for patient.similarly,cradle is small bed for baby.)
20)QPOR:XWVY::LKJM:_?
Answer=CBAD
(Q---(-1)P---(-1)O---(+3)R
x----(-1)w---(-1)V---(+3)Y
L----(-1)K---(-1)J----(+3)M
Therefore,
C----(-1)B----(-1)A----(+3)D)


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