Railway exam Aptitude,General knowledge,Current affairs Questions

1)Which Article of the Indian constitution deals with Finance Commission?
Answer=Article 280
(14th finance commission chairman is Dr.Y V Reddy(2015-2020),The distrubution of the net proceeds of taxes to be shared between the centre and the states)
2)Which of the following one has maximum calorific value?
Answer=Natural gas(35-55 kj/g)
(It contains 83% of methane and 17% of ethane)
3)who had discovered Radioactivity?
Answer=Henri becquerel,marie curie and pierre curie(jointly won nobel prize)
4)Which state has launched "Mukhyamantri Santwana Harish Yojana" ?
Answer=Karnataka
(Siddaramaiah has to to provide free medical treatment to road accident victims for the first 48 hours (2 days) in the nearest government or private hospital)
5)Where should be useful in Leclanche cell(Battery)?
Answer=Transistors,clocks
(Anode-zinc,Cathode-Graphite,Electrolyte-Paste of ammonium chloride and zinc chloride)
6)What is the Deepest point of Atlantic ocean?
Answer=Puerto Rico Trench
7)Santhosh trophy is related to which sports?
Answer=Football
8)Who has the popular name of "Andhra Kesri"?
Answer=T Prakasam
9)Who is the first women to climb Mount Everest in india?
Answer=Bachendri pal
10)What is the name of first electric train in india?
Answer=Deccan Queen(1929)
(It was ran between Bombay and Poona)
11)Two trains start at the same time from A and B and proceed towards each other at the speed of 50 km/hour and 25km/hour respectively.when both meet at a point in between,one train was found to have travelled 150 km more than the other.Find the distance between A and B?
Answer=450 km
(Let the trains meet after t hours,
Distance=speed*time
According the question,
50t-25t=150
25t=150
t=150/25=6 hours
Distance between A and B=50t+25t=75t=75*6=450km)
12)The ratio of milk and water in a mixture is 4:2,then the percentage of milk in this mixture is?
Answer=66.67%
(percentage of milk=(4/6)*100=66.67%)
13)If a man were to sell his handcart for Rs.800,he would lose 35%.At what price must be sell it to gain 25%?
Answer=1539
(cost price of handcart=800*(100/65)=1230.76
For 25% profit,
selling price=(125/100)*1230.76=1538.45=1539)
14)A man has some hens and cows.If the number of heads be 48 and the number of feet equals 140,then the number of hens will be?
Answer=26
(Let the number of hens be x and the number of cows be y.Then,
x+y=48------------1
2x+4y=140--------2
solving 1,2 we get;x=26,y=22)
15)A and B are two alloys of gold and copper prepared by mixing metals in the ratio 7:2 and 7:11 respectively.If equal quantities of the alloys are melted to form a third alloy C,the ratio of gold and copper in c will be:
Answer=7:5
(Gold in C=(7/9)+(7/18)units=7/6units,
Copper in C=(2/9)+(11/18) units=5/6 units
Gold:Copper=(7/6):(5/6)=7:5)

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

1)Measles disease is caused by?
Answer=virus(Rubella virus)
(It affects whole body and symptom has loss of appetite,reddish eruption on the body)
2)Cancer disease is caused by which substance?
Answer=chromium and arsenic(present in water)
(Minamato disease is caused by mercury)
3)Who has been selected for the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke Award for 2015?
Answer=Manoj Kumar
4)What is S.I unit of pressure?
Answer=Pascal(or)Newton/sq.metre
5)Which state has launched HPV(Human Papillomavirus) programme for school children?
Answer=Delhi
6)What is full form FEMA?
Answer=Foreign exchange management act
(This was enacted in 1999, to replace existing FERA(foreign exchange regulation act).This act seeks to make offences relate to foreign exchange civil offences.)
7)Which project is recently launched by Narendra modi?
Answer=Setu Bharatam Project
(This project is implemented by national road and transport highways to make all national highways free of railway crossings by 2019)
8)The first indian state to implement the Panchayati Raj System?
Answer=Rajasthan
(The 73rd amendment 1993,(panchayati raj bill) provided gram sabha in villages, direct elections to all seats in Panchayats)
9)Who has won gold medal in ISSF(International shooting sports federation) world cup?
Answer=Jitu Rai
(He got award of 50m pistol round and it is held, in Thailand,Bangkok)
10)What is the national sports of Malaysia country?
Answer=Badminton
(Malaysia currency-ringgit)
11)Rs.740 are divided among A,B and C in such way that the shares of A and B are in the ratio 3:4 and those of B and c are also in the 3:4,Then c must get?
Answer=320
(Method 1:
A/B=3/4=9/12
B/C=3/4=12/16
A gets 9,B gets 12,c gets 16
9x+12x+16x=740
37x=740
x=20
c=16*20=320
Method 2:
A/B=3/4,B/C=3/4
A:B:C=3:(3*(4/3)):(4*(4/3))
A:B:C=3:(4):(16/3)
A:B:C=9:12:16)
12)A buys a pen Rs.15 and sells it to B at a profit of 20%.B sells it at a loss of 10%.The lost to B must be?
Answer=1.80
(Profit of B=15*(120/100)=18
Loss of B=18*(90/100)=16.20
Loss of B=18-16.20=1.80)
13)The sale price of 2 mangoes is equal to the cost price of 3 mangoes.The gain percent is?
Answer=50%
(Cost price of 3 mangoes=2
Selling price of 2 mangoes=3
gain percentage=((3-2)/2)*100
gain percentage=(1/2)*100=50%)
14)Find the length of a rope by which a cow must be tethered in order that it may be able to graze an area of 5200 sq.metres?
Answer=40.676m
(circular field area=5200 sq.metres
radius equal to the length of the rope,
Let the length of the rope be r metres,
Then,IIR^2=5200,R^2=5200*(7/22)=40.676m)
15)If the radius of a circle is increased by 8%,then the area is increased by?
Answer=16.64%
(8+8+(8*8)/100)=16.64%)
16)Laxman went 15 km to the west from my house,then turned left and walked 20kms.He then turned east and walked 25 km and finally turning left covered 20km.How far was he from my house?
Answer=10km
17)A walks 10 metres in front and 10 metres to the right, then every time turning to his left, he walks 5,15,5 metres respectively. How far is he now from his starting point?
Answer=5m
18)6,17,39,72,?
Answer=116
(The pattern is +11,+22,+33,.........
so missing term=72+44=116)
19)Umbrella is related to Rain in the same way as Googles is related to?
Answer=Glar
20)If DELHI is coded as 73541 and CALCUTTA as 82589662,how can CALICUT be coded?
Answer=8251896

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

1)The longest river delta of India is of?
Answer=Ganga
(The ganges delta is the world's largest delta.it has source of  Gangotri glacier at place of uttarakhand,India)
2)Who has the number one postion of forbes billioners list for 2016?
Answer=Bill gates
(bill gates has topped the list of 17 for the last 23 years)
3)Which among the following National Highways of India is the shortest?
Answer=NH 47A
(It is the shortest highway in the Indian Highway network.It covers distance of Kundannoor and Willingdon Island in Kochi, Kerala)
4)International Women's day is observed on?
Answer=March 8
5)who was the first non Indian to receive the Bharat Ratna?
Answer=Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan(Badshah khan)
(He widely known as "Frontier Gandhi")
6)Which country has number one positon of Energy security?
Answer=switzerland
(India has the position of 90th place in a list of 126 countries)
7)Which Article of the Indian constitution deals with the Election Commission?
Answer=Article 324
(The Chief Election Commissioner and other Election Commissioners are appointed by the president for 6 years or 65 years)
8)What is the chemical Name of Vitamin-B12?
Answer=Cyanocobalamin(contains cobalt)
(deficiency disease-Pernicious anaemia)
9)What is the chemical name of Caustic soda?
Answer=Sodium Hydroxide
(Formula is NAOH)
10)Where is located "Bhadra Wildlife Sanctuary"?
Answer=Karnataka
11)If three numbers are 8a,9a,12a,what will be their LCM?
Answer=864a
(required LCM=8*9*12(a)=864)
12)Find the third propotional to 35 and 45?
Answer=57.85
(Third proportional of a and b=b^2/a
 (45*45)/35=57.85)
13)Find:5735.4+573.54+57.354+5.7354+0.57354
Answer=6372.60294
14)The perimeters of two squares are 36cm and 44 cm.Find ther perimeter of a third square whose area is equal to the difference of the areas of the two squares?
Answer=25.296 cm
(Side of first square=36/4=9cm
Side of second square=44/4=11cm
Area of third square=((11)^2-(9)^2)cm^2=121-81=40 cm^2
Side of third square=6.324
Requird Perimeter=(6.324*4)=25.296 cm)
15)The radii of the bases of a cylinder and a cone are in the ratio of 5:6 and their heights are in the ratio 3:4.Find the ratio of their volumes?
Answer=25:16
(volume of cylinder=II*(5r)^2*3h
volume of cone=(1/3)II*(6r)^2*4h
II*(5r)^2*3h/(1/3)II*(6r)^2*4h=25:16)
16)In a certain code 37 means 'which class' and 583 means 'caste and class',what is the code for caste?
Answer=either 5(or) 8
(3  7=which class
5  8  3=caste and class)
17)If PICTURE is coded as TUVWXYZ, the PATCH would be coded as?
Answer=TQWVM
18)If 'LINGER' is '123456','FORCE' is '78695'.then FIERCE' is?
Answer=725695
19)AZ,BY,CX----?
Answer=DW
20)Astronomy:Stars::Geology?
Answer=Earth

Railway exam Aptitude,Reasoning,Current affairs Questions

1)Two numbers are in the ratio of 16:12,If their H.C.F is 14,find the numbers?
Answer=224,168
(Let the required numbers be 16x,12x
Then,their H.C.F x,so x=14
The numbers required are(16*14)=224,(12*14)=168
The required numbers=224,168)
2)Three different containers contain 500 litres,450 litres and 375 litres of mixtures of milk and water respectively,what biggest measure can measure all different quantities exactly?
Answer=25
(Requird measurement=H.C.F of 500 litres,450 litres,375 litres
H.C.F  of three numbers=5*5=25)
3)A tailor has 42.5 metres of cloth and he has to make 9 pieces out of a metre of cloth,
How many pieces can he make out of hthis cloth?
Answer=386 nos
(Length of each piece=(1/9)=0.11 metre
Required number of pieces=(42.5/0.11)=386.36=386 nos)
4)When an amount was distributed among 15 boys,each if them got Rs.90 more than the amount received by each boy when the same amount is distribyted equally among 20 boys.what was the amount?
Answer=5400
((x/15)-(x/20))=90
((20x-15x)/300)=90
5x/300=90
5x=90*300
x=5400)
5)The price of a T.V set is decreased by 25% as a result of which the sale increased by 20%,What will be the effect on the total revenue of the shop?
Answer=10% decrease
((-25+20-(25*20)/100)=-10(10% decrease)
6)Who has been appointed Director general of Indian coast guard?
Answer=Rajendra singh
7)Who has been sworn chief justice of karnataka high court?
Answer=Subhro Kamal Mukherjee
8)Tropical cyclone has recently hit which country?
Answer=Fiji
(Fiji capital is suva)
9)The National science day is observed on?
Answer=February 28
10)Which cricket player have got fastest test century in the world?
Answer=Brendon McCullam
(He is the newzealand cricketer and he retired from international cricket)
11)THEREFORE is to TEEOERFRH as HELICOPTER is to?
Answer=HLCPERTOIE
12)In a certain code,KAVERI is written as VAKIRE.How is MYSORE written in that code?
Answer=SYMERO
(MYSORE----MYS/ORE----SYM/ERO----SYMERO)
13)A class of boys stands in a single line.One boy is nineteenth in order from both the ends.How many boys are there in the class?
Answer=37
14)Five friends are sitting in a row.'T' is on the right of 'z'.'N' is on the left of 'z'.but is on the right of 'L'.'T' is on the left of 'K'.who is sitting first from the left?
Answer=L
15)Kailash faces towards north.Turning to his right,he walks 25 metres.He then turns to his left and walks 30 metres.Next,he moves 25 metres to his right.He then turns to his right again and walks 55 metres . Finally,he turns to the right and moves 40 metres. In which direction is he now from his starting point?
Answer=south-east

Expected Maths, General knowledge, Current affairs question for tnpsc group II exam-Part 2

1)Alex sold his goods after announcing two successive discounts of 30% each.The effective discount altogether is?
Answer=51% decrease
(Explanation:Two time decrease,
-30-30+(30*30)/100=-60+9=-51%)
2)A and B can do a piece of work in 36days,B and C can do it in 60days,A and C do it in 45days.C alone can do it in?
Answer=180 days
(Explanation:A+B one day work=1/36
B+C one day work=1/60
C+A one day work=1/45
2(A+B+C) one day work=(1/36)+(1/60)+(1/45)
A+B+C=(1/2)*((1/36)+(1/60)+(1/45))
A+B+C=1/30
C's one day work=(1/30)-(1/36)=1/180
C can finish the job in 180 days)

Expected Maths, General knowledge, Current affairs question for tnpsc group II exam-Part 1

1)A's salary is increased by 10% and then decreased by 10% the change in salary is?
Answer=1% decrease
(Explanation: -10+10-(10*10)/100=-1)
2)Karagam is a folk dance of?
Answer=Tamilnadu
3)Which one of the following is not an all India service?
Answer=Indian foreign service

Tnpsc exam questions and government job exam questions

1)Who has won 2016 Chennai open title?
Answer=Stan Wawrinka(switzerland)
2)Recently,Which state is in the Governor's rule declared?
Answer=Jammu-Kashmir

IBPS EXAM ENGLISH QUESTIONS -Find out Error sentence

1)Rajiv has won a prize of(a)/two million dollars which(b)/has to be shared(c)/with all his team members (d)/No error(e)
Answer=with all his team m embers
2)I do not understand(a)/about how the payment(b)/was made without(c)/the manager's permission.(d)/no error(e)
Answer=about how the payment

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Part-16

1)In which city Michael Phelps swim clinic was launched recently?
Answer=Bangaluru
2)Recently, which state has started scheme for adoption of wild animals in zoos and deer parks?
Answer=Haryana

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Part-14

1)The 12th National Ice-Skating Championship will be held in which state?
Answer=Jammu-Kashmir
2)Who will be the new CEO of NITI Aayog?
Answer=Amitabh kant

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Part-13

1)Which of the following has declared "cow" personality of the year 2015?
Answer=Yahoo india
2)Where is located Badhavgarh National park located?
Answer=Madhya pradesh

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Part-12

1)Which country was provisionally suspended from International athletics on doping charges?
Answer=Russia‎
2)‎Which country won highest number of medals in the recent World Youth Chess Championships?
Answer=India

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Part-10

1)Which country is world no:1 in FIFA latest rankings?
Answer=Belgium
2)Heena sindhu is related to which sports?
Answer=Shooting

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Part-9

1)Which state will be held 37th national games held in 2019?
Answer=Andrapradesh
(36th National games will be held in goa year of 2016)
2)The Basohli Bridge is located which of the following rivers?
Answer=Ravi

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Part-8

1)Which state in India held India-Africa meeting held?
Answer=Delhi
2)MS Dhoni will play IPL 2016 for which team?
Answer=Pune

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Questions Part6

1)1. Which day is celebrated as National Legal Services Day (NLSD) in India?
Answer=November 9
2)Who is appointed as the first Ombudsman at BCCI?
Answer=Ap shah

IBPS Clerk V Exam Expected Current Affairs Questions Part5

1)Which of the following committees has been appointed to look into dispute between ONGC and RIL on KG gas fields?
Answer=AP shah committee
2)Who of the following has been chosen for 2015 Sahitya Akademi Award for Sanskrit?
Answer=Ram shankar Awasthi