RRB (Gorakhpur) – Traffic Assistants Exam 2001 Mock Test

1. Directions (Qs. 1 to 5): In each of these questions, a sentence is given with blanks to be filled in with words. Select the alternative with appropriate word that fills in the blank.
Many areas of the city were ______ into darkness tor many hours.

2. The topper of our college ______ his success to his father's guidance.

3. An exhibition ______ the new trends in computer education was held in Delhi.

4. Yesterday Mohan ______ college early to receive his parents at his airport.

5. The policemen swung into action and cardoned ______ the area,

6. Directions (Qs. 6 to 10) : Choose the alternative which best expresses the meaning of the idiom/phrase underlined in the sentence given in each of these questions.
Napoleon won his laurels in the Battle of Waterloo.

7. He is regarded as manager's right hand man.

8. We shall be formidable if we stand by one another.

9. Pannikar is one of the few officers who are above board.

10. When I refused his request for a loan, he was put out.

11. Directions (Qs. 11 to 13): Read the following passage to answer these questions:
The surprisingly abundant life of the Indian Ocean is confined to the upper layers; the deeper and especially the bottom waters are devoid of oxygen and are often permeated with hydrogen sulphide.
The bottom waters of the Indian Ocean

12. The waters of the Indian Ocean

13. Which is the most opposite of the word abundant as used in the passage?

14. Directions (Qs. 14 to 17) : Select the word which is similar in meaning to the underlined word:
Magnitude

15. Parity

16. Vindictive

17. Inextricably

18. Directions (Qs. 18 to 21): Choose the word which is opposite in meaning to the underlined word
Hostile

19. Punitive

20. Unanimity

21. Terminate

22. Directions (Qs. 22 to 25): Select the correct word for the given expression in each of these questions
One who eats everything

23. A remedy for all diseases

24. Incapable of being seen through

25. One who is not easily pleased by anything

26. The number of integral pairs (x, y), whose sum is equal to their product, is

27. (0.216+0.064)/(0.36+0.16-0.24) is equal to

28. The number, one less than 7^19, is divisible by

29. The number of integers x, for which the number √(x^2 )+x+1 is rational, is

30. The expression ((5√3+√50)(5-√24)/(√75-5√2) simplifies to

31. (1 + 2 + 3 +......+ 49 + 50 + 49 + 48 +.....+ 3 + 2 + 1) is equal to

32. John, cycling at a constant speed of 10 km/hr, reaches his school in time. If he cycles at a constant speed of 15 km/hr, he reaches his school 12 minutes early. Number of km he has to cycle for his school is

33. Two successive discounts of 10% and 20% are equivalent to a single discount of

34. If x is greater than 1 and √(x+1)+√(x-1)/√(x+1)-√(x-1)=2, then the value of x is

35. The number of diagonals that can be drawn in a polygon of 100 sides is

36. Instead of walking along two adjacent sides of a rectangular field, a boy took a short cut along the diagonal of the field and saved a distance equal to half the longer side. The ratio of the longer side of the rectangle to its shorter side is

37. √(2+√(2+√(2+⋯)) ) is equal to

38. The largest digit 'x' for which the number 5x793x4 is divisible by 3 is

39. The largest number that exactly divides each term of the sequence
1^5-1, 2^5 - 2, 3^5-3, .....n^5-n, .... is

40. Given that 1 + 2 + 3 + ..... + 10 = 55, then (11 + 12 + 13 + ... + 20) is equal to

41. Which of the following statements is not correct?

42. Number of circular pipes of equal length with an inside diameter of 1 cm, which can carry the same amount of water as a pipe of the same length with an inside diameter of 6 cm, is

43. Two trains are running with 30 km and 58 km per hour respectively in the same direction. A man in the slower train passes the faster train in 18 seconds. The length of the faster train is

44. The smallest prime number greater than 1000 is

45. Each edge of a cube is increased by 50%. The percentage increase in the surface area of the cube is

46. There are 50 students in a class. One student weighing 40 kg goes away and at the same time another student joins the class. If the average weight of the class is thus reduced by 100 g, the weight of the new boy (in kg) is

47. When a number is divided by 121, the remainder is 25, If the same number is divided by 11, the remainder would be

48. The yearly changes in the population census of a town for four consecutive years are respectively as 20% increase, 20% increase, 20% decrease and 20% decrease. The net change in the population over the given 4 years to the nearest percentage is

49. If the ratio of the work done by (x-2) men in (x + 2) days to the work done by (x+3) men in (x - 2) days is 15 : 16, then x is equal to

50. A man spent 5 percent of his income in insurance and 5 percent of the remainder in tax. Thus he was left with Rs. 20 more than 90 percent of his total income. His income was

51. The next term of the sequence
0, 7, 26, 63, .... is

52. Which of the following is the largest single source of the government's earnings from tax revenue ?

53. Which is the largest State of India in area ?

54. Through which of the following States does the river Chambal flow ?

55. The total area of India is about

56. Where does teak grow most abundantly ?

57. Where are the rail coaches made?

58. 'Do or die was one of the most powerful slogans of the India's freedom struggle. Who gave it ?

59. The Cabinet Mission was sent to India

60. Indian National Congress was founded by

61. The universal law of gravitation was propounded by

62. The technique of recording and reproducing three-dimensional images of objects is known as

63. Bats can fly in the dark because

64. Blood is formed in the human adult by the

65. The ozone layer of the earth is useful for living beings because

66. Chocolates can be bad for health because of the high content of

67. Heavy alcohol consuming people generally die of

68. Which country is called the sugar bowl of the world ?

69. Pencil "lead" is made up of

70. The author of the book "The Struggle In My Life" is

71. The head office of the International Cricket Council (ICC) is situated in

72. The Australian cricket player who was declared 'Man of the World Cup' in the World Cup 1999 is

73. 'Myanmar is the new name of

74. What was the code name of the operation to conduct nuclear test at Pokhran in May 1998 ?

75. In August 1998, the salary of the Governor was raised from Rs. 11,000 per month to

76. Which State has the highest number of illiterates in India ?

77. In June 1999, the G-8 Summit was held at

78. South Asia's longest bridge was inaugurated in June 1998 in

79. Which country is to host the first Afro-Asian Games in 2001?

80. The United Nations officially came into existence in 1945 on

81. The last month of the National Calendar based on the Saka Era is

82. What percentage of the world's total population live in India

83. Amartya Sen was awarded the 1998 Nobel Prize for Economics for his contribution in the field of

84. The 1999 Cricket World Cup Tournament was won by

85. In August 1999, Pakistan Reconnaissance Aircraft was shot down by the Indian forces in

86. The Diesel Locomotive Works is situated in

87. Primitive man first learnt

88. Megasthenes visited India during the reign of

89. Who among the following nationalists spoke of sell-government for India as the fulfilment of the ancient life of India under modern conditions and the final fulfilment of Vedantic ideals in politics?

90. India is known as a parliamentary democracy because

91. The mind and ideals of the framers of the Indian Constitution are reflected in

92. Which of the following was the first State to hold direct elections to Panchayati Raj institutions after the enactment of the 73rd Amendment?

93. Who can dissolve the Lok Sabha before the expiry of its normal term of five year?

94. The RBI does not transact the business of which State government?

95. Which of the following is not an objective of the India's economic planning?

96. The Planning Commission of India was established in

97. If 123 stands for 987, then 234 stands for

98. If 4x3=13 and 5x3=16, then 6x3=?

99. If AB means 25, BC means 57, BD means 58, then CADB is

100. If DIAMOND is coded as VQYMKLV, then WEALTH is coded as