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RRC Trade Apprentice Exam - English
Duration: 90 · Questions: 100 · Max Marks: 100 · Language: 3
General Knowledge
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Yojna a weekly journal
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Kurukshetra a journal on rural development is published by
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Devaluation of a currency means
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In India rural incomes are generally lower than the urban incomes, which of the following reasons account for this
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
1. a large number of farmers are illiterate and know little about scientific agriculture
2. prices of primary products are lower than those of manufactured products
3. Investments in agriculture has been low when compared to investment in industry
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Which of the following programmes aims at the promotion of savings among rural women
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What is Net National Product
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National income is the
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Chelliah Committee of 1992 deals with the overhauling of our
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During which Five Year Plan was the annual growth rate of National Income the lowest
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Which of the following taxes is a progressive tax
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Which of the following estimates the National Income in India
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India changed over to the decimal system, coinage in
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11th Five Year Plan aim at achieving 10% rural tele density in India from the present 1.9% by the year
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Which one of the following statements Monitorable Socio Economic Target of the 11th Five Year Plan under the head Environment is not correct
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Who is the ex-officio chairman of Planning commission and National Development Council
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Persons below the poverty line in Indian are classified as such based on wheather
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Which of the following Committee’s recommendations are being followed for estimating proverty line in India
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In which year India adopeted liberal and free market principles
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Consider the following statements
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locals
2. some areas are agro climatically less conductive to development
3. some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and
4. some areas have faced continous political instability
Which of the above statements are correct
1. There is persistent investment over time only in select locals
2. some areas are agro climatically less conductive to development
3. some areas continue to face little or no agrarian transformation and the consequent lack of social and
4. some areas have faced continous political instability
Which of the above statements are correct
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When was first human development report of India issued
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In which state, the Department of Posts delivered mail using a drone for the first time ?
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Bandhan Express and Maitree Express, which were seen in the news, run between India and which country ?
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What is the theme of the ‘United Nations Peace keepers 2022’ ?
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As per the ‘Road Accidents in India – 2020’ report released recently, which state/UT recorded the highest accident severity in 2020 ?
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Which is the second state to recognize Community Forest Resource (CFR) rights inside a National Park ?
General Intelligence
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word ‘CLEANLINESS’ each of the which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet, in the same sequence?
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Team A has scored more goals than Team B
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
Team C has scored fewer goals than Team B
Team A has scored fewer goals than Team C .
If the first two statements are true, the third statement is
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the second, the third, the sixth and the eight letters of the word FRAGMENT using each only once, which of the following will be the third letter of that word ? If no such word can be formed, give ‘X’ as the answer and if more than one such word can be formed, give ‘Y’ as the answer.
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How many such letters are there in the word ORIENTAL each of which is as far away from the beginning of the word as when they are arranged alphabetically?
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How many such pairs of letters in the word CREDIT each of which has as many letters between them in the word as in the English alphabet?
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How many meaningful words can be made from the letters ‘LMEA’ using each letter only once in each word?
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the seventh and the eighth letters of the word TEMPORAL, which of the following will be the first letter of that word? If more than one such word can be made, give ‘Y’ as the answer and if no such word can be made, give ‘X’ as the answer.
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If the letters of the word HANDOVER are arranged alphabetically from left to right how many letters will remain at the same position?
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How many such pairs of letters are there in the word EXCURSION, each of which has as many letters between them in the word as they have in the English alphabet?
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the second, the third, the sixth and the eighth letters of the word DEVIATION first letter of that word is your answer? If more than one such word can be made formed your answer is ‘A’ and if no such word can be formed your answer is ‘B’.
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If each alternate letter beginning with the first in the word WORKING is replaced by the next letter in the English alphabet and each of the remaining letters is replaced by the previous letter in the English alphabet, which of the following will be the fourth from the right and after the replacement ?
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How many pairs of letters are there in the word ‘SHIFTED’ each of which has as many letters between its two letters as there are between in the English alphabet?
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Statement: Is common currency a necessary ingredient for Europe’s growth ?
Arguments :
I. Yes, A common currency will enable entire Europe to market itself as one .
II. No, Similar experiments by Latin America countries have not affected their economies .
Arguments :
I. Yes, A common currency will enable entire Europe to market itself as one .
II. No, Similar experiments by Latin America countries have not affected their economies .
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If it is possible to make only one meaningful word with the first, the fifth, the sixth, the tenth and the eleventh letters of the word EXCEPTIONAL using each letter only once, first letter of that word is your answer. If no such word can be made formed your answer is ‘X’ and if more than one such word can be formed your answer is ‘Y’.
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How many meaningful English words can be formed with the letters RAE using each letter only once in each word?
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If the third alphabet of each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical series, which of the following will form a meaningful English word?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be second from the right ?
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If second alphabet in each of the words is changed to next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having two vowels (same or different vowels) will be formed ?
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How many letters are there in the English alphabetical series between the second letter of the word which is second from the right and the second letter of the word which is second from the left of the given words?
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If in each of the given words, each of the consonant is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will no vowels appear?
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If the third alphabet in each of the words is changed to the next alphabet in the English alphabetical order, how many words having two vowels (same or different vowels) will be formed?
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If the position of the first and the second alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following will form a meaningful English word?
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If the given words are arranged in the order as they would appear in a dictionary from left to right, which of the following will be exactly in the middle of the five words?
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If in each of the given words, each of the consonants is changed to previous letter and each vowel is changed to next letter in the English alphabetical series, in how many words thus formed will the same alphabet appear twice?
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If the positions of the first and the third alphabets of each of the words are interchanged, which of the following would form meaningful words with the new arrangement?
Arithmetic Ability
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The elements of the set {x : x is an integer, x2 : 4} can be represent as .....Z..... . Here, Z refers to
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If Y = {x : x is a positive factor of the number 2p – 1(2p – 1), where 2p – 1 is a prime number}, then Y can be represent in roster form as
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The set {x : x is a positive integer less than 6 and 3x – 1 is an even number} in roster form is
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If A 
B and A
B, then
B and A B, then6
The number of non-empty subsets of the set{1, 2, 3, 4} is
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The number of elements of the power set of a set containing m elements is
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If A = {x : x = n2, n = 1, 2, 3}, then number of proper subsets is
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If A = {x : x = 4n + 1, 2 £ n £ 5},then number of subsets of A is
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Let A and B be two non-empty subsets of a set X such that A is not a subset of B, then
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Which of the following is/are empty set?
A = {x : x2 + x + 1 = 0 and x Î Z} B = {x : x is a prime number and 19 < x < 23}
A = {x : x2 + x + 1 = 0 and x Î Z} B = {x : x is a prime number and 19 < x < 23}
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The set {x : x4 = 1 and x 
R} is .....X.... set. Here, X refers to
R} is .....X.... set. Here, X refers to13
The universal set for the sets
A = {x : x2 – 5x + 6 = 0} and
B = {x : x2 – 3x + 2 = 0} having least number of elements is
A = {x : x2 – 5x + 6 = 0} and
B = {x : x2 – 3x + 2 = 0} having least number of elements is
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If A = {1, 2, 3}, B = {x € R : x2 – 2x + 1 = 0},
C = {1, 2, 2, 3} and
D = {x € R : x3 – 6x2 + 11x – 6 = 0}, then the equal sets are
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If A = (–3, 5) and B = [–7, 9], then
- A.A = B
- B.A
B - C.B
A - D.None of these
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Two finite sets have m and n elements, respectively. The total number of subsets of first set is 56 more than the total number of subsets of the second set. The value of m and n respectively are
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Combine terms: 12a + 26b - 4b – 16a .
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The average of first 50 natural numbers is ………… .
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60 Times of 8 Equals to
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Consider the sets
A = {x : x is a real number and x2 + 1 = 0}
B = {x : x is a real number and x2 – 16 = 0}
C = {x : x is a real number and x2 = x + 2}
Which of the following is are null set ?
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If X = {4n – 3n – 1: n Î N} and Y = {9(n – 1): n Î N}; where N is the set of natural numbers, then X È Y is equal to
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Which of the following is / are correct?
I. {2, 3, 4} {1, 2, 3, 4, 5}
II. {a, b, c} {b, c, d}
III. {x : x is an equilateral triangle in a plane} Ì {x : x is a triangle in the same plane}
IV. {x : x is an even natural number} {x : x is an integer}
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Consider the following statements :
1. The set of all irrational numbers between √2 and √5 is an infinite set .
2. The set of all odd integers less than 100 is a finite set .
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
1. The set of all irrational numbers between √2 and √5 is an infinite set .
2. The set of all odd integers less than 100 is a finite set .
Which of the statements given above is/are correct ?
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What is the Next Prime Number after 7 ?
General Science
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In ruby laser, the stimulated emission is due to transition from
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A direct current I flows along the length of an infinitely long straight thin walled pipe, then the magnetic field is
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convex lens made of glass has focal length 0.15m in air. If the refractive index of glass is 3/2, and that of water is 4/3 the focal length of lens when immersed in water is
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Two sources are said to be coherent if they produce waves
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Three resistors 1 Ω, 2 Ω, 3Ω resistor a 3 V battery is connected. The current through 3 Ω resistor is -
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In a common emitter amplifier the input signal is applied across
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Adding detergents to water helps in removing dirty greasy stains. This is because
1. It increases greasy stains. This is because
2. It decreases the oil-water surface tension
3. It increases the viscosity of the solution
4. Dirt is held suspended surrounded by detergent molecules
1. It increases greasy stains. This is because
2. It decreases the oil-water surface tension
3. It increases the viscosity of the solution
4. Dirt is held suspended surrounded by detergent molecules
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Choose the correct statement (a) for a cricket ball that is spinning clockwise through air
S1 : Statemlines of air are symmetric around the ball.
S2 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is larger than that below the ball.
S3 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is smaller than that below the ball.
S4 : There is a net upward force on the ball.
S1 : Statemlines of air are symmetric around the ball.
S2 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is larger than that below the ball.
S3 : The velocity of air above the ball relative to it is smaller than that below the ball.
S4 : There is a net upward force on the ball.
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Ferromagnetic materials used in a transformer must have
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According to Newton’s corpuscular theory, the speed of light is
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10-6 M NaOH is diluted 100 times. The pH of the diluted base is
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In the electrolysis of acidulated water, it is desired to obtain 1.12 cc of hydrogen per second under STP condition. The current to be passed is
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The one which decreases with dilution is
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Vapour pressure of pure ‘A’ is 70 mm of Hg at 25oC. It forms an ideal solution with ‘B’ in which mole fraction of A is 0.8. if the vapour pressure of the solution is 84 mm of Hg at 25oC, the vapour pressure of pure ‘B’ at 25oC is
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A 6% solution of urea is isotonic with
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In countries nearer to polar region, the roads are sprinkled with CaCl2. This is
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A compound of ‘A’ and ‘B’ crystallises in a cubic lattice in which ‘A’ atoms occupy the lattice points at the corners of the cube. The ‘B’ atoms occupy the centre of each face of the cube. The probable empirical formula of the compound is
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In electrophilic aromatic substitution reaction, the nitro group is meta directing because it
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The best method for the conversion of an alcohol into an alkyl chloride is by treating the alcohol with
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The carbon bond length in benzene is
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The respiratory quotient during cellular respiration would depend on
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Which of the following is not a green - house gas ?
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Both husband and wife have normal vision though their fathers were colorblind and mothers did not have any gene for colorblindness. The probability of their daughters becoming colorblind is
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An animal, which has both exoskeleton and endoskeleton structures is a
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Identify the group, which includes animals all of which give birth to young ones directly?